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Petra Kompanikova @petrakompanikova.bsky.social · 1d

vibe. 🌄💆♥️

Oded Rechavi @odedrechavi.bsky.social · 2d

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Petra Kompanikova @petrakompanikova.bsky.social · 11d

Ever wondered how molars are formed? 🦷
Check out this new preprint from Marcela Buchtova’s lab on the role of LGR5 in sequential tooth development 🐁👩‍🔬
www.researchsquare.com/article/rs-7...

LGR5 regulates sequential tooth development: evidence from single-cell transcriptomics and a gene inactivation model

Tooth replacement in vertebrates depends on the persistence of the dental lamina, yet the molecular mechanisms that determine species-specific regenerative capacity remain poorly understood. Here we c...

www.researchsquare.com

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Emma R Andersson @anderssonlab.bsky.social · 12d

👩‍🔬👨‍💻 Postdoc recruitment! 👨‍🔬👩‍💻

Join us to use next generation single cell lineage tracing (de Haan & He et al Science 2025) to resolve dermis developmental dynamics & mechanisms.

🚨 Deadline Oct 1st!! 🚨

Please re-post and help us spread the word far and wide! ✈

ki.varbi.com/en/what:job/...

Postdoctoral studies in next generation single cell lineage tracing of skin (scholarship)

Do you want to contribute to top quality medical research? A postdoctoral scholarship is available in the lab of Emma R Andersson at the Department of Cell and Molecular Biology, Karolinska Institutet

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Petra Kompanikova @petrakompanikova.bsky.social · 24d

Last but not least, thanks to our sponsors for making V4SDB Meeting 2025 happen! 🙏✨- Visegrad Fund, @biologists.bsky.social, @isdb.bsky.social, @cellsdev.bsky.social, @devdynamics.bsky.social, @uebscimuni.bsky.social, BRIX, Allgene, LABO-SK, Merck Life

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Petra Kompanikova @petrakompanikova.bsky.social · 24d

Cannot forget to mention all the lovely people who helped us prepare this conference — both at the venue and even beforehand - members of the Buchtová lab, Irina Poverennaya or my colleagues at @uebscimuni.bsky.social. Special thanks to those who took care of the socials during the conference! 😊

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Petra Kompanikova @petrakompanikova.bsky.social · 24d

Big thanks to David Zimčík from the Buchtová lab, who guided our participants during the Post-Conference Mountain Adventure in the heart of the High Tatras, showing them the beauty of the cascading waterfalls — "Vodopády Studeného potoka"🌲💧

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Petra Kompanikova @petrakompanikova.bsky.social · 24d

And of course, thanks to all the students who bravely kicked off the Young Developmental Biologist Workshop with their Chalk Talks 🎤👏

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Petra Kompanikova @petrakompanikova.bsky.social · 24d

Big thanks to @mvargam.bsky.social for elevating our Young Developmental Biologist Workshop programme by organizing a round-table discussion on the use of AI in research! 🍻

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Petra Kompanikova @petrakompanikova.bsky.social · 24d

🔥Shout-out to everyone who taught at our Young Developmental Biologist Workshop @harnoslab.bsky.social, Pavel Kohout from @loschmidtlab.bsky.social, Viktória Parobková from @ceitec.eu, Irina Poverennaya from @meduniwien.ac.at, and Petr Vodička & David Drutovič from IAPG @czechacademy.bsky.social

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Petra Kompanikova @petrakompanikova.bsky.social · 24d

Thanks to all our invited speakers @adameykolab.bsky.social @anne-grapin.bsky.social @jamesasharpe.bsky.social @hanli-pasteur.bsky.social @bedzhovlab.bsky.social @crumplab.bsky.social @lanevol.bsky.social for such excellent talks🔥 — and even surprising us with 3D models of🐊 snouts! 👏

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Petra Kompanikova @petrakompanikova.bsky.social · 24d

🥹 Huge thanks to everyone who joined the @v4sdb.bsky.social Meeting 2025 in my homeland ♥️
I hope you enjoyed not only the science but also the stunning High Tatras.
It was a joy to be part of the organizing team for the first time 🙏 & I can’t wait to see you all at #V4SDB2027 in Prague!
🧵 #Throwback

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Petra Kompanikova @petrakompanikova.bsky.social · 28d

Glad I had the chance to present my work on the hindbrain choroid plexus to the community at the European Brain Barrier Meeting 2025. 👏 Huge thanks to the organizers, @brittae.bsky.social and everyone else for such a nice meeting 🤗 #EBBM2025

