Why fundamental research is fundamental to progress, seeding major breakthroughs Editorial @nature.com this week And 7 basic science discoveries that changed the world nature.com/articles/d41... nature.com/articles/d41...

Here's the link to the system, try it! qedscience.com @qedscience.bsky.social

Model organisms as platforms for training scientific minds www.nature.com/articles/s41...

The secret to our big brains? Going with the flow(Tissue fluidization)!

A stunning image!

It's online! In this series of perspectives @dev-journal.bsky.social, yours truly talks about the exciting open questions and many things to do in the field of dev bio and neuroscience #DevBio🧪 #PIsOfTomorrow journals.biologists.com/dev/article/...

🚨 New preprint! We profile the transcriptome of the C. elegans distal tip cell: a persistent leader cell that invades basement membrane to shape the gonad. Our dataset defines the molecular signature of invasive leader cells & uncovers new regulators of collective cell invasion.

If anyone ever wants to brush up on a lot of cell migration concepts don't forget we have several wonderful scientists who have given talks previously in cell migration seminars. I find it so comforting to go look at old videos, maybe someone else who will do as well!! youtube.com/@cellmigrati...

🚨 The International Developmental Mechanics Zoom Seminar Series is back on Sept 25! 🎤 We have an exciting line-up of speakers this fall. See the image below for details 🌐 Website: sites.google.com/view/devmech... 📝 Interested in presenting? Sign up here: tinyurl.com/2munv5bv

📢📢Hiring 2 Research Assistants & 2 Postdocs at Emory University in Atlanta to study cytoskeletal biophysics/biochemistry. Please RT. RAs: great for recent bachelor's/master's in Physics/Bio/Chem/Biochem. Email CV and interests to [email protected]. More info: www.shekharlab.org

A snapshot of the mechanics shaping organs: what plants and animals can teach each other. Thank you Mabel, @MabelMathew_M and Ankita @Dash_Ankita for putting this together. authors.elsevier.com/a/1lamy3si8Q...

Excited to share the final version of the STRESS software paper 🎉 Do you want to measure cell or tissue stresses using deformable beads or droplets, please check this paper: nature.com/articles/s41... Full access: rdcu.be/ezlGj and the preprint thread below ⬇️ x.com/CampasLab/st...

Thrilled to bits to see our latest work online in Dev Cell! 🥳 We wanted to know how cells build functional organs with precision🫀🫁📏 Here we show how coupling of cell shape and organ function fine tunes the form and contractile power of the developing #zebrafish heart 1/n tinyurl.com/cell-stretch

Happy to share my recent clipboard article link.springer.com/article/10.1... Thanks to @kavita-babu.bsky.social and @wormlockholmes.bsky.social for giving me this wonderful opportunity! #germline #mechanics #cellmorphogenesis #Organ-leveldynamics

Interested in understanding how cells move collectively and build tissues and organs! Join the collective cell migration/dynamics starter pack by @maikbischoff.bsky.social👇 #cell migration #cellbio #devbio

Interested in Developmental Mechanics??? We are organizing a mechanobiology workshop in Baeza, Spain, October 21-23, 2025. Come join us (and please help us spread the word)!!!

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...

Shroff, N. P., Xu, P., Kim, S., Shelton, E. R., ..., Campàs, O. & Klein, O. D. (2024). Proliferation-driven mechanical compression induces signalling centre formation during mammalian organ development. Nature Cell Biology. #EpithelialMechanics www.nature.com/articles/s41...

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!‬

🔬💡A serendipitous discovery while troubleshooting an imaging issue led Yamini @yamini.bsky.social down a project studying mechanically induced morphogenesis in Hydra Check out this new 'behind the paper story' ⬇️

*Paid internship opportunity* @biologists.bsky.social is looking for a 3-month intern this summer to work across the Node, @prelights.bsky.social and @focalplane.bsky.social If you're interested in #SciCommm & #publishing, and have the right to work in the UK, apply by 5 June 👇

Story of resilience!

A most inspiring thread!

🧵5 Top Free Alternatives to BioRender for Scientific Illustrations! These five websites offer free scientific illustrations for biologists. Great for presentations, research papers and other research communication needs. Save and share the post!

#NewFaculty! Welcome to the campus, Dr @pritiagarwal.bsky.social ! 🎙️In an interview with Rupsy Khurana, Dr Priti Agarwal talks about her journey, motivations, and research, along with her exciting plans for the future at NCBS. Read Here: news.ncbs.res.in/spotlight/nc... @rupsykhurana.bsky.social

The International Developmental Mechanics Zoom Seminar Series returns Sep 2025! with new co-organizers @goncaerdemci.bsky.social‬ and @tarafinegan.bsky.social. A new website live: sites.google.com/view/devmech.... Dev Mech enthusiasts, please register at this link: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

I'm excited to join @pritiagarwal.bsky.social and @tarafinegan.bsky.social as a co-organizer for the International Developmental Mechanics Seminar Series. The series will resume in September 2025, and call for speakers is now open! More info is on our new website: sites.google.com/view/devmech...

Very happy and excited to share our latest work linking actin nematodynamics and endothelial cell mechanics under anisotropic tension, now published in @natphys.nature.com ! rdcu.be/eigWi @ipparis.bsky.social @polytechniqueparis.bsky.social

🌿✨ Calling all mechanobiologists, bioengineers, and curious minds! ✨🌿 Join us in Vietnam this year for an unforgettable Conference on Mechanobiology, where science meets culture in one of Southeast Asia’s most vibrant destinations. 📅 06-12 July 📍 Quy Nhon, Vietnam 🔗 icisequynhon.com/conferences/...

Ever wondered how organs take shape? Join us to find out! The Organ Mechanobiology Lab @ncbsbangalore.bsky.social is recruiting Graduate Trainees. Perfect for final-year students curious about tissue mechanics, development & cell biology. Check out the ad below 👇 Please RT! Thanks🙏

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

A very useful review for everyone who wants to learn more about the importance of ECM viscoelasticity in mechanotransduction and (patho)physiology.

Germ granules promote germ cell formation by altering membrane mechanics via PIP2 and actin!! cell.com/current-biolog…#Germrm cell developmen#Mechanobiologygy

What’s the link between Origami and morphogenesis? This is the world of Actuation, I’m @ar-abdelfattah.bsky.social, and I’ll share with you insights, experiments and an outlook on how epithelia use mechanical forces to gain geometrical and functional complexity.

I’m delighted to share that I am starting as an Assistant Professor @ncbsbangalore.bsky.social ! Our lab will explore how mechanical forces shape organ architecture, regulate germ cell fate, and drive collective cell migration- using C. elegans as a model system.

Excited to share our review, “Outside influences: The impact of extracellular matrix mechanics on cell migration” now online in Current Topics in Developmental Biogy! Link: authors.elsevier.com/a/1kWLpFzn7W.... We discuss how ECM mechanics influence cell migration in development. #CellMigration #ECM

Since I have so many new friends 😄, I thought I'd advertise this. Together with @pritiagarwal.bsky.social and Lance Davidson, we run a Developmental Mechanics seminar series on Zoom (originally started by Ronen Zaidel-Bar). This coming Thursday, we have our last session for 2024. Join us!!

Absolutely gorgeous story out from @eposfai.bsky.social's team. Check it out for the story, and oogle over the images 🤩

A stimulating workshop on the subject of Waddington Landscapes in Lyon last week, prompted me to compose some thoughts on dynamical landscapes, gene regulatory networks, and single cell transcriptomics briscoelab.org/morphogenalia/