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Dorothee Bornhorst-Ohmstede
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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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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

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February 13, 2026 at 8:42 PM
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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
Doctoral Research Associate (Wissenschaftliche*r Mitarbeiter*in, salary level E 13 TV-L, 65 %)
uni.ms
February 10, 2026 at 8:11 AM
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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
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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
Doctoral Research Associate (Wissenschaftliche*r Mitarbeiter*in, salary level E 13 TV-L)
uni.ms
February 9, 2026 at 10:45 AM
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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
February 6, 2026 at 10:19 AM
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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
February 5, 2026 at 1:41 PM
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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...
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
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
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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
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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!
January 28, 2026 at 11:12 AM
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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
Doktorand (gn*) Flagellendysfunktion und männliche Infertilität
Doktorand (gn*) Flagellendysfunktion und männliche Infertilität
uni.ms
January 29, 2026 at 1:10 PM
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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
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
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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
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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...
January 19, 2026 at 12:20 PM
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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
January 17, 2026 at 2:01 PM
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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
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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
January 14, 2026 at 2:19 PM
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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
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Early bird registration deadline of our joint meeting in Potsdam between March 10-13, 2026 - “Joint international meeting of the German @gfeev.bsky.social, Dutch (DSDB), and #SEBD for #DevBio “Development & Regeneration” is approaching fast. Please apply before the 15th of January!
January 13, 2026 at 10:36 AM
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Interested in chromatin and super-resolution microscopy? Looking for a postdoc position?
Join the MPI-NAT! 👇
January 12, 2026 at 1:54 PM
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#zebrafish advice:
We are looking for a protocol for antigen retrieval for zebrafish embryos/tissue whole mounts.
Any pointers would be appreciated 🙏🏼
January 11, 2026 at 2:26 PM
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Now Open: E-STEEM Postdoc Call 2026

20+ fully funded 4 year-postdoc positions for females in STEM (and Economics) at the University of Vienna.
careers.univie.ac.at/en/postdoc/e...
Application Deadline: March 2, 2026
Select your desired Host. Anyone interested in my lab, please get in touch.
careers.univie.ac.at
January 9, 2026 at 4:53 PM
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#ZebrafishFunFacts: Unofficially known as the Zebrafish Bible, "The Zebrafish Book" sought to standardize zfish husbandry in early days of zfish research. Originally published by Monte Westerfield, the book is now in its 5th edition. Previous editions are freely available: zfin.org/zf_info/zfbo... 🧪
January 7, 2026 at 9:31 AM
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Closing out 2025 with our new preprint where
@jeffreyafarrell.bsky.social and I explore development and function of zebrafish intestinal best4+ cells – molecularly described in 2019, conserved in evolution, absent in 🐭, and altered in inflammatory bowel disease.

www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
Developmental regulation of intestinal best4+ cells
best4+ /CFTR-high expressing cells are a recently described intestinal epithelial cell type potentially altered in inflammatory bowel disease and colorectal cancer. However, their developmental origin...
www.biorxiv.org
December 22, 2025 at 5:28 PM