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Physicist having a go at biology, EMBO postdoctoral fellow @UCL in the Mao group, @EMBL alumna
pinned post!
Thrilled to share the first story from my postdoc! 🎉 A wonderful experiment + simulations collaboration. In the Drosophila wing, we find that 3D cell shapes affect signalling range and fine-tune developmental patterning
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
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Development, Regeneration and Neurophysiology
2 days ago
Join us in Sheffield! We are keen to support early career researchers in applying for independent research fellowships (IRFs) to join our friendly and collaborative environment, in areas related to developmental biology, stem cells and regenerative biology, and neuroscience.
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Niko Sirmpilatze
1 day ago
Join us tomorrow at the
@biig-ucl.bsky.social
monthly hybrid seminar, to hear
@leaveylab.bsky.social
speak on: "From chameleons to sea urchins: Using AI-driven digital dissection tools to study development and evolution".
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Harmit Singh Malik
3 days ago
Are you an early-stage graduate student (2nd or 3rd year) or early-stage postdoc based in the US or Canada, working primarily in Drosophila? Would you like to help improve the experience of all trainees working in Drosophila research? If so, read on. (Please repost to reach a broad audience.)
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Marie Held
7 days ago
📢 Enhance your bioimage analysis skills - 2-day hands-on napari workshop. Learn to: - Set up conda envis install napari - Navigate napari GUI install plugins - Jupyter notebooks for basic IA - Apply new skills to real datasets w expert guidance 📅 Apply by NOW!
www.crick.ac.uk/whats-on/cbi...
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CBIAS napari workshop 2025
https://www.crick.ac.uk/whats-on/cbias-napari-workshop-2025
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FocalPlane
9 days ago
Incoming deadline - 7 November 2025 Apply for a
@jcellsci.bsky.social
@focalplane.bsky.social
Training Grant to support your attendance at a
#microscopy
or
#bioimageanalysis
training course. Open to ECRs in
#cellbio
. For more info:
www.biologists.com/grants/jcs-f...
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Ben Hall
11 days ago
Very excited to share an advert for a new lecturer position in Computational Cancer at UCL! Permanent position at assistant professor level- join a growing community at UCL in a cutting edge discipline. Please share widely!
www.ucl.ac.uk/work-at-ucl/...
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UCL – University College London
UCL is consistently ranked as one of the top ten universities in the world (QS World University Rankings 2010-2022) and is No.2 in the UK for research power (Research Excellence Framework 2021).
https://www.ucl.ac.uk/work-at-ucl/search-ucl-jobs/details?nPostingId=16090&nPostingTargetId=39138&id=Q1KFK026203F3VBQBLO8M8M07&LG=UK&languageSelect=UK&mask=ext
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Rory Cooper
11 days ago
🚨 Come join us
@sheffielduni.bsky.social
for a PhD on the evolution and development of feathers and flight! 🐣🔬 This project is supervised by
@matt-towers.bsky.social
&
@alexgfletcher.bsky.social
, and I'm excited to be involved as a project advisor. Please share!
www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
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John Burn-Murdoch
14 days ago
NEW from me: Political hostility, high visa fees and (in the case of the UK) stagnant incomes are making the UK and US less attractive destinations for top international talent. That steep decline in the appeal of moving to the US after 2016 is 👀
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SWC/GCNU Neuroinformatics Unit
14 days ago
Save the date! The Open Software Summer School returns August 17-28 2026 in London, U.K. There will be four separate tracks on animal behaviour, extracellular electrophysiology, anatomy and handling large data. Applications open Dec 1st. More details:
neuroinformatics.dev/open-softwar...
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Helen Matthews
14 days ago
📢 Fully-funded 4-year MRC DiMeN PhD opportunity in our lab. 🔬 Exciting cancer cell biology collab with
@maiblab.bsky.social
& Liz Smythe
@mcb-sheffield.bsky.social
to use recombinant biosensors to image active KRAS in
#pancreaticcancer
👇Apply by 4th Dec
www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
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MRC DiMeN Doctoral Training Partnership: Understanding the membrane recruitment of oncogenic KRAS in pancreatic cancer at University of Sheffield on FindAPhD.com
PhD Project - MRC DiMeN Doctoral Training Partnership: Understanding the membrane recruitment of oncogenic KRAS in pancreatic cancer at University of Sheffield, listed on FindAPhD.com
https://www.findaphd.com/phds/project/mrc-dimen-doctoral-training-partnership-understanding-the-membrane-recruitment-of-oncogenic-kras-in-pancreatic-cancer/?p189377
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Rory Cooper
15 days ago
I’ll be speaking about the mechanical development of crocodile and tortoise head scales next Wednesday at 4pm for the
@tlmcambridge.bsky.social
seminar series. Subscribe to the mailing list to hear more about my work, and that of
@maltemederacke.bsky.social
!
lists.cam.ac.uk/sympa/subscr...
