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Stefan Luschnig

@luschnig.bsky.social
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Developmental cell biologist exploring epithelial morphogenesis, tube formation, tricellular junctions, and more. Views are my own. www.luschnig.uni-muenster.de/

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EMBO @embo.org · 07/10/2026
We spoke with four researchers who have repeatedly chosen Review Commons as a preprint #PeerReview platform for their own work. 🧪 Learn why they decided on Review Commons here: www.embo.org/features/why-i-chose-r… #LifeSciences #research #publishing #preprint
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Why I chose Review Commons – Features – EMBO
Four scientists shared their experience on the benefits of journal-agnostic peer review.
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France-BioImaging @france-bioimaging.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
FBI Image Contest is still open! Submit your best microscopy images before Nov. 22 & try to win your registration fees for a microscopy-related event in 2027! This contest is also a unique opportunity to highlight your research work. Don’t wait 👉 france-bioimaging.org/fbi-special-...
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Jean Léon Maître @maitrejl.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
📣Our department is hiring a new group leader!📣 Want to start your team in a vibrant scientific environment in the center of Paris? I was very lucky to do that 10 years ago, reach out if you have any question. Apply by December 18th: jpi-recruitment-curie-umr3215-u934.curie.fr
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Stefan Luschnig @luschnig.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Don't miss the 5th #Optogenetic Technologies and Applications Conference at the Multiscale Imaging Center (MIC), Münster from November 17-19, 2026 @uni-muenster.de @sfb1348.bsky.social www.aiche.org/sbe/conferen...
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5th Optogenetic Technologies and Applications Conference
The 5th Optogenetic Technologies and Applications Conference will showcase advances in optogenetics and bring together different branches of the optogenetic community.
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Floris BOSVELD @florisbosveld.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Check out our latest work on developmental scaling: collective cell migration speeds up in larger animals and slows down in smaller ones, helping maintain a constant pace of tissue morphogenesis across different-sized animals. @ybellaichelab.bsky.social www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
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Tissue mechanics sets developmental scaling of collective cell migration
Despite substantial variation in adult size, animals within a species maintain consistent tissue patterns and shapes, a core property known as developmental scaling or size invariance. Developmental s...
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Jia Chen @chenjiajiachen.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Fresh preprint from St Johnston lab in collaboration with Paluch lab. "Fast, 3D SMLM imaging modality, Intrinsic3D, which combines the speed and optical sectioning of oblique plane microscopy (OPM) with the nanometre resolution of SMLM using DNAPAINT". Amazing imaging, here is one of my favourite:
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Erez Raz @erezraz.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
A visit of parents and children to the lab as part of the "Maus Tag" (Open Door Day).
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SFB 1348 @sfb1348.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Schüler*Innen und Lehrkärfte aufgepasst: Spannender Vortrag über Tierversuche am 12.10.26 mit Prof. Dr. Stefan Schulte-Merker & Dr. Roman Stilling @sfb1348.bsky.social - und gleich dabei noch die Ausstellung unSICHTBAR @uni-muenster.de anschauen! Nicht verpassen! www.uni-muenster.de/Cells-in-Mot...
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Cambridge Morphogenesis Seminar Series @cammorphoseries.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
🚨The Cambridge Morphogenesis Seminar Series is back! We are excited to introduce our fantastic lineup of speakers for this term, covering a wide range of topics in morphogenesis. 👇👇Check out the full programme below👇👇 We look forward to seeing you soon!
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Floris BOSVELD @florisbosveld.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
only few days left to register: @ students and postdocs, don't miss this opportunity to present and discuss your work with and outstanding international panel!
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Mark Peifer (He, him) @peiferlabunc.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Are you looking for a postdoc exploring the cell biology of development, defining how cells change shape and move? Do you want to develop a research program & teaching skills preparing you for a position at a college or small University? Our new NIH grant will support those goals 1/n Please share
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SFB 1348 @sfb1348.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Looking forward to an exciting @sfb1348.bsky.social @uni-muenster.de seminar with Fiona Kearns @kearnslab.bsky.social (Uni of Freiburg) on October 1. She will speak about “Emerging Opportunities in Biophysics: Glycoprotein Characterization by Molecular Dynamics Simulations”. Everyone's welcome!
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Levayer Lab @levayerr.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Only one week left to apply ! Check below for more details but the course will be great. Please spread the word 🙏
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CiM-IMPRS Graduate School Meeting @cim-imprs-gsm.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Our free registration is open! The GSM 2026 includes sessions on tissue mechanics, neuroscience, structural biology, epigenetics, development, immunology, translational research and therapeutics! Check out our website for the complete programme and our speakers gsm2026.de. Hope to welcome you soon!
