Dorothee Bornhorst-Ohmstede
@dorotheeb.bsky.social
IZKF Research Group Leader at the Institute of Cell Biology (ZMBE) & CeRA, previous Postdoc in Gunawan and Zon Lab - endothelial cells, gonadal function, vascular biology & zebrafish 🐠🔬
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🎉Registration is OPEN! 🎉
Abstract submissions for oral & poster talks are live for the 4th Canadian Zebrafish Research Conference! 🐟
✈️ Travel awards will be selected from submitted abstracts, don’t miss your chance!
👉 event.fourwaves.com/4czrc/pages
@izfs.bsky.social @zebrafishrock.bsky.social
Abstract submissions for oral & poster talks are live for the 4th Canadian Zebrafish Research Conference! 🐟
✈️ Travel awards will be selected from submitted abstracts, don’t miss your chance!
👉 event.fourwaves.com/4czrc/pages
@izfs.bsky.social @zebrafishrock.bsky.social
4th Canadian Zebrafish Research Community meeting
Join 4th Canadian Zebrafish Research Community meeting, May 15, 2026. Learn more on Fourwaves.
event.fourwaves.com
February 18, 2026 at 2:26 PM
🎉Registration is OPEN! 🎉
Abstract submissions for oral & poster talks are live for the 4th Canadian Zebrafish Research Conference! 🐟
✈️ Travel awards will be selected from submitted abstracts, don’t miss your chance!
👉 event.fourwaves.com/4czrc/pages
@izfs.bsky.social @zebrafishrock.bsky.social
Abstract submissions for oral & poster talks are live for the 4th Canadian Zebrafish Research Conference! 🐟
✈️ Travel awards will be selected from submitted abstracts, don’t miss your chance!
👉 event.fourwaves.com/4czrc/pages
@izfs.bsky.social @zebrafishrock.bsky.social
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Meet Mathilda Mommersteeg, keynote speaker at the 1st GERMAN FISH MODEL RESEARCH MEETING
Her recent work has highlighted the role of circadian rhythms, the adaptive immune response, and metabolic switches in enabling cardiomyocyte proliferation and re-differentiation.
#zebrafish #cavefish #research
Her recent work has highlighted the role of circadian rhythms, the adaptive immune response, and metabolic switches in enabling cardiomyocyte proliferation and re-differentiation.
#zebrafish #cavefish #research
February 18, 2026 at 1:21 PM
Meet Mathilda Mommersteeg, keynote speaker at the 1st GERMAN FISH MODEL RESEARCH MEETING
Her recent work has highlighted the role of circadian rhythms, the adaptive immune response, and metabolic switches in enabling cardiomyocyte proliferation and re-differentiation.
#zebrafish #cavefish #research
Her recent work has highlighted the role of circadian rhythms, the adaptive immune response, and metabolic switches in enabling cardiomyocyte proliferation and re-differentiation.
#zebrafish #cavefish #research
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New preprint @biorxiv-devbio.bsky.social by Harshath Amal and colleagues from our lab @uni-muenster.de shows how a BMP #morphogen gradient is translated into graded junctional permeability by tuning adhesion and actomyosin contractility in #Drosophila
See tinyurl.com/yhbwd9xh
@sfb1348.bsky.social
See tinyurl.com/yhbwd9xh
@sfb1348.bsky.social
February 18, 2026 at 8:43 AM
New preprint @biorxiv-devbio.bsky.social by Harshath Amal and colleagues from our lab @uni-muenster.de shows how a BMP #morphogen gradient is translated into graded junctional permeability by tuning adhesion and actomyosin contractility in #Drosophila
See tinyurl.com/yhbwd9xh
@sfb1348.bsky.social
See tinyurl.com/yhbwd9xh
@sfb1348.bsky.social
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... credits for the 🎥 go to @theajacobs.bsky.social
To learn more about our work on #tricellular junction assembly and dynamics, open positions etc., see www.uni-muenster.de/Biologie.IMZ... @uni-muenster.de @sfb1348.bsky.social
To learn more about our work on #tricellular junction assembly and dynamics, open positions etc., see www.uni-muenster.de/Biologie.IMZ... @uni-muenster.de @sfb1348.bsky.social
AG Luschnig - Home
IMZ - AG Grashoff
www.uni-muenster.de
February 18, 2026 at 9:24 AM
... credits for the 🎥 go to @theajacobs.bsky.social
To learn more about our work on #tricellular junction assembly and dynamics, open positions etc., see www.uni-muenster.de/Biologie.IMZ... @uni-muenster.de @sfb1348.bsky.social
To learn more about our work on #tricellular junction assembly and dynamics, open positions etc., see www.uni-muenster.de/Biologie.IMZ... @uni-muenster.de @sfb1348.bsky.social
🐟🧬 My lab is looking for a technischer Assistent (BTA) to support our #zebrafish -based research projects!
