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Meera Sundaram @meera-sundaram.bsky.social · 16d

The 2025-2026 #aECM club schedule is now posted on our website, where you can also find the link to sign up for access. I’m looking forward to lots of great talks and discussions! sundaramlab.com/blog/aecm-cl...

aECM Club Seminars

A virtual seminar series to highlight work on apical ECM across different systems Organizers: Meera Sundaram, UPennMax Heiman, Boston Children’s, Harvard U.Nathalie Pujol, U. Aix MarseilleJor…

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FMI science @fmiscience.bsky.social · 22d

Another FMI Annual Meeting is in the books! After a night of follies and plenty of dancing, today brought the announcement of our internal prize winners, more inspiring talks, and a vibrant poster session. Already looking forward to next year! 🙌

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NCCR RNA & Disease @nccr-rna-disease.bsky.social · 24d

📅 Program of the NCCR RNA & Disease Seminar Series for the Autumn Semester 25/26: For more information visit: nccr-rna-and-disease.ch/news/article... 
@unibe.ch @ethz.ch @snf-fns.ch

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FMI science @fmiscience.bsky.social · 27d

📣The Turco group is seeking a computational biologist to analyze large omics datasets. Work on cutting-edge 3D organoid models of the human placenta and be embedded in our Computational Biology Platform (part of @sib.swiss). Apply here: www.fmi.ch/education-ca...

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FMI science @fmiscience.bsky.social · Sep 8

🚨 We're hiring, please share! The FMI seeks a tenure-track Group Leader (Assistant Prof) in Structural Biology 🔬
Innovative scientists in genome regulation, RNA metabolism, or protein homeostasis—especially using cutting-edge approaches—apply now at www.fmi.ch/education-ca...

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Grosshans Lab @labgrosshans.bsky.social · Sep 8

Thanks for highlighting - thread to follow. Mini-summary: beyond assigning oscillatory genes expression by scRNA-seq to individual cell types, we also show that chromatin opens rhythmically and that we can predict this (and gene expression) with a small set of TFs in a mathematical model.

Max Heiman @heiman.bsky.social · Sep 7

It accompanies a beautiful preprint from @labgrosshans.bsky.social whose pioneering work laid the foundation for the approach we took:
"A scheduler for rhythmic gene expression"
doi.org/10.1101/2025...

A scheduler for rhythmic gene expression

Genetic oscillators drive precisely timed gene expression, crucial for development and physiology. Using the C. elegans molting clock as a model, we investigate how oscillators can schedule the orderl...

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Grosshans Lab @labgrosshans.bsky.social · Sep 8

Here is some recommended reading 👇 (and enjoy the associated thread for clarity and the beautiful imagery 👍) Lots of different genes, oscillating in different cell types

Max Heiman @heiman.bsky.social · Sep 7

In this study with @alexiswe.bsky.social and the Hammarlund lab we develop rigorous statistical methods to identify oscillatory gene expression using single-cell RNA data.

"Systematic identification of oscillatory gene expression in single cell types"
doi.org/10.1101/2025...

Systematic identification of oscillatory gene expression in single cell types

Many biological cycles are driven by oscillatory gene expression coordinated across cell types. For example, larval development in Caenorhabditis elegans involves coordinated cyclic changes in cell di...

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Max Planck Institute of Immunobiology and Epigenetics @mpi-ie.bsky.social · Sep 4

🎊 Congratulations to Juliane Glaser (@julianeg.bsky.social) and Valentin Flury (@flurylab.bsky.social) on being awarded each an @erc.europa.eu Starting Grant! – #ERCStG

www.ie-freiburg.mpg.de/6057908/2025...

Two ERC Starting Grants for Max Planck in Freiburg

Two young scientists from the Max Planck Institute in Freiburg, Juliane Glaser and Valentin Flury, have each received €1.5 million in ERC Starting Grants to conduct research into epigenetic mechanisms...

www.ie-freiburg.mpg.de

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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
www.biozentrum.unibas.ch/news/detail/...

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...

www.biozentrum.unibas.ch

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NCCR RNA & Disease @nccr-rna-disease.bsky.social · Sep 1

🔬✨ Join us this Saturday (September 6) | 16:00-23:00 at Nacht der Forschung 2025 at the University of Bern ✨ Come and check out our booth "RNA – Master of Versatility" 👩‍🔬

Meet our researchers & enjoy pipetted cocktails at the reproduzierBAR!
www.nachtderforschung.unibe.ch
#ndfunibern @unibe.ch

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Society for Developmental Biology @socdevbio.bsky.social · Aug 25

🪱 C. elegans (Nematode). Every cell counts, literally. C. elegans has a fully mapped cell lineage from egg to adult. Key for understanding cell fate specification, apoptosis, nervous system wiring, aging, and stem cell regulation. Image taken by Swagata Dey #ModelMonday

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Alexandra Bendel @alexbendel.bsky.social · Aug 25

I am happy to finally share this preprint of my PhD project in @guillaumediss.bsky.social lab at the FMI in Basel.
We used ddPCA to map the genetic architecture of the entire human bZIP interaction network.

www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

Thanks to all our co-authors for the great collaboration!

The genetic architecture of the human bZIP family

Generative biology holds the promise to transform our ability to design and understand living systems by creating novel proteins, pathways, and organisms with tailored functions that address challenge...

www.biorxiv.org

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Grosshans Lab @labgrosshans.bsky.social · Aug 26

Very thrilled to welcome Julia as our new colleague in Multicellular Systems at @fmiscience.bsky.social !

