Apart from learning, there are also important (and fun) networking activities going on at #EESBioOsc. #SciencePubQuiz

When conference participants take part in a human experiment... How to get a group of humans to spontaneously synchronize their walking behaviours in the absence of "leaders" (watch out for the one who was attempting to cheat the system!) What are the most important cues here? 😏 #EESBioOsc

Happening now: poster session at #EESBioOsc. Lots of interesting discussions.. who will win the poster prize? 🧬🔬

Are you a postdoc in the job market? Do you have a cool story in the making? You forgot to have lunch and just run your gel backwards? You can't sleep because of the prospect of applying to 100 places and getting two replies only? Apply! 🧪🐟https://www.germanfishmeeting.org/from-postoc-to-pi

Great start at #EESBioOsc 👏

Exciting news 🎉 Ali, who has been a postdoc in the Aulehla group @embl.org, is heading off to an incredible next chapter. Congratulations Ali on your Emmy-Noether funded group leader position at the Faculty of Biology at the University of Freiburg. We are so proud to have had you with us!

✨ At last week's DB Unit Seminar @embl.org, Camilla Autorino @cami-autorino.bsky.social, a postdoc in the Petridou Group @nicolettapetridou.bsky.social, presented her work on how tissue rigidity phase transition shapes morphogen gradients in zebrafish embryos 🐟🔬

Hard to think the EMBO/EMBL symposium on the cellular mechanics of #symbiosis is already over @embl.org. Some personal scientific heroes in there, and a very unique collegial and open minded vibe (and great dancers💃🏻 ) #EESSymbiosis Wonderful way to reconnect with science after 🐣! #womeninscience

That’s a wrap on our Mechanics of Symbiosis meeting in Heidelberg 🎉 Had an amazing time organizing this with @berasymbionts.bsky.social, @floravincent.bsky.social & Tom Richards. Safe trip home everyone! #EESSymbiosis @events.embl.org

🔥Exciting new paper from the Ikmi group @embl.org! The authors identified a set of mesoscale mechanical modules that can be used to predict species-specific shapes by combining a comparative analysis of cnidarian larval morphogenesis with active surface theory #morphogenesis #cnidaria

✨ At this week's DB seminar @embl.org, Laura Sanchis Pla, a PhD student in the van Gestel group, presented her research on the defense strategies of bacteria in response to protistan predation. She explored the diverse life-history decisions that bacteria make to survive in natural environments.

✨In the DB unit seminar this week, Amrutha Palavalli, a postdoc in the Vu @hanhtkvu.bsky.social group @embl.org, presented a new approach to studying the life history evolution and identifying the trade-offs of the flatworm Schmidtea mediterranea #planarians #sciRNAseq

We have extended the abstract deadline by a week! Looking forward to seeing you many of you here!

✨At this week's DB seminar @embl.org , Alvin Han, a postdoc in the Arendt group, presented his work on the variation of microbiome and symbioses of Platynereis species across European coastlines 🪱 #TREC #microbiome

And just like that, #EESCollectivity is done! These last four days just flew by and we want to thank every participant, speaker, and organiser for making the first edition of the EMBO | EMBL Symposium 'Collectivity in living systems' such a success. We hope to see you at another event soon! 👋

Less than a week left for abstract submission for #EESMechanobiology - join us in this long-standing meeting on the mechanics of life.

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....

✨This week at the DB unit seminar @embl.org, Paco Majic Bergara @hhydrochaerus.bsky.social, a Crocker group postdoc, presented his project on how developmental noise across different scales, from genotype to phenotype, has the potential to affect evolutionary trajectories.

✨ At this week's DB seminar, Silvia Zanna, a PhD student from the Ikmi group @aikmi.bsky.social @embl.org , presented her work on the characterisation and function of migratory cells in Nematostella vectensis #cnidarian #develepmentalbiology #migration

Switching fields or wanting to become an expert in #zebrafish research? The @mblscience.bsky.social 2026 Zebrafish Development & Genetics course offers a fantastic opportunity to learn from leaders in the field! Application deadline: March 2 Please spread the word! www.mbl.edu/education/ad...

For International Day of Women and Girls in Science, #IDWGS2026, we are featuring some of our 'Transitions in development' interviewees from the past year. Browse our full series here: journals.biologists.com/dev/collecti...

A fantastic line up of speakers! Register is now open.

Happy International Day of Women and Girls in Science! 🧪 Don't forget to send in your nominations for the FEBS | EMBO #WomenInScience Award. Deadline: 15 May Read more: https://www.embo.org/the-embo-communities/febsembo-women-in-science-awardees/nominate-for-the-women-in-science-award/#WomenInScience#award

Very last chance to join us (Deadline tomorrow Feb 10!) at this Developmental Biology meeting! Have a nice story? Come and discuss it with editors from @embojournal.org @plosbiology.org and @dev-journal.bsky.social ! A one hour info session from @erc.europa.eu will also be presented!

