I’m beyond excited to see our work published in Science Advances! 🎉 Deeply grateful to everyone involved — and especially to @pawelburkhardt.bsky.social for the great mentorship ✨ www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

Last week I attended the 61st NBS Contact Meeting at Storefjell ❄️ and presented my work from @pawelburkhardt.bsky.social group 🗣️ Great to see the plenary talk from group leader Timothy Lynagh from our @msarscentre.bsky.social And a good chance to learn more about the research in Bergen and beyond!

We are thrilled to invite you to the Michael Sars Symposium 2026 - Living systems in a variable ocean, together with our co-organizers at @cbubergen.bsky.social! Mark June 4, 2026 in your calendars, and watch out for our speaker lineup reveal in the new year 🙌

Thrilled to share the preprint from my PhD! 🥳 Where I characterised epithelial cell extrusion in a sea anemone 🔗 www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6... Big thanks to my supervisor @prhsteinmetz.bsky.social and coauthors @noahbruderer.bsky.social @lionlchristiaen.bsky.social at🇳🇴 @msarscentre.bsky.social ⬇️🧵

🪸 Two weeks to go! Please apply for this Postdoc position! 🪸

🪸 🪸 🪸 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...

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

If you’re interested in joining our team as an Assistant Engineer, don’t hesitate to get in touch! Exciting projects, a friendly and dynamic team - all based in the beautiful French Riviera! @institutBiologieValrose - @cnrscotedazur.bsky.social

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...

Another season has started as well. We now find many different ctenophores in Byfjorden, a fjord that runs into the city center of Bergen. Here the ctenophore Mnemiopsis leidyi: it uses a row of cilia called comb plates to swim. When hit by light, they create shimmering rainbows along their bodies.

Happy to share the Biodiversity Cell Atlas white paper, out today in @nature.com. We look at the possibilities, challenges, and potential impacts of molecularly mapping cells across the tree of life. www.nature.com/articles/s41...

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...

Neural Connectome of the Ctenophore Statocyst 🤩. @kei-jokura.bsky.social, @jekely.biologists.social.ap.brid.gy team identify a new syncytial nerve net in older animals & differences in innervation patterns. Great collaboration & co-submission to bioRxiv. Exciting times! doi.org/10.1101/2025...

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!

📢 Bergen citizens!! 🍻 Pint of Science festival is almost here! 🧠🎤 Join us 19–21 May for three nights of science, entertainment, discussions – and definitely fun! 💬 Talks from your local friendly scientists and researchers 📍Don't miss out!! Check the programme here 👉 shorturl.at/lZEeD #Pint25

Deadline to register fast approaching #WoCaNet2025! Women’s Careers & Networks, inspiring #workshops #CareerFair #Speakers #Networking @WoCaNet: www.uni-goettingen.de/en/203891.html Be a part of it: #Wocanet 4 & 5 June. #StopTheLeakyPipeline #WomenInSTEM #Networking #MothersInScience

My group is hiring a new Postdoc to work on gene regulation and chromatin in Nematostella. Please RT! For more information see here: gahanlab.com tinyurl.com/34xke35d

And... it's live! In situ hybridization has been foundational for sea urchin developmental biology. Here we report a fully automated method to probe more than a hundred genes using a general purpose liquid handler.https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.03.23.644641v1

We offer three new positions to join BCA Phase 0: 1. A full-stack developer to work on the BCA database with @ebi.embl.org 2. A senior research technician to develop sc methods 3. A bioinformatician to analyze new atlases with @sangerinstitute.bsky.social Details below. Please, share and repost.

So happy to finally share my postdoctoral work!! 🥳 Check it out!

The Michael Sars Centre annual symposium has become a yearly landmark in our academic life, and an ever inspiring day of Science. Check it out and attend 🙌🏻🧪 #MSS2025 @embl.org

Thrilled to see #choanoflagellates on the cover of Science Advances🤩. Our latest work "Electrical signaling and coordinated behavior in the closest relative of animals" out now. Link: www.science.org/doi/10.1126/... 👏 @jeffcolgren.bsky.social @msarscentre.bsky.social

We are hiring Group Leaders! One month left to apply ⏳ Join us in beautiful Bergen for a chance to lead exciting science in a supportive environment! 🌊 🔗 tinyurl.com/4bwn8u3n

Happy to share that the Gahan lab will be branching out (or more like returning) to working on Nematostella in the near future. Details will follow but for now if anyone is interested in doing a Postdoc or PhD in 2025 on chromatin in Nematostella drop me a message :)

Thrilled to see our latest work on ctenophore reverse development featured on the cover of @PNASNews 🤩 Work supported by @MSarsCentre, @UiB, @ERC_Research #ctenophores #evolution #rejuvenation👏👏👏@JoanJSoto & stunning 📸 from @Alexandre4_Jan www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...