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Maria Sachkova

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Scientists studying the evolution of neurons and venoms in marine invertebrates. Lecturer at University of Bristol

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Maria Sachkova @mariasachkova.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
Lecturer in Bioinformatics job at University of Bristol! www.bristol.ac.uk/jobs/find/de...
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Details | Working at Bristol | University of Bristol
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Luis Alberto Bezares Calderón @lbezarescalderon.bsky.social · 16/08/2026
Our team is recruiting a PhD student to investigate the evolution of pressure sensation in Zooplankton! The project will use marine invertebrate larvae to explore the molecular, cellular, and neuronal mechanisms behind this fascinating sensory system. More details here: bit.ly/3TTeF4Q
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Pawel Burkhardt @pawelburkhardt.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
Postdoc opportunity in Copenhagen! Interested in marine bioluminescence, comb jellies & experimental biology? A great 2-year postdoc (possibility of 1-year extension), working with CRISPR, imaging & EM in the labs of Anders Garm & Cornelia Jaspers. Deadline: 16.08 jobportal.ku.dk/videnskabeli...
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Postdoc in Marine Bioluminescence - re-advertisement
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Ctenophores Rock! @ctenophoresrock.bsky.social · 17/06/2026
What is the evolutionary origin of the organizer? New work from @kremnyovs.bsky.social, @tclebedeva.bsky.social & Hejnol Lab @uni-jena.de reports the blastopore lip of the #ctenophore Mnemiopsis leidyi, a member of the evolutionary sister group to all other metazoans, exhibits organizer activity.
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A blastoporal organizer in a ctenophore - Nature
Experiments using the comb jelly Mnemiopsis leidyi and the sea anemone Nematostella vectensis reveal that the emergence of a core signalling pathway may have been a key innovation enabling the transit...
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Vengamanaidu Modepalli @venky-vnm.bsky.social · 20/04/2026
Interested in miRNAs, early animal evolution, and RNA biology? We’re recruiting a BBSRC-funded Postdoctoral Research Associate @bristolbiosci.bsky.social #Postdoc #microRNA #RNAbiology Apply by 14 May 2026. 👉 www.bristol.ac.uk/jobs/find-in...
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Maria Sachkova @mariasachkova.bsky.social · 17/04/2026
First home grown lobate!😍 Thanks @pawelburkhardt.bsky.social and @alexandrejan.bsky.social for sharing ctenophore larvae!
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Ctenophores Rock! @ctenophoresrock.bsky.social · 10/04/2026
Happy #CtenophoreDay (10-04) for those in Europe, UK, Australia & others that use DD-MM-YYYY format! This bi-annual event celebrates these squishy globs of goodness 🤩 Go ahead: share your favorite #ctenophore images and videos using the hashtag #CtenophoreDay! Credit video to @oceana.bsky.social.
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Ctenophores Rock! @ctenophoresrock.bsky.social · 18/03/2026
Work with #ctenophores or similar emerging models of evolutionary biology? Whether you research or take care of them, we want to follow you! Reach out if this describes you 😀 Please repost! 🙏
Image of text in all caps that says CTENOPHORES ROCK! There are wiggly lines and stars in different colors.
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Ctenophores Rock! @ctenophoresrock.bsky.social · 17/03/2026
Introducing #CtenophoreCtuesday where we'll share cool #sciart & fun facts about your favorite #Ctenophore species! This first post shows the life cycle of Mnemiopsis leidyi, which can undergo REVERSE development when fed after periods of stress 🤯 Credit illustration to @beziostudio.bsky.social. 1/2
Life cycle and main morphological changes of the ctenophore Mnemiopsis leidyi. (A) Life cycle of the ctenophore M. leidyi. Ordinary downstream development (normal ontogenesis, clockwise) and reverse development (anticlockwise). Note the absence of tentacles in the fully transitioned lobate stage, and the presence of newly developed anatomical features (i.e., auricles and lobes) gradually appearing during metamorphosis of the cydippid stage, and shrinking until they disappear during reverse development. Illustrations of the different life stages by Nicholas Bezio.
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Maria Sachkova @mariasachkova.bsky.social · 17/03/2026
Welcome Kevin! I am sure the dive into the evolution of ctenophore neurons is gonna be adventurous!😄 This project is supported by a generous @leverhulme.ac.uk grant.
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Maria Sachkova @mariasachkova.bsky.social · 05/03/2026
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Joan J. Soto-Angel @joanjsoto.bsky.social · 28/02/2026
🚨 Thrilled to announce that I’ve been awarded a new project by Artsdatabanken, the Norwegian Biodiversity Information Centre. Project ODIN will investigate Octocoral Diversity In Norway 🌊🪸, tackling it with a synergetic combination of imaging 🔬📽️ and sequencing 🧬💻 tools. Picture: Erling Svensen.
