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Mounia Lagha

@laghalab.bsky.social
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Developmental biologist working at CNRS/IGMM/University of Montpellier, interested by gene regulation in drosophila embryos. we use quantitative imaging to monitor mRNA lifecycle.

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Jean Léon Maître @maitrejl.bsky.social · 09/06/2026
That's right! EQDB made it all the way to Japan 🇯🇵! Many thanks to @laghalab.bsky.social @juliebatut.bsky.social @robinjournot.bsky.social @leopoldlab.bsky.social @clotilde-cadart.bsky.social Vincent, Emma, Miquel, Clara and Kai! Join us @sfbd.bsky.social for more outreach activities
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Mounia Lagha @laghalab.bsky.social · 10/06/2026
I am looking forward to these exciting discussions
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IGMM-Montpellier @igmm-montpel.bsky.social · 15/04/2026
🧬📖 En page de couverture de Development : publication de Louise Maillard @lmaillard.bsky.social (équipe Mounia Lagha @laghalab.bsky.social) et ses collaborateurs ! 🔬✨ Un très beau travail d’équipe 👏 @dev-journal.bsky.social @biologists.bsky.social journals.biologists.com/dev/article/...
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Mitotic reactivation and transcriptional bursting govern transcriptional noise in the early Drosophila embryo
Summary: Transcriptional variability in developing Drosophila embryos is time dependent, peaking after mitosis due to nucleus-to-nucleus differences in post-mitotic reactivation timings, and declining...
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Jean Léon Maître @maitrejl.bsky.social · 10/11/2025
Want to join a happy bunch 🥳 to organise meetings, outreach activities and other initiatives about developmental biology in France? Apply and/or vote 🗳️!
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Jean Léon Maître @maitrejl.bsky.social · 05/12/2025
🤩 Tickets booked!!!
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Filipa Simões @simoesfilipa.bsky.social · 21/10/2025
Excited to take part on this @embo.org workshop - register now and see you in Haining! Thanks @yanlanmao.bsky.social for putting together such an interdisciplinary programme! 🧪
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CNRS Biologie @cnrsbiologie.bsky.social · 29/09/2025
#ResultatScientifique 🔎| Faire taire les gènes est aussi crucial que les activer : le répresseur Snail révèle son rôle essentiel dans le développement embryonnaire 🧬 ✍️ @laghalab.bsky.social et Ovidiu Radulescu 📕 @natcomms.nature.com | buff.ly/pmtzA1t
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L’art délicat de faire taire les gènes
Le développement embryonnaire ne requiert pas uniquement l’activation des gènes, mais également une régulation fine de leur répression.
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paveltomancak.bsky.social @paveltomancak.bsky.social · 04/09/2025
We are all super happy and proud to see our work on the function and evolution of the #cephalic #furrow published in @nature.com. Let me say a few things about the background and history of this work on the #Evolution_of_Morphogenesis (1/12)
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paveltomancak.bsky.social @paveltomancak.bsky.social · 04/09/2025
We had #four interdisciplinary teams, integrating dev-bio, evolution, tissue mechanics, and biophysical modeling, all going full throttle to understand the #CF. Still, it took more than 7 years to publish two papers back-to-back (10/12) www.nature.com/articles/s41... www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Patterned invagination prevents mechanical instability during gastrulation - Nature
In Drosophila, the cephalic furrow counteracts mechanical stress as the developing head and the trunk tissues meet, providing evidence for how mechanical forces influence the evolution of morphog...
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Jean Léon Maître @maitrejl.bsky.social · 16/06/2025
📣Join us for the DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY COURSE @institutcurie.bsky.social @sorbonne-universite.fr We have fantastic speakers and registration is free! training.institut-curie.org/courses/deve... @karinayaniv.bsky.social @doetschlab.bsky.social @eileen-furlong.bsky.social @jesseveenvliet.bsky.social
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Olena Zhulyn @ozhulyn.bsky.social · 09/08/2025
We’re #hiring! 2 #post-doc positions for an interdisciplinary project funded by the @hfspo.bsky.social in #axolotl and #Drosophila #wound healing at @sickkidsto.bsky.social #Canada and @umontpellier.bsky.social #France @laghalab.bsky.social. Share and apply here: www.nature.com/naturecareer...
