Levayer Lab
@levayerr.bsky.social
Epithelial cell death, cell extrusion, self-organisation, mechanotransduction and many other things
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The lab’s first pre-print! We investigated how growth-inducing Erk activity waves are regulated in regenerating zebrafish scales. We discovered that Erk waves are followed by waves of expression of their own inhibitors, as predicted by excitable waves theory. tinyurl.com/26r2cmpj
November 20, 2025 at 6:11 PM
The lab’s first pre-print! We investigated how growth-inducing Erk activity waves are regulated in regenerating zebrafish scales. We discovered that Erk waves are followed by waves of expression of their own inhibitors, as predicted by excitable waves theory. tinyurl.com/26r2cmpj
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Great science & fruiful discussions last Friday the 14th Nov. around "the physics of Stem cells" , the 2025 Stem Cell Initiative & QBio joint symposium.
An honour to have Meryem Baghdadi & David Brückner as keynote speakers, who gave inspiring talks.
🙏🙏 to all our speakers & poster presenters.
An honour to have Meryem Baghdadi & David Brückner as keynote speakers, who gave inspiring talks.
🙏🙏 to all our speakers & poster presenters.
November 19, 2025 at 7:52 PM
Great science & fruiful discussions last Friday the 14th Nov. around "the physics of Stem cells" , the 2025 Stem Cell Initiative & QBio joint symposium.
An honour to have Meryem Baghdadi & David Brückner as keynote speakers, who gave inspiring talks.
🙏🙏 to all our speakers & poster presenters.
An honour to have Meryem Baghdadi & David Brückner as keynote speakers, who gave inspiring talks.
🙏🙏 to all our speakers & poster presenters.
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SAVE THE DATE! Stoked to organize the 2026 Santa Cruz Developmental Biology Meeting with @rashmi-priya.bsky.social, @lowelab.bsky.social, and Shelbi Russell. Come learn about Biomedicine, Biomechanics, and the Biosphere, August 24-28, 2026. Registration dates, etc., coming soon! Please RT
November 19, 2025 at 8:23 PM
SAVE THE DATE! Stoked to organize the 2026 Santa Cruz Developmental Biology Meeting with @rashmi-priya.bsky.social, @lowelab.bsky.social, and Shelbi Russell. Come learn about Biomedicine, Biomechanics, and the Biosphere, August 24-28, 2026. Registration dates, etc., coming soon! Please RT
I am honnestly a bit worried by the latest fuss about qed (the IA driven review). While the results are indeed quite impressive (it is very good at listing the claim and finding potential improvement), I don't quite see how this will eventually reduce the reviewing burden or help us
November 7, 2025 at 8:33 AM
I am honnestly a bit worried by the latest fuss about qed (the IA driven review). While the results are indeed quite impressive (it is very good at listing the claim and finding potential improvement), I don't quite see how this will eventually reduce the reviewing burden or help us
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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 7:05 PM
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...
Cannot agree more with this thread 👇. More supportive grant for early career and junior group + a continuum of supportive landscape is the way to keep science at high level (never been a big fan of the science "mercato"...)
Quite astounding that we are still pushing this kind of program, despite the Bouchard report and all the numerous stories of ‘stars’ coming from abroad who come to Canada, but keep their former lab, and then go back after 5 years because Canada is too cold or whatever.
“Budget 2025 proposes to provide $1 billion over 13 years, starting in 2025-26, to ….(Tricouncil)…to launch an accelerated research Chairs initiative to recruit exceptional international researchers to Canadian universities.” 🙄 1/
November 5, 2025 at 2:02 PM
Cannot agree more with this thread 👇. More supportive grant for early career and junior group + a continuum of supportive landscape is the way to keep science at high level (never been a big fan of the science "mercato"...)
Just had wonderful 3 days of science and connection in Nîmes for our joint lab retreat with @leopoldlab.bsky.social , Laura Boulan lab and @argo-mkhrji.bsky.social. A lots of brainstorming on growth regulation, robustness, plasticity and the future of drosophila (with hopf bifurcations in between)
October 15, 2025 at 8:20 PM
Just had wonderful 3 days of science and connection in Nîmes for our joint lab retreat with @leopoldlab.bsky.social , Laura Boulan lab and @argo-mkhrji.bsky.social. A lots of brainstorming on growth regulation, robustness, plasticity and the future of drosophila (with hopf bifurcations in between)
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New publication | Science Advances www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Plasticity of ventricle position after heart looping in heterotaxy with right isomerism
The left/right position of ventricles needs to be maintained after heart looping, an unexpected step affected in heterotaxy.
www.science.org
September 24, 2025 at 5:27 PM
New publication | Science Advances www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
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Excited to announce the first @cshlnews.bsky.social meeting on Cell Modeling in Space and Time, June 2026 💫
meetings.cshl.edu/meetings.asp...
