This week, #axons decided to grow crazy! 💃 Let's find out what's in there that makes them so ready to grow 🧐 Beautiful work from PhD student Pratikhya Acharya 👏 🔬 😎

Curious to read about the 'Physical Basis of Sarcomere Assembly'. Here are some thoughts from @friedrich-group.bsky.social and me - you might learn the difference between nematic and smectic order in biological assemblies pubs.aip.org/aip/bpr/arti...

Bubble ovaries Christmas lab meeting! 🫧🦑

Wow! Very happy that our follicles were selected as one of the winning images for the @sbcf.bsky.social Prix Grand Public 2025! 🙌🏼🪺🤩

Congratulations, Baptiste! 🎉

🦋 A starter pack of #French universities, #research institutes, and research organizations 🎓🇫🇷 #Recherche #science #scienceOuverte #ESR #HelloESR #CNRS #INSERM #INRIA #ANR #ANRS #OpenScience #Academia #AcademicSky #AcademicChatter #Academics #PhD #PhDSky #EduSky #BlueSky #France #Paris #SciComm

📣 Great news from IBDM: three additional research projects have been funded 🎉 These projects will push frontiers in morphogenesis, intestinal regeneration and invertebrate biology 👨‍🔬 Stay tuned for exciting discoveries 🔬 Learn more 👉 www.ibdm.univ-amu.fr/three-additi...

🎓 Congratulations to our 12 new PhD graduates who defended their theses in 2025 at Aix-Marseille Université! www.ibdm.univ-amu.fr/fr/felicitat...

Congratulations, Aziz! 👏

Follow IBDM for exciting science on Bluesky: @ibdm.bsky.social 🔬🙌

@devdynamics.bsky.social Welcome to Bluesky Developmental Dynamics, added to the Developmental Biology starter pack II. You can also patch in to more #DevBio folks by checking out the first Developmental Biology start pack here: go.bsky.app/M5AgJhn

Morphogenesis & Organogenesis! Part 1 (full) in the comments 👇 Comment if you'd like to be added (regardless of age or career stage!) Please post your own biology-related starter packs using #BioStarterPacks 🧬🔬🪰🐟🐁🌱

Congratulations, Aziz! 👏

🎓 Congratulations to our 12 new PhD graduates who defended their theses in 2025 at Aix-Marseille Université! www.ibdm.univ-amu.fr/fr/felicitat...

🧬New publication in Biomaterials: Functional targeting of Glypican-4 by a conformation-specific single-domain antibody Bonjean et al. mapped how Glypican‑4 can be selectively recognized and manipulated on human pluripotent stem cells using a novel antibody 🧪 Learn more 👉 sl1nk.com/FnmkC

📣 Great news from IBDM: three additional research projects have been funded 🎉 These projects will push frontiers in morphogenesis, intestinal regeneration and invertebrate biology 👨‍🔬 Stay tuned for exciting discoveries 🔬 Learn more 👉 www.ibdm.univ-amu.fr/three-additi...

Great talk @ibdm.bsky.social today by Kristian Franze @franzelab.bsky.social from MPI Erlangen and Cambridge 🤩! Thank you for visiting!

👏 Congratulations to Marc-Éric Perrin, engineer and applied mathematician specialized in biology, for winning the 2025 Hugot Foundation Award from the Collège de France! A great recognition for his contribution to neural development modeling 🧠

🎙️ Keynote Seminar @ IBDM 🧠 Kristian Franze (Cambridge University, UK / FAU Erlangen, Germany) How do neurons integrate mechanical & chemical signals? A key to understanding brain development and disorders. 🗓️ Nov 21, 2025 – 11:30 AM #IBDM #Neuroscience #Biomechanics #BrainResearch

ANR 2025 🎉 🚀 Four exciting projects are funded: From tissue flows to jellyfish muscles, intestinal renewal & insect olfaction 🔬 👏 Congratulations to Mehdi Saadaoui, Sham Tlili, Frank Schnorrer, Bianca Habermann, Delphine Delacour & Benjamin Prud’homme ! To know more 👉 shorturl.at/tKgNi

🥇 Julia Schaeffer has been awarded the ATIP-Avenir grant (Inserm & CNRS Biology) to launch her own team on neuronal regeneration. A major step in advancing our understanding of nervous system repair, Congrats Julia! 🧠✨ 👉 Read more: www.ibdm.univ-amu.fr/julia-schaef...

🥇Thomas Lecuit has been awarded an ERC Advanced Grant for GeoMorpho, an ambitious project exploring how geometry shapes life during development. 👉 Read more: www.ibdm.univ-amu.fr/erc-advanced...

