Check out our latest preprint on the cellular mechanical basis of Voronoi tessellations in epithelia! This biophysics study is inspired by disordered tessellations observed in zebrafish hearts 🤓🐟💙 #SulaimaanLim #ChiuFanLeeLab arxiv.org/html/2512.13...

We're very proud to be releasing the complete male fly CNS connectome! It's the product of a huge team effort here at Janelia in partnership with the Cambridge Fly Connectomics group (@jefferis.bsky.social and colleagues), plus invaluable collaborators. More soon... www.janelia.org/project-team...

Job alert ‼️ UChicago Micro is hiring! Open to tenured/tenure track faculty at all levels in any area of microbiology. Come join our amazing and growing department. apply.interfolio.com/174404

Out @natcomms.nature.com: our work on how the ❤️-supporting pericardium forms & acts in pediatric heart conditions.🎈🫀 Expanding our preprint & with our first HCR (thx to @thelovelylab.bsky.social!). Congrats all! #devbio #zebrafish #CHD @cupediatrics.bsky.social @cudevbio.bsky.social rdcu.be/eIJm5

Back from the London Zebrafish Research Network — a truly inspiring afternoon. Many thanks to @cvagenapantoula.bsky.social, @kkalyviotis.bsky.social and Eleni for putting together such an interactive programme, full of excellent talks - Tim 👏 - and great discussions. Zebbie research at its best!

Want to help prevent aggressive NF1 cancers using cutting-edge models? The GW4 BioMed2 MRC DTP is offering a fully funded 4-year PhD @lsiexeter.bsky.social @exeter.ac.uk to develop a humanised zebrafish model for NF1 resilience. Apply by 20 Oct 2025 www.exeter.ac.uk/study/fundin... #PhD #biomed

Our latest preprint! Into morphogenesis, Yap, ECM, signaling, vertex models, feedbacks/robustness? There is something here for everyone. We discovered a positive feedback loop that extends inner ear canals, and a built-in mechanism that shuts it down when morphogenesis is done. tinyurl.com/464wsjhd

New publication | Science Advances www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

🚨Only 4 days to apply!!!🚨Join the SDB SciComm Internship! Gain hands-on experience writing stories on the latest developmental biology discoveries🔬Connect with top mentors & earn $500 to attend the SDB Annual Meeting 🎉! 👉 www.sdbonline.org/science_comm... #SciComm #DevBio

Very happy to see our preprint on how the mechanosensitive ion channel Piezo1 controls intercellular junction maturation by balancing cortex and membrane tension now published in @jcellsci.bsky.social Congratulations to Ahsan & team! journals.biologists.com/jcs/article/...

Thrilled to bits to see our latest work online in Dev Cell! 🥳 We wanted to know how cells build functional organs with precision🫀🫁📏 Here we show how coupling of cell shape and organ function fine tunes the form and contractile power of the developing #zebrafish heart 1/n tinyurl.com/cell-stretch

Happy to share our work on the role of biomechanical PULSATILITY on lung vessels. Following surgery to alleviate overload in kids with single ventricle hearts, lung arteries form AVMs. #DevBio #EndothelialCell #CHD Beautiful work from Steve Spurgin. #DevBio 🫁 🫀 ❤️‍🩹 www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

#Postdocs! Two days left to submit an abstract for the Ethel Browne Harvey Postdoctoral Seminar Series! Deadline: Friday, August 1 bit.ly/3x1ptgb

To all post-docs: The Genome Biology dept ‪@embl.org has an Independent faculty position. Fantastic place to set up your lab –great package: core funding, fantastic Ph.D. students, cutting edge core facilities & great colleagues. Closing date Sept 19th embl.wd103.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/EMBL/j...

🚨 NEW REVIEW ALERT! 🔥 Endothelial cells aren’t just lining your vessels — they feel the flow, respond to pressure, and even change their fate. Curious how? 🩸⚙️ Our new review (@Gunawan Lab) breaks down how physical forces shape endothelial plasticity. Check it out 👇 🔗 doi.org/10.1016/j.se...

