And it's finally out!!! www.nature.com/articles/s41... go.nature.com/4fuaJzW Congrats to first author @moisesdisante and the research teams in my Synthetic Physiology Lab @unipv.bsky.social @berterolab.bsky.social and @florianjug.bsky.social .

#CALIPERSv2 🚀 preprint is locked—journal submission next. Final polish, more hiPSC reference lines, and fresh light-sheet data. Still, a great collaboration led by @moisesdisante with the team @LabPhysiology and the amazing @berterolab.bsky.social and @florianjug.bsky.social group members! 1/N

#Twisting embryos and multiple #attachment sites in #Drosophila - now both available as #preprints. Proud of @giuliaserafini.bsky.social & @cuencam15.bsky.social, who worked together & established theory collaborations with @lepuslapis.bsky.social & @carldmodes.bsky.social @mpi-cbg.de at its best

Sad to be saying goodbye to Drosophila, but excited to get this work out on bioRxiv! If you are interested in the interplay of tissue flows and cool ways to mess them up, this read is for you :) Thanks to colleagues and co-authors! www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...

Happy to speak at the upcoming event from @leicamicrosystems.bsky.social at @embl.org HD July 2nd (on site and online). My testimonial as beta tester of the new Viventis SCAPE, scaling throughout for organoid imaging and more! More info here events.bitesizebio.com/see-the-hidd...

It was a blast to speak today at @leicamicrosystems.bsky.social launch event of the new SCAPE system! As a light-sheet fan, can't wait to see the cool applications the system will have.

#czechcellence on tap

By altering the growth environment, the group of @merihuchlab.bsky.social @mpi-cbg.de with first authors Javier Bregante & Flaminia Kaluthantrige has developed a liver model that extensively mimics the heterogeneity of the real organ. @cp-cellreports.bsky.social. www.mpi-cbg.de/news-outreac...

A stride towards a better liver model

By altering the growth environment, the Huch lab at MPI-CBG has developed a liver model that extensively mimics the heterogeneity of the real organ.

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Empowering the next generation of bioimaging experts! 🌎 After many months crafting the Lightsheet Image Analysis Workshop 2026 with @bruvellu.bsky.social & @cuencam15.bsky.social. Seeing students finally crack their toughest project data on day 5 made every hour of prep worth it! 🧵👇

Happy to present for the first time my postdoc project, characterizing airway organoid architecture at the EMBO organoid conference #EESOrgan Stop by on Friday on poster #80! @events.embl.org

Truly chuffed for our fearless food physicists @mpipks.bsky.social + collabs from AT @istaresearch.bsky.social, IT & ES who won this year’s Ig Nobel - the #NobelPrize of hearts❤️for cracking the science of perfect pasta !🍝Kudos to all for intrepidly consuming lots of cheese in the name of science!😋

The Secret to a Smooth Pasta Sauce Wins Ig Nobel Prize

Italian researchers studied how the ingredients of the traditional Roman dish cacio e pepe emulsify into a creamy sauce, winning the 2025 Physics Ig Nobel Prize.

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(1/14) I’m happy and proud to introduce: SpinePy – a framework to detect the "spine" of gastruloids and measure biological and physical signals in a local dynamic 3D coordinate system. www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

So happy to see the cephalic furrow combo out back-to-back! This was a wonderful collaborative endeavor 🥹

@paveltomancak.bsky.social · 11mo ago

We are all super happy and proud to see our work on the function and evolution of the #cephalic #furrow published in @nature.com. Let me say a few things about the background and history of this work on the #Evolution_of_Morphogenesis (1/12)

Thanks to Mary Abraham for editorial help with the N&V and huge thanks to @levayerr.bsky.social for proofreading/fact-checking it. Fly development can be a bit far from my comfort zone, so it’s always reassuring to have an expert in your corner. www.nature.com/articles/d41...

Flies evolved a shock-absorber tissue used during embryonic development

The role of tissue that forms between the head and trunk of a fly embryo has been unclear. It turns out that it absorbs forces when nearby cells move and divide.

nature.com

Some of the work behind this paper. Honoured to be part of it! Special thanks to @paveltomancak.bsky.social for giving me a space in his lab at @mpi-cbg.de and to @bruvellu.bsky.social for being such an inspiring scientist.

