The Lab of Stephan Grill at MPI-CBG has finally made it to Bluesky and we also have a brand new homepage: grill-lab.org Check it out.

Just under a month left—apply by December 5 through the link on my website!

Interesting work here…

Work with @kuba-sedzinski.bsky.social !!

Super good opportunities here!!

Really excited to present the results of a fantastic collaboration with Jesse Veenvliet @jesseveenvliet.bsky.social @mpi-cbg.de @poldresden.bsky.social 🤩 We find a unique mechanism for body axis elongation in mammals, different from other vertebrate species ➡️ www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

Looking very much forward to this. See you in Heidelberg!

I am thrilled to share the main result of our work at @nordenlab.bsky.social with @liormoneta.bsky.social and @carldmodes.bsky.social . We bridged DevBiology + theoretical physics to understand how the eye becomes round #morphogenesis #devbio #biophysics #zebrafish www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

📣Announcing the 4th edition of the EMBL‑IBEC Conference on “Engineering Multicellular Systems”, taking place 11–13 March 2026 in Barcelona. Exploring organoids, mechanobiology, embryo models, organ-on-chip systems, multiomics and more. Abstracts open now! events.ibecbarcelona.eu/embl-ibec-co...

If you're interested in a fully funded PhD position in an amazing lab in the UK working at the interface of life and physical sciences, go for it! Warwick offers a vibrant scientific environment with a strong biophysics community. And Eva is just a great scientist and person!

The Chancellors Studentship is an excellent opportunity to do your PhD in the UK. If you are interested in doing your PhD at the interface between physics, neurobiology and mechanobiology, please get in touch. warwick.ac.uk/services/dc/...

🚨 #WeAreHiring a facility manager to lead our state-of-the-art research infrastructure at PoL! 🔬 Please share with your scientific network. What we offer: A dynamic, international, and supportive environment at the frontiers of biophysics. Curious? Apply here: tud.link/g4j5qy 🗓️Deadline: Nov 5.

This. Automatically generated "reviews" are for sure useful to learn about a new field. But as scientific *contribution*, automated reviews merely aggregate information without synthesis. An illusion of progress or productivity.

Free course in Developmental Biology starting tomorrow in Paris 🇫🇷, held at @sorbonne-universite.fr! 🧪 #science #biology

Our most recent study shows that stem cells in Schmidtea mediterranea do not rely on physical contacts or fixed structures to maintain their identity and regenerative potential. @stowersinstitute.bsky.social @cp-cellreports.bsky.social @vilcekfoundation.bsky.social www.cell.com/cell-reports...

🚨 #WeAreHiring! Wir beim Physics of Life suchen für ein/e Verwaltungsleiter/in für unser internationales Team. 🌍 Leite das gerne an deine Kollegen weiter! Wir freuen uns auf Ihre Bewerbung! 🗓️Frist: 30.10.2025 Alle Infos hier: tud.link/f4wf13 #sachsenjobs #jobalert #admin #jobstelle

🇬🇧Are you experienced as an administrative manager and thrive in an #international environment? We would love to hear from you! Please share with those who might be interested! 🗓️Deadline: 30.10.2025 Apply here: tud.link/f4wf13

#ResearchCareers: Just finishing your #PhD and wondering if the DFG’s Walter Benjamin Programme is a #funding option for your next step in academia? Come and find out in our digital info talk on 14 October. No registration, the meeting link will be published here: ➡️ www.dfg.de/en/research-...

Mechanosensation and fast reorientation of ciliary structures: Marvin's work on the surprising locomotion capabilities of Trichoplax, an animal without neurons! www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

Happy to share the last version of our story @currentbiology.bsky.social on the role of interfacial tension in mechanical cell competition led by @leovalon.bsky.social and Alexis Matamoro Vidal www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Ever wondered how adult organs preserve epithelial barrier integrity while continuously exposed to mechanical stress? We tackled this question in our new preprint – led by our brilliant PhD student Vishnu Krishnakumar! (1/11) 🔗 www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

Our calcium paper is out in PLOS Biology! Check it out! #Calcium #Embryo #Development

New Review! #devbiol #bioelectricity #CellBiology #tissueregeneration In our new @annualreviews.bsky.social piece, we explore how bioelectricity is generated, sensed & translated into responses that sculpt tissues, guide growth & enable tissue regeneration. www.annualreviews.org/content/jour...

Can pressure gradients persist over long timescales in animal cells? We induced intracellular pressure gradients and examined the resulting flows in single cells. We reveal surprisingly long lasting pressure gradients. More here: elifesciences.org/reviewed-pre...

Today is the 100th anniversary of the birth of Robert Edwards, #IVF pioneer and someone who, unknowingly, bridged #DevBio #Gynecology and Endocrinology in a highly successful manner.

