Researchers at #UniJena have reconstructed a key mechanism of embryonic development in cnidarians. As the team led by Prof. Dr Andreas Hejnol demonstrated, a specific group of cells in these animals sends signals that determine the body axes. ➡️ uni-jena.de/en/genetic-bl…

@shumpei-yamakawa.bsky.social Barf & @hejnol.bsky.social show that loss of cdysone receptor genes is not exceptional in Caenorhabditis, but has occurred at least 3 times in Rhabditina and Tylenchina nematodes. 🔗 doi.org/10.1093/molbev/msag102 #evobio #molbio #celegans

Multiple losses of ecdysone receptor genes in nematodes: an alternative evolutionary scenario of molting regulation

Abstract. Molting is a hallmark feature of ecdysozoans, including arthropods, tardigrades, and nematodes. Ecdysone hormones play a crucial role in regulati

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Here’s the last major paper from the PhD of @paulknabl.bsky.social. We were trying to understand what BMP signaling does in the sea anemone Nematostella when it is not patterning its second body axis. Check out Part 1 in BMC Biol. 2025; and here's is our Part 2 journals.plos.org/plosbiology/...

The anti-neural role of BMP signaling is a consequence of its ancestral function in dorsoventral patterning

Bilaterian animals with centralized nervous systems have patterns of BMP signaling activity gradient that suggest an “anti-neural” ancestral role, but the evidence for this remains unclear. This study...

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Exciting VGZT session this week! 🎉 🗓️ Thursday, May 7th ⏰ 9:30 PDT / 12:30 EDT / 17:30 BST / 18:30 CEST Our speakers are 👉 Rui Yan 👉 Bruno Vellutini (@bruvellu.bsky.social) See you there! 👋

Honored and very grateful to receive the GfE PhD Award 2026! Many thanks to GfE for the recognition of our work! This would not have been possible without the guidance of my supervisor @genikhovich.bsky.social and the many amazing collaborators and colleagues who contributed along the way ❤️.#GfE2026

Gesellschaft für Entwicklungsbiologie e.V.@gfeev.bsky.social · 5mo ago

The GfE PhD Award 2026 goes to Tatiana Lebedeva (@tclebedeva.bsky.social) for her outstanding contribution to developmental biology. She presents the topic of her thesis on the "Role of β-Catenin signaling in germ layer specification in Cnidaria". #GfE2026

🚨JOB ALERT🚨PLEASE SPREAD and RT Searching for a motivated Master’s student @bokelab.bsky.social @crg.eu @prbb.org to investigate how proteostasis in oocytes influences dormancy and fertility. Reach out to me (adriano.bolondi@crg.es) to join us in sunny Barcelona! See details below👇

Join us for next week’s exciting VGZT session! 🎉 🗓️ Thursday, March 5th ⏰ 9:30 PST / 12:30 EST / 17:30 UTC / 17:30 GMT / 18:30 CET Our speakers are 👉 David Mörsdorf (@davidmoersdorf.bsky.social) 👉 Lakshmi Balasubramaniam (@lakshmib02.bsky.social) See you there! 👋

Two funded PhD positions investigating the evolution of sarcomeres @ibdm.bsky.social in @biancah0406.bsky.social and our lab, together with @cnidevo.bsky.social - Interested to explore how similar or different Jellyfish sarcomeres are to Drosophila or human ones? www.ibdm.univ-amu.fr/ibdm_job/2-a...

🚨 PhD position in annelid genomics (EuroWorm) 🚨 If you love biodiversity, evolution & bioinformatics — apply or share! 🪱🧬 Details here: www.senckenberg.de/de/stellenan... #PhD #Genomics #Annelida #MarineBiology #EuroWorm

First paper of my PhD published 🎉 doi.org/10.1186/s129... It's about immunity in acoel worms and its link to photosymbiosis. There's evolution and immune gene expression, but also mortality, dysbiosis, and host responses upon pathogen exposure. With @hejnol.bsky.social and @rimskaya.bsky.social!

Absence of conserved immune signalling pathways and increased pathogen susceptibility associated to photosymbiosis in acoels - BMC Biology

Background Host immunity plays an important role in coral symbiosis with dinoflagellates. Photosymbiosis (the association between hosts and photosynthetic endosymbionts) has evolved multiple times wit...

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Join us next week for the second Eastern VGZT of the season! 🤩 🗓️ Wednesday, December 10th ⏰ 9:00 UTC / 9:00 GMT / 10:00 CET / 14:30 IST / 18:00 JST / 20:00 AEDT Our speakers are: 👉 Guojun Sheng 👉 Jennifer Zenker See you there! ✨

Open postdoc position at @sangerinstitute.bsky.social Tree of Life to contribute to the Biodiversity Cell Atlas, with a focus on spatial transcriptomics. Apply by January 4 sanger.wd103.myworkdayjobs.com/en-GB/Wellco... Please share with anyone who might be interested!

The Marine Biological Association is now accepting applications for the Molly Spooner Studentship, a paid summer research opportunity for undergraduate students interested in hands-on marine biology.

We are excited to announce the first Eastern ☀️VGZT session for this season!✨🎉 📅Tomorrow, November 12th ⏰ 9:00 UTC / 9:00 GMT / 10:00 CET / 14:30 IST / 18:00 JST / 20:00 AEDT Our speakers are: 👉Sameer Thukral (on X: @SameerThukral6) 👉Axel Newton (on X: @AxelHNewton) See you on tomorrow☕️👋

🚨 Join us TODAY for two really exciting talks on the emergence of the fractal bronchial tree and tortoise/ crocodile head scale patterning!🚨 @rorylcooper.bsky.social @maltemederacke.bsky.social

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...