Bringing together experiments, computation and theory to explore dynamic, multi-scale cellular organization and function!
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meetings.cshl.edu/meetings.asp...
Bringing together experiments, computation and theory to explore dynamic, multi-scale cellular organization and function!
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October 10, 2025 at 9:23 AM
Excited to announce the first @cshlnews.bsky.social meeting on Cell Modeling in Space and Time, June 2026 💫
meetings.cshl.edu/meetings.asp...
Bringing together experiments, computation and theory to explore dynamic, multi-scale cellular organization and function!
1/3
meetings.cshl.edu/meetings.asp...
Bringing together experiments, computation and theory to explore dynamic, multi-scale cellular organization and function!
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Happy to share the last version of our story @currentbiology.bsky.social on the role of interfacial tension in mechanical cell competition led by @leovalon.bsky.social and Alexis Matamoro Vidal
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
October 9, 2025 at 3:27 PM
Happy to share the last version of our story @currentbiology.bsky.social on the role of interfacial tension in mechanical cell competition led by @leovalon.bsky.social and Alexis Matamoro Vidal
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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Pour chaque vie, la science agit.
Le Pasteurdon, c’est maintenant !
Soutenez la recherche et celles et ceux qui la font avancer ↘️ pasteurdon.fr
#Pasteurdon
Le Pasteurdon, c’est maintenant !
Soutenez la recherche et celles et ceux qui la font avancer ↘️ pasteurdon.fr
#Pasteurdon
October 8, 2025 at 8:55 AM
Pour chaque vie, la science agit.
Le Pasteurdon, c’est maintenant !
Soutenez la recherche et celles et ceux qui la font avancer ↘️ pasteurdon.fr
#Pasteurdon
Le Pasteurdon, c’est maintenant !
Soutenez la recherche et celles et ceux qui la font avancer ↘️ pasteurdon.fr
#Pasteurdon
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With deep sadness, we share that Prof. Jochen Guck, Director at the Max Planck Institute for the Science of Light passed away on October 3. His visionary work bridged physics and medicine. We have lost a brilliant scientist and dear friend.
mpl.mpg.de/news/article...
@fau.de
📸 Stephan Spangenberg
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@fau.de
📸 Stephan Spangenberg
October 8, 2025 at 1:26 PM
With deep sadness, we share that Prof. Jochen Guck, Director at the Max Planck Institute for the Science of Light passed away on October 3. His visionary work bridged physics and medicine. We have lost a brilliant scientist and dear friend.
mpl.mpg.de/news/article...
@fau.de
📸 Stephan Spangenberg
mpl.mpg.de/news/article...
@fau.de
📸 Stephan Spangenberg
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New preprint from the lab! We discovered a transient fluidization in the basal region of human forebrains by tracking microdroplets in cerebral organoids.This “basal fluidization”, absent in gorilla and mouse, may contribute to greater surface expansion in human forebrains
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October 8, 2025 at 1:05 PM
New preprint from the lab! We discovered a transient fluidization in the basal region of human forebrains by tracking microdroplets in cerebral organoids.This “basal fluidization”, absent in gorilla and mouse, may contribute to greater surface expansion in human forebrains
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The PhD work of @bboumard.bsky.social officially out in print! Happy to share this issue with our downstairs colleagues in the BDD @frelab.bsky.social @robinjournot.bsky.social
www.cell.com/developmenta...
www.cell.com/developmenta...
Cell-type-specific nucleotide sharing through gap junctions impacts sensitivity to replication stress in Drosophila
Boumard et al. demonstrate gap-junction-dependent tissue-scale nucleotide sharing,
which impacts cellular sensitivity to perturbation of nucleotide homeostasis and replication
stress. Drosophila wing ...
www.cell.com
October 7, 2025 at 6:43 AM
The PhD work of @bboumard.bsky.social officially out in print! Happy to share this issue with our downstairs colleagues in the BDD @frelab.bsky.social @robinjournot.bsky.social
www.cell.com/developmenta...
www.cell.com/developmenta...
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Job alert!
We are looking for a bioimage analysis to work in an image analysis core facility in beautiful Paris. Can I ask you to share this opportunity with your networks?
