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Lena Schindler @lena-schindler.bsky.social · 23/06/2026

I am thrilled to share my PhD work with @nicolettapetridou.bsky.social @embl.org: www.biorxiv.org/cgi/content/... A fun collaboration with Bernat Corominas-Murtra, Adrián Aguirre-Tamaral, @bart-smeets.bsky.social , Jef Vanghel and Tom Belpaire! Read the story in the comments below ⤵️

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Mike Dorrity @mwdorr.bsky.social · 19/06/2026

First pre-print from the lab, a collaborative effort led by Jess Bourn @bournsupremacy.bsky.social, a fantastic PhD in my group. We resolve a key problem in development + evolution: how do we quantify heterochrony and link temporal variation to phenotype? www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...

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Quantitative mapping of heterochrony to species-specific phenotypes

The genetic program of animal development is conserved, but its rate of execution varies across species. Heterochrony, shifts in the relative timing of developmental events, generates phenotypic varia...

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Camilla Autorino @cami-autorino.bsky.social · 18/05/2026

💫 Our paper is now published at @natcellbio.nature.com! So excited about this work done during my PhD at @embl.org in the group of @nicolettapetridou.bsky.social along with our great collaborators! 🐟🎉

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Laura Rustarazo-Calvo @laura-rustarazo.bsky.social · 02/06/2026

⚡ Our paper is now out in @natphys.nature.com ! This version now includes a detailed molecular characterisation of the optogenetic perturbations, new insights on the relevance of tricellular junctions for tissue morphology, and beautiful light-sheet timelapses. 🔬 www.nature.com/articles/s41...

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Adhesion-driven rigidity transition decoupled from density-driven jamming triggers epithelial organization in embryonic tissues - Nature Physics

Tissue phase transitions are key to morphogenesis. Now adhesion-driven rigidification is identified as key to epithelial organization but only if uncoupled from density-driven jamming.

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Lena Schindler @lena-schindler.bsky.social · 22/01/2026

Thank you for the chance to present my PhD work! 🔬 It was great to get feedback now that we are finalising our manuscript!

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Lena Schindler @lena-schindler.bsky.social · 13/11/2025

Want to know what working at an imaging facility is like? An interview I did with Tereza Belinova’s may give you an idea! 👇

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Lena Schindler @lena-schindler.bsky.social · 07/11/2025

Join this cool conference next year at @embl.org ! Abstract deadline Nov. 18th!🔬

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Lena Schindler @lena-schindler.bsky.social · 16/10/2025

Last year I had the chance to visit members Austrian BioImaging as @eurobioimaging.bsky.social Ambassador! Check out the breadth of cool science being done by them! 🔬

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Lena Schindler @lena-schindler.bsky.social · 18/09/2025

Happy to share an interview I got to do with Katja Bühler, the Head of the Biomedical Image Informatics Group at VRVis in Vienna. I got to learn how she supports user projects as member of Austrian BioImaging/CMI Node! Enjoy the interview 💪🖥️🔬

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Lena Schindler @lena-schindler.bsky.social · 08/08/2025

Last month I successfully defended my PhD thesis on the role of cell division synchrony during early embryo development! I am lucky to have spent these past years working with an amazing team at @embldbunit.bsky.social. Thank you @nicolettapetridou.bsky.social for making it possible!

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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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Laura Rustarazo-Calvo @laura-rustarazo.bsky.social · 27/03/2025

🎉 Excited to share our new work: “Adhesion-driven tissue rigidification triggers epithelial cell polarity”, now on @biorxivpreprint.bsky.social ! A huge thank you to @nicolettapetridou.bsky.social, Bernat, @crisp-c.bsky.social, Adrián, and everyone involved! 🙌 🧵⤵️

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Lena Schindler @lena-schindler.bsky.social · 20/02/2025

Last fall, I got to join a great workshop on cell divisions during early embryo development. It was great to discuss science and community goals with my peers. Read all about it here 👇

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Lena Schindler @lena-schindler.bsky.social · 16/11/2024

A big thank you to @lendertgelens.bsky.social, @kamenzlab.bsky.social and @biologists.bsky.social for a great workshop! I enjoyed meeting the authors of papers I have read throughout my work on embryonic cleavages. Lots of engaging discussions and exciting science bridging biology 🧑‍🔬🔬 and theory 🖥️🧮.

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Nicoletta Petridou @nicolettapetridou.bsky.social · 12/11/2024

Congratulations to our PhD student @lena-schindler.bsky.social for receiving the best contribution award at the Theory Transversal Theme retreat at EMBL Barcelona! Lena talked about how variability in the timing of cell divisions impacts the robustness of tissue phase transitions #proudPI

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