🪲🪰 Our preprint is out! This was a team effort with @wolframponisch.bsky.social, @matthewabenton.bsky.social and Ewa Paluch. We asked whether Drosophila and Tribolium use the same cell behaviours to fold their embryos during gastrulation. 🧵👇 www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...

Morphospace analysis reveals divergent cellular behaviours driving tissue internalisation during insect gastrulation

During gastrulation, embryonic epithelia undergo large-scale remodelling to internalise the mesoderm. Whether the cellular mechanisms underlying these tissue deformations are conserved across species ...

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Our group is moving from @mpi-bio-fml.bsky.social to the maritime city of Kiel! ⛵️🩵 I will lead the Department of Marine Plant Development and Physiology @uni-kiel.de 🌱🪸🌊 Look out for opportunities to join us in this exciting & growing hub for Plant, Marine & Evolutionary Biology in North Germany 🇩🇪

Fantastic news! 🎉 Huge congratulations to our postdoc @silviadapra.bsky.social for being awarded an @embo.org Postdoctoral Fellowship! Exceptionally well deserved. We're so proud of you and excited to see what comes next 🐸 #FrogPower !

MPI for Biology Tübingen & Friedrich Miescher Laboratory@mpi-bio-fml.bsky.social · last mo.

Fantastic news! Congratulations to @silviadapra.bsky.social from research group @canaztekin.bsky.social on receiving a prestigious EMBO Postdoctoral Fellowship to support her exciting work on regeneration and development. Wishing you every success Silvia! Read more: tinyurl.com/2m4jypzz #EMBO

Huge congratulations to @amordamatac.bsky.social !! 🎉 Incredibly well deserved- and now bringing that brilliance to our group. Watch this space for more 😎

MPI for Biology Tübingen & Friedrich Miescher Laboratory@mpi-bio-fml.bsky.social · last mo.

Great to see our postdoctoral researcher, Amor II Damatac in Can Aztekin's research group, recognised with the Society for the Study of Evolution President's Award for Outstanding Dissertation Paper. Congratulations on this well-deserved achievement tinyurl.com/3wpc535y

It is out 😍 check it out!! Multiscale integration of tissue and chromatin context converts cell heterogeneity into stable intestinal patterning. @cschwayer.bsky.social @silviabarbiero.bsky.social @davidbrueckner.bsky.social @ehannezo.bsky.social www.cell.com/cell/fulltex...

Multiscale integration of tissue and chromatin context converts cell heterogeneity into stable intestinal patterning

During regeneration, tissues must translate transient cellular variability into stable spatial organization. Tissue architecture generates a density-dependent window of heterogeneity in the mechanosen...

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Congratulations to our Emeritus Director Thomas Boehm on receiving his third ERC Advanced Grant @erc.europa.eu for his ImmunoPlast project to explore the extraordinary immune systems of deep-sea anglerfishes. Read the full article: www.bio.mpg.de/527824/thoma...

🤯 Third ERC Advanced Grant @erc.europa.eu for @maxplanck.de Director Thomas Boehm (MPI-IE & @mpi-bio-fml.bsky.social)! He receives 2.5 million euros to study “Evolutionary plasticity of vertebrate immune systems” – the 🐟 anglerfishes and their bizarre matin behavior ❤️ are back! Congratulations 🥳

Thomas Boehm receives third ERC Grant for groundbreaking study on anglerfish immunity

Thomas Boehm has been awarded his third ERC Advanced Grant to investigate the unique immune system of deep-sea anglerfish and their immune tolerance mechanisms.

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Huge congratulations to Sara Wickström! 🎉Our director @mpi-muenster.bsky.social has been awarded the #KörberPrize 2026. The scientist discovered that genes respond not only to chemical signals but also to the physical properties of their surroundings. @koerber-stiftung.de @sarawickstrom.bsky.social

Thrilled to receive the 2026 Schering Young Investigator Award!! 🥳🤩 This recognition reflects the efforts of an outstanding team of students, postdocs, collaborators, and mentors who have contributed to our research over the years. Many thanks to the jury and the Schering Stiftung for this honor.