Julia Batki @juliabatki.bsky.social · Aug 25

I am excited to share that I will join the Friedrich Miescher Institute @fmiscience.bsky.social in Basel as a group leader, starting my lab in March 2026 🎉

We will explore cell fate regulation during organogenesis, with a focus on how cell elimination underlies the emergence of functional tissues.

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Silvia Barbiero @silviabarbiero.bsky.social · Aug 15

We’re excited to share that ez_zarr now supports Zarr v3! 🚀 Huge thanks to @mbstadler.bsky.social & @csoneson.bsky.social who took on the challenge of creating this open-source tool for fast, programmatic access to OME-Zarr file sets + easy plotting 📊
📄 joss.theoj.org/papers/10.2110… (1/3)

ez-zarr: A Python package for easy access and visualisation of OME-Zarr filesets

Barbiero et al., (2025). ez-zarr: A Python package for easy access and visualisation of OME-Zarr filesets. Journal of Open Source Software, 10(109), 7882, https://doi.org/10.21105/joss.07882

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Arnaud Krebs @arnaudkr.bsky.social · Aug 18

This is not a HiC map! Ever wondered if multiple enhancers get activated simultaneously? We measured chromatin accessibility on thousands of molecules by nanopore to create genome-wide co-accessibility maps. Proud of @mathias-boulanger.bsky.social @kasitc.bsky.social Biology in the thread👇

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Schubeler Lab @schubelerlab.bsky.social · Aug 7

Excited to see this published with additional data following our preprint a while back. Cool combination (in our biased view) of controlled TF expression and machine learning to decode chromatin sensitivity. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti....

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FMI science @fmiscience.bsky.social · Jun 12

We're seeking a Research Associate in stem cell biology to join a global, interdisciplinary team investigating organoids and tissue organization. This unique role is part of a collaboration between the @priscaliberali.bsky.social lab & the @alleninstitute.org. Apply at: www.fmi.ch/education-ca...

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FMI science @fmiscience.bsky.social · Jun 2

Happy #PrideMonth! We celebrate LGBTQ+ voices in science and beyond—but many still face discrimination & violence. We stand for dignity, safety & equity for all 🌈

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Max Heiman @heiman.bsky.social · May 16

Delighted to share this timely article in Boston magazine on our local C. elegans community and the effects of NIH freezes.

"There might be no group more enthusiastic, self-aware, or life-affirming than the worm people."

www.bostonmagazine.com/news/c-elega...

Boston Has Worms (The Good Kind)

Inside the world of C. elegans worms and the scientists who know them best.

www.bostonmagazine.com

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Grosshans Lab @labgrosshans.bsky.social · Apr 14

We are hiring👇. Join us if you are interested in a PhD project on biological clocks that time development. Genomics, genetics, quantitative microscopy, computational analysis, ... grosshanslab.org. 2.5 weeks left to apply www.fmi.ch/education-ca... @fmiscience.bsky.social

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Meera Sundaram @meera-sundaram.bsky.social · Apr 11

Congratulations to Iva Greenwald and Gary Struhl on this award! Their creativity and intellectual partnership of worm and fly genetics elucidated fundamental mechanisms controlling Notch signaling - which we now know controls so many aspects of human development and disease

Columbia University's Zuckerman Institute @zuckermanbrain.bsky.social · Apr 11

Congrats to @columbiauniversity.bsky.social scientists Gary Struhl & Iva Greenwald for winning the @gairdnerawards.bsky.social Award for their research yielding critical insights on how cells communicate with their neighbors during development. Read:
zuckermaninstitute.columbia.edu/columbia-gai...

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Grosshans Lab @labgrosshans.bsky.social · Mar 28

Always a such satisfying moment to see one of your students defend – congratulations, Jana, great work!

FMI science @fmiscience.bsky.social · Mar 27

Congratulations to Jana Brunner on successfully defending her PhD this week! 🎉 Jana investigated the molecular mechanisms of developmental timing in the worm C. elegans 🪱

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Teresa Rayon @trayon.bsky.social · Mar 25

Deadline for abstract submission & registration approaching (April 1st)

The time is now!!!!

#EvoDevoTempo ⌛️⏳

Pierre Vanderhaeghen @vanderhaeghenp2.bsky.social · Mar 25

Join us in Paris in May 6-9 for an exciting EMBO Workshop on Developmental timing mechanisms and evolution. Slots still open for short talks - Registration deadline next [email protected] @trayon.bsky.social @mdiazcuadros.bsky.social

meetings.embo.org/event/25-dev...

Developmental timing across species: From mechanisms to evolutionary insights

Like choreography, development consists of a highly ordered suite of steps and transitions. Modifying developmental tempo can affect final size and composition of tissues, as well as their plasticity…

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Benjamin Towbin @betowbin.bsky.social · Mar 20

🚨 Join us for the LS2 Swiss #Systems #Biology Symposium in Bern!

❌ to talk marathons
✔️ to new connections and interactions

➡️Mini parallel sessions with Q&A during the talks.

Keynotes by @ehannezo.bsky.social @leeat-keren.bsky.social

tinyurl.com/5hf485ee

@lifesciswitzerland.bsky.social

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NCCR RNA & Disease @nccr-rna-disease.bsky.social · Mar 20

Publication by the @martinsimard.bsky.social lab in collab w/ the @gudipati.bsky.social, @dufourlab.bsky.social& @labgrosshans.bsky.social labs "Dipeptidyl peptidase DPF-3 is a gatekeeper of microRNA Argonaute compensation in animals" @naturecomms.bsky.social
bit.ly/4kDWcC7
@fmiscience.bsky.social

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