Barriga Lab
@eliasbarrigalab.bsky.social
We study the molecular and biophysical mechanisms underlying tissue morphogenesis @poldresden.bsky.social @tudresden.bsky.social @erc.europa.eu @embo.org
https://physics-of-life.tu-dresden.de/team/pol-groups/barriga
https://physics-of-life.tu-dresden.de/team/pol-groups/barriga
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Stretch-induced endogenous electric fields drive directed collective cell migration in vivo - Nature Materials
Electric fields guide collective cell migration in developing embryos of Xenopus laevis via a voltage-sensitive phosphatase.
nature.com
REPOSTING this here just to officially leave "the other place"
Our work on the role of endogenous electric fields in guiding collective cell migration during #morphogenesis is out @naturematerials.bsky.social
nature.com/articles/s41...
Our work on the role of endogenous electric fields in guiding collective cell migration during #morphogenesis is out @naturematerials.bsky.social
nature.com/articles/s41...
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“Scientific editing is the best job one can imagine, if you thrive on knowledge,” says Ieva Gailite, Senior Scientific #Editor at The EMBO Journal. 🧪
Read more here:
https://www.embo.org/people/a-love-for-too-many-things/
#publishing #LifeSciences #career
Read more here:
https://www.embo.org/people/a-love-for-too-many-things/
#publishing #LifeSciences #career
November 23, 2025 at 5:50 PM
“Scientific editing is the best job one can imagine, if you thrive on knowledge,” says Ieva Gailite, Senior Scientific #Editor at The EMBO Journal. 🧪
Read more here:
https://www.embo.org/people/a-love-for-too-many-things/
#publishing #LifeSciences #career
Read more here:
https://www.embo.org/people/a-love-for-too-many-things/
#publishing #LifeSciences #career
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Hot from the #preprint
Leukocyte + #CellMigration + physics = cool
Microtubules enable torque-based steering during dendritic cell migration.
Actomyosin contractility is required for noise-modulation strategy used by neutrophils.
Full @biorxivpreprint.bsky.social www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
Leukocyte + #CellMigration + physics = cool
Microtubules enable torque-based steering during dendritic cell migration.
Actomyosin contractility is required for noise-modulation strategy used by neutrophils.
Full @biorxivpreprint.bsky.social www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
Torque-based immune cell chemotaxis in complex environments
Directed migration in chemical gradients is crucial to the immune response, yet how immune cells navigate complex tissues remains incompletely understood. Using in vitro migration assays and theoretic...
www.biorxiv.org
November 23, 2025 at 2:39 PM
Hot from the #preprint
Leukocyte + #CellMigration + physics = cool
Microtubules enable torque-based steering during dendritic cell migration.
Actomyosin contractility is required for noise-modulation strategy used by neutrophils.
Full @biorxivpreprint.bsky.social www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
Leukocyte + #CellMigration + physics = cool
Microtubules enable torque-based steering during dendritic cell migration.
Actomyosin contractility is required for noise-modulation strategy used by neutrophils.
Full @biorxivpreprint.bsky.social www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
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Last call! Applications for the @crg.eu International PhD Programme 2025 in beautiful Barcelona close next week! Join us and our inspiring colleagues at the CRG - an exceptional environment for discovery, creativity, and scientific growth.
Apply here: www.crg.eu/en/content/t...
Apply here: www.crg.eu/en/content/t...
November 22, 2025 at 1:36 PM
Last call! Applications for the @crg.eu International PhD Programme 2025 in beautiful Barcelona close next week! Join us and our inspiring colleagues at the CRG - an exceptional environment for discovery, creativity, and scientific growth.
Apply here: www.crg.eu/en/content/t...
Apply here: www.crg.eu/en/content/t...
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The law of the jungle.
Interactions of cells in a collective lead to global rotation.
In 80% of the case HUVEC cells turn clockwise.
How many cells does it take for this to happen?
Interactions of cells in a collective lead to global rotation.
In 80% of the case HUVEC cells turn clockwise.
How many cells does it take for this to happen?
November 21, 2025 at 1:07 PM
The law of the jungle.
Interactions of cells in a collective lead to global rotation.
