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Institut Curie @institutcurie.bsky.social · Jul 11

🔬 The next international Developmental Biology course, organized by Institut Curie with @sorbonne-universite.fr, will focus on "From stem #cells to #morphogenesis".

📅 Apply by:
• July 20 (3.5 weeks with hands-on workshop)
• Aug 31 (10 days of seminars)

🔗 training.institut-curie.org/courses/deve...

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EMBL DB unit @embldbunit.bsky.social · Jul 9

We cannot believe the DB unit summer school "Transitions in developing systems: from theory to experiments" has already come to an end. A huge thank you to all the organisers, speakers, and trainers for making it such an exciting and inspiring course #EMBLDevBio @dev-journal.bsky.social

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James Briscoe @jamesbriscoe.bsky.social · Jul 10

For many people (me included) writing is thinking

If you're not thinking you're just the pretty front (wo)man in the band

Do you want to be Noel or Liam?

www.nature.com/articles/d41...

Lab drowning in paperwork? Hire an in-house writer

Hiring a postdoc to take over writing tasks makes good sense, argues Béla Z. Schmidt.

www.nature.com

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EMBL DB unit @embldbunit.bsky.social · Jul 7

Time for a new practical at the DB unit summer school @embl.org ! This session features the sea anemone Nematostella and explores the larva-to-polyp transition driven by neuropeptide signaling. Thanks to the Ikmi group @aikmi.bsky.social 🤩 #EMBLDevBio

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EMBL DB unit @embldbunit.bsky.social · Jul 7

Day 6 of the DB Unit Summer School at EMBL started with an insightful lecture by Caren Norden @nordenlab.bsky.social on the impact of nuclear properties on the behaviour of Zebrafish retinal neuroepithelia. #EMBLDevBio

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jordivangestel.bsky.social @jordivangestel.bsky.social · Mar 25

Super excited to share our new selection-free CRISPR-Cas9 editing protocol for Dictyostelids, generating 80% KO and 30% KI efficiencies without selection in D. discoideum, and being effective in Dictyostelid species that diverged millions of years ago! www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

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EMBL DB unit @embldbunit.bsky.social · Jul 2

Day 1 of the DB Unit Summer School: 'Transitions in Developing Systems: From Theory to Experiments'.
We are delighted to welcome all participants! Stay tuned for updates.
@nicolettapetridou.bsky.social @hanhtkvu.bsky.social @jordivangestel.bsky.social @jamesbriscoe.bsky.social @karenalim.bsky.social

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EMBL DB unit @embldbunit.bsky.social · Jul 2

The DB Unit Summer School, "Transitions in Developing Systems," kicked off with an incredible talk by Thibaut Brunet @thibautbrunet.bsky.social from the Pasteur Institute @pasteur.fr on the fascinating transition from unicellularity to multicellularity in choanoflagellates #EMBLDevBio

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EMBL DB unit @embldbunit.bsky.social · Jul 2

At the DB Unit Summer School, it's already time for Practical 1!
Participants are exploring the theory of phase transitions, critical points, and bifurcations with James Briscoe @jamesbriscoe.bsky.social and Isabella Graf @isabellagraf.bsky.social and her group members @lwuerthner.bsky.social

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EMBL DB unit @embldbunit.bsky.social · Jul 3

Day 2 of the DB Unit Summer School has now finished.
We had fantastic talks from Iain Cousin #collectivebehaviour and Karen Alim #physicsofbehaviour, along with an exciting practical session from the van Gestel group on aggregative development in wild-type slime mold species #EMBLdevbio

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EMBL DB unit @embldbunit.bsky.social · Jul 4

Day 3 of the DB summer school "Transitions in developing systems: from theory to experiments" started with a fantastic talk by Guillaume Salbreux, from the University of Geneva, who discussed transitions in populations of coupled phase oscillators #EMBLDevBio

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EMBL DB unit @embldbunit.bsky.social · Jul 5

There's always more to learn at the DB unit Summer School @embl.org ! After two engaging practical sessions yesterday from the Aulehla and Petridou groups @nicolettapetridou.bsky.social , today we will be diving into data analysis #EMBLDevBio

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Omaya Dudin 𓂆 ¦🍉¦🦠¦🔬¦ @dudinlab.bsky.social · Jun 3

Share with your network, group members, colleagues & friends.

We are extending the deadline till the 10th of June.

This is your last chance of joining us this summer.

#Science #ProtistsOnSky #Cell #Biology #Microscopy

Omaya Dudin 𓂆 ¦🍉¦🦠¦🔬¦ @dudinlab.bsky.social · Mar 28

With Guillermina Ramirez-SanJuan we are very happy to announce the upcoming Latsis Symposium " Shaping microbial life in a changing environment" over July 8-10 at #EPFL
Registrations are open til May 23rd.