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eric lai
16 days ago
🪰 folks! I spoke to the Transmitter about FlyBase. As noted at
flybase.org
, bridge $ ran out and many staff were laid off. Good news is stopgap contributions will keep core FlyBase operations active. But community support remains essential. Please donate @FlyBase and share! 1/2
tinyurl.com/FlyBase
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FlyBase secures funding for year, but future still uncertain
The FlyBase team’s fundraising efforts have proven successful in the short term, but restoration of its federal grant remains uncertain.
https://tinyurl.com/FlyBase
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16 days ago
So looking forward to this. Please sign up!!
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Irene Miguel-Aliaga
19 days ago
Deadline approaching for the EMBO meeting "Molecular and Developmental Biology of Drosophila" 21 – 27 June 2026. Both new and established PIs welcome. Apply by Nov 3rd!
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Molecular and Developmental Biology of Drosophila
The principal theme of the EMBO Workshop is the Molecular and Developmental Biology of Drosophila. Supported by EMBO over four decades, this will be the 24th biennial “Crete meeting”. With the a…
https://meetings.embo.org/event/26-drosophila
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Giulia Boezio
19 days ago
Thrilled to share my main postdoc work with
@jamesbriscoe.bsky.social
We used genomic barcoding + scRNAseq in chick & human embryos to reveal a lineage architecture that reshapes how we understand neural tube development & cell fate decisions 🧵👇
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
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Hierarchical lineage architecture of human and avian spinal cord revealed by single-cell genomic barcoding
The formation of neural circuits depends on the precise spatial and temporal organisation of neuronal populations during development. In the vertebrate spinal cord, progenitors are patterned into mole...
https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.10.24.684328v1
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Prevedel Lab
19 days ago
Are you interested in mechanics in biology? Ever wondered how to measure them in 3D & high-resolution? Come and learn all about the emerging field of Brillouin microscopy! Our Course will teach the necessary background & expose you through hands-on practicals. Deadline Nov. 3rd. Apply now!
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Crick BioImage Analysis Symposium
22 days ago
A month to go! Will you be at
#CBIAS2025
? The program is almost ready, and we look forward to welcoming you in London to discuss all things
#BioImageAnalysis
, from tool development, to biomedical applications and community building. Register now! 🔗⬇️
www.crick.ac.uk/whats-on/cri...
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Crick BioImage Analysis Symposium 2025
https://www.crick.ac.uk/whats-on/crick-bioimage-analysis-symposium-2025
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Vicki Metzis
22 days ago
I am absolutely delighted to share the invited speakers for our upcoming
@bsdb.bsky.social
"Molecules to Morphogenesis" meeting! Registration and abstract submission is now open - join us!
bsdb.org/meetings/
March 23-26, 2026 - UK
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Dave Barry
22 days ago
Want to automate workflows in
#FIJI
? Don't know where to start? We (
@lankylaste.bsky.social
, Alicja Skórkowska and Sara Salgueiro Torres) have added a step-by-step tutorial to the wiki to get you started. Thanks
@ctrue.bsky.social
for adding!
imagej.github.io/tutorials/ba...
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Batch Processing with the ImageJ Macro Language
The ImageJ wiki is a community-edited knowledge base on topics relating to ImageJ, a public domain program for processing and analyzing scientific images, and its ecosystem of derivatives and variants...
https://imagej.github.io/tutorials/batch-processing-with-ij-macro
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Julia Eckert
23 days ago
Exciting News! 🥳 Our Epithelial Mechanics Fan Club website is now live! 🎉 👉
epithelialmechanics.github.io
Discover our
#EpithelialMechanics
threads and get to know our amazing delegates behind them. Would you like to share your story? Please DM us!
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Falk Schneider
23 days ago
mStayRose is published in JBC 🥳🎉 Congratulations
@wsctt.bsky.social
@sporemohan.bsky.social
and team for the monumental effort to make a non-natural amino acid incorporating fluorescent protein accessible. It's based on mStayGold, bright, and photostable:
www.jbc.org/article/S002...
