February 2023

Tanya gave a talk on the lab's work on the Adgrg6 signalling pathway at the Gordon Research Conference on Neural Crest and Cranial Placodes, Barga, Italy.

Nahal gave an excellent talk on her PhD project at the Neuroscience Institute one-day symposium:

Our paper describing identification of the insertion sites for two enhancer trap lines is now published in the Journal of Anatomy.  Congratulations to Davide, Sarah and Nick for the molecular detective work and beautiful imaging in this paper!

We enjoyed a pizza night out to welcome new lab members Haseeb Qureshi (Whitfield lab) and Corinna Snashall (Emily Noël's lab):

Below: Checking a sample on the Transmission Electron Microscope.  We are using this technique to examine the ultrastructure of cells in the developing ear, as part of Ana's PhD project on otic epithelial morphogenesis.

 

January 2023

Happy New Year!

A warm welcome to Dr Haseeb Qureshi, who joins us as a postdoc, after completing his PhD with Ferenc Müller (University of Birmingham) and Attila Sík (University of Pécs, Hungary).