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Silvia Fre lab @frelab.bsky.social · 9d

So proud of the exciting story from my PhD student Jakub Sumbal on contractile fibroblasts shaping branching morphogenesis!
Fantastic collaboration with the lab of Zuzana Koledova in Prague!
@sumbalovakoledova.bsky.social

It just came out online, check it out here:
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Contractile fibroblasts form a transient niche for the branching mammary epithelium

Nature Communications - Fibroblasts represent a heterogenous cell population but how their differences reflect their plasticity and origin is not fully understood. Here, the authors map the origin...

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David Brückner @davidbrueckner.bsky.social · 11d

How do cells navigate up gradients of adhesive proteins?
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Termed "Haptotaxis", this effect is ubiquitous in cell migration, but it's mechanism was poorly understood

We show that passive friction directs cells & explains complex trajectories on gradients

👉 www.nature.com/articles/s41...

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Akankshi Munjal @akankshi.bsky.social · 12d

Our latest preprint! Into morphogenesis, Yap, ECM, signaling, vertex models, feedbacks/robustness? There is something here for everyone. We discovered a positive feedback loop that extends inner ear canals, and a built-in mechanism that shuts it down when morphogenesis is done. tinyurl.com/464wsjhd

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Edouard Hannezo @ehannezo.bsky.social · 12d

Now out in final published form - with a new title "Mechanical control of cell fate decisions in the skin epidermis" and simulations/quantifications! See below for thread of how unbalanced tensions can bias fate choices in minimal 3D models of tissues! www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Edouard Hannezo @ehannezo.bsky.social · Dec 17

Happy to share the latest work from Preeti Sahu, with Adriana Sanchez-Danes on the biomechanics of cell fate choices during tumor initiation! We implement/test a 3D vertex model with proliferation and fate choices for multilayered tissues! See 🧵 below (1/n) bit.ly/3ZXxJzk

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kuba sędziński @kuba-sedzinski.bsky.social · 16d

🧵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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Edouard Hannezo @ehannezo.bsky.social · 19d

Core achievement unlocked!! Congrats to Fabrizio amd all authors!!

Institute of Science and Technology Austria (ISTA) @istaresearch.bsky.social · 20d

Who knew that the perfect pasta sauce could lead to a Nobel Prize? Congrats to ISTA postdoc Fabrizio Olmeda and collaborators for winning the Ig Nobel Prize with their research on mastering Cacio e Pepe. Bravo! 🍝 🎉

Getting hungry? Here´s the recipe for delicious research: https://bit.ly/42vlpHm

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Institute of Science and Technology Austria (ISTA) @istaresearch.bsky.social · 20d

Who knew that the perfect pasta sauce could lead to a Nobel Prize? Congrats to ISTA postdoc Fabrizio Olmeda and collaborators for winning the Ig Nobel Prize with their research on mastering Cacio e Pepe. Bravo! 🍝 🎉

Getting hungry? Here´s the recipe for delicious research: https://bit.ly/42vlpHm

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Benoit Ladoux @bladoux.bsky.social · 20d

We’re organizing a conference at @ijmonod.bsky.social in Paris, January 2026, in memory of M.P. Sheetz — pioneer in cell mechanics and mechanobiology, co-discoverer of kinesin, and founder of @mbisg.bsky.social. Join us to explore his legacy.

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David Brückner @davidbrueckner.bsky.social · Sep 4

Super excited that our group will be supported by an ERC Starting Grant!

In project "InfoFate" we will study how cells use information in dynamical, neighborhood & mechanical signals to make decisions.

We'll have PhD and Postdoc positions available, please get in touch if interested!

Biozentrum, University of Basel @biozentrum.unibas.ch · Sep 4

Why do some cells become neurons and others muscle?
Physicist Prof. David Brückner @davidbrueckner.bsky.social @biozentrum.unibas.ch @unibas.ch receives a prestigious #ERCStartingGrant to uncover how cells make life-shaping decisions. @erc.europa.eu
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ERC Starting Grant for Physicist David Brückner

How do cells decide which role to take on in the body? Prof. David Brückner from the Biozentrum of the University of Basel is investigating this and similar questions. Over the next five years, a Star...

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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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Ulrich Schwarz @ulrichschwarz.bsky.social · Aug 26

📣 Now out in @physreve.bsky.social‬ as editors' suggestion: our theory on the role of different myosin II isoforms during cell migration. For standard parameters, A and B segregate to the front and the back, respectively. Yet for other parameter values, also oscillations are possible.

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Edouard Hannezo @ehannezo.bsky.social · Aug 26

Very cool to see it out congratulations!!

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Sylvain Gabriele @sgabriele.bsky.social · Aug 25

Excited to share our new publication in Nature Physics about the mechanical memory of morphology in confined migrating cells by @kyohalie.bsky.social 🥳

Super fun collab with @davidbrueckner.bsky.social and @gcharras.bsky.social 👏🏻

Enjoy the reading www.nature.com/articles/s41...

The actin cortex acts as a mechanical memory of morphology in confined migrating cells - Nature Physics

Cells often navigate through confined spaces. Now it is shown that cells retain a mechanical memory of previous confinement events, which makes them more efficient at migrating through narrow microenv...

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Institute of Science and Technology Austria (ISTA) @istaresearch.bsky.social · Aug 26

Do you want to push the boundaries of science together with world-class supervisors and colleagues?

The ISTA-Fellowship Program offers fully funded two-year postdoctoral fellowships for highly qualified candidates.

