🌟 Sammy Lee Memorial Lecture | A Landmark Journey in IVF Our keynote speaker, Dr Kay Elder (Bourn Hall Fertility Clinic), took us on a remarkable journey through the development of the in vitro culture of human preimplantation embryos, from 1969 to the present day 🧬

Come check out the art exhibition, titled “Inside Pregnancy: Creative perspectives on Reproductive Biology.”Enjoy a unique visual exploration of reproductive science, blending scientific insight with artistic interpretation 🎨

Such a pleasure presenting my #sciart at @yen-network.bsky.social 🙌

Young Embryologist Network@yen-network.bsky.social · 3mo ago

🧬Scientific Perspectives II: As part of our Scientific Perspectives series, Dr Marzia Munafò (EMBL Rome) shared an inspiring talk on how she combines molecular biology with creative practice through scientific illustration 🎨🔬

Looking forward to being a part of this! 💫

Young Embryologist Network@yen-network.bsky.social · 3mo ago

We are excited to announce our 2026 conference programme! Thank you to our invited speakers and to everyone who submitted an abstract or a poster.

🚨 Why can’t mammals regenerate limbs like frog tadpoles or salamanders? In our new paper in @science.org , we show that species-specific oxygen sensing acts as a gatekeeper for initiating limb regeneration 🐭🐸 🔗 www.science.org/doi/10.1126/... #EvoDevo

Molecular ecology & evolution land on EMBO Press 🛸🌱 Hot off the press, my cover for this special issue of @embojournal.org celebrates the growing synergy of molecular, genomic and cell biology with ecological and evolutionary reasoning. #sciart #scicomm

Our SPECIAL ISSUE on MOLECULAR EVOLUTION & ECOLOGY is out! Editorial: @yehumoran.bsky.social, @berndpulverer.bsky.social et al Reviews on Asgard archaea, epimutations, giant-virus/host dynamics, smartphone analogy for animal origins… …& many related primary articles link.springer.com/journal/4431...

Today the EMBO Journal special issue on molecular ecology and evolution is finally published. It was a pleasure coordinating this collection together with @berndpulverer.bsky.social and many outstanding authors. Editorial: link.springer.com/article/10.1... Cover art by @munafomarzia.bsky.social

EMBO Press co-evolves with molecular ecology and evolutionary biology - The EMBO Journal

The EMBO Journal - Molecular ecology and evolution are central to understanding how biological systems function, interact, and diversify. A special issue of this journal reflects the growing...

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The EMBO Journal@embojournal.org · 6mo ago

Our SPECIAL ISSUE on MOLECULAR EVOLUTION & ECOLOGY is out! Editorial: @yehumoran.bsky.social, @berndpulverer.bsky.social et al Reviews on Asgard archaea, epimutations, giant-virus/host dynamics, smartphone analogy for animal origins… …& many related primary articles link.springer.com/journal/4431...

All lights on protein folding 💡 Out @nature.com , @niko-dalheimer.bsky.social & @rongqinxiaoxiao.bsky.social from the Hartl lab at @maxplanck.de Institute of Biochemistry developed single-particle tracking in living cells to study the dynamics of co-translational protein folding #sciart #scicomm

I’m excited to share my first-author paper, with co-first author @rongqinxiaoxiao.bsky.social, now out in @nature.com. We developed a live-cell single-particle tracking platform to see how TRiC & prefoldin engage proteins during co- and post-translational folding. 1/9 www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Single-molecule dynamics of the TRiC chaperonin system in vivo - Nature

Single-particle tracking experiments in intact cells reveal dynamic co- and post-translational interactions of the TRiC–PFD chaperonin complex with client proteins during in vivo protein folding.

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🔬🔦Our Imaging spotlight from @hiralshah.bsky.social & team highlights their U-ExM atlas of planktonic eukaryotes, including details on how you can explore this wonderful resource. Plus, check out Hiral’s top tips on getting started with expansion microscopy. focalplane.biologists.com/2026/01/20/i...

Imaging spotlight: U-ExM atlas of microbial eukaryotes - FocalPlane

Imaging spotlight: U-ExM atlas of microbial eukaryotes - News

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The beautiful artwork accompanying this spotlight is by Marzia Munafò @munafomarzia.bsky.social. Marzia was one of the first artists that we highlighted in our #SciArt profiles back in 2021! thenode.biologists.com/sciart-profi...

FocalPlane @focalplane.bsky.social · 8mo ago

🔬🔦Our Imaging spotlight from @hiralshah.bsky.social & team highlights their U-ExM atlas of planktonic eukaryotes, including details on how you can explore this wonderful resource. Plus, check out Hiral’s top tips on getting started with expansion microscopy. focalplane.biologists.com/2026/01/20/i...

