Viva is done and I am one step closer to being a Dr.! Huge thanks to my supervisors and jury members for their work, and to my family and friends for all the support. That was actually fun, and I’m looking forward to seeing what’s next!

A couple of weeks ago, our team was runner-up in the QUAS challenge at the Biohackathon in Edinburgh, organised by PRIMED Scotland. Thanks for such a great event. It was a fun learning experience! Check out my colleagues' research: Jiawei Yu, Andrew Nicoll, Charli Austin, and Abigail Kushnir!

New preprint out! How can observations of surface contraction waves be unified? What spatiotemporal dynamics emerge in the cortex under Cyclin B–Cdk1 inhibition? Check it out here: www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6... With Marcin Leda, @andrewgoryachev.bsky.social, @lendertgelens.bsky.social

Success rates for Europe’s leading research grants are declining as a surge in applications far outweighs the funds available go.nature.com/479Sni6

Is academic research becoming too competitive? Nature examines the data

Applications for European research grants increased in 2025. Scientists say they’re feeling the competition.

go.nature.com

🦠->🦠🦠. Thanks to the #ICSB2025 organizers for giving me the chance of showing my exciting work on surface contraction waves and cell division regulatory networks. Keep tuned for the upcoming pre-print!!!

Ready for the interview at #ICSB2025!! Great workshop on media communication with @claireoconnell.bsky.social and @elaineburke.bsky.social (is it working yet?). I hope that the next time we will be doing some nice scientific outreach.