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...

I am very excited to announce that I will be starting my own group at @manchester.ac.uk in January 2027 thanks to a Wellcome Career Development Award 🥳

Closing session of @vgzt2021.bsky.social today with the always awesome speaker Cassandra Extavour! Don’t miss this!!

Virtual Gastrulation Zoom Talks@vgzt2021.bsky.social · 2w ago

Final VGZT seminar of the season! 🎉 We're delighted to welcome Cassandra Extavour for our rescheduled keynote lecture: "One, two, three: evolution of developmental counting mechanisms" 🗓️ Thursday, July 23rd
 ⏰ 9:30 PDT / 12:30 EDT / 17:30 BST / 18:30 CEST We look forward to seeing you there! 👋

Final VGZT seminar of the season! 🎉 We're delighted to welcome Cassandra Extavour for our rescheduled keynote lecture: "One, two, three: evolution of developmental counting mechanisms" 🗓️ Thursday, July 23rd
 ⏰ 9:30 PDT / 12:30 EDT / 17:30 BST / 18:30 CEST We look forward to seeing you there! 👋

🚀 Tomorrow is keynote day at VGZT! Don't miss Jennifer Nichols presenting: "Embryos, stem cells and gastruloid manipulation" See you tomorrow! 👋

Virtual Gastrulation Zoom Talks@vgzt2021.bsky.social · 4w ago

Join us next week for the Western VGZT keynote! 🎉 We're excited to welcome Jennifer Nichols for a keynote lecture: “Embryos, stem cells and gastruloid manipulation” 🗓️ Thursday, July 16th 
⏰ 9:30 PDT / 12:30 EDT / 17:30 BST / 18:30 CEST See you there! 👋

Join us next week for the Western VGZT keynote! 🎉 We're excited to welcome Jennifer Nichols for a keynote lecture: “Embryos, stem cells and gastruloid manipulation” 🗓️ Thursday, July 16th 
⏰ 9:30 PDT / 12:30 EDT / 17:30 BST / 18:30 CEST See you there! 👋

Final Eastern VGZT session of the season! ☀️ Join us for the keynote by Thomas Lecuit (@thomaslecuit.bsky.social)! “The interplay between geometry and mechanics during Drosophila gastrulation” 🗓️ Wednesday, July 8th ⏰ 9:00 BST / 10:00 CEST / 13:30 IST / 17:00 JST / 18:00 AEST See you there! 👋

Exciting VGZT session this week! 🎉 🗓️ Thursday, July 2nd ⏰ 9:30 PDT / 12:30 EDT / 17:30 BST / 18:30 CEST Our speakers are: 👉 Silvia Santos (@santoslab.bsky.social) 👉 Diana Pinheiro (@dianapinheiro.bsky.social) See you there! 👋

This week, we're excited to welcome Hannah Long to VGZT! ✨ 🗓️ Thursday, June 18th ⏰ 9:30 PDT / 12:30 EDT / 17:30 BST / 18:30 CEST Our speaker: 👉 Hannah Long (@hannahlong.bsky.social) See you there! 👋

We're excited to welcome Liangwen Zhong to this week's VGZT session! ✨ 🗓️ Thursday, June 4th ⏰ 9:30 PDT / 12:30 EDT / 17:30 BST / 18:30 CEST Our speakers is 👉 Liangwen Zhong (@liangwenzhong.bsky.social) See you there! 👋

Don’t miss this week’s VGZT session! 🤩 🗓️ Thursday, May 21st ⏰ 9:30 PDT / 12:30 EDT / 17:30 BST / 18:30 CEST Our speakers are 👉 Soham Basu (@sohambasu.bsky.social) 👉 Anestis Tsakiridis (@tsakiridis.bsky.social) See you there! 👋

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 🙏

Tissue rigidity phase transition shapes morphogen gradients - Nature Cell Biology

Autorino et al. report a feedback loop between Nodal signalling and tissue phase transitions in zebrafish embryos. Nodal alters adhesion, triggering tissue rigidification and reduced porosity, which l...