LINK: www.epfl-latsis-2025.org

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Neuroverse @neuroversepod.bsky.social · Apr 25

New episode 🎧 We discuss Geometric Decision-Making with @icouzin.bsky.social! We go over the collective behaviours seen in different animals 🐠🪰🐙and ask: how much do physics models ⚛️portray the dynamics of collective-decision-making? Listen to learn more! open.spotify.com/show/4GrM2vL...

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Paolo Ronchi @paoloronchi.bsky.social · Apr 24

If you want to learn the latest developments in volumeEM from the experts, with hands-on experience on our instruments @embl.org, this course is for you! 🔬

EMBL Events @events.embl.org · Apr 10

🔬 The practical course #EMBOvEM is open for registration 👉 https://s.embl.org/vem25-01-bl

You will gain theoretical and hands-on knowledge on the three main techniques for volume EM – microtome-based serial block-face SEM, focused ion beam SEM, and array tomography.

#vEM #Microscopy

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Ben Engel @cellarchlab.com · Apr 14

“No Water, no Life. No Blue, no Green.”💙💚 @floravincent.bsky.social from @embl.org revealing the beauty of diatom symbiotic interactions, which enable these globally important phytoplankton to adapt to environmental stresses and pollutants.

Such cool science here at #EMBOclimateResilience 🧪🌊🌍

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EMBL DB unit @embldbunit.bsky.social · Apr 11

Hanh Vu @hanhtkvu.bsky.social, Group Leader at the @embl.org DB unit presenting the diversity of size, pattern and colour of Life #EESWildModels #planarians #DevBio

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Flora Vincent @floravincent.bsky.social · Apr 8

Very excited for this first of its kind EMBO/EMBL Symposium on the Wild Frontiers of Model Organisms.
So far Session 1 is a blast, from aiptasia symbiosis, oyster vibrio phage interactions, !!
#EESWildModels
@embldbunit.bsky.social
@embl.org

kausthubh.bsky.social @kausthubh.bsky.social · Apr 8

Kicked off the #EESWildModels at @embl.org 🐟🦠🍄‍🟫🪰🐟

@floravincent.bsky.social started the sessions with a little survey to sample the range of expertise/skills

Really diverse range of expertise amongst the attendees 💯

@events.embl.org

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Flora Vincent @floravincent.bsky.social · Apr 8

The one and only Margaret McFall-Ngai on pioneering a new model system. Couldn’t be more on spot !
#EESWildModels

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Max-Planck-Gesellschaft @maxplanck.de · Apr 4

Long live introverts! 😉Not the bravest mice 🐭, but the shy ones turn out to be the most persistent problem-solvers, according to a new study by the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Biology. mpg.de/24460941/mic... #evolution #animalbehaviour

Shy mice are more persistent problem-solvers

In a study, it wasn't the bravest mice, but rather the shy ones, that proved to be the most persistent tinkerers.

mpg.de

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EMBL DB unit @embldbunit.bsky.social · Mar 31

Did you miss the deadline for the #EMBLDevBio course? Good news! You can still register until 2 April. Join us for a unique course on biological transitions during development across species.

EMBL Events @events.embl.org · Mar 28

Do you want to gain theoretical knowledge on biological transitions and get a hands-on training using state-of-the-art methods? ⏰ Then hurry up and apply for #EMBLDevBio

📩 Application deadline: 2 April
➡️ s.embl.org/ptd25-01-bl

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Laura Rustarazo-Calvo @laura-rustarazo.bsky.social · Mar 27

🎉 Excited to share our new work: “Adhesion-driven tissue rigidification triggers epithelial cell polarity”, now on @biorxivpreprint.bsky.social !

A huge thank you to @nicolettapetridou.bsky.social, Bernat, @crisp-c.bsky.social, Adrián, and everyone involved! 🙌

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EMBL DB unit @embldbunit.bsky.social · Mar 25

Welcome to the Bluesky page of the Developmental Biology Unit at EMBL @embl.org! Follow us for updates on our research #devbio and activities

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EMBL DB unit @embldbunit.bsky.social · Mar 26

🚀 Did you know that you can now do selection-free CRISPR-Cas9 in Dictyostelid species? You can achieve 80% KO and 30% KI efficiencies in D. discoideum! Check out the new preprint from the van Gestel group @jordivangestel.bsky.social in the DB unit @embl.org
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

Selection-free CRISPR-Cas9 editing protocol for distant Dictyostelid species

Dictyostelids are a species-rich clade of cellular slime molds that are widely found in soils and have been studied for over a century. Most research focusses on Dictyostelium discoideum, which - due ...

www.biorxiv.org

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Flora Vincent @floravincent.bsky.social · Mar 25

@embldbunit.bsky.social
Our Developmental Biology Unit @embl.org has a Bluesky account ! Hit follow for updates on what we do to explore the complexity of living systems :)
#devbio

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