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Interdisciplinary Post-doctoral fellowships (2 positions) in wound healing - Toronto (City), Ontario (CA) job with The Hospital for Sick Children - Developmental & Stem Cell Biology Program | 1284...
Two Postdoc positions to identify & visualize translation dynamics & function of proteins that drive epithelial cell migration during wound healing.
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IGMM-Montpellier @igmm-montpel.bsky.social · 28/07/2025
🚀 @hfspo.bsky.social funded Postdoc 3-year contract Start after Dec 2025 📩 Apply: mounia.lagha@igmm.cnrs.fr Subject: "[HFSP Post doc application]" 📎 CV + short research summary + cover letter 🔗 More info: euraxess.ec.europa.eu/jobs/363437 @laghalab.bsky.social @umontpellier.bsky.social @cnrs.fr
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A PhD in biology, biophysics or a closely related field is required by the start of the appointment. Interdisciplinary profiles are strongly encouraged to apply.
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Mounia Lagha @laghalab.bsky.social · 28/07/2025
#jobAlert We are hiring! If you like #imaging ,gene regulation and a dynamic group please apply. We are looking for a research assistant with a master degree and prior experience in academia.
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Masa A. Shimazoe @masaashimazoe.bsky.social · 18/07/2025
And again, Fantastic meeting! 🔬 Single-molecule studies are advancing biology into new territory—thrilled to be involved. 💡 #EMBLSingleMolecule
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Mounia Lagha @laghalab.bsky.social · 19/07/2025
It was a great meeting. I hope we can do it again in 2 years. #EMBLsinglemolecule. Single mol omics and imaging is very promising combo to dissect gene regulation.
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EMBL Events @events.embl.org · 18/07/2025
📸 The photo gallery from the conference is live on the online event platform! Head over to check out the highlights, relive the best moments, and see if you can spot yourself in the crowd 👀✨ Thanks again to everyone who made it such a memorable event! #EMBLSingleMolecule
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Masa A. Shimazoe @masaashimazoe.bsky.social · 18/07/2025
Honored to receive 1st Place Poster Award 🏆 at the EMBL meeting "Gene Regulation: One Molecule at a Time"! Thank you to all who visited and engaged in exciting discussions. Grateful to the organizers for an excellent event! #EMBLSingleMolecule
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EMBL Events @events.embl.org · 17/07/2025
🗨️💡Great conversations during well-attended lunch time panel discussions at #EMBLSingleMolecule Panel 1️⃣: Single molecule genomics data analysis Chair: @stirlingchurchman.bsky.social Panel 2️⃣: Single molecule microscopy data analysis Chairs: @laghalab.bsky.social, Dan Larson @arnaudkr.bsky.social
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EMBL Events @events.embl.org · 15/07/2025
🍪 Taking a breather at 'Gene regulation: one molecule at a time' — where the science is complex, but the coffee is simple (and much needed!). From single-molecule insights to lively hallway conversations, it's clear: breakthroughs happen both in the lab and over lattes. ☕🧬 #EMBLSingleMolecule
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EMBL Events @events.embl.org · 15/07/2025
🧩 The Human Bingo session at 'Gene regulation: one molecule at a time' in full swing! #EMBLSingleMolecule 🖊️ Scientists are swapping stories, checking boxes, and discovering they have more in common than just a love for transcription factors! The molecules aren’t the only things interacting today!
