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Rashmi Priya @rashmi-priya.bsky.social · 11/02/2026

Our latest with @torres-sanchez.bsky.social journals.biologists.com/dev/article-... Breaking isn’t always a bad thing! Think of birth, seed release... We highlight how living tissue not only tolerates fractures but actively fracture to grow, shape, reproduce, or adapt – across species and scales.

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Break to build: fracture as a unifying morphogenetic strategy

Summary: This Review presents mechanical fracture as a unifying morphogenetic strategy and describes how developmental systems actively exploit mechanical fracture to drive morphogenesis, reproduction...

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David Brückner @davidbrueckner.bsky.social · 05/01/2026

How can cells use information from neighboring cells to improve the spatial precision of morphogen patterns? 🤔 We show that cells can gain positional information by "talking" to their neighbors - how much depends critically on spatial correlations of the patterns. buff.ly/w56OUJT

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Anne Grapin-Botton @anne-grapin.bsky.social · 01/02/2026

The Elbe Program is offering positions for independent postdocs at the interface between theory (physics, maths, computing) and biology. Join us in Dresden! Deadline 13 March.

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Ricard Alert Zenón @ricardalert.bsky.social · 30/01/2026

New preprint! We show how mesoscopic nonequilibrium fluctuations in active gels emerge from the breaking of detailed balance at the molecular scale. Warning: Long technical paper ahead! Enjoy! @mpipks.bsky.social @ub.edu @ubics.bsky.social @icreacommunity.bsky.social arxiv.org/abs/2601.20483

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Dolf Weijers @dolfweijers.bsky.social · 28/01/2026

www.wur.nl/en/vacancy/f... Become our new colleague (and next door neighbor) and lead a chair/group/department of Biophysics at Wageningen University. Reach out to me for info and please spread!!!

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Full Professor and Chair Laboratory of Biophysics

We are looking for a Full Professor in the Biophysics chair group, part of Wageningen University & Research (WUR)

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Anne Grapin-Botton @anne-grapin.bsky.social · 22/01/2026

Congratulations to Rashmi and Karolina and also to the technology development studio of the MPI-CBG without whom the screen would not have been possible. If you are interested in high-content screening in organoid models, you may want to take a look.

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Zebrafish Rock! @zebrafishrock.bsky.social · 17/01/2026

We spy a few #zebrafish peeps as invited speakers 🤩

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Roux Lab, Geneva @rouxlab.bsky.social · 20/01/2026

@marineluciano.bsky.social recreates intestinal Villi geometry by growing epithelial cells on wavy rolling substrates. Unexpected intrication of curvature effects is observed. Thanks to all! @caterinatomba.bsky.social @sgabriele.bsky.social @sciencesunige.bsky.social www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...

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Development @dev-journal.bsky.social · 21/01/2026

Development Editor Jim Wells is attending the Takeda Science Foundation symposium, 'ORGANOID 4D: Development, Disease, Diversity and Discovery', starting on Friday 23 January. Use the opportunity to meet Jim and speak about publishing in Development. journals.biologists.com/dev/pages/ed...

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Editor, Development
Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, USA
“Most exciting discoveries happen at the junction between two disciplines, and two disciplines that I think really are a marriage made in heaven are developmental biology and biomedical engineering. I'd love to see more engineering-based principles applied to studying concepts in developmental biology.”

Key topics:
development and disease, organogenesis, patterning, stem cells, tissue engineering and organoids

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Anne Grapin-Botton @anne-grapin.bsky.social · 09/01/2026

Congratulations Alison and Brugues lab. It’s been amazing seeing the story developing over the years!

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Anne Grapin-Botton @anne-grapin.bsky.social · 09/01/2026

Congratulations to Byung Ho for spearheading this work and our HFSP team! Curious about the formation of networks of thin lumens and some physics behind it? Take a look at the paper. Byung Ho is looking for PI positions and he has amazing ideas and leadership. www.nature.com/articles/s41...

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Client Challenge

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Max Planck Institute of Molecular Cell Biology and Genetics @mpi-cbg.de · 11/12/2025

New research group leader @matthiasmuhar.bsky.social joins @mpi-cbg.de! 🥳 With his group "Functional genomics of proteome remodeling,” Matthias wants to pursue high-throughput genetic studies to understand how protein turnover is regulated. Welcome, Matthias! www.mpi-cbg.de/news-outreac...

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New research group leader for functional genomics

Molecular biologist Matthias Muhar becomes part of the MPI-CBG faculty

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Max Planck Institute for the Physics of Complex Systems @mpipks.bsky.social · 11/12/2025

How does an elastic line buckle within a curved surface? The answer, by @zhaoshh.bsky.social and @lepuslapis.bsky.social @mpipks.bsky.social @mpi-cbg.de @csbdresden.bsky.social, has now been #published @physrevlett.bsky.social: doi.org/10.1103/63py-ph5s

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Thomas Lecuit @thomaslecuit.bsky.social · 07/10/2025

Pleasure to announce the program of my new series of lectures at the College de France in Nov-Dec. Continuing on the theme of Biological information. I will focus on the computational aspects, building on David Marr's tri-level of analysis in biological systems. YouTube link sent when it starts.

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Max Planck Institute of Molecular Cell Biology and Genetics @mpi-cbg.de · 07/03/2025

We stand with our international colleagues today on their rallies to defend science as a public good and pillar of social, political, and economic progress. @standupforscience.bsky.social

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TUD | Center for Molecular and Cellular Bioengineering (CMCB) @cmcb-tud.bsky.social · 24/01/2025

🎉 Our Master’s programs are accredited until 2032! 🧬 Regenerative Biology and Medicine 🔬 Molecular Bioengineering 🌌 Physics of Life ✅ The programs went through internal quality check at TU Dresden and passed with flying colors! Applications open April 1! More info ➡️ tud.link/ynf76g #Masters #MSc

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International Society of Developmental Biology @isdb.bsky.social · 29/01/2025

‼️The Cell and Developmental Biology Department at UCL is looking for potential candidates for their Research Career Development Fellowships with a potential for tenure-track‼️ And believe it or not, UK Research Councils are not frozen🤗 Please spread the words! www.nature.com/naturecareer...

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Research Career Development Fellowships - England job with University College London (UCL) | 12835240

About us Research Career Development Fellowships in the Department of Cell and Developmental Biology, UCL: Expression of Interest for 2024 DEADLI...

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Pierre-François Lenne @pflenne.bsky.social · 17/01/2025

Excited to share that IBDM (Institut de Biologie du Développement de Marseille) is expanding its research groups this year! A great place for developmental biology and interdisciplinary research located on the beautiful Marseille-Luminy campus! Deadline for applications: March 30th, 2025

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Pierre Haas @lepuslapis.bsky.social · 08/01/2025

Applications are open for ELBE #postdoc fellowships @mpicbg.bsky.social @mpipks.bsky.social at the Center for Systems Biology Dresden! These are FANTASTIC opportunities for independent, interdisciplinary work in #biophysics, systems biology, ... Deadline: 14th February 2025!

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