Magdalena Zernicka-Goetz
@zernickagoetz.bsky.social
Scientist studying development of embryos and building their models from stem cells. The author of #TheDanceofLife. Warsaw/Oxford/Cambridge/LA.
The same cell identity can conceal a different developmental history. Our new preprint connects cellular ancestry, fate timing and gene expression in mouse embryos and stem cell-derived embryo models. doi.org/10.64898/2026.… @Rachsuliusy @_Choi_Junhong
Thank you, Nicholas. Will I see you again this year in Zurich?
Nicholas A. Christakis@nachristakis.bsky.social · 4w agoVery nice Magdalena. :-)
Such a pleasure to meet you, Chris! And a fun challenge to show scientists without the lab coat, microscope, and serious scientist stare 😉 to show a fragment of our lives beyond our experiments! I hope we managed to capture a little of the people behind the science.
Christopher Michel@christophermichel.com · 4w agoHow do we picture a scientist? Lab coat. Microscope. Fluorescent light. Developmental biologist @zernickagoetz.bsky.social wanted to step outside that shorthand. Rigorous and elegant. Exacting and visual. A scientist, yes, but never only that. explorers.com/how-do-we-pi... @nationalacademies.org
Warmest congratulations Shihui! It’s wonderful to have you in our lab!
Shihui Chen@shihuichen.bsky.social · 2mo agoHuge thanks to the Damon Runyon Cancer Research Foundation and my advisor, @zernickagoetz.bsky.social, for supporting my research and giving me the freedom to explore the fascinating world of mammalian embryos. I’m incredibly grateful for this opportunity!
🌈 At a time when progress can't be taken for granted, I 'm especially proud to share this @natcellbio.nature.com Q&A piece. I had the pleasure to discuss with @gunawanlab.bsky.social about his inspiring journey as an LGBTQIA+ immigrant. #PrideInSTEM 👉 rdcu.be/fnXQ6 www.nature.com/articles/s41...
A scientist can come from anywhere - Nature Cell Biology
This June, we celebrate Pride by discussing with Felix Gunawan, assistant professor at the University of Toronto and co-affiliate group leader at the University of Münster, about his personal and acad...
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Decoding the origins of cellular self-organization for engineered biology - @qichen-lab.bsky.social @zernickagoetz.bsky.social go.nature.com/4e1m3Br
Decoding the origins of cellular self-organization for engineered biology - Nature Biotechnology
This Perspective positions cellular self-organization as a foundational principle for the origin of multicellular life and discusses how decoding this concept with stem cell-based models will advance ...
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After years of crystallization, in @natbiotech.nature.com, @zernickagoetz.bsky.social and I discuss the evolutionary origins of multicellularity & how physical constraints inevitably drive cellular self-organization. Harnessing these rules may help us better understand & engineer life rdcu.be/flTKa
A new hypothesis on the emergence of multicellularity from former #ListerFellow @zernickagoetz.bsky.social and @qichen-lab.bsky.social. "Multicellularity may have begun not when cells stuck together — but when a single cell became unequal inside itself." How might this model affect your own studies?
Nature Biotechnology@natbiotech.nature.com · 5mo agoDecoding the origins of cellular self-organization for engineered biology - @qichen-lab.bsky.social @zernickagoetz.bsky.social go.nature.com/4e1m3Br
Entering the new year with gratitude: for family, for friends, for trainees who push the ideas further and further, for collaborators who make the science and journey exciting, for a community that reminds me science and curiosity have to be protected. Wishing everyone enriching, colorful 2026!
Stentor is a single cell with a complex cortical pattern showing anterior/posterior polarization In poster 410 at CellBio2025 Monday Dec 8, Yina Hudnall shows a role for posterior-enriched mRNA that encoding DNA binding proteins.
Mitochondria form dynamic networks that can be represented as graphs. But the space of graphs is complex. In poster 376 at CellBio2025 Monday Dec 8, Raphie Mostov presents a mathematical approach to represent mitochondria far more simply.
The cell is a crowded place where organelles are packed together . In poster B365 at CellBio2025 Monday Dec 8 in the Quantitative Modeling session room 122, Mary Mirvis uses soft x-ray tomography to explore how packing interactions affect organelle shape and interaction.
Fantastic place for science.
James Briscoe@jamesbriscoe.bsky.social · last yr.The @crick.ac.uk is recruiting Early Career Group Leaders - Lab set-up, research costs, salaries for up to 5 researchers - Support for up to 12 years - Access to our core facilities - Competitive salary - Fantastic colleagues - All areas of biology Deadline 27 Nov www.crick.ac.uk/careers-stud...
