π¬β¨ For #IWD2026, weβre highlighting the voices of #WomenInScience!
In our short interview with Dr. Anna Czarkwiani @aniaczark.bsky.social shares what might surprise teenagers about a career in research and the skills that shaped her journey.
Read more β‘οΈ tud.link/yjts9v
#CMCB #TUDresden
In animals with large genomes, finding cis-regulatory elements can be very challenging. Enhancers can be located tens/hundreds of kb away from their target promoters. We face this challenge in Parhyale, with >3 Gbp genome.
We just published a preprint describing how we are tackling this problem. /1
New research group at the CRTD @tudresden.bsky.social !ππ¬
Supported by the ERC Starting Grant, Dr. Anna Czarkwiani @aniaczark.bsky.social is launching a new group to study the sense of gravity and #regeneration in the inner ear in axolotl.
Read more β‘οΈ tud.link/buva24
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Sometimes, just sometimes, for an ECR, "in submission" just means "I am on my 3rd glam journal submission with this paper that took me 5 years and still not allowed to preprint" π₯²
Just discovered the wonderful covers of 'Genes to Cells', the journal of the Molecular Biology Society of Japan @mbsj-official.bsky.social β absolutely beautiful!
here some examples inspired by mitosis, CRISPR, the DNA helix, and plant pigments
I wrote a post describing a minimal set of principles that I've been using to make my research papers a bit more reproducible. Would love hearing what you think! #OpenScience
brunovellutini.com/posts/daft-p...
Flyer announcing the next Panel Discussion event organised by AWAD. The title is "Escape the pyramid! Can we have a non-hierarchical academia?"
Join us at malobeo on February 8 at 6 PM to share your perspective on the hierarchical structures of the scientific institutions we work at!
Bring your colleagues -we'll bring snacks- and let's have an open conversation on how to improve our working conditions and science.
Exciting news! I was interviewed by @currentbiology.bsky.social for their Q & A section, where I talk about the future of palaeontology, dangers of AI in education, social media and science communication. Featuring, my doodles!
cell.com/current-biology/fulltext/S0960-9822(25)01552-0
This interview is SUPERB.
What a pleasure to get a glimpse of the world & science through @nataliajagielska.bsky.social's eyes. @currentbiology.bsky.social
www.cell.com/current-biol...
A bit late but a paper from our lab has been published!
Human fingertip regeneration is a fact, it happens in children and adults (not only in children as it has been long believed). We describe here the regenerative phases and analyse the proteome of wound exudates.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
π£ #Job alert!
Looking to establish your own independent research in cell biology, development or evo-devo?
The @cnrs.fr is recruiting 7 scientists in that area of research.
Here are updated unofficial guidelines. Reach out to members of the committee if you have questions
c3n-cn.fr/section-24-w...
#Mastodon, the Command Center for Large-Scale Lineage-Tracing Microscopy Datasets, is finally heading for publication (well, let's see). To #cite or not to cite shall no longer be the question π, because the #preprint. Software is available in every #Fiji near you.
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
Mastodon: the Command Center for Large-Scale Lineage-Tracing Microscopy Datasets https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/2025.12.10.693416v1
A new #ScienceImmunology study finds that juvenile axolotls can regenerate their thymus from scratch after complete removal, which could inform future therapeutics for aging or immune-compromised patients. https://scim.ag/3Y1XbBQ
Axolotls are famous for regenerating limbs. Turns out they can also regenerate their thymusβand that may show us how to someday to the same. That story and more of the best from @science.org and science in this edition of #ScienceAdviser: www.science.org/content/arti... π§ͺ
This monthβs cover features the Mexican axolotl Ambystoma mexicanum, which has the ability to regenerate its thymus de novo, an apparent exception among vertebrates.
The December issue of #ScienceImmunology is out!
This month's cover highlights the juvenile axolotl's ability to regenerate its thymus after complete removalβpossibly making it an exception among vertebrates. Learn about this research and more: https://scim.ag/4anWlqv
One proposed strategy to promote a youthful immune system and human healthspan is to rejuvenate our thymus gland. Can we learn from this exceptional (and peculiar looking) vertebrate that can do this?
science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Can't believe my postdoc paper is finally out. Christmas came early this year, holy moly π
Molecular basis for de novo thymus regeneration in a vertebrate, the axolotl | Science Immunology www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
π Please share π I have two open developmental biology/genetics/evo-devo PhD project vacancies for October 2026 start.
1 = π π π¬(embryos!!)
β±οΈπ DEADLINE 15th DEC πβ±οΈ (competition)
sleightlab.com/vacancies/
2 = π¦ͺ π π§¬
β±οΈπ DEADLINE 14th JAN πβ±οΈ(fully funded)
sleightlab.com/phd-vacancy-2/
I love this. And not just because of the axolotl costume, the content is great too β€οΈ
π¬ Limb regeneration depends on regenerative signaling center cells β but how do these cells influence others to proliferate, migrate, or differentiate?
Weβre recruiting PhD or Postdoc candidates to explore this with our collaborator @osvaldo-chara.bsky.social !
Sea cucumbers are beautiful! π₯
This image shows the skeleton of a baby sea cucumber. Very happy that it got awarded by #NikonSmallWorld π
π Check the preprint by @PranavVyas and @prakashlab.bsky.social if you want to learn more about skeleton development in these animals:
shorturl.at/J3g1h
Amaaaazing! Huge congrats!!!
Labβs 1st preprint!
Menstruation is understudied due to societal taboos + a biological challenge: mice (a key system for research + drug discovery) donβt menstruate.
@cagricevrim.bsky.social made menstruating mice + used them to discover early events in menstruation.
He is on the job market!
Is this jargon?
I think the taboo of the challenges of academic environments is very slowly, glacial pace really, but starting to be talked about more openly even in the news here in Germany at least. I'm sure your experience would be relatable to more people than you think... It's brave to open up about them.
π₯³ Congratulations to our postdoc, Dr. Anna Czarkwiani @aniaczark.bsky.social, on receiving the ERC Starting Grant @erc.europa.eu!
With β¬2 million in funding, Anna will explore the biology of gravisensation and uncover insights into related disorders. π§
#CMCBnews @tudresden.bsky.social #ERCStG
PortrΓ€tfoto von Dr. Anna Czarkwiani.
#ERCStG fΓΌr Anna Czarkwiani: π Dr. @aniaczark.bsky.social von @crtd-tud.bsky.social wurde mit einem renommierten Starting Grant von @erc.europa.eu ausgezeichnet. Die Postdoktorandin erforscht die Biologie des Schwerkraftsinns & damit verbundene Erkrankungen.
βΉοΈ tu-dresden.de/tu-dresden/n...
Rozdane wczoraj przez @erc.europa.eu granty #ERCStG trafiΕy takΕΌe do 6οΈβ£ polskich naukowcΓ³w, ktΓ³rzy swoje badania bΔdΔ
prowadziΔ w Niemczech, Austrii, Francji i Szwajcarii. Czego dotyczΔ
ich projekty? β¬οΈ
@aniaczark.bsky.social @magda-sznurkowska.bsky.social @olgakepinska.bsky.social
Thank you to all the many people who helped me with my proposal and a special shout-out to my first ever research assistant Sarah Sonnenberg. To the wonderful, encouraging and supportive people I met along the way.
I can't wait to start this new adventure. (4/4)
