Happy that the first part of my postdoctoral work with @ritamateus.bsky.social is out! Check it out to learn how electrical signals are generated, sensed and transmitted in living tissues, and why it matters for organ growth and regeneration.

Rita Mateus@ritamateus.bsky.social · 6mo ago

New paper alert!🤩Super proud that our story led by superstar postdocs @liujinghui.bsky.social and @nerlielisa.bsky.social is finally out! We found how electrical signals are key for promoting organ regenerative growth!!! A thread 🧵https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/sciadv.aec0687

Check out the tour de force by @jalehtimaki.bsky.social in its final form: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... . An elegant combination of transcriptomics, F0 screens and high end imaging unravels the cues that guide cells (here retinal horizontal cells) in an increasingly crowded tissue. #proudPI

Spatiotemporal coordination of Slit-Robo repulsion and neurturin-Gfrα attraction guides multipolar migration during retinal lamination

Multipolar migration is a conserved neuronal migration mode in the developing brain, enabling emerging neurons to navigate in crowded environments and…

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We have a fully funded 3y postdoc position open!!!! Come join us @mpi-cbg.de and @poldresden.bsky.social to understand the role of Membranes in Controlling Biogenic Crystallization :) this is part of our #HFSP funded project with @noemijimenezrojo.bsky.social and @vmonje.bsky.social! Applications👇

Max-Planck-Gesellschaft@maxplanck.de · 11mo ago

The #MaxPlanckPostdocProgram offers a guaranteed contract of at least 3 years, targeted mentoring, and career workshops. The call for applications is open now! 🚀 Take advantage of this opportunity and browse the job vacancies. www.mpg.de/en/max-planc...

Hot off the press!!! Proudly presenting our lab's new review on how do cells communicate to control organ size :) We focus specially on dynamic connections that operate at different timescales to regulate organ growth and morphogenesis. #devbio #SizeandShape www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Start-Shape-Stop: Cell communication mechanisms controlling organ size

Accurate growth control is critical for the achievement of proportional organs during animal development and repair processes. Either extra or deficie…

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Check out @jalehtimaki.bsky.social and @nordenlab.bsky.social super cool latest work! We always wondered how horizontal cells "know" where to go despite lacking attachments. Turns out they need guidance cues from two different cell types... horizontal cells are the most social cells in the eye!

Jaakko Lehtimäki@jalehtimaki.bsky.social · last yr.

Interested in cell migration yet bored of the canonical translocation modes? 😴 Don’t worry — we @nordenlab.bsky.social with @aiopticalbiolab.bsky.social have multipolar migration back in stock! No need to follow the other cells: extend long protrusions and roam more freely🪼 in the crowded brain.

Behind many scientists is a lifetime of invisible, unsustainable costs. From unpaid internships to underpaid postdocs, the economic toll of a STEM career is staggering—and it's pushing talent out. My new perspective explores this crisis. #STEM #AcademicBlueSky journals.plos.org/plosbiology/...

A reminder in these hard times. #sciencestrong

Thirty-six institute staff members in nine tems participated in the REWE Team Challenge Dresden on Wednesday evening, May 28. Congratulations to all participants! 🎉 www.mpi-cbg.de/news-outreac...

MPI-CBG participates in Dresden 5K running event

Nine teams ran REWE Team Challenge Dresden 2025

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So much fun and Fishful Thinking while running 5km 😊🏃‍♀️ #ReweTeamChallenge2025 @mpi-cbg.de @poldresden.bsky.social

Great quantitative tools for small molecules and ions concentrations and dynamics, developed together with the @nadlerlab.bsky.social! And it is always great to collaborate with friends @sascha-kuhn.bsky.social :)

André Nadler@nadlerlab.bsky.social · last yr.

Meet GEQO: Genetically-encoded biosensors for absolute small-molecule quantification in single cells brought to you by @sascha-kuhn.bsky.social. For simple absolute quantification of your favourite small molecule or ion, head on over to @bioarxiv and read our new preprint: doi.org/10.1101/2025...

Yes, that is me, for those who did not yet know. This was not planned but I am very happy to go 'home' even though I will miss a lot about Portugal. If you still want to visit, hurry, otherwise see you in Cambridge. If you want to know more contact me directly. www.pdn.cam.ac.uk/news/dr-care...

How can organs regenerate fast? Bioelectricity helps -- by coupling sub-second electrical injury signals to regenerative proliferation. First preprint from my potsdoc :D with @liujinghui.bsky.social @ritamateus.bsky.social @mpi-cbg.de and collaborators @mpipks.bsky.social @csbdresden.bsky.social

bioRxivpreprint@biorxivpreprint.bsky.social · last yr.

Injury-induced electrochemical coupling triggers regenerative cell proliferation https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.04.03.647033v1

Had a wonderful time at the Physics of Life Conference in Harrogate, UK with lots of great science and insightful talks like the one from @nerlielisa.bsky.social Thanks @physicsoflifeuk.bsky.social for organizing and the poster price :-)

Felicissima di far parte di questo progetto con le scuole! #womeninstem #science

Penne Amiche della Scienza@penneamiche.bsky.social · last yr.

💡 Oggi è la Giornata Internazionale delle Donne e delle Ragazze nella Scienza. 👩‍🔬Solo il 33% dei laureati STEM nel mondo è donna e il divario cresce lungo la carriera. 🌏Il 72% delle partecipanti al nostro progetto sono donne, mostrando alle classi un mondo in cui le scienziate sono protagoniste

"Cacio e pepe" physics: In arxiv.org/abs/2501.00536v1, eight Italian scientists from the Max Planck Institute for the Physics of Complex Systems explain the physics behind a perfect dish of "cacio e pepe" and how to eschew the dreaded "mozzarella phase" - work featured @nytimes.com.

So happy to see that one of my favourite microscopy images from my PhD in the @nordenlab.bsky.social is the screensaver and desktop image of the computers in the @gimmfoundation.bsky.social microcopy facility :) Is this the eye of Sauron or the eye of Caren?