Image from MBL Quintay Course Makes Cover of Development

An image of Drosophila eye discs and brain lobes taken during the MBL Practical Course on Developmental Biology in Quintay, Chile, in 2020 is the cover photo for the latest issue of Development.

The image, taken by Tonatiuh Molina Villa, was selected by popular vote on The Node, an international community site for developmental biologists.

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The cover shows Drosophila eye discs and brain lobes, taken by Tonatiuh Molina Villa at the 2020 @MBLScience @DevBioQuintay course, which was the winner of our cover competition on @the_Node https://t.co/PtJiaKqBoX pic.twitter.com/Ter132nFKT

— Development (@Dev_journal) April 30, 2021

The Quintay Course is a compressed version of the MBL’s renowned Embryology course, which has been held at the MBL every summer since 1893. Aimed at graduate students and postdoctoral fellows, the course provides state-of-the-art research training in developmental biology using embryos from a variety of organisms, from sea urchins to chicks.

Learn more about the Practical Course on Developmental Biology:

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Photo: Drosophila eye discs and brain lobes with all neurons in green (labelled using horse radish peroxidase), ganglion mother cells in red (labelled for Prospero), F-actin in magenta (labelled using phalloidin) and nuclei in blue (labelled using DAPI). This image was taken by Tonatiuh Molina Villa at the 2020 MBL Practical Course in Developmental Biology in Quintay, Chile, and was voted by readers of the Node as the winner of a Development cover competition. Courtesy: Development