In 80% of the case HUVEC cells turn clockwise.
How many cells does it take for this to happen?
Interactions of cells in a collective lead to global rotation.
In 80% of the case HUVEC cells turn clockwise.
How many cells does it take for this to happen?
Extremely Honoured and grateful to receive this award from the @dgz.bsky.social grateful to my team, mentors and @poldresden.bsky.social Th is a great motivation to keep contributing to elucidate the mechanisms of tissue morphogenesis.
Exciting news! PoL PI Elias Barriga @eliasbarrigalab.bsky.social has been awarded the Innovation Award by the German Society for Cell Biology! (DGZ) 🏆
The DGZ recognizes his contributions, including the discovery that mechanically induced electric fields guide collective cell migration. Congrats!
The DGZ recognizes his contributions, including the discovery that mechanically induced electric fields guide collective cell migration. Congrats!
November 14, 2025 at 10:17 AM
Extremely Honoured and grateful to receive this award from the @dgz.bsky.social grateful to my team, mentors and @poldresden.bsky.social Th is a great motivation to keep contributing to elucidate the mechanisms of tissue morphogenesis.
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Want to join a happy bunch 🥳 to organise meetings, outreach activities and other initiatives about developmental biology in France? Apply and/or vote 🗳️!
🚨🚨🚨
The SFBD board needs to be renewed with 5 members
We wish to strengthen our board with young scientists
To apply: send a brief text introducing your research interests and motivations to [email protected] by December 4th
Elections will be held online from December 10th to 17th
Please share the info
The SFBD board needs to be renewed with 5 members
We wish to strengthen our board with young scientists
To apply: send a brief text introducing your research interests and motivations to [email protected] by December 4th
Elections will be held online from December 10th to 17th
Please share the info
November 10, 2025 at 12:00 PM
Want to join a happy bunch 🥳 to organise meetings, outreach activities and other initiatives about developmental biology in France? Apply and/or vote 🗳️!
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🌿 3 new PhD positions in the Ton lab @PPS_UoS. Part of the ERC project '#PlantMemo', exploring how plants remember & respond to stress.
🧬 PhD 1 (UK only)👉 www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
🦠 PhD 2 (UK & EU)👉 www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
🌱 PhD 3 (UK only)👉 www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
#PhD
🧬 PhD 1 (UK only)👉 www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
🦠 PhD 2 (UK & EU)👉 www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
🌱 PhD 3 (UK only)👉 www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
#PhD
November 11, 2025 at 7:19 PM
🌿 3 new PhD positions in the Ton lab @PPS_UoS. Part of the ERC project '#PlantMemo', exploring how plants remember & respond to stress.
🧬 PhD 1 (UK only)👉 www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
🦠 PhD 2 (UK & EU)👉 www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
🌱 PhD 3 (UK only)👉 www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
#PhD
🧬 PhD 1 (UK only)👉 www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
🦠 PhD 2 (UK & EU)👉 www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
🌱 PhD 3 (UK only)👉 www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
#PhD
With the full CRISPR 7-11 protocol here :)
Link for the full CRISPR Cas7-11 protocol: www.protocols.io/view/crispr-...
CRISPR/Cas7-11 tool for RNA targeting in Xenopus laevis
CRISPR/Cas systems are defense mechanisms in prokaryotic cells to induce the cleavage and degradation of nucleic acids derived from bacteriophages. Among the different classes,...
www.protocols.io
November 11, 2025 at 5:51 PM
With the full CRISPR 7-11 protocol here :)
Congratulations to @sofiram.bsky.social and @artemiskorovesi.bsky.social on our last paper about the role of Sox8 in #xenopus #gastrulation
A link to the whole paper is here www.embopress.org/doi/full/10....
A link to the whole paper is here www.embopress.org/doi/full/10....
Sox8 is essential for vertebrate gastrulation | EMBO reports
imageimageThe use of CRISPR Cas7-11 uncovers a role for sox8 in Xenopus gastrulation as a regulator of Wnt signaling. sox8 downregulation in the ventrolateral mesoderm disrupts blastopore closure and...
www.embopress.org
November 10, 2025 at 1:57 PM
Congratulations to @sofiram.bsky.social and @artemiskorovesi.bsky.social on our last paper about the role of Sox8 in #xenopus #gastrulation
A link to the whole paper is here www.embopress.org/doi/full/10....
