Vasso Theodorou

🧬 10 @dfg.de-funded PhD positions at @goettingen-campus.de 🧬
❗Focus: Evolution of gene regulatory networks & Wnt signaling in emerging models (insects, snails, flatworms, cnidarians).
💻 Methods: 'Omics, Bioinformatics, CRISPR/RNAi & Imaging.
📌Start: June 2026.
#EvoDevo #Genomics #Bioinformatics

Many thanks to Marc @amoyellab.bsky.social for the very inspiring talk linking metabolism and differentiation in the fly testis at the @imbb-forth.bsky.social Junior scientists retreat. And to our #EU_funded for sponsoring his travelling.

Interview with Nicole Roos and Anthony Wokasch: winners of the MBL Embryology course image competition   - the Node Last September marked the return of our image competition with the MBL Embryology course at Woods Hole. The 2025 cohort submitted

Meet Nicole Roos and Anthony Wokasch, winners of the popular vote of our image competition with the @mblscience.bsky.social embryology course.

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The Company of Biologists 100 logo to the left and QR code to the right. Portrait of Austin Smith to the left, text to the right 100 extraordinary biologists Austin Smith Austin Smith is a Company Director and DMM Guest Editor. Austin has served as a Development Editor and co-organiser of Development Meetings. He is a pioneer of embryonic stem cell research and serves as the Director of the Living Systems Institute, Exeter, UK, where he researches pluripotency, stem cell renewal and differentiation. #100biologists #biologists100

We are highlighting Austin Smith, a @biologists.bsky.social Director, @dmmjournal.bsky.social Guest Editor and former @dev-journal.bsky.social Editor, as an extraordinary biologist. #100biologists
@ausmith.bsky.social

‘It’s been a cesspit, really, my life’: war photographer Don McCullin on 19 of his greatest pictures At 90, McCullin has spent seven decades recording conflict and tragedy – while escaping snipers, mortar fire and capture. He reflects on pain, pride and regret

5' for a good night read
10' including gazing at the photos
15' to think it over

‘It’s been a cesspit, really, my life’: war photographer Don McCullin on 19 of his greatest pictures www.theguardian.com/artanddesign...

👀Next Wednesday, Oct 22nd, at #FragileNucleosome seminar, we are excited to host @alicelaigle.bsky.social and @seungsookim.bsky.social to tell us about amazing work they are doing!
🗓️Register here for upcoming session and the entire series:
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🧪 We are #hiring!

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This is so cool! It’s also nice to see how careful genetic dissection of loci is still at the forefront of discovery!

Day 3 @edrc2025.bsky.social once again fantastic community, science and people. Grateful to be here!

@scentinel.bsky.social #HorizonEU #REA

@edrc2025.bsky.social almost there! Very much looking forward to meet up and listen to amazing #Drosophila research. Come by my poster (will have the jedi pin on it)

We have two open positions for a ML and a LLM engineer to launch a machine learning expertise unit in our center @vibai.bsky.social, see vib.ai/en/opportuni...

Enjoying the Nordic Autophagy Society meeting in Sånga Säby! Great community and with impressive science and good discussions! @arcticautophagy.bsky.social @cancelluio.bsky.social @womeninautophagy.bsky.social

Creating connections in Crete – People – EMBO Meet George Garinis, professor at the University of Crete, affiliated group leader at the Foundation for Research and Technology – Hellas and EMBO Member

Meet George Garinis, professor at the University of Crete #Greece, affiliated group leader at imbb-forth.bsky.social and EMBO Member. “For me EMBO is all about connection,” he says, grateful for the role EMBO plays in facilitating #networking to other parts of #Europe: www.embo.org/people/creat... 🧪

Our new preprint is out !
We uncover how adult Drosophila muscles respond to injury through a coordinated dialogue between hemocytes, tracheal cells, and muscles.
Check it out and please share
@igdrennes.bsky.social

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It's official now 😁

Big thanks again to @ascbiology.bsky.social & MBoC

Collective cell motion has many forms, but rotation is the coolest of them all.

I'm @onenimesa.bsky.social , and in this short🧵, I'll highlight some instances of global tissue rotation like this one from @BauschLab

Amazing opportunity, join the Manzini Lab and become part of the Institute of Animal Physiology in Giessen!

The first full central nervous system connectome dataset of an adult fly, with the most comprehensive annotation of sensory and motor neurons to date.

A heroic effort with contributions from many groups, a product of the collaborative spirit of the Drosophila neuroscience community.

I'll soon be advertising for a 3 year postdoc to join our lab at @edinuni-irr.bsky.social exploring #macrophages in salivary gland #development. Candidates should have a strong background in immunology/macrophage biology and/or developmental biology & key skills as below. Informal enquiries welcome!

Neuroendocrine control of intestinal regeneration through the vascular niche in Drosophila Robust and controlled intestinal regeneration involves reciprocal interactions between the intestinal epithelium and its microenvironment. Here, we id…

Very happy and proud to share the latest work from our lab.
Neuroendocrine control of intestinal regeneration through the vascular niche.
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

The Company of Biologists 100 logo to the left and QR code to the right. Portrait of Andrea Brand to the left, text to the right 100 extraordinary biologists Andrea Brand Andrea Brand authored Development’s most cited paper, originating the GAL4 system for targeted gene expression. Andrea is the Chair of Department of Cell Biology and Director of the Regenerative Medicine Institute at NYU School of Medicine, USA, investigating neural stem cells in human brain organoids and Drosophila. #100biologists #biologists100

We are also highlighting Andrea Brand, who authored @dev-journal.bsky.social‘s most cited paper, as an extraordinary biologist this week. #100biologists

Very honored to receive the 2025 ISCB Innovator Award at #ISMBECCB2025 and present our lab’s journey—from mapping cells to modeling their future.

Thanks to my amazing team and collaborators—this is our award! 🙌

📽️ Keynote: Atlases, AI & virtual cells
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💡 Did you know that almost half of #HorizonEU topics required the use of social sciences & humanities (SSH)?

Our new report reveals how SSH integration boosts impact & innovation across disciplines.

Check it out to strengthen your next proposal! 👇

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Age mosaic of gut epithelial cells prevents aging - Nature Communications Qin et al. suggest how organ or individual aging can be understood at the level of cellular age composition. An age mosaic among Drosophila gut epithelial cells prevents aging, suggesting that a tissu...

Injury earlier in life rejuvenates the gut and extends life span. Way cool !
www.nature.com/articles/s41...

A human homolog of SIR2 antiphage proteins mediates immunity via the Toll-like receptor pathway Key actors of mammalian immunity originated from bacterial antiphage systems. The full extent of immune system conservation between bacteria and eukaryotes is unknown. Here, we show that the silent in...

Many components of human immunity evolved from ancient pathways in bacteria. A beautiful story from @audeber.bsky.social‬ @enzopoirier.bsky.social‬ leverages this evolutionary connection to discover SIRal as a signaling protein in animal TLR-mediated innate immunity.

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For not greeks google translate www.lifo.gr/now/greece/s...

60 days to go for applying to marie-sklodowska-curie-actions.ec.europa.eu/actions/post... if you want to join me to study ageing with an interesting new angle!
#Smurfs #2PAC