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Max-Planck-Gesellschaft @maxplanck.de · 19d

Truly chuffed for our fearless food physicists @mpipks.bsky.social + collabs from AT @istaresearch.bsky.social, IT & ES who won this year’s Ig Nobel - the #NobelPrize of hearts❤️for cracking the science of perfect pasta !🍝Kudos to all for intrepidly consuming lots of cheese in the name of science!😋

The Secret to a Smooth Pasta Sauce Wins Ig Nobel Prize

Italian researchers studied how the ingredients of the traditional Roman dish cacio e pepe emulsify into a creamy sauce, winning the 2025 Physics Ig Nobel Prize.

www.the-scientist.com

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Marina B. Cuenca @cuencam15.bsky.social · 25d

Congrats Ryan!! Looks amazing ✨

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Ryan Savill @cryaaa.bsky.social · 26d

(1/14) I’m happy and proud to introduce: SpinePy – a framework to detect the "spine" of gastruloids and measure biological and physical signals in a local dynamic 3D coordinate system. www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

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Bruno C. Vellutini @bruvellu.bsky.social · Sep 4

So happy to see the cephalic furrow combo out back-to-back! This was a wonderful collaborative endeavor 🥹

paveltomancak.bsky.social @paveltomancak.bsky.social · Sep 4

We are all super happy and proud to see our work on the function and evolution of the #cephalic #furrow published in @nature.com. Let me say a few things about the background and history of this work on the #Evolution_of_Morphogenesis (1/12)

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Marina B. Cuenca @cuencam15.bsky.social · Sep 4

Super congrats!!!

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Thibaut Brunet @thibautbrunet.bsky.social · Sep 4

Thanks to Mary Abraham for editorial help with the N&V and huge thanks to @levayerr.bsky.social for proofreading/fact-checking it. Fly development can be a bit far from my comfort zone, so it’s always reassuring to have an expert in your corner. www.nature.com/articles/d41...

Flies evolved a shock-absorber tissue used during embryonic development

The role of tissue that forms between the head and trunk of a fly embryo has been unclear. It turns out that it absorbs forces when nearby cells move and divide.

www.nature.com

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Marina B. Cuenca @cuencam15.bsky.social · Sep 4

Some of the work behind this paper. Honoured to be part of it!
Special thanks to @paveltomancak.bsky.social for giving me a space in his lab at @mpi-cbg.de and to @bruvellu.bsky.social for being such an inspiring scientist.

paveltomancak.bsky.social @paveltomancak.bsky.social · Sep 4

We are all super happy and proud to see our work on the function and evolution of the #cephalic #furrow published in @nature.com. Let me say a few things about the background and history of this work on the #Evolution_of_Morphogenesis (1/12)

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Max Planck Institute of Molecular Cell Biology and Genetics @mpi-cbg.de · Sep 3

Dresden researchers @paveltomancak.bsky.social @bruvellu.bsky.social, Carl Modes, @cuencam15.bsky.social ‬ & colleagues published in @nature.com that a tissue fold in fruit fly embryos buffers mechanical stresses & may have evolved in response to mechanical forces. www.mpi-cbg.de/news-outreac...

Mechanical forces drive evolutionary change

A small tissue fold present in fruit fly embryos buffers mechanical stresses and may have evolved in response to mechanical forces.

www.mpi-cbg.de

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Marina B. Cuenca @cuencam15.bsky.social · Aug 30

Wow! I just learnt about annual killifish development and was amazed!

Great opportunity at EMBL HD!

Nicoletta Petridou @nicolettapetridou.bsky.social · Aug 8

We are searching for an enthusiastic scientist to join our team and establish annual killifish as a model system for early developmental biology and biophysics! @embl.org @embldbunit.bsky.social

Apply here:
embl.wd103.myworkdayjobs.com/EMBL/job/Hei...

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Marina B. Cuenca @cuencam15.bsky.social · Aug 23

Day 11 of #LISH25
Not everyone in the pic but wanted to give a big shout out to the stars of the course. The amazing students that survived us and went home with amazing data!

@olafselchow.bsky.social
@olafselchow.bsky.social
@bundschuhst.bsky.social
@paveltomancak.bsky.social

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Marina B. Cuenca @cuencam15.bsky.social · Aug 23

Super happy and honoured to have been able to share once with these guys in love with microscopy #LISH25

Dresden will always feel like home.

