Marta Perera
@martaperera.bsky.social
Postdoc at CCRB (King's College London), previously PhD at reNEW/DanStem (UCPH).
I was once a tiny embryo but now I'm fascinated by them.
I was once a tiny embryo but now I'm fascinated by them.
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Marta Perera
@martaperera.bsky.social
· Nov 18
This is now available in its final form at Development @biologists.bsky.social doi.org/10.1242/dev.... With a contribution to The Forests of Biologists! #DevBio #Transcription #FGF #Signalling
Groundbreaking
70 teaspoons placed in tearooms around the institute & observed weekly over 5 months. 80% of spoons disappeared; spoon halflife~81 days. Communal room halflife lower than in specific labs. 250 spoons annually required to maintain 70 spoon population.
pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC...
pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC...
The case of the disappearing teaspoons: longitudinal cohort study of the displacement of teaspoons in an Australian research institute
Objectives To determine the overall rate of loss of workplace teaspoons and whether attrition and displacement are correlated with the relative value of the teaspoons or type of tearoom. Design Longitudinal cohort study. Setting Research institute ...
pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
November 20, 2025 at 10:07 AM
Groundbreaking
Great opportunity in a fantastic lab!
We are looking for: PhD Student (starting as Research Assistant) and Postdoctoral Researcher in Stem Cell Biology and Mechanobiology. Please RT💕
🔗 About our lab: renew.science/principal_in...
🎓 PhD position: jobportal.ku.dk/phd/?show=15...
🧪 Postdoc position: jobportal.ku.dk/videnskabeli...
🔗 About our lab: renew.science/principal_in...
🎓 PhD position: jobportal.ku.dk/phd/?show=15...
🧪 Postdoc position: jobportal.ku.dk/videnskabeli...
November 4, 2025 at 9:29 AM
Great opportunity in a fantastic lab!
Can most significant historic events be explained through infectious diseases? I want to believe YES
DNA from Napoleon’s 1812 army identifies the pathogens likely responsible for the army’s demise during their Russian retreat. www.cell.com/current-biol...
Nicolás Rascovan & colleagues
@currentbiology.bsky.social
Nicolás Rascovan & colleagues
@currentbiology.bsky.social
October 24, 2025 at 5:30 PM
Can most significant historic events be explained through infectious diseases? I want to believe YES
Reposted by Marta Perera
CCRB paper alert!
Most snakes can open their mouths so wide they can consume food that is much larger than their own head. This is partly due to their ‘free’ mandibular symphysis, found to be both bone and cartilage-free. So, how ‘free’ is that symphyseal gap?
(1/3)
Most snakes can open their mouths so wide they can consume food that is much larger than their own head. This is partly due to their ‘free’ mandibular symphysis, found to be both bone and cartilage-free. So, how ‘free’ is that symphyseal gap?
(1/3)
October 8, 2025 at 8:36 AM
CCRB paper alert!
Most snakes can open their mouths so wide they can consume food that is much larger than their own head. This is partly due to their ‘free’ mandibular symphysis, found to be both bone and cartilage-free. So, how ‘free’ is that symphyseal gap?
(1/3)
Most snakes can open their mouths so wide they can consume food that is much larger than their own head. This is partly due to their ‘free’ mandibular symphysis, found to be both bone and cartilage-free. So, how ‘free’ is that symphyseal gap?
(1/3)
Life goals
October 7, 2025 at 9:42 AM
Life goals
If you're heading to the cinema to see One Battle After Another today, you'll be pleased to know that there is a scene with a mini centrifuge that is properly balanced. And they change the tip for pipetting each sample.
September 27, 2025 at 9:52 AM
If you're heading to the cinema to see One Battle After Another today, you'll be pleased to know that there is a scene with a mini centrifuge that is properly balanced. And they change the tip for pipetting each sample.
Reposted by Marta Perera
If there’s one place on Earth you don’t want to be, it’s in the mouth of a Komodo dragon.
