Fish #devbio strongly represented by @nordenlab.bsky.social, @zenlabpasteur.bsky.social, @campaslab.bsky.social, @cantautbelarify.bsky.social, @rashmi-priya.bsky.social, @bertaverd.bsky.social among others 🐟🤩

Institut Curie@institutcurie.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Applications are open for the international course “Developmental Biology” organized by the Institut Curie in partnership with @sorbonne-universite.fr 📅 Oct. 19–28, 2026 (Paris) ⏳ Jul. 19 & Sept. 18 🔗 training.institut-curie.org/courses/developmental-biology-2026

I am thrilled to share my PhD work with @nicolettapetridou.bsky.social @embl.org: www.biorxiv.org/cgi/content/... A fun collaboration with Bernat Corominas-Murtra, Adrián Aguirre-Tamaral, @bart-smeets.bsky.social , Jef Vanghel and Tom Belpaire! Read the story in the comments below ⤵️

First pre-print from the lab, a collaborative effort led by Jess Bourn @bournsupremacy.bsky.social, a fantastic PhD in my group. We resolve a key problem in development + evolution: how do we quantify heterochrony and link temporal variation to phenotype? www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...

Quantitative mapping of heterochrony to species-specific phenotypes

The genetic program of animal development is conserved, but its rate of execution varies across species. Heterochrony, shifts in the relative timing of developmental events, generates phenotypic varia...

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💫 Our paper is now published at @natcellbio.nature.com! So excited about this work done during my PhD at @embl.org in the group of @nicolettapetridou.bsky.social along with our great collaborators! 🐟🎉

Nicoletta Petridou@nicolettapetridou.bsky.social · 4mo ago

Glad to see this out in its final form! www.nature.com/articles/s41... What changed since the preprint? Wonderful experiments disentangling the effect of receptor binding vs tissue porosity on Nodal diffusion, plus one of the smoothest review experiences! Thanks @natcellbio.nature.com & reviewers 🙏

⚡ Our paper is now out in @natphys.nature.com ! This version now includes a detailed molecular characterisation of the optogenetic perturbations, new insights on the relevance of tricellular junctions for tissue morphology, and beautiful light-sheet timelapses. 🔬 www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Adhesion-driven rigidity transition decoupled from density-driven jamming triggers epithelial organization in embryonic tissues - Nature Physics

Tissue phase transitions are key to morphogenesis. Now adhesion-driven rigidification is identified as key to epithelial organization but only if uncoupled from density-driven jamming.

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Laura Rustarazo-Calvo@laura-rustarazo.bsky.social · last yr.

🎉 Excited to share our new work: “Adhesion-driven tissue rigidification triggers epithelial cell polarity”, now on @biorxivpreprint.bsky.social ! A huge thank you to @nicolettapetridou.bsky.social, Bernat, @crisp-c.bsky.social, Adrián, and everyone involved! 🙌 🧵⤵️

Thank you for the chance to present my PhD work! 🔬 It was great to get feedback now that we are finalising our manuscript!

EMBL DB unit@embldbunit.bsky.social · 7mo ago

✨ At this week's DB seminar, Magdalena Schindler @lena-schindler.bsky.social, a postdoc in the Petridou group @nicolettapetridou.bsky.social @embl.org, presented her work on how cell cycle synchrony affects tissue-level mechanical transitions at the onset of morphogenesis in zebrafish embryos 🐟 🔬

Want to know what working at an imaging facility is like? An interview I did with Tereza Belinova’s may give you an idea! 👇

eurobioimaging.bsky.social@eurobioimaging.bsky.social · 10mo ago

Meet Tereza Belinova, Image Analyst at IOF, ISTA — part of Austrian BioImaging/CMI 🇦🇹 She helps researchers turn image data into insight. 👉 www.eurobioimaging.eu/news/meet-te... #BioImaging

Join this cool conference next year at @embl.org ! Abstract deadline Nov. 18th!🔬

Nicoletta Petridou@nicolettapetridou.bsky.social · 10mo ago

Only a few days left for abstract submission at the brand new EMBO|EMBL Symposium Collectivity in living systems: emergence, function and evolution. We have stellar speakers in cell, animal collectives & beyond @priscaliberali.bsky.social @icouzin.bsky.social @ricardsole.bsky.social Join us!