MPI for Biology Tübingen & Friedrich Miescher Laboratory@mpi-bio-fml.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Delighted to announce that this year’s Schering Young Investigator Award has been awarded to Can Aztekin, Max-Planck-Research Group Leader. Congratulations Can! Read the full article: www.bio.mpg.de/524116/can-a...

Literally and figuratively shining a light on multicellular life. So well deserved!! Huge congratulations :)

Omaya Dudin 𓂆 ¦🍉¦🦠¦🔬¦@dudinlab.bsky.social · 2mo ago

"Humbled to receive this recognition. This belongs as much to my team, my family, & to my home, Palestine: the people, the place, the joyful stubbornness to enjoy life." Cheers buddy @gautamdey.bsky.social Thx to my mentors @sophiemartinlab.bsky.social, @paveltomancak.bsky.social, & Pierre Gönczy.

The German National Academy of Sciences Leopoldina has elected Susana Coelho as a new member. Many congratulations! www.bio.mpg.de/523647/susan...

Susana Coelho appointed as a member of the Leopoldina

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🧵 New protocol out in @cp-starprotocols.bsky.social! Step-by-step guide to infer forces in tissues using ForSys, by @borgesaugust.bsky.social, Jeronimo Miranda, Alberto Ceccarelli, Guilherme Ventura, @kuba-sedzinski.bsky.social, @hernanlopez-schier.bsky.social and I, www.cell.com/star-protoco...

Notre discipline mise en avant dans Le Monde :) Interview de l'un des pionniers de l'évo-dévo, Denis Duboule, qui parle de l'histoire de l'évo-dévo, de ses découvertes mais aussi des questions qui restent à explorer ! www.lemonde.fr/sciences/art...

Denis Duboule, biologiste : « L’évo-dévo tente de comprendre comment les mêmes briques élémentaires peuvent faire des formes de vie très différentes »

Le chercheur raconte, dans un entretien au « Monde », l’histoire et les retombées de l’évo-dévo, ce concept au nom ésotérique qui rapproche les sciences de l’évolution de celles du développement. Et q...

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🔬 Diverse species. Stem cells. Highly international team. 🐸🐭 We’re looking for a Technical Assistant to join our stem cell–based research. Interested? Apply here 👉 jobs.tue.mpg.de/jobs/276

Very excited to share our newest findings! A very long team effort pursued by multiple team members -to frantically reproduce everything over and over-, we show mTOR-Polycomb synergy at promoters of developmental master regulator TFs in ESCs prior to their expression. www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...

Cambridge → Boston → Cambridge again: I’m thrilled to return to Cambridge(UK) to open my lab at the Gurdon Institute, University of Cambridge!🥳 (mzhulab.com) We study how dev timing shapes and being shaped by plasticity, evolution & ageing. 🚩Hiring at all levels: pls email me if interested!📩

Meng Zhu Lab

We study how development measures time and how timing matters in development, evolution and ageing.

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🔬 Diverse species. Stem cells. Highly international team. 🐸🐭 We’re looking for a Technical Assistant to join our stem cell–based research. Interested? Apply here 👉 jobs.tue.mpg.de/jobs/276

Welcome to the team Amor!!! Looking forward to all the exciting adventures ahead 🥳

Amor Damatac II@amordamatac.bsky.social · 3mo ago

In the spirit of good news today, I’m excited to share that I’ve started my postdoc at the @mpi-bio-fml.bsky.social! ​I am joining the @canaztekin.bsky.social lab to study limb regeneration in vertebrates. Stay tuned!

