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Dr Julia Horsfield

Dr Julia Horsfield with zebrafish experiments behind her.

Dr Julia Horsfield’s lab uses zebrafish as a model organism. Their embryos develop externally in transparent eggshells, making it possible to watch the animal develop through a microscope over a couple of days.

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