Hands-on work with animal models, molecular & cell biology methods!
Join us in Münster and be part of translational science.
👉 Apply here: jobs-sf.ukmuenster.de/job/UKM-Biol...
Hands-on work with animal models, molecular & cell biology methods!
Join us in Münster and be part of translational science.
👉 Apply here: jobs-sf.ukmuenster.de/job/UKM-Biol...
Biologisch-technischer Assistent (BTA) (gn*)
Biologisch-technischer Assistent (BTA) (gn*)
jobs-sf.ukmuenster.de
February 18, 2026 at 8:08 AM
🐟🧬 My lab is looking for a technischer Assistent (BTA) to support our #zebrafish -based research projects!
Hands-on work with animal models, molecular & cell biology methods!
Join us in Münster and be part of translational science.
👉 Apply here: jobs-sf.ukmuenster.de/job/UKM-Biol...
Hands-on work with animal models, molecular & cell biology methods!
Join us in Münster and be part of translational science.
👉 Apply here: jobs-sf.ukmuenster.de/job/UKM-Biol...
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We‘re looking for a motivated Master student to join our team!
Do you want to optogenetically control metabolic activity to see how metabolism affects patterning and morphogenesis? 💡🧫🧬🔬
Then please apply!
#optogenetics #metabolism #devbio #hESCs
Please RT. Thank you!🙏
Do you want to optogenetically control metabolic activity to see how metabolism affects patterning and morphogenesis? 💡🧫🧬🔬
Then please apply!
#optogenetics #metabolism #devbio #hESCs
Please RT. Thank you!🙏
February 17, 2026 at 6:21 PM
We‘re looking for a motivated Master student to join our team!
Do you want to optogenetically control metabolic activity to see how metabolism affects patterning and morphogenesis? 💡🧫🧬🔬
Then please apply!
#optogenetics #metabolism #devbio #hESCs
Please RT. Thank you!🙏
Do you want to optogenetically control metabolic activity to see how metabolism affects patterning and morphogenesis? 💡🧫🧬🔬
Then please apply!
#optogenetics #metabolism #devbio #hESCs
Please RT. Thank you!🙏
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PSA - the pIGLET14a and pIGLET24b landing site lines (Lalonde et al., 2024) are now available at Zebrafish International Resource Center (ZIRC)! 🐽🐟🧬
🔗 to purchase: https://zebrafish.org/fish/lineAll.php?t=Allele&sverb=starting+with&c=co2&searchMenuQuick=Go
More details in thread (1/6)
🔗 to purchase: https://zebrafish.org/fish/lineAll.php?t=Allele&sverb=starting+with&c=co2&searchMenuQuick=Go
More details in thread (1/6)
February 13, 2026 at 8:42 PM
PSA - the pIGLET14a and pIGLET24b landing site lines (Lalonde et al., 2024) are now available at Zebrafish International Resource Center (ZIRC)! 🐽🐟🧬
🔗 to purchase: https://zebrafish.org/fish/lineAll.php?t=Allele&sverb=starting+with&c=co2&searchMenuQuick=Go
More details in thread (1/6)
🔗 to purchase: https://zebrafish.org/fish/lineAll.php?t=Allele&sverb=starting+with&c=co2&searchMenuQuick=Go
More details in thread (1/6)
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🚀We’re #hiring! Join #CRC1748🧬
CRC1748 is looking for curious minds and driven scientists in
Joachim Kurtz's group 🧪
🧫PhD student (evolutionary ecology, including reproductive biology): uni.ms/8njhg
CRC1748 is looking for curious minds and driven scientists in
Joachim Kurtz's group 🧪
🧫PhD student (evolutionary ecology, including reproductive biology): uni.ms/8njhg
Doctoral Research Associate (Wissenschaftliche*r Mitarbeiter*in, salary level E 13 TV-L, 65 %)
uni.ms
February 10, 2026 at 8:11 AM
🚀We’re #hiring! Join #CRC1748🧬
CRC1748 is looking for curious minds and driven scientists in
Joachim Kurtz's group 🧪
🧫PhD student (evolutionary ecology, including reproductive biology): uni.ms/8njhg
CRC1748 is looking for curious minds and driven scientists in
Joachim Kurtz's group 🧪
🧫PhD student (evolutionary ecology, including reproductive biology): uni.ms/8njhg
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Did you know about our Slack Pro tankspace?