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StayRose: a photostable StayGold derivative red-shifted by genetic code expansion
Photobleaching of fluorescent proteins often limits the acquisition of high-quality images in microscopy. StayGold, a novel dimeric green fluorescent protein recently monomerised through sequence engi...
https://www.jbc.org/article/S0021-9258(25)02684-5/fulltext
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Virginie Uhlmann
23 days ago
If you ever used napari in your research, take a moment to read this. Napari, like many other resources in the bioimaging world, is freely available despite the fact that it costs many people much time and efforts to develop and maintain it. Now you get a chance to give back, don't miss it :)
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Yanlan Mao
24 days ago
Register for your place at this exciting
@embo.org
workshop in China now! Places are filling up fast!
@biologists.bsky.social
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Ginger Hunter
25 days ago
🧪 Please share!: My lab is currently recruiting graduate students (RAs and TAs) this cycle to start Fall 2026. Howard University Graduate School early application deadline is 11/15/25 (to be considered for certain fellowships). We have additional deadlines in the spring (Feb/April) 1/n
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Summary of Program Deadlines & Requirements
https://gs.howard.edu/application-deadlines-requirements
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Osvaldo Chara
25 days ago
Our ForSys method to infer the mechanical state of a tissue in space and time is published now in
@cp-iscience.bsky.social
!
www.cell.com/iscience/ful...
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Erick Ratamero
26 days ago
One more open position at the Data Science Centre here! This one is working on our recently open-sourced ELN/LIMS/all-in-one solution LabID (
gitlab.com/lab-integrat...
). If you have either full stack or scientific workflows experience, check it out!
embl.wd103.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/EMBL/j...
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Scientific Developer or Full Stack Developer
The European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL) is a world leader in scientific research and at the forefront in the development of cutting-edge technologies. EMBL core facilities and scientists gene...
https://embl.wd103.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/EMBL/job/Heidelberg/Scientific-Developer-or-Full-Stack-Developer_JR1240
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MultiplEye Lab
28 days ago
🎉 Big news! 🎉 We will be moving to
@bristolbiosci.bsky.social
@bristoluni.bsky.social
in 2026!! We're so excited to be joining such a dynamic and thriving department, university, and city - thank you to everyone who has already been so welcoming! 📢 But that's not all - come and join us! 👇
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Sarah McAnulty, Ph.D.
about 1 month ago
This fall,
@megstampede.bsky.social
& I are collaborating to create a 2026 calendar! Each month features a different animal, facts about them, & actions we can take to help them! Sales will fund our '26 Native Plant Project Pre-order now, they’ll ship in early November!
Squidfacts.net
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Teresa Rayon
about 1 month ago
Model organisms as platforms for training scientific minds
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Mark Peifer (He, him)
about 1 month ago
I'm very excited to announce that UNC Biology has 6 faculty positions open this year! The first is for an Asst Professor who studies organismal resilience using an integrative approach 1/n
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Assaf Zaritsky
about 1 month ago
Excited to announce the first
@cshlnews.bsky.social
meeting on Cell Modeling in Space and Time, June 2026 💫
meetings.cshl.edu/meetings.asp...
Bringing together experiments, computation and theory to explore dynamic, multi-scale cellular organization and function! 1/3
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GloBIAS
2 months ago
Next
#GloBIAS
seminar is coming up: join us on 22nd of September, 4 pm CEST to hear from Jean-Yves Tinevez about: The scientific added value of a core-facility dedicated to Bioimage Analysis services. Want to register? ->
www.globias.org/activities/b...
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Very excited about this project: we believe that 3D anatomical atlases have a huge potential for developmental biology. As a starting point, we made the first ever Drosophila wing disc atlas!
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Anzy Miller
about 1 month ago
Are you enthusiastic about stem cell biology and developmental biology and looking to start a PhD in 2026? Funded opportunites now available. Contact for more infomation. Links below!
@lovegrovelab.bsky.social
@veronicabiga.bsky.social
@manchester.ac.uk
@ukri.org
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Max Planck Institute for the Science of Light (MPL)
about 1 month ago
With deep sadness, we share that Prof. Jochen Guck, Director at the Max Planck Institute for the Science of Light passed away on October 3. His visionary work bridged physics and medicine. We have lost a brilliant scientist and dear friend.
mpl.mpg.de/news/article...
@fau.de
📸 Stephan Spangenberg
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Levayer Lab
about 1 month ago
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...
