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Rafael D. Acemel @rdacemel.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

The Acemel lab is #hiring!! :) We are looking for a PhD student to join us at @cabd-upo-csic.bsky.social to study developmental plasticity, epigenetics and evolution using medaka 🐟 and AI models 💻 . Deadline for applications 4th of September. See more details 👇

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Michael Sars Centre @msarscentre.bsky.social · 03/06/2026

Last but not least in our #MSS2026 speaker lineup reveal, our very own Jonas Brandenburg @jmbrandenburg.bsky.social will be sharing his work on the effect on temperature on development at the single-cell level in the sea squirt Ciona 🌊 We are ready and excited for a great day tomorrow 🤩

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Michael Sars Centre @msarscentre.bsky.social · 22/05/2026

It's a wrap on the Jacques Monod Conference on Developmental regulation #CJM26 🙌 The Sars delegation @jmbrandenburg.bsky.social, @chiaracastelletti.bsky.social, @noahbruderer.bsky.social, Max Jordi Makem Pekouankouang and @lionlchristiaen.bsky.social had a great time in #SunnyRoscoff ☀️

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Michael Sars Centre @msarscentre.bsky.social · 02/02/2026

We are thrilled to announce that registration is now open for the Michael Sars Symposium 2026, co-organized with @cbubergen.bsky.social 🙌 Join us on June 4 in Bergen for a day of fantastic talks, with a focus on living systems in a variable ocean 🌊 🔗 tinyurl.com/joinMSS2026

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Michael Sars Symposium 2026
Living systems in a variable ocean
In collaboration with the Computational Biology Unit, UiB
June 4, 2026, Media City Bergen

SPEAKERS
Anne-Claude Gavin, Université de Genève
Christian Jørgensen, Dept. of Biological Sciences, UiB
Matthew Rockman, New York University
Isabella Graf, EMBL Heidelberg
Tom Michoel, Computational Biology Unit, UiB
Anthony Mathelier, NCMBM, University of Oslo
Susanna Röblitz, Computational Biology Unit, UiB
Boris Lenhard, Imperial College London
Jonas Brandenburg, Michael Sars Centre, UiB

ORGANIZERS
Lionel Christian, Michael Sars Centre, UiB
Nathalie Reuter, Computational Biology Unit, UiB

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Lionel Christiaen, PhD (he/him/his) @lionlchristiaen.bsky.social · 04/11/2025

Could not be more happy/proud/relieved to finally see this longstanding study published. Bluetorial to follow. @msarscentre.bsky.social Cell cycle-driven transcriptome maturation confers multilineage competence to cardiopharyngeal progenitors | The EMBO Journal www.embopress.org/doi/full/10....

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Cell cycle-driven transcriptome maturation confers multilineage competence to cardiopharyngeal progenitors | The EMBO Journal

imageimageDuring development, multipotent cardiopharyngeal progenitors express both cardiac and pharyngeal muscle transcriptional programs. This study in the tunicate Ciona shows that cell cycle-regul...

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Michael Sars Centre @msarscentre.bsky.social · 26/06/2025

We are thrilled to announce the launch of the Michael Sars Visitors Program! ✨🧪 To spark new connections, we are opening our doors to visiting researchers who wish to conduct a project in #SunnyBergen. Applications are open, help us spread the word!

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Introducing the Michael Sars Visitors Program

The Michael Sars Centre is launching a Visitors Program designed to foster scientific exchange and collaborations across disciplines.

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EMBL @embl.org · 15/05/2025

With rapid changes in our environment and climate, there's an urgent need to better understand living systems and their interactions, going beyond the few well-established ‘model’ organisms. A recent EMBO | EMBL Symposium explored how we might do that. Learn more: www.embl.org/news/science...

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Michael Sars Centre @msarscentre.bsky.social · 11/04/2025

Congratulations to Jonas Brandenburg from @lionlchristiaen.bsky.social lab for a great talk today at the #EESWildModels Symposium 🤩👏 Jonas presented his latest work on the impact of temperature on #Ciona development 🌡️ @events.embl.org @embo.org 📸 Joergen Benjaminsen

Jonas Brandenburg presents a talk in a conference room. A slide is projected on the wall that reads "Warming oceans impact marine life", with a picture of a bleached coral and a temperature graph with increasing values.

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EMBL Events @events.embl.org · 08/04/2025

Welcome to Day 1️⃣ of the 'Wild frontiers of model organisms'! #EESWildModels 🐠🔬 🔹Opening remarks by Flora Vincent 🙌🏼 🔹The first talk of the day: 'Unlocking nature’s arsenal: investigating phage-bacteria dynamics in aquatic ecosystems for sustainable aquaculture' presented by Frédérique Le Roux

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