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Margaux Failla

@margauxfailla.bsky.social
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Biology Engineer 🧬 / Interests in Microscopy, Imaging Analysis 🔬

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Margaux Failla @margauxfailla.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
It was a pleasure to be part of this AQUASERV Training Programme and to share knowledge and expertise in marine microscopy with researchers from across Europe. Grateful for the opportunity to contribute to such an inspiring initiative. Looking forward to the next edition! 🔬
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AQUASERV @aquaserv.bsky.social · 09/06/2026
💥 AQUASERV-RI course on Microscopy for Marine Biology: From Fundamentals to Applications is open for registrations 👉 Register by 15 June 2026! 👥 No previous microscopy training is required. 🔗 All necessary information can be found here: www.marinetraining.eu/node/6287
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Michael Sars Centre @msarscentre.bsky.social · 22/12/2025
Looking back on 2025, we are incredibly grateful for all the good moments spent with colleagues, the exciting new discoveries, discussions and seminars, and for the trust of our collaborators and partners! We wish you a wonderful holiday season and look forward to meeting again in 2026 ✨🎄
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The EMBO Journal @embojournal.org · 05/11/2025
Cell cycle-driven transcriptome maturation confers multilineage competence to cardiopharyngeal progenitors Wei Wang, @lionlchristiaen.bsky.social and colleagues www.embopress.org/doi/full/10....
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Yelena Bern, Ph.D @yelenab.bsky.social · 04/11/2025
Our latest on how cells get ready for fate transition! @noahbruderer.bsky.social @margauxfailla.bsky.social @lionlchristiaen.bsky.social Cell cycle-driven transcriptome maturation confers multilineage competence to cardiopharyngeal progenitors 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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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 · 23/09/2025
Explaining sea squirt development to the public? Challenge accepted! Our team had a great time at the #forskningsdagene science fair over the weekend. We met visitors of all ages who shared our excitement for science, and went back to the lab inspired and energized 🤩✨
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Michael Sars Centre @msarscentre.bsky.social · 17/09/2025
Huge congratulations to postdoc Guillaume Poncelet @guillaumeponcelet.bsky.social who was awarded a UiB Early Idea innovation grant 🤩🎉 Inspired by his work in the @lionlchristiaen.bsky.social lab, he will be developing a new product derived from naturally occurring compounds 🔬 Read more below ⤵️
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Michael Sars Centre researcher awarded UiB Idé innovation grant
Guillaume Poncelet, postdoctoral researcher in the Christiaen group, will receive funding from the UiB Idé innovation program to develop a novel product inspired by marine life.
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Michael Sars Centre @msarscentre.bsky.social · 17/07/2025
Researchers from @imev-mer.fr recently visited us for a workshop supported by the French-Norwegian mobility program Åsgard 🌊 Between seminars, lab demos and discussions, new ideas and plans for long-term collaborations emerged 🤩 Read more about this exciting partnership below ⤵️
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Åsgard workshop sparks new collaborations at the Michael Sars Centre
Researchers from the Institut de la Mer de Villefranche and the Michael Sars Centre received support from the French-Norwegian mobility program Åsgard. Through seminars and discussions, participants l...
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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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Michael Sars Centre @msarscentre.bsky.social · 22/04/2025
Congratulations to the Chatzigeorgiou lab @mchatzigeorgiou.bsky.social for a new preprint 🤩👏 @midlangandreas.bsky.social and team studied the mechanical forces at play during #Ciona postembryonic development, and found links to larval chemosensation and settlement behavior 🧪 Read the article ⤵️
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Mechanics regulate the postembryonic developmental maturation and function of sensory neurons in a pre-vertebrate chordate
Physical forces are emerging as important contributors to a wide diversity of biological processes across multiple scales and contexts. The development of the nervous system is infuenced by mechanical...