A nice way to close the chapter on my PhD work: our team was awarded the Bruno Speck Award 2025 by the Swiss Foundation for Haematological Research for our publication on human intestinal evolution.

and @munafomarzia.bsky.social for this beautiful artwork 🙂

Breaking symmetry♋️ Another #NotTheCover from the same issue of @cellcellpress.bsky.social Here the @zernickagoetz.bsky.social lab @caltech.edu reports the earliest known symmetry breaking event in the mammalian embryo - right at moment of fertilisation! #sciart #scicomm 🧵

Bringing sci-fi vibes into the microscopic world 🪐

Omaya Dudin 𓂆 ¦🍉¦🦠¦🔬¦@dudinlab.bsky.social · 9mo ago

Another #notTHECover unfortunately. But this gorgeous, Tron-like vibe, drawn by the amazing @munafomarzia.bsky.social for our recent #ExM work with @gautamdey.bsky.social & @centriolelab.bsky.social will still be printed out in the lab. Read here: www.cell.com/cell/fulltex...

A planetary atlas of plankton 🪐 Closing the year with a bang: out @cellcellpress.bsky.social the @dudinlab.bsky.social & @gautamdey.bsky.social labs used ultrastructure Expansion Microscopy to reveal the stunning cytoskeletal diversity of over 200 plankton species! A #sciart 🧵 @embl.org

So cool to finally see the flamenco piRNA cluster assembled in its full glory - a ~700kb transcript, almost completely unspliced!

Dominik Handler@86dominik.bsky.social · 11mo ago

When transposons jump, genomes diverge - even in cultured cells. I am happy to share our new preprint: a chromosome-scale genome assembly for Drosophila OSC cells, one of the key model systems in the piRNA field, especially for nuclear piRNA biology. 🧬🧵 (1/12)

The multifaceted effects of paternal environments on offspring🌈 Latest from the @jamiehackett.bsky.social lab @embl.org, out now @embojournal.org: @bbbranjan.bsky.social & @mdura.bsky.social quantitatively investigate the impact of paternal environments on early embryogenesis. A #sciart 🧵

Talking to students is by far one of my favourite parts of this job ✨ #EUCYS 2025 was a hive of brilliant scientists in the making, so grateful to @embl.org & EIROforum for the opportunity to be there with my science & art! #scicomm #sciart #stem @ec.europa.eu

By the way, the image for this talk about how cancer cells adapt was painted by the amazing Marzia Munafò! Thank you @munafomarzia.bsky.social!

At least for science in the #oocyte community, the future looks bright with so many curious & young minds thinking about big open questions in oocyte and reproductive biology! Thanks so much to @mhverlhac.bsky.social and @bokelab.bsky.social for organizing and bringing us all together in Paris!

Victoria Deneke@vdeneke.bsky.social · last yr.

Can’t believe I had the chance to visit beautiful Paris and connect with the amazing #oocyte community! Thank you @mhverlhac.bsky.social and @bokelab.bsky.social for bringing together a fantastic group of speakers and organizing the meeting in such a stunning venue. Can’t wait for the next one! 🥚

Super oocyte community - had a fantastic time in Paris! 🙌

Victoria Deneke@vdeneke.bsky.social · last yr.

Can’t believe I had the chance to visit beautiful Paris and connect with the amazing #oocyte community! Thank you @mhverlhac.bsky.social and @bokelab.bsky.social for bringing together a fantastic group of speakers and organizing the meeting in such a stunning venue. Can’t wait for the next one! 🥚

Spotted one of my illustrations on stage at the Singer-Polignac #fertility meeting in Paris! Big thanks to Andrea Pauli for the shout out!! 💫 #sciart #scicomm

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Pamela Ferretti@pamferretti.bsky.social · 2y ago

Personally, I've always found it particularly exciting when scientists and artists work together, brainstorming ideas and tapping into their creative sides ✨️

Last week @richabdill.com and @samanthagraham.bsky.social's paper was featured on the cover of Cell! The cover, portraying microbes on shelves shaped like a world map, was possible thanks to the amazing team of illustrators at SciStories ✏️🦠

🤩 Art by @drewberry.bsky.social @loliboldu.bsky.social @patriciabondia.bsky.social @jayeperview.bsky.social @hudrewthis.bsky.social @molmir.bsky.social @munafomarzia.bsky.social @snowotarski.bsky.social @marykoreilly.bsky.social @biyolokum.bsky.social @ahnaskop.bsky.social @bryanwelm.bsky.social

Thank you, @munafomarzia.bsky.social, for this amazing artistic representation of our work! 🤩🐟❤️

I loved how subtle aspects were incorporated into this piece, like the tripartite key, drawings of sperm and egg on the door and even some phylogenetic trees! 🌟 But did you notice, what lies beyond the door? Ribosomes and molecules found within the egg!

Check out this beautiful representation of our work by @munafomarzia.bsky.social uncovering the molecular bridge between sperm and egg! 🔑🤩 We had lots of fun brainstorming together with Marzia and seeing our discoveries come to life in this artistic rendition 🧵

Marzia Munafò@munafomarzia.bsky.social · 2y ago

Unlocking fertilisation 🗝️ out today @cellcellpress.bsky.social , @vdeneke.bsky.social & @pauligroup.bsky.social uncover a conserved protein complex on vertebrate sperm that recognizes distinct egg ligands in mammals and fish, enabling fertilisation. @impvienna.bsky.social A #sciart and #scicomm 🧵