Phenotypic plasticity as the foundation of lifelong development In this #LifelongDevSI Hypothesis, @mohannad-dardiry.bsky.social & @aikmi.bsky.social (@embl.org) challenge the paradigm of organismal terminal differentiation doi.org/10.1242/dev....

Had the pleasure of working with @mohannad-dardiry.bsky.social to rethink what it means to develop for life. Many thanks to @dev-journal.bsky.social! @embl.org #LifelongDevSI

It was my pleasure to work on this piece with @aikmi.bsky.social. I enjoyed it and genuinely appreciate his way of articulating thoughts. Here, we suggest that lifelong developmental processes can be understood comprehensively through the lens of phenotypic plasticity and modularity (1).

Metamorphosis in Schizocardium californicum drives dramatic reorganization of cell types, with adult structures forming through transcriptional reprogramming of larval cells rather than their wholesale replacement. @paul.bump.bsky.social @lowelab.bsky.social www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

Exciting day for the lab: our 1rst paper is officially out in @currentbiology.bsky.social 🥳 Wonderful collaboration wt @gautamdey.bsky.social showing how Cryo-ExM achieves consistent immunostaining in diverse diatoms, from the lab and the natural environment 1/n #ProtistsOnSky tinyurl.com/2zxaund7

🚨Our collaboration with @centriolelab.bsky.social & @gautamdey.bsky.social is out today in @cp-cell.bsky.social We show that #Expansion #Microscopy is a broad-spectrum modality for Euks, enabling 3D phenotypic maps rooted to phylogeny. #ProtistsOnSky #SciComm #SciSky www.cell.com/cell/fulltex...

What a gem from @dudinlab.bsky.social @gautamdey.bsky.social @centriolelab.bsky.social in Cell! Expansion microscopy atlas of >200 eukaryotes comparing cytoskeletal architectures revealing structures not seen before. Stunning visualisation! Exactly the kind of transformative cell biology we need.

🗞️🗞️New publication in @Nature! 🗞️🗞️ A study led by #ICREA researcher Iñaki Ruiz-Trillo (@multicellgenome.bsky.social) and Elena Casacuberta from @ibe-barcelona.bsky.social explains their research on the origin of multicellularity 🦠 www.nature.com/articles/d41...

New preprint out! Evolutionarily conserved transcriptional regulators control monoaminergic neuron development. We uncover how ancient regulatory programs orchestrate the neurons that produce serotonin and dopamine across 550 million years of evolution. doi.org/10.1101/2025...

Very happy to see our paper published online natcomms.nature.com. Thank you to @wellcometrust.bsky.social for funding this work during my time with @robklose.bsky.social and David Booth! Thanks also to collaborators @garcialabms.bsky.social @alexdemendoza.bsky.social and the other authors!

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

🪸 🪸 🪸 Postdoc position in my group at Bristol to study the role of venom in surviving environmental stress in corals! 🪸 Interested in venom biochemistry and coral ecology?Please apply by November 24! @bristolbiosci.bsky.social www.bristol.ac.uk/jobs/find/de...

🔬 Limb regeneration depends on regenerative signaling center cells — but how do these cells influence others to proliferate, migrate, or differentiate? We’re recruiting PhD or Postdoc candidates to explore this with our collaborator @osvaldo-chara.bsky.social !

A selection-based knockout approach for a choanoflagellate reveals regulation of multicellular development by Hippo signaling

🚨 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!

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 🧵

Yesterday, my book on biological agency, written with philosopher Álvaro Moreno, was published. Coincidentally, today an article appears in collaboration with my colleague @pablocarb.bsky.social @i2sysbio.es in which we explore a solution to a classic problem in the study of the origin of life.

Limb regeneration guide for axolotls 📋 Laura Turchi (@turchil.bsky.social) highlights a recent paper by @leootsuki.bsky.social and team on The Node ⬇️👀 thenode.biologists.com/limb-regener...

Issue 17 is complete! On the cover: Image of three Hydra specimens. A wild-type Hydra (centre) and two transformants showing switch of foot (pink) to tentacle (yellow) (right) and tentacles to feet (left). See Research Article by Ferenc et al. journals.biologists.com/dev/article/...

Meet the 2025 cohort of @dev-journal.bsky.social Pathway to Independence fellows Read about the scientific visions of eight dev bio post-docs entering the academic job market journals.biologists.com/dev/article/...

New preprint from the @pawelburkhardt.bsky.social lab 🤩 @annaferraioli.bsky.social & colleagues created a 3D model of the ctenophore apical organ, revealing cell-type diversity and exciting new insights into the evolution of central nervous systems 🧠🧪 Congratulations to the team! 👏

🌊🧪 Big day at #chemecol2025! I presented my talk: “Chemical cues & larval behaviour in the tunicate Ciona intestinalis 🪸✨ I had the pleasure of chairing the Aquatic Chemical Ecology session — featuring amazing talks on annelids, cnidarians, oysters, and red algae. 🌿🦪🪼🪱

Congratulations @lionlchristiaen.bsky.social, @rnadoctor.bsky.social & team for a new publication in @plosbiology.org 👏🧪 Their work shows a conserved pathway for neuromuscular junction development between tunicates and vertebrates 🧠 Read the article below ⤵️

Huge congratulations to postdoc Guillaume Poncelet @guillaumeponcelet.bsky.social who was awarded a UiB Early Idea innovation grant 🤩🎉 Inspired by his work in the @lionlchristiaen.bsky.social lab, he will be developing a new product derived from naturally occurring compounds 🔬 Read more below ⤵️

We are thrilled to announce the launch of the Michael Sars Visitors Program! ✨🧪 To spark new connections, we are opening our doors to visiting researchers who wish to conduct a project in #SunnyBergen. Applications are open, help us spread the word!

