trained physicist now running a developmental biology lab. interested in how complex shape and form emerges during embryogenesis.
Warwick, England
Joined November 2013
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Timothy Saunders retweeted

Out now on BiorXiv, doi.org/10.1101/2024.08.10.6… is about the eduWOSM, our advanced optical microscope for educational and resource-limited settings. $9K build cost, compact, open source, super-stable, super-bright, super-controllable, user friendly, easy-to-love, able to do this:
Timothy Saunders retweeted
We are recruiting! Fully funded post-doctoral positions are available. Interested in #morphogenesis #imaging #zebrafish? Join us @TheCrick to help us understand how embryos build a functional beating heart during development. Please RT 🙏
crick.ac.uk/careers-study/va…
Timothy Saunders retweeted
We are looking for an Assistant/Associate Professor who is pursuing research into how the disruption of electrical function and/or mechanobiology contributes to human pathologies, and in particular cardiac disorders. More info here:
warwick-careers.tal.net/vx/a… or get in touch.
We provide a clear estimate of the length scale of microtubule interaction in the early drosophila embryo.
We utilise Ivo's great explant system to make clean and quantitative measurements. This is backed up by theoretical modelling of the aster interactions with boundaries and each other.
We show that in the drosophila early embryo, microtubule asters interact through an effective pushing interaction.
Many thanks to @HFSP for funding most of this work. And Jorge and Sham who did so much to bring it all together.
My final (☹️) paper with Ivo Telley now out - doi.org/10.7554/eLife.90541
I felt the elife system worked well - first time publishing there since the changed model. Good to have different approaches- nothing is perfect.
Timothy Saunders retweeted
The eduWOSM is our open source microscope for education and resource-limited settings. We now have a YouTube channel to explain what it is, what it can do, how it works, and how to work it youtube.com/channel/UCmOak4b…
Really happy to see this out:
journals.biologists.com/dev/…
We use FCS to reveal that Bicoid dynamics vary spatially across the Drosophila embryo. We demonstrate this can explain previous observations about gradient extent and time scale of formation.
I think Bicoid is pretty clear - lots of direct measurements using different approaches. Of course, it's not unhindered diffusion, but alternative models do not fit with the range of experiments. (Yes, I know Bicoid is a weird morphogen)
Timothy Saunders retweeted
Ok. This is an absolute #breakthrough and #tourdeforce by @steinaerts lab. Designing functional enhancers has been a dream of the scientific community for decades. Now AI fed with the right data cracked the cis regulatory code. Respect 🤠➡️🎩 – at Dresden, Germany
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Timothy Saunders retweeted
The deadline for applications to the MRC DTP in IBR Programme at Warwick for 2024 entry has been extended to 4th December 2023!
Please click the link below to find out more about available studentships:
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Just moved to the Blue place - say username. Just about given up on here - the thought of my actions supporting Elon is not very edifying.
Are you looking to make your microscopy images pop? I've been working on an add-on to make loading tifs in @Blender more accessible!
With tif2blender, 3D animations of z-stacks are hopefully easier to make in open-source format.🌈
Try it at: github.com/oanegros/tif2blen…
Timothy Saunders retweeted
Excited to share the lab’s very first pre-print (!!) where we describe a new tunable hybrid hydrogel system and discover ECM-specific cues that regulate cardiac aging. Check it out!👇
biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/…
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Timothy Saunders retweeted
Fabulous programme, and I am taking students this year! Contact me if you want to know more!
Applications are OPEN for the @wellcometrust @UCL
PhD Programme in #OpticalBiology! Apply here: bit.ly/31QPC4A
Want to know more about the Programme? Check out this short video! bit.ly/3lt7VGX
@uclmaps @UCLLifeSciences @UCLBrainScience @LMCB_UCL