A link to the whole paper is here www.embopress.org/doi/full/10....
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The Lab of Stephan Grill at MPI-CBG has finally made it to Bluesky and we also have a brand new homepage: grill-lab.org
Check it out.
Check it out.
November 6, 2025 at 1:09 PM
The Lab of Stephan Grill at MPI-CBG has finally made it to Bluesky and we also have a brand new homepage: grill-lab.org
Check it out.
Check it out.
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Just under a month left—apply by December 5 through the link on my website!
PhD or Master's position available for Fall 2026!
Interested in how actin drives cell crawling, eating, dividing, or osmoregulation? What about pathogenesis of a brain-eating amoeba? Or eukaryotic evolution? If so, apply through my website: katrinavelle.wixsite.com/science/cont...
Please share!
Interested in how actin drives cell crawling, eating, dividing, or osmoregulation? What about pathogenesis of a brain-eating amoeba? Or eukaryotic evolution? If so, apply through my website: katrinavelle.wixsite.com/science/cont...
Please share!
November 6, 2025 at 10:34 AM
Just under a month left—apply by December 5 through the link on my website!
Interesting work here…
☕Vanni et al. show a role for #microtubules in YAP/TAZ mechanosignalling. Mechanoresponsive microtubule reorganization into centrosomal arrays allows for AMOT delivery to pericentrosomal proteasomes and degradation, leading to YAP/TAZ activation. #mechanobiology #cytoskeleton
bit.ly/4oS2Ju3
bit.ly/4oS2Ju3
Microtubule architecture connects AMOT stability to YAP/TAZ mechanotransduction and Hippo signalling - Nature Cell Biology
Vanni et al. show a role for microtubules in YAP/TAZ mechanosignalling. Mechanoresponsive microtubule reorganization into centrosomal arrays allows for AMOT delivery to pericentrosomal proteasomes and...
bit.ly
November 4, 2025 at 10:52 PM
Interesting work here…
Work with @kuba-sedzinski.bsky.social !!
We are looking for: PhD Student (starting as Research Assistant) and Postdoctoral Researcher in Stem Cell Biology and Mechanobiology. Please RT💕
🔗 About our lab: renew.science/principal_in...
🎓 PhD position: jobportal.ku.dk/phd/?show=15...
🧪 Postdoc position: jobportal.ku.dk/videnskabeli...
🔗 About our lab: renew.science/principal_in...
🎓 PhD position: jobportal.ku.dk/phd/?show=15...
🧪 Postdoc position: jobportal.ku.dk/videnskabeli...
November 3, 2025 at 7:14 PM
Work with @kuba-sedzinski.bsky.social !!
Super good opportunities here!!
📣 We are moving to Barcelona to join the amazing @crg.eu and explore how centrosomes & cilia work, evolve & respond to the environment. We are looking for
PhD students www.crg.eu/en/content/t...
Postdocs gimm.pt/jobs/postdoc...
Other calls to open, also for an experienced lab manager.
Get in touch!
PhD students www.crg.eu/en/content/t...
Postdocs gimm.pt/jobs/postdoc...
Other calls to open, also for an experienced lab manager.
Get in touch!
October 31, 2025 at 6:15 PM
Super good opportunities here!!
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Really excited to present the results of a fantastic collaboration with Jesse Veenvliet @jesseveenvliet.bsky.social @mpi-cbg.de @poldresden.bsky.social 🤩
We find a unique mechanism for body axis elongation in mammals, different from other vertebrate species
➡️ www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
We find a unique mechanism for body axis elongation in mammals, different from other vertebrate species
➡️ www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
October 28, 2025 at 8:25 AM
Really excited to present the results of a fantastic collaboration with Jesse Veenvliet @jesseveenvliet.bsky.social @mpi-cbg.de @poldresden.bsky.social 🤩
We find a unique mechanism for body axis elongation in mammals, different from other vertebrate species
➡️ www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
We find a unique mechanism for body axis elongation in mammals, different from other vertebrate species
➡️ www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
Looking very much forward to this. See you in Heidelberg!
