🔬 The next international Developmental Biology course, organized by Institut Curie with @sorbonne-universite.fr, will focus on "From stem #cells to #morphogenesis". 📅 Apply by: • July 20 (3.5 weeks with hands-on workshop) • Aug 31 (10 days of seminars) 🔗 training.institut-curie.org/courses/deve...

We cannot believe the DB unit summer school "Transitions in developing systems: from theory to experiments" has already come to an end. A huge thank you to all the organisers, speakers, and trainers for making it such an exciting and inspiring course #EMBLDevBio @dev-journal.bsky.social

For many people (me included) writing is thinking If you're not thinking you're just the pretty front (wo)man in the band Do you want to be Noel or Liam? www.nature.com/articles/d41...

Time for a new practical at the DB unit summer school @embl.org ! This session features the sea anemone Nematostella and explores the larva-to-polyp transition driven by neuropeptide signaling. Thanks to the Ikmi group @aikmi.bsky.social 🤩 #EMBLDevBio

Day 6 of the DB Unit Summer School at EMBL started with an insightful lecture by Caren Norden @nordenlab.bsky.social on the impact of nuclear properties on the behaviour of Zebrafish retinal neuroepithelia. #EMBLDevBio

Super excited to share our new selection-free CRISPR-Cas9 editing protocol for Dictyostelids, generating 80% KO and 30% KI efficiencies without selection in D. discoideum, and being effective in Dictyostelid species that diverged millions of years ago! www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

Day 1 of the DB Unit Summer School: 'Transitions in Developing Systems: From Theory to Experiments'. We are delighted to welcome all participants! Stay tuned for updates. @nicolettapetridou.bsky.social @hanhtkvu.bsky.social @jordivangestel.bsky.social @jamesbriscoe.bsky.social @karenalim.bsky.social

The DB Unit Summer School, "Transitions in Developing Systems," kicked off with an incredible talk by Thibaut Brunet @thibautbrunet.bsky.social from the Pasteur Institute @pasteur.fr on the fascinating transition from unicellularity to multicellularity in choanoflagellates #EMBLDevBio

At the DB Unit Summer School, it's already time for Practical 1! Participants are exploring the theory of phase transitions, critical points, and bifurcations with James Briscoe @jamesbriscoe.bsky.social and Isabella Graf @isabellagraf.bsky.social and her group members @lwuerthner.bsky.social

Day 2 of the DB Unit Summer School has now finished. We had fantastic talks from Iain Cousin #collectivebehaviour and Karen Alim #physicsofbehaviour, along with an exciting practical session from the van Gestel group on aggregative development in wild-type slime mold species #EMBLdevbio

Day 3 of the DB summer school "Transitions in developing systems: from theory to experiments" started with a fantastic talk by Guillaume Salbreux, from the University of Geneva, who discussed transitions in populations of coupled phase oscillators #EMBLDevBio

There's always more to learn at the DB unit Summer School @embl.org ! After two engaging practical sessions yesterday from the Aulehla and Petridou groups @nicolettapetridou.bsky.social , today we will be diving into data analysis #EMBLDevBio

Share with your network, group members, colleagues & friends. We are extending the deadline till the 10th of June. This is your last chance of joining us this summer. #Science #ProtistsOnSky #Cell #Biology #Microscopy

New episode 🎧 We discuss Geometric Decision-Making with @icouzin.bsky.social! We go over the collective behaviours seen in different animals 🐠🪰🐙and ask: how much do physics models ⚛️portray the dynamics of collective-decision-making? Listen to learn more! open.spotify.com/show/4GrM2vL...

If you want to learn the latest developments in volumeEM from the experts, with hands-on experience on our instruments @embl.org, this course is for you! 🔬

“No Water, no Life. No Blue, no Green.”💙💚 @floravincent.bsky.social from @embl.org revealing the beauty of diatom symbiotic interactions, which enable these globally important phytoplankton to adapt to environmental stresses and pollutants. Such cool science here at #EMBOclimateResilience 🧪🌊🌍

Hanh Vu @hanhtkvu.bsky.social, Group Leader at the @embl.org DB unit presenting the diversity of size, pattern and colour of Life #EESWildModels #planarians #DevBio

Very excited for this first of its kind EMBO/EMBL Symposium on the Wild Frontiers of Model Organisms. So far Session 1 is a blast, from aiptasia symbiosis, oyster vibrio phage interactions, !! #EESWildModels @embldbunit.bsky.social @embl.org

The one and only Margaret McFall-Ngai on pioneering a new model system. Couldn’t be more on spot ! #EESWildModels

Long live introverts! 😉Not the bravest mice 🐭, but the shy ones turn out to be the most persistent problem-solvers, according to a new study by the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Biology. mpg.de/24460941/mic... #evolution #animalbehaviour

Did you miss the deadline for the #EMBLDevBio course? Good news! You can still register until 2 April. Join us for a unique course on biological transitions during development across species.