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EMBL Events @events.embl.org · 16/07/2025
Lots of great talks in the first part of the day at #EMBLSingleMolecule 🧬 ➡️ 'The 3D gene structure of transcriptionally distinct fly brain cell types involves complex changes in promoter proximity to both cis-regulatory and non-canonical elements' 🎙️ Marcelo Nollmann – CNRS, France
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EMBL Events @events.embl.org · 16/07/2025
💬❓ We like a good Q&A session – a lot of great questions following every talk at 'Genre regulation: one molecule at a time'! Keep asking yours, both in the auditorium and online 🙌🏼 #EMBLSingleMolecule @arnaudkr.bsky.social @embl.org
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EMBL Events @events.embl.org · 16/07/2025
☕ #EMBLSingleMolecule Day 2 highlights 🧬 Mid-morning means one thing: coffee break – and an informal Meet the Speaker session! Attendees had the chance to chat casually with the presenters and ask follow-up questions. Great vibes, great coffee, and even better discussions! @laghalab.bsky.social
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EMBL Events @events.embl.org · 15/07/2025
Kicking off #EMBLSingleMolecule Session 1: ➡️ 'Super-resolution imaging of transcription in living cells' 🎙️ Ibrahim Cisse – Max Planck Institute of Immunobiology and Epigenetics, Germany Chairs: Stirling Churchman & Daniel Larson 🙏🏼
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Kinga Kamieniarz-Gdula @stoplab.bsky.social · 15/07/2025
#EMBLSingleMolecule is starting! Exciting 4 days ahead! @EMBLEvents
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EMBL Events @events.embl.org · 15/07/2025
Welcome to the inaugural edition of 'Gene regulation: one molecule at a time' 🤩🧬 #EMBLSingleMolecule Most of the participants are already on site – now time for some science! Our Scientific Organisers: 🔹 @stirlingchurchman.bsky.social 🔹@arnaudkr.bsky.social 🔹 @laghalab.bsky.social 🔹 Daniel Larson
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CNRS Biologie @cnrsbiologie.bsky.social · 28/06/2025
Lumière sur le développement, pourquoi agir au bon moment est-il crucial ? 🤝 @cnrsoccitanieest.bsky.social @umontpellier.bsky.social @laghalab.bsky.social @igmm-montpel.bsky.social Lire l'article dans @dev-journal.bsky.social 👉 buff.ly/gB46jAH
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Lumière sur le développement : agir au bon moment est crucial
Dans une étude récente parue dans Development, des scientifiques montrent qu’au cours du développement embryonna
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Giovanna Weykopf @gweykopf.bsky.social · 20/06/2025
Truly amazing week at the #EMBOEnhanceropathies workshop at Hindsgavl slot, what a great community to be working in!
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Elfride De Baere @elfridedebaere.bsky.social · 14/03/2025
📣 Four more days left to submit your abstract to the @embo.org workshop on "Enhancer mechanics and Enhanceropathies". Submit now and present your latest work in one of our short talks 📣 #EMBOenhanceropathies 👇
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Hannah Long @hannahlong.bsky.social · 16/06/2025
🧬🎤 Very excited for the start of the EMBO Workshop in Enhancer Mechanics and Enhanceropathies this afternoon in Middelfart! Many thanks to the organizers @smandrup.bsky.social @radaiglesiaslab.bsky.social and Minna Kaikkonen for putting together an amazing programme! #EMBOenhanceropathies
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Cédric Maurange @cedricmaurange.bsky.social · 06/06/2025
Moving towards the end of #ShapingLife3 with the last Keynote speaker @justinmcrocker.bsky.social
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Omaya Dudin 𓂆 ¦🍉¦🦠¦🔬¦ @dudinlab.bsky.social · 06/06/2025
A big thanks to the @sfbd.bsky.social , @maitrejl.bsky.social & @embo.org YIP for what has been a very sunny & exciting #DevBio + beautiful hikes around #Cassis. & now everyone in there knows about #Ichthyosporea & #Expansion #Microscopy Which is a big ➕️ #ShapingLife3
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Thomas Lecuit @thomaslecuit.bsky.social · 05/06/2025
# ShapingLife3
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Mounia Lagha @laghalab.bsky.social · 07/06/2025
The amazing organization team of #ShapingLife3 meeting of @sfbd.bsky.social in sunny Cassis! Thanks to the great scientists for sharing their passion for embryos, and the beauty of life ! @maitrejl.bsky.social @cedricmaurange.bsky.social @maevalux.bsky.social @ibdm.bsky.social and others
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Mounia Lagha @laghalab.bsky.social · 05/06/2025
What an amazing #emboyip lecture from @dudinlab.bsky.social at the French #devbio meeting #ShapingLife3! @sfbd.bsky.social
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Eve Seuntjens @eveseuntjens.bsky.social · 04/06/2025
Getting ready for my talk at #ShapingLife3 - amazing conference location that might be somewhat distracting…
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Omaya Dudin 𓂆 ¦🍉¦🦠¦🔬¦ @dudinlab.bsky.social · 04/06/2025
#ShapingLife3 I must admit, that along amazing #developmental #Biology, having the sea in the conference room is quite a treat here in #Cassis.
