Unpopular opinion: biologists are still the ones who understand biology best

My lab is hiring a postdoc (ERC funded)! If you're interested, get in touch!

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Deadline for this post-doc position in my lab extended to Jan 11th!

Evolution created brains so that it would be hard to predict behavior from genes.

Come to be our colleague! Center of Paris, excellent facilities, research spanning the whole range of basic and biomedical life science topics, enthusiastic and collaborative colleagues, crème brûlée every Friday... What else could one want?

Very very excited to have Elly Tanaka from @imbavienna.bsky.social for our external seminar series @igflyon.bsky.social! Thanks Eglantine Heude for hosting 🤯

PhD students => Extremely highly recommended mentor and research topics :-) 👇

Come join us in beautiful Roscoff for this Conference Jacques Monod on Developmental regulation: from molecular to ecological niches May 18-22, 2026 Roscoff, France Abstract deadline: January 31, 2026 Apply here: cjm.sb-roscoff.fr/en

Please check out and RT this new position for an exciting collaborative project with @boninlab.bsky.social and @franckp.bsky.social on the links between human-specific mechanisms and neurodevelopmental disorders in cortical circuits.

Thrilled to share our new paper! With @tomtom-auer.bsky.social team, we asked how #evolution reshapes what animals #eat to match their ecological niches. Using pan-neuronal Ca2+ imaging, we show that the changes are in how the brain processes #taste. Link @nature.com: www.nature.com/articles/s41...

📢To all scientists working on STRESS and/or RESILIENCE: Save the date: 2027 GSRNet Conference, February 3–5, 2027 in Lausanne Cutting-edge science, discussion sessions & great networking across our global community to connect, exchange, and advance our field together Check for updates gsr-net.org

"In the end, I have come to realize that being authentic at work is not a weakness, but rather a strength." #ScienceWorkingLife https://scim.ag/49B7hRv

Love this quote from Mauricio Pochettino, USA National Team coach: “Let’s be realistic, and do the impossible.”

Such a treat to be sitting in the room where @denisduboule.bsky.social is giving a talk @fsscr.bsky.social meeting in Lyon! Exciting and insightful science ahead 🤯🤘

The second day of the #FSSCR2025 meeting is starting by an exciting presentation on adult neurogenesis in vertebrates by @zaycha.bsky.social. ✨ #StemCell science Lyon, Nov 17–19, 2025 🫵 coms.events/fsscr25/inde...

Beautiful Lyon is indeed the place to be these days for she cell (and gastronomy) lovers! very happy to be at @fsscr.bsky.social meeting with my « developing » lab #NewPI #FSSCR

Very proud to have defended my HDR (« Habilitation à diriger les recherches ») at @ensdelyon.bsky.social. Many thanks to the jury for their constructive feedbacks @clairewyart.bsky.social @francoisleulier.bsky.social @FlorenceRuggiero @PaulineSpéder @stemdevevo.bsky.social @OlivierRaineteau!

Registrations are now open !!! Come join us at @fens.org Forum 2026….

#JobOffer 💼 Un poste susceptible d’être vacant de Maitre de Conférences en neurobiologie devrait s’ouvrir pour la rentrée 2026 L’équipe Gazave @stemdevevo.bsky.social est l'une des équipes d’accueil potentielles. ➡️ Informations concernant ce poste et la procédure de candidature 🔗 buff.ly/OjEQ8yp

Cool neurogenesis meeting in the Swiss Alps!! 'Neurogenesis from development to adulthood in health and disease' To submit an application: [email protected]

Come and help us promotes Dev Bio !

We're disappointed to see Ben Barres's powerful book "The Autobiography of a Transgender Scientist" among the ~400 titles removed from the Naval Academy Library. Needless to say, we're proud to have published his book and will keep it — and his memory — alive.

Happy to share STORIES out now on Nature Methods STORIES learns cell fate landscapes from spatial tramscripromics data profiled at several time points, thus allowing prediction of future cell states. Led by Geert-Jan Huizing and Jules Samaran www.nature.com/articles/s41... @pasteur.fr

✨🔬 Get ready for groundbreaking #StemCell research! Join us in Lyon, Nov 17–19, 2025, for the 7th #FSSCR Annual Meeting. Connect with leading experts and be part of inspiring scientific exchanges 👇 👉 buff.ly/FRotkAi @FSSCR_officiel #FSSCR2025

First neurons didn’t appear overnight. We trace their roots to ancient secretory cells - showing how lifestyle & behavior shaped the evolution of first synapses.🧠🌊 #Evolution #Neuroscience Our latest in @natrevneuro.nature.com Link: rdcu.be/eMX3E @jeffcolgren.bsky.social @msarscentre.bsky.social

🧠 Article intéressant publié dans @cp-neuron.bsky.social. 🐁 Les souris atteintes de cancer du sein résistent mieux grâce aux interactions sociales. 🤗 Ne négligeons pas l'aspect social dans l'accompagnement des patientes avec un cancer. #octobrerose #culturescience www.cell.com/neuron/fullt...