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Claire Dessalles @clairedessalles.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
NeMo is finally out! 🐟 We present our new method to peel cellular layers and extract their nematics. If you're wondering what a fish has to do with curved nematics, check out the thread and the publication 👀👇🏼 arxiv.org/html/2609.12...
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Maik Bischoff @maikbischoff.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
1/23 I have fantastic news! I am truly honored to have been awarded an Emmy Noether-Grant by @dfg.de @uni-muenster.de Since most of you are not from Germany, I will use the following posts to explain what this Program is, who Emmy Noether was and what my group in Münster will be doing. #cellbio
A picture of me and the Emmy Noether Program Logo
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SFB 1348 @sfb1348.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Many congratulations to @maikbischoff.bsky.social on receiving a @dfg.de Emmy Noether grant! We’re delighted and proud to host you at @sfb1348.bsky.social @uni-muenster.de. We look forward to exciting times and groundbreaking science ahead! 🎉🔬 www.bischofflab.com
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Bischoff Lab | Morphogenesis | Cell Bio | Chirality | Multiscale Imaging Centre Münster, Germany
We work on cell biology, morphogenesis and organ chirality using Drosophila as a model organism.
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Stefan Luschnig @luschnig.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Thank you, and congratulations again! We’re delighted and proud to have you with us and to support you with your new lab! Looking forward to all the exciting science ahead! ꩜🪰🔬
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SFB 1348 @sfb1348.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Looking forward to an exciting @sfb1348.bsky.social @uni-muenster.de seminar with Susan Majka @nationaljewish.org on Sep 24, 2026. She will speak about “Lung endothelial progenitors: A critical determinant of alveolar capillary unit integritys”. Everyone's welcome!
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Universität Münster @uni-muenster.de · 21/09/2026
3,1 Mio. Euro für exzellente Nachwuchsforschung! 💸 Die @dfg.de nimmt @maikbischoff.bsky.social (Organentwicklung) & Marcel Rey (Nanopartikel) in das Emmy Noether-Programm auf. Wir gratulieren den beiden Forschern zum Aufbau ihrer eigenen Gruppen! 🚀 Mehr Infos: www.uni-muenster.de/news/view.ph...
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Neue Emmy-Noether-Gruppen erforschen Organentwicklung und steuerbare Nanopartikel
Die Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft fördert den Biologen Dr. Maik Bischoff und den Chemiker Prof. Dr. Marcel Rey in den kommenden sechs Jahren mit insgesamt gut 3,1 Millionen Euro.
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Tara M Finegan @tarafinegan.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
The International Dev Mech Seminar Series Returns Thursday! Ricardo Barrientos, UCL “The contribution of basement membrane turnover and stress relaxation on cell shape during tissue growth” & Marina Marchenko, TU Dresden “Synthetic lumen rounding directs neural progenitor division mode”
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fly paper broadcast @fly-broadcast.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
Protocol for fixation and staining of Drosophila melanogaster embryos optimized for DNA-PAINT nanoscopy of adherens junction proteins #Drosophila
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Protocol for fixation and staining of Drosophila melanogaster embryos optimized for DNA-PAINT nanoscopy of adherens junction proteins #Drosophila
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Institut Pasteur | 130 years of biomedical research @pasteur.fr · 10/09/2026
Ticks: a growing threat in Europe & worldwide. LabEx IBEID Symposium "Tiny Vectors, Major Threats" | Oct 8, 2026 | Institut Pasteur. Epidemiology, biology & vaccination on the agenda. Register ↘️ research.pasteur.fr/fr/event/tin... #TickBorneDiseases @ibeidlabex.bsky.social
Tique Ixodes ricinus vue en microscopie électronique à balayage. Image colorisée.
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Stefan Luschnig @luschnig.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Interested in combining #Drosophila genetics, advanced imaging, and modeling to study inter-organ transport and epithelial dynamics? Apply now for #PhD position @uni-muenster.de, integrated in @sfb1348.bsky.social Graduate School. Learn more tinyurl.com/5n86bmsf and tinyurl.com/ypx74a5d
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Max-Planck-Gesellschaft @maxplanck.de · 09/09/2026
We are hiring! Start at a #MaxPlanckInstitute with your own independent Max Planck Research Group. This position is equivalent to a W2 Professorship at a German university, or Associate Professor internationally. 🔗Apply until October 14th! www.mpg.de/career/max-p... #ScienceCareer #MPRG #TenureTrack
Call for independent Max Planck Research Groups
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bedzhov lab @bedzhovlab.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
2x Group leader/Professor positions at Uni Salzburg in: Developmental biology: www.plus.ac.at/personalwese... Endocrinology: www.plus.ac.at/personalwese...