After a slow start to the New Year, the Zebrafish Rock! Slack tankspace is back over 550 active monthly users! It continues to be a friendly and helpful forum for the #zebrafish community. If you are keen to join, sign up using the Google Form on the ZR! website: linktr.ee/zebrafishrock 🐟
February 9, 2026 at 8:36 PM
Did you know about our Slack Pro tankspace?
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🚀We’re hiring! Join CRC 1748 ⌨️
#CRC1748 is looking for curious minds and driven scientists in Benjamin Risse's group 🧑💻
🧫 PhD student in the field of Computer Vision and Machine Learning Systems: uni.ms/p0rvz
#CRC1748 is looking for curious minds and driven scientists in Benjamin Risse's group 🧑💻
🧫 PhD student in the field of Computer Vision and Machine Learning Systems: uni.ms/p0rvz
Doctoral Research Associate (Wissenschaftliche*r Mitarbeiter*in, salary level E 13 TV-L)
uni.ms
February 9, 2026 at 10:45 AM
🚀We’re hiring! Join CRC 1748 ⌨️
#CRC1748 is looking for curious minds and driven scientists in Benjamin Risse's group 🧑💻
🧫 PhD student in the field of Computer Vision and Machine Learning Systems: uni.ms/p0rvz
#CRC1748 is looking for curious minds and driven scientists in Benjamin Risse's group 🧑💻
🧫 PhD student in the field of Computer Vision and Machine Learning Systems: uni.ms/p0rvz
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Aarhus University is seeking a Tenure-Track Assistant/Associate Professor in Bioinformatics/Co… https://nat.au.dk/en/about-the-faculty/vacant-positions-and-career/job/tenure-track-assistant-professor-associate-professor-in-bioinformatics-and-or-computational-biology-at-aarhus-university-denmark #job
Tenure-Track Assistant Professor / Associate Professor in Bioinformatics and/or Computational Biology at Aarhus University, Denmark - Vacancy at Aarhus University
Vacancy at Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics - BiRC - Bioinformatics Research Center, Aarhus University
nat.au.dk
February 7, 2026 at 11:11 PM
Aarhus University is seeking a Tenure-Track Assistant/Associate Professor in Bioinformatics/Co… https://nat.au.dk/en/about-the-faculty/vacant-positions-and-career/job/tenure-track-assistant-professor-associate-professor-in-bioinformatics-and-or-computational-biology-at-aarhus-university-denmark #job
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Thinking about EZM2026 in Vienna? 🐟
Travel grants are now open for students & ECRs.
7–11 July 2026 | Deadline: March 15
Hope to see many of you there! @ezsociety.bsky.social #zebrafish
Travel grants are now open for students & ECRs.
7–11 July 2026 | Deadline: March 15
Hope to see many of you there! @ezsociety.bsky.social #zebrafish
February 6, 2026 at 10:19 AM
Thinking about EZM2026 in Vienna? 🐟
Travel grants are now open for students & ECRs.
7–11 July 2026 | Deadline: March 15
Hope to see many of you there! @ezsociety.bsky.social #zebrafish
Travel grants are now open for students & ECRs.
7–11 July 2026 | Deadline: March 15
Hope to see many of you there! @ezsociety.bsky.social #zebrafish
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🚀 Calling Postdocs in the Job Market ! 🚀
Want to showcase your research as you transition From Postdoc to PI?
Excited to announce a special opportunity just for you during the GERMAN FISH MEETING in Heidelberg !
Apply now
👉https://www.germanfishmeeting.org
#Postdoc #Research #Science #fishmodel
Want to showcase your research as you transition From Postdoc to PI?
Excited to announce a special opportunity just for you during the GERMAN FISH MEETING in Heidelberg !
Apply now
👉https://www.germanfishmeeting.org
#Postdoc #Research #Science #fishmodel
February 5, 2026 at 1:41 PM
🚀 Calling Postdocs in the Job Market ! 🚀
Want to showcase your research as you transition From Postdoc to PI?
Excited to announce a special opportunity just for you during the GERMAN FISH MEETING in Heidelberg !
Apply now
👉https://www.germanfishmeeting.org
#Postdoc #Research #Science #fishmodel
Want to showcase your research as you transition From Postdoc to PI?
Excited to announce a special opportunity just for you during the GERMAN FISH MEETING in Heidelberg !