We are all super happy and proud to see our work on the function and evolution of the #cephalic #furrow published in @nature.com. Let me say a few things about the background and history of this work on the #Evolution_of_Morphogenesis (1/12)

🇬🇧Attention colleagues! We are hiring a new Building Manager to join our team at PoL. Please share with your network 👥 Learn more and apply here: tud.link/f4wf13 🗓️Deadline: 14.10.2025

🚨 #WeAreHiring! Wir beim Physics of Life suchen eine engagierte Persönlichkeit zur Verstärkung unseres Teams im infrastrukturellen Gebäudemanagement! Wir freuen uns auf Ihre Bewerbung. 🗓️ Frist: 14.10.2025 Alle Details hier: tud.link/f4wf13 #wearehiring #sachsenjobs #joboffer #jobsdeutschland

Are you interested on how regenerating tissues transit between stages? Am sharing here our work showing that during #Xenopus tail regeneration, tissue stiffening activates a Piezo1-Yap1 mechanosensitive cascade to allow wounded epithelia to transit into regenerative states!

EMBO is #hiring a Policy Assistant for the EMBO Policy Programme – Apply now! www.embo.org/vacancy/poli... #JobOpening #JobSearch #CareerOpportunities 🧪

What allows lamins A and C to confer much stronger mechanical stability to the nuclei than lamin B? We show that even though all lamins can protect the nucleus from small cell intrinsic forces, only lamin A/C protect the nucleus from large deformations: www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1... 1/n

Very promising news on the next seven-year EU budget, with a proposed substantial increase for Horizon Europe including the ERC. We are analysing the other parts of this proposal in more detail. @Vonderleyen @EZaharievaEU research-and-innovation.ec.europa.eu/news/all-res...

One the best things about a life in science is that your heroes often become your friends. My entire career stems from two papers by Ray Keller and I'm just thrilled to have a new piece out with Rob Huebner highlighting those classic papers. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

🇬🇧 We are #hiring an IT Specialist to join our admin team at Physics of Life! Please share with your colleagues. 🗓️Deadline: 8th August. Apply here: tud.link/rywtux

🥁 New article 📢: #Mechanobiology of #development during #Drosophila #gastrulation using #Brillouin microscopy, now in @natcomms.nature.com : rdcu.be/ev6ZX Collab. w/ @Prevedel_Lab @embl.org , Maria Leptin @marialep.bsky.social, @abhisha-thayambath.bsky.social, Julio Belmonte @ncstate.bsky.social

Perks of visiting James @harnoslab.bsky.social in Brno 🐸

We've just been awarded a grant to study the cellular basis of regeneration – to track the progenitors of sensory organs in the context of leg regeneration, in our favourite crustacean tinyurl.com/parhyale, based on live imaging and cell tracking. The project involves some cool collaborations... 1/3

Birth defects kill twice as many children as cancer. Animal model are crucial; no stem-cell or computer models can yet recapitulate the embryo's complexity. If you support birth defects research tell NIH that animal models are important! Click & scroll below to comment. tinyurl.com/mr3he6bx

Come manage our building @poldresden.bsky.social !!!

Fabulous job call @tudresden.bsky.social @cmcb-tud.bsky.social @dcgenomecenter.bsky.social is looking for a new head. Post is for two years in the first instance, remunerated at group leader level with lots of opportunity to drive development and science www.verw.tu-dresden.de/StellAus/ste...

Pls spread the word! We have a postdoc position available in the Rocha Lab @mpi-muenster.bsky.social. Join our team to study mechanisms underlying robust organ development using zebrafish embryos and human organoids. mpi-muenster.mpg.de/career

🎉Paper alert! Congratulations to the Friedrich group at PoL @friedrich-group.bsky.social and collaborators for their new findings (+cover!) published in Science Advances. They reveal a novel mechanism for muscle growth via division of sarcomeres, throughout myofibrils Learn more: tud.link/35mkgk

🧪 Job alert 🔊 we are hiring a Research Assistant - join the Simões Group at DPAG-IDRM @ox.ac.uk supporting #cardiovascular development and regeneration research, working with #zebrafish and #human stem cell systems: my.corehr.com/pls/uoxrecru... @oxforddpag.bsky.social @idrm.ox.ac.uk (1/4)

Cool stuff… Macropinocytosis in #xenopus tissue remodelling #devbio

Come and Join our Dpt in Beautiful #Geneva ! We are looking for a #Microscopy & #Image #Analysis expert to help all of us at the Dpt.

Happy to be the next (and 1st female) @crg.eu director. The CRG always stood out to me, for its excellence in understanding life's principles, with implications for health and biodiversity, & its collaborative, open and innovative way of doing science. Thrilled to join its amazing community in 2026!

How to turn a layer of fibroblasts into a tulip 🌷? Check out our new pre-print on shape-programmable living surfaces. Led by @pauguillamat.bsky.social‬ www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

Welcome and congratulations to the 60 new members and 9 associate members who have been elected to the EMBO Membership! This honour celebrates #research excellence and outstanding achievements in the #LifeSciences. 🧪 Learn more here: www.embo.org/press-releas... #EMBOMembers2025

Fully in line with this opinion article on the value of human judgement in peer review. Down the line, reviewing is not about making a good summary, but providing a hierarchy of what is really important and not, weighted by the estimated pain/cost of the requests www.nature.com/articles/d41...