Antonia Weberling
@a-weberling.bsky.social
scientist working on early embryogenesis in amniotes, stem cells and conservation
postdoctoral research fellow @ All Souls College, University of Oxford
#EvoDevo #DevBio
German novellist: 1st book "Leopold - Der Junge am See"
postdoctoral research fellow @ All Souls College, University of Oxford
#EvoDevo #DevBio
German novellist: 1st book "Leopold - Der Junge am See"
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1/6
Preprint Alert
Ever thought that humans & chameleons look alike?
We follow chameleon development from fertilisation to oviposition & uncover the process through which they form an epiblast lumen that exhibits striking similarity to human embryos
#devbio #evodevo
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
Preprint Alert
Ever thought that humans & chameleons look alike?
We follow chameleon development from fertilisation to oviposition & uncover the process through which they form an epiblast lumen that exhibits striking similarity to human embryos
#devbio #evodevo
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
Reposted by Antonia Weberling
So excited to share this as a new junior PI:
My brand-new lab website! 🎉🪰🌀
www.bischofflab.com
Please pass it on to young, motivated researchers looking for PhD positions 😊
And for the #FluorescenceFriday community: don’t miss the SciArt Gallery!
#CellBio #DevBio #PhDjob #PhDposition #Science
My brand-new lab website! 🎉🪰🌀
www.bischofflab.com
Please pass it on to young, motivated researchers looking for PhD positions 😊
And for the #FluorescenceFriday community: don’t miss the SciArt Gallery!
#CellBio #DevBio #PhDjob #PhDposition #Science
November 27, 2025 at 8:26 AM
So excited to share this as a new junior PI:
My brand-new lab website! 🎉🪰🌀
www.bischofflab.com
Please pass it on to young, motivated researchers looking for PhD positions 😊
And for the #FluorescenceFriday community: don’t miss the SciArt Gallery!
#CellBio #DevBio #PhDjob #PhDposition #Science
My brand-new lab website! 🎉🪰🌀
www.bischofflab.com
Please pass it on to young, motivated researchers looking for PhD positions 😊
And for the #FluorescenceFriday community: don’t miss the SciArt Gallery!
#CellBio #DevBio #PhDjob #PhDposition #Science
Very excited to present my research focussing on the evolutionary differences of epiblast morphogenesis across amniotes next week at the kick-off of @vgzt2021.bsky.social season 7!
A story of 🐁,🧍,🐓 & many 🦎🦎🦎🦎
A story of 🐁,🧍,🐓 & many 🦎🦎🦎🦎
We are excited to announce the first Western VGZT of Season 7! 🎉
🗓️ Thursday, October 2nd
⏰ 9:30 PDT / 12:30 EDT / 16:30 UTC / 17:30 BST / 18:30 CET
Our speakers:
👉 Antonia Weberling (@a-weberling.bsky.social)
👉 Sanjay Narayanaswamy (@sanjay-n.bsky.social)
🗓️ Thursday, October 2nd
⏰ 9:30 PDT / 12:30 EDT / 16:30 UTC / 17:30 BST / 18:30 CET
Our speakers:
👉 Antonia Weberling (@a-weberling.bsky.social)
👉 Sanjay Narayanaswamy (@sanjay-n.bsky.social)
September 25, 2025 at 2:26 PM
Very excited to present my research focussing on the evolutionary differences of epiblast morphogenesis across amniotes next week at the kick-off of @vgzt2021.bsky.social season 7!
A story of 🐁,🧍,🐓 & many 🦎🦎🦎🦎
A story of 🐁,🧍,🐓 & many 🦎🦎🦎🦎
Very excited to be presenting my research at the kick-off of the @vgzt2021.bsky.social season 7!
September 25, 2025 at 1:51 PM
Very excited to be presenting my research at the kick-off of the @vgzt2021.bsky.social season 7!
Reposted by Antonia Weberling
This collaborative project was conducted across the following institutes. @stowersinstitute.bsky.social @mdanderson.bsk.social @oxfordwomenshealth.bsky.social @cambiochem.bsky.social @ox.ac.uk @cam.ac.uk
September 24, 2025 at 4:03 AM
This collaborative project was conducted across the following institutes. @stowersinstitute.bsky.social @mdanderson.bsk.social @oxfordwomenshealth.bsky.social @cambiochem.bsky.social @ox.ac.uk @cam.ac.uk
Reposted by Antonia Weberling
Thank you coauthors @shylonatasha.bsky.social @zgrif26.bsky.social @thomsanger.bsky.social @hollfelderlab.bsky.social @swilliamslabox.bsky.social @aussiebiologist.bsky.social @rrbehringer.bsky.social
September 24, 2025 at 4:01 AM
Reposted by Antonia Weberling
Through confocal imaging we describe basement membrane deposition in the ovary during folliculogenesis. We can report a double basement membrane deposited on either side of the granulosa cell layer surrounding the follicles.
