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Miguel Torres @miguel-torres-1963.bsky.social · 11d

Desafortunadamente un gran incendio activo desde hace una semana amenaza hoy estas maravillosas montañas

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Miguel Torres @miguel-torres-1963.bsky.social · 11d

Buenos días desde la Sierra de Ayllón

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Sigolène Meilhac @meilhacsigolene.bsky.social · 14d

New publication | Science Advances www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

Plasticity of ventricle position after heart looping in heterotaxy with right isomerism

The left/right position of ventricles needs to be maintained after heart looping, an unexpected step affected in heterotaxy.

www.science.org

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Max Perutz Labs Vienna @maxperutzlabs.ac.at · Jul 23

📢 Open Call! The Max Perutz Labs invite applications for a Tenure-Track Professorship in Mechanistic Cell and Developmental Biology. More details ➡️ tinyurl.com/3fbkp89c

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Max-Planck-Gesellschaft @maxplanck.de · 29d

Springboard for an international scientific career! 🧬🧪🔭⚛️🧠🌱 Call for #MaxPlanckResearchGroups launched; applications are possible until October 14, 2025 www.mpg.de/max-planck-r... #ScienceCareer

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Denis Wirtz @deniswirtz.bsky.social · Aug 10

My team has updated our free database of POSTDOC fellowships.

This database contains 286 entries. For each entry, we provide a link, short description, deadline, amount, and eligibility criteria.

Download this updated and expanded database here: research.jhu.edu/rdt/funding-...

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Miguel Torres @miguel-torres-1963.bsky.social · Aug 7

We introduce here the "barrel" model of heart tube formation: a new look at 3D videomicroscopy datasets allows to understand mouse heart tube formation at pseudocellular resolution. Main credits to Morena Raiola, a brilliant biomedical engineer.

bioRxiv Developmental Biology @biorxiv-devbio.bsky.social · Aug 6

Quantitative computerized analysis demonstrates strongly compartmentalized tissue deformation patterns underlying mammalian heart tube formation https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.08.03.668375v1

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Nayuta Yakushiji-Kaminatsui @nayutayk.bsky.social · Jul 24

The official website is now open. I’m looking forward to meeting lots of limb researchers in Tokyo 🌸🐓🐀🐟🦎

cscenter.co.jp/limbdev26/

Limb Development and Regeneration

cscenter.co.jp

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Miguel Torres @miguel-torres-1963.bsky.social · Jul 21

We found an interesting cell dynamics: diploid cardiomyocytes overexpressing Myc behave as "progenitors" able to self-renew and to generate new polyploid hypertrophic cardiomyocytes that contribute to the working myocardium

Miguel Torres @miguel-torres-1963.bsky.social · Jul 21

Here we show the befefitial effects of overexpressing moderate levels of Myc in infarcted hearts. Whereas WT cardiomyocytes undergo polyploidization, Myc-overexpressing cardiomyocytes proliferate keeping lower ploidy levels. Excellent work by Cristina Villa and other lab members. rdcu.be/ewQAv

Myc overexpression improves recovery from myocardial infarction associated with cardiomyocyte hyperplasia in the mouse heart

Communications Biology - Moderate overexpression of Myc promotes heart function recovery after ischemia, leading to functional and morphological improvements with a hyperplastic phenotype through...

rdcu.be

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Hellmut Augustin @hellmutaugustin.bsky.social · Jul 14

Spread the word: The European Center for Angioscience @uniheidelberg.bsky.social continues to grow: We have openings for 2 additional Junior Group Leader positions. Get in touch with us if you are ready to start your own lab. See also corresponding ad in @nature.com: www.nature.com/naturecareer...

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Miguel Torres @miguel-torres-1963.bsky.social · Jul 7

Truly honored to receive this award. I make it extensive to all my research team through the years and thank the SEG for supporting scientific activity in the area of genetics

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Miguel Torres @miguel-torres-1963.bsky.social · Jul 2

Congratulations Taija! so much deserved

Makinen lab - Lymphatic Biology and Pathology @taijamakinenlab.bsky.social · Jul 1

I am honoured to be elected as a Member of EMBO and look forward to contributing to its mission and community!

EMBO @embo.org · Jul 1

Welcome and congratulations to the 60 new members and 9 associate members who have been elected to the EMBO Membership! This honour celebrates #research excellence and outstanding achievements in the #LifeSciences. 🧪

Learn more here:
www.embo.org/press-releas... #EMBOMembers2025

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Karolinska Institutet @ki.se · Jun 25

Applications are now open! We are recruiting 20 Assistant Professors in a wide range of subject areas. We're looking for early-career researchers with strong scientific merits and future potential.
🔗 All positions: ki.se/en/about-ki/...

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Cristina Pujades @cristinapujades.bsky.social · Jun 4

Do you want to join us to work in neurodevelopmental biology? Please apply 👇 #SEBD

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EMBO @embo.org · May 30

Listen to our Installation Grantee @jelenabujan.bsky.social @institutrb.bsky.social‬ talk about #research in #Croatia:

European Research Council (ERC) @erc.europa.eu · May 30

Sretan Dan državnosti, Hrvatska! 🇭🇷 🇪🇺

Today we introduce Jelena Bujan, whose research explores how insects such as ants 🐜 survive extreme heat caused by global warming.