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Nicoletta Petridou@nicolettapetridou.bsky.social · last yr.

Here our latest work on how morphogens trigger tissue phase transitions to tune their own length-scales and time-scales - An exciting collaboration with @zhvas.bsky.social @dianakhorom.bsky.social Bernat Corominas-Murtra and heroic experiments by the incredible @cami-autorino.bsky.social @embl.org

Eastern VGZT returns next week with two exciting talks! ☀️ 🗓️ Wednesday, May 13th ⏰ 9:00 BST / 10:00 CEST / 13:30 IST / 17:00 JST / 18:00 AEST Don’t miss: 👉 Clare Buckley (@buckleylab.bsky.social) 👉 Mel White (@melaniedwhite.bsky.social) See you there! 👋

Exciting VGZT session this week! 🎉 🗓️ Thursday, May 7th ⏰ 9:30 PDT / 12:30 EDT / 17:30 BST / 18:30 CEST Our speakers are 👉 Rui Yan 👉 Bruno Vellutini (@bruvellu.bsky.social) See you there! 👋

Over the moon to see this work from my PhD finally published in Development! Using a combination of structural biology and genetics we identify an avidity-driven mechanism of BMP signal control in the extracellular space. (1/11)

Development@dev-journal.bsky.social · 3mo ago

An avidity-driven mechanism of extracellular BMP regulation by Twisted gastrulation Read this Research Article from our special issue #DevSIextracellular by @garethmoore.bsky.social, @hilaryashe.bsky.social & co from @mcf-uom.bsky.social. journals.biologists.com/dev/article/... #Drosophila

Two great talks coming up this Thursday at VGZT! 🗓️ Thursday, April 16th ⏰ 9:30 PDT / 12:30 EDT / 17:30 BST / 18:30 CEST Our speakers are 👉 Meng Zhu (@zhumeng123.bsky.social) 👉 Pulin Li (on X: @Pulin_Li) See you on Thursday! 👋

Following several years (!) of discussion and rumination, our team of excellent colleagues - Martin Pera, @nicolasrivron.bsky.social, @amartinezarias.bsky.social, Karen Sermon and Nienke de Graeff - have published a new ethical perspective on SCBEM #embryomodels rdcu.be/fcklG [1/5]

I illustrated my way through the @bsdb.bsky.social Spring Meeting a couple weeks ago - here's my illustrated summary of the conference! I sketched (almost) all the speakers and glimpses of the science that made it such a great few days.

☀️ Join us next week for another great Eastern VGZT session! 🗓️ Wednesday, April 8th ⏰ 9:00 BST / 10:00 CEST / 13:30 IST / 17:00 JST / 18:00 AEST Our speakers are: 👉 Leqian Yu 👉 Tatsuo Shibata See you there! 👋

⚠️ Update: The VGZT keynote seminar has been postponed Due to unforeseen circumstances, Cassandra Extavour’s keynote will now take place on:
 🗓️ Thursday, July 23rd, 2026 We apologize for any inconvenience and look forward to seeing you then! 👋

Virtual Gastrulation Zoom Talks@vgzt2021.bsky.social · 4mo ago

We’re excited to announce our 2nd keynote VGZT seminar! Featuring: 👉 Cassandra Extavour "One, two, three: evolution of developmental counting mechanisms" 🗓️ Thursday, April 2nd ⏰ 9:30 PDT / 12:30 EDT / 17:30 BST / 18:30 CEST See you there! 👋

We’re excited to announce our 2nd keynote VGZT seminar! Featuring: 👉 Cassandra Extavour "One, two, three: evolution of developmental counting mechanisms" 🗓️ Thursday, April 2nd ⏰ 9:30 PDT / 12:30 EDT / 17:30 BST / 18:30 CEST See you there! 👋

The Frenster Lab is here! 🍾 I am so excited to start my #EmmyNoether funded group at @uni-freiburg.de this summer. Our group studies #CellCompetition dynamics during embryonic development using #gastruloids from multiple species. Thanks to the @dfg.de for creating this opportunity! FrensterLab.com

Frenster Lab | Cell Competition Dynamics

We study Cell Competition during Embryonic Development using 3D Gastruloids at the University of Freiburg. We view cells as interactive societies in development and cancer. Research, stem cells, Gastr...