Last year I had the chance to visit members Austrian BioImaging as @eurobioimaging.bsky.social Ambassador! Check out the breadth of cool science being done by them! 🔬

eurobioimaging.bsky.social@eurobioimaging.bsky.social · 11mo ago

🌟Join our Scientific Ambassador, Magdalena Schindler, on a scientific tour of her hometown! Meet the people and explore the facilities that make up the Node, and support Vienna's rich & collaborative imaging landscape. 🏛️🔬 📽️ Watch the video ⤵️ youtu.be/mCZmL8KF4fA

Happy to share an interview I got to do with Katja Bühler, the Head of the Biomedical Image Informatics Group at VRVis in Vienna. I got to learn how she supports user projects as member of Austrian BioImaging/CMI Node! Enjoy the interview 💪🖥️🔬

eurobioimaging.bsky.social@eurobioimaging.bsky.social · 12mo ago

Meet our Nodes! Katja Buhler, @vrvis.bsky.social, part of Austrian BioImaging/CMI Node, explains the #imagedata analysis services her team can provide to support #EuroBioImaging users in this short video. Enjoy! 📺 youtu.be/I_PkU3eKC0U

Last month I successfully defended my PhD thesis on the role of cell division synchrony during early embryo development! I am lucky to have spent these past years working with an amazing team at @embldbunit.bsky.social. Thank you @nicolettapetridou.bsky.social for making it possible!

EMBL DB unit@embldbunit.bsky.social · last yr.

🎉 Congratulations to Magdalena Schindler, from the Petridou group @nicolettapetridou.bsky.social @embl.org, who has just defended her PhD thesis titled 'An optimum cell cycle heterogeneity times tissue fluidisation at the onset of zebrafish morphogenesis' #PhDDefense #Zebrafish #DevelopmentalBiology

🔔 Proud to share the preprint of my PhD work in the Petridou group @nicolettapetridou.bsky.social @embl.org ✨ “A closed feedback between tissue phase transitions and morphogen gradients drives patterning dynamics” 🐟 🔁 📶 🔗 www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1... #devbio #biophysics 🧵⤵️

🎉 Excited to share our new work: “Adhesion-driven tissue rigidification triggers epithelial cell polarity”, now on @biorxivpreprint.bsky.social ! A huge thank you to @nicolettapetridou.bsky.social, Bernat, @crisp-c.bsky.social, Adrián, and everyone involved! 🙌 🧵⤵️

Last fall, I got to join a great workshop on cell divisions during early embryo development. It was great to discuss science and community goals with my peers. Read all about it here 👇

the Node@the-node.bsky.social · 2y ago

Last year, 30 developmental biologists and biophysicists got together for the 'Physics of the Early Embryonic Cell Divisions' Workshop. Find out what happened (1/3🧵) 1️⃣Building Bridges Between Biology and Physics by @irene-yuting-li.bsky.social @isaacsiuwong.bsky.social & @lena-schindler.bsky.social

A big thank you to @lendertgelens.bsky.social, @kamenzlab.bsky.social and @biologists.bsky.social for a great workshop! I enjoyed meeting the authors of papers I have read throughout my work on embryonic cleavages. Lots of engaging discussions and exciting science bridging biology 🧑‍🔬🔬 and theory 🖥️🧮.

Lendert Gelens@lendertgelens.bsky.social · 2y ago

Had a great time this week with a wonderful group of researchers at our workshop on the physics of early embryonic cell divisions! Big thanks to everyone there, i.e. Johanna, Frank, Laura and Adam from @biologists.bsky.social, and to my co-organizer @kamenzlab.bsky.social! Let’s do this again!

Congratulations to our PhD student @lena-schindler.bsky.social for receiving the best contribution award at the Theory Transversal Theme retreat at EMBL Barcelona! Lena talked about how variability in the timing of cell divisions impacts the robustness of tissue phase transitions #proudPI