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News & Updates
Lab news, updates and openings are posted below


Xiong lab at EMBO meeting
Ana and Yisha presented their works at the EMBO | The Company of Biologists Workshop: "Interfacing biophysical and molecular mechanisms of animal homeostasis and repair" in China. Ana presented her upcoming paper in a short talk and Yisha presented her upcoming paper in a poster (winning a poster award!). Congratulations to both for bringing their research to an international, interdisciplinary community. Find more about Ana and Yisha's published works here and stay tuned fo
Apr 9


2 openings available in 2026
Interested in how embryos are shaped? We have 2 openings available with flexible start times in 2026! One is for an experienced staff scientist / lab manager, the other is for a postdoc fellow with a math/physics/computation/engineering background. Please find the detailed job descriptions following the respective links! https://www.cam.ac.uk/jobs/research-associate-in-morphogenesis-fixed-term-4-years-pr48183 https://www.cam.ac.uk/jobs/research-associate-in-morphogenesis-lab-
Dec 12, 2025
Lab receiving major funding from Wellcome Trust
We are excited to share that Wellcome has generously supported our work on tissue mechanics of body axis symmetry. This grant will allow...
Sep 30, 2025
RA position available in the lab
We are looking for an enthusiastic research assistant to work with Fengtong, on nanorobotics in embryos! Read below to find about more...
Apr 6, 2025


Xiong lab at COB100
Many members of the lab joined the celebration of 100 years of Company of Biologists in Liverpool, combining multiple conferences. All...
Apr 6, 2025


Xiong lab's triple PhD viva
Last 6 months saw our 3 talented PhD students finish their viva! Ren, Yisha and Ana started during the pandemic and despite challenging...
Feb 21, 2025


A new generation of Tissue Force Microscope
We are happy to share the preprint of TiFM2.0, with a lot of new features and capacities, and is a continuation of the first version...
Nov 12, 2024
Multiple RA positions available in the lab
We are looking for Research Assistance to work on two interesting projects, led by postdocs in the lab, please find the adverts below:...
May 14, 2024


Ana winning runner-up at the IOP heat
Congratulations to Ana Hernandez-Rodriguez, a PhD student in our lab, who has won the Runner-up in the competition 3 Minute Wonder...
Mar 27, 2024
Funded summer student projects available!
We are happy to announce two summer student placements generously supported by the Centre of Physical Biology - note that non-Cambridge...
Mar 21, 2024


Expand your mind - how the brain and spinal cord diverge in shape during embryonic development
Now out on bioRxiv: https://doi.org/10.1101/2024.01.12.575349, we use chicken embryos to investigate how the embryonic brain expands and...
Feb 12, 2024
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