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Jean Léon Maître @maitrejl.bsky.social · 16h

Jochen was a brilliant and visionary scientist who inspired me and so many others. His creativity blew my mind more than once and his generous advice early on in my career was extremely useful. How lucky I feel to have met him.

Max Planck Institute for the Science of Light (MPL) @mpi-scienceoflight.bsky.social · 17h

With deep sadness, we share that Prof. Jochen Guck, Director at the Max Planck Institute for the Science of Light passed away on October 3. His visionary work bridged physics and medicine. We have lost a brilliant scientist and dear friend.

mpl.mpg.de/news/article...
@fau.de

📸 Stephan Spangenberg

Professor Jochen Guck, Director at the Max Planck Institute for the Science of Light (MPL), He headed the division “Cell Physics” at MPL and the Max-Planck-Zentrum für Physik und Medizin (MPZPM).

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Jean Léon Maître @maitrejl.bsky.social · 13d

Slowly and tediously, even the rich and powerful can be taken down in functional democracies. This is the third conviction for Sarkozy (and his acolytes). This should encourage other democracies in difficult situations to keep hoping for justice to prevail.
www.theguardian.com/world/live/2...

Former French president Sarkozy guilty of criminal conspiracy in Libyan campaign financing trial – Europe live

Nicolas Sarkozy has been found guilty of conspiracy, but innocent of other charges, in case surrounding millions of euros in illegal campaign funding from late Libyan dictator Muammar Gaddafi

www.theguardian.com

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Campàs Lab @campaslab.bsky.social · 18d

I was on a H1B visa for part of my postdoc. Also when I started as Assistant Professor. Several of my postdocs where on H1Bs. This new fee will affect more academia than tech or finance companies because there is no way universities can pay that…

www.nytimes.com/2025/09/19/u...

Trump Says the U.S. Will Institute $100,000 Fee for Skilled Worker Visas

www.nytimes.com

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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.

mikeinmemoriam.sciencesconf.org

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Manuel Thery @manuelthery.bsky.social · 29d

Which city is the best for Cytoskeleton research?
Dresden? Barcelona? Cambridge ? Noooo ... you all know its Paris, right? 😎
Registering to the annual meeting on Friday 14th of November is now open:
pcd2025.sciencesconf.org
Keynote speeches by @carter-lab.bsky.social and Verena Ruprecht !

Paris Cytoskeleton Day 2025 - Sciencesconf.org

pcd2025.sciencesconf.org

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Jean Léon Maître @maitrejl.bsky.social · Sep 4

Bravo Juliane!
You can enjoy the middle and the end as well 😄

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

We had #four interdisciplinary teams, integrating dev-bio, evolution, tissue mechanics, and biophysical modeling, all going full throttle to understand the #CF. Still, it took more than 7 years to publish two papers back-to-back (10/12)

www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Patterned invagination prevents mechanical instability during gastrulation - Nature

In Drosophila, the cephalic furrow counteracts mechanical stress as the developing head and the trunk tissues meet, providing evidence for how mechanical forces influence the evolution of morphog...

www.nature.com

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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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Nature @nature.com · Sep 3

How is this possible?

This ant can lay eggs of two different species, birthed by the same mother

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Thibaut Brunet @thibautbrunet.bsky.social · Apr 22

A dream come true: the first expansion microscopy images of C. flexa 🤩 Generated by Mylan & Uzuki who learned from the best (@hiralshah.bsky.social @gautamdey.bsky.social @dudinlab.bsky.social). We will learn so much from these!

Expansion microscopy micrograph of the choanoflagellate Choanoeca flexa, vaguely evocative of a cactus. Red = tubulin, green = actin, blue = DNA

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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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Development @dev-journal.bsky.social · Jul 11

Save the Date!

Development has teamed up with the Wellcome-funded consortium the Human Developmental Biology Initiative to co-organise a meeting on #HumanDevelopment.

📅7 - 9 Sep 2026
📍University of Warwick, UK

Register your interest for #HumanDev26: www.biologists.com/meetings/dev...

Human Development: Stem Cells, Models, Embryos. 7 - 9 September 2026 University of Warwick, UK. Resgiter your interest. #HumanDev26. Image credit: Susanna Narkilahti, Tampere University, Finland

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Frank Schnorrer @frankschnorrer.bsky.social · Jul 10

SARCOMERES divide! Mechanism how muscles grow while contracting - daughter sarcomeres appear everywhere. Seen live, registered on our cover. Pioneered by @clementrodier.bsky.social @friedrich-group.bsky.social Ian Estabrook @ibdm.bsky.social $ by @hfspo.bsky.social www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

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Jean Léon Maître @maitrejl.bsky.social · Jul 3

Congratulations Ina! @hubrechtinstitute.bsky.social is lucky to have you!

