@malinkjosavik.bsky.social was fantastic giving her first talk at a conference!

Fantastic presentation by @malinkjosavik.bsky.social at the Tutzing basal metazoan workshop 👏 She shared her work on starvation and metabolism in Nematostella, conducted in collaboration between the @prhsteinmetz.bsky.social lab and the Dept of Biomedicine @unibergen.bsky.social ✨

How Did Hands Evolve? The Answer Is Behind You. (My story of some surprising evo-devo!) nyti.ms/42Cg8xH

Are digits modified fins, or evolutionary innovations? Read how we tackled this old question from a new angle🧪 A story with @chasebolt.bsky.social, @homeobox.bsky.social and myself, coordinated by @denisduboule.bsky.social from @college-de-france.fr and published in @nature.com today! #InHoxWeTrust

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 🧵

Look at this crazy thing! www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Our work on the function of miR-51/miR-100 is out! miR-100 is widely conserved across eumetazoans but its function has been mysterious. Emilio Santillán found in worms it regulates signaling and extracellular matrix genes, some of which seem to be conserved targets! www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

Finally, the excellent postdoc work of Emmanuel Haillot is out, where he dissected the integration of Wnt, MAPK and Notch signaling in defining mesoderm and endoderm identities in the diploblast Nematostella. Strikingly similar to sea urchins. www.nature.com/articles/s41...

At long last, the version of record of our paper on the #platynereis #connectome "Whole-body connectome of a segmented annelid larva" is out. Explore the rich online presentation with all the videos, figures and source data here: https://doi.org/10.7554/eLife.97964 @eLife @biology […]

Congratulations Dr. Fournon Berodia @inesfournon.bsky.social 🎉🤩 We are very proud of Inés for successfully defending her PhD thesis conducted in the @prhsteinmetz.bsky.social lab. Thank you to opponents @ragkousik.bsky.social & @levayerr.bsky.social for insightful discussions 👏

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! 👏

Nature research paper: The genomic origin of the unique chaetognath body plan go.nature.com/3HAsyyV

Researchers from @imev-mer.fr recently visited us for a workshop supported by the French-Norwegian mobility program Åsgard 🌊 Between seminars, lab demos and discussions, new ideas and plans for long-term collaborations emerged 🤩 Read more about this exciting partnership below ⤵️

Pls. share widely Calling all transposon fans & lovers of genetic innovation MOBILE GENOME welcomes you in Heidelberg, Nov. 4–7 2025 → Vibrant & friendly community → Cutting-edge talks from mechanisms to physiology → Plenty of surprises (TEs never stop innovating) submit abstract by July 29

'Vacations.' The word is 'vacations.'

#MetabolismMondays Meet @kstapornwongkul.bsky.social, #newPI at @imbavienna.bsky.social @vbcscitraining.bsky.social, alumni from @viktri08.bsky.social @embl.org - discussing metabolism of embryonic development using #gastruloids. #theNodeCorrespondents #ecr @the-node.bsky.social #DevBio #stemcell

Latest #MetabolismMondays interview has just dropped 👀 Find out more about #newPI @kstapornwongkul.bsky.social and her research 👇

Open PhD position in my group: protein bioinformatics and protein-lipid interactions. Competences required: experience with protein bioinformatics, good programing skills, machine learning, interest for beautiful protein structures! Deadline: Aug 1st 2025. Official info => tinyurl.com/LTPbioinfo

A single-cell ATACseq atlas of our favourite sea anemone, Nematostella vectensis! By @aelek.bsky.social @martaig.bsky.social

Decoding cnidarian cell type gene regulation https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.07.01.662323v1

Foundations: please step up and take over the Biodiversity Heritage Library (BHL). This is an absolutely essential scanned archive of all of the old journals and books from the 1500s to about 1920. Has been indispensable for my research. about.biodiversitylibrary.org/call-for-sup...

Our latest preprint is out! www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1... How do #ctenophores control their sense of balance "without a brain"? We used connectomics to uncover the neural network behind their gravity sensing!