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Maria Sachkova @mariasachkova.bsky.social · 27/02/2026
Lecturer jobs at Bristol -one week to go! Anyone is welcome to apply, but we definitely need some more female colleagues! Please don't hesitate to contact me to chat about how it is to work at our school 😊
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Maria Sachkova @mariasachkova.bsky.social · 23/02/2026
Don't miss this awesome postdoc opportunity! A chance to dive into mechanisms of symbiosis!
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Maria Sachkova @mariasachkova.bsky.social · 11/02/2026
3 lecturer jobs at School of Biological sciences at Bristol! Apply by March 8! www.bristol.ac.uk/jobs/find/de...
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Details | Working at Bristol | University of Bristol
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Maria Sachkova @mariasachkova.bsky.social · 08/01/2026
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/... It turns out the first sponges didn't have a skeleton! New paper by Eleonora Rossi, Davide Pisani and co-authors.
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Independent origins of spicules reconcile paleontological and molecular evidence of sponge evolutionary history
Sponges have a cryptic Ediacaran history because ancestral sponges were soft-bodied and had low fossilization potential.
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Philip Donoghue @phil-donoghue.bsky.social · 08/01/2026
Our latest: Independent origins of spicules reconcile paleontological and molecular evidence of sponge evolutionary history, led by @meleonora-rossi.bsky.social with help from friends @bristolpalaeo.bsky.social including @anariesgo.bsky.social @evopalaeo.bsky.social Davide Pisani and many others
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Independent origins of spicules reconcile paleontological and molecular evidence of sponge evolutionary history
Sponges have a cryptic Ediacaran history because ancestral sponges were soft-bodied and had low fossilization potential.
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Alex de Mendoza @alexdemendoza.bsky.social · 09/12/2025
Really happy to have been granted a #ERCCoG, grateful to the team who made this possible, and to the community who considered this work promising! If you (or someone you know) are/is interested in #chromatin evolution and #giantViruses, please do get in touch, there will be positions available.
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Elizabeth Williams @marinvmet.bsky.social · 11/11/2025
Interested in a #PhD with neuroendocrine and bioimaging focus? Check out our @swbiodtp.bsky.social project 'Creating a functional map for brain-gut signalling in a simple worm', with @alexdcorbett.bsky.social and CASE partner Cairn Research Ltd. Application deadline Wednesday 3rd December.
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Maria Sachkova @mariasachkova.bsky.social · 10/11/2025
🪸 Two weeks to go! Please apply for this Postdoc position! 🪸
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Joan J. Soto-Angel @joanjsoto.bsky.social · 03/11/2025
Happy #worldjellyfishday, everyone 🪼🪼🪼! Jellyfish (and their blooms) are a fundamental part of marine ecosystems, significantly contributing to carbon transport and storage. An ocean without jellyfish would not be a healthy ocean. @universitetsmuseet.bsky.social @unibergen.bsky.social
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Stephanie L King @stephanielking.bsky.social · 31/07/2025
Excited to share that we have just been awarded a NERC Pushing the Frontiers grant to work on between-group cooperation in the Shark Bay dolphins. We will soon advertise a 3 year post-doc to join the team - drop me an email if you might be interested! Pls share widely 🙏🏻
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Maria Sachkova @mariasachkova.bsky.social · 27/10/2025
🪸 🪸 🪸 Postdoc position in my group at Bristol to study the role of venom in surviving environmental stress in corals! 🪸 Interested in venom biochemistry and coral ecology?Please apply by November 24! @bristolbiosci.bsky.social www.bristol.ac.uk/jobs/find/de...
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Arnau Sebé-Pedrós @arnausebe.bsky.social · 23/10/2025
The CRG PhD call is now open. Exciting opportunities across diverse topics and within a world-class scientific environment. Our group is offering one PhD position to study chromatin evolution. Consider applying or share with anyone who might be interested! www.crg.eu/en/content/t...