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Stefan Luschnig @luschnig.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Schüler*Innen und Lehrkärfte aufgepasst: Spannender Vortrag über Wanderung von Zellen am 14.09.26 mit Dr. Maik Bischoff @maikbischoff.bsky.social @sfb1348.bsky.social - und gleich dabei noch die Ausstellung unSICHTBAR @uni-muenster.de anschauen! Nicht verpassen! www.uni-muenster.de/Cells-in-Mot...
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Helmholtz Institute Würzburg @helmholtz-hiri.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
Looking to start your own lab? 🧪 #HIRI & @uni-wuerzburg.de are recruiting two junior professors. 🚨 The application deadline is in two weeks. 🧵 More details in the thread below. 👇
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Ishier Raote @ishier.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
Membrane Trafficking Seminar Series 2026 fall season is here! An exciting programme: membrane traffic, organelle biogenesis, lipid transport, endomembrane evolution, we have it all! Save the dates and join us for fun science and discussions. Details at felixcampelo.wixsite.com/membranetraf...
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Kate Cavanaugh @katecavanaugh.bsky.social · 09/03/2025
Check out my 🧵on tricellular vertices!
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PlantEvolution 🌱🌾 @plantevolution.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
Please submit comments to the EU Commission’s Call for Evidence on how to implement the new rules for "Plants obtained by new genomic techniques (#NGT)". Submission deadline 28 Sept. Below what I submitted. #plantscience ec.europa.eu/info/law/bet... ec.europa.eu/info/law/bet...
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SFB 1348 @sfb1348.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
Looking forward to an exciting @sfb1348.bsky.social @uni-muenster.de seminar with Can Aztekin (Friedrich Miescher Laboratory) on Sep 10, 2026. He will speak about “Signaling centers of appendage regeneration: from frogs to mammals”. Everyone's welcome! More: www.uni-muenster.de/SFB1348/en/i...
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Lara Krüger @lara-kruger.bsky.social · 09/06/2026
📢 We are looking for a Junior Group Leader to join us at @institutcurie.bsky.social! Having joined the department just over a year ago, I can honestly say that it is an exceptionally stimulating and supportive scientific environment, filled with outstanding colleagues — all in the heart of Paris.
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SFB 1348 @sfb1348.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
@sfb1348.bsky.social Vortrag @uni-muenster.de für Biologie-Lehrkräfte & Schüler*innen am 14.09.26 mit Dr. Maik Bischoff: "Auf Wanderschaft: Wie Zellbewegungen unseren Körper formen und schützen". Jeder ist herzlich willkommen!
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Development @dev-journal.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
The role of geometry in morphogenesis Read this Review from our special issue #DevSIextracellular by Ryan Harrison, Olivier Hamant and @timesaunders.bsky.social. journals.biologists.com/dev/article/...
Role of geometry in shaping tissues. Multiple factors, including cell shape (top left), boundary constraints (top right), topological inputs (bottom left) including from different cell alignment defects (±1/2) and biophysical factors (bottom right) impact how the final tissue form emerges (centre). Centre shows images of a 48 h neuruloid (left; magenta, DAPI; green, actin) and a young Arabidopsis flower (right) treated with oryzalin (depolymerised microtubules) thus showing isotropic growth, but no defect in patterning (organs are still initiated in the right position).
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Mark Peifer (He, him) @peiferlabunc.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
The full story is worth a read. Here's another way they documented howThermo-Fisher was lying to customers: fabricated endoresments!
"An aside about Thermo Fishers "quotations"Example of a fabricated endorsement provided by the scientist "quoted"
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Raphaël Clément @raphclement.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
A developmental biologist's guide to mechanics, just out in Development! In which we learn about the three pillars of any mechanical model: forces, mechanical properties, and boundary conditions. @pflenne.bsky.social @alessandrochppr.bsky.social @caojialing1002.bsky.social @dev-journal.bsky.social
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A developmental biologist's guide to mechanics
Summary: A guide to mechanics in development: unlock how forces, material properties and geometry shape the forms of life.
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Reese Richardson @reeserichardson.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
My blog post explaining the situation in greater detail: reeserichardson.blog/2026/08/25/a... 2/🧵
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At least 15 companies are selling antibodies using faked validation data
Popular vendors’ catalogs feature more than 18,000 manipulated images
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Max Planck Institute for Molecular Biomedicine @mpi-muenster.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
What a wonderful short film for @sarawickstrom.bsky.social Sara Wickström's Körber Prize for European Science 2026! Our director explains how cells sense physical forces and translate them into gene activity. Thanks, @koerber-stiftung.de and Wagnervision GmbH 🎥 koerber-stiftung.de/en/media/sar...
