A Caenorhabditis elegans embryo highlighting repressed chromatin in the nucleus by immunostaining against histone H3 lysine 9 dimethylation, the hallmark of heterochromatin. Imaging was undertaken with the custom Stimulated Emission Depletion (STED) microscope.

A Caenorhabditis elegans embryo highlighting repressed chromatin in the nucleus. Image by Toby Buttress, Ahringer lab

We are part of a bigger community

Our members regularly co-organise or speak at cutting-edge conferences and scientific meetings. Stay tuned and join them!

Royal Society Cell lineage meeting

Cell lineages across scales, space and time

John Russell, postdoc in the Rawlins lab is part of the organising committee and Ben Simons, our Director, is an invited speaker.

🗓️ 6–8 May 2024

📍Edgbaston Park Hotel and Conference Centre, Birmingham, UK

Building and rebuilding complex tissues

Co-organised by Sumru Bayin, group leader. Alumnus Can Aztekin is among the speakers.

🗓️ 18 July 2024

📍Robinson College, Cambridge, UK

Building and rebuilding complex tissue poster
From stem cells to human development poster

From stem cells to human development

Co-organised by Emma Rawlins, group leader.

🗓️ 16-19 September 2024

📍Wotton House, Surrey, UK