See also on the forum:
forum.image.sc/t/research-e...
We are looking for a bioimage analysis to work in an image analysis core facility in beautiful Paris. Can I ask you to share this opportunity with your networks?
See also on the forum:
forum.image.sc/t/research-e...
Research engineer in Bioimage Analysis for the researchers of the inIdEx FORMULA
Hi all We are looking for a bioimage analysis to work in an image analysis core facility in beautiful Paris. Can I ask you to share this opportunity with your networks? The position is in the Instit...
forum.image.sc
October 7, 2025 at 12:39 PM
Job alert!
We are looking for a bioimage analysis to work in an image analysis core facility in beautiful Paris. Can I ask you to share this opportunity with your networks?
See also on the forum:
forum.image.sc/t/research-e...
We are looking for a bioimage analysis to work in an image analysis core facility in beautiful Paris. Can I ask you to share this opportunity with your networks?
See also on the forum:
forum.image.sc/t/research-e...
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🧵1/14 Preprint thread! Can we predict a cell’s fate based on its dynamics? 🔮 Our new study unveils a framework for watching development unfold in real-time, revealing how a cell's shape and movement encode info about its future fate. 🔬📄 Preprint: tinyurl.com/4shf8v4x
September 22, 2025 at 9:37 AM
🧵1/14 Preprint thread! Can we predict a cell’s fate based on its dynamics? 🔮 Our new study unveils a framework for watching development unfold in real-time, revealing how a cell's shape and movement encode info about its future fate. 🔬📄 Preprint: tinyurl.com/4shf8v4x
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How is developmental speed regulated ? 🪰
Happy to share my PhD story from Schweisguth Lab @devstempasteur.bsky.social. Here we show that cellular NAD+ availability and redox constrain developmental speed in the fly eye.
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
A big thanks to everyone involved!
Happy to share my PhD story from Schweisguth Lab @devstempasteur.bsky.social. Here we show that cellular NAD+ availability and redox constrain developmental speed in the fly eye.
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
A big thanks to everyone involved!
September 22, 2025 at 7:07 PM
How is developmental speed regulated ? 🪰
Happy to share my PhD story from Schweisguth Lab @devstempasteur.bsky.social. Here we show that cellular NAD+ availability and redox constrain developmental speed in the fly eye.
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
A big thanks to everyone involved!
Happy to share my PhD story from Schweisguth Lab @devstempasteur.bsky.social. Here we show that cellular NAD+ availability and redox constrain developmental speed in the fly eye.
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
A big thanks to everyone involved!
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⌛1 month left to apply – 2025 PPU call for candidates
We invite you to discover 4 Develpmental & Stem Cell Biology projects and 3 Immunology projects👇
🕰️Application deadline: October 20, 2025
📍Program starts: October 2026
Discover all the projects (50+) & apply: www.pasteur.fr/en/education...
We invite you to discover 4 Develpmental & Stem Cell Biology projects and 3 Immunology projects👇
🕰️Application deadline: October 20, 2025
📍Program starts: October 2026
Discover all the projects (50+) & apply: www.pasteur.fr/en/education...
September 19, 2025 at 1:38 PM
⌛1 month left to apply – 2025 PPU call for candidates
We invite you to discover 4 Develpmental & Stem Cell Biology projects and 3 Immunology projects👇
🕰️Application deadline: October 20, 2025
📍Program starts: October 2026
Discover all the projects (50+) & apply: www.pasteur.fr/en/education...
We invite you to discover 4 Develpmental & Stem Cell Biology projects and 3 Immunology projects👇
🕰️Application deadline: October 20, 2025
📍Program starts: October 2026
Discover all the projects (50+) & apply: www.pasteur.fr/en/education...
We only had a very minor contribution to this story with Alexis, but definitly worth a reading for those interested by patterning, precision and refinment. Nice combining of quantitative live imaging, modeling and optogenetics to dissect vein patterning dynamics
www.cell.com/developmenta...
www.cell.com/developmenta...
Signaling-dependent refinement of cell fate choice during tissue remodeling in Drosophila pupal wings
Herszterg et al. show that during morphogenesis of the Drosophila pupal wing, a wave
of Notch signaling activity updates cell fates to ensure robust and precise patterning
of wing veins.
www.cell.com
September 19, 2025 at 8:35 AM
We only had a very minor contribution to this story with Alexis, but definitly worth a reading for those interested by patterning, precision and refinment. Nice combining of quantitative live imaging, modeling and optogenetics to dissect vein patterning dynamics
www.cell.com/developmenta...
www.cell.com/developmenta...
