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Victoria Deneke @vdeneke.bsky.social · Dec 13

A personal dream come true! Elated that our study @pauligroup.bsky.social was featured in this month’s issue of Cell!

⬇️ Check out our #skytorial below🦋

Pauli Group (posts by Andi Pauli) @pauligroup.bsky.social · Dec 13

The life of each of us began when a sperm and an egg came together. But what happens at a molecular level?

Our latest work in Cell led by @vdeneke.bsky.social & Andreas Blaha reveals a conserved fertilization complex that bridges sperm and egg in vertebrates! (1/11)

www.cell.com/cell/fulltex...

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Victoria Deneke @vdeneke.bsky.social · 2d

Thank you, Andi!

Victoria Deneke @vdeneke.bsky.social · 12d

Thank you, Mark!

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Laura Lorenzo Orts @lorenzoorts.bsky.social · 23d

I am excited to announce that I will be moving to IMB Mainz next year! The Winter call for the IPP PhD program is now open; if you are interested in maternal #mRNA regulation and #translation in early vertebrate development, please apply! Deadline: 16 October.

More info: www.imb.de/students-pos...

Laura Lorenzo Orts

IMB Mainz

www.imb.de

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María M. Hincapié Otero @mariamhincapie.bsky.social · Jul 3

Know someone who fits this description?
🎯 Trained in the Global North
🏡 Returned to Latin America
🧪 Leads a research lab
Nominate them: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

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María M. Hincapié Otero @mariamhincapie.bsky.social · Jul 3

I’m so happy to share a project very close to my ❤️ launching this September: Atlas de Científicxs Latinoamericanxs que Inspiran ✨
We’re currently collecting nominations!
This atlas spotlights researchers from LATAM who trained in the North & returned home to lead labs. Here’s why this matters 🧵👇

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Victoria Deneke @vdeneke.bsky.social · Jun 18

🥚🌟: @gzaffagnini.bsky.social @ovarylab.bsky.social @munafomarzia.bsky.social @adrianobolondi.bsky.social @claraphan.bsky.social @cavazzalab.bsky.social @yaminivadapalli.bsky.social

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Victoria Deneke @vdeneke.bsky.social · Jun 18

Can’t believe I had the chance to visit beautiful Paris and connect with the amazing #oocyte community! Thank you @mhverlhac.bsky.social and @bokelab.bsky.social for bringing together a fantastic group of speakers and organizing the meeting in such a stunning venue. Can’t wait for the next one! 🥚

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Zebrafish Rock! @zebrafishrock.bsky.social · Jun 6

If you have the means, please help this vital resource. Any contribution will help sustain @flybase.bsky.social during this difficult time. Thanks for your consideration 🙏 #ThatsHowWeShoal

🔗 to donate: www.philanthropy.cam.ac.uk/give-to-camb...

Mark A. Hanson @hansonmark.bsky.social · Jun 3

URGENT: FlyBase has lost practically all its funding overnight; even user fees are tied up in denied grant funding. 🤬🤯

Any lab using @flybase.bsky.social please donate using the link in post below.

This incredible community, on whose backs our #Drosophila labs depend, can't be left out to dry.

Marc Dionne @marcsdionne.bsky.social · Jun 3

My lab studies bacterial infections. We spend a lot of time looking at (or for) species-specific genetic and genomic databases for hosts and microbes. FlyBase is the best of all—there is literally no comparison. Its existence is under threat. Please donate.
www.philanthropy.cam.ac.uk/give-to-camb...

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Victoria Deneke @vdeneke.bsky.social · Jun 4

Thank you, Kevin!!! And thank you for helping create such an amazing and inviting fish community ☺️

Victoria Deneke @vdeneke.bsky.social · Jun 4

I’m constantly amazed by what we’ve learned from zebrafish and excited for what’s to come. There’s so much more to discover, and I hope to keep contributing, and giving back, to this brilliant and generous group of scientists 🧬✨

Victoria Deneke @vdeneke.bsky.social · Jun 4

I first joined this amazing community in 2019 at the @mblscience.bsky.social Zebrafish Course as a postdoc @pauligroup.bsky.social Since then, I’ve felt incredibly lucky to work with such a powerful model organism, and to be part of a rockstar community via @zebrafishrock.bsky.social!

