Physical Biology of Developing Systems @pbodslab.bsky.social · 04/09/2026Lovely work! Congratulations 🎊 110
Reposted by Physical Biology of Developing SystemsReyes-Lamothe lab @reyes-lab.bsky.social · 02/09/2026We’re hiring! The Biology department at McGill is hiring a tenure-track professor in Quantitative Cell Biology. We’re looking for an outstanding researcher and educator to join our community. Deadline: October 9 Info & application: mcgill.wd3.myworkdayjobs.com/McGill_Caree... Please share!mcgill.wd3.myworkdayjobs.comAssistant Professor in Quantitative Cell Biology - Department of BiologyPlease refer to the How to Apply for a Job (for External Candidates) job aid for instructions on how to apply. If you are an active McGill employee (ie: currently in an active contract or position at ... 15663
Reposted by Physical Biology of Developing SystemsKristina Stapornwongkul @kstapornwongkul.bsky.social · 06/08/2026First published teamwork of the lab 🎉! We wrote a review about emerging concepts of how metabolism promotes, regulates and changes during gastrulation. We hope it will be useful for anyone interested in the emerging field of developmental metabolism. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...sciencedirect.comA metabolic view of gastrulation: Coordinating signalling, epigenetics and morphogenesisGastrulation is the morphogenetic process by which the single-layered pluripotent epiblast is reorganised into the three germ layers and the basic bod… 38531
Reposted by Physical Biology of Developing Systemscallista yee @csybio.bsky.social · 06/08/2026hiiii everyone! my department @zoology.ubc.ca is hiring an assistant professor in cell and developmental biology! deadline is october 1! academicjobsonline.org/ajo/jobs/32408 // please share!!!!!academicjobsonline.orgUniversity of British Columbia, Department of Zoology Job #AJO32408, Assistant Professor in Cell and Developmental Biology, Department of Zoology, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, CA 16598
Physical Biology of Developing Systems @pbodslab.bsky.social · 28/07/2026Single author work by Dr. Wieschaus with lovely microscopy 🧪🤩! from the discussion:Although powerful, the logic behind [mutant] approach is always indirect, given that the phenotype one sees is produced by the genes that remain, not the gene that was removed. journals.biologists.com/dev/article/...journals.biologists.comMaternal patterning in early Drosophila embryos: how much information can single maternal gradients supply?Highlighted Article: Comparison of the patterning capacity of Drosophila embryos that have only one of the three maternal gradients known to control anterior posterior patterning. 021
Reposted by Physical Biology of Developing SystemsMike Piacentino @mikepiacentino.bsky.social · 21/07/2026Come join us! 🔬🐣 The Piacentino Lab at Johns Hopkins @hopkinsmedicine.bsky.social is recruiting a postdoc to study membrane lipids, cell migration, and invasion in neural crest and embryonic models! @socdevbio.bsky.social @ascbiology.bsky.social #devbiol #cellbio #lipids 14332
Reposted by Physical Biology of Developing SystemsEsteban Hoijman @estebanhoijman.bsky.social · 03/07/2026Join us on a journey into the dynamics of cells during embryo development. We are offering a fully funded PhD position to investigate cell behavior using cutting-edge quantitative live imaging at the interface of Development, Immunity, and Tissue Biology. embryobioimaging.com 0115
Physical Biology of Developing Systems @pbodslab.bsky.social · 20/06/2026Most distant #organizer transplants arrived: #cells from ctenophore convince a cnidarian to make a second embryo axis! Organizers (possibly) are pushed back to eumetazoan ancestor... 🧪 www.nature.com/articles/s41...nature.comA blastoporal organizer in a ctenophore - NatureExperiments 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... 010