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IGMM-Montpellier @igmm-montpel.bsky.social · 28/05/2025
📣 We are recruiting new group leaders in Innovative Biology! RNA biology Epigenetic regulation Cell cycle regulation Cancer, immunology Virology Application and information ⬇️ application.igmm.cnrs.fr @cnrsbiologie.bsky.social @cnrsoccitanieest.bsky.social @umontpellier.bsky.social
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Mounia Lagha @laghalab.bsky.social · 16/03/2025
Don’t forget to register for this special conference. If you like gene regulation from single molecule approaches, please join us #EMBLSingleMolecule. Imaging and Omics and a bit of theory for lots of fun!
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Mounia Lagha @laghalab.bsky.social · 22/04/2025
Still a few days to apply for a talk. Deadline April 27th.
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BIOLuM Montpellier @biolum-montpellier.bsky.social · 16/04/2025
🔬✨ Félicitations à @laghalab.bsky.social @igmm-montpel.bsky.social pour l’obtention d’un financement Human Frontier Science Program (HFSP), pour un projet de recherche interdisciplinaire et international sur la migration cellulaire et la cicatrisation des plaies ! 🎉 www.insb.cnrs.fr/fr/cnrsinfo/...
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Mounia Lagha @laghalab.bsky.social · 03/04/2025
We are thrilled to be among the 2025 #HFSPResearchGrants! awardees to investigate #translational control during collective cell #migration and #regeneration, in #axolotl and #drosophila with O.Zhulyn @ozhulyn.bsky.social Neil Kelleher @nlkproteomics.bsky.social and A.Van Oudenaarden.
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Mounia Lagha @laghalab.bsky.social · 02/04/2025
check out our latest paper investigating how TF concentration affects transcription dynamics @dev-journal.bsky.social. optogenetics+mRNA #imaging in #drosophila #embryos. joint effort with @stathopouloslab.bsky.social @caltech.edu. bravo to @pimmett.bsky.social and J.McGehee.
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Mounia Lagha @laghalab.bsky.social · 01/04/2025
tic tac....today is the last day for the early birds fees....please consider registering soon...
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Mounia Lagha @laghalab.bsky.social · 27/03/2025
Register for #sfbd #devbio #ShapingLife3 meeting in sunny Cassis by the sea. If you like dev biology, join us! speakers include @justinmcrocker.bsky.social @guignardlab.bsky.social @bulutkarslioglu.bsky.social @dudinlab.bsky.social @flowerwhatelse.bsky.social and more @maitrejl.bsky.social
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Anne Simon 🧪🌱🐴🦠🍊🇨🇦🇺🇦 @annealiz1.bsky.social · 20/03/2025
So now only visitors from other countries will only be allowed in if they are clear Trump supporters. And since that number is probably less than 1% of scientists, scientific meetings will no longer be held in the US. www.the-independent.com/news/world/a...
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French scientist denied entry to US after ‘hateful’ Trump texts found on phone
The French government has defended the researcher’s ‘freedom of expression’
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Mounia Lagha @laghalab.bsky.social · 16/03/2025
Don’t forget to register for this special conference. If you like gene regulation from single molecule approaches, please join us #EMBLSingleMolecule. Imaging and Omics and a bit of theory for lots of fun!
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Mounia Lagha @laghalab.bsky.social · 16/03/2025
Looking forward to it!
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Fillip Port @crisprflydesign.bsky.social · 02/12/2024
In this study, we show that using four sgRNAs in parallel to target the same gene significantly increases the fraction of KO cells and leads to increased sensitivity in functional genomics experiments. 4/n www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
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Enhanced in vivo gene knockout with undetectable off-targets using multiplexed Cas12a sgRNAs
CRISPR nuclease-mediated gene knock-out is limited by suboptimal sgRNAs, inaccessible target sites, and silent mutations. Here, we present a Cas12a-based system that targets each gene with four sgRNAs...
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Stand Up For Science France @standupforscifr.bsky.social · 06/03/2025
#StandUpForScience France. Demain vendredi 7 mars : Liste des évènements dans toutes les villes (par ordre alphabétique) 👇
Photo de la carte de France avec les points de rassemblement
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