We have extended the abstract deadline by a week! Looking forward to seeing you many of you here!
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We have extended the abstract deadline by a week! Looking forward to seeing you many of you here!
Less than a week left for abstract submission for #EESMechanobiology - join us in this long-standing meeting on the mechanics of life.
Welcome to 'Collectivity in living systems'! During the next few days we'll explore coordination, cooperation, emergence, and decision-making in systems ranging from bacterial biofilms and cell migration to tissue formation, disease models, and animal behaviour. Let's go! π #EESCollectivity
π Calling all fish model researchers! π
The 1st German Fish Model Research Meeting is happening in Heidelberg, Sept 16β18, 2026βand you donβt want to miss it !
πhttps://www.germanfishmeeting.org/
#daniorerio #fishmodel #germanfish2026 #medaka #killifish #cavefish
Join us in Vienna for the biggest international 'FISH' meeting in 2026! No matter which fish is your favorite model - zebrafish, medaka, killifish, cavefish, Danionella, cichlids, stickleback, you name them...- this meeting is for you!
www.ezm2026.org
Abstract submission deadline is March 15th.
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Our cells are experts at navigating inherently noisy and complicated environments.
EMBL researchers are using theoretical physics approaches to uncover fundamental principles behind how cells use complex information to self-organise.
www.embl.org/news/science...
We summarised the many roles of material phase transitions in development (and they are not just mechanical π€)
β¨ 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 π π¬
How can structures at the vertex of 3 cells have effects at the tissue level?
Join me, @laura-rustarazo.bsky.social, to explore how tricellular junctions (TCJs) act as local tension sensors and regulators of global tissue organization. π§΅β€΅οΈ doi.org/10.1126/scie...
Congratulations Ina π₯³π€©
Anthony A. Hyman will become EMBLβs next Director General.
He joins EMBL from @mpi-cbg.de in Dresden. He is also Professor of Molecular Biology @tudresden.bsky.social, and was a group leader at EMBL Heidelberg from 1993 to 1999.
www.embl.org/news/people-...
Emergence and Self-organisation across biological scales! I hope you are ready for next year conference! It will be an incredible event April 20-22 2026. The first of many #LakeConference organised by
@ehannezo.bsky.social @alleninstitute.org and James Sharpe @embl.org
One more week to apply for this exciting symposium on collective behaviour πππ
You only have one more week to submit your abstract for 'Collectivity in living systems: emergence, function, and evolution' π s.embl.org/ees26-01-bl
Don't miss #EESCollectivity which will explore how collective behaviours arise from fundamental principles across biological systemsπ¦ ππ§¬
Please join us for this exciting new conference on the emergence, function and evolution of biological collectives - unpacking the wonderful world of self-organization: www.embl.org/about/info/c...
@pawelburkhardt.bsky.social @isabellagraf.bsky.social @wcratcliff.bsky.social @julia-schwartzman.bsky.social Daniel Amor, Helen Byrne, Elena Casacuberta, Serena Ding, Deborah Gordon, Oleg Igoshin, Susanna Manrubia, AntΓ³nia Monteiro, Alan Rodriguez, Tatsuo Shibata, Gurol Suel, GaΕ‘per TkaΔik
Only a few days left for abstract submission at the brand new EMBO|EMBL Symposium Collectivity in living systems: emergence, function and evolution. We have stellar speakers in cell, animal collectives & beyond @priscaliberali.bsky.social @icouzin.bsky.social @ricardsole.bsky.social
Join us!
Very sad news, John Gurdon has died.
A developmental biologist's developmental biologist, Nobel prize winner
His work is the foundation of much of today's dev & stem cell bio.
An inspiration to many, including me. Always asking questions & wanting the answers
www.magd.cam.ac.uk/news/profess...
My lab @mpi-muenster.bsky.social is looking for a computational biologist with a passion for imaging and spatial biology. A staff scientist position with long-term perspective! Apply and spread the word π jobs.mpi-muenster.mpg.de/jobposting/0...
Please allow me to introduce... our new preprint π Together with Michael Zhao, Anna Erzberger and Alexander Aulehla, we investigate pattern formation due to aggregation in confined systems.
You can find it at arxiv.org/abs/2509.08533
@michaelzhao.bsky.social @erzbergerlab.bsky.social
Congratulations, Michael Dorrity and Anna Erzberger!
The two EMBL Heidelberg group leaders have received ERC Starting Grants that will enable ambitious projects related to developmental timing and tissue self-organisation, respectively.
Learn more: www.embl.org/news/awards-...
How did differentiation evolve to allow for complex multicellular systems? In this @cp-trendsecolevo.bsky.social⬠paper, Boolean networks are used to answer long-standing questions in the evolution of cell type diversity. @wcratcliff.bsky.social d1wqtxts1xzle7.cloudfront.net/115269531/j....
A plot showing the duration of the early embryonic cell cycle of 5 different species as a function of temperature. Higher temperatures mean faster cycles, up to an optimum, beyond which the cycles slow down and eventually stop.
Many years in the making but now finally online! What determines the temperature scaling and thermal limits of cell cycle duration in embryos? We tackled the question using a combination of dynamical systems analysis and experimental measurements in embryos and in cycling Xenopus extracts.
Very excited to be co-organizing this meeting next February. Fellow collective behavior enthusiasts, this one is for you!
Brand-new conference on collective behaviour! Join us to foster a community to study how interactions among the constituents trigger fascinating collective phenomena: biofilms, fish schools, tissue self-organisation, bird swarms & many more!
Thanks to amazing speakers for helping us realise this!
Everything (and more) you wanted to know about Nodal Signaling. A Paradigm for TGFΞ² Signaling in Embryonic Development | Annual Reviews - www.annualreviews.org/content/jour...
Weβre recruiting PhD students & postdocs excited about nonlinear dynamics and the physics of living systems. Help us spread the word!
with updated link:
embl.wd103.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/EMBL/d...
We are searching for an enthusiastic scientist to join our team and establish annual killifish as a model system for early developmental biology and biophysics! @embl.org @embldbunit.bsky.social
Apply here:
embl.wd103.myworkdayjobs.com/EMBL/job/Hei...
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