September 24, 2025 at 3:59 AM
Through confocal imaging we describe basement membrane deposition in the ovary during folliculogenesis. We can report a double basement membrane deposited on either side of the granulosa cell layer surrounding the follicles.
Reposted by Antonia Weberling
Exploring the sub-cellular architecture of the germinal bed & stage II follicles, we could analyse the granulosa (g) and theca (th) cell layers surrounding stage II follicles. Primordial follicles (pf) start exhibiting enlarged nuclei and cytoplasm!
September 24, 2025 at 3:58 AM
Exploring the sub-cellular architecture of the germinal bed & stage II follicles, we could analyse the granulosa (g) and theca (th) cell layers surrounding stage II follicles. Primordial follicles (pf) start exhibiting enlarged nuclei and cytoplasm!
Reposted by Antonia Weberling
Oogenesis takes place in 10 stages. It starts in the oogonial nest - a mitotic stem cell niche within the germinal bed - which then undergo meiosis to form primordial follicles
We identified oogonia and primordial follicles using section H&E staining paired with confocal DAPI/WGA staining!
We identified oogonia and primordial follicles using section H&E staining paired with confocal DAPI/WGA staining!
September 24, 2025 at 3:58 AM
Oogenesis takes place in 10 stages. It starts in the oogonial nest - a mitotic stem cell niche within the germinal bed - which then undergo meiosis to form primordial follicles
We identified oogonia and primordial follicles using section H&E staining paired with confocal DAPI/WGA staining!
We identified oogonia and primordial follicles using section H&E staining paired with confocal DAPI/WGA staining!
Thrilled that our preprint on anole oocyte formation is now online @holyanole.bsky.social !
Such a great collaboration merging our expertise in anole reproductive tract morphology and early embryogenesis to understand how egg cells form!
Such a great collaboration merging our expertise in anole reproductive tract morphology and early embryogenesis to understand how egg cells form!
@a-weberling.bsky.social & I characterize oogenesis from initiation in the germinal bed to ovulatory follicles for the first time in the brown anole, a powerful reptile model for evo-devo & functional genetics!
Full preprint here:
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
Full preprint here:
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
September 24, 2025 at 1:19 PM
Thrilled that our preprint on anole oocyte formation is now online @holyanole.bsky.social !
Such a great collaboration merging our expertise in anole reproductive tract morphology and early embryogenesis to understand how egg cells form!
Such a great collaboration merging our expertise in anole reproductive tract morphology and early embryogenesis to understand how egg cells form!
Reposted by Antonia Weberling
UPDATE: The 2025-2026 list of faculty and postdoc positions in ecology and evolutionary biology is out! Be sure to check out this active and helpful community run resources! docs.google.com/spreadsheets...
ecoevojobs.net 2025-26
docs.google.com
September 19, 2025 at 9:47 PM
UPDATE: The 2025-2026 list of faculty and postdoc positions in ecology and evolutionary biology is out! Be sure to check out this active and helpful community run resources! docs.google.com/spreadsheets...
1/6
Preprint Alert
Ever thought that humans & chameleons look alike?
We follow chameleon development from fertilisation to oviposition & uncover the process through which they form an epiblast lumen that exhibits striking similarity to human embryos
#devbio #evodevo
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
Preprint Alert
Ever thought that humans & chameleons look alike?
We follow chameleon development from fertilisation to oviposition & uncover the process through which they form an epiblast lumen that exhibits striking similarity to human embryos
#devbio #evodevo
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
August 11, 2025 at 8:28 AM
1/6
Preprint Alert
Ever thought that humans & chameleons look alike?
We follow chameleon development from fertilisation to oviposition & uncover the process through which they form an epiblast lumen that exhibits striking similarity to human embryos
#devbio #evodevo
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
Preprint Alert
Ever thought that humans & chameleons look alike?
We follow chameleon development from fertilisation to oviposition & uncover the process through which they form an epiblast lumen that exhibits striking similarity to human embryos
#devbio #evodevo
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
Honouring our friend Dr. Svetlana Jovanic who passed away after battling cancer for almost 3 years.
a passionate researcher
a keen photographer
a generous and loyal friend.
She investigated #zebrafish & #gastruloids using #lightsheet #microscopy.
We will not forget her.
a passionate researcher
a keen photographer
a generous and loyal friend.
