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Filip Husnik @filiphusnik.bsky.social · 1d

OIST is seeking up to four tenure-track or tenured faculty in Ecology, Environmental Science, Earth Science, and Oceanography. Application deadline: Oct 15. Please share. Thx!
www.oist.jp/careers/facu...

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The Arabidopsis Information Resource (TAIR) @tairnews.bsky.social · 1d

"Postdoctoral and research assistant positions, Plant and Microbe Interaction at Academia Sinica, Taipei, Taiwan
*Application Deadline: 11/30/2025"

Read more here: https://arabidopsis.org/news/jobs/view?file=20251007_AS.pdf

#PlantSciJobs

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Bardin Lab @bardinlab.bsky.social · 2d

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...

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

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Paul Rainey @paulbrainey.bsky.social · 2d

Two new positions are available at the MPI for Evolutionary Biology to support development of our genomics facility. Both stand to become permanent. Both offer a ton of opportunity to engage in a wide range of creative science.

Pls repost 🙏

www.evolbio.mpg.de/3838377/job_...

Two full-time positions | Bioinformatician (m/f/d) + Applications Specialist (m/f/d) - Molecular Biology

The Genome Facility at the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Biology in Plön is seeking to fill two positions (full time) to support and expand our core facility services.

www.evolbio.mpg.de

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ulrichtechnau.bsky.social @ulrichtechnau.bsky.social · 11d

Just came back from a great meeting in Tutzing on the biology of basal Metazoa. Excellent talks, fantastic posters and very kind and vital community. Thanks also to our keynote speaker, Cassandra Extavour. She was the highlight of the meeting. Thanks everyone for contributing.

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Marina Stoilova @stoilovamarina.bsky.social · Aug 27

First, first-author paper alert!

“Shedding Light on Patterns of Unconventional Expression of Opsin Genes in Hydra vulgaris” is out and open access in @sicbjournals.bsky.social

academic.oup.com/icb/advance-...

Keep reading for some highlights in the thread below!

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Shedding Light on Patterns of Unconventional Expression of Opsin Genes in Hydra vulgaris

Synopsis. Opsins are G-protein-coupled receptors often expressed in neuronal photoreceptor cells and used for light detection in most animals, including cn

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Yi-Jyun Luo @yjluo.bsky.social · Aug 18

Delighted to share the peer-reviewed version of our study led by @tomlewin.bsky.social now out in Genome Biology @bmc.springernature.com! We analyzed 64 chromosome-level genomes across 15 animal phyla and found that extensive genome rearrangements are the norm in bilaterians.
doi.org/10.1186/s130...

Conservation of bilaterian genome structure is the exception, not the rule - Genome Biology

Species from diverse animal lineages have conserved groups of orthologous genes together on the same chromosome for over half a billion years since the last common ancestor of bilaterians. Although no...

doi.org

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Matt Gibson @mgstowers.bsky.social · Aug 14

Cnidarian-Microbe Interactions
Fully-funded postdoctoral position is available in the Gibson Lab at the Stowers Institute to investigate any aspect of cnidarian-microbe interactions. Strong background in coral symbiosis or eukaryotic microbiology preferred.
Contact Matt Gibson: [email protected]

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Benjamin Boumard @bboumard.bsky.social · Aug 13

Thanks for sharing our paper 😊🪰!

The Interactive Fly @interactivefly.bsky.social · Aug 12

Boumard, B., Le Meur, G., Aboutine, L., Stefanutti, M., Maalouf, T., El-Hajj, M., Choi, B. J., Bauer, R., Bardin, A. J. (2025). Cell-type-specific nucleotide sharing through gap junctions impacts sensitivity to replication stress in #Drosophila. Dev Cell, www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Cell-type-specific nucleotide sharing through gap junctions impacts sensitivity to replication stress in Drosophila

Cell proliferation, which underlies tissue growth and homeostasis, requires high levels of metabolites such as deoxynucleotides (dNTPs). The dNTP pool…

www.sciencedirect.com

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Michalis Averof @michalis-averof.bsky.social · Aug 8

Latest paper elifesciences.org/articles/107... closes an important cycle in our efforts to study regeneration: week-long recordings allow us to observe the behaviour of cells during the entire course of regeneration in a crustacean leg – bright objects in movie are fluorescent nuclei of cells. 1/6

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Journal of Evolutionary Biology @jevbio.bsky.social · Aug 4

NEW SPECIAL ISSUE JUST RELEASED!

Sex unfolded: sex, asex, sexes. Read the introductory editorial by Guest Editors D. Roze, S Glemin, @thomaslenormand.bsky.social & K. Van Doninck here: academic.oup.com/jeb/issue/38/7

Fantastic cover art by Caroline Blanc.