Reposted by Physical Biology of Developing SystemsPablo J. Sáez @pjsaez.bsky.social · 04/06/20261 week to start🔥 New @focalplane.bsky.social webinar series focused on #CellMigration, register & join us▶️, it will be fun! pls spread the word, in the next one, ECRs could apply to show their work ;) ▶️ to register: focalplane.biologists.com/2026/05/29/n... @dgz.bsky.social @the-node.bsky.social 25637
Reposted by Physical Biology of Developing SystemsMélanie Laurin @melanielaurin.bsky.social · 22/05/2026SAVE THE DATE for the 13th Canadian Developmental Biology Conference — March 7–10, 2027 — bringing together researchers, trainees, and innovators in developmental biology from across Canada and beyond. 01723
Reposted by Physical Biology of Developing SystemsMwahahahahahadScientist @mads100tist.bsky.social · 16/03/2026It's out! Happy to present ITEC, a semi supervised algorithm with an extremely low error rate that can track cells in files of any size (think Terabytes!). We used it in many organisms, including zebrafish, to study how organs form and linked it to gene expression www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6... +🧪biorxiv.org 2019960
Reposted by Physical Biology of Developing SystemsKristina Stapornwongkul @kstapornwongkul.bsky.social · 17/02/2026We‘re looking for a motivated Master student to join our team! Do you want to optogenetically control metabolic activity to see how metabolism affects patterning and morphogenesis? 💡🧫🧬🔬 Then please apply! #optogenetics #metabolism #devbio #hESCs Please RT. Thank you!🙏 03839
Reposted by Physical Biology of Developing SystemsDmitry Kretov @dmitry-kretov.bsky.social · 06/02/2026I am thrilled to share our paper introducing RBPscan, a novel approach to profile RNA–protein interactions in living cells. Free access link at the end ⬇️ 🧵 1/ www.cell.com/molecular-ce...cell.comRBPscan: A quantitative in vivo tool for profiling RNA-binding protein interactionsKretov et al. introduce RBPscan, an RNA-editing-based platform that measures how RNA-binding proteins engage their targets in living cells. This approach quantifies the binding strength of protein-RNA... 22615
Physical Biology of Developing Systems @pbodslab.bsky.social · 18/01/2026#Canada 🍁 has opened prestigious CIRTA fellowship for internationally based candidates in Ph.D. and postdoctoral levels. We (Physical biology of developing systems lab at McMaster University) are interested in recruiting through that stream. Please apply / spread the word for those interested: 000
Physical Biology of Developing Systems @pbodslab.bsky.social · 15/01/2026Oh my god, @biologyopen.bsky.social put this newbie next to John Gurdon in their @biologists.bsky.social 100-year anniversary cover dedicated to reviewers! What a lovely gift and coincidence for closing the year... 🤩 0110
Reposted by Physical Biology of Developing SystemsNaomi Moris @nmoris.bsky.social · 16/12/2025Lovely little pre-Christmas present to see this out @natcellbio.nature.com! Some 🔥 new results in here since the biorvix incl (1) a new RARE-GFP reporter ✳️🙌, (2) additional NMP quantification 🔢, (3) no neural tube patterning on RA inhibition 🙅 etc. Enjoy! 😍 www.nature.com/articles/s41...nature.comModelling co-development between the somites and neural tube in human trunk-like structures - Nature Cell BiologyMakwana, Tilley et al. generate human stem cell-based trunk-like structures approximating Carnegie stage 13–14 of development. They use them to model and study the development of the thoracic and lumbar trunk. 58933
Physical Biology of Developing Systems @pbodslab.bsky.social · 29/11/2025#FluorescenceFriday bleed-through from yesterday #zebrafish 🐟🔬: 070
Reposted by Physical Biology of Developing SystemsMarine Biological Laboratory @mblscience.bsky.social · 28/10/2025We are hiring an Imaging Scientis. Apply here: go.mbl.edu/AS1887 12422
