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Deadline Extended! The ZDMS SciArt Competition 2026 is now accepting submissions until September 1, 2026! Win up to $300 for your scientific illustration or short film. Submit your work: www.zdmsociety.org/sci-art-competition #SciArt #Zebrafish #SciComm #STEMArt #DiseaseModels

In 2018, I had the opportunity as a PhD student to write a review about chemical waves with @ditalialab.bsky.social Looking back, this was such a fun and valuable experience. If you’re curious to know more about how chemical waves regulate signaling in cells and embryos, check out our review! 🌊

Journal of Cell Biology@jcb.org · 2w ago

@vdeneke.bsky.social and @ditalialab.bsky.social review how the spatiotemporal coordination of cellular functions across large distances is controlled by chemical waves. rupress.org/jcb/article/... 📕 Part of "Collective Behaviors and Self-Organization in Cells" rupress.org/jcb/collecti...

Happy to share the first preprint out of the Nomburg lab! Many aspects of cellular immunity are shared across the tree of life. Here, we show that some of these conserved aspects of cellular immunity are mirrored by conserved effectors of immune antagonism. Thread below! 1/15

bioRxiv Microbiology@biorxiv-microbiol.bsky.social · 2w ago

Conserved folds enable immune antagonism across the tree of life https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/2026.07.21.739742v1

Check out this cool paper from our former bench neighbors and now desk neighbors! 😎 Congrats Tomas and team!

Tomas Pachano@tomaspachano.bsky.social · last mo.

I am thrilled to share our paper out in @cp-cell.bsky.social : "Systematic Discovery of Pathogen Effector Functions across Human Pathogens and Pathways." (1/4) www.cell.com/cell/fulltex...

How do sperm and egg fuse? Surprisingly, we still don’t fully know… Our field has uncovered many pieces of the fertilization puzzle, but not how they fit together. We identify ✨ SPARK ✨ - a conserved sperm complex that couples sperm-egg binding to fusion. tinyurl.com/34cm4xat Read on! 🧵👇

🧬 New research from the Burga lab! We took a closer look at a rogue selfish protein and caught evolution in the act of turning something old into something radically new 💡 (a.k.a. neofunctionalization) @imbavienna.bsky.social www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6... Curious? Here’s a breakdown:

You are finishing your PhD and looking to continue in science? The Martin lab @biology-unige.bsky.social has an open postdoctoral position in cell biology to study cell-cell fusion. For more information, please consult mocel.unige.ch/research-gro.... Thanks for reposting!

Please share! My group at @zmbp-tuebingen.bsky.social is offering a post-doctoral position (4 years). We look for a structural biologist with experience in Cryo-EM/Cryo-ET to investigate the mechanisms of host invasion by pathogenic fungi. Deadline February 28th! uni-tuebingen.de/universitaet...

Mark your calendars for 2027! The best GRC is coming to Europe 🇳🇱 💥 Fertilization and Activation of Development 📍 Noordwijk, Netherlands 🗓️ July 31 - August 6, 2027 www.grc.org/fertilizatio... Can’t wait!

Luca Jovine@jovinelab.org · 6mo ago

Thrilled to announce that the GRC Fertilization and Activation of Development and associated GRS will come to Europe for the first time in 2027! Join us in Noordwijk, the Netherlands, 31 July–6 August 2027. Mark your calendars and help us spread the word! #GRC #GRS #Fertilization #Development

If you want to become an expert in #zebrafish research, apply for the 2026 Zebrafish Development & Genetics course! You will be working in small groups taught by leaders in the field, which can be a transformative experience! Application deadline: March 2 www.mbl.edu/education/ad...

I am happy to share that my postdoctoral work in the @gerlichlab.bsky.social at @imbavienna.bsky.social is finally out 🎉! Our study reveals how cohesin guides focused and accurate homology search. Read more 👉 www.science.org/doi/10.1126/... Follow along for key insights and updates! 🧵

Cohesin guides homology search during DNA repair using loops and sister chromatid linkages

Accurate repair of DNA double-strand breaks (DSBs) is essential for genome stability, and defective repair underlies diseases such as cancer. Homologous recombination uses an intact homologous sequenc...

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Applications for the 2026 Vienna BioCenter Summer School Program are now open! Please share this opportunity with talented undergrads or Masters students interested in broadening their research experience in molecular biology in the heart of Europe 🧬

Vienna BioCenter Scientific Training@vbcscitraining.bsky.social · 9mo ago

The Vienna BioCenter Summer School 2026 call is now open for talented undergrads, it's a great opportunity for students who are interested in graduate study in the life sciences. Please RT https://training.vbc.ac.at/summer-school/

🌍Open call: Junior Group Leader positions! Join a world-class biomedical research institute at the heart of the Vienna BioCenter, where curiosity drives discovery. Lead your own lab, pursue bold ideas, and shape the future of science at the IMP: www.imp.ac.at/career/open-...