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My lab @mpi-muenster.bsky.social is looking for a computational biologist with a passion for imaging and spatial biology. A staff scientist position with long-term perspective! Apply and spread the word 🙏 jobs.mpi-muenster.mpg.de/jobposting/0...
Computational image analyst (m/f/d)
The Max Planck Institute for Molecular Biomedicine in Münster, Germany, has an opening for a
jobs.mpi-muenster.mpg.de
September 12, 2025 at 6:17 AM
My lab @mpi-muenster.bsky.social is looking for a computational biologist with a passion for imaging and spatial biology. A staff scientist position with long-term perspective! Apply and spread the word 🙏 jobs.mpi-muenster.mpg.de/jobposting/0...
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🚨 The International Developmental Mechanics Zoom Seminar Series is back on Sept 25!
🎤 We have an exciting line-up of speakers this fall. See the image below for details
🌐 Website: sites.google.com/view/devmech...
📝 Interested in presenting? Sign up here: tinyurl.com/2munv5bv
🎤 We have an exciting line-up of speakers this fall. See the image below for details
🌐 Website: sites.google.com/view/devmech...
📝 Interested in presenting? Sign up here: tinyurl.com/2munv5bv
September 16, 2025 at 6:08 PM
🚨 The International Developmental Mechanics Zoom Seminar Series is back on Sept 25!
🎤 We have an exciting line-up of speakers this fall. See the image below for details
🌐 Website: sites.google.com/view/devmech...
📝 Interested in presenting? Sign up here: tinyurl.com/2munv5bv
🎤 We have an exciting line-up of speakers this fall. See the image below for details
🌐 Website: sites.google.com/view/devmech...
📝 Interested in presenting? Sign up here: tinyurl.com/2munv5bv
Epithelial crowding drives membrane depolarisation by ENaC/Na+ entry which triggers rapid volume loss, piezo activation and live cell extrusion. Importantly, low intracellular ATP primes cells for live extrusion by preventing the restoring of mb polarisation.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Energy deficiency selects crowded live epithelial cells for extrusion - Nature
Crowded epithelial cells with the least energy and membrane potential are selected for extrusion.
www.nature.com
September 15, 2025 at 1:52 PM
Epithelial crowding drives membrane depolarisation by ENaC/Na+ entry which triggers rapid volume loss, piezo activation and live cell extrusion. Importantly, low intracellular ATP primes cells for live extrusion by preventing the restoring of mb polarisation.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Interesting changes for the ERC evaluation, including an extension of the eligibility period for StG and CoG (now up to 10 and 15 years post phd respectively). Worth a reading for those intending to apply in the coming years (and nice to see that the council keeps trying to improve the process)
Based on feedback from applicants, reviewers and broader research community, the ERC Scientific Council decided to make changes in the 2026–27 calls for proposal for research funding.
More details from the ERC President 👉 europa.eu/!hP3WWF
What’s your take on this? Tell us! 👇
More details from the ERC President 👉 europa.eu/!hP3WWF
What’s your take on this? Tell us! 👇
September 15, 2025 at 11:15 AM
Interesting changes for the ERC evaluation, including an extension of the eligibility period for StG and CoG (now up to 10 and 15 years post phd respectively). Worth a reading for those intending to apply in the coming years (and nice to see that the council keeps trying to improve the process)
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Very happy that the first article from my postdoc work in the Tomancak lab is now published @PNAS! www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/.... We studied the self-organization of actin in aggregates made from Hydra cells. Thread below (1/9)
August 6, 2025 at 1:09 PM
Very happy that the first article from my postdoc work in the Tomancak lab is now published @PNAS! www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/.... We studied the self-organization of actin in aggregates made from Hydra cells. Thread below (1/9)
Important story dissecting the mechanism of gut cell extrusion using organoids. Local heterogeneity of tension promotes live extrusion and basal relaxation is sufficient to kick the cell out. Nice combination of optogenetics and live imaging to demonstrate this
www.science.org/doi/abs/10.1...
www.science.org/doi/abs/10.1...
September 9, 2025 at 8:53 PM
Important story dissecting the mechanism of gut cell extrusion using organoids. Local heterogeneity of tension promotes live extrusion and basal relaxation is sufficient to kick the cell out. Nice combination of optogenetics and live imaging to demonstrate this
www.science.org/doi/abs/10.1...
www.science.org/doi/abs/10.1...