Volume 38 Issue 7 | Journal of Evolutionary Biology | Oxford Academic

Journal of Evolutionary Biology

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bioRxiv Developmental Biology @biorxiv-devbio.bsky.social · Jul 30

Socially regulated developmental plasticity in the color pattern of an anemonefish https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.07.25.666690v1

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CNRS Biologie @cnrsbiologie.bsky.social · Jul 29

Une dynamique évolutive complexe se cache dans la relation entre les poissons-clowns et leurs anémones-hôtes. Plongez dans l’évolution adaptative des poissons clowns 🌊

🤝 @cnrs.fr @oistedu.bsky.social

👉 Lire l'article dans @currentbiology.bsky.social
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Plongée dans l’évolution adaptative des poissons clowns

Derrière la relation bien connue, au sein des récifs coralliens, entre les poissons-clowns et leurs anémones-hôtes, se cache une dynamique évolutive bie

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CNRS Biologie @cnrsbiologie.bsky.social · Jul 16

#ResultatScientifique 🔎| Découvrez la dernière publication d'Allison Bardin et de ses collaborateurs ⤵️

🤝 @cnrs.fr @cnrs-paris.bsky.social @sorbonne-universite.fr @bardinlab.bsky.social
@bboumard.bsky.social
📕 @cp-devcell.bsky.social | buff.ly/kIfPI0E

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Michalis Averof @michalis-averof.bsky.social · Jul 13

We'll be looking for a postdoc to bring these approaches together, funded for 3+ years. If you are interested please get in touch; if you know someone who might be interested please share this message. 3/3

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Michalis Averof @michalis-averof.bsky.social · Jul 13

We've just been awarded a grant to study the cellular basis of regeneration – to track the progenitors of sensory organs in the context of leg regeneration, in our favourite crustacean tinyurl.com/parhyale, based on live imaging and cell tracking. The project involves some cool collaborations... 1/3

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eLife @elife.bsky.social · Jul 13

🪼 How did the animal body plan evolve?

This ‘fundamental’ study in Clytia sheds light on how Wnt3 coordinates both gene expression and planar cell polarity during axis formation, offering key insights into the origins of morphogenesis.
buff.ly/e1Un958
#DevBio

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Cnidarian developmental mechanisms group @clytia-vlfr.bsky.social · Jul 7

Interested in visiting Villefranche, Roscoff or Banyuls marine stations? The EMBRC-France (www.embrc-france.fr) 8th Call for Projects is open. Deadline Sept 19 for stays by end of June 2026. Up to 42 person-days per project are covered, with access to EMBRC-France services, accommodation & catering.

Accueil | EMBRC France

www.embrc-france.fr

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bioRxiv Genomics @biorxiv-genomic.bsky.social · Jul 6

A transcriptomic approach to understand genetic networks of regeneration, cell plasticity, and longevity of the Immortal Jellyfish Turritopsis dohrnii (Cnidaria, Hydrozoa) https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.07.02.660568v1

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Bardin Lab @bardinlab.bsky.social · Jul 1

The deadline is approaching for this fantastic course!
Apply now! Free to attend!

Bardin Lab @bardinlab.bsky.social · Jun 13

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...

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Bardin Lab @bardinlab.bsky.social · Jul 1

Book your calendars for the 2026 ISSCR meeting in Montreal in 1 year! An exciting speaker line up!

@isscr.org

www.isscr2026.org/overview

Program Overview — ISSCR 2026

Explore an overview of the scientific program, organizing committee, and event details for ISSCR 2026!

www.isscr2026.org

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Bénédicte Lefèvre @drosopachea.bsky.social · Jun 25

This month marks the 3-year anniversary of En Quête de Bio outreach launch, created with @bardinlab.bsky.social and the support of the @sfbd.bsky.social !

By the end of the week, we'll have passed the 4,500-child milestone, done it in 16 cities, with the help of 72 volunteers!

www.eqd-bio.org

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The Marine Biological Association @thembauk.bsky.social · Jun 25

Calling all established #MarineResearchers! 🌊 Applications are now open for the Ray Lankester Investigatorship. Open to established researchers (10+ years post-PhD), this is your chance to pursue independent marine research at the MBA.

Apply here 🔗 mymba.mba.ac.uk/ray-lankeste...

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Bardin Lab @bardinlab.bsky.social · Jun 25

A highlight of our recent story!

Benjamin Boumard @bboumard.bsky.social · Jun 25

Thanks a lot @lisaheinke.bsky.social for highlighting in @natrevmcb.nature.com our recently published article:
Good neighbors do share nucleotides 😇🪰🧬!
www.cell.com/developmenta...
@cp-devcell.bsky.social @bardinlab.bsky.social

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Benjamin Boumard @bboumard.bsky.social · Jun 25

Thanks a lot @lisaheinke.bsky.social for highlighting in @natrevmcb.nature.com our recently published article:
Good neighbors do share nucleotides 😇🪰🧬!
www.cell.com/developmenta...
@cp-devcell.bsky.social @bardinlab.bsky.social

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