Interested in using #Drosophila genetics & advanced imaging combined with modeling to study inter-organ transport and epithelial dynamics? We’re hiring a #PhD student @uni-muenster.de, based at the Multiscale Imaging Center and @sfb1348.bsky.social Graduate School. Apply here tinyurl.com/ypx74a5d

We’ve been awarded European Commission Choose Europe for Science Co-fund at Uni of Birmingham! MOBILITY will fund 6 talented postdoctoral researchers at the transition to independence. All within remit of Molecular Biodiscovery. Applications open in October 😀👍. www.birmingham.ac.uk/news/2026/bi...

First UK institution awarded Choose Europe for Science grant - University of Birmingham

Birmingham awarded £1.2m in ERC funding to attract talent from outside of Europe

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Samarpita Sen and Daniel St Johnston @gurdoninstitute.bsky.social discover that radical diffusion, not lifetime, determines the range of peroxidase-based proximity labelling. journals.biologists.com/jcs/article/...

Beautiful new paper out from the Mao lab!

Yanlan Mao@yanlanmao.bsky.social · 3mo ago

This exciting paper is now out in PNAS: www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...

Save the date! The 2027 BSDB Spring Meeting will take place on 19 - 22 April in Edinburgh. An exciting programme with a fantastic lineup of speakers showcasing developmental biology across scales! More details soon!

Drosophila border cells are beautiful to watch… but far from easy to image. Kudos to the brave and skilled @vitoryang.bsky.social, who took on the challenge of establishing border cell migration imaging in the lab! His movies are astonishing, and now our first-ever study on #cell #migration is out!

Journal of Cell Biology@jcb.org · 4mo ago

Collective #migration requires balancing force and flexibility. @vitoryang.bsky.social, @polarityi3s.bsky.social et al. identify RhoGAP15B as a local brake on RhoA-#myosin contractility in border cells, stabilizing front protrusions and coordinating group movement rupress.org/jcb/article/...

We are looking for a new group leader to join the IGH (Montpellier, France). I can’t wait to meet my future colleague! Apply :-) More infos here: igh.cnrs.fr/join-igh-as-...

Join IGH as Group Leader - IGH

The Institute of Human Genetics invites applications for a Principal Investigator position in its main research areas. Read more...

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Like #hemocytes? I'm advertising a 3 year, BBSRC #postdoc position, in #Edinburgh, using #Drosophila & human cells to understand sex differences in the regulation of #macrophage function, an exciting collaboration with the Bénézech and Wood labs. Please share! 🪰🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DQU604/p...

Postdoctoral Research Associate at The University of Edinburgh

Discover an exciting academic career path as a Postdoctoral Research Associate at jobs.ac.uk. Don't miss out on this job opportunity - apply today!

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I absolutely loved my visit to the @edinuni-irr.bsky.social @doctoremmerson.bsky.social was such a great host -great people and great science

Elaine Emmerson@doctoremmerson.bsky.social · 5mo ago

It was so nice to welcome @kyracampbelllab.bsky.social to Edinburgh and @edinuni-irr.bsky.social as our external seminar speaker yesterday. Thank you for a wonderful talk, great chat & cathartic moaning about funding challenges over dinner!

It was so nice to welcome @kyracampbelllab.bsky.social to Edinburgh and @edinuni-irr.bsky.social as our external seminar speaker yesterday. Thank you for a wonderful talk, great chat & cathartic moaning about funding challenges over dinner!

Our take on a really interesting new study by the Franz lab at UCL, a version of epithelial polarity where you would not expect it! Read our Spotlight and the original paper!

Journal of Cell Biology@jcb.org · 6mo ago

Spotlight: Ball and Röper @pdncambridge.bsky.social discuss recent findings by Almasoud, Franz et al. (rupress.org/jcb/article/...) describing how apical–basal polarity regulates cell–cell adhesion in the #Drosophila fat body. rupress.org/jcb/article/... #Adhesion #Cytoskeleton #Development

I'm a bit late with this, but awesome to see it out in the wild! A real tour de force from @dozenoaks.bsky.social @timcraggs.bsky.social An amazing example of why we need to think more about flexibility in our biological questions! www.cell.com/iscience/ful...

Kinesin-1 is highly flexible and adopts an open conformation in the absence of cargo

Kinesin-1 is an essential anterograde microtubule motor protein. The core kinesin motor is a homodimer of two heavy chains; N-terminal motor domains hydrolyse ATP and walk along microtubules, whilst a...