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Victoria Deneke @vdeneke.bsky.social · Jun 4

A heartfelt thank you to @izfs.bsky.social for this incredible honor! I'm so grateful to receive an award in memory of Dr. Chi-Bin Chien, an inspiring scientist and pioneer in the zebrafish community 🐟💙

International Zebrafish Society @izfs.bsky.social · Jun 3

We are excited to announce the winner of the Chi-Bin Chien Award, Dr. Victoria Deneke! See more about Dr. Deneke and the CBC Award here: www.izfs.org/news/congrat...

@impvienna.bsky.social @vdeneke.bsky.social

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Victoria Deneke @vdeneke.bsky.social · Jun 3

Thank you, Cecilia!

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IMP @impvienna.bsky.social · May 27

👩‍🔬 @idajentoft.bsky.social won a Birnstiel Award for her outstanding doctoral research in 2023.

Do you know an exceptional PhD student? The Birnstiel Award has an open call!

📅 Nominate by 30 June: www.imp.ac.at/achievements...

@viennabiocenter.bsky.social

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Victoria Deneke @vdeneke.bsky.social · May 29

Congrats @virginiasavy.bsky.social !!!! 🥳🥳🥳

Victoria Deneke @vdeneke.bsky.social · May 24

Happy 25th birthday, @gmivienna.bsky.social!

Thank you for an amazing party last night, here’s to another 25 years of plant-astic science! 🌱

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Stefan Mereiter @smereiter.bsky.social · May 21

🚨 PhD position open! 🚨
Join our team at the Medical University of Vienna to study glycan regulation in mammary organoids, milk, and breast cancer.
Details in the image – please share! 🧬✨

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Leo Otsuki @leootsuki.bsky.social · May 21

Delighted that our work on positional memory is now published. We asked how axolotl cells 'know' which part of the limb to regenerate after injury.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
A joy to work with super team Sarah Plattner, Yuka Sugiura, Francisco Falcon and Elly Tanaka.
🧵1/14

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Gregor Mendel Institute of Molecular Plant Biology @gmivienna.bsky.social · May 5

If you’re a scientist who values strong institutional support, join us! The GMI is currently hiring new Group Leader positions, including a Junior Group Leader to lead an independent research group addressing fundamental questions in molecular plant biology. Links below.

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Zebrafish Rock! @zebrafishrock.bsky.social · May 16

There’s now a MedakaBase paper that you can cite, courtesy of @kurakulabmsm.bsky.social 🐠

🔗 to MedakaBase: medakabase.nbrp.jp

bioRxiv Genomics @biorxiv-genomic.bsky.social · May 16

Empowering medaka fish biology with versatile genomic resources in MedakaBase https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.05.13.653297v1

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Victoria Deneke @vdeneke.bsky.social · May 14

💡 Considering starting your own research group?

➡️ Apply to IMBA! Amazing support for research groups and located in beautiful Vienna.

Feel free to reach out if you have questions!

Institute of Molecular Biotechnology @imbavienna.bsky.social · May 14

IMBA is recruiting a Junior Group Leader! Are you interested in starting your own lab, pursuing curiosity-driven basic research in the life sciences? Apply by May 18: imba.science/beagroupleader #hiring #biology #research #groupleader #europe

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Institute of Molecular Biotechnology @imbavienna.bsky.social · May 12

Kristina Stapornwongkul and Sven Klumpe are new IMBA Group Leaders starting in 2025. Who will join IMBA in 2026? IMBA is hiring a Junior Group Leader. Apply to the position by May 18: imba.science/beagroupleader #hiring #biology #research #groupleader #europe

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Victoria Deneke @vdeneke.bsky.social · May 7

Congrats, Sonya!! 🥳

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Anna Obenauf @obenaufa.bsky.social · May 4

⭐ Faculty for the Future Fellows ⭐ Interesting opportunity for women scientists from the world’s developing and emerging economies schlumbergerfoundation.com/eligibility-...

Eligibility Criteria - Schlumberger Foundation

schlumbergerfoundation.com

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Victoria Deneke @vdeneke.bsky.social · Apr 29

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