✨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/
#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, 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:
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📣 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
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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...
@floravincent.bsky.social @aikmi.bsky.social @justinmcrocker.bsky.social @isabellagraf.bsky.social @nicolettapetridou.bsky.social @jordivangestel.bsky.social @hanhtkvu.bsky.social @laura-rustarazo.bsky.social @sorayazwahlen.bsky.social @ymeiborg.bsky.social @simonknoblich.bsky.social
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 👏
Schematic of limb regeneration in axolotl, with growth controlled by two oppositely oriented morphogen gradients (SHH, FGF8).
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