She investigated #zebrafish & #gastruloids using #lightsheet #microscopy.
We will not forget her.
August 6, 2025 at 7:35 PM
Honouring our friend Dr. Svetlana Jovanic who passed away after battling cancer for almost 3 years.
a passionate researcher
a keen photographer
a generous and loyal friend.
She investigated #zebrafish & #gastruloids using #lightsheet #microscopy.
We will not forget her.
a passionate researcher
a keen photographer
a generous and loyal friend.
She investigated #zebrafish & #gastruloids using #lightsheet #microscopy.
We will not forget her.
Reposted by Antonia Weberling
🧬🇬🇧 UK Evo-Devo Starter Pack go.bsky.app/SgRdF9T
July 14, 2025 at 5:22 PM
🧬🇬🇧 UK Evo-Devo Starter Pack go.bsky.app/SgRdF9T
The preprint of my dear friend Svetlana Jovanic showing that
"cell behaviour during gastrulation is robust to the deficiency of yolk topology & signalling originating from the yolk syncytial layer."
is now online!
Super interesting read! #zebrafish #embroids #DevBio
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
"cell behaviour during gastrulation is robust to the deficiency of yolk topology & signalling originating from the yolk syncytial layer."
is now online!
Super interesting read! #zebrafish #embroids #DevBio
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
June 20, 2025 at 11:01 PM
The preprint of my dear friend Svetlana Jovanic showing that
"cell behaviour during gastrulation is robust to the deficiency of yolk topology & signalling originating from the yolk syncytial layer."
is now online!
Super interesting read! #zebrafish #embroids #DevBio
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
"cell behaviour during gastrulation is robust to the deficiency of yolk topology & signalling originating from the yolk syncytial layer."
is now online!
Super interesting read! #zebrafish #embroids #DevBio
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
I'm over the moon to announce that my first novel "Leopold - the Boy at the Lake" will be published later this year at Wichern Verlag in Germany.
Just got the cover in - now, it starts to feel real...
Freue mich wahnsinnig, dass mein #Erstling dieses Jahr im Wichern Verlag erscheinen wird!
Just got the cover in - now, it starts to feel real...
Freue mich wahnsinnig, dass mein #Erstling dieses Jahr im Wichern Verlag erscheinen wird!
June 11, 2025 at 9:05 AM
I'm over the moon to announce that my first novel "Leopold - the Boy at the Lake" will be published later this year at Wichern Verlag in Germany.
Just got the cover in - now, it starts to feel real...
Freue mich wahnsinnig, dass mein #Erstling dieses Jahr im Wichern Verlag erscheinen wird!
Just got the cover in - now, it starts to feel real...
Freue mich wahnsinnig, dass mein #Erstling dieses Jahr im Wichern Verlag erscheinen wird!
1/2
Very excited to announce the publication of our study on early anole embryogenesis @devdynamics.bsky.social
Read the full article here!
anatomypubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
@stowersinstitute.bsky.social
@ox.ac.uk
@oxfordwomenshealth.bsky.social
@loyolachicago.bsky.social
Very excited to announce the publication of our study on early anole embryogenesis @devdynamics.bsky.social
Read the full article here!
anatomypubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
@stowersinstitute.bsky.social
@ox.ac.uk
@oxfordwomenshealth.bsky.social
@loyolachicago.bsky.social
Pre‐oviposition development of the brown anole (Anolis sagrei)
Background
The brown anole, Anolis sagrei, has emerged as a representative squamate species for developmental studies during the past decades. Novel functional tools have been established to manipul.....
anatomypubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com
May 6, 2025 at 6:46 AM
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Very excited to announce the publication of our study on early anole embryogenesis @devdynamics.bsky.social
Read the full article here!
anatomypubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
@stowersinstitute.bsky.social
@ox.ac.uk
@oxfordwomenshealth.bsky.social
@loyolachicago.bsky.social
Very excited to announce the publication of our study on early anole embryogenesis @devdynamics.bsky.social
Read the full article here!
anatomypubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
@stowersinstitute.bsky.social
@ox.ac.uk
@oxfordwomenshealth.bsky.social
@loyolachicago.bsky.social
Thrilled that I was invited to the Biological Thursday Seminar Series @charlesuni.cuni.cz
to present on my research focussing on diversity in amniote embryogenesis
"Of the chameleon that looked human - Exploring diversity in amniote embryos"
www.youtube.com/watch?v=SOrw...
to present on my research focussing on diversity in amniote embryogenesis
"Of the chameleon that looked human - Exploring diversity in amniote embryos"
www.youtube.com/watch?v=SOrw...
