Very grateful to everyone who made this work possible. I feel incredibly lucky to have worked with such an amazing team. Special thanks to: Jakob El Kholtei, KJ Jenie, @mcolomerr.bsky.social, and of course our wonderful collaborator Bogdan Bintu and my mentor @schierlab.bsky.social

First time attending #SYStem @viennabiocenter.bsky.social — excited for the talks and discussions!

the deadline is coming soon👇 don't miss it, we are looking forward to welcoming all teleost (not just zebrafish 😉) afficionados in Vienna! 🙂🐟🐠🤓

We are one of the potential host labs for a Lecturer position in Molecular Genetics & Genomics — please share, and get in touch for more info! 🧬📣

@benjulab.bsky.social (Charité University) his holding his CENTURI Seminar on 𝑇ℎ𝑒 𝑠𝑚𝑎𝑙𝑙𝑒𝑠𝑡 𝑣𝑒𝑟𝑡𝑒𝑏𝑟𝑎𝑡𝑒 𝑏𝑟𝑎𝑖𝑛 𝑖𝑛 𝑎𝑐𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛 now, in the Hexagone Auditorium on the Luminy Campus!

Two funded PhD positions investigating the evolution of sarcomeres @ibdm.bsky.social in @biancah0406.bsky.social and our lab, together with @cnidevo.bsky.social - Interested to explore how similar or different Jellyfish sarcomeres are to Drosophila or human ones? www.ibdm.univ-amu.fr/ibdm_job/2-a...

We‘re looking for a motivated Master student to join our team! Do you want to optogenetically control metabolic activity to see how metabolism affects patterning and morphogenesis? 💡🧫🧬🔬 Then please apply! #optogenetics #metabolism #devbio #hESCs Please RT. Thank you!🙏

Excited to share our new review in @dev-journal.bsky.social on tissue phase transitions during development! @karengrace12.bsky.social @nicolettapetridou.bsky.social 🔗 doi.org/10.1242/dev....

Researchers are exploring new ways to harness the versatility of nanobodies, which are smaller camelid antibodies. @vivienm.bsky.social asked scientists about some of their current and future nanobody work. www.nature.com/articles/s41... and rdcu.be/e1yTd

As several people reached out after the deadline was passed, we have reopened the inscriptions for this fantastic meeting until Feb 10. There are limited spaces left though, so please sign up ASAP. If the seats are all gone, we will close the inscription!

We are hiring!

Very much looking forward to next week's Metabolism in Development and Physiology seminar with @lempradllab.bsky.social & @diegosainzdelamaza.bsky.social! Two exciting topics, one powerhouse model system 🪰! Join us! Register here for the zoom link: forms.gle/Y8QzucogKKrZ...

Join us to study developmental cell biology with a focus on cell migration and morphogenesis. More info about our research: www.bischofflab.com Job posting and application details: focalplane.biologists.com/cell-biology... #Science #CellBio #DevBio #AcademicJobs #PhDJobs #PhDPosition #Drosophila

💥🥚 ANR-funded Assistant Engineer position open in our “Control & Dynamics of the Ovarian Cycle” group at IBDM Marseille 🇫🇷 Work on mouse lines + lab logistics + follicle culture/imaging 🔬 🗓️ Apply by 26 Jan: emploi.cnrs.fr/Offres/CDD/U... Please share widely — especially with colleagues in France!

#LivingArchitectures We put cells and cytoskeleton filaments on the architecture of the musée d'Orsay. www.musee-orsay.fr/fr/agenda/ev... Scientists of the #CytoMorphoLab adapted their protocols to illustrate the questions that keep them awake at night. -> Two shows on the 24th and 25th of January.

Findings in Science demonstrate that successful mitosis may draw on more mechanisms than commonly assumed. Learn more in this #SciencePerspective: https://scim.ag/4axnAiA

This looks remarkable!! Building my favorite subcellular structure from the ground up--WOW!!

🏋️Our review on how to build muscle is out in @biophysicalreviews.bsky.social: The Physical Basis of Sarcomere Assembly. We critically review past models and discuss a new mechanism that unifies past ideas, suggesting tension-driven self-organization. With @frankschnorrer.bsky.social & Kolley-Köchel

Experimental structures provide valuable hypotheses and accelerate but do not replace evolutionary and statistical analyses of protein sequences

Cell fun 🤭

Seen on way back to London from ASCB. As Jez Carlton said “if rudder falls off will it regenerate”. Have a good flight home everyone after another great meeting…… long may ASCB continue

SY-Stem 2026 is here! The symposium focusing on the next generation of stem cell researchers returns to the Vienna BioCenter from 11–13 March 2026. Register online: sy-stem.org

🚨 My lab is hiring at all levels! Interested in animal origins & evolutionary cell biology? I'm recruiting a postdoc, PhD students & a research assistant to study the molecular evolution of cell adhesion using marine invertebrates + comparative genomics. 🔗: clarkelab.com/join/ Please repost!

🔬 Call to create junior research groups at the Institut Pasteur Focus: Infectious diseases, host-microbe interactions, vaccines Special interest: AI methodologies 📅 Deadline: Feb 9, 2026 👥 2-12 years post-PhD Apply now 📝 research.pasteur.fr/en/call/crea... #JobOpportunity #Research

📣 We are moving to Barcelona to join the amazing @crg.eu and explore how centrosomes & cilia work, evolve & respond to the environment. We are looking for PhD students www.crg.eu/en/content/t... Postdocs gimm.pt/jobs/postdoc... Other calls to open, also for an experienced lab manager. Get in touch!