Physical Biology of Developing Systems @pbodslab.bsky.social · 24/10/2025A picture snapped with phone camera today: a rare 'supernumerary' #rainbow over Hamilton with repeating colour sequence due to very small droplet sizes giving rise to interference patterns of #light by its #wave nature. 🧪 020
Physical Biology of Developing Systems @pbodslab.bsky.social · 20/10/2025Fascinating timelapses of #somite clock with cadherins from Kageyama Lab @dev-journal.bsky.social : journals.biologists.com/dev/article/...! A new player in clock and #fgf gradient cross-talk besides previously discovered Dusps linking both transcriptional and post-translationally. 🧪🔬 #devbio 030
Reposted by Physical Biology of Developing SystemsAlper Akay @alperakay.bsky.social · 12/10/2025New BBSRC funded PhD opportunity in my group with Inspiralis Ltd and @conradn.bsky.social. If you are interested in RNA - protein interactions and RNA modifications check the details below for how to apply. @nrpdtp.bsky.social @biouea.bsky.social @earlhaminst.bsky.social tinyurl.com/bdzvn4drbiodtp.norwichresearchpark.ac.ukHow do RNA molecules shape genome regulation in the nervous system? (AKAY_U26CASE) | Doctoral Training PartnershipThis PhD project will investigate how RNA modifications influence the activity of topoisomerase I (TOP1), a crucial enzyme that regulates DNA supercoiling during replication and transcription. Using C... 01617
Physical Biology of Developing Systems @pbodslab.bsky.social · 09/10/2025It was one-of-a-kind moment to meet Sir John Gurdon at @socdevbio.bsky.social meeting in 2019. Such a humble, down-to-earth personality who was deeply content with life! An exemplary scientist that one could find at the benchside playground regardless of age or career stage! May he rest in peace... 020
Physical Biology of Developing Systems @pbodslab.bsky.social · 02/10/20251/5 Lab's first manuscript 🎉 is out @biorxivpreprint.bsky.social today! Beautifully, it is performed by a senior undergraduate thesis student, Mohammed! We developed a 3-D printed #zebrafish embryo imaging chamber 🔬and connected it to syringe pumps to be able to perfuse drugs in a timely fashion. 🧪 2164
Reposted by Physical Biology of Developing SystemsJohn Ngo @johntngo.bsky.social · 22/09/2025🚀 Our new paper is out @natmethods.nature.com! Kuffer & Marzilli engineered conditionally stable MS2 & PP7 coat proteins (dMCP & dPCP) that degrade unless bound to RNA, enabling ultra–low-background, single-mRNA imaging in live cells. 🔗 www.nature.com/articles/s41... 🧬 www.addgene.org/John_Ngo/ 622497
Reposted by Physical Biology of Developing SystemsLaura Lorenzo Orts @lorenzoorts.bsky.social · 15/09/2025I am excited to announce that I will be moving to IMB Mainz next year! The Winter call for the IPP PhD program is now open; if you are interested in maternal #mRNA regulation and #translation in early vertebrate development, please apply! Deadline: 16 October. More info: www.imb.de/students-pos...imb.deLaura Lorenzo OrtsIMB Mainz 36825
Reposted by Physical Biology of Developing SystemsPriti Agarwal @pritiagarwal.bsky.social · 16/09/2025🚨 The International Developmental Mechanics Zoom Seminar Series is back on Sept 25! 🎤 We have an exciting line-up of speakers this fall. See the image below for details 🌐 Website: sites.google.com/view/devmech... 📝 Interested in presenting? Sign up here: tinyurl.com/2munv5bv 01510
Reposted by Physical Biology of Developing SystemsDaniel Durocher @durocher1.bsky.social · 28/08/2025JOB ALERT 🚨 We are hiring TWO principal investigators in cell, molecular, systems, or chemical biology in Toronto, Canada at @sinaihealth.bsky.social. We provide a generous startup, fully funded salary and academic appointment at U of Toronto. www.nature.com/naturecareer... Please repost! 0135169
Reposted by Physical Biology of Developing SystemsDevelopment @dev-journal.bsky.social · 10/09/2025Mathematical modelling of the first fate decision This Research Highlight showcases the work from Maria Avdeeva, Madeleine Chalifoux, Bradley Joyce, Stanislav Y. Shvartsman, Eszter Posfai @eposfai.bsky.social : journals.biologists.com/dev/article/... 1154