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Océane Tournière @oceanetourniere.bsky.social · 18/10/2025
If you’re interested in joining our team as an Assistant Engineer, don’t hesitate to get in touch! Exciting projects, a friendly and dynamic team - all based in the beautiful French Riviera! @institutBiologieValrose - @cnrscotedazur.bsky.social
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Andy Radford @andyradford.bsky.social · 16/10/2025
❓ Want to join us? 📢 Fully funded #PhD for UK-domiciled Black heritage candidates 🐵 Biological market monitoring & manipulation in social animals #mongooses #macaques #fieldwork 👥 With me, #LaurenBrent & #PatrickKennedy 🎓 @bristolbiosci.bsky.social ℹ️ www.findaphd.com/phds/project... 🙏Share widely
Dwarf mongooseRhesus macaques groomingMeerkat
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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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Vengamanaidu Modepalli @venky-vnm.bsky.social · 15/09/2025
Exciting news to share! I have started my new role as a Lecturer in Evolutionary Biology / Director of MSc Bioinformatics program at the School of Biological Sciences, University of Bristol @bristolbiosci.bsky.social
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Kirsty Wan @micromotility.bsky.social · 06/08/2025
We have a postdoc opening for a protistologist with biophysics inclinations to join our @hfspo.bsky.social project! (focus will be on characterising the morphology, ultrastructure and behaviour of excavates) #protistsonsky Apply by Sept 17th (RTs appreciated!) jobs.exeter.ac.uk/hrpr_webrecr...
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Jordi Solana @jordisolana.bsky.social · 01/06/2025
🚨 We’re recruiting PhD students! 🚨 Join the Stem Cell Biology and Evolution lab at @lsiexeter.bsky.social to study planarians, stem cells & evolution. 2 projects available - 1 week left to apply! Interested and no PhD yet? Apply now. Or help us spread the word! 🙌 www.exeter.ac.uk/research/ins...
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LSI PhD programme | Living Systems Institute | University of Exeter
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James Gahan @jgahan.bsky.social · 08/04/2025
My group is hiring a new Postdoc to work on gene regulation and chromatin in Nematostella. Please RT! For more information see here: gahanlab.com tinyurl.com/34xke35d
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Sinead English @englishse.bsky.social · 15/02/2025
Job! 2-year postdoc position in EVElab, Bristol UK on nutrition and infections in pregnancy (FLF-funded) www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DLV631/r... Apply if you are enthusiastic about: - experiments on insects which get pregnant - relevance of evolution to public health - a vibrant city & research environment
Pacific beetle-mimic cockroach and her newly born nymphsOverview of project on Nutrition and immunity in pregnancy: picture of pregnant woman on one side, viviparous insects on the other; 3 boxes linking project components (evolutionary models, insect experiments and human cohorts)View of cormorant drying its wings by the Bristol harbour: light reflecting off the waterResearchers at an insect outreach event, standing at the stall
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Vengamanaidu Modepalli @venky-vnm.bsky.social · 11/02/2025
Sea anemones track the suns position?! 🤯 So thrilled to share our paper is finally published in @J_Exp_Biol! 🎉 Congrats to my student leads Eliska Lintnerova and Callum Shawn. Check it out: journals.biologists.com/jeb/article/...
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Plant-like heliotropism in a photosymbiotic animal
Highlighted Article: The photosymbiotic sea anemone Anemonia viridis exhibits heliotropic behaviour by pointing its tentacles towards the sun and tracking its position throughout the day.
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Pawel Burkhardt @pawelburkhardt.bsky.social · 08/01/2025
Thrilled to see #choanoflagellates on the cover of Science Advances🤩. Our latest work "Electrical signaling and coordinated behavior in the closest relative of animals" out now. Link: www.science.org/doi/10.1126/... 👏 @jeffcolgren.bsky.social @msarscentre.bsky.social
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Yehu Moran @yehumoran.bsky.social · 22/12/2024
1/3 I am very excited to tell you about our latest work where we looked not only into sea anemones but also 🪸 We find in #Nematostella that stress induces not immunity, but also viral replication, actually much faster than the immune response! 🧵 www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
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Heat stress drives rapid viral and antiviral innate immunity activation in Hexacorallia
The cnidarian class Hexacorallia, encompassing stony corals and sea anemones, plays a critical role in marine ecosystems. Coral bleaching, the disruption of the symbiosis between stony corals and zoox...
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Bristol Palaeobiology @bristolpalaeo.bsky.social · 13/12/2024
We've got a number of PhD projects up for grabs with competitive funding, but apply asap because they have Jan 13 and Jan 20 application deadlines!! Check out the list below...... www.bristol.ac.uk/earthscience...
