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Ali Seleit

@aliseleit.bsky.social
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Emmy-Noether funded junior group leader at the Faculty of Biology & CIBSS cluster of excellence at the University of Freiburg, Germany. Evo-Devo-Tempo | Developmental constraints | Medakas and eels seleit-lab.com

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CIBSS – Centre for Integrative Biological Signalling Studies @cibss.bsky.social · 15h
The @uni-freiburg.de is once again a University of Excellence!✨ This is a tremendous success for the entire University! At CIBSS, we are proud to have helped lay the foundations for this achievement together with #FutureForests. But something important has already emerged along the way:
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CIBSS – Centre for Integrative Biological Signalling Studies @cibss.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Join us for the next 📢 #CIBSS Seminar! 🗓 8 Oct 2026 | 12:00–13:00 👉 Dr. Vladyslav Bondarenko @vladbndk.bsky.social (Friedrich Miescher Institute for Biomedical Research @fmiscience.bsky.social) 📍 Lecture Hall, Institute of Biology I, Hauptstr. 1, Freiburg 🔗More info: kurzlinks.de/kfrc
Seminar announcement with photo of speaker.
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Ali Seleit @aliseleit.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
🐟 New preprint ! 🐟 For Hippo pathway aficionados. We generated a CRISPR/Cas9 mediated single-copy endogenous Yap1-mGreenLantern fusion protein in medaka to follow Yap1 dynamics in vivo, through embryogenesis and beyond. And it is such a beautiful line ! 🧵
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Spatio-temporal visualisation and manipulation of endogenous Yap1 in medaka
A key requirement to address fundamental questions in developmental biology is the ability to visualise and manipulate endogenous signalling proteins in vivo. Here we generate such an enabling experim...
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Ali Seleit @aliseleit.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
🐟 New preprint ! 🐟 For Hippo pathway aficionados. We generated a CRISPR/Cas9 mediated single-copy endogenous Yap1-mGreenLantern fusion protein in medaka to follow Yap1 dynamics in vivo, through embryogenesis and beyond. And it is such a beautiful line ! 🧵
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Spatio-temporal visualisation and manipulation of endogenous Yap1 in medaka
A key requirement to address fundamental questions in developmental biology is the ability to visualise and manipulate endogenous signalling proteins in vivo. Here we generate such an enabling experim...
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Braasch Lab @ Michigan State University @fishevodevogeno.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
TODAY: #EvoDevo Monday webinar!!! Last chance to register here: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
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PASEDB EvoDevoMondays Registration
Please use this form to register for the PASEDB EvoDevoMondays Early Career Research Webinar. Once you are registered, we will send you the Zoom link a few days ahead of the webinar. The next EvoDevo...
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Margarete Diaz Cuadros @mdiazcuadros.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
First preprint from the lab, led by @gabbov.bsky.social! We identify a metabolic bottleneck that helps set the pace of human development: low levels of the redox enzyme GPD1L limit NADH recycling. Boosting GPD1L mimics mouse cells and accelerates development! www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
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Teresa Rayon @trayon.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
‼️ Postdoc position open. We study how protein metabolism controls time. If you’re excited by this question, we’d love to hear from you! We’re looking for a motivated & collaborative researcher with a strong track record. 📅 30 September 2026 📢 Please share Apply here 👇👇
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Postdoctoral Research Scientist - Babraham
The lab investigates the molecular mechanisms that control biological timing in mouse and human stem cells (Azzi & Rayon, Curr Opinions 2024; Nakanoh et al., Dev Cell 2026). The central aim of this ex...
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Ali Seleit @aliseleit.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
It doesn't take a political genius to have seen this coming. The country is sleep-walking into a disaster. The current government is absent/useless. And the political class lost the narrative. A harbinger of dark times.
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Alejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 26/08/2026
I think every major company is looking at open weight AI models and realizing they can just bring them in house with an internal engineering team and cut out the frontier model companies to save money. They have more control and privacy. I really don't see frontier labs surviving this.
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Teresa Rayon @trayon.bsky.social · 15/08/2026
Our work on the role of the proteasome in developmental tempo is out!!!! 🐭⌛️👤⏳ Six years after identifying an association between protein stability and developmental tempo, we now demonstrate a causal link between protein turnover and developmental tempo through proteasomal degradation
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Dorothee Bornhorst-Ohmstede @dorotheeb.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
🚨 Hiring a PhD student! 🚨 Join my lab in Münster to investigate how vascular and lymphatic networks regulate gonad development and fertility using zebrafish, advanced imaging, CRISPR, and single-cell transcriptomics. 📅 Apply by 19 August 2026. #Zebrafish #VascularBiology #ReproductiveBiology
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CIBSS – Centre for Integrative Biological Signalling Studies @cibss.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
📣 #JobAlert The @biologyunifreiburg.bsky.social of @uni-freiburg.de invites applications for a position as Head of the Life Imaging Center (LIC) – the core facility for light microscopy. ❗ Application Deadline: 6 September, 2026 🔗 kurzlinks.de/2126 #Biology #LightMicroscopy #Imaging
Job alert for Head of Life Imaging Center with the application deadline (6 September).