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Jean Léon Maître @maitrejl.bsky.social · Jul 1

Congratulations Monica (and CRG)!

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Monica Bettencourt-Dias @monicabettencourt.bsky.social · Jul 1

Happy to be the next (and 1st female) @crg.eu director. The CRG always stood out to me, for its excellence in understanding life's principles, with implications for health and biodiversity, & its collaborative, open and innovative way of doing science. Thrilled to join its amazing community in 2026!

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Jean Léon Maître @maitrejl.bsky.social · Jul 1

Had a very productive day @eshre.bsky.social #eshre2025 meeting with the biomedical community! We have a very different way of thinking and questioning the embryo and a lot to learn from each other!

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Jean Léon Maître @maitrejl.bsky.social · Jun 30

Happy to be elected at the national committee @cnrs.fr
I thank all of those who voted🙏.
I promise to do my best to promote excellence in science through diversity and interdisciplinarity, transparency and discussion with the public.
📣Let me know what you would like to see improved @cnrs.fr📣

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the Node @the-node.bsky.social · Jun 16

On the Shape of Life: meeting report, SFBD meeting 2025

Girish Kale @girishkalephd.bsky.social wrote about his experience attending #ShapingLife3, the @sfbd.bsky.social meeting, which took place in the picturesque town of Cassis:

thenode.biologists.com/on-the-shape...

On the Shape of Life: meeting report, SFBD meeting 2025 - the Node

Recently, I attended ‘Shaping Life 3’, the quadrennial meeting of the French Society of Developmental Biology (SFBD). The first of these meetings happened

thenode.biologists.com

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Jean Léon Maître @maitrejl.bsky.social · Jun 16

@dudinlab.bsky.social @julianeg.bsky.social @keillab.bsky.social @deniskrndija.bsky.social @laghalab.bsky.social @francoisleulier.bsky.social @levayerr.bsky.social @cellysally.bsky.social @alexmcdougall.bsky.social @mariemonniaux.bsky.social @nicolettapetridou.bsky.social @bertaverd.bsky.social

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Jean Léon Maître @maitrejl.bsky.social · Jun 16

📣Join us for the DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY COURSE @institutcurie.bsky.social @sorbonne-universite.fr
We have fantastic speakers and registration is free!
training.institut-curie.org/courses/deve...
@karinayaniv.bsky.social @doetschlab.bsky.social @eileen-furlong.bsky.social @jesseveenvliet.bsky.social

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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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Jean Léon Maître @maitrejl.bsky.social · Jun 15

It's frustratingly tedious, it's imperfect but it eventually works. Democracy works, even against the most powerful men.
www.lemonde.fr/en/france/ar...

Former French President Nicolas Sarkozy stripped of the Legion of Honor

The decision to revoke the country's highest distinction was expected since Sarkozy's conviction for graft. President Emmanuel Macron said he was opposed to the move.

www.lemonde.fr

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The New York Times @nytimes.com · Jun 12

Breaking News: The Harvard researcher detained after failing to declare scientific samples to U.S. customs was freed from federal custody. She still faces criminal charges.

Russian Scientist Released After Four Months in Federal Custody

Kseniia Petrova, a Harvard researcher, still faces criminal charges for failing to declare scientific samples she was carrying in her suitcase.

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Jean Léon Maître @maitrejl.bsky.social · Jun 10

Thanks @currentbiology.bsky.social we need to hear the voice of honest and generous scientists like @dudinlab.bsky.social more often.
Also, if you don't know about @dudinlab.bsky.social amazing science yet, go check it out immediately 🤩!

Omaya Dudin 𓂆 ¦🍉¦🦠¦🔬¦ @dudinlab.bsky.social · Jun 10

90% of you probably don’t need to read this.
But maybe some of you are curious & 10% will feel seen. Or a little less alone. This isn’t about seeking sympathy.
It’s about sharing something hard to say out loud;
partly to heal, partly in case someone needs to hear it too. (1/3)
tinyurl.com/DudinO

Omaya Dudin

Interview with Omaya Dudin, who uses Ichthyosporea as models to study how and why unicellular organisms evolved multicellularity at the University of Geneva.

www.cell.com

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