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Postgraduate research projects
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Lionel Christiaen, PhD (he/him/his) @lionlchristiaen.bsky.social · 13/12/2024
We’ve extended the deadline to Jan 6 2025. Come join us in #SunnyBergen
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University of Bristol Biological Sciences @bristolbiosci.bsky.social · 26/11/2024
We are seeking to appoint a Pathway 3 Lecturer as the operational lead of our highly successful Bioinformatics taught Masters programme! More info: bristol.ac.uk/jobs/find/details/?nPostingId=185735&nPostingTargetId=368795&id=Q50FK026203F3VBQBV7V77V83&LG=UK&languageSelect=UK&mask=newuobext
The top floor of the LSB
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James Gahan @jgahan.bsky.social · 11/12/2024
Very exciting meeting next year bringing together multiple areas of expertise to discuss early animal evolution! cjm.sb-roscoff.fr/en/conferenc...
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Origin of metazoans | CNRS - Conférences Jacques Monod (CJM)
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Michael Sars Centre @msarscentre.bsky.social · 11/12/2024
The mysterious comb jellies are the stars of the latest episode of Science Sessions, a podcast by @pnas.org 🤩🧪 Listen to @joanjsoto.bsky.social & @pawelburkhardt.bsky.social explain their fascinating ability to become young again. 🔊 www.pnas.org/post/podcast... 📖 tinyurl.com/yj2xjsx3
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The curious case of the comb jelly
Joan Soto-Angel and Pawel Burkhardt describe a comb jelly with the ability to reverse its development to an earlier stage of life.
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Martin De Kauwe @mdekauwe.bsky.social · 11/12/2024
📢 18-month postdoc in my lab doing drought modelling with either the UK land surface model JULES or machine learning. Up to you which. Please share widely (thanks) www.bristol.ac.uk/jobs/find/de... Closes: 18th January
European summer droughtJULES land surface model
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Iñaki Ruiz-Trillo @multicellgenome.bsky.social · 10/12/2024
#Multicellularity enthusiasts! Mark your calendars! EMBO Workshop on "Evolution and Origins of Multicellularity Across the Tree of Life" 📅 October 9-11, 2025, Barcelona 🔗 Pre-register here: coming-soon.embo.org/w25-102 @csic.es @embopress.org www.youtube.com/watch?v=uxKj...
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EMBO meeting
YouTube video by Multicellgenome Lab
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Harry Siviter @harrysiviter.bsky.social · 08/12/2024
This Black Heritage PhD position is still available in our lab at @bristolbiosci.bsky.social if anyone is interested (or knows someone who might be). Please re-post #blackinStem 🐝
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Lionel Christiaen, PhD (he/him/his) @lionlchristiaen.bsky.social · 08/12/2024
A few days left to apply 🙌🏻
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Kirsty Wan @micromotility.bsky.social · 20/11/2024
Spread the word! Lots of exciting PhD studentships open under the SWBio scheme (doctoral landscape award) www.swbio.ac.uk Including this one with our group @lsiexeter.bsky.social on programming cyanobacteria motility www.findaphd.com/phds/project... Apply by 11 Dec 2024 (email/DM for details)!
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Christoph Grüter @chrisleduck.bsky.social · 15/11/2024
🐝 We're currently advertising three PhD projects to study bees at Bristol University, UK. Two focus on foraging behaviour, ecology & nutrition, one on parasitic bees and their impact on indigenous stingless beekeeping in Peru. Feel free to share: www.socialinsect-research.com/opportunitie...
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Joanna Bagniewska @joannabagniewska.com · 14/11/2024
How do I love thee? Let me count the ways. M. leidyi, or the sea walnut 💚can self-fertilize and produce 2,000 eggs daily 💚has a TRANSIENT ANUS (it appears only for 💩, then is gone) 💚belongs to the oldest taxon with a nervous system 💚is bioluminescent 💔is one of top 100 worst invasives (IUCN) 🧪🌏
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Maria Sachkova @mariasachkova.bsky.social · 24/02/2024
My first independent review about ctenophores and the evolution of the nervous system 😎 onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/... Many thanks @ferdix.bsky.social and Cedric Finet for the invitation!! And Joan Soto Angel for awesome ctenophore pictures!!
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Evolutionary origin of the nervous system from Ctenophora prospective
Evolution and Development is an evo-devo journal at the interface of evolutionary and developmental biology covering paleontology, population biology, genetics & more.
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Richard Sever @richardsever.bsky.social · 28/09/2023
bioRxiv goes big on Bluesky: accounts for all subject categories now available (Please Reskeet) connect.biorxiv.org/news/2023/09...
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Pawel Burkhardt @pawelburkhardt.bsky.social · 21/12/2023
Interested in the evolution of multicellularity and cell differentiation? Núria Ros-Rocher, James Gahan and I are organizing a symposium in Helsinki at @EED2024 next year! Abstract deadline at the end of January! tinyurl.com/EEDHelsinki
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