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Petra Mikec

@petramikec.bsky.social
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Doctoral researcher at IBDM | Thomas lab 🫧🔬

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Petra Mikec @petramikec.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
Check out our lab's first paper (@ovarylab.bsky.social) ! 🎉 In this review, we explore the history and advances in imaging ovulation, and highlight an exciting new perspective: the mechanics of ovulation. 🫧 doi.org/10.1093/repr...
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The explosion of life: lessons from live imaging of ovulation
Abstract. In brief: Ovulation converts endocrine signals into coordinated cellular, extracellular-matrix, and tissue remodelling to release an egg ready fo
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Christopher Thomas @ovarylab.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
Check out our new review in Reproduction! 💥🥚🔬 In “The explosion of life”, @anitabichisecchi.bsky.social, @petramikec.bsky.social and I explore how live imaging has shaped our understanding of ovulation, revealing the cellular and tissue dynamics that drive egg release. doi.org/10.1093/repr...
Seeing is believing: historical snapshots of ovulation. Representative stills from landmark live-imaging studies capturing periovulatory
dynamics and follicle rupture.
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Christopher Thomas @ovarylab.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
Lots of fun and new ideas from our joint lab retreat near Saint-Jurs with @guignardlab.bsky.social, @axonreg2lab.bsky.social, and @raphclement.bsky.social 🙌🏼☀️🛶
Group photo of members from the Guignard, Schaeffer, and Thomas teams in front of a lavender field.Lab members from the Schaeffer and Thomas teams canoeing in the Gorges du Verdon.
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Manuel Thery @manuelthery.bsky.social · 19/06/2026
Is there a size limit for cells ? How can cells replicate inside the architecture of their environment? Why do cells self-destroy ? This 15-minute movie vimeo.com/1173229237 shows our 2026 edition of the Living Architectures project at the @museeorsay.bsky.social
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Young Embryologist Network @yen-network.bsky.social · 15/06/2026
🌟 Invited Speaker | The Mechanics of Ovulation We were delighted to welcome our next invited speaker, Dr Christopher Thomas (IBDM), who delivered a fascinating talk on the cellular and mechanical processes underlying ovulation 🧬
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Christopher Thomas @ovarylab.bsky.social · 20/04/2026
How does an ovarian follicle remodel in space and time to release an egg? 💥🥚 We have an exciting PhD project combining follicle culture, advanced imaging and quantitative analysis to understand the cellular dynamics of ovulation. 🔬 Co-supervised by me and @guignardlab.bsky.social. Please share! 🌱
An ovarian follicle poised for ovulation, with the oocyte at its centre. Cell membranes are shown in orange and DNA in blue.
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Petra Mikec @petramikec.bsky.social · 18/03/2026
The project I contributed to during my master’s is officially out! 🎉 This work was led by my amazing mentors Valentina and Isabella, in the lab of @ivatolic.bsky.social. Mitotic spindle will forever be my favourite subcellular structure. (Sorry Christopher!😂) ⬇️⬇️⬇️ doi.org/10.1038/s414...
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Polar chromosomes are rescued from missegregation by spindle elongation-driven microtubule pivoting - Nature Communications
Polar chromosomes in human cells are prone to late alignment and segregation errors. Here, the authors show that spindle elongation rescues them by repositioning astral microtubules via a pivoting mec...
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Christopher Thomas @ovarylab.bsky.social · 10/01/2026
Great first international lab outing at #Fertility2026 in Edinburgh! 🙌🏼🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 @srfsocietyuk.bsky.social
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Christopher Thomas @ovarylab.bsky.social · 06/01/2026
💥🥚 ANR-funded Assistant Engineer position open in our “Control & Dynamics of the Ovarian Cycle” group at IBDM Marseille 🇫🇷 Work on mouse lines + lab logistics + follicle culture/imaging 🔬 🗓️ Apply by 26 Jan: emploi.cnrs.fr/Offres/CDD/U... Please share widely — especially with colleagues in France!
Fluorescence microscopy image of an ovarian follicle (light blue/magenta), with a bright central oocyte.
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CENTURI - Turing Centre for Living Systems @centuri-ls.bsky.social · 05/01/2026
The CENTURI PhD Call 2026 is still ongoing. Applications are open until the end of the month, on January 28th! Visit centuri-livingsystems.org/recruitment/ to apply. #PHD #CENTURI
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Careers - Centuri Living Systems
Open positions available CENTURI Funded PhD Positions PHD2026_01 | Identifying evolutionary divergent functional gene modules in the human cerebellum development Supervisors: Baptiste LIBÉ-PHILIPPOT |...
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Christopher Thomas @ovarylab.bsky.social · 17/12/2025
Bubble ovaries Christmas lab meeting! 🫧🦑
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Petra Mikec @petramikec.bsky.social · 01/10/2025
I am excited to be a part of the ovary lab in Marseille. Looking forward to the journey ahead. 🇫🇷🥳 #ovulation #PhD
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Júlia Garcia-Baucells @jugarbau.bsky.social · 19/09/2025

1/6 Extremely happy to share my PhD work is out on bioRxiv! We discovered that microtubules deform mitotic centrosomes. When we removed them, the SPD-5 scaffold became denser but didn't lose material. This suggests it's an elastically deformable solid! This only happens in mitosis.
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Christopher Thomas @ovarylab.bsky.social · 18/07/2025
Pleased to share my new review: Ovulation: A cellular symphony in three movements 💥🥚 Ovulation is more than egg release—it's a tightly regulated, tissue-scale process. Here, I present a temporal framework structured as a symphony performed by the cells of the follicle. 🔗 doi.org/10.1016/j.se...
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Christopher Thomas @ovarylab.bsky.social · 19/03/2025
🚨 PhD Opportunity! 🚨 Passionate about ovarian biology? This cutting-edge PhD project combines live-cell microscopy & biophysical modelling to explore the dynamic ovary! 🧬🔬 I'm happy to chat more—DM or email me to set up a Zoom call 📩 And please share! 🙌🏼 christopher.thomas@univ-amu.fr
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