In this week's DB unit seminar @embl.org, Eva Pillai @evapillai.bsky.social , a postdoc in the Arendt, Diz-Muñoz @diz-lab.bsky.social and Brunet groups @thibautbrunet.bsky.social , shared insights on the role of cell surface mechanics in multicellularity, using choanoflagellates as a model organism

To probe gene-scale chromatin physics, we built 96-mer (20 kb) arrays with defined histone marks. Combining single-molecule tracking, AFM imaging, and developing in vitro Hi-C, we saw how specific modifications dictate chromatin structure and dynamics. www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

Please repost! I am looking for a passionate and hard-working PhD student to work in southern Africa on experimental defaunation and rewilding of megafauna. See the link below for more information: @camzoology.bsky.social @conservation.cam.ac.uk

I wrote something on developmental biology and disability and put it up on the node last night: thenode.biologists.com/developmenta... I've been nervous to share because some of it veers a bit personal but they are thoughts that won't stay quiet. Would love to know what people think about it!

Call for abstracts now open at: www.icrs2026.nz/call-for-abs... Submissions are invited under approved sessions aligned eight broad Symposium themes. You may submit an abstract as: - Oral presentation - Speed talk - Poster Deadline: Monday 1 December 2025, 11.59pm (New Zealand time).

Spotted moray slithering through the morning traffic in Coral City! #spottedmoray #moray #thatsamoray #morayeel #schoolmaster #snapper #stripedparrotfish #parrotfishjungle #coral #coralhead #coralcitycamera #miami #portmiami #miamibeach #biscaynebay #coralcity

@deepmirror.bsky.social is heading to Chicago for @acsmedi.bsky.social & @euromedchem.bsky.social Medicinal Chemistry Frontiers 2025! 🏙️ If you’re also attending or happen to be in the Chicago area, I’d love to connect. Drop me a message or visit us at Booth 16 - let’s grab a ☕ and 💬!

Re-posts appreciated! We have an open PhD position w/ Prof Harold Auradou on #microswimmers/#protists in complex media! Students get to spend at least 12 months in Paris, and will receive their PhD from both Exeter and Paris-Saclay! Apply by 31st Mar. More details: adum.fr/as/ed/voirpr...

Here is my obituary to my PhD supervisor and close friend David Ish-Horowicz, a lovely supportive mentor and friend for many generations of scientists and spent 10 years in my lab after “retiring”. We will all miss him. Development (2024) 151 (21): dev204429. doi.org/10.1242/dev....

Happy Friday! Here's an #Aiptasia polyp from this week's adventure into Cnidarian - Plankton #symbiosis

We were blessed with an hour of squid courtship flashing on cam today 🦑💞🦑 www.instagram.com/p/C3T9aVOue_...

Very happy to share a preprint of our work investigating how the embryonic brain expands and departs in morphology from the spinal cord early in development. Great to collaborate with @ehannezo.bsky.social Shi-Lei Xue, Kristian Franze and Alex Winkel on this. -> doi.org/10.1101/2024...

'Tis the season...for #fungi 🍄📷 Orange one is Yellow Stagshorn, not sure about the others