Not convinced? No problem - you can see all of their deadly dental secrets in this week’s #SurprisingScience 🦎 ☠️
Not convinced? No problem - you can see all of their deadly dental secrets in this week’s #SurprisingScience 🦎 ☠️
September 19, 2025 at 9:50 AM
If there’s one place on Earth you don’t want to be, it’s in the mouth of a Komodo dragon.
Not convinced? No problem - you can see all of their deadly dental secrets in this week’s #SurprisingScience 🦎 ☠️
Not convinced? No problem - you can see all of their deadly dental secrets in this week’s #SurprisingScience 🦎 ☠️
Looking for a postdoc position? Join us at the Tucker group! We have chocolate Digestives on a weekly basis
The Tucker group @ccrb27.bsky.social is looking for a new postdoc to look at the interplay between the microbiome and the developing vomeralnasal organ. www.kcl.ac.uk/jobs/121845-...
Postdoctoral Research Associate
www.kcl.ac.uk
August 6, 2025 at 4:43 PM
Looking for a postdoc position? Join us at the Tucker group! We have chocolate Digestives on a weekly basis
Reposted by Marta Perera
Dev biologists! 3-yr postdoc position at King's, collaboration with Trizzino lab @marcotrizzino.bsky.social modelling CHD3 neural crest. We are looking for postdocs with mad embryology skills @the-node.bsky.social #developmental @ccrb27.bsky.social
thenode.biologists.com/jobs/postdoc...
thenode.biologists.com/jobs/postdoc...
Postdoctoral Research Associate: Modelling Neural Crest Anomalies (mouse/human) - the Node
The Liu lab is looking for a postdoc with a love of embryos and developmental biology! This post is part of an MRC-funded collaboration between Karen Liu’s lab at King’s College London and Marco Trizz...
thenode.biologists.com
August 5, 2025 at 10:15 AM
Dev biologists! 3-yr postdoc position at King's, collaboration with Trizzino lab @marcotrizzino.bsky.social modelling CHD3 neural crest. We are looking for postdocs with mad embryology skills @the-node.bsky.social #developmental @ccrb27.bsky.social
thenode.biologists.com/jobs/postdoc...
thenode.biologists.com/jobs/postdoc...
After living in the UK for 1 year, I've learned that the little side pocket of my backpack is not only for water bottles but also umbrellas
August 4, 2025 at 10:30 AM
After living in the UK for 1 year, I've learned that the little side pocket of my backpack is not only for water bottles but also umbrellas
Reposted by Marta Perera
So proud of the lab team at @ccrb27.bsky.social who achieved a silver LEAF accreditation as part of this. Special mention goes to Rhys Hippolyte-Belle who won the freezer challenge!
We're thrilled to announce that King’s has become one of the first universities to achieve 100% sustainability accreditation across its wet labs in the Laboratory Efficiency Assessment Framework (LEAF). 🥳 🎉
Find out more ⬇️
www.kcl.ac.uk/news/kings-a...
Find out more ⬇️
www.kcl.ac.uk/news/kings-a...
King's amongst first to achieve 100% lab sustainability accreditation
64 teams were awarded accreditation at Bronze level or higher at the 2025 King’s Climate & Sustainability Awards
www.kcl.ac.uk
July 24, 2025 at 12:42 PM
So proud of the lab team at @ccrb27.bsky.social who achieved a silver LEAF accreditation as part of this. Special mention goes to Rhys Hippolyte-Belle who won the freezer challenge!
Reposted by Marta Perera
It’s always a bit awkward to write about personal experiences. I tried to touch on what Pride means to me and ended up reflecting on heteronormativity, passing, and allyship. Thank you @slefkopoulos.bsky.social for the great opportunity! @ucph.bsky.social
#LGBTQIA+ #PRIDE #Diversity
#LGBTQIA+ #PRIDE #Diversity
🏳️🌈Our editor @slefkopoulos.bsky.social discussed with @jzylicz.bsky.social about the importance of celebrating Pride, representation in science, and more! Happy Pride!