Only a few hours away! Today our #DGZ50 meeting will start with true highlights: Keynote speakers Stefan W. Hell @stefanhelllabs.bsky.social and Tony Hyman @hymanlab.bsky.social, followed by the #CarlZeissLecture by Julia Mahamid. See you soon!
Stefan Hell Labs (@stefanhelllabs.bsky.social)
nanobiophotonics.mpibpc.mpg.de
stefanhelllabs.bsky.social
October 26, 2025 at 8:08 AM
Looking very much forward to this. See you in Heidelberg!
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I am thrilled to share the main result of our work at @nordenlab.bsky.social with @liormoneta.bsky.social and @carldmodes.bsky.social . We bridged DevBiology + theoretical physics to understand how the eye becomes round #morphogenesis #devbio #biophysics #zebrafish www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
The Optic cup is actively shape programmed by independently patterned apical forces
During morphogenesis, initially flat tissues often must transition into complex 3D shapes, reminiscent of shape-programmable systems in physics and engineering. One key question in developmental biolo...
www.biorxiv.org
September 1, 2025 at 9:22 PM
I am thrilled to share the main result of our work at @nordenlab.bsky.social with @liormoneta.bsky.social and @carldmodes.bsky.social . We bridged DevBiology + theoretical physics to understand how the eye becomes round #morphogenesis #devbio #biophysics #zebrafish www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
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📣Announcing the 4th edition of the EMBL‑IBEC Conference on “Engineering Multicellular Systems”, taking place 11–13 March 2026 in Barcelona. Exploring organoids, mechanobiology, embryo models, organ-on-chip systems, multiomics and more. Abstracts open now!
events.ibecbarcelona.eu/embl-ibec-co...
events.ibecbarcelona.eu/embl-ibec-co...
October 22, 2025 at 2:06 PM
📣Announcing the 4th edition of the EMBL‑IBEC Conference on “Engineering Multicellular Systems”, taking place 11–13 March 2026 in Barcelona. Exploring organoids, mechanobiology, embryo models, organ-on-chip systems, multiomics and more. Abstracts open now!
events.ibecbarcelona.eu/embl-ibec-co...
events.ibecbarcelona.eu/embl-ibec-co...
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If you're interested in a fully funded PhD position in an amazing lab in the UK working at the interface of life and physical sciences, go for it! Warwick offers a vibrant scientific environment with a strong biophysics community. And Eva is just a great scientist and person!
The Chancellors Studentship is an excellent opportunity to do your PhD in the UK. If you are interested in doing your PhD at the interface between physics, neurobiology and mechanobiology, please get in touch.
warwick.ac.uk/services/dc/...
warwick.ac.uk/services/dc/...
Warwick PGR Scholarship Competitions
warwick.ac.uk
October 22, 2025 at 9:04 AM
If you're interested in a fully funded PhD position in an amazing lab in the UK working at the interface of life and physical sciences, go for it! Warwick offers a vibrant scientific environment with a strong biophysics community. And Eva is just a great scientist and person!
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The Chancellors Studentship is an excellent opportunity to do your PhD in the UK. If you are interested in doing your PhD at the interface between physics, neurobiology and mechanobiology, please get in touch.
warwick.ac.uk/services/dc/...
warwick.ac.uk/services/dc/...
Warwick PGR Scholarship Competitions
warwick.ac.uk
October 20, 2025 at 4:08 PM
The Chancellors Studentship is an excellent opportunity to do your PhD in the UK. If you are interested in doing your PhD at the interface between physics, neurobiology and mechanobiology, please get in touch.
warwick.ac.uk/services/dc/...
warwick.ac.uk/services/dc/...
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🚨 #WeAreHiring a facility manager to lead our state-of-the-art research infrastructure at PoL! 🔬 Please share with your scientific network.
What we offer: A dynamic, international, and supportive environment at the frontiers of biophysics.
Curious? Apply here: tud.link/g4j5qy
🗓️Deadline: Nov 5.
What we offer: A dynamic, international, and supportive environment at the frontiers of biophysics.