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I watched much of Ian Chapman's (Head of @ukri.org) appearance this morning at @ukparliament.parliament.uk Science, Innovation and Technology Committee.. A few points and new information that bioscientists may find interesting... A 🧵

🧠 Are you passionate about EM, neurons, ageing, neurodegeneration? Then you might be interested in a funded 4-year BBSRC NWD PhD project using vCLEM techniquesat Liverpool with @ianprior.bsky.social, @natsansor.bsky.social and @aliemliv.bsky.social thenode.biologists.com/jobs/fully-f...

Hi folks, Check out our updated website! Details on next year's conference will be posted there soon! fly-jedi.org

Lots of exciting PhD projects on offer at the LMB, including in our group 😊

MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology@mrclmb.ac.uk · 9mo ago

Considering the LMB for your PhD? We’ve got over 25 projects available, covering a wide array of topics. Check them out here: www2.mrc-lmb.cam.ac.uk/students/int... Apply by 2nd DEC for Autumn 2026 admission.

I’ll be speaking about the mechanical development of crocodile and tortoise head scales next Wednesday at 4pm for the @tlmcambridge.bsky.social seminar series. Subscribe to the mailing list to hear more about my work, and that of @maltemederacke.bsky.social! lists.cam.ac.uk/sympa/subscr...

Theory of Living Matter Group@tlmcambridge.bsky.social · 9mo ago

🚨 TLM Online Seminar Series - 05.11.25 | 16:00 UK Malte Mederacke: "The emergence of the fractal bronchial tree" Rory Cooper: " The mechanics of crocodile and tortoise head scale patterning" Please repost & to attend online please register to our 📧for the zoom link: lists.cam.ac.uk/sympa/subscr...

I am absolutely delighted to share the invited speakers for our upcoming @bsdb.bsky.social "Molecules to Morphogenesis" meeting! Registration and abstract submission is now open - join us! bsdb.org/meetings/ March 23-26, 2026 - UK

Free course in Developmental Biology starting tomorrow in Paris 🇫🇷, held at @sorbonne-universite.fr! 🧪 #science #biology

Bardin Lab@bardinlab.bsky.social · last yr.

Students (Master's/PhD), do not miss this fantastic Developmental Biology course of @sorbonne-universite.fr and @institutcurie.bsky.social - It is FREE and open to international students, however, room and board + travel are not included. training.institut-curie.org/courses/deve...

We are pleased to announce that the 2nd DrosoSpain meeting #DrosoSpain2026 will take place in San Joan de Alicante from the 9th to the 11th of April 2026 #savethedate

Delighted that Ziqi Dong's PhD paper is out for all to read! Hypoxia is fundamental to normal development, and fascinating! Thanks to all of our co-authors including @jamesnathanlab.bsky.social @jellevda.bsky.social authors.elsevier.com/sd/article/S...

Interested in cell migration and developmental biology-check out this PhD opportunity! www.findaphd.com/phds/project...

🔬 Sabies que…? 🧬 La Drosophila melanogaster, coneguda com a mosca de la fruita, és un insecte àmpliament utilitzat com a organisme model en biologia i genètica. 1/3

We are recruiting PhD students! If you are interested in evolutionary neuroscience, consider applying: www.crick.ac.uk/careers-stud...

Very sad to hear that Sir John Gurdon, former Master of Magdalene College, has passed away at the age of 92. www.cam.ac.uk/research/new... Here is a powerful reminder that you should never give up on your dreams.

Sad to hear of the death of John Gurdon this morning, aged 92.

The PhD work of @bboumard.bsky.social officially out in print! Happy to share this issue with our downstairs colleagues in the BDD @frelab.bsky.social @robinjournot.bsky.social www.cell.com/developmenta...

Cell-type-specific nucleotide sharing through gap junctions impacts sensitivity to replication stress in Drosophila

Boumard et al. demonstrate gap-junction-dependent tissue-scale nucleotide sharing, which impacts cellular sensitivity to perturbation of nucleotide homeostasis and replication stress. Drosophila wing ...

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Guttastic! ❤️

Ben Ewen-Campen@benforward3.bsky.social · 10mo ago

Flower-shaped mosaic of #Drosophila #proventriculus samples (the structure where the esophagus meets the midgut), showing the expression patterns of several Gal4 lines. The center image is a Z projection showing GFP+ expression around the esophagus. (Scale bar = 50 microns.)

We are very pleased to announce our joint meeting with the German @gfeev.bsky.social and the Dutch Developmental Biology Societies, which will take place in Potsdam from the 10-13th of March 2026. Registration is now open! www.uni-potsdam.de/en/gfe-meeti...