📣 Join us for the seminar of Peter Walentek, Researcher at the Centre for Integrative Biological Signalling Studies @cibss.bsky.social‬ 👨‍🔬"From self-organized cell type compositions to emergent tissue functions" 🗓️ Friday 11 July 2025 🕚 11:30 📍 Amphi 12 #ScientificTalk #DevelopmentalBiology

🥇Sham Tlili has been awarded the CNRS 2025 Bronze Medal! She studies how physical forces shape living tissues by using mouse stem cell models known as gastruloids. A unique blend of physics & biology. 🔗 Read more: www.ibdm.univ-amu.fr/sham-tlili-w...

🧠 Join us in Marseille on Sept 29 for the mini-symposium “Linking Neural Development, Human Disease & Evolution”! To know more 👉 urls.fr/BQ8roz Register now 👉 evento.renater.fr/survey/mini-... #Neuroscience #BrainDevelopment #Evolution #Marseille #ScienceEvent

🧠 What makes the human brain so unique? 📰 Baptiste Libé-Philippot explains in Cerveau & Psycho: Our brain’s slow development allows us to learn, create, and share ideas. To know more 👉 www.ibdm.univ-amu.fr/baptiste-lib... #Neuroscience #HumanBrain #Science #CognitiveDevelopment #BrainFacts

Le développement embryonnaire des mammifères : quand la physique rencontre la biologie 🔬 🧫 🤝 @pflenne.bsky.social @shamtlili.bsky.social @cnrsingenierie.bsky.social @cnrs-dr12.bsky.social @univ-amu.fr @ibdm.bsky.social buff.ly/Co2Yjnc

New lab paper out! 😀 We describe a new benchtop technique to isolate microRNAs from various cell types in a complex tissue (like the developing CNS). This is a fruitful collab with the Cremer lab from @ibdm.bsky.social journals.plos.org/plosgenetics... 1/n 🧵

Titin evolution, titin force and muscle contraction instruct sarcomere dimensions in insect muscles to allow high frequency flight, larval crawling and max force to cut leafs. @ibdm.bsky.social @mpi-nat.bsky.social @jfrupprecht.bsky.social @vincent-loreau.bsky.social www.science.org/doi/epdf/10....

Always a pleasure to bike to my job @ibdm.bsky.social

🧬 New publication in eLife: Spatial transcriptomics of adult Drosophila Using spatial transcriptomics, Janssens et al. mapped the expression of 150 genes in the brain and body of the fruit fly. Learn more 👉 www.ibdm.univ-amu.fr/fr/transcrip... #SpatialTranscriptomics #FlyCellAtlas #Drosophila

⚠️We’re hiring! 🔬 Looking for a Biological Techniques Engineer to work on molecular genetics in Drosophila, with a focus on molecular engineering and confocal microscopy. 📌 More info: www.ibdm.univ-amu.fr/ibdm_job/bio... 📩 Interested or know someone who might be? Please share!

📢 The call for applications is now CLOSED! A big thank you to everyone who applied for the Group Leader position at IBDM. We are excited to review your proposals and move to the next stage of the selection process. Stay tuned!

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⏳ Don’t miss out ⏳ 🕊️ Early bird registration for Shaping Life 3 is open until April 1, 2025!  🌊 Join us in Cassis, France, June 3-6 for a top-tier developmental biology conference by the sea.  Secure your spot now 👇

🚨 Save the date 🚨 🧬 Shaping Life 3 is back!  📆 Join us June 3-6, 2025, in Cassis, France, for cutting-edge talks on stem cells, morphogenesis, gene regulation & more! 🌊 Organized by @sfbd.bsky.social & IBDM at the stunning Oustau Calendal. More info 👇

📢 Abstract submission deadline: April 1, 2025!  ✨ Submit your abstract before April 1 and join us in Cassis, June 3-6, 2025, for cutting-edge discussions in developmental biology. @sfbd.bsky.social Submit abstract here 👇

🔬 The IBDM is hiring Group Leaders in biology! ✅ Expertise in developmental & cell biology ✅ Leadership & team management skills ✅ Ability to secure funding ✅ Passion for collaboration 📅 Apply by March 30, 2025 🔗

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Programme for the next Developmental Biology meeting in beautiful Cassis in the South of France next June 👇🏻 Register rapidly! 🙏🏻 The Company of Biologists @biologists.bsky.social for support ! @sfbd.bsky.social @ibdm.bsky.social #ShapingLife3

Cell Polarity Guides Jellyfish Larval Development Along a Central Axis @biodev-vlfr.bsky.social #IBPS @sorbonne-universite.fr @cnrs.bsky.social @ibdm.bsky.social @ucsandiego.bsky.social (School of Biological Sciences) @uniinnsbruck.bsky.social (Department of Zoology) doi.org/10.7554/eLif...

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Greetings 2025 🌟 We thank our amazing community for their passion and dedication, which keep IBDM a center of excellence in fundamental research. A heartfelt thanks to our partners for their invaluable support. May 2025 be filled with inspiration, innovation, and collaboration! 🧬✨