Curious? Apply here: tud.link/g4j5qy
🗓️Deadline: Nov 5.
October 21, 2025 at 12:25 PM
🚨 #WeAreHiring a facility manager to lead our state-of-the-art research infrastructure at PoL! 🔬 Please share with your scientific network.
What we offer: A dynamic, international, and supportive environment at the frontiers of biophysics.
Curious? Apply here: tud.link/g4j5qy
🗓️Deadline: Nov 5.
What we offer: A dynamic, international, and supportive environment at the frontiers of biophysics.
Curious? Apply here: tud.link/g4j5qy
🗓️Deadline: Nov 5.
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This.
Automatically generated "reviews" are for sure useful to learn about a new field.
But as scientific *contribution*, automated reviews merely aggregate information without synthesis.
An illusion of progress or productivity.
Automatically generated "reviews" are for sure useful to learn about a new field.
But as scientific *contribution*, automated reviews merely aggregate information without synthesis.
An illusion of progress or productivity.
Just putting it out there that, if AI can write your review paper for you….maybe the review paper isn’t necessary at that time
Today @anthropic.com released PubMed integration for Claude. No hallucinations. Just real science, real data. As a beta tester, this has been game changing— a supercharged research tool. Here are 6 prompts that will transform how you search the literature. A 🧵
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October 21, 2025 at 4:41 PM
This.
Automatically generated "reviews" are for sure useful to learn about a new field.
But as scientific *contribution*, automated reviews merely aggregate information without synthesis.
An illusion of progress or productivity.
Automatically generated "reviews" are for sure useful to learn about a new field.
But as scientific *contribution*, automated reviews merely aggregate information without synthesis.
An illusion of progress or productivity.
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Free course in Developmental Biology starting tomorrow in Paris 🇫🇷, held at @sorbonne-universite.fr! 🧪 #science #biology
Students (Master's/PhD), do not miss this fantastic Developmental Biology course of @sorbonne-universite.fr and @institutcurie.bsky.social - It is FREE and open to international students, however, room and board + travel are not included.
training.institut-curie.org/courses/deve...
training.institut-curie.org/courses/deve...
October 19, 2025 at 8:35 AM
Free course in Developmental Biology starting tomorrow in Paris 🇫🇷, held at @sorbonne-universite.fr! 🧪 #science #biology
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Our most recent study shows that stem cells in Schmidtea mediterranea do not rely on physical contacts or fixed structures to maintain their identity and regenerative potential.
@stowersinstitute.bsky.social @cp-cellreports.bsky.social @vilcekfoundation.bsky.social
www.cell.com/cell-reports...
@stowersinstitute.bsky.social @cp-cellreports.bsky.social @vilcekfoundation.bsky.social
www.cell.com/cell-reports...
October 19, 2025 at 7:56 PM
Our most recent study shows that stem cells in Schmidtea mediterranea do not rely on physical contacts or fixed structures to maintain their identity and regenerative potential.
@stowersinstitute.bsky.social @cp-cellreports.bsky.social @vilcekfoundation.bsky.social
www.cell.com/cell-reports...
@stowersinstitute.bsky.social @cp-cellreports.bsky.social @vilcekfoundation.bsky.social
www.cell.com/cell-reports...
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🚨 #WeAreHiring! Wir beim Physics of Life suchen für ein/e Verwaltungsleiter/in für unser internationales Team. 🌍 Leite das gerne an deine Kollegen weiter!
Wir freuen uns auf Ihre Bewerbung!
🗓️Frist: 30.10.2025
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October 16, 2025 at 3:28 PM
🚨 #WeAreHiring! Wir beim Physics of Life suchen für ein/e Verwaltungsleiter/in für unser internationales Team. 🌍 Leite das gerne an deine Kollegen weiter!
Wir freuen uns auf Ihre Bewerbung!
🗓️Frist: 30.10.2025
Alle Infos hier: tud.link/f4wf13
#sachsenjobs #jobalert #admin #jobstelle
Wir freuen uns auf Ihre Bewerbung!
🗓️Frist: 30.10.2025
Alle Infos hier: tud.link/f4wf13
#sachsenjobs #jobalert #admin #jobstelle