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Ali Seleit @aliseleit.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
Brutal.
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Jan Lohmann @meristemania.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
Awesome Symposium coming up @cosheidelberg.bsky.social in September! Check it out - registration is free. www.cos.uni-heidelberg.de/en/cos-sympo...
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COS Symposium 2026 - Centre for Organismal Studies
Venue: Lecture hallCentre for Organismal Studies – Heidelberg UniversityIm Neuenheimer Feld 230
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CIBSS – Centre for Integrative Biological Signalling Studies @cibss.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
📣 #JobAlert The Faculty of Biology of @uni-freiburg.de invites applications for a Professorship (W3) for Bioinformatics and Molecular Genetics. ❗ Application Deadline: 15 August, 2026 🔗 kurzlinks.de/roi8 #Biology #Bioinformatics #MolecularGenetics
Job alert text with logo of University of Freiburg.
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Ali Seleit @aliseleit.bsky.social · 25/06/2026
@biorxiv-devbio.bsky.social Needs to quickly sever any official ties to this terrible idea. Otherwise this will lead to a loss of credibility. @richardsever.bsky.social
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CIBSS – Centre for Integrative Biological Signalling Studies @cibss.bsky.social · 25/06/2026
📣 #JobAlert The Faculty of Mathematics and Physics of @uni-freiburg.de invites applications for a Professorship (W3) for Theoretical Physics with focus on the physics of living systems. ❗ Application Deadline: 19 July, 2026 🔗https://kurzlinks.de/albi #TheoreticalPhysics #LivingSystems
Job alert for a full professorship for Theoretical Physics
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Ali Seleit @aliseleit.bsky.social · 17/06/2026
Cool work !
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PG Sanchez 🇵🇭🏳️‍🌈 (siya) @poljiology.bsky.social · 11/06/2026
Unplanned reunion with former @embldbunit.bsky.social labmates @aliseleit.bsky.social and @jorgelazaro.bsky.social at #EED2026!!
Posing in front of the University of Glasgow towerPhoto taken during the poster session
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Ali Seleit @aliseleit.bsky.social · 04/06/2026
The complete bureaucratization and corporatization (dare I say entshitification) of higher education. Trend called many years ago by the incredibly prescient David Graeber.
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Ali Seleit @aliseleit.bsky.social · 05/05/2026
(1/15) Thrilled to share new Evo-Devo work where we address the molecular, cellular & morphometric basis of an extreme axis segmentation program in the Japanese eel — an animal that forms 120 vertebrae.
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Miki Ebisuya @ebisuyamiki.bsky.social · 30/04/2026
We’re looking for a technician to join our lab in Dresden - help manage the lab and work with us on a cool 'stem cell zoo' comparison projects! 🐁🚶‍♀️🦏🐒 Apply by May 21! tud.link/wbqrwm
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MichaelMcMurray lab @mcmurraylab.bsky.social · 22/04/2026
Doing the periodic cleaning of used plasmid miniprep columns and realized in honor of Earth Day it may be worth reminding you molecular biologists: Plasmid miniprep columns can be cleaned and reused essentially indefinitely! Just add 1 M HCl, soak overnight and wash 3x w/ water. Save $ and plastic
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Ali Seleit @aliseleit.bsky.social · 21/04/2026
I love the comparative approach here. I think this is the way to go ! Again highlights the modularity of developmental processes Keeping the tempo of the clock the same but playing with initial conditions leads to variation in somite number.
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Ali Seleit @aliseleit.bsky.social · 20/04/2026
Really cool work ! Love the strong scaling of ZGA timing to genome size and egg volume. It's so simple and elegant. Highlights the strength of taking a comparative approach
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Ali Seleit @aliseleit.bsky.social · 24/03/2026
Very happy to announce that I will be joining the Faculty of Biology & @cibss.bsky.social at @uni-freiburg.de as an Emmy-Noether funded group leader. We will tackle the molecular and genetic basis of developmental timing and size control using diverse Oryzias species. We are hiring at all levels !
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Evo-Devo-Tempo Lab
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Joshua Frenster @joshifrenster.bsky.social · 24/03/2026
The Frenster Lab is here! 🍾 I am so excited to start my #EmmyNoether funded group at @uni-freiburg.de this summer. Our group studies #CellCompetition dynamics during embryonic development using #gastruloids from multiple species. Thanks to the @dfg.de for creating this opportunity! FrensterLab.com
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Frenster Lab | Cell Competition Dynamics
We study Cell Competition during Embryonic Development using 3D Gastruloids at the University of Freiburg. We view cells as interactive societies in development and cancer. Research, stem cells, Gastr...