Reposted by Physical Biology of Developing SystemsMisha Ahrens @mishaahrens.bsky.social · 08/09/2025Preprint - Excited to present WHOLISTIC, which extends the concept of whole-brain functional imaging to the entire body. Pioneering work by incredibly talented Virginia Ruetten @vmsruetten.bsky.social, this platform reveals whole-organism cellular dynamics in vivo. www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1... 319370
Reposted by Physical Biology of Developing Systemsepithelial mechanics fan club @epimechfc.bsky.social · 31/08/2025Are different cell types like oil and water? Over a century ago, researchers found that dissociated sponges and embryonic tissues can self-assemble into functional structures. Join me, @benswedlund.bsky.social to explore the differential adhesion hypothesis & its applications in tissue engineering! 14618
Reposted by Physical Biology of Developing SystemsEsther Verheyen 🇨🇦 @estherverheyen.bsky.social · 17/07/2025CIHR rant here: our panel funded 6 (!!) out of 42 applications. That is only 14% success rate. That is as bad as the worst of times. So much good science left unfunded, labs closing, skilled workers let go. Without a $$ infusion, the Canadian research ecosystem is never going to survive and thrive. 106513
Reposted by Physical Biology of Developing SystemsJames Briscoe @jamesbriscoe.bsky.social · 09/07/2025I was interviewed recently by @stemcellpodcast.com I witter on about morphogens, notochord, @dev-journal.bsky.social & how biology is becoming a data science Thanks @stemcellpodcast.com for talking to me stemcellpodcast.com/ep-299-spina...stemcellpodcast.comEp. 299: "Spinal Cord Development" Featuring Dr. James Briscoe - The Stem Cell PodcastDr. James Briscoe is a Group Leader at the Francis Crick Institute and Editor-In-Chief of Development. His lab uses an interdisciplinary approach, including mice, chicks, and other models, to study de... 23410
Reposted by Physical Biology of Developing SystemsOrit Peleg @oritpeleg.bsky.social · 03/07/2025📣 We're on the lookout for a creative postdoc with strong computational skills! Be the go-to person in the lab for building simple but powerful simulations that test wild ideas on biological rythems: from daily cycles of mussel groups at deep sea, to firefly flash synchronization! More info below👇 13625
Reposted by Physical Biology of Developing SystemsNimesh Chahare @onenimesa.bsky.social · 03/07/2025Have you ever thought about inflating tissues? Or maybe quickly deflating those inflated tissues? New #EpithelialMechanics pre-print: doi.org/10.1101/2025... 🧵 with pressure control, multiscale buckling, controlled wrinkling 78633
Reposted by Physical Biology of Developing SystemsVicki Metzis @vmetzis.bsky.social · 27/06/2025Paper alert! I am really pleased to share the final version of the work led by Irène Amblard in the team on a regulatory switch controlling Cdx2 expression during posterior body development! #regulatorylogic #devbio @mrc-lms.bsky.social @imperialmed.bsky.social 1811438
Reposted by Physical Biology of Developing SystemsMackenzie Weygandt Mathis @trackingactions.bsky.social · 24/06/2025🥰 Self-supervised, label-free 3D cell imaging is here Congrats to Cyril on this very cool first, first author publication 🏆! This started when he was a bachelor's student (and he's now completing his masters!). And many thanks to my other awesome co-authors🙏 elifesciences.org/articles/99848actu.epfl.chSelf-supervised, label-free 3D cell imaging is hereEPFL researchers introduce CellSeg3D, a self-supervised tool for 3D cell segmentation in fluorescence microscopy, eliminating the need for manual labeling and enhancing accessibility for various biolo... 110031
