I'm excited to share our work on the regulation of endomitosis in worm intestines:
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

We find that cells are able to uncouple nuclear division from cell division by transcriptional repression of key cytokinesis regulators

Great thread summarizing a recent provocative (and insightful!) paper "Cell cycle duration determines oncogenic transformation capacity" (pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/40307557/)

We clearly need to understand more about cell cycle timings in different cell types!

My friend @aniekj.bsky.social is not going to like this 😅
(Unless fly people have something similar with worms?)
#worm25

I'm so happy and proud to be part of the worm community!
#worm25

🤔 Equal treatment...
Perhaps reconsider extension rules for eligibility for applying to ERC @erc.europa.eu grants?

LGBTIQ (non-biological) parents get 0 months extension (compared 18-months for biological mothers)

FYI: the Dutch Research Council (NWO) gives 6 months to all non-biological parents

Fun Q&A with Curr Bio in which I discuss mammoths, Don Quijote, and why you should not fall in love with a hypothesis authors.elsevier.com/a/1l2MF3QW8S...

Thank you, I completely agree! The difficult part for me is going from B to C: choosing the most interesting path

🔥New Night Science paper!!
Discovery happens when your initial plans fall apart but it requires you to have a particular mindset: it's not extraverted, orderly, neurotic or agreeable that's the most important – discovery requires an OPENNESS to new ideas and unexpected insights.

Such a fun movie from the @hubrechtinstitute.bsky.social featuring two PhD students in my lab @sonvelt.bsky.social and @divm-science.bsky.social

Wow, this is so cool 🤯

Together with fellow @biologists.bsky.social EiCs we've written about the unprecedented cuts & policy changes to research in the US

We stand with our US colleagues during this challenging time

Science transcends borders—setbacks in one nation affect us all

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

Today I say goodbye to my last two wisdom teeth. I hope there is still some wisdom left in me

This Editorial by Brandon S. Gaut and Claudia A. M. Russo provides some nice insight into how #SocietyJournals work, and why it pays for Scientists to publish with #SocietyOwned Journals. 👇

A Message From the Editors-in-Chief
academic.oup.com/mbe/article/...

#PlantScience #SciencePublishing

Many US students don’t know how to seek opportunities outside the US. With some help from our colleagues in EU and Canada, we could put together a consolidated website of PhD opportunities and scholarships outside the US, organized by field. There might still be time for this year in some places.

Today, I registered for the 2025 International Worm Meeting and I also voted for my favorite invertebrate here (I voted for another worm than on the pic😉) www.theguardian.com/environment/...

It's interesting to see that European countries have such different views on the value of science.. (especially as an Italian living in the Netherlands, I feel a bit split..)
media.springernature.com/full/springe...

A very clear (and scary) summary of what's happening at US research institutions and universities

Ah, haha- I thought there was some saying about the Dutch that I didn't know yet 😅

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Join us in Paris 6-9 May 2025 for the #EvoDevoTempo conference (2nd edition) with a fantastic line up of speakers confirmed!!

Organized by @mdiazcuadros.bsky.social
@vanderhaeghenp2.bsky.social
@bassemh.bsky.social and me.

Please RT to spread the word

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

An inspiring interview for future scientists: my friend and colleague Francesca Mattiroli @fmattiroli.bsky.social recently got tenured at the Hubrecht and reflects on her journey ❤️
www.hubrecht.eu/francesca-ma...

Wow 😳! I thought science in The Netherlands was in a bad spot after the Dutch elections but I guess it could be worse..
www.science.org/content/arti...

Very happy to share our preprint on visualizing the life cycle of Influenza viruses using single-molecule imaging! 🥳 We developed two techniques to visualize infections of unmodified influenza viruses in live cells from endosomal release to budding of new viruses. For more details&videos see below ⬇️

I am really happy to announce the first Hubrecht Symposium on March 13th 2025! We will organize these yearly events on a specific topic in molecular and developmental biology to emphasize the importance of fundamental research for Dutch science. Free of charge! www.hubrecht.eu/hubrecht-sym...