🐸Do salamanders need adaptive immunity to regenerate limbs and tails? 🐸 Nope! 🚨Check out back-to-back pre-prints from PhD student in our lab Chimezie (tinyurl.com/42wst3bh) and from our collaborators the Max Yun lab (tinyurl.com/b92rzwzr)

Two new Science studies in mice explore the roots of vertebrate limb regeneration and show that manipulating tissue mechanics, oxygen levels, and epigenetic signals can unlock regenerative potential. 📄: https://scim.ag/4sBQ93R 📄: https://scim.ag/4dL0MxA

🚨 Why can’t mammals regenerate limbs like frog tadpoles or salamanders? In our new paper in @science.org , we show that species-specific oxygen sensing acts as a gatekeeper for initiating limb regeneration 🐭🐸 🔗 www.science.org/doi/10.1126/... #EvoDevo

Congratulations to Max Planck Research Group Leader Can Aztekin and his team on their new paper in @science.org. They have discovered how oxygen-sensing explains why amphibians regenerate limbs and mammals do not. Read the full press release here: tinyurl.com/bsuwmek6

When oxygen determines if a limb can regrow

Researchers show that mammals briefly activate regenerative programs after injury but shut them down too fast. Altering oxygen sensing keeps cells in a repair-ready state.

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@canaztekin.bsky.social · 4mo ago

🚨 Why can’t mammals regenerate limbs like frog tadpoles or salamanders? In our new paper in @science.org , we show that species-specific oxygen sensing acts as a gatekeeper for initiating limb regeneration 🐭🐸 🔗 www.science.org/doi/10.1126/... #EvoDevo

This is amazing work. Congrats to you and the team on these incredible insights. Perfect example of why comparative biology is so important.

@canaztekin.bsky.social · 4mo ago

🚨 Why can’t mammals regenerate limbs like frog tadpoles or salamanders? In our new paper in @science.org , we show that species-specific oxygen sensing acts as a gatekeeper for initiating limb regeneration 🐭🐸 🔗 www.science.org/doi/10.1126/... #EvoDevo

Check out 2 papers and a related Perspective on tissue regeneration in @science.org this week Species-specific oxygen sensing governs the initiation of vertebrate limb regeneration | Science www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

I've always been fascinated by #regeneration; & I have to say, my friend @canaztekin.bsky.social & his team always deliver… If anything, I feel like he’s on track to find a way to grow two extra hands to pipette while simultanously writing grants. Congrats

@canaztekin.bsky.social · 4mo ago

🚨 Why can’t mammals regenerate limbs like frog tadpoles or salamanders? In our new paper in @science.org , we show that species-specific oxygen sensing acts as a gatekeeper for initiating limb regeneration 🐭🐸 🔗 www.science.org/doi/10.1126/... #EvoDevo

Not #zebrafish per se, but has big implications for the community 🤩

@canaztekin.bsky.social · 4mo ago

🚨 Why can’t mammals regenerate limbs like frog tadpoles or salamanders? In our new paper in @science.org , we show that species-specific oxygen sensing acts as a gatekeeper for initiating limb regeneration 🐭🐸 🔗 www.science.org/doi/10.1126/... #EvoDevo

Congrats @canaztekin.bsky.social and everyone involved. Beautiful story on that has wide ranging implications. #EvoDevo & #regeneration at its best!

@canaztekin.bsky.social · 4mo ago

🚨 Why can’t mammals regenerate limbs like frog tadpoles or salamanders? In our new paper in @science.org , we show that species-specific oxygen sensing acts as a gatekeeper for initiating limb regeneration 🐭🐸 🔗 www.science.org/doi/10.1126/... #EvoDevo

"La capacité de régénération n'est pas perdue chez les mammifères, elle est simplement inactive"

"La capacité de régénération n'est pas perdue chez les mammifères, elle est simplement inactive"

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🚨 Why can’t mammals regenerate limbs like frog tadpoles or salamanders? In our new paper in @science.org , we show that species-specific oxygen sensing acts as a gatekeeper for initiating limb regeneration 🐭🐸 🔗 www.science.org/doi/10.1126/... #EvoDevo