📢 We’re hiring in APPLIED MATHEMATICS at the OXFORD UNIVERSITY Mathematical Institute. We seek candidates using modern theoretical and computational methods to study physical, biological, medical and information sciences. Deadline: 28 Sept. Info: www.maths.ox.ac.uk/node/81913 #AppliedMath

An exciting and important paper on image-based force inference, featuring experimental cross-validation with AFM measurements and 3D FEM simulations 👇 Many congratulations to @turlierlab.bsky.social, @gcharras.bsky.social, and all the authors on this impressive "tour de force" 👏😀 !!

Turlier lab@turlierlab.bsky.social · 2w ago

Very happy to have this work finally published! How do embryos sculpt their shape? We map the contractile & adhesive forces shaping early C. elegans embryos. With K. Yamamoto @ittoku04.bsky.social G. Charras' lab @gcharras.bsky.social & my team @turlierlab.bsky.social shorturl.at/xv7G5 1/6

Now online! Basement membrane turnover controls cell shape

Basement membrane turnover controls cell shape

Basement membranes are scaffolds of proteins, like collagen, that give organs shape. During development, basement membranes must adapt to the growing organ. We infer how fast the basement membrane adapts by measuring collagen turnover. We find that perlecan, another basement membrane protein, regulates collagen turnover to control organ shape.

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Looking for a PhD? Applications are now open for PhD positions at the Max Delbrück Center. 🧵 www.mdc-berlin.de/career/jobs/...

I will be opening my research group at the Max Delbrück Center later this year to unravel the principles governing the unique context sensing capacity of the liver www.mdc-berlin.de/schwayer and am looking for enthusiastic PhD applicants.

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The mammalian liver possesses a regenerative capacity that is unmatched by any other organ. Following injury, liver epithelial cells can proliferate or even change their identity, enabling the organ t...

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New paper in @natphys.nature.com! We uncovered a stress adapation mechanism where keratin intermediate filaments in stretched epithelia undergo a supracellular bundling transition that uncages the nucleus. www.nature.com/articles/s41... @ibecbarcelona.eu, @upc.edu @qmul.bsky.social

New Toettchlab paper alert! Harrison Oatman just published his beautiful work combining software design for "smart" microscopy+optogenetics and some really beautiful work understanding EGFR-driven collective cell migration. www.cell.com/cell-systems...

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 ⤵️

New paper alert! Michal Dibus and team show tensin-1 forms reversible condensates that act as reservoirs for adhesion proteins, tuning adhesion turnover and cell migration - a cool new role for phase separation in cell adhesion dynamics! Congratulations to the team 🎉! Paper here: bit.ly/4y9E8Xr

Michal Dibus@midibu.bsky.social · 4w ago

1/5 🎉 Finally, the results of my main postdoctoral project are out in @natcomms.nature.com! Adhesion-derived condensates control component availability to regulate adhesion dynamics bit.ly/4y9E8Xr Also excited to see the paper highlighted in Nat Comms Editors’ Highlights 🥳 bit.ly/44n4O9i

A very pleasant surprise to see that we got the cover for this paper 🥳 @natphys.nature.com

Nicoletta Petridou@nicolettapetridou.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Here the published version of our work on uncoupling different types of tissue phase transitions during development! Find out more on how contact surface tension-driven rigidity transitions trigger tricellular junction formation and initiate epithelial organization! @natphys.nature.com

Here is the announcement of a Symposium @college-de-france.fr on 26 June on Information Flow and Computation in Biological systems. A great line of speakers on a variety of topics from embryogenesis to neuroscience, immunology and microbiology. Free entrance, come if you are in Paris end of June 🤩

Updated GRC Developmental Biology 2027 flyer/poster with the latest roster of invited speakers. 🌱🐟🧬🐭🪰🧪🧫 Come join us to discuss the latest in #devbio at the Renaissance Tuscany Il Ciocco Resort, Jan 17-22 ! #GRCDevBio2027

Christian Mosimann@chrmosimann.bsky.social · 3mo ago

*** GRC Developmental Biology 2027 - Jan 17-22 @ Renaissance Tuscany Il Ciocco Resort *** Join us for a fabulous 2027 Gordon Conference on all things #devbio & the trainee-led GRS! More info on registration, abstract submission, et al., here: www.grc.org/developmenta... #GRCDevBio2027 🧬🐭🐟🪰🌱❤️

A few weeks ago, I had the pleasure of delivering a seminar on our latest work on #SpatialMechanomics at the Centre for Gene Therapy & Regenerative Medicine at @kingscollegelondon.bsky.social !!

How do epithelial cells integrate mechanical and biochemical signals to control their behavior? I am @ronjahoutekamer.bsky.social, and in this thread, I’ll show you how force transduction connects to biochemical signaling, and how it activates ERK by inducing biochemical ligand shedding.

(1/n) Does basal stem cell division orientation regulate skin stratification and tissue mechanics? And can tissue mechanics feed back to control division orientation? In our new preprint, we use a 3D vertex model to explore this @manningresearch.bsky.social @somiealo.bsky.social

New Pre-Print Alert! Evolving initial conditions: an alternative developmental route to morphological diversity with Shannon Taylor and @jamesehammond.bsky.social www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...