1/2 A special #FluorescenceFriday for me! 🌈 Live muscle precursors on a pupal fly testis (Lifeact-eGFP, 🔥-depth-coded). It's special because this is on the poster for the @sfb1348.bsky.social Meeting in May — my first time being featured as a speaker on a poster! 😀 Feeling very grateful & excited!

There a is a joint call between @pasteur.fr and @cnrsbiologie.bsky.social for a mid career group leader position in AI and genomics (or molecular biology). Don't hesistate to spread the word if you know anyone relevant. research.pasteur.fr/en/call/mid-...

On the cover - Congrats @jeromeavellaneda.bsky.social @nunoluis.bsky.social flies fly! @fly-eds.bsky.social www.cell.com/developmenta...

🚨Excited to kick off our online seminar series on Metabolism in Development and Physiology! Please help us grow a collaborative and supportive community by joining (<1min): forms.gle/Y8QzucogKKrZ... #Metabolism #Development #StemCells Please RT! 🙏

We’ve officially launched the MetaboDev lab at IMBA 🚀! I’m extremely grateful for all the support from the @imbavienna.bsky.social & @viennabiocenter.bsky.social community. Special thanks to @eunicechan.bsky.social, the most amazing first lab member I could have hoped for. On to the science!🔬🧬#NewPI

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 unc.peopleadmin.com/postings/307...

The @crick.ac.uk is recruiting Early Career Group Leaders - Lab set-up, research costs, salaries for up to 5 researchers - Support for up to 12 years - Access to our core facilities - Competitive salary - Fantastic colleagues - All areas of biology Deadline 27 Nov www.crick.ac.uk/careers-stud...

Pleasure to announce the program of my new series of lectures at the College de France in Nov-Dec. Continuing on the theme of Biological information. I will focus on the computational aspects, building on David Marr's tri-level of analysis in biological systems. YouTube link sent when it starts.

New life at IMBA. Micropatterned cells.

🧠 You are in Marseille on September 29th and interested in neurodevelopmental questions, don't forget to register to our symposium "Linking neural development, human disease and evolution". To register: evento.renater.fr/survey/mini-... @neuromarseille.bsky.social @ibdm.bsky.social

#JobOffer 💼 Post-doc researcher (M/F) in biophysics 📅 November 3rd 📍 @minclab.bsky.social Apply on the CNRS job portal before August 18th 🔗 emploi.cnrs.fr/Offres/CDD/U...

EMBL Cell Biology and Biophysics department is searching for a new director. A major position to lead this field in Europe and beyond. embl.wd103.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/EMBL/j...

Microtubules: the architect of muscles. Watch how microtubules transport mitochondria in proximity to energy consuming sarcomeres in muscles of flies and mice. @jeromeavellaneda.bsky.social @nunoluis.bsky.social @ibdm.bsky.social with @gomeslabo.bsky.social www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Flies rock 🪰

So happy to see this out!

#MetabolismMondays Meet @kstapornwongkul.bsky.social, #newPI at @imbavienna.bsky.social @vbcscitraining.bsky.social, alumni from @viktri08.bsky.social @embl.org - discussing metabolism of embryonic development using #gastruloids. #theNodeCorrespondents #ecr @the-node.bsky.social #DevBio #stemcell

Have you heard of the 'Matthew effect'? Essentially, that early career success (measured as grant income) predicts later career success in research. These authors argue that grant schemes have morphed into talent identification schemes. www.nature.com/articles/d41...

Are you a scientist with an interest in photography? We're delighted to announce that the Royal Society Publishing Photography Competition is now open for entries until 15 August 2025! 🎉 Find out more: royalsociety.org/journals/pub... #RSPphotocomp

On the Shape of Life: meeting report, SFBD meeting 2025 Girish Kale @girishkalephd.bsky.social wrote about his experience attending #ShapingLife3, the @sfbd.bsky.social meeting, which took place in the picturesque town of Cassis: thenode.biologists.com/on-the-shape...

Students (Master's/PhD), do not miss this fantastic Developmental Biology course of @sorbonne-universite.fr and @institutcurie.bsky.social - It is FREE and open to international students, however, room and board + travel are not included. training.institut-curie.org/courses/deve...

What do we see when looking at cells under the microscope? 👉Some are bigger than others, some are elongated and align with the neighbors & others seem to move. Cool, right? But wouldn't it be cooler to quantify these observations? I'm @juliaeckert.bsky.social. Let's explore some analysis software!‬

Sex is complicated. “Male mouse fetuses can develop female organs in utero if their mother is iron deficient during pregnancy, a study in Nature reports. This is the first-known example of a dietary mineral affecting sex determination” #ReproSky 🧪 #Development www.nature.com/articles/d41...

Changes to Starting and Consolidator Grant eligibility finally in place! #erc

Check out our "In Preprints" @dev-journal.bsky.social w/ Yonit Maroudas-Sacks & Marc Trani Bustos @mpi-cbg.de @poldresden.bsky.social, putting recent #gastruloid work from @viktri08.bsky.social @thomasgregor.bsky.social @amartinezarias.bsky.social labs in broader perspective: doi.org/10.1242/dev....

Do you have some cool results to present to the #Drosophila community at #EDRC2025 ? Please do not forget that abstract submissions are opened until the 28th of May edrc2025alicante.com/abstracts/