In our new preprint we describe the synaptic #connectome of the nerve net in the ctenophore gravisensory organ. https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.06.26.661250v1 #biology #neuroscience #ctenophore #vem

📢Our Norwegian node, @ncmbm.bsky.social, has launched its group leader recruitment campaign! 🌟Check out all the details are below👇!

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...

Our new paper is out: "The 3D architecture of the ctenophore aboral organ & the evolution of complex integrative centers in animals. We reveal a remarkable cell type diversity, nerve net condensation, a multilayered circuit & gene expression profiles. www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1... #ctenophores

Inspired by visits to Woods Hole @mblscience.bsky.social and Roscoff, we hope to welcome folks in #SunnyBergen to foster exchange and spark discoveries in Marine Life Sciences.

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!

Excited to share the lab's 1rst preprint! Rapid high-res immunofluorescence is now possible in cultured & environmental diatoms thanks to 4-fold expansion microscopy. A step-change for comparative cell biology in one of the most important phytoplankton groups on the planet 🥳 tinyurl.com/m9s5su7s 1/2

The 4th edition of the Michael Sars Symposium was a success 🤩 A big thank you to our fantastic speakers, engaged audience and organizing team ✨ Have a look below for a throwback to the #MSS2025 highlights! 📸⤵️

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/...

It’s out! 🥳 www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

The Maria Leptin | EMBO Science Journalism Fellowships support life scientists pursuing a career in #ScienceJournalism and science journalists who wish to further their scientific education. www.embo.org/funding/fell... #LifeSciences #Funding 🧪

🧪Evidence that AIs are already conscious and lose interest when things get too hard! 😮‍💨🤷‍♂️ #WorkLifeBalance #TheHardProblem tinyurl.com/y26ypn34

The last part of @paulknabl.bsky.social 's PhD is now available at www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1... Paul showed that BMP signaling is active in the diffuse nervous system of the sea anemone Nematostella and the box jellyfish Tripedalia. Moreover, suppression of BMP signaling in Nematostella leads...

1) Branching morphogenesis is fundamental to animal development, shaping complex organs like lungs, kidneys, and vascular networks. Gills are another highly branched organ. Yet, the developmental processes behind gill formation in zebrafish remain poorly understood. #zebrafish #gills #microscopy

I am excited to share our new publication in @pnas.org on the de novo nerve net assembly in Hydra embryos showing that neural circuits self-assemble through activity-driven processes, modulated by temperature and the microbiome. Thanks to all colleagues involved here! www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...

Introducing a contender for Most Elegant Animal in the Ocean: the Appendicularian! In Oct. 2023, Terra Hiebert and collaborators Anne Thompson and Carey Sweeney @bluewaterlab.bsky.social went to the @msarscentre.bsky.social in Bergen, Norway to study appendicularian feeding selectivity.

You want to apply #ATACseq in your emerging model organism, but you don't know where to start? Is #ATACseq the best method for my research questions? Search no more! We got you covered with our new review: doi.org/10.1002/jez.... Excellent collaboration with @gevol.bsky.social

🚨 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...

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 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...

Job Alert! We are recruiting one postdoc to work on spiralian embryos and their crazy polar lobes. More info about this HFSP-funded position on our website baronelab.org: scroll to the end, click on "this could be you"...start your adventure!

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We are excited to present Jingwei Xu @xujwet.bsky.social from @ethz.ch for #MSS2025 🤩 His work focuses on the evolutionary origins of cytoskeletons, using advanced microscopy techniques to reveal the cell biology of Asgard archaea 🦠 Only one week left to sign up! ➡️ tinyurl.com/yc4jxdvz

During #MSS2025, Ross Waller from @cambiochem.bsky.social will present his team’s efforts to elucidate algal proteomes and better understand their propensity to parasitism 🌿 Registration is open until May 28 👏➡️ tinyurl.com/yc4jxdvz

We are happy to introduce another speaker on our #MSS2025 line-up! ✨ Camila Esguerra from @ncmbm.bsky.social will discuss her recent projects using the powerful zebrafish model to elucidate disease mechanisms, in toxicology research and more 🐟 Register to hear her talk ➡️ tinyurl.com/yc4jxdvz