✨ This week’s DB unit seminar @embl.org featured Shuchang (Jim) Hu, a PhD student in the Vu @hanhtkvu.bsky.social and the Dorrity groups @mwdorr.bsky.social, who shared fascinating findings on Phagocata velata, a flatworm that uses two different regeneration strategies depending on the context

✨At this week's DB seminar, Cyril Cros, a postdoc in the Arendt group @embl.org, presented his work on integrating single-cell and electron microscopy datasets of a marine worm. This approach combines molecular and structural data to provide new insights into cellular organization and function 🪱

Yesterday, EMBO Press hosted a #webinar "Peer review in practice: Insights from EMBO Press editors" part of a pilot project in collaboration with EMBL#webinar aimed at encouraging the engagement of postdocs in the #PeerReview process. 🧪 #LifeSciences #research

Recruitment for the EMBL International PhD Programme is officially open! 🔊 At EMBL, we train young scientists to become skilled and creative future leaders in academia, industry and other sectors. Start your career in the life sciences with us! 🔎 Read more here: tinyurl.com/4jdt2ra5

📣 Please spread: we’re hiring a Lab Manager! It is a critical position in our new lab. As our lab moves to Barcelona and joins the @crg.eu, we’re looking for a Lab Manager to help build the lab and set the lab atmosphere. 🔗 Apply here 👉 recruitment.crg.eu/content/jobs...

✨ At this week's DB seminar, Magdalena Schindler @lena-schindler.bsky.social, a postdoc in the Petridou group @nicolettapetridou.bsky.social @embl.org, presented her work on how cell cycle synchrony affects tissue-level mechanical transitions at the onset of morphogenesis in zebrafish embryos 🐟 🔬

Do not miss Camilla's talk tomorrow!

The call for Health + Life Science Alliance post doctoral fellowships has just opened: lnkd.in/dw9zxKSN. Joint with my group @embl.org , Victoria Ingham Uni. Heidelberg, and Felix Hol at Radboud Univ., we are exploring how climate and chemistry shape mosquito behaviour for next-gen. vector control

✨We kicked off 2026 with a great seminar by Sapna Chhabra, postdoctoral fellow in the Aulehla group at the DB unit @embl.org. Sapna shared her research on how medaka fish embryos robustly segment their body axis in the presence of temperature changes 🐟 🔬 #DevelopmentalBiology #TemperatureRegulation

We are pleased to be a media partner for the @embl.org @embo.org Symposium - Biological oscillators: rhythms and synchronisation across scales #EESBioOsc Abstract submission: 14 Jan 2026 Registration (On-site): 10 Feb 2026 Registration (Virtual): 17 Mar 2026 bit.ly/49mgD2Q

Want to join #EESCollectivity on site but haven’t registered yet? You can still submit an abstract for a poster presentation, so hurry up – you only have until 13 January! ➡️ s.embl.org/ees26-01-bl

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...

What a year it's been at the DB unit @embl.org! 2025 brought us hard work, exciting discoveries, and numerous initiatives that advanced our science. As we wrap up this year, we want to wish everyone a restful and joyful winter break. We'll be back in 2026, ready for new challenges. See you then! 🎉

🎓 Congratulations to Victoria Witte from the Arendt group @embl.org who has defended her PhD thesis titled “A single cell transcriptomics investigation of the adult Platynereis dumerilii mushroom bodies” #DevelopmentalBiology

Well done Paco Majic @hhydrochaerus.bsky.social, Santi Herrera and colleagues 👏

Axolotl can regrow lost limbs, matching their body size. How? Our new theory-experiment paper in @pnas.org proposes how oppositely oriented morphogen gradients scaling with animal size promote proportional growth. Great collaboration with @tatianasg.bsky.social @cmcb-tud.bsky.social

Very happy to share our 'Evoscape' paper, now published in PNAS ! www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...

🎓Congratulations to Adriaan Meiborg @ymeiborg.bsky.social, from the Vu group @hanhtkvu.bsky.social @embl.org who has defended his PhD thesis titled “A single-cell view of Schmidtea mediterranea growth dynamics” #DevelopmentalBiology

🎉 Congratulations to Idoia Quintana @idoiaeu.bsky.social on receiving an ERC Consolidator Grant! Exciting research ahead. #ERCCogGrant #Research

✨ This week's DB seminar was presented by Sosuke Fujita a postdoc in the Ikmi group @aikmi.bsky.social @embl.org. His research focuses on the role of neuropeptide signaling in development and regeneration using Nematostella as a model organism #devbio #regeneration #cnidarians

🎄 Day 3 of the 24 Days of Development ✨🧬 The yolk sac, the oldest extra-embryonic membrane, plays a key role in early nutrient transfer 💛🎁. Mouse yolk sac organoids reveal its function as a choriovitelline placenta and maternal-fetal exchange hub 🌟 doi.org/10.1016/j.yd...

Two heads are better than one, unless you’re a land planarian trying to find some grub. FORCE pilot project - check! Video credit: Daniel Stoga #nightscience #WormWednesday @hanhtkvu.bsky.social @aikmi.bsky.social @embldbunit.bsky.social @martaalvarez.bsky.social

Applications are open for @dev-journal.bsky.social 2026 Pathway to Independence (PI) programme, supporting postdocs applying for group leader positions: Mentoring Profile raising Leadership training Network building Spread the word... www.biologists.com/grants/devel...

🎄 Day 2 of the 24 Days of Development ✨🧬 This study uncovers a key role for foxl2l in zebrafish sex differentiation. 🐟 Loss of foxl2l blocks meiosis, causes germ cells to accumulate, and results in complete female-to-male sex reversal. ❄️🔍🌟 doi.org/10.1016/j.yd...

🎄 Day 1 of the 24 Days of Development ✨🧬 This study shows how different fixation methods (PFA vs. TCA) change what researchers can visualize in chicken embryos using HCR or IHC. 🔍🐣🔬 doi.org/10.1016/j.yd...

✨This week at the DB Unit Seminar @embl.org, Gabriel Gastelum Urbina @gabyga16.bsky.social, a postdoc in the van Gestel Group @jordivangestel.bsky.social, presented her work on how predation shapes microbial community dynamics in soil #predation #microbialecology #microbialdynamics