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Ben Engel @cellarchlab.com · 9d

EXCITING NEWS!! We're searching for a new professor colleague at the Biozentrum🇨🇭. Ideal candidates are exploring novel biological questions with structure, biophysics, or high-resolution imaging. 🧪 🧶🧬 🔬

The call closes Nov 3. Please get in touch if you would like more information. Come join us! 👩‍🔬🤓

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Bassem Hassan @bassemh.bsky.social · 6d

Looking forward to this exciting meeting

The Hassan Brain Development Team @hassanbraindevlab.bsky.social · 6d

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Zayna Chaker @zaycha.bsky.social · Sep 4

So happy to have Dafni @drosostalis.bsky.social at @igflyon.bsky.social today, for an exciting fly physiology talk! “Mind the gut”!

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John De Vos @jdevos.bsky.social · Sep 3

🔬 Don’t miss the 7th Annual FSSCR Meeting in Lyon!
✨ #StemCells research & future clinical applications.
📆 Register by 19 Oct 2025 for regular rates 👉

FSSCR ANNUAL MEETING

French Society on Stem Cell Research (FSSCR)

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Gioele La Manno @gioelelamanno.bsky.social · Sep 3

Excited to share #uMAIA, our method to create 4D lipidomic atlases, now published in @natmethods.nature.com

We demonstrate that with uMAIA, the field is ready for atlas-level analyses capable of uncovering histological metabolic heterogeneity in both space and time. [1/2]

Unified mass imaging maps the lipidome of vertebrate development - Nature Methods

uMAIA is an analytical framework designed to enable the construction of metabolic atlases at high resolution using mass spectrometry imaging data.

www.nature.com

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the Node @the-node.bsky.social · Sep 3

📅Are you a passionate science communicator with research experience in #devbio or #stemcell biology? Only a couple more days to apply for the Community Manager position at the Node.

Deadline: 05 September

bit.ly/4m7Fn28

Could you be the Node's next Community Manager? - the Node

The Company of Biologists is recruiting a new Community Manager for the Node - a community site hosted by Development for developmental and stem cell biologists.

thenode.biologists.com

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Pierre Vanderhaeghen @vanderhaeghenp2.bsky.social · Sep 3

New from the lab: Fatty Acid Metabolism Sets the Species-specific Tempo of Cortical Development through Protein Acetylation Dynamics. Led by amazing trio: @ryo2iwata.bsky.social , Isabel Gallego, @emirerkol.bsky.social, together with @steinaerts.bsky.social , @fendtlab.bsky.social

Species-specific Rates of Fatty Acid Metabolism Set the Scale of Temporal Patterning of Corticogenesis through Protein Acetylation Dynamics

Developmental processes display temporal differences across species, leading to divergence in organ size and composition. In the cerebral cortex, neurons of diverse identities are generated sequential...

www.biorxiv.org

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Carmen Sandi @carmensandi10.bsky.social · Sep 3

Excellent opportunity to get a grant to attend the FENS Forum in Barcelona! @fens.org - APPLY!

ALBA Network @network-alba.bsky.social · Sep 2

🧠 Are you an early-career brain science researcher interested to attend #FENS2026 in Barcelona, Europe’s largest #neuroscience meeting? Apply for the ALBA-CHS Travel Awards!

✈️ Tiered grants for EU & non-EU candidates
✅ Final-year PhD/MD or ≤10 years post-PhD/MD
👉🏽 loom.ly/7FOgCJc
📆 21 Oct 2025

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Michalis Averof @michalis-averof.bsky.social · Sep 2

Interested in a sabbatical in Lyon? The Collegium de Lyon provides accommodation and attractive interdisciplinary environment for 1 or 2 semesters. Open to all disciplines. You can be affiliated with any local department/lab. Apply now for 2026-27. collegium.universite-lyon.fr/2026-2027-un...

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Julie Carnesecchi @jcarnesecchi.bsky.social · Aug 29

We are recruiting an enthusiastic engineer to work on the core project of our lab: identifying Hox protein-RNA networks in Drosophila
@igmm-montpel.bsky.social

Interested in BioID, UV-RIP and muscle development? Apply: emploi.cnrs.fr/Offres/CDD/U...

Please share! #jobOffer #RNA #hox #Drosophila

Portail Emploi CNRS - Offre d'emploi - Engineer in molecular biology (M/F)

emploi.cnrs.fr

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Zayna Chaker @zaycha.bsky.social · Aug 29

Very exciting!

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Zayna Chaker @zaycha.bsky.social · Aug 27

Congrats Dan! Very happy for you, now apply apply apply ;-) I hope we get you to join France!

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Marlen Knobloch @knoblochlab.bsky.social · Aug 26

Save the date and apply! We are organising another edition of the Monte Verità meeting “Neurogenesis from development to adulthood in health and disease”, March 30th to April 2nd 2026. Fantastic line up of speakers and beautiful setting! More details can be found here: neuro-unige.ch/news/csf-mee...

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Lisa Traunmüller @lisatraunmueller.bsky.social · Aug 22

Extremely excited to share the outcome of a fantastic collaboration with @erinduffyphd.bsky.social revealing how experiences reshape hippocamapl chromatin and gene expression.
Check out our searchable gene database and look up your favorite gene 🧬

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

Novel environment exposure drives temporally defined and region-specific chromatin accessibility and gene expression changes in the hippocampus - Nature Communications

Hippocampal neurons adapt to experience through changes in gene expression and chromatin accessibility. Here, authors show that novel environment exposure induces region- and cell-type specific transc...

www.nature.com

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Catherine Dulac @dulaclab.bsky.social · Aug 21

Insightful comments by @antihebbiann.bsky.social on the current rise of neuro theory and the need to embrace brain and behavior complexity. Not that easy though, right?!…

Ann Kennedy @antihebbiann.bsky.social · Aug 20

I wrote a Comment on neurotheory, and now you can read it!