The @crick.ac.uk is recruiting Early Career Group Leaders - Lab set-up, research costs, salaries for up to 5 researchers - Support for up to 12 years - Access to our core facilities - Competitive salary - Fantastic colleagues - All areas of biology Deadline 27 Nov www.crick.ac.uk/careers-stud...
Early career group leaders
We appoint researchers from across biology and biomedicine to set up their first groups at the Crick.
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New protocol for growing mouse embryo-like models (blastoids) from stem cells, aiding study of environmental factors on embryo development 📷 Victoria Jorgensen, Min Bao & Sergi Junyent et al @zernickagoetz.bsky.social lab @caltech.edu in @cp-devcell.bsky.social ➡️ bpod.org.uk/archive/2025...
One of the greatest signs of true mentorship: "He believed in me more than I believed in myself." May his memory be a blessing.🙏
John Gurdon, whom we lost today, was not only my mentor but a dear friend. We met 30 years ago in Cambridge. He believed in me more than I believed in myself. His generosity, boundless curiosity, and sense of adventure shaped my life as a scientist 🖤 He will be missed by many. Here us 10 years ago
John Gurdon, whom we lost today, was not only my mentor but a dear friend. We met 30 years ago in Cambridge. He believed in me more than I believed in myself. His generosity, boundless curiosity, and sense of adventure shaped my life as a scientist 🖤 He will be missed by many
Thank you @natcellbio.nature.com for publishing our human amnion atlas. We aimed for this data to provide insights into aminon formation in the real embryo but also accurate reference points to generate meaningful stem cell-derived human embryo models
Nature Cell Biology@natcellbio.nature.com · last yr.🍹 @zernickagoetz.bsky.social & co use single-cell RNA sequencing to explore the transcriptional profile of human #amnion samples spanning the developmental window from Carnegie stage (CS)16 to CS23. bit.ly/45sNobu
My son’s last high school concert - we will be missing them 🥲
Talks...on the train! What? @odedrechavi.bsky.social, @natanellae.bsky.social, @meital.bsky.social, @svobodalab.bsky.social, @paveltomancak.bsky.social, @itaiyanai.bsky.social, @zernickagoetz.bsky.social Register now for: "an atmosphere of enthusiasm, lucid criticism, nonconformism, and friendship".
Oded Rechavi@odedrechavi.bsky.social · 2y agoWho does that? We rented a train JUST for the conference, that will take the participants from Prague to the woods of Bohemia. There'll be talks ON THE TRAIN. In Prague we'll have 5 locations with different atmospheres. #theconferencetoendallconferences Register now: woodstock.img.cas.cz
Israeli friends! Interested in learning & practicing the thinking tools of the creative process in science? Join the Night Science workshop in Tel Aviv University next week! Register here: forms.office.com/r/xVhzcHTy1t Thank you @judithberman11.bsky.social for organizing! @odedrechavi.bsky.social
It’s no secret that we do our best work when it's less like work and more like a joy. That’s what we have in mind for the Woodstock Night Science conference. The idea is to have the most fun conference possible so that the good ideas flow and we all get inspired. That’s needed now more than ever!
What I love most about science are unexpected discoveries-finding what was thought not to exist or imagined differently, even against our hypotheses. We uncover them by following curiosity & intuition. That’s why we’re hosting WoodstockNightScience, to spark bold ideas. Join us! #Science #Innovation
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Itai Yanai@itaiyanai.bsky.social · 2y agoHalf sold out in one week! Hurry and register for Woodstock Night Science!!
Science is an investment that pays enormous dividends. So if you’re business-minded, it’s an offer you can’t refuse! Here's my full speech from the Stand Up For Science rally in DC today: www.youtube.com/watch?v=eemj...
The conference does not have #organizers. Just a bunch of #instigators such as @svobodalab.bsky.social @odedrechavi.bsky.social @itaiyanai.bsky.social @NatanellaE @zernickagoetz.bsky.social @meital.bsky.social & #YoursTruly Big shout for #ChiefInstigator @svobodalab.bsky.social (6/7)
Registration is now open for the event of the summer! Take a stand for the science that we know & love and join us for this once in a lifetime meeting, with amazing science, fun and a ton of surprises! Only 226 spots left! woodstock.img.cas.cz #TheConferenceToEndAllConferences
Natanella Illouz-Eliaz, @natanellae.bsky.social Salk Meital Oren, @meital.bsky.social WIS Oded Rechavi, @, TAU Petr Svoboda, @svobodalab.bsky.social IMG Prague Pavel Tomančák MPI-CBG Dresden Itai Yanai, @itaiyanai.bsky.social NYU Magdalena Zernicka-Goetz, @zernickagoetz.bsky.social CalTech & CU
