The idea of prosperity without growth is gaining traction among researchers. So why are many economists skeptical? go.nature.com/4aWlGHF

How to end poverty and protect Earth: inside the debate tearing up economics

The idea of prosperity without growth is gaining traction among researchers. So why are many economists sceptical?

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As Editor of @dev-journal.bsky.social I get asked "What are you doing about your impact factor?" In our new editorial we say: Ask not what Dev can do for the impact factor. Ask what you can do for Dev's IF The IF is about how we all cite, review & assess each other's work doi.org/10.1242/dev....

The elephant in the room: impact factor

Summary: This Editorial offers an honest look at impact factor trends in developmental biology, explains how Development serves its community, and makes the case that sustaining developmental biology ...

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Beautiful piece on how field-specific journals with high ethical standards, such as Development, don’t try to « Game » the impact factor system - and practical steps to move away from this inherently flawed metric as a researcher (see Box 2)

James Briscoe@jamesbriscoe.bsky.social · 2mo ago

As Editor of @dev-journal.bsky.social I get asked "What are you doing about your impact factor?" In our new editorial we say: Ask not what Dev can do for the impact factor. Ask what you can do for Dev's IF The IF is about how we all cite, review & assess each other's work doi.org/10.1242/dev....

Science really takes a village. Thrilled to share this with my friend @dudinlab.bsky.social, and with our brilliant and fearless teams, our collaborators around the world and our mentors - in my case a special shoutout to Buzz Baum, Jan Ellenberg and @monicabettencourt.bsky.social. 1/2

EMBO@embo.org · 2mo ago

Congratulations to Gautam Dey (EMBL) and Omaya Dudin (University of Geneva) for being awarded the EMBO Gold Medal 2026 in recognition of their outstanding contributions to the #LifeSciences in Europe! 🧪 https://www.embo.org/press-releases/embo-gold-medal-2026-awarded-to-gautam-dey-and-omaya-dudin/

"Humbled to receive this recognition. This belongs as much to my team, my family, & to my home, Palestine: the people, the place, the joyful stubbornness to enjoy life." Cheers buddy @gautamdey.bsky.social Thx to my mentors @sophiemartinlab.bsky.social, @paveltomancak.bsky.social, & Pierre Gönczy.

EMBO@embo.org · 2mo ago

Congratulations to Gautam Dey (EMBL) and Omaya Dudin (University of Geneva) for being awarded the EMBO Gold Medal 2026 in recognition of their outstanding contributions to the #LifeSciences in Europe! 🧪 https://www.embo.org/press-releases/embo-gold-medal-2026-awarded-to-gautam-dey-and-omaya-dudin/

Wonderful news! Warmest congratulations to these amazing scientists for their beautiful discoveries about the evolution of cells and multicellular organisms!

EMBO@embo.org · 2mo ago

Congratulations to Gautam Dey (EMBL) and Omaya Dudin (University of Geneva) for being awarded the EMBO Gold Medal 2026 in recognition of their outstanding contributions to the #LifeSciences in Europe! 🧪 https://www.embo.org/press-releases/embo-gold-medal-2026-awarded-to-gautam-dey-and-omaya-dudin/

Merci pour votre accueil si généreux! C'était un vrai bonheur de partager notre passion pour le développement embryonnaire avec les enfants et de voir tant d'étoiles dans leurs yeux🤩!

Lycée français international de Kyoto@lfikyoto.bsky.social · 2mo ago

🔬Des scientifiques au #lfikyoto pour éveiller la curiosité de nos élèves ! Avec « En Quête de Bio », nos élèves se sont glissés dans la peau de scientifiques pour découvrir les mystères du vivant, de la drosophile au poisson-zèbre. Merci @sfbd.bsky.social 💙🤍❤️ @michaelrera.bsky.social #biologie

Fantastic outreach by @maitrejl.bsky.social et al, who have brought Biology Quest (En Quête de Bio) of the @sfbd.bsky.social to Japan! Want to bring model organisms into your primary schools? See www.eqd-bio.org or contact me or @drosopachea.bsky.social . French, English and other languages!