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We’re looking for a new team member! 🚀 Only 3 more weeks to apply to the fantastic Vienna BioCenter PhD program

Vienna BioCenter Scientific Training@vbcscitraining.bsky.social · 5mo ago

Our Spring PhD call is OPEN! 30+ fully funded positions across diverse life science disciplines. Explore projects in Stem Cells, Development: www.vbcphd.at Apply by 9 April 2025 Institute of Molecular Biotechnology, Max Perutz Labs Vienna, IMP, Gregor Mendel Institute of Molecular Plant Biology

Are you fascinated by self-organised patterning processes? The brand-new Stuart lab at EMBL Barcelona is looking for a lab manager! Hannah @htstuart.bsky.social is a fantastic scientist and mentor. Building the lab with her will be a lot of fun! embl.wd103.myworkdayjobs.com/EMBL/job/Bar...

Lab Manager - Stuart Group

The European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL) is one of the world’s leading life science research organisations. With sites across Europe, EMBL fosters an international, collaborative, and inclusiv...

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Join us for next week’s exciting VGZT session! 🎉 🗓️ Thursday, March 5th ⏰ 9:30 PST / 12:30 EST / 17:30 UTC / 17:30 GMT / 18:30 CET Our speakers are 👉 David Mörsdorf (@davidmoersdorf.bsky.social) 👉 Lakshmi Balasubramaniam (@lakshmib02.bsky.social) See you there! 👋

We‘re looking for a motivated Master student to join our team! Do you want to optogenetically control metabolic activity to see how metabolism affects patterning and morphogenesis? 💡🧫🧬🔬 Then please apply! #optogenetics #metabolism #devbio #hESCs Please RT. Thank you!🙏

Institute of Molecular Biotechnology@imbavienna.bsky.social · 6mo ago

Apply to the Master’s project position at IMBA: https://www.oeaw.ac.at/imba/career-education/open-positions/pos2607-masters-project #research #jobs #europe #biology

VGZT is back this Thursday with two exciting talks! 🎉 🗓️ Thursday, February 19th ⏰ 9:30 PST / 12:30 EST / 17:30 UTC / 17:30 GMT / 18:30 CET Our speakers are 👉 Raquel Fueyo (@fueyoraquel.bsky.social) 👉 Margarete Diaz Cuadros (@mdiazcuadros.bsky.social) See you on there! 👋

Join us next week for two exciting talks in the Eastern VGZT session! ☀️ 🗓️ Wednesday, February 11th ⏰ 9:00 GMT / 10:00 CET / 14:30 IST / 18:00 JST / 20:00 AEDT Don’t miss: 👉 Pragathi Masamsetti (on X: @PMasamsetti) 👉 Marc Trani-Bustos (@mtrani.bsky.social) See you there! 👋

Join us this week for the next exciting VGZT session! 🎉 🗓️ Thursday, February 5th ⏰ 9:30 PST / 12:30 EST / 17:30 UTC / 17:30 GMT / 18:30 CET Our speakers are 👉 Evgeny Kvon (@evgenykvon.bsky.social) 👉 Silas Boye Nissen (on X: @SilasBoyeNissen) See you on Thursday! 👋

See you on Thursday! 🐟🔬🖥️

Virtual Gastrulation Zoom Talks@vgzt2021.bsky.social · 7mo ago

Join us for the next VGZT, featuring complementary approaches to understanding dynamic tissue organization! 🗓️ Thursday, January 22nd ⏰ 9:30 PST / 12:30 EST / 17:30 GMT / 18:30 CET Our speakers are 👉 Chen Yuan Kam (@chenyuankam.bsky.social) 👉 Camilla Autorino (@cami-autorino.bsky.social)