🎉 Excited to share our new work: “Adhesion-driven tissue rigidification triggers epithelial cell polarity”, now on @biorxivpreprint.bsky.social ! A huge thank you to @nicolettapetridou.bsky.social, Bernat, @crisp-c.bsky.social, Adrián, and everyone involved! 🙌 🧵⤵️

Welcome to the Bluesky page of the Developmental Biology Unit at EMBL @embl.org! Follow us for updates on our research #devbio and activities

🚀 Did you know that you can now do selection-free CRISPR-Cas9 in Dictyostelid species? You can achieve 80% KO and 30% KI efficiencies in D. discoideum! Check out the new preprint from the van Gestel group @jordivangestel.bsky.social in the DB unit @embl.org www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

@embldbunit.bsky.social Our Developmental Biology Unit @embl.org has a Bluesky account ! Hit follow for updates on what we do to explore the complexity of living systems :) #devbio

⭐️ Please Fwd. Are you in Paris on 16th May? See👇 poster of symposium on « Information processing in biological systems » @collegedefrance.bsky.social Fantastic line of speakers 🤩. It is free, w/o registration, and it will be exciting.m! Follows from my series of lectures at CdF last fall.

You only have until 26 Mar to apply for #EMBLDevBio! 🦠 Join and explore how biological systems transition between states, integrating developmental biology, physics, and big data. Get hands-on training with cutting-edge methods and learn from top scientists. 🔗 s.embl.org/ptd25-01-bl

Only a few weeks left to apply! Join our course to network with amazing [email protected] @nordenlab.bsky.social @icouzin.bsky.social @nicolettapetridou.bsky.social @isabellagraf.bsky.social @hanhtkvu.bsky.social @jamesbriscoe.bsky.social @aikmi.bsky.social

I’m very honoured to receive this award alongside so many inspiring scientists in environmental science. There's still so much to discover and protect in the #ocean, especially in these tough times for #science and #ecology. Proud to stand up for science. @williamripple.bsky.social

Do you have experience in generating transgenic tools and fluorescent markers? Are you interested in developing new tools in a non-conventional model, to observe and genetically manipulate cells during leg regeneration? We are recruiting! www.averof-lab.org/pages/3560

How do cells find their place in a developing embryo? Scientists have long wondered. A new study by the Hiiragi group uncovers how embryos achieve precise cell organization. Curious what breadcrumbs have to do with this? @prachitimoghe.bsky.social explains it here: www.hubrecht.eu/breadcrumb-t...

Want to add novel developmental biology and biophysics methods to your research? Have a look at #EMBLDevBio, where you'll learn all about highly multiplexed RNA fluorescent in situ hybridisation, quantitative imaging, and more 🥼 📥 Apply by 26 Mar 🔗 s.embl.org/ptd25-01-bl #quantitativebiology

Our latest in @dev-journal.bsky.social: an in vivo CRISPR screening approach in chick embryos to study neural cell specification from the caudal lateral epiblast (CLE) Identifies role for super elongation complex component MLLT3 A thread... journals.biologists.com/dev/article/...

If you are interested in integrating conceptual theory with cutting-edge experiments to understand complex living systems this course is for you #EMBLDevBio Application deadline: 26 March www.embl.org/about/info/c...

News from Development: January 2025 @dev-journal.bsky.social's January newsletter includes the 100th anniversary of @biologists.bsky.social, the journal's approach to peer review, 2025 special issue call for papers and recent #DevBio & #StemCells research highlights from the journal:

Final poster for the second edition of the #EvoDevoTempo meeting is finally ready! Great lineup and 3x more social activities: meetings.embo.org/event/25-dev... @bassemh.bsky.social @mdiazcuadros.bsky.social @vanderhaeghenp2.bsky.social

Very nice article in @nature.com about how bringing labs into the field is an incredible opportunity for environmental sciences & how it's a dream come true for many of us. Meet @nikobiota.bsky.social, head of @embl.org Mobile Labs. #protistsonsky #jcampubs www.nature.com/articles/d41...

Second edition of the EMBO workshop on Developmental Timing across species. Second edition organized by @trayon.bsky.social @bassemh.bsky.social @vanderhaeghenp2.bsky.social and Margerete Diaz-Cuadros Cool speakers & fun networking activities. More details coming soon.Save the date: May 6-9 2025!

Please spread the word! We are looking for postdoc(s) interested in quantitative problems in Development and Regeneration. Previous experience in quantitative biology is not required. We will support you and provide a great training environment if you are committed to learn new things.

Very much looking forward to this symposium!

Very tempted to apply to this meeting!

Applications open for a new cohort of @dev-journal.bsky.social *Pathway to Independence* fellows Know a #devbio post-doc about to enter the academic job market? Would they benefit from a little support & mentoring? Spread the word Deadline 31 Jan 2025 journals.biologists.com/dev/pages/pi...

We strongly suggest that academic publishers and other platforms that host research rapidly implement a Share to Bluesky button for their articles. Here's how: docs.bsky.app/docs/advance... #AcademicSky #HigherEd #Altmetrics

📣Exciting meeting ahead! Join us at Shaping Life 3 in beautiful Cassis next June! www.atoutcom.com/shaping-life/ @justinmcrocker.bsky.social @guignardlab.bsky.social @bulutkarslioglu.bsky.social @dudinlab.bsky.social @flowerwhatelse.bsky.social @laghalab.bsky.social @sfbd.bsky.social

Save the date *June 18-22, 2025* Excited to be co-organizing this exciting meeting in San Juan. The invited speaker list is amazing and there will be tons of talks from abstracts. Hope to see you there!!

Looking for a tag to localise fluorescent proteins to the plasma membrane? Unsure which tag might work in your species? We generated a toolkit of 11 membrane-localising tags, which can be screened rapidly by microinjecting mRNA in your species of interest. 1/4 www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

Excited to announce that our 2025 Advanced Research Training Course schedule is up and applications are open! 🎉🎉🎉 See you in Woods Hole! mbl.edu/courses 🧪🐙🦑🧠🐟