Congratulations Jan and team @brugueslab.bsky.social

Good start for 2026: Our work on mucociliary progenitors and how FOXI1 regulates them as well as ionocyte specification is now out and open access. tinyurl.com/Bowden-Engel... Congrats to all authors and thanks to @dfg.de @cibss.bsky.social @sfb1453.bsky.social @for5547.bsky.social for support!

Richards, Devenport et al. @princetonmolbio.bsky.social show that #melanocyte precursors form dynamic E-cadherin based attachments to surrounding #keratinocytes that stabilize migratory protrusions and sustain long-distance #migration as they colonize the #epidermis. rupress.org/jcb/article/...

Aleksandra Trifunovic, EMBO Member and Professor in Mitochondrial Disease and Aging at the Universität zu Köln, was born in #Montenegro, moved to #Sweden and continued to #Germany for #research. 🧪 Learn more here: https://www.embo.org/people/perspectives-from-aleksandra-trifunovic/#Montenegro#Sweden#Germany#research#mitochondria

How does signalling control cortical tension? Using optogenetics and AFM, we show that myosin recruitment and cortical tension increase proportionally with RhoA signalling. More here: www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6... Super work by Pierre Bohec with Guillaume Salbreux and @dianakhorom.bsky.social

Congratulations Jaime!

📢 New extended abstract submission deadline: 6 January 2026! Outstanding speaker list, plus many slots for short talks by students, postdocs, and junior PIs. Join us in March in Barcelona! events.ibecbarcelona.eu/embl-ibec-co...

👀 cool stuff here!

Hello, here is a review I wrote about how cells sometimes try to synchronise with surrounding cells so that they can do a good job of building tissues during development. It is called "Keeping up with the neighbours" link.springer.com/article/10.1... #DevBio 🧪

Last day to submit your abstract for the EMBO Workshop "Intracellular mechanics and organelle #mechanobiology" in #Barcelona, ES, 16–20 Feb 2026. Registration (in person/virtual) by 20 Dec 2025/1 Feb 2026 https://meetings.embo.org/event/26-organelle-mechanobiology#mechanobiology#Barcelona#EMBOmechanobio #EMBOevents 🧪

Keep an eye on this…!

This is a good meeting!

New paper from our lab and @friedrich-group.bsky.social !! Insights into morphogen gradient scaling to regenerate a limb at the appropriate size. #axolotl, #limbregeneration

Huge congrats to DR. Henrike Berns (MD), who defended earlier this week with excellent results based on her paper investigating the function and consequences of Wnt11 mutations in humans and frogs 🐸 👏👏👏👏 we will miss you a lot!

Exciting new findings: Wnt-receptor endocytosis is required for canonical Wnt activation, yet uptake mechanisms has been controversial. We resolve this by showing that Wnt3a triggers rapid Clathrin- and Fast Endophilin-Mediated LRP6 endocytosis at low concentrations sufficient for Wnt activation.

“Scientific editing is the best job one can imagine, if you thrive on knowledge,” says Ieva Gailite, Senior Scientific #Editor at The EMBO Journal. 🧪 Read more here: https://www.embo.org/people/a-love-for-too-many-things/#Editor#publishing #LifeSciences #career

Hot from the #preprint Leukocyte + #CellMigration + physics = cool Microtubules enable torque-based steering during dendritic cell migration. Actomyosin contractility is required for noise-modulation strategy used by neutrophils. Full @biorxivpreprint.bsky.social www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

Last call! Applications for the @crg.eu International PhD Programme 2025 in beautiful Barcelona close next week! Join us and our inspiring colleagues at the CRG - an exceptional environment for discovery, creativity, and scientific growth. Apply here: www.crg.eu/en/content/t...

The law of the jungle. Interactions of cells in a collective lead to global rotation. In 80% of the case HUVEC cells turn clockwise. How many cells does it take for this to happen?

Extremely Honoured and grateful to receive this award from the @dgz.bsky.social grateful to my team, mentors and @poldresden.bsky.social Th is a great motivation to keep contributing to elucidate the mechanisms of tissue morphogenesis.

Want to join a happy bunch 🥳 to organise meetings, outreach activities and other initiatives about developmental biology in France? Apply and/or vote 🗳️!

🌿 3 new PhD positions in the Ton lab @PPS_UoS. Part of the ERC project '#PlantMemo', exploring how plants remember & respond to stress. 🧬 PhD 1 (UK only)👉 www.findaphd.com/phds/project... 🦠 PhD 2 (UK & EU)👉 www.findaphd.com/phds/project... 🌱 PhD 3 (UK only)👉 www.findaphd.com/phds/project... #PhD

With the full CRISPR 7-11 protocol here :)

Congratulations to @sofiram.bsky.social and @artemiskorovesi.bsky.social on our last paper about the role of Sox8 in #xenopus #gastrulation A link to the whole paper is here www.embopress.org/doi/full/10....

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.