Apply now
👉https://www.germanfishmeeting.org
#Postdoc #Research #Science #fishmodel
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We are hiring for group leaders again — EBI is a great place to start your research group!
embl.wd103.myworkdayjobs.com/EMBL/job/Hin...
embl.wd103.myworkdayjobs.com/EMBL/job/Hin...
Research Group Leader
Do you want to lead groundbreaking research in computational biology? Join us at EMBL-EBI! EMBL's European Bioinformatics Institute (EMBL-EBI) is seeking talented and highly-motivated scientists to jo...
embl.wd103.myworkdayjobs.com
January 30, 2026 at 9:02 AM
We are hiring for group leaders again — EBI is a great place to start your research group!
embl.wd103.myworkdayjobs.com/EMBL/job/Hin...
embl.wd103.myworkdayjobs.com/EMBL/job/Hin...
Jeff is amazing: as a person and scientist! Highly recommend to apply!! 🤩🤩
I’m recruiting new members to the Farrell Lab this summer. We will have space for 1 postdoc (since Abhinav is leaving to start his own lab at U Arizona!!) and 2 postbacs, since my current two will leave for PhD programs at the end of the summer. More details in thread:
January 29, 2026 at 5:53 PM
Jeff is amazing: as a person and scientist! Highly recommend to apply!! 🤩🤩
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#Zebrafish 🐟 meeting klaxon🧨 The registration period for the 1st German Zebrafish Meeting (16-18 Sept) is open www.germanfishmeeting.org with Sessions on Development, Pharma, Behavior, Omics, and more. Deadline for Abstracts at the end of April. Hope to see y'all there! 🧪 (1/n)
1st German Fish Model Research Meeting | German Fish Model Research Meeting
Discover the 1st German Fish Model Research Meeting—uniting global experts on zebrafish, cavefish, killifish, medaka & more. Join us to collaborate, share breakthroughs, and advance fish biology resea...
www.germanfishmeeting.org
January 19, 2026 at 9:20 AM
#Zebrafish 🐟 meeting klaxon🧨 The registration period for the 1st German Zebrafish Meeting (16-18 Sept) is open www.germanfishmeeting.org with Sessions on Development, Pharma, Behavior, Omics, and more. Deadline for Abstracts at the end of April. Hope to see y'all there! 🧪 (1/n)
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📅EZM2026-Save the date!
We are delighted to welcome you to the 13th European Zebrafish Meeting in Vienna, Austria!
📑Submit your abstract by March 15 2026!
✅Early bird registrations are now open until April 15th 2026
We are looking forward to seeing you there!
We are delighted to welcome you to the 13th European Zebrafish Meeting in Vienna, Austria!
📑Submit your abstract by March 15 2026!
✅Early bird registrations are now open until April 15th 2026
We are looking forward to seeing you there!
January 28, 2026 at 11:12 AM
📅EZM2026-Save the date!
We are delighted to welcome you to the 13th European Zebrafish Meeting in Vienna, Austria!
📑Submit your abstract by March 15 2026!
✅Early bird registrations are now open until April 15th 2026
We are looking forward to seeing you there!
We are delighted to welcome you to the 13th European Zebrafish Meeting in Vienna, Austria!
📑Submit your abstract by March 15 2026!
✅Early bird registrations are now open until April 15th 2026
We are looking forward to seeing you there!