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Ali Seleit @aliseleit.bsky.social · 26/02/2026
Enchanting ♥️ 🤍 🖤
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Ali Seleit @aliseleit.bsky.social · 24/02/2026
Endless Medakas most beautiful
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Molecular Biology and Evolution @molbioevol.bsky.social · 18/02/2026
Kon et al. performed WGS on 181 individuals of 86 ornamental Japanese medaka strains, tracing their origin to the Kansai–Setouchi region, and uncovered 3,328 genes associated with 26 phenotypes. 🔗 doi.org/10.1093/molbev/msag021 #evobio #molbio #medaka
MBE | Genomic consequences of domestication and the diversification of body coloration and morphology in ornamental medaka strains
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Ali Seleit @aliseleit.bsky.social · 05/02/2026
Excellent from Iza Ding on the Gaokao. "China’s gaokao factories and America’s college-industrial complex are not accidents. They are the logical outcome of a global system that has mistaken education for investment and human life for capital."
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Iza Ding · Studying is harmful: China sits the Gaokao
In a country plagued by corruption, China’s national college entrance exam, the gaokao, is remarkably clean. ‘Open...
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Virtual Gastrulation Zoom Talks @vgzt2021.bsky.social · 19/01/2026
Join us for the next VGZT, featuring complementary approaches to understanding dynamic tissue organization! 🗓️ Thursday, January 22nd ⏰ 9:30 PST / 12:30 EST / 17:30 GMT / 18:30 CET Our speakers are 👉 Chen Yuan Kam (@chenyuankam.bsky.social) 👉 Camilla Autorino (@cami-autorino.bsky.social)
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Ali Seleit @aliseleit.bsky.social · 14/12/2025
This is really cool !
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Ali Seleit @aliseleit.bsky.social · 09/12/2025
Congratulations Ido ! So well deserved ! Such an exciting research direction.
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Ali Seleit @aliseleit.bsky.social · 04/09/2025
Congrats Mike ! #TeamTempo
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Ali Seleit @aliseleit.bsky.social · 03/09/2025
The Sahel region (and sub-Saharan Africa generally) are so underrepresented. Given this region currently has the fastest population growth rates globally, that seems entirely unjustifiable.
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Ali Seleit @aliseleit.bsky.social · 03/09/2025
Great work by Ido and team !
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Leon Hilgers @leonhilgers.bsky.social · 24/07/2025
You link #phenotype 🦜 to #genotype 🧬 with #comparative #genomics 💻? This #review is for you 📜: authors.elsevier.com/sd/article/S... We review new #methods, remaining #challenges and #future directions and highlight recent key studies. Thanks @hillermich.bsky.social! Please share! 🙂
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Ali Seleit @aliseleit.bsky.social · 24/07/2025
Really interesting work by Sergio !
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Yad Ghavi-Helm @yghavi.bsky.social · 23/07/2025
📢 We are recruiting! Several projects are available and can be tailored to the candidate's profile. Most include confocal imaging/spatial OMICs technologies. Please share and RT 🙏
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Nat Prunet @nat-prunet.bsky.social · 27/06/2025
Incredible diversity of #pollen grains! Pollen autofluorescence acquired with @zeiss-microscopy.bsky.social #superresolution Airyscan & color-coded for depth #microscopy #bioimaging #bioart #sciart #botany #plantscience #fluorescencefriday
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Arvid Ågren @arvidagren.bsky.social · 27/06/2025
John Maynard Smith on natural history. (London Review of Books, April 1982)
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Camilla Autorino @cami-autorino.bsky.social · 11/06/2025
🔔 Proud to share the preprint of my PhD work in the Petridou group @nicolettapetridou.bsky.social @embl.org ✨ “A closed feedback between tissue phase transitions and morphogen gradients drives patterning dynamics” 🐟 🔁 📶 🔗 www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1... #devbio #biophysics 🧵⤵️
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Ali Seleit @aliseleit.bsky.social · 20/05/2025
really cool ! Can't wait to dig into this
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Laura Rustarazo-Calvo @laura-rustarazo.bsky.social · 19/05/2025
Join this week's VGZT seminar to explore evo-devo in eels and how rigidity transitions shape embryonic tissue organization! 🐟
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Ali Seleit @aliseleit.bsky.social · 19/05/2025
Come for the E(el)vo-Devo Stay for Laura's opto-tools
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Matthew L. Kraushar @matthewkraushar.bsky.social · 09/05/2025
As this @embo.org EvoDevoTempo Paris 2025 comes to close, my biggest takeaway message is that we absolutely must do this again! Cheers to the organizers and thanks for all the feedback on our work from the lovely Tempo community Until next ⏰ time ⏰
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Ali Seleit @aliseleit.bsky.social · 05/05/2025
good decision !
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Ali Seleit @aliseleit.bsky.social · 04/05/2025
Incredibly prescient
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Sasha Gusev @sashagusevposts.bsky.social · 04/05/2025
Number of genetic differences between random pairs of African individuals (black points) and a corresponding random European (blue points). 20 random samples. One instance: a person from Russia has fewer differences to a Kenyan than that same Kenyan to a Namibian.
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