Some thoughts on where neurotheory has and has not taken root within the neuroscience community, how it has shaped those subfields, and where we theorists might look next for fresh adventures.

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

Theoretical neuroscience has room to grow

Nature Reviews Neuroscience - The goal of theoretical neuroscience is to uncover principles of neural computation through careful design and interpretation of mathematical models. Here, I examine...

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Fiona Doetsch @doetschlab.bsky.social · Aug 20

New pre-print on sex differences in the choroid plexus- the 🧠's fluid secretion organ. Important differences in secretory signaling & immune compartments that can impact the 🧠 in health & disease. ‪@karol-kaiser.bsky.social‬@violesilvar.bsky.social‬ Luca von Allmen. 🧪
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

Choroid plexus sex differences in secretory signalling and immune compartments

The choroid plexus (ChP)- cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) axis is emerging as a key regulator of the brain environment. The ChP is a multi-functional structure, which forms the blood-CSF barrier, and acts a...

www.biorxiv.org

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Zayna Chaker @zaycha.bsky.social · Aug 20

Congrats Fiona and the whole lab for this beautiful paper! So glad to see it out, and very curious to dive in ;-)

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EPFL Brain Mind Institute @epfl-brainmind.bsky.social · Aug 18

@epfl-brainmind.bsky.social Prof. Carmen Sandi's lab @carmensandi10.bsky.social show Urolithin A (UA), a gut microbiota-derived metabolite, can alleviate anxiety in rodents including behaviour, mitochondria & neuronal features. UA could be a new treatment for chronic anxiety doi.org/10.1016/j.bi...

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Development @dev-journal.bsky.social · Aug 15

Pathway to Independence – an interview with Joaquín Navajas Acedo.

In this interview, @mads100tist.bsky.social talks about about his research vision, zebrafish and the importance of community:

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

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Catherine Dulac @dulaclab.bsky.social · Aug 11

Very excited to announce our latest paper uncovering circuit, cellular and molecular mechanisms underlying the formation and maintenance of social hierarchy, another terrific collaboration with @neurovenki.bsky.social, Vic Kapoor and Adam Nelson (not on bsky) www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

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Zayna Chaker @zaycha.bsky.social · Aug 11

Exciting findings by @dulaclab.bsky.social lab! Neural encoding of individual social ranking, just mind blowing 🤯

Harvard_MCB @harvardmcb.bsky.social · Aug 11

Neural Circuit and Molecular Mechanism Underlying Social Hierarchy Identified 🧠 🧪🧬 🔬 #AcademicSky #higherEd
www.mcb.harvard.edu/department/n... @dulaclab.bsky.social @neurovenki.bsky.social @naoshigeuchida.bsky.social @cellpress.bsky.social ss.bsky.social‬ @harvardbrainsci.bsky.social

Neural Circuit and Molecular Mechanism Underlying Social Hierarchy Identified - Harvard University - Department of Molecular & Cellular Biology

The formation of social hierarchies is a fundamental aspect of group living, reducing conflict and guiding behavior across species—from animals to humans. Yet, the precise neural and molecular […]

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Catherine Dulac @dulaclab.bsky.social · Aug 1

Congratulations @ctestard.bsky.social, I can't wait to see how this exciting project will develop in @harvardmcb.bsky.social and elsewhere!...

Harvard_MCB @harvardmcb.bsky.social · Jul 31

Camille Testard Named Branco Weiss Fellow for Trailblazing Research on Social Resilience to Ecological Disasters 🧠 🧪🧬 #AcademicSky #higherEd
www.mcb.harvard.edu/department/n... ‪
@ctestard.bsky.social @dulaclab.bsky.social @rachellegaudet.bsky.social @harvardbrainsci.bsky.social

Camille Testard Named Branco Weiss Fellow for Trailblazing Research on Social Resilience to Ecological Disasters - Harvard University - Department of Molecular & Cellular Biology

Harvard Junior Fellow Camille Testard has been awarded the highly competitive Branco Weiss Fellowship – Society in Science, a prestigious five-year award that supports exceptional early-career researc...

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Baptiste Libé-Philippot @blibep.bsky.social · Jul 30

🧠 Opportunity for a post-doctoral position on human neurobiology, funded by the @erc.europa.eu!
🧫You want to use human pluripotent stem cell based models to understand the evolution of human cerebellar neurons and disorders, this position is for you!
🔗Apply here: emploi.cnrs.fr/Offres/CDD/U...

Portail Emploi CNRS - Offre d'emploi - Postdoctoral researcher in human neurobiology (M/F)

emploi.cnrs.fr

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Yad Ghavi-Helm @yghavi.bsky.social · Jul 23

📢 We are recruiting!
Several projects are available and can be tailored to the candidate's profile. Most include confocal imaging/spatial OMICs technologies.
Please share and RT 🙏

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Filipe De Vadder @filipedevadder.bsky.social · Jul 12

📢 New preprint:
“Liver FGF21 mediates sex-specific adaptation to juvenile protein malnutrition”
Led by @ameliejoly.bsky.social, co-supervised with @francoisleulier.bsky.social.
We’re proud to share this story.
👉 www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

Liver FGF21 mediates sex-specific adaptation to juvenile protein malnutrition

Dietary protein sufficiency during childhood is essential for healthy growth and tissue development. Chronic protein deficiency leads to stunting, height-for-age more than two standard deviations belo...

www.biorxiv.org

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