🪸 🪸 🪸 Postdoc position in my group at Bristol to study the role of venom in surviving environmental stress in corals! 🪸 Interested in venom biochemistry and coral ecology?Please apply by November 24! @bristolbiosci.bsky.social www.bristol.ac.uk/jobs/find/de...

📢 7th Morphology Meeting (formerly known as Young Researcher Meeting Morphology) 📍 Jena, 25–28 Feb 2026 📝 Register & submit abstracts by 30 Nov 2025 👉 www.animalphysiol.uni-jena.de/132/7th-morp...

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We are looking for new colleagues to come join us in Galway as group leaders (Junior and Senior). The Centre for Chromosome Biology is a great place and it is a good time to join. Please reach out if you want to chat about the opportunity! www.nature.com/naturecareer...

David’s @davidmoersdorf.bsky.social cool paper about the role of Chordin in BMP signaling in the sea anemone Nematostella is finally out www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

Chordin-mediated BMP shuttling patterns the secondary body axis in a cnidarian

Chordin-mediated BMP shuttling is the candidate mechanism for generating bilateral symmetry in the cnidarian-bilaterian ancestor.

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Join us for talks by Ramkumar Sambasivan & @mundhegayatri.bsky.social in the upcoming VGZT Eastern session ☀️☕ 🗓️ Wednesday June 11 ⏰ 13:30 IST / 17:00 JST / 8:00 UTC / 10:00 CET

Virtual Gastrulation Zoom Talks@vgzt2021.bsky.social · last yr.

The next VGZT Eastern session ☀️☕ is happening next week: 🗓️ Wednesday June 11 ⏰ 13:30 IST / 17:00 JST / 8:00 UTC / 10:00 CET Our speakers: Ramkumar Sambasivan 👉 Retinoic acid, Wnt/β-catenin signaling & mesoderm patterning Gayatri Mundhe 👉 Biochemical and mechanical control of a morphogenetic wave

Do you want to understand how developmental programs are encoded in animal genomes? Join our lab at the @szndohrn.bsky.social for a PhD project to unravel the developmental dynamics in sea urchins during the metamorphosis from larva to juvenile. Deadline JUNE 14th! www.szn.it/index.php/it...

A dream come true: the first expansion microscopy images of C. flexa 🤩 Generated by Mylan & Uzuki who learned from the best (@hiralshah.bsky.social @gautamdey.bsky.social @dudinlab.bsky.social). We will learn so much from these!

Featured image with Allan Carrillo-Baltodano This is an image of a larva of a phoronid worm. To swim, the larva propels itself using cilia 💃 Find out about @allancarbal.bsky.social and his #EvoDevo research on marine annelids: thenode.biologists.com/featured-ima...

Thanks @the-node.bsky.social for highlighting the little larva I imaged. Always nice to see marine invertebrates, specially spiralians, in the spotlight Late #WormWednesday #EvoDevo #DevBio

the Node@the-node.bsky.social · last yr.

Featured image with Allan Carrillo-Baltodano This is an image of a larva of a phoronid worm. To swim, the larva propels itself using cilia 💃 Find out about @allancarbal.bsky.social and his #EvoDevo research on marine annelids: thenode.biologists.com/featured-ima...

My group is hiring a new Postdoc to work on gene regulation and chromatin in Nematostella. Please RT! For more information see here: gahanlab.com tinyurl.com/34xke35d

🚨Registration for the UK #EvoDevo meeting is open! Join us on July 11th in London to enjoy an exciting day of talks, posters, friends, and superb science! -Registration (only £5!): shorturl.at/9cQGL -More info: londonevodevo.ac.uk

Ambitious students interested in our attractive joint Master program "Evolutionary Genomics and Systems Biology" at the University of Vienna and the VetMed Uni should apply: studieren.univie.ac.at/en/degree-pr... Deadline April 7! The Bachelor only needs to be completed by September. Spread the word

Evolutionary Genomics and Systems Biology (Master)

Evolutionary Genomics and Systems Biology (Master)

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The last chapter of my PhD is finally out! Huge thanks to my supervisor @genikhovich.bsky.social for supporting “at first glance, stupid ideas” — which turned into a nice paper! That was so much fun!

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Evolution of developmental mechanisms, especially axial patterning. Experimental embryology. 🪸🪼

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@genikhovich.bsky.social · last yr.

Tanya's @tclebedeva.bsky.social paper on endomesoderm specification in the beta-catenin-negative area of the Nematostella embryo is out! www.nature.com/articles/s41...

We offer three new positions to join BCA Phase 0: 1. A full-stack developer to work on the BCA database with @ebi.embl.org 2. A senior research technician to develop sc methods 3. A bioinformatician to analyze new atlases with @sangerinstitute.bsky.social Details below. Please, share and repost.

Our atlas of BMP signaling activity in adult Nematostella is finally out! Fantastic, meticulous work and beautiful illustrations by @paulknabl.bsky.social Thanks, @fwf-at.bsky.social for funding our work! bmcbiol.biomedcentral.com/articles/10....

A whole-body atlas of BMP signaling activity in an adult sea anemone - BMC Biology

Background BMP signaling is responsible for the second body axis patterning in Bilateria and in the bilaterally symmetric members of the bilaterian sister clade Cnidaria—corals and sea anemones. Howev...

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