Read here: rdcu.be/ewfba
bit.ly/3Uc72TO
Read here: rdcu.be/ewfba
bit.ly/3Uc72TO
Coming out is not a one-time event - Nature Cell Biology
June is the month celebrating Pride in the USA and other countries around the world to honour the Stonewall Uprising of 1969, as well as all progress and current strives claiming equal justice for mem...
bit.ly
July 15, 2025 at 4:17 AM
It’s always a bit awkward to write about personal experiences. I tried to touch on what Pride means to me and ended up reflecting on heteronormativity, passing, and allyship. Thank you @slefkopoulos.bsky.social for the great opportunity! @ucph.bsky.social
#LGBTQIA+ #PRIDE #Diversity
#LGBTQIA+ #PRIDE #Diversity
Today I smashed my record of mouse embryos in 1 litter: 20 embryos! I'm taking suggestions on crazy experiments.
July 2, 2025 at 10:19 AM
Today I smashed my record of mouse embryos in 1 litter: 20 embryos! I'm taking suggestions on crazy experiments.
In case you were wondering, cats prefer to sleep on their left side.
www.cell.com/current-biol...
www.cell.com/current-biol...
Lateralized sleeping positions in domestic cats
Isparta et al. find that two-thirds of cats prefer to sleep on their left side, indicating
asymmetry at the population level. Because the right hemisphere is specialized for
threat processing, this as...
www.cell.com
June 24, 2025 at 2:34 PM
In case you were wondering, cats prefer to sleep on their left side.
www.cell.com/current-biol...
www.cell.com/current-biol...
A fossilized gut with its owner's last meal! www.cell.com/current-biol...
Fossilized gut contents elucidate the feeding habits of sauropod dinosaurs
Poropat et al. report the first sauropod gut contents found worldwide in a specimen
of Diamantinasaurus from the Cretaceous of Australia. These fully support previous
hypotheses of sauropod herbivory ...
www.cell.com
June 10, 2025 at 11:41 AM
A fossilized gut with its owner's last meal! www.cell.com/current-biol...
Reposted by Marta Perera
It’s Mary Anning’s birthday, so time to share @katebeaton.bsky.social’s brilliant cartoon again.
May 21, 2025 at 11:31 AM
It’s Mary Anning’s birthday, so time to share @katebeaton.bsky.social’s brilliant cartoon again.
Today is my viva-anniversary! I can't believe it's been 1 year since that very stressful but special day.
April 17, 2025 at 10:51 AM
Today is my viva-anniversary! I can't believe it's been 1 year since that very stressful but special day.
Reposted by Marta Perera
Researchers from @ccrb27.bsky.social have explored the genetics of deafness, identifying potential genes, known as 'candidates' that could be responsible for the condition.
kcl.ac.uk/news/candida...
#ScienceAtKings #deafness
kcl.ac.uk/news/candida...
#ScienceAtKings #deafness
Candidate deafness genes revealed in new study
New candidate genes which could be responsible for deafness have been identified.
kcl.ac.uk
April 14, 2025 at 9:05 AM
Researchers from @ccrb27.bsky.social have explored the genetics of deafness, identifying potential genes, known as 'candidates' that could be responsible for the condition.
kcl.ac.uk/news/candida...
#ScienceAtKings #deafness
kcl.ac.uk/news/candida...
#ScienceAtKings #deafness
All ready in Tuscany for the Neural Crest and Cranial Placodes GRC! Did I get the room with the best view? 🤩
April 7, 2025 at 6:05 AM
All ready in Tuscany for the Neural Crest and Cranial Placodes GRC! Did I get the room with the best view? 🤩
Reposted by Marta Perera
🎉Congratulations to the Top 3 images from the Node–FocalPlane image competition!
1️⃣"Cell-estial bloom" by @oozguc.bsky.social
2️⃣"Dancing actinotroch" by @allancarbal.bsky.social
3️⃣"Who’s active?" by @jupeloggia.bsky.social
thenode.biologists.com/results-from...