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ilastik-team.bsky.social
about 1 month ago
Segment large images without tiling artifacts: sharing our work that should have been presented at ICCV in 2 weeks - the brilliant first author Elena can’t go because of visa issues. The paper:
arxiv.org/abs/2503.19545
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Alberto Elosegui-Artola
about 1 month ago
Don’t miss the exciting ISSCR Webinar: Integrating Biophysics into Stem Cell Biology next Tuesday October 14! The webinar features paired tandem talks that brings together experimentalists and theorists working at the interface of stem cell biology and biophysics. 1/2
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BrainGlobe
about 1 month ago
We are incredibly proud to receieve this award, especially as it recognises the hard work of the entire BrainGlobe community. Thank you to everyone who has contributed to BrainGlobe over the years!
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Development
about 1 month ago
Pathway to Independence: a forecast for the future of developmental biology In this Perspective, each of our 2025 Pathway to Independence Fellows discuss future outlooks for
#DevBio
and how their work will contribute to this exciting new era.
journals.biologists.com/dev/article/...
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Jean-Yves Tinevez
about 1 month ago
Job alert! We are looking for a bioimage analysis to work in an image analysis core facility in beautiful Paris. Can I ask you to share this opportunity with your networks? See also on the forum:
forum.image.sc/t/research-e...
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Research engineer in Bioimage Analysis for the researchers of the inIdEx FORMULA
Hi all We are looking for a bioimage analysis to work in an image analysis core facility in beautiful Paris. Can I ask you to share this opportunity with your networks? The position is in the Instit...
https://forum.image.sc/t/research-engineer-in-bioimage-analysis-for-the-researchers-of-the-inidex-formula/116903
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Naomi Moris
about 1 month ago
Fully-funded 4-year PhD Opportunities available at the
@crick.ac.uk
, including a project in our lab on human
#embryomodels
Feel free to share with anyone interested, and apply through the online portal before 5th November! 👏
www.crick.ac.uk/careers-stud...
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Moris Lab | Investigating human trunk development using stem cell-based embryo models
https://www.crick.ac.uk/careers-study/vacancies/2025-09-24-moris-lab-investigating-human-trunk-development-using-stem-cell-based-embryo-models
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UCL BioImage Interest Group
about 1 month ago
Next BIIG seminar is 12-1pm on Friday 10th October 🔬😄: - Anna Bajur (Imperial College London): “Quantifying cellular forces, one molecule at a time” - Virginia Silio (UCL): “Euro-BioImaging: From Access to Analysis”
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Thibaut Brunet
about 1 month ago
Latest from ours:
www.cell.com/cell-reports...
This is two stories in one: a case study/cautionary tale on developing genetic tools in new organisms, and the first hint at a gene regulatory network for choanoflagellate multicellular development (which turn out to involve a Hippo/YAP/ECM loop!) A 🧵
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Gautam Dey
about 1 month ago
If you’re applying to your dream lab for an internship/PhD/postdoc, always send a second email 1-2 weeks after the first one if you don’t hear back. I promise we will be grateful rather than annoyed. My email inbox is a disaster and I’m quite junior - and very few of us have secretarial support
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Tung Le
about 1 month ago
Independent research fellowships leading to tenured positions at the John Innes Centre. Repost = nice. Thank you very much!!!
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FlyBase
about 1 month ago
There's an update on the state of FlyBase on the
FlyBase.org
front page. You can contribute to FlyBase at this link
wiki.flybase.org/wiki/FlyBase...
We express enormous gratitude to the people, labs, groups, and foundations who have already helped us.
#FlyBase
#Drosophila
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Kate Cavanaugh
about 1 month ago
See this? This = implanting mouse embryo. Usually this happens inside its mother and is invisible to us, but we can actually watch implantation ex vivo with the hope of understanding why implantation goes awry in embryos of older women. A 🧵...
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Sarah McAnulty, Ph.D.
about 1 month ago
Getting ready for a presentation about Skype a Scientist, so I was crunching the numbers on what we've done this year & no wonder I'm tired. Philly event attendees: 433 Zines distributed: 5,900 Seed packets distributed: 10,000 Online event attendees: 1,355 Classrooms matched w/scientists: 3,488
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Ana Marija Jakšić
about 2 months ago
🚨Preprint🚨 What started as an attempt to compare CT scans of diverse fly brains, ended up a new concept for analysis & segmentation of difficult tomographic data. No ground truths, no training, just maths. This is TopoTome, topological data analysis of 3D images
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
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