Check out this episode on the Future of Fertility featuring @gunes-taylor.bsky.social - loved every second of it and learned so much!

@gunes-taylor.bsky.social · 9mo ago

🎧crack on the latest episode of ‘A Question of Science - What is the Future of Fertility’ for my hot takes on follicles, female fertility & how finding the moment (or even the willing males) to procreate is an issue IVF / egg freezing can’t fix for females with careers 🤫👇link below (lmk ur thoughts)

I am excited to announce that I will be moving to IMB Mainz next year! The Winter call for the IPP PhD program is now open; if you are interested in maternal #mRNA regulation and #translation in early vertebrate development, please apply! Deadline: 16 October. More info: www.imb.de/students-pos...

Know someone who fits this description? 🎯 Trained in the Global North 🏡 Returned to Latin America 🧪 Leads a research lab Nominate them: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

I’m so happy to share a project very close to my ❤️ launching this September: Atlas de Científicxs Latinoamericanxs que Inspiran ✨ We’re currently collecting nominations! This atlas spotlights researchers from LATAM who trained in the North & returned home to lead labs. Here’s why this matters 🧵👇

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! 🥚

If you have the means, please help this vital resource. Any contribution will help sustain @flybase.bsky.social during this difficult time. Thanks for your consideration 🙏 #ThatsHowWeShoal 🔗 to donate: www.philanthropy.cam.ac.uk/give-to-camb...

Mark A. Hanson@hansonmark.bsky.social · last yr.

URGENT: FlyBase has lost practically all its funding overnight; even user fees are tied up in denied grant funding. 🤬🤯 Any lab using @flybase.bsky.social please donate using the link in post below. This incredible community, on whose backs our #Drosophila labs depend, can't be left out to dry.

A heartfelt thank you to @izfs.bsky.social for this incredible honor! I'm so grateful to receive an award in memory of Dr. Chi-Bin Chien, an inspiring scientist and pioneer in the zebrafish community 🐟💙

International Zebrafish Society@izfs.bsky.social · last yr.

We are excited to announce the winner of the Chi-Bin Chien Award, Dr. Victoria Deneke! See more about Dr. Deneke and the CBC Award here: www.izfs.org/news/congrat... @impvienna.bsky.social @vdeneke.bsky.social

👩‍🔬 @idajentoft.bsky.social won a Birnstiel Award for her outstanding doctoral research in 2023. Do you know an exceptional PhD student? The Birnstiel Award has an open call! 📅 Nominate by 30 June: www.imp.ac.at/achievements... @viennabiocenter.bsky.social

Happy 25th birthday, @gmivienna.bsky.social! Thank you for an amazing party last night, here’s to another 25 years of plant-astic science! 🌱

🚨 PhD position open! 🚨 Join our team at the Medical University of Vienna to study glycan regulation in mammary organoids, milk, and breast cancer. Details in the image – please share! 🧬✨

Delighted that our work on positional memory is now published. We asked how axolotl cells 'know' which part of the limb to regenerate after injury. www.nature.com/articles/s41... A joy to work with super team Sarah Plattner, Yuka Sugiura, Francisco Falcon and Elly Tanaka. 🧵1/14

If you’re a scientist who values strong institutional support, join us! The GMI is currently hiring new Group Leader positions, including a Junior Group Leader to lead an independent research group addressing fundamental questions in molecular plant biology. Links below.

There’s now a MedakaBase paper that you can cite, courtesy of @kurakulabmsm.bsky.social 🐠 🔗 to MedakaBase: medakabase.nbrp.jp

bioRxiv Genomics@biorxiv-genomic.bsky.social · last yr.

Empowering medaka fish biology with versatile genomic resources in MedakaBase https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.05.13.653297v1

💡 Considering starting your own research group? ➡️ Apply to IMBA! Amazing support for research groups and located in beautiful Vienna. Feel free to reach out if you have questions!

Institute of Molecular Biotechnology@imbavienna.bsky.social · last yr.

IMBA is recruiting a Junior Group Leader! Are you interested in starting your own lab, pursuing curiosity-driven basic research in the life sciences? Apply by May 18: imba.science/beagroupleader #hiring #biology #research #groupleader #europe

Kristina Stapornwongkul and Sven Klumpe are new IMBA Group Leaders starting in 2025. Who will join IMBA in 2026? IMBA is hiring a Junior Group Leader. Apply to the position by May 18: imba.science/beagroupleader #hiring #biology #research #groupleader #europe

⭐ Faculty for the Future Fellows ⭐ Interesting opportunity for women scientists from the world’s developing and emerging economies schlumbergerfoundation.com/eligibility-...