scientist working on early embryogenesis in amniotes, stem cells and conservation postdoctoral research fellow @ All Souls College, University of Oxford #EvoDevo #DevBio German novellist: "Leopold - Der Junge am See" published by Wichern Verlag 2025https://bsky.app/profile/a-weberling.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/a-weberling.bsky.social/post/3mrchigjf6s2v1/2 chameleon & human embryos exhibit an epiblast lumen before #gastrulation initiates. However, they reach this stage via different mechanisms. Our new study @natcomms.nature.com explores early development & lumenogenesis in the veiled chameleon. #evodevo #devbio https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-026-73768-923 Jul 2026 08:51 +0000at://did:plc:2vr227otmt6wsxtyoxdaaq7i/app.bsky.feed.post/3mrchigjf6s2vhttps://bsky.app/profile/a-weberling.bsky.social/post/3miuyxkgkwc2pPREPRINT ALERT !!! Excited to share our #reptile #embryo cryopreservation method optimised on peri-gastrulation veiled chameleon embryos! This lays the foundation for functional studies & reptile #conservation efforts! #devbio #squamates #evodevo www.biorxiv.org/content/bior...07 Apr 2026 05:05 +0000at://did:plc:2vr227otmt6wsxtyoxdaaq7i/app.bsky.feed.post/3miuyxkgkwc2phttps://bsky.app/profile/a-weberling.bsky.social/post/3miji5ksk6s2bSo happy that I could share my research today at the International Developmental Mechanics Seminar Series! Presenting my preprint focussing on chameleon pre-oviposition development showing epiblast lumenogenesis in a non-avian reptile thanks so much to the organisers! #squamate #evodevo #devbio02 Apr 2026 15:05 +0000at://did:plc:2vr227otmt6wsxtyoxdaaq7i/app.bsky.feed.post/3miji5ksk6s2bhttps://bsky.app/profile/a-weberling.bsky.social/post/3mfmtxr352s25It was a great day @pdncambridge.bsky.social presenting my research focussing on the evolution of morphogenesis across #amniotes that my emerging group is based on Thanks so much @boroviak.bsky.social for hosting me! #evodevo #devbio24 Feb 2026 18:59 +0000at://did:plc:2vr227otmt6wsxtyoxdaaq7i/app.bsky.feed.post/3mfmtxr352s25https://bsky.app/profile/a-weberling.bsky.social/post/3me6o2gj3bc2cThrilled to be featured on the cover of @devdynamics.bsky.social highlighting our 2 anole studies published: https://anatomypubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/dvdy.70112 & https://anatomypubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/dvdy.70027 Thanks so much @thomsanger.bsky.social for hosting me when I took this image!06 Feb 2026 10:10 +0000at://did:plc:2vr227otmt6wsxtyoxdaaq7i/app.bsky.feed.post/3me6o2gj3bc2chttps://bsky.app/profile/a-weberling.bsky.social/post/3mcnupp77oc2vThrilled that our paper on anole oogenesis & germinal bed morphology is now published following peer review. Mammals & birds have finite egg cells - squamates however have a stem cell niche within the ovary - the germinal bed. Such a great collaboration with co-first author @holyanole.bsky.social [contains quote post or other embedded content]18 Jan 2026 00:29 +0000at://did:plc:2vr227otmt6wsxtyoxdaaq7i/app.bsky.feed.post/3mcnupp77oc2vhttps://bsky.app/profile/a-weberling.bsky.social/post/3mbyg5x5fis23Really cool study! Congratulations @sarah-sk.bsky.social ! [contains quote post or other embedded content]09 Jan 2026 11:43 +0000at://did:plc:2vr227otmt6wsxtyoxdaaq7i/app.bsky.feed.post/3mbyg5x5fis23https://bsky.app/profile/a-weberling.bsky.social/post/3madij5qcms2kIncredibly proud and happy to announce the publication of my first German novel "Leopold - the boy at the lake" @ Wichern Verlag Berlin. A story exploring the question of what to do when you can hear and see memories - how to learn to live with them and not drown. https://www.wichern.de/produkt/leopold-der-junge-am-see/19 Dec 2025 10:34 +0000at://did:plc:2vr227otmt6wsxtyoxdaaq7i/app.bsky.feed.post/3madij5qcms2khttps://bsky.app/profile/a-weberling.bsky.social/post/3lzo5ubgpfc2kVery 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 🦎🦎🦎🦎 [contains quote post or other embedded content]25 Sep 2025 14:26 +0000at://did:plc:2vr227otmt6wsxtyoxdaaq7i/app.bsky.feed.post/3lzo5ubgpfc2khttps://bsky.app/profile/a-weberling.bsky.social/post/3lzljn7y3gs2oThrilled 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! [contains quote post or other embedded content]24 Sep 2025 13:19 +0000at://did:plc:2vr227otmt6wsxtyoxdaaq7i/app.bsky.feed.post/3lzljn7y3gs2ohttps://bsky.app/profile/a-weberling.bsky.social/post/3lw4eujopss2d1/6 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 https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.08.06.669009v111 Aug 2025 08:28 +0000at://did:plc:2vr227otmt6wsxtyoxdaaq7i/app.bsky.feed.post/3lw4eujopss2dhttps://bsky.app/profile/a-weberling.bsky.social/post/3lvqxsq5vdc2uHonouring 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.06 Aug 2025 19:35 +0000at://did:plc:2vr227otmt6wsxtyoxdaaq7i/app.bsky.feed.post/3lvqxsq5vdc2uhttps://bsky.app/profile/a-weberling.bsky.social/post/3ls35fq4pdk2uThe 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 https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.06.18.660370v120 Jun 2025 23:01 +0000at://did:plc:2vr227otmt6wsxtyoxdaaq7i/app.bsky.feed.post/3ls35fq4pdk2uhttps://bsky.app/profile/a-weberling.bsky.social/post/3lrd2i4uils23I'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!11 Jun 2025 09:05 +0000at://did:plc:2vr227otmt6wsxtyoxdaaq7i/app.bsky.feed.post/3lrd2i4uils23https://bsky.app/profile/a-weberling.bsky.social/post/3loibx7bvfc2b1/2 Very excited to announce the publication of our study on early anole embryogenesis @devdynamics.bsky.social Read the full article here! https://anatomypubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/dvdy.70027 @stowersinstitute.bsky.social @ox.ac.uk @oxfordwomenshealth.bsky.social @loyolachicago.bsky.social06 May 2025 06:46 +0000at://did:plc:2vr227otmt6wsxtyoxdaaq7i/app.bsky.feed.post/3loibx7bvfc2bhttps://bsky.app/profile/a-weberling.bsky.social/post/3lnhyhmd6z22fThrilled 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" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SOrwbn-kPxA&list=PLZT2V9qhudlCmV1UZEzDkaYMV8iFHo0Av&index=4&ab_channel=JanToman23 Apr 2025 10:31 +0000at://did:plc:2vr227otmt6wsxtyoxdaaq7i/app.bsky.feed.post/3lnhyhmd6z22f