Lycée français international de Kyoto@lfikyoto.bsky.social · 2mo ago

🔬Des scientifiques au #lfikyoto pour éveiller la curiosité de nos élèves ! Avec « En Quête de Bio », nos élèves se sont glissés dans la peau de scientifiques pour découvrir les mystères du vivant, de la drosophile au poisson-zèbre. Merci @sfbd.bsky.social 💙🤍❤️ @michaelrera.bsky.social #biologie

That's right! EQDB made it all the way to Japan 🇯🇵! Many thanks to @laghalab.bsky.social @juliebatut.bsky.social @robinjournot.bsky.social @leopoldlab.bsky.social @clotilde-cadart.bsky.social Vincent, Emma, Miquel, Clara and Kai! Join us @sfbd.bsky.social for more outreach activities

Bardin Lab@bardinlab.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Fantastic outreach by @maitrejl.bsky.social et al, who have brought Biology Quest (En Quête de Bio) of the @sfbd.bsky.social to Japan! Want to bring model organisms into your primary schools? See www.eqd-bio.org or contact me or @drosopachea.bsky.social . French, English and other languages!

Please don't post your preprints without material and methods @biorxivpreprint.bsky.social

Congratulations to these excellent CNRS PIs 🤩 for their promotion (pending a lot of bureaucracy🥲)! Full details in the link c3n-cn.fr/2025/12/12/c...

Congratulations to the shortlisted candidates at section 24 of CNRS! c3n-cn.fr/2025/12/12/c...

Big change for researchers with disabilities who seek a faculty position in France. Positions are now open to any lab in the country and there are 2 positions for biology labs. carrieres.cnrs.fr/actualites/r...

En tant que chercheur 👨‍🔬, je peux témoigner que la précarité administrative manufacturée par le racisme ambiant freine le travail de brillants 🌟 chercheurs étrangers qui nous font l'honneur de venir travailler en France 🇫🇷.

Blast le souffle de l’info@blast-info.fr · 5mo ago

Depuis une vingtaine d’années, les gouvernements successifs n’ont cessé de durcir les conditions d’accès à la régularisation des personnes étrangères. Des personnes présentes sur le sol français peuvent se retrouver en perte de droits du jour au lendemain, sans véritable possibilité de recours.

Congratulations to the brilliant scientists shortlisted for the auditions @cnrs.fr for cell bio dev bio and evo-devo #section24! Looking forward to hearing you in a few weeks. Many other amazing candidates were no less deserving and we hope to see them next year. sncs.fr/2025/12/11/c...

How to make a 4-cell square ascidian embryo? Cytoplasmic pulling rotates centrosomes, cortical forces lock the plane. Corentin Mollier & Shivani Dharmadhikari highlight a #preprint from Silvia Caballero-Mancebo & team @rdumollard.bsky.social #preLight ⬇️ prelights.biologists.com/highlights/c...

Cooperation between cortical and cytoplasmic forces shapes planar 4-cell stage embryos - preLights

How to make a 4-cell square ascidian embryo? Cytoplasmic pulling rotates centrosomes, cortical forces lock the plane.

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Just leaving from @manuelthery.bsky.social exhibition @museeorsay.bsky.social with stars of actin and microtubules in my head 🤩 😍

📣 #Job alert! Looking to establish your own independent research in cell biology, development or evo-devo? The @cnrs.fr is recruiting 7 scientists in that area of research. Here are updated unofficial guidelines. Reach out to members of the committee if you have questions c3n-cn.fr/section-24-w...

CNRS@cnrs.fr · 8mo ago

#JointheCNRS 🫵 Want to push the boundaries of science? The CNRS is recruiting passionate researchers (F/M)! The campaign runs until January 12, 2026. 👉 carrieres.cnrs.fr/en/external-... #Recruitment #CNRS #Innovation #Research #Icicarecrute

🤩 Tickets booked!!!

Manuel Thery@manuelthery.bsky.social · 8mo ago

#LivingArchitectures We put cells and cytoskeleton filaments on the architecture of the musée d'Orsay. www.musee-orsay.fr/fr/agenda/ev... Scientists of the #CytoMorphoLab adapted their protocols to illustrate the questions that keep them awake at night. -> Two shows on the 24th and 25th of January.

Want to join a happy bunch 🥳 to organise meetings, outreach activities and other initiatives about developmental biology in France? Apply and/or vote 🗳️!