@focalplane.bsky.social #biologists100
1️⃣"Cell-estial bloom" by @oozguc.bsky.social
2️⃣"Dancing actinotroch" by @allancarbal.bsky.social
3️⃣"Who’s active?" by @jupeloggia.bsky.social
thenode.biologists.com/results-from...
@focalplane.bsky.social #biologists100
March 27, 2025 at 10:01 AM
🎉Congratulations to the Top 3 images from the Node–FocalPlane image competition!
1️⃣"Cell-estial bloom" by @oozguc.bsky.social
2️⃣"Dancing actinotroch" by @allancarbal.bsky.social
3️⃣"Who’s active?" by @jupeloggia.bsky.social
thenode.biologists.com/results-from...
@focalplane.bsky.social #biologists100
1️⃣"Cell-estial bloom" by @oozguc.bsky.social
2️⃣"Dancing actinotroch" by @allancarbal.bsky.social
3️⃣"Who’s active?" by @jupeloggia.bsky.social
thenode.biologists.com/results-from...
@focalplane.bsky.social #biologists100
Ready for a third day full of exciting science at the biologists @ 100 conference, celebrating 100 (!) Years of The Company of Biologists! #biologists100 @biologists.bsky.social @bsdb.bsky.social
March 26, 2025 at 9:07 AM
Ready for a third day full of exciting science at the biologists @ 100 conference, celebrating 100 (!) Years of The Company of Biologists! #biologists100 @biologists.bsky.social @bsdb.bsky.social
We need more colourful lab equipment
"Why don't you buy a new centrifuge"
Because everyone knows that any appliances in that shade of yellow will outlive you and your entire family, look at it
Because everyone knows that any appliances in that shade of yellow will outlive you and your entire family, look at it
March 22, 2025 at 9:41 AM
We need more colourful lab equipment
Reposted by Marta Perera
Have you always dreamt of doing a PhD in eardrum stem cells with Abbie Tucker @ccrb27.bsky.social, on the 27th Floor or Europe's tallest hospital in London? Well, here's an ideal opening for your oddly specific dream www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
Enhancing ear drum repair by tracking endogenous stem cells at King’s College London on FindAPhD.com
PhD Project - Enhancing ear drum repair by tracking endogenous stem cells at King’s College London, listed on FindAPhD.com
www.findaphd.com
March 10, 2025 at 8:19 PM
Have you always dreamt of doing a PhD in eardrum stem cells with Abbie Tucker @ccrb27.bsky.social, on the 27th Floor or Europe's tallest hospital in London? Well, here's an ideal opening for your oddly specific dream www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
Happy International Women’s Day! To celebrate, why not listen to this special podcast series: “6 Minutes with 6 Women of CCRB”, put together by the amazing Dr Qamariya Nasrullah and the CCRB Comms Team.
Listen on Spotify! 👇
open.spotify.com/show/7GoTzSh...
#InternationalWomensDay #WomeninSTEMM
Listen on Spotify! 👇
open.spotify.com/show/7GoTzSh...
#InternationalWomensDay #WomeninSTEMM
Ear to Ear, by CCRB
Podcast · Centre for Craniofacial and Regenerative Biology · Get to know the wonderful people of CCRB and their life-changing research at King's College London.
open.spotify.com
March 8, 2025 at 11:41 AM
Happy International Women’s Day! To celebrate, why not listen to this special podcast series: “6 Minutes with 6 Women of CCRB”, put together by the amazing Dr Qamariya Nasrullah and the CCRB Comms Team.
Listen on Spotify! 👇
open.spotify.com/show/7GoTzSh...
#InternationalWomensDay #WomeninSTEMM
Listen on Spotify! 👇
open.spotify.com/show/7GoTzSh...
#InternationalWomensDay #WomeninSTEMM
Turtles dance and clap in presence of food! Reminds me of a certain somebody...? Ah yes, that's would be me.
We were able to get a clip of the video to upload from the "turtle dance" research paper. 🧪
February 13, 2025 at 9:15 PM
Turtles dance and clap in presence of food! Reminds me of a certain somebody...? Ah yes, that's would be me.