@paveltomancak.bsky.social · 11mo ago

We are all super happy and proud to see our work on the function and evolution of the #cephalic #furrow published in @nature.com. Let me say a few things about the background and history of this work on the #Evolution_of_Morphogenesis (1/12)

Dresden researchers @paveltomancak.bsky.social @bruvellu.bsky.social, Carl Modes, @cuencam15.bsky.social ‬ & colleagues published in @nature.com that a tissue fold in fruit fly embryos buffers mechanical stresses & may have evolved in response to mechanical forces. www.mpi-cbg.de/news-outreac...

Mechanical forces drive evolutionary change

A small tissue fold present in fruit fly embryos buffers mechanical stresses and may have evolved in response to mechanical forces.

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Wow! I just learnt about annual killifish development and was amazed! Great opportunity at EMBL HD!

Nicoletta Petridou@nicolettapetridou.bsky.social · 12mo ago

We are searching for an enthusiastic scientist to join our team and establish annual killifish as a model system for early developmental biology and biophysics! @embl.org @embldbunit.bsky.social Apply here: embl.wd103.myworkdayjobs.com/EMBL/job/Hei... Please re-post 🙏

Day 11 of #LISH25 Not everyone in the pic but wanted to give a big shout out to the stars of the course. The amazing students that survived us and went home with amazing data! @olafselchow.bsky.social @olafselchow.bsky.social @bundschuhst.bsky.social @paveltomancak.bsky.social

Super happy and honoured to have been able to share once with these guys in love with microscopy #LISH25 Dresden will always feel like home. @ereynaud.bsky.social @mpi-cbg.de @paveltomancak.bsky.social @olafselchow.bsky.social @bundschuhst.bsky.social

@paveltomancak.bsky.social · 12mo ago

#LISH25 was BIG.

#LISH25 final student team presentations. #The_Holy_de_Broglies

#LISH25 final student team presentations. #Liv_and_Dye

Thank you @paveltomancak.bsky.social @olafselchow.bsky.social @dvonwangenheim.bsky.social @bundschuhst.bsky.social @ereynaud.bsky.social @cuencam15.bsky.social Vlado, Stephan for a life-changing lightsheet experience towards even more beautiful and high-quality science

@paveltomancak.bsky.social · 12mo ago

#LISH25 final student team presentations. #SPIMply_the_Best

#LISH25 final student team presentations. #Specimen_Illuminati

... and @dvonwangenheim.bsky.social's great video montage of a few of the samples. #LISH25 🔬🌍: www.intelligent-imaging.com/AxL

Walking into the brain of an Alzheimer’s mouse. I overloaded the mouse with therapeutics (pink) and labeled vessels (green), and was clearing the brain for almost 2 months. Thanks to Stephan for a nice movie from #Blaze microscope at #LISH25 #LISH2025

Day 11 of #LISH25 Last lectures of the course, closing with beautiful plant light sheet imaging by Maria Cuacos and organoids by Gustavo Madeiros. From now on, data transfer, analysis and presentation preparation! @paveltomancak.bsky.social @bundschuhst.bsky.social @mpi-cbg.de

Day 10 of #LISH25 Late night image analysis as the end approaches. Tired but still going on! @paveltomancak.bsky.social @mpi-cbg.de @bundschuhst.bsky.social @events.embl.org

Day 9 of #LISH25 Some field trip to haunt for tasty specimens @paveltomancak.bsky.social @bundschuhst.bsky.social

Day 8 of #LISH25 Instructors also are getting their hands dirty, but looking cool @paveltomancak.bsky.social @bundschuhst.bsky.social @mpi-cbg.de

Day 7 of #LISH25 After a well deserved day off we came back BIG. Mesoscopic light sheet imaging of lost and found specimens in the wild. Caught by @giuliaserafini.bsky.social @mpi-cbg.de @whyvinca.bsky.social @paveltomancak.bsky.social @bundschuhst.bsky.social We miss u @ereynaud.bsky.social

Bye bye #lish25... Time to cry for 12 hours in trains... Will miss you all even @paveltomancak.bsky.social Keep up the good work! @bundschuhst.bsky.social @cuencam15.bsky.social