Apply now to take your next career step at ISTA: https://bit.ly/4kfKBZx

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Edouard Hannezo @ehannezo.bsky.social · Aug 22

Very happy to see it out, another fun collaboration with the Sixt group at @istaresearch.bsky.social ! See Mehmet's thread for a summary of how different immune cells can "surf" on each other's self-generated gradients to drive efficient co-migration!

mehmet can uçar @mehmetcanucar.bsky.social · Aug 22

🚨 New paper out in @pnas.org! 🚨

We show that self-generated gradients allow heterogeneous cell mixtures to co-migrate efficiently over long distances —while optimizing their physical interactions!

(See below for 🧵)

www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/... 🧪

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mehmet can uçar @mehmetcanucar.bsky.social · Aug 22

🚨 New paper out in @pnas.org! 🚨

We show that self-generated gradients allow heterogeneous cell mixtures to co-migrate efficiently over long distances —while optimizing their physical interactions!

(See below for 🧵)

www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/... 🧪

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Yanlan Mao @yanlanmao.bsky.social · Aug 7

#EMBOBiophysicalRepair

Yanlan Mao @yanlanmao.bsky.social · Aug 7

Our interdisciplinary @embo.org @biologists.bsky.social workshop on Biophysical and Molecular Mechanisms of Animal Homeostasis and Repair will take place in beautiful Haining, China, 6-10 April 2026. Exciting line up of international speakers! Register now: meetings.embo.org/event/26-hom...

Interfacing biophysical and molecular mechanisms of animal homeostasis and repair

The control of animal homeostasis and repair has been studied for decades, mostly from a molecular and biochemical perspective. Recent research shows that biophysical factors, such as mechanical forc…

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MwahahahahahadScientist @mads100tist.bsky.social · Aug 5

In case you've ever wondered, I talked with @amjeve.bsky.social about science, myself, and the future of #DevBio as part of the Pathway to Independence Fellowship @biologists.bsky.social 🧪 journals.biologists.com/dev/article/...

Pathway to Independence – an interview with Joaquín Navajas Acedo

Joaquín Navajas Acedo is a Postdoc in the lab of Dr Alexander Schier in Biozentrum at the University of Basel, Switzerland. He is interested in how the nervous system evolves and develops at the singl...

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paveltomancak.bsky.social @paveltomancak.bsky.social · Aug 6

Our first #Hydra paper. @anaisbailles.bsky.social all the way, with crucial theory contributions from Carl Modes and @zechnerlab.bsky.social Hydra maintenance by Heino Andreas and HCR by Giulia Serafini. Teamwork. Many thanks to the generous Hydra research community.

Anaïs Bailles @anaisbailles.bsky.social · Aug 6

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)

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James Briscoe @jamesbriscoe.bsky.social · Aug 4

A Summer reading recommendation: new primer in @dev-journal.bsky.social explains how dynamical systems theory unlocks the logic of developmental patterning

Everything from bistable switches & oscillators to phase portraits & more with Python code to explore

journals.biologists.com/dev/article/...

From genes to patterns: five key dynamical systems concepts to decode developmental regulatory mechanisms

Summary: Dynamical systems theory provides a powerful quantitative and intuitive framework to understand developmental processes. This Primer brings key concepts of this framework to the ever-growing ...

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Edouard Hannezo @ehannezo.bsky.social · Aug 1

If you want to discover Vienna, Austria in general (and @istaresearch.bsky.social groups in particular) now have 4-year fellowships for postdocs coming from a US institution (up to 500,000 EUR)! Contact me if interested!

Österreichische Akademie der Wissenschaften @oeaw.bsky.social · Jun 27

25 neue #Stipendien für Forschende aus den #USA 🎓 Mit 10 Millionen Euro finanziert der Fonds Zukunft Österreich das von der ÖAW initiierte neue Programm APART-USA, das vierjährige Post-Doc-Stellen an österreichischen Universitäten oder Forschungseinrichtungen schafft ⤵️
www.oeaw.ac.at/news/oeaw-25...

ÖAW: 25 neue Stipendien für Forschende aus den USA

FZÖ finanziert Akademie-Programm mit 10 Millionen Euro, um Post-Docs unbürokratisch aus den USA zu holen ++ Faßmann: „Richtiges Zeichen in diesen bewegten Zeiten“

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Richard Sever @richardsever.bsky.social · Jul 31

bioRxiv bat signal going up. We have a big backlog of submissions. If any affiliates have time to do some screening, we (and all the authors) would be immensely grateful! 🙏

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Roberto Cerbino @cerbino.bsky.social · Jul 8

1/ 🚀 New tutorial alert!
Ever wanted to use your microscope as a multi-angle light scattering device? Our new preprint is out:
📄 The Hitchhiker’s Guide to Differential Dynamic Microscopy (DDM)
arXiv: 2507.05058 (link in the last skeet!)
🧵 Thread ⬇️

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Martin Loose @nartimsoole.bsky.social · Jul 2

One of the most exciting discoveries from our lab so far is now online as a preprint!

Read a story on how the ParMR and Min systems started to collaborate to create the CorMR cytoskeleton, which now controls cell shape in multicellular cyanobacteria:
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

Evolutionary repurposing of a DNA segregation machinery into a cytoskeletal system controlling cyanobacterial cell shape

Bacteria, despite their diversity, use conserved cytoskeletal systems for their intracellular organization. In unicellular bacteria, the ParMRC DNA partitioning apparatus is well known for forming act...

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Edouard Hannezo @ehannezo.bsky.social · Jul 3

Thanks a lot !!:)

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