Looking forward to discussing why “genetics is not that simple” tomorrow in Lisboa. Thank you @ffms_pordata and @GIMM_Institute for this opportunity to discuss the creative tension between #genes and #cells ffms.pt/en/agenda/alfo… #NotInTheGenes #CellsRUs #Gastrulation

Today is a special day, some would call it the first of the rest of my life. I look forward to doing the same as yesterday, from a different vantage point, trying to use what I have learnt to keep on learning. Thank you to all who have taught me. #NotInTheGenes #CellsRUs

Thank you @AMartinezArias for organising a wonderful event. It was a true celebration of curiosity and appreciation of the wonders of developmental biology. Thank you for bringing this community together once again. #notinthegenes

THANK YOU for many years of friendship, support and for sharing your great Science. La Pedrera #Barcelona #NotInTheGenes #CellsRUs #Cambridge

With the group that came together @upf.edu in #Barcelona, celebrating 5 years of exploring, dreaming and discovering. Grateful #NotInTheGenes #CellsRUs

Hablando con @adrian_science sobre ‘el dia 14. Como las células diseñan la vida’ y sus cuitas con los #genes shorturl.at/oZcyf en castellano. Mas en @EdicionesPaidos “Las arquitectas de la vida’ #NotInTheGenes #CellsRUs

The kind of a review of my #TheMasterBuilder that I like because it highlihhts its aim, to sow some doubt on the mighty power that we have given to #genes reformedjournal.com/2025/07/23/tak… #NotInTheGenes #CellsRUs

It is also of interest that it not that straightforward to map the AP heterochrony to GRNs and that we need to expand our horizons. Emergent properties of cell ensembles can govern gene activity and can do more than #GRNs #NotInTheGenes

@AdrianoAguzzi As Feynman famously said you can only build that which you understand and, I am afraid, there is much that we don't yet understand about cells that goes against the foundational stone of the project because much of that is #NotInTheGenes.

I enjoyed discussing #Genes and #Cells as in “The Master Builder” with Greg McNiff for @NewBooksNetwork You can listen to the conversation here newbooksnetwork.com/the-master-bui… #NotInTheGenes #CellsRUs

@sciqst @petridou_ni The harnessing you ask for is coming. It took over 50 years to harness the potential of genes, it might take less to do this w/ #mechanochemical sign. However, for this to happen we need to accept that there is much #NotInTheGenes

Very important report @petridou_ni linking #mechanochemical signalling to fate transitions biorxiv.org/content/10.110… wide/significant implications. Perhaps the clearest indication so far of HOW mechanical signalling can control patterning of gene expression #MustRead #NotInTheGenes

@multicellgenome “The Master Builder” @BasicBooks #CellsRUs #NotInTheGenes

Right after the spanish edition of #TheMasterBuilder comes the Portuguese one, thanks to temasedebates.pt Have a look for a cell’s eye view of Biology in contrast with the widespread gene’s eye. #CellsRUs #NotInTheGenes

These specific polarity defects are challenging to explain by direct transcriptional regulation alone. While Stat3 transcriptional regulation likely contributes... #NotInTheGenes >

Our findings highlight non-transcriptional functions of Stat3, propose an overlooked feature in cell polarity – the polarization competence (see below), and advance our understanding of female reproduction. #NotInTheGenes >

@AlejoFraticelli @ArtirKel I understand the investment that has been done on CRISPR but CRISPR is not the answer to all disease because not all disease has a genetic basis. The other notion some people don't understand in penetrance which, sometimes, is #NotInTheGenes

Furthermore, we are just starting to learn the behaviours associated w/ cell interactions in building organisms so it is a bit rich to try to model what we don’t yet understand. I have discussed this issue in “The Master Builder” #NotInTheGenes