Bryjalab @bryjalab.bsky.social · 28d

Grind stays real – Víťa and @petrakompanikova.bsky.social went straight from the V4SDB Meeting 2025 to the European Brain Barrier Meeting in Bern, where Petra presented her work on the hindbrain choroid plexus. 🐁 Big thanks to the organizers and community for the warm first-time welcome! 😇 #EBBM2025

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Bryjalab @bryjalab.bsky.social · Sep 9

Last week we joined the @v4sdb.bsky.social Meeting 2025 in the beautiful High Tatras 🌄 with an amazing lineup of speakers and posters 🔥 So good to see this society still rocking!

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Petra Kompanikova @petrakompanikova.bsky.social · Sep 2

Made the most of the V4SDB Meeting 2025 location 🇸🇰 – spent the last two days hiking in the beautiful High Tatras 🏔️✨. Tomorrow heading to the venue for the final organizing touches 🤌#V4SDBMeeting2025 @v4sdb.bsky.social

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Jan Stundl @janstundl.bsky.social · Aug 13

Excited to announce that our new paper is now published in Science Advances 🚀🧠 ‘Acquisition of neural crest promoted thyroid evolution from chordate endostyle’ — check it out here: www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

Acquisition of neural crest promoted thyroid evolution from chordate endostyle

Integration of neural crest cells into the endostyle developmental program promoted its evolution into the thyroid gland.

www.science.org

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Petra Kompanikova @petrakompanikova.bsky.social · Aug 12

🔥 Awesome news! Congrats! 🎉

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Petra Kompanikova @petrakompanikova.bsky.social · Aug 3

@tomasbarta.bsky.social 👀

Petra Kompanikova @petrakompanikova.bsky.social · Jul 15

👀You still have a chance to join us!
The V4SDB Meeting 2025 is happening soon in the beautiful mountains of Slovakia 🏞️✨
Come for the science, stay for the stunning setting 😍

🗓️ Registration is open until the end of July
🔗 event.img.cas.cz/registration...

#V4SDB2025 #V4SDB #DevelopmentalBiology

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Petra Kompanikova @petrakompanikova.bsky.social · Jul 13

My friends at Krivanek Lab (MED MUNI) just published a beautiful study on the transcriptional identity of odontoblasts 🦷 — and I'm proud to have contributed to the scRNA-seq analysis behind it! 🧬
Check out the full paper here: journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/... 🥳

Unraveling the Transcription Factor Code of Odontoblast Differentiation - J. Lavický, M. Gonzalez Lopez, V. Chochola, P. Kompaníková, V. Rakultsev, J. Raška, E. Wentworth Winchester, H. Tuaima, L. Eng...

The molecular mechanisms controlling the differentiation of stem cells into specialized cells and tissues are enormously complex. Deciphering the mechanisms beh...

journals.sagepub.com

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Nature Neuroscience @natneuro.nature.com · Jul 7

Our July issue is now live!

www.nature.com/neuro/volume...

Nature Neuroscience July cover. The cover shows fourth ventricle choroid plexus from a mouse at embryonic day 16.5, stained for the water channel AQP1

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Petra Kompanikova @petrakompanikova.bsky.social · Jun 8

@fabianlab.bsky.social 👀

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Zebrafish Rock! @zebrafishrock.bsky.social · Mar 30

The choroid plexus in the zebrafish brain. Credit to @inyoungj88.bsky.social. #ZebrafishZunday 🧪

Depth-coded and pseudocolored image of the choroid plexus in a zebrafish brain. This tissue produces cerebrospinal fluid.

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V4SDB @v4sdb.bsky.social · Mar 3

🎉 Registration is NOW OPEN! 🎉

Join us for the V4SDB Meeting 2025 in the stunning Tatras to explore cutting-edge research in developmental biology! 🔬

📅 5-7 September 2025 | 📍Slovakia 🇸🇰

🔗 v4sdb2025.img.cas.cz

#V4SDB2025 #V4SDB #DevelopmentalBiology

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Petra Kompanikova @petrakompanikova.bsky.social · Feb 8

@fabianlab.bsky.social @harnoslab.bsky.social Big things happening in Czechia! 🤯

Petra Kompanikova @petrakompanikova.bsky.social · Feb 7

@antoniamikulova.bsky.social 👀

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