@ereynaud.bsky.social
@mpi-cbg.de
@paveltomancak.bsky.social
@olafselchow.bsky.social
@bundschuhst.bsky.social

paveltomancak.bsky.social @paveltomancak.bsky.social · Aug 23

#LISH25 was BIG.

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paveltomancak.bsky.social @paveltomancak.bsky.social · Aug 22

#LISH25 final student team presentations. #The_Holy_de_Broglies

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paveltomancak.bsky.social @paveltomancak.bsky.social · Aug 22

#LISH25 final student team presentations. #Liv_and_Dye

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Sasha (Aleksandra) Petrovskaya @sashapetrovskaia.bsky.social · Aug 22

Thank you @paveltomancak.bsky.social @olafselchow.bsky.social @dvonwangenheim.bsky.social @bundschuhst.bsky.social @ereynaud.bsky.social @cuencam15.bsky.social Vlado, Stephan for a life-changing lightsheet experience towards even more beautiful and high-quality science

paveltomancak.bsky.social @paveltomancak.bsky.social · Aug 22

#LISH25 final student team presentations. #SPIMply_the_Best

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paveltomancak.bsky.social @paveltomancak.bsky.social · Aug 22

#LISH25 final student team presentations. #Specimen_Illuminati

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3i @the.3i.social · Aug 22

... and @dvonwangenheim.bsky.social's great video montage of a few of the samples. #LISH25
🔬🌍: www.intelligent-imaging.com/AxL

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Sasha (Aleksandra) Petrovskaya @sashapetrovskaia.bsky.social · Aug 21

Walking into the brain of an Alzheimer’s mouse. I overloaded the mouse with therapeutics (pink) and labeled vessels (green), and was clearing the brain for almost 2 months. Thanks to Stephan for a nice movie from #Blaze microscope at #LISH25 #LISH2025

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Marina B. Cuenca @cuencam15.bsky.social · Aug 21

Day 11 of #LISH25
Last lectures of the course, closing with beautiful plant light sheet imaging by Maria Cuacos and organoids by Gustavo Madeiros.

From now on, data transfer, analysis and presentation preparation!

@paveltomancak.bsky.social
@bundschuhst.bsky.social
@mpi-cbg.de

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Marina B. Cuenca @cuencam15.bsky.social · Aug 20

Day 10 of #LISH25
Late night image analysis as the end approaches.
Tired but still going on!

@paveltomancak.bsky.social
@mpi-cbg.de
@bundschuhst.bsky.social
@events.embl.org

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Marina B. Cuenca @cuencam15.bsky.social · Aug 19

Day 9 of #LISH25
Some field trip to haunt for tasty specimens

@paveltomancak.bsky.social
@bundschuhst.bsky.social

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Marina B. Cuenca @cuencam15.bsky.social · Aug 18

Day 8 of #LISH25
Instructors also are getting their hands dirty, but looking cool

@paveltomancak.bsky.social
@bundschuhst.bsky.social
@mpi-cbg.de

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Marina B. Cuenca @cuencam15.bsky.social · Aug 17

Light sheet close up

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Marina B. Cuenca @cuencam15.bsky.social · Aug 17

Day 7 of #LISH25
After a well deserved day off we came back BIG.
Mesoscopic light sheet imaging of lost and found specimens in the wild. Caught by @giuliaserafini.bsky.social

@mpi-cbg.de
@whyvinca.bsky.social
@paveltomancak.bsky.social
@bundschuhst.bsky.social

We miss u @ereynaud.bsky.social

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Emmanuel G. Reynaud @ereynaud.bsky.social · Aug 17

Bye bye #lish25... Time to cry for 12 hours in trains... Will miss you all even @paveltomancak.bsky.social Keep up the good work!
@bundschuhst.bsky.social @cuencam15.bsky.social

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bundschuhst.bsky.social @bundschuhst.bsky.social · Aug 17

Back to the bench for #LISH2025 at @mpi-cbg.de after a day of exploring Dresden. Starting our day with Rocky Balboa and Matteo Rauzi.
Thanks a lot for organizing @paveltomancak.bsky.social @ereynaud.bsky.social @cuencam15.bsky.social

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