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Michael Sars Centre @msarscentre.bsky.social · 29/01/2025
We are excited to announce that registration for the Michael Sars Symposium 2025 is now open! 🤩 Join us on June 6th at Media City Bergen for a day of exceptional talks 🧪 #MSS2025 ✨Learn more and register here: tinyurl.com/yc4jxdvz
A poster in tones of blue and green. At the bottom, the logos of the Michael Sars Centre, University of Bergen, and EMBL with the mention "partner of" above. In the bottom right corner, the hashtag MSS2025. The following text is on the poster:
Michael Sars Symposium 2025
Decoding signals and unveiling architectures, from molecules to organisms
June 6, 2025, Media City Bergen
Speakers:
Georgia Rapti (EMBL Heidelberg)
Ryan Hibbs (University of California San Diego)
Ida Helene Steen (University of Bergen)
Jingwei Xu (ETH Zürich)
Ross Waller (University of Cambridge)
Christopher Lowe (Stanford University)
Yuhong Wang (Michael Sars Centre, University of Bergen)
Ioannis Riziotis (The Francis Crick Institute, London/GSK)
Paola Laurino (Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology)
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Michael Sars Centre @msarscentre.bsky.social · 22/01/2025
AI has the potential to transform the way we access and handle datasets. Meet BioChatter: an open large language model framework designed to support biomedical research 💻 An exciting project by @ebi.embl.org with contributions from @noahbruderer.bsky.social, out now in @naturebiotech.bsky.social 👏
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BioChatter: making large language models accessible for biomedical research
A team led by researchers at EMBL's European Bioinformatics Institute (EMBL-EBI), in collaboration with a PhD candidate in the Christiaen group, developed an open-source large language model (LLM) fra...
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Michael Sars Centre @msarscentre.bsky.social · 16/12/2024
Amazing news - the exhibition 'Jellyfish unveiled' is extended until January 26 at the University Museum of Bergen! Discover the secrets of jellyfish and their kin through the eyes of @joanjsoto.bsky.social, @alexandrejan.bsky.social & Anne Aasjord 📸🌊🧪 Find out more: tinyurl.com/3c2yjj2f
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Michael Sars Centre @msarscentre.bsky.social · 13/12/2024
After an engaging talk on the impact of underwater sounds on plankton and fish, Prof. Ana Širović from NTNU joined us for a cherished Sars tradition - our annual Christmas lunch 🌊🎅 We are so grateful for our fantastic team and guests!
Prof. Ana Širović gives a talk on the impact of underwater sounds on the ocean. The room is decorated with lights, there is a Christmas tree in the foreground and members of the audience are wearing festive sweaters.A group of people wearing festive clothes and accessories gather around a buffet table, helping themselves to food.A group of people wearing festive sweaters and Santa hats eat together, sitting around a long table.
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Michael Sars Centre @msarscentre.bsky.social · 13/12/2024
The deadline to apply for a Group Leader position at the Centre is extended, send your application by January 6, 2025 🌊 An incredible opportunity to lead innovative marine science in beautiful Bergen! 👩‍🔬👨‍🔬🧪 Reposts appreciated 🙏 tinyurl.com/4bwn8u3n
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Group Leader Positions (Researcher I, code 1110) (270380) | University of Bergen
Job title: Group Leader Positions (Researcher I, code 1110) (270380), Employer: University of Bergen, Deadline: Monday, January 6, 2025
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Michael Sars Centre @msarscentre.bsky.social · 15/11/2024
Fascinating dive into host-microbe chemical interactions today with Prof. Manuel Liebeke @manuelliebeke.bsky.social, in a festive atmosphere ✨👏 His exciting spatial #metabolomics work maps the links between metabolites and symbiotic microbial communities 🦠🧪 Thank you for visiting us!!
Prof. Manuel Liebeke gives a talk in a seminar room decorated with Christmas lights.
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Michael Sars Centre @msarscentre.bsky.social · 14/11/2024
We are hiring Group Leaders! One month left to apply ⏳ Join us in beautiful Bergen for a chance to lead exciting science in a supportive environment! 🌊 🔗 tinyurl.com/4bwn8u3n
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Group Leader Positions (Researcher I, code 1110) (270380) | University of Bergen
Job title: Group Leader Positions (Researcher I, code 1110) (270380), Employer: University of Bergen, Deadline: Sunday, December 15, 2024
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