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🚀We’re hiring! Join CRC 1748🧬
CRC1748 is looking for curious minds and driven scientists in Johanna Raidt's group 🧪
🧫PhD student in the field of motile cilia uni.ms/muy60
CRC1748 is looking for curious minds and driven scientists in Johanna Raidt's group 🧪
🧫PhD student in the field of motile cilia uni.ms/muy60
Doktorand (gn*) Flagellendysfunktion und männliche Infertilität
Doktorand (gn*) Flagellendysfunktion und männliche Infertilität
uni.ms
January 29, 2026 at 1:10 PM
🚀We’re hiring! Join CRC 1748🧬
CRC1748 is looking for curious minds and driven scientists in Johanna Raidt's group 🧪
🧫PhD student in the field of motile cilia uni.ms/muy60
CRC1748 is looking for curious minds and driven scientists in Johanna Raidt's group 🧪
🧫PhD student in the field of motile cilia uni.ms/muy60
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🚀We’re #hiring! Join #CRC1748🧬
CRC1748 is looking for curious minds and driven scientists in
Timo Strünker's group 🧪
🧫PhD student (Signal transduction in human sperm): uni.ms/6zi9p
CRC1748 is looking for curious minds and driven scientists in
Timo Strünker's group 🧪
🧫PhD student (Signal transduction in human sperm): uni.ms/6zi9p
PhD Student (gn*) Signal Transduction in Human Sperm
PhD Student (gn*) Signal Transduction in Human Sperm
uni.ms
January 29, 2026 at 1:14 PM
🚀We’re #hiring! Join #CRC1748🧬
CRC1748 is looking for curious minds and driven scientists in
Timo Strünker's group 🧪
🧫PhD student (Signal transduction in human sperm): uni.ms/6zi9p
CRC1748 is looking for curious minds and driven scientists in
Timo Strünker's group 🧪
🧫PhD student (Signal transduction in human sperm): uni.ms/6zi9p
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We are looking for PhD students or Postdocs with an interest in developing and using new methods for functional genetics following our recent work 👉 rdcu.be/e05Oo and academic.oup.com/nar/article/52
January 28, 2026 at 9:50 AM
We are looking for PhD students or Postdocs with an interest in developing and using new methods for functional genetics following our recent work 👉 rdcu.be/e05Oo and academic.oup.com/nar/article/52
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🚨 The deadline has been extended until January 31st!🚨
🚨 PhD Position Available 🚨
I’m recruiting a PhD student to join my lab at the Multiscale Imaging Centre (MIC), Münster, Germany.
www.bischofflab.com/jobs
Fully funded ✅
#Cellbio #Morphogenesis #Microscopy
#Drosophila #PhD
(Details Below)
Original Posting:
stellen.uni-muenster.de/jobposting/d...
I’m recruiting a PhD student to join my lab at the Multiscale Imaging Centre (MIC), Münster, Germany.
www.bischofflab.com/jobs
Fully funded ✅
#Cellbio #Morphogenesis #Microscopy
#Drosophila #PhD
(Details Below)
Original Posting:
stellen.uni-muenster.de/jobposting/d...
January 19, 2026 at 12:20 PM
🚨 The deadline has been extended until January 31st!🚨
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We spy a few #zebrafish peeps as invited speakers 🤩
Cellular Interfaces reloaded: Join us for the @sfb1348.bsky.social International Meeting on „Mechanochemical signals at cellular interfaces" in Münster from May 27–29, 2026.
Registration opens in February! Limited spots – first come, first serve! More info: tinyurl.com/ypyzd23w
@uni-muenster.de
Registration opens in February! Limited spots – first come, first serve! More info: tinyurl.com/ypyzd23w
@uni-muenster.de
January 17, 2026 at 2:01 PM
We spy a few #zebrafish peeps as invited speakers 🤩
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Job alert! Assistant professor position in the Department of Molecular Genetics (University of Toronto). Amazing department and city. jobs.utoronto.ca/job/Toronto-... Please share.
Assistant Professor - Virology
Assistant Professor - Virology
jobs.utoronto.ca
January 15, 2026 at 8:04 PM
Job alert! Assistant professor position in the Department of Molecular Genetics (University of Toronto). Amazing department and city. jobs.utoronto.ca/job/Toronto-... Please share.
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Cellular Interfaces reloaded: Join us for the @sfb1348.bsky.social International Meeting on „Mechanochemical signals at cellular interfaces" in Münster from May 27–29, 2026.
Registration opens in February! Limited spots – first come, first serve! More info: tinyurl.com/ypyzd23w
@uni-muenster.de
Registration opens in February! Limited spots – first come, first serve! More info: tinyurl.com/ypyzd23w
@uni-muenster.de
January 14, 2026 at 2:19 PM
Cellular Interfaces reloaded: Join us for the @sfb1348.bsky.social International Meeting on „Mechanochemical signals at cellular interfaces" in Münster from May 27–29, 2026.
Registration opens in February! Limited spots – first come, first serve! More info: tinyurl.com/ypyzd23w
@uni-muenster.de
Registration opens in February! Limited spots – first come, first serve! More info: tinyurl.com/ypyzd23w
@uni-muenster.de
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We are hiring new faculty!! Come join our amazing community in the Department of Molecular Microbiology at Washington University School of Medicine! The deadline for applications is 2/21, but applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis. facultyopportunities.wustl.edu/Posting/Deta...
Opportunity Details - Faculty Opportunities
facultyopportunities.wustl.edu
January 8, 2026 at 9:05 PM
We are hiring new faculty!! Come join our amazing community in the Department of Molecular Microbiology at Washington University School of Medicine! The deadline for applications is 2/21, but applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis. facultyopportunities.wustl.edu/Posting/Deta...