Can using synthetic approaches to build biology help teach us the design principles of how embryos build themselves? 👷‍♀️🔧 If this is a question that interests you, come and share your thoughts at this Royal Society Workshop on Generative Biology royalsociety.org/science-even...

📣Join us for the DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY COURSE @institutcurie.bsky.social @sorbonne-universite.fr We have fantastic speakers and registration is free! training.institut-curie.org/courses/deve... @karinayaniv.bsky.social @doetschlab.bsky.social @eileen-furlong.bsky.social @jesseveenvliet.bsky.social

Interested in nuclear #mechanobiology? Join us for the first ever FASEB Science Research Conference on the Mechanobiology of the Nucleus #MBNSRC. Find more information and register at: events.faseb.org/event/Mechan... Submit abstracts by August 31, 2025. Please share and see you in October!

Ever wondered how to manipulate mechanical forces in the developing zebrafish heart?🤓 Check out our new protocol by @cvagenapantoula.bsky.social and Hajime, where we describe magnetic bead grafting as an effective approach to study #mechanotransduction!🐟🔬 app.jove.com/t/67604/mani...

See the full list of speakers who will be presenting at our #biologists100 conference. https://100yearsconference.biologists.com/programme/speakers We welcome abstract submissions for both oral and poster presentations by 17 January 2025.

Are you a #DevBio/#StemCell researcher and keen to do more #SciComm? We're looking for new correspondents to work together with the Node team to develop and produce content over the coming year. We're open to any ideas💡 📅Apply by 20 Jan Find out more: thenode.biologists.com/become-a-nod...

Apply for our Pathway to Independence programme, a scheme supporting postdocs going on the job market in 2025 with training, mentorship, profile-raising and networking opportunities. Apply by 31 Jan 2025: https://buff.ly/3VJGgDC

"Biophysics of Motile Cilia" Heraeus workshop: program online! Application deadline: 12.01.25. Topics: #axoneme #synchronization #navigation #ciliopathies ... Bad Honnef, Germany, 30.03.-02.04.2025 www.we-heraeus-stiftung.de/veranstaltungen/the-biophysics-of-motile-cilia-from-structure-to-function

📢#ECRs - join us at the Biologists @ 100 conference ECR event, focusing on career opportunities inside and outside of academia. We hope this event will allow you to network with fellow ECRs ahead of the main conference. #biologists100 📅Early-bird & abstract deadline: 17 Jan buff.ly/3Zd27UE

✨Happy Holidays from the Vermot lab!🎄🎅❄️☃️

Yes! We are hiring! Looking for highly motivated people to make good use of our #ERC_SyG money 💶! The project is super cool, and the people are the best!! There are plenty of opportunities for international collaborations, too! Please help us spread the word!

Check out our latest review on the mechanics of cardiac morphogenesis!🤓💙 #mechanobiology #devbio www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

The birth of fruit fly's central nervous system imaged with multicolor #adaptive #lightsheet microscopy. The microscope self-aligns to a signal that appears during imaging. www.nature.com/articles/nbt...

Only a few days left to submit your abstracts for our amazing spring meeting in collaboration with @biologists.bsky.social and BSCB! Submit before the 13th of December 100yearsconference.biologists.com Don't forget to apply for your conference grants by the 10th of January bsdb.org/membership/#...

Turn your timeline into a fishy paradise with our Starter Packs of PIs and Group Leaders from the #zebrafish community! 🧪 Volume 1: go.bsky.app/2cHYybY Volume 2: go.bsky.app/4zBuxAF Volume 3 (in progress): go.bsky.app/JvjuSZg

One reason #Zebrafish are a great research model is because they spawn well in captivity. Eggs are externally fertilized allowing us to watch development as it happens. Here is a slo-mo look at zebrafish spawning. 🧪🐟

Great news, Carsten! 👉The #6thISMB in #Glasgow will unite #mechanobiology communities from Europe, Asia, Oceania, and the US, integrating basic research, medicine, and industry support. CeMi @theglasgowCeMi.bsky.social and UofG @uofglasgow.bsky.social are excited and prepared for a large turnout!

