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and Yi He’s poster “BMP signaling orchestrates positional identity during planarian DV patterning” at the EMBO Workshop on the Molecular and Cellular Basis of Regeneration and Tissue Repair

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Fabienne Dreier’s poster “Restoring bilateral symmetry - midline regeneration in planarians” at the EMBO Workshop on the Molecular and Cellular Basis of Regeneration and Tissue Repair

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Ziheng Zhang’s poster “Establishment of Cre recombination system and lineage tracing tools in Macrostomum lignano” at the EMBO Workshop on the Molecular and Cellular Basis of Regeneration and Tissue Repair

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Philipp Weiss’s poster “Camerata robusta as new model species for planarian embryonic development” at the EMBO Workshop on the Molecular and Cellular Basis of Regeneration and Tissue Repair

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Rink Lab @rink-lab.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

Lab members are presenting at upcoming conferences! Don’t miss . . . Lucie Souriac’s poster “Uncovering the molecular mechanisms underlying genomic plasticity in planarians” at the EMBO YIP Genome Stability Sectoral Meeting

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And that’s a wrap! We hope everyone had as enjoyable and productive a time at ISFB XVI as we did. Thanks for attending, and we’ll see you again in Sant Feliu in 2029!

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Rink Lab @rink-lab.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

The final event for ISFB XVI is today's taxonomic satellite symposium, organized by Lukas Schärer, at the Biodiversitätsmuseum in Göttingen (ZMUG).

Ronald Sluys also delivered a tribute to Masaharu Kawakatsu (1929-2025), renowned for his career-long contributions to planarian taxonomy and ecology.

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Day 4 of ISFB XVI was devoted to taxonomy and systematics. Great talks capturing flatworm diversity by Lukas Schärer, Miquel Vila-Farré, Alejandro Catalá Jimenez, Marta Riutort (@riutortlab.bsky.social), Aoi Tsuyuki, Srishti Arya, Vitor Milanese, and Marta Álvarez-Presas (@martaalvarez.bsky.social).

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A few shots from the two fantastic poster sessions at ISFB XVI. Congratulations to award winners Janan Gawra and Emilia Failache, and thanks to all the presenters for sharing their exciting work!

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Our final session for day three of ISFB XVI featured more exciting talks on flatworm cell biology by Ludwik Gąsiorowski (@lgasiorowski.bsky.social), Simone Häberlein, Steffen Werner, and George Wendt.

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Rink Lab @rink-lab.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

Jeremias Brand (@brandgefahr.bsky.social), Christopher Laumer (@tendersombrero.bsky.social), Ignacio Tenaguillo-Arriola, and Ulf Jondelius shared the latest in flatworm genomics for our second session of day three at ISFB XVI.

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Exciting new tools for researching Macrostomum presented by Nelson Hall, Eugene Berezikov, and Matthew Voas, along with new molecular insights into bioadhesion by Peter Ladurner in the morning session of ISFB XVI.

Rink Lab @rink-lab.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

Day 2 PM talks at ISFB XVI addressed clinically and agriculturally significant flatworm parasites. Fascinating work from Jim Collins, Tania Rozario, Inés Guarnaschelli, Christoph Grevelding, Klaus Brehm, and Uriel Koziol.

Rink Lab @rink-lab.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

Session 2 at ISFB XIV covered the germline (Phil Newmark), stress responses (Blair Benham-Pyle; @blairbenhampyle.bsky.social), stem cell competition (Uri Weill; @uriweill.bsky.social), and alternative regeneration mechanisms (Shuchang Hu).

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Rink Lab @rink-lab.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

ISFB XVI kicked off with a keynote by Christoph Bleidorn (@cblei.bsky.social) on the evolution of animal phylogeny. Session 1 on planarian cell biology featured talks by Peter Reddien, Hanh Vu (@hanhtkvu.bsky.social), Jordi Solana (@jordisolana.bsky.social), and Leo Drees (@auricle1.bsky.social).

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Rink Lab @rink-lab.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

The first International Symposium on Flatworm Biology took place in Chicago in 1970. Today, we’re excited to welcome our colleagues to Göttingen for the 16th Symposium. Registration is open, and the program begins at 18:00. See you there! events.gwdg.de/event/1168/p...

Rink Lab @rink-lab.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

Only four days left until the XVI International Symposium on Flatworm Biology! Wishing all attendees a good trip. We look forward to welcoming you to Göttingen! events.gwdg.de/event/1168/