SFBD_BioDev@sfbd.bsky.social · 9mo ago

🚨🚨🚨 The SFBD board needs to be renewed with 5 members We wish to strengthen our board with young scientists To apply: send a brief text introducing your research interests and motivations to sfbd@sfbd.fr by December 4th Elections will be held online from December 10th to 17th Please share the info

Don't miss out on these opportunities to join this fantastic lab!

kuba sędziński@kuba-sedzinski.bsky.social · 9mo ago

We are looking for: PhD Student (starting as Research Assistant) and Postdoctoral Researcher in Stem Cell Biology and Mechanobiology. Please RT💕 🔗 About our lab: renew.science/principal_in... 🎓 PhD position: jobportal.ku.dk/phd/?show=15... 🧪 Postdoc position: jobportal.ku.dk/videnskabeli...

Simply stunning 🤩

Omaya Dudin 𓂆 ¦🍉¦🦠¦🔬¦@dudinlab.bsky.social · 10mo ago

🚨Our collaboration with @centriolelab.bsky.social & @gautamdey.bsky.social is out today in @cp-cell.bsky.social We show that #Expansion #Microscopy is a broad-spectrum modality for Euks, enabling 3D phenotypic maps rooted to phylogeny. #ProtistsOnSky #SciComm #SciSky www.cell.com/cell/fulltex...

On met les enfants en cage et on les électrocute pour la #FeteDeLaScience au @grandpalaisrmn.bsky.social par le @palaisdecouverte.bsky.social.

Palais de la découverte@palais-decouverte.fr · 10mo ago

𝐏𝐚𝐩𝐨𝐭𝐨𝐧𝐬 𝐬𝐜𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞 ! Venez dimanche : les médiateurs du Palais de la découverte ont invité toute la journée des scientifiques à venir dialoguer avec vous autour d'un objet, d'une photo... Tout un programme de 11h à 17h ! ➡️ www.palais-decouverte.fr/au-programme... #GrandPalais #Paris8

Jochen was a brilliant and visionary scientist who inspired me and so many others. His creativity blew my mind more than once and his generous advice early on in my career was extremely useful. How lucky I feel to have met him.

Max Planck Institute for the Science of Light (MPL)@mpi-scienceoflight.bsky.social · 10mo ago

With deep sadness, we share that Prof. Jochen Guck, Director at the Max Planck Institute for the Science of Light passed away on October 3. His visionary work bridged physics and medicine. We have lost a brilliant scientist and dear friend. mpl.mpg.de/news/article... @fau.de 📸 Stephan Spangenberg

Slowly and tediously, even the rich and powerful can be taken down in functional democracies. This is the third conviction for Sarkozy (and his acolytes). This should encourage other democracies in difficult situations to keep hoping for justice to prevail. www.theguardian.com/world/live/2...

Former French president Sarkozy guilty of criminal conspiracy in Libyan campaign financing trial – Europe live

Nicolas Sarkozy has been found guilty of conspiracy, but innocent of other charges, in case surrounding millions of euros in illegal campaign funding from late Libyan dictator Muammar Gaddafi

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I was on a H1B visa for part of my postdoc. Also when I started as Assistant Professor. Several of my postdocs where on H1Bs. This new fee will affect more academia than tech or finance companies because there is no way universities can pay that… www.nytimes.com/2025/09/19/u...

Trump Says the U.S. Will Institute $100,000 Fee for Skilled Worker Visas

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We’re organizing a conference at @ijmonod.bsky.social in Paris, January 2026, in memory of M.P. Sheetz — pioneer in cell mechanics and mechanobiology, co-discoverer of kinesin, and founder of @mbisg.bsky.social. Join us to explore his legacy. mikeinmemoriam.sciencesconf.org

Which city is the best for Cytoskeleton research? Dresden? Barcelona? Cambridge ? Noooo ... you all know its Paris, right? 😎 Registering to the annual meeting on Friday 14th of November is now open: pcd2025.sciencesconf.org Keynote speeches by @carter-lab.bsky.social and Verena Ruprecht !

We had #four interdisciplinary teams, integrating dev-bio, evolution, tissue mechanics, and biophysical modeling, all going full throttle to understand the #CF. Still, it took more than 7 years to publish two papers back-to-back (10/12) www.nature.com/articles/s41... www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Patterned invagination prevents mechanical instability during gastrulation - Nature

In Drosophila, the cephalic furrow counteracts mechanical stress as the developing head and the trunk tissues meet, providing evidence for how mechanical forces influence the evolution of morphog...

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We are all super happy and proud to see our work on the function and evolution of the #cephalic #furrow published in @nature.com. Let me say a few things about the background and history of this work on the #Evolution_of_Morphogenesis (1/12)