🚨Abstract deadline- 13th December! 🚨 Join us next March in Liverpool for our Spring Meeting, joined with the BSCB and part of the Biologists@100 @biologists.bsky.social 🎉 Not to be missed! We have annual meetings grants! Next deadline is the 10th of Jan. +Info here : bsdb.org/membership/#...

Let your timeline shine with these outstanding #WomenInScience! 🧪 #zebrafish go.bsky.app/4BegEjv

We are happy to report that our journals and community sites now have Bluesky accounts. Follow them at: @dev-journal.bsky.social @jcellsci.bsky.social @jexpbiol.bsky.social @dmmjournal.bsky.social @biologyopen.bsky.social @the-node.bsky.social @prelights.bsky.social @focalplane.bsky.social

And one more thing…

📢Calling #ECRs - join us at the Biologists @ 100 conference ECR event! This half-day event will focus on career opportunities both inside and outside of academia. We’re excited to have @richardsever.bsky.social as the keynote speaker. Find out more and register now: https://buff.ly/3Zd27UE

Thrilled & incredibly honoured to receive a Wellcome Trust Early-Career Award! @wellcometrust.bsky.social 🙌 Can't wait to start my research on how epithelial tissues maintain homeostasis at the Francis Crick Institute, King's College London & the Rosenblatt Lab! 🧪🔬🐟 Stay tuned-I’ll be hiring soon!

🌟 Rare Opportunity Alert 🌟 The Department of Imaging Neuroscience has a lectureship position available! 🎺 Lead a research programme in Cognition and Perception, and shape the future of the Institute's new BSc in Human Neuroscience. 🧠 #AcademicJobs #Neuroscience #UCL www.ucl.ac.uk/work-at-ucl/...

Delighted to announce a new call for applications for our Pathway to Independence programme. Now entering its third year, this scheme supports postdocs going on the job market in 2025 - with training, mentorship, profile-raising and networking opportunities. Application deadline 31 Jan 2025. 1/3

#DanioDigest (October 2024) Community News: Prof. H. Joseph Yost inducted as a Fellow of the American Association for Anatomy. Prof. Rebecca Burdine rewarded for contributions to developmental biology (SDB Academy) and Angelman Syndrome awareness. (1/50)

🧪The Biologists @ 100 conference incorporates the BSCB and BSDB @bsdb.bsky.social Spring Meetings. View the cell and developmental biology programme and speakers at bit.ly/3B2uflr. Abstracts are due less than 2 weeks away. 📆Abstract due: 13 December #biologists100 #Devbio #cellbio

Want to engage with the #mechanobiology community? Why not join this group? Just drop me a DM and I´ll add you. go.bsky.app/G5cQqYT

I didn't find a specific mechanotransduction starter pack, so I open one myself😊. There are still a lot of people to be added, but it's late, so please drop me a message or post here to nominate yourself for the Mechanotransduction community. go.bsky.app/2PXf5SC

Did you know #zebrafish can change sex as adults? Females that no longer produce oocytes can readily convert to a male, both phenotypically and behaviorally. #ZebrafishFunFacts 🧪

We’re thrilled to pre-advertise an EMBO Workshop we're organizing, featuring an incredible lineup of speakers! 🎉 Bring your unconventional models and join us in Edinburgh next June for an exciting and inspiring event. Stay tuned for our official poster and website, coming soon! 🧪

There are so many #morphogenesis researchers here! My first starter pack is full! Here is Part 2: go.bsky.app/K6YYKeC #devbio #cellbio #science Tell me if I should add you but try to make sure, that you're not already in Part 1. I cannot cross-reference everyone 😅 Part 1: go.bsky.app/RzDD9or

🔊 Exciting AI Research Opportunity! my team at @czbiohub SF is hiring a Research Scientist to develop foundational AI models for BioImage analysis. Join us to work on cutting-edge ML/CV! 💻🔬🧪🧠 #AIJobs #ML job-boards.greenhouse.io/chanzuckerbe...

🚨 Today's the day! #CBIAS2024 is kicking off this morning! buff.ly/4fITsAq #BioImageAnalysis

Here's a starter pack focusing on cardiovascular research. I'm sure the pack is incomplete. If you'd like to be added to the list, please let me know! go.bsky.app/SgaGkv5