New short paper from our lab @currentbiology.bsky.social, in which we discover of a new mode of cell motility for choanoflagellates: flagellar gliding. www.cell.com/current-biol... - A 🧵

This week's beautiful #MicroscopyMonday is a juvenile Nematostella with stinging cells labeled with eGFP (green). (Gibson Lab) #SciSky

Excited to share our new work on the 3D architecture of the ctenophore aboral organ! We explored its remarkable cellular diversity and integration with the syncytial nerve net, uncovering connectivity and insights into the evolution of sensory complexes. www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

David’s @davidmoersdorf.bsky.social cool paper about the role of Chordin in BMP signaling in the sea anemone Nematostella is finally out www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

Epithelial tissues are well-known to invade free space and stop proliferation at confluency. Do we know what regulates cell proliferation spatially and temporally? 🧵by @dedenonmathieu.bsky.social

You still have one week to apply to this position! Take your chance to do your postdoc on alien critters 🐙🦑 in a vibrant yet cosy - walkable!- town in Europe. Pls RT

Check out our latest work‼️Fantastic study with really cool data and findings led by @allancarbal.bsky.social in collaborarion with Stephan’s lab. The one and many ways of getting a belly…

It's finally here! Great start of the summer. We got our latest preprint from @chemamd.bsky.social in @qmulsbbs.bsky.social @qmulse.bsky.social, showing evidence of developmental system drift in the specification of dorsoventral (belly vs back) axis in annelids 🪱🪱🪱 #DevBio #EvoDevo

🚨 We’re recruiting PhD students! 🚨 Join the Stem Cell Biology and Evolution lab at @lsiexeter.bsky.social to study planarians, stem cells & evolution. 2 projects available - 1 week left to apply! Interested and no PhD yet? Apply now. Or help us spread the word! 🙌 www.exeter.ac.uk/research/ins...

We're hiring! Our lab is looking for a postdoc to investigate the #evodevo of #cephalopod brains. Did you recently graduate, and do you want to join our EU #WEAVE project with the Simakov and @simon-sprecher.bsky.social labs? Find the application form👇Thanks for RT 🐙🦑 www.kuleuven.be/personeel/jo...

🔎El equipo de @viktri08.bsky.social (@embl.org) y de @jesseveenvliet.bsky.social (@mpi-cbg.de) demuestran independientemente que la glucólisis, además de impulsar el crecimiento celular, influye directamente en las decisiones tempranas sobre el destino de las células. Más ℹ️👇

😻 HUGE NEWS! One of the "Magnificent 8" – key missing lineages for understanding animal origins – is ALIVE in our lab! Watch the video! Massive thanks to @luisjagago.bsky.social (isolation wizard!) & @beaplab.bsky.social @ibe-barcelona.bsky.social @prbb.org @csic.es @erc.europa.eu #protistsonSky

🔎 Un parell d’estudis de grups d’investigació, @viktri08.bsky.social de @embl.org i @jesseveenvliet.bsky.social de @mpi-cbg.de , mostren de manera independent l’inesperat paper, a més del metabòlic, de la glicòlisi en el desenvolupament embrionari: l'instructiu. Llegeix més 👇

Missed the #KSMetabDev25 meeting? #KeystoneSymp @martinestermann.bsky.social & virginiasavy.bsky.social have listed the #preprints that were discussed. Check out their #preList ⬇️👀 prelights.biologists.com/prelists/ksm...

🚨We’re proud that The Genetics Society @gensocuk.bsky.social supports the upcoming UK EvoDevo meeting. Register for only £5 and submit your abstracts before June 1st! Link to register: eshop.qmul.ac.uk/conferences-...

It is good to see Europe voicing commitment to Science and extending a hand to the scientific community in the US. As a dual french and american citizen leading a research center in Norway since 2021 and after 15 years in the US academia, this all feels quite close to home.

Fun Q&A with Curr Bio in which I discuss mammoths, Don Quijote, and why you should not fall in love with a hypothesis authors.elsevier.com/a/1l2MF3QW8S...

If you missed, last week we learnt insights from @eudaldpascual.bsky.social about how nutrients and #metabolism shape cell differentiation and cell fate in #seaanemones and #planaria, check out his interview !!! #stemcell #cellbio #devbio thenode.biologists.com/of-tor-and-t...

Big thanks to @iamshef.bsky.social for reaching out and doing this awesome interview! Go take a look!! 🙂🧬🥘

In Nematostella, Eudald uncovered nutrient driven quiescence—stem cells slowing down in sync with starvation. A unique in vivo glimpse into how #metabolism & #cellcycle co-evolved. From ATP awe in high school to decoding cell cycle & survival, bridging #EvoDevo & #metaboism.

Eudald recently started his new postdoc position with @multicellgenome.bsky.social and team to study how metabolism regulates cell cycle at the origin of animal multicellularity.

📣 New article out in @cp-cellreports.bsky.social 🤩 Zonglai Liang and colleagues from the @mchatzigeorgiou.bsky.social group reveal a dual role for Anoctamins in sensory perception & metamorphosis in #Ciona larvae 🧪 Take a peek behind the scenes ⤵️

🚨🧪Help us share: Registration deadline to the MBL #Symbiosis course got extended! Join us to get practical experience on a diversity of symbiotic organisms at the legendary MBL in Woods Hole.

With International Women's Day around the corner, we swapped our weekly internal seminar for a screening of Picture A Scientist 🎬 An important watch with incredibly powerful testimonies from #WomenInSTEM