On Dr Bujan 👉 buff.ly/IdwWXnm
On IGNITE 👉 bit.ly/43pwE3G

#FrontierResearch @institutrb.bsky.social‬ @jelenabujan.bsky.social‬

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Miguel Torres @miguel-torres-1963.bsky.social · May 29

Really impressive, a very important contribution to the field; congratulations

James Briscoe @jamesbriscoe.bsky.social · May 29

Credits: It was a long & intense project. All credit to Marine Fontaine (maths) & Joaquina Delas (xpts) for driving it forward. Supported by Meri Saez, Lizzie Finnie, and Rory Maizels

It's the result of a longstanding collaboration with David Rand

Preprint:
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

Dynamic Landscape Analysis of Cell Fate Decisions: Predictive Models of Neural Development From Single-Cell Data

Building a mechanistic understanding of cell fate decisions remains a fundamental goal of developmental biology, with implications for stem cell therapies, regenerative medicine and understanding dise...

www.biorxiv.org

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Miguel Torres @miguel-torres-1963.bsky.social · May 27

Here we study the origin of the cardiac cell lineages in the mouse embryo. Separate but coordinated lineages independently specified at gastrulation generate the myocardium and endocardium. Credits: Miquel Sendra & coll: Jorge Dominguez, K. McDole and L. Guinard
authors.elsevier.com/sd/article/S...

ScienceDirect.com | Science, health and medical journals, full text articles and books.

authors.elsevier.com

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Nature @nature.com · May 22

Nature research paper: Molecular basis of positional memory in limb regeneration

https://go.nature.com/44OtQj3

Molecular basis of positional memory in limb regeneration - Nature

A molecular analysis of axolotl limb regeneration has identified a positive genetic circuit that maintains posterior cell identity and can be used to reprogramme anterior cells into posterior cells.

go.nature.com

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Society for Developmental Biology @socdevbio.bsky.social · Jan 29

The Society for Developmental Biology has released a statement on the Unprecedented Disruptions to Biomedical Research in the United States.

Scientific research is a driving force behind human progress. It fuels medical breakthroughs, spurs technological innovations and drives economic growth. Federal funding of research by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and the National Science Foundation (NSF) is absolutely critical for ensuring that the U.S. maintains its global leadership in science and technology.
The unprecedented freeze on the review and issuance of federal research grants is already negatively impacting research and could have significant ripple effects. Ongoing studies may lose momentum if grant renewals or supplement requests are delayed, slowing scientific progress on research the NIH has already invested in. Researchers affiliated with the Society for Developmental Biology carry out critical research on birth defects, which kill twice as many children as cancer does. Slowed progress will delay the development of new therapies and diagnostics, and thus have real public health implications. In 2019, the total estimated cost of birth defect–associated hospitalizations was $22.2 billion.
Scientific research is also critical to the U.S. economy more broadly. In 2023 alone NIH funded research not only directly supported 412 thousand jobs, but its overall economic impact rippled out to all sectors of the economy driving more than $92.89 billion in economic activity across all 50 U.S. states and the District of Columbia. It is estimated that every dollar of NIH funding generates $2.46 dollars of economic activity.
Finally, federal research funding not only drives impactful research discoveries but also supports the training of the scientists, engineers, and innovators of the future. University laboratories, funded by federal grants, serve as essential training grounds for the next generation of researchers even as they push the boundaries of knowledge. This training prepares young scientists for leadership roles in both academia and industry, helping to ensure that the scientific workforce r…

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European Research Council (ERC) @erc.europa.eu · May 16

Today, the ERC formally adopted a decision to increase its support for researchers moving to Europe.

On top of its normal grants, the ERC offers 'start-up' funding to help PIs establish laboratories / research teams in Europe.

This extra funding is now x2 (up to €2 million!)

europa.eu/!6Vdgmp

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Miguel Torres @miguel-torres-1963.bsky.social · Apr 16

Everything you wanted to know about Embryonic Development and Congenital Disease in the Beautiful Magdalena Palace, Santander. UIMP

Organized by Marian Ros and Philippa Francis-West with help from SEBD, Dev. Dynamics and CSIC

www.uimp.es/agenda-link....

Scholarships:
www.uimp.es/actividades-...

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Biomedical Picture of the Day BPoD @bpodaily.bsky.social · Apr 7

The heart's system of lymphatic vessels develop in the epicardium initiated by signalling of VEGFC & D

📷 Ester de la Cruz et al @miguel-torres-1963.bsky.social
CNIC Madrid in @emboreports.org

➡️ bpod.org.uk/archive/2025...

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Sigolène Meilhac @meilhacsigolene.bsky.social · Apr 1

New article of the lab on Notch3, not only involved in vascular or neural defects, but also in heart defects and laterality defects.

PLOS Biology @plosbiology.org · Apr 1

Creating an asymmetric heart: @tbonnely.bsky.social @audreydsg.bsky.social @meilhacsigolene.bsky.social &co identify Notch3 as a novel asymmetric factor in lateral plate mesoderm that acts as a genetic modifier of NODAL to regulate #heart #morphogenesis @plosbiology.org 🧪 plos.io/42q6H4L

Left: Expression of Notch3 (white) detected by whole mount RNAscope ISH in an E8.5d wild-type embryo, shown in frontal views (top, cranial part of the embryo) and transverse section (bottom). Filled and empty arrowheads point to high and low expression, respectively. Right: Segmentation of the cardiac region in 3D images, to quantify gene expression in the left (white) or right (yellow) heart field. The heart tube is colored in red. Somites are outlined by white dotted lines. Expression of Notch3 within the segmented second heart field is extracted in the right panel.

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Denis Duboule @denisduboule.bsky.social · Mar 27

Tomorrow friday March 27th 10am @collegedefrance.bsky.social Developmental gene regulation by enhancer sequences. Last course 2025: Enhancer swapping, enhanceropathies and transposable elements. Free and open to everyone. No final exam🤘

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