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Sara Wickström – Körber Prize Winner 2026: The hidden senses of cells
Wickström discovered how cells sense the physical world around them. Her research showed that cells can “feel” forces such as pressure and stretching and relay these signals all the way to their DNA. ...
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SSHRC | CRSH @sshrc-crsh.canada.ca · 18/08/2026
New funding opportunity for doctoral researchers: We’re pleased to expand our partnership with the @dfg.de through the German-Canadian International Research Training Groups joint initiative. Learn more and how to apply: sshrc-crsh.canada.ca/en/funding/o...
Canadian flag and German flag.

New funding opportunity. International research training group joint initiative.
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Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft @dfg.de · 19/08/2026
🌎 #GoGAIN26 - Das "German Academic International Network" bringt vom 21.-23.08. in San Francisco Nachwuchswissenschaftler*innen, Hochschulen, Förderorganisationen und Politik zusammen. 💡Für alle Postdocs weltweit gibt es am 17.09. einen digitalen Workshop. www.gain-network.org/de/gain-jahr...
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Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft @dfg.de · 19/08/2026
Karriere zwischen Nordamerika und Deutschland? 🌎️ #GAIN26 soll Perspektiven eröffnen – ob ein Weg zur Professur, der Einstieg ins Wissenschaftsmanagement, Karrieren an HAW oder die Leitung einer Nachwuchsgruppe. Rund 500 Personen sind bereits angemeldet. Alle Einzelheiten: www.dfg.de/de/aktuelles...
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GAIN26 eröffnet internationalen Forschenden neue Perspektiven
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Irene Miguel-Aliaga @irenemiguel-aliaga.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
Read about our latest work here www.cell.com/cell/fulltex... or let Alessandro tell you all about it (link below)!
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The sex and reproductive plasticity of intestinal muscles instruct gut size
Adult intestinal size plasticity is driven not only by epithelial stem cells but also by remodeling of the surrounding visceral musculature. Sex- and reproduction-dependent muscle remodeling controls ...
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Development @dev-journal.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
In preprints – connecting genotype to phenotype in cavefish eye degeneration Jain & co highlight preprints from @johannakowalko.bsky.social et al. & @rohner.bsky.social et al., showing how diverse genetic approaches can reveal genotype–phenotype relationships in cavefish. doi.org/10.1242/dev....
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In preprints – connecting genotype to phenotype in cavefish eye degeneration
Cave dwelling animals experiencing constant darkness show the common adaptation of vision loss (Krishnan and Rohner, 2017). Eye loss is an active developmental process in Mexican tetra (Astyanax…
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Journal of Cell Science @jcellsci.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
Our 'Cell Science at a Glance' articles are short primers that act as an introduction to an area of cell biology. Perfect if you're new to a field, or want to find out the latest on a particular topic. Check out the full list at: tinyurl.com/4c8e8m97 #cellbiology #community #notforprofit
A collage showing a selection of recent Cell Science at a Glance posters
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The Company of Biologists @biologists.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
@dev-journal.bsky.social has joined sister journals, @jcellsci.bsky.social & @biologyopen.bsky.social, in offering a fast track option. If you have a paper with reviews from another journal, Development can use them to fast track a decision. Find out more at journals.biologists.com/dev/pages/jo...
Do you have a paper with reviews from another journal? We can use them to fast track a decision on your paper.
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Journal of Cell Science @jcellsci.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
We’re looking for a Reviews Editor to join the team. Joining an experienced & successful journal team, this is an exciting opportunity for a talented scientific editor to make a significant contribution to an important journal in the field of cell biology. www.biologists.com/about-us/wor...
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Work for us
Explore career opportunities at The Company of Biologists. Join a team passionate about science, publishing and community support.
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Thea Jacobs @theajacobs.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
Happy #FluorescenceFriday ! I have cuticula-shedding office company at the moment, so I took the opportunity to take some cool autofluorescent images of Flossis cuticula! (Plus an image of Flossi herself!)
Color-coded Z-projection of Triops cuticula, mouth region.Color-coded Z-projection of Triops cuticula, some appendage on the thorax.Color-coded Z-projection of Triops cuticula, some appendage on the abdomen.Flossi (a Tripos) in her aquarium.
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EMBO @embo.org · 06/08/2026
Interested in a cross-scale understanding of #mechanobiology? Join the EMBO Workshop "Forces across scales" in Porto, Portugal, 27–30 April 2027. Deadline: 1 December 2026 meetings.embo.org/event/27-forces-s… #EMBOforces #EMBOevents 🧪
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