Biologické čtvrtky ve Viničné; A. Weberling: Of the chameleon that looked human; přednáška
YouTube video by Jan Toman
www.youtube.com
April 23, 2025 at 10:31 AM
Thrilled that I was invited to the Biological Thursday Seminar Series @charlesuni.cuni.cz
to present on my research focussing on diversity in amniote embryogenesis
"Of the chameleon that looked human - Exploring diversity in amniote embryos"
www.youtube.com/watch?v=SOrw...
to present on my research focussing on diversity in amniote embryogenesis
"Of the chameleon that looked human - Exploring diversity in amniote embryos"
www.youtube.com/watch?v=SOrw...
Congratulations! Such a beautiful study!
I am very proud of the work that went into this new Sanger Lab publication. This paper was led by postdoc Marta Marchini and a number of my lab's undergraduate students, each of which contributed unique skills or effort to the completion of this project.
January 20, 2025 at 1:56 PM
Congratulations! Such a beautiful study!
Very happy that our study on early anole lizard embryogenesis is featured in the December #preprint list of @the-node.bsky.social
want to know more?
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
@shylonatasha.bsky.social @thomsanger.bsky.social @holyanole.bsky.social @aussiebiologist.bsky.social
want to know more?
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
@shylonatasha.bsky.social @thomsanger.bsky.social @holyanole.bsky.social @aussiebiologist.bsky.social
January 3, 2025 at 5:35 PM
Very happy that our study on early anole lizard embryogenesis is featured in the December #preprint list of @the-node.bsky.social
want to know more?
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
@shylonatasha.bsky.social @thomsanger.bsky.social @holyanole.bsky.social @aussiebiologist.bsky.social
want to know more?
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
@shylonatasha.bsky.social @thomsanger.bsky.social @holyanole.bsky.social @aussiebiologist.bsky.social
Reposted by Antonia Weberling
I spy with my little eye some pre-oviposition anole embryos @a-weberling.bsky.social @aussiebiologist.bsky.social @holyanole.bsky.social @thomsanger.bsky.social
Happy new year! December may be behind us, but if you want to know what #DevBio and #StemCell biology #preprints came out last month, check out our latest preprints list ⬇️
thenode.biologists.com/december-in-...
thenode.biologists.com/december-in-...
December in preprints - the Node
Welcome to our monthly trawl for developmental and stem cell biology (and related) preprints. The preprints this month are hosted on bioRxiv and arXiv –
thenode.biologists.com
January 3, 2025 at 4:48 PM
I spy with my little eye some pre-oviposition anole embryos @a-weberling.bsky.social @aussiebiologist.bsky.social @holyanole.bsky.social @thomsanger.bsky.social
Very happy that my final PhD paper focussing on the maturation of the primitive into the visceral endoderm and its impact on embryo survival in mice is now published: sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Huge thanks to my PhD supervisor & my collaborators for making this project possible
Huge thanks to my PhD supervisor & my collaborators for making this project possible
Primitive to visceral endoderm maturation is essential for mouse epiblast survival beyond implantation
Implantation of the mouse blastocyst initiates a complex sequence of tissue remodelling and cell differentiation events required for morphogenesis, du…
sciencedirect.com
December 27, 2024 at 10:32 AM
Very happy that my final PhD paper focussing on the maturation of the primitive into the visceral endoderm and its impact on embryo survival in mice is now published: sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Huge thanks to my PhD supervisor & my collaborators for making this project possible
Huge thanks to my PhD supervisor & my collaborators for making this project possible
1/6
New Preprint
Reptiles comprise ~23,000 species with an incredible range of diversity. The basis is laid during embryogenesis but is severely understudied.
We study the brown anole, a model for evolutional studies & describe its early embryogenesis for the first time:
biorxiv.org/cgi/content/...
New Preprint
Reptiles comprise ~23,000 species with an incredible range of diversity. The basis is laid during embryogenesis but is severely understudied.
We study the brown anole, a model for evolutional studies & describe its early embryogenesis for the first time:
biorxiv.org/cgi/content/...
December 18, 2024 at 11:16 AM
1/6
New Preprint
Reptiles comprise ~23,000 species with an incredible range of diversity. The basis is laid during embryogenesis but is severely understudied.
We study the brown anole, a model for evolutional studies & describe its early embryogenesis for the first time:
biorxiv.org/cgi/content/...
New Preprint
Reptiles comprise ~23,000 species with an incredible range of diversity. The basis is laid during embryogenesis but is severely understudied.
We study the brown anole, a model for evolutional studies & describe its early embryogenesis for the first time:
biorxiv.org/cgi/content/...