A must read for Neuro-Physio lovers! How estrous cycle phase interacts with hunger states to dictate aggressiveness towards pups! Discussing the Biorxiv version at journal club was a blast. Congrats Jonny kohl and colleagues!

📣 We're hiring a postdoc to join our growing team @exeter.ac.uk! Love developmental neurobiology, RNA regulation & cortical circuits? This might be for you 🧑‍🔬 Apply here 👉 tinyurl.com/2d659uj7 Please share!

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I am thrilled to share our latest work: we identified a population of central amygdala neurons that promote the earliest and perhaps most important social behavior: pup suckling!... We also developed new tools for pup neuroscience Work by @Jeff Moore now at USC, a collaboration with @Sam Pfaff lab

The first week's seminars of our Dev Bio course, for those interested.

Just out in Nature! “The astrocytic ensemble acts as a multiday trace to stabilize memory.” We identified astrocytic ensembles that link experiences across days to stabilize memory nature.com/articles/s41.... New astrocyte tools are openly available at Addgene: addgene.org/Jun_Nagai/. 1/8

Apply for our Master of Science in Physics of Life – training in cutting-edge research at the interface of physics, mathematics, engineering and life sciences. Scholarships available. Application deadline: 30 November. More: www.biozentrum.unibas.ch/education/de... @biozentrum.unibas.ch @unibas.ch

🧠 The Lipid #Brain Atlas is out now! If you think #lipids are boring and membranes are all the same, prepare to be surprised. Led by @lucafusarbassini.bsky.social with Giovanni D'Angelo's lab, we mapped membrane lipids in the mouse brain at high resolution. www.biorxiv.org/cgi/content/...

BIG ANNOUNCEMENT📣: I haven’t been this excited to be part of something new in 15 years… Thrilled to reveal the passion project I’ve been working on for the past year and a half!🙀🥳 (thread 👇)

I am thrilled to share our latest story led by the incredibly talented Brooke D’Arcy and Camila Musso. We discover a rich world of local gene expression in radial glia, essential neural and glial precursors, and develop a new method for sub-cellular mRNA manipulation. www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

Come work with us!!

📢 Join us at the Crick to start your lab! 💸 Generous core funding to give your ideas wings 🔬 Outstanding facilities to realise your nerdiest dreams 🙌 Supportive colleagues who lift you and your science up Happy to answer questions! Please repost!

EXCITING NEWS!! We're searching for a new professor colleague at the Biozentrum🇨🇭. Ideal candidates are exploring novel biological questions with structure, biophysics, or high-resolution imaging. 🧪 🧶🧬 🔬 The call closes Nov 3. Please get in touch if you would like more information. Come join us! 👩‍🔬🤓

Looking forward to this exciting meeting

So happy to have Dafni @drosostalis.bsky.social at @igflyon.bsky.social today, for an exciting fly physiology talk! “Mind the gut”!

🔬 Don’t miss the 7th Annual FSSCR Meeting in Lyon! ✨ #StemCells research & future clinical applications. 📆 Register by 19 Oct 2025 for regular rates 👉

Excited to share #uMAIA, our method to create 4D lipidomic atlases, now published in @natmethods.nature.com We demonstrate that with uMAIA, the field is ready for atlas-level analyses capable of uncovering histological metabolic heterogeneity in both space and time. [1/2]

📅Are you a passionate science communicator with research experience in #devbio or #stemcell biology? Only a couple more days to apply for the Community Manager position at the Node. Deadline: 05 September bit.ly/4m7Fn28

New from the lab: Fatty Acid Metabolism Sets the Species-specific Tempo of Cortical Development through Protein Acetylation Dynamics. Led by amazing trio: @ryo2iwata.bsky.social , Isabel Gallego, @emirerkol.bsky.social, together with @steinaerts.bsky.social , @fendtlab.bsky.social

Excellent opportunity to get a grant to attend the FENS Forum in Barcelona! @fens.org - APPLY!

Interested in a sabbatical in Lyon? The Collegium de Lyon provides accommodation and attractive interdisciplinary environment for 1 or 2 semesters. Open to all disciplines. You can be affiliated with any local department/lab. Apply now for 2026-27. collegium.universite-lyon.fr/2026-2027-un...

We are recruiting an enthusiastic engineer to work on the core project of our lab: identifying Hox protein-RNA networks in Drosophila @igmm-montpel.bsky.social Interested in BioID, UV-RIP and muscle development? Apply: emploi.cnrs.fr/Offres/CDD/U... Please share! #jobOffer #RNA #hox #Drosophila

Save the date and apply! We are organising another edition of the Monte Verità meeting “Neurogenesis from development to adulthood in health and disease”, March 30th to April 2nd 2026. Fantastic line up of speakers and beautiful setting! More details can be found here: neuro-unige.ch/news/csf-mee...