How can we learn tissue mechanics directly from cell patterns and images? In our new preprint, we introduce VertAX, a differentiable vertex-model framework in JAX for simulating epithelia, inferring parameters, and designing target tissue behaviors. shorturl.at/PUzT0 1/5

A real computational tour de force by @ericneiva.bsky.social, carried out as Marie Skłodowska-Curie postdoctoral fellow in the team, now published in the Journal of Computational Physics: urlr.me/AuzK86 Congratulations, Eric! @cnrsbiologie.bsky.social Grateful to @ec.europa.eu for funding support

Eric Neiva@ericneiva.bsky.social · 4mo ago

Just published 📢 @herveturlier.bsky.social and I show how the most advanced unfitted finite elements can increase our capacity to investigate fundamental problems in cell morphogenesis. 👉 Link to paper: doi.org/10.1016/j.jc... 🚀 Stay tuned for future applications to animal systems!

Our latest work on shape-programmable tissues is out in @science.org. By positioning topological defects in cellular nematics, we encode frustrated 2D force fields that relax into predictable 3D shapes. Collaboration with Marino Arroyo’s lab, led by @pauguillamat.bsky.social at @ibecbarcelona.eu.

Join us at the LS2 #Theory #across #Biology chalk talk symposium! 12 June 2026 in Bern, CH. @lifesciswitzerland.bsky.social No movies that fail, no Mac to PC issues. Only the best ideas and exchange across biology from evolution and ecology to physics of life. meetings.ls2.ch/theory-acros...

Honoured and overwhelmed to receive the 2026 Waddington Medal. Science is a team effort, and I've been fortunate to work alongside exceptional people asking hard questions. Thank you to the BSDB and to everyone who has been part of the journey. bsdb.org/2026/03/24/2...

2026 Waddington Medal Winner - James Briscoe - BSDB - British Society for Developmental Biology

We are very pleased to announce that this year’s Waddington medal winner is James Briscoe. His fundamental discoveries have helped shape our understanding of of how morphogens work, and he has played ...

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Our study on shape diversity in cnidarians is now published. The final version includes extensive new data that substantially extend the original bioRxiv preprint. Congrats to everyone who contributed to this work! www.cell.com/cell/fulltex... @embl.org

Deciphering mechanical determinants of morphological evolution

A comparative analysis of cnidarian larval morphogenesis combined with active surface theory identifies a set of mesoscale mechanical modules that predict species-specific shapes. Manipulating these m...

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Delighted our work on chromosomal instability in oesophageal cancer is now out in Science Advances share.google/UcZXne5OZdM9...

Chromosomal instability shapes the tumor microenvironment of esophageal adenocarcinoma via a cGAS–chemokine–myeloid axis

Chromosomal chaos rewires immune defense into tumor-promoting inflammation.

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International Congress in Biological Physics, Genova, Italy, 28 June to 3 July 2026. URGENT: submission deadline 25 March. Session topics, plenary and invited speakers: www.icbp2026.org IUPAP Physics of Life medal awarded at meeting. Spread the word - and act quickly to submit your work.

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We proudly invite experts in biological physics worldwide to the International Conference on Biological Physics 2026 (ICBP 2026) in the magnificent Italian city of Genoa from June 28 to July 5, 2026

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Just published in @science.org Whole-embryo spatial transcriptomics at subcellular resolution from gastrulation to organogenesis | Science www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

Whole-embryo spatial transcriptomics at subcellular resolution from gastrulation to organogenesis

Gene expression patterns underlie development, but their systematic detection in whole embryos has remained elusive. We introduce a whole-embryo imaging platform using multiplexed error-robust fluores...

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🚨Only 1 week left to apply🚨 3-year Postdoc Position on Spatial Biology & Bioinformatics in my lab at Oxford👇:

Hallou Lab@halloulab.bsky.social · 5mo ago

🚨3-year Postdoc Position @halloulab.bsky.social (Kennedy Institute, Oxford) - on Spatial Biology & Bioinformatics of Fibrosis🚨 An exciting project combining #SpatialTranscriptomics & #Mechanobiology👇: shorturl.at/LLS5r Deadline: 16 March - Please RT 📢! @kiroxford.bsky.social @ox.ac.uk

🚨3-year Postdoc Position @halloulab.bsky.social (Kennedy Institute, Oxford) - on Spatial Biology & Bioinformatics of Fibrosis🚨 An exciting project combining #SpatialTranscriptomics & #Mechanobiology👇: shorturl.at/LLS5r Deadline: 16 March - Please RT 📢! @kiroxford.bsky.social @ox.ac.uk

🚨3-year Postdoc Position @halloulab.bsky.social (Kennedy Institute, Oxford) - on Spatial Biology & Bioinformatics of Fibrosis🚨 An exciting project combining #SpatialTranscriptomics & #Mechanobiology👇: shorturl.at/LLS5r Deadline: 16 March - Please RT 📢! @kiroxford.bsky.social @ox.ac.uk

Final version @nature.com of our paper describing unconventional multicellular development in a choanoflagellate inhabiting an extreme environment. A ton of new data since the first @biorxivpreprint.bsky.social preprint (which we've kept updating). A brief 🧵 (carried over from the old place)

Nature Portfolio@natureportfolio.nature.com · 5mo ago

A study in Nature shows that the single-celled form of a tiny, aquatic organism can turn into a multicellular version by three different routes. The discovery adds insight to the possible origins of multicellular life, suggesting a previously unrecognized degree of flexibility. 🧪

Celebrating the start of the 3rd year of the Hallou Lab at the Kennedy Institute in Oxford 🥳🍾 !! The lab is growing and I feel grateful everyday to be working with these amazing young scientists! Watch this space in the next few weeks for: - Exciting new science ⚙️🧬💻🔬 - Job openings 😉