Reposted by Physical Biology of Developing SystemsPeng Huang @penghuang031.bsky.social · 23/06/2025Excited to share our latest work led by my PhD student Linjun Xie on sclerotome development: Dynamic BMP signaling regulates sclerotome induction and lineage diversification in zebrafish, now published on @dev-journal.bsky.social! #zebrafish #devbio 1/8 doi.org/10.1242/dev....doi.orgDynamic BMP signaling regulates sclerotome induction and lineage diversification in zebrafishSummary: Loss- and gain-of-function manipulations reveal that dynamic regulation of BMP signaling is essential for the induction and diversification of the sclerotome lineage in zebrafish. 2212
Reposted by Physical Biology of Developing SystemsDavid Mörsdorf @davidmoersdorf.bsky.social · 13/06/2025It’s out! 🥳 www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...science.orgChordin-mediated BMP shuttling patterns the secondary body axis in a cnidarianChordin-mediated BMP shuttling is the candidate mechanism for generating bilateral symmetry in the cnidarian-bilaterian ancestor. 0184
Reposted by Physical Biology of Developing SystemsCamilla 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 🧵⤵️ 310935
Physical Biology of Developing Systems @pbodslab.bsky.social · 04/06/2025Link to the research: www.cell.com/developmenta... @cp-devcell.bsky.socialcell.comThe regulatory landscape of 5′ UTRs in translational control during zebrafish embryogenesisReimão-Pinto et al. introduce thousands of different mRNA reporters into zebrafish embryos to investigate the contribution of 5′ UTR features to translation initiation during embryogenesis. The work d... 010
Reposted by Physical Biology of Developing SystemsCollège de France @college-de-france.fr · 28/05/2025#Science #Biologie "Information Processing in Biological Systems" 🖥️ Les vidéos colloque organisé par le Pr @thomaslecuit.bsky.social, titulaire de chaire Dynamiques du vivant, sont disponibles. 👉 www.college-de-france.fr/fr/agenda/co... 0134
Physical Biology of Developing Systems @pbodslab.bsky.social · 03/06/2025Great work by @nicoleedwds.bsky.social and colleagues! 031
Reposted by Physical Biology of Developing SystemsbioRxiv Developmental Biology @biorxiv-devbio.bsky.social · 02/06/2025Developmental system drift in dorsoventral patterning is linked to transitions to autonomous development in Annelida www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/202… 083
Physical Biology of Developing Systems @pbodslab.bsky.social · 28/05/2025Thanks for the invitation, fantastic conference out together by the organizing committee! 010
Reposted by Physical Biology of Developing SystemsAndrew Simmonds 🇨🇦 @simmondlab.bsky.social · 28/05/2025Canadian Developmental Biology Conference Day 3 continues - Min Zhu Postdoctoral Fellow, Hospital for Sick Children, “Tissue stiffness mapping by light sheet elastography" #CDBC2025 @socdevbio.bsky.social 022
Reposted by Physical Biology of Developing SystemsPaul Francois @pfrancois.bsky.social · 21/05/2025Very very happy to participate in the 10th Biophysical Society of Canada annual meeting ! Opening words by Cecile Fradin/ Très heureux de participer au 10e congrès de la BSC avec le Discours Introductif de Cecile Fradin. #BSC2025 011
Physical Biology of Developing Systems @pbodslab.bsky.social · 21/05/2025Great #zebrafish talk on tissue biomechanics going on at the @biophyscanada.bsky.social meeting @mcmasteruniversity.bsky.social given by @manningresearch.bsky.social #bsc2025 121
Physical Biology of Developing Systems @pbodslab.bsky.social · 16/05/2025Lovely microscopy with too many -but never enough- somites in them! 🤩 010
Reposted by Physical Biology of Developing SystemsSébastien Gauvrit @sebgauvrit.bsky.social · 09/05/2025Looking for MSc and PhD students to join my lab and work on vascular development in zebrafish and mouse. Feel free to share or reach out if you have questions! jobrxiv.org/job/universi...jobrxiv.orgMSc/PhDPost a job in 3min, or find thousands of job offers like this one at jobRxiv! 068