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Tara M Finegan @tarafinegan.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

The International Dev Mech Seminar Series Returns Thursday! Ricardo Barrientos, UCL “The contribution of basement membrane turnover and stress relaxation on cell shape during tissue growth” & Marina Marchenko, TU Dresden “Synthetic lumen rounding directs neural progenitor division mode”

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Tara M Finegan @tarafinegan.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

Our Fall lineup for the Zoom International Developmental Mechanics Seminar is finalized! Join us for seminars every other Thursday - full lineup at our website: sites.google.com/view/devmechseminars

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Genetics Society of America @genetics-gsa.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

Meet three more #Dros27 plenary speakers! 🧬 William Ja 🧫 Jin Jiang 🔬 Stephen Klusza From metabolism and physiology to Hedgehog signaling and tissue morphogenesis, they'll share exciting discoveries in Philadelphia. See the full speaker lineup: buff.ly/3ycf3zx

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Tara M Finegan @tarafinegan.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

Our International Developmental Mechanics Zoom Seminar Series returns this fall! Interested in sharing your research with an international community? Sign up to speak at an upcoming session: sites.google.com/view/devmech... #DevBio #Mechanobiology #Morphogenesis

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Genetics Society of America @genetics-gsa.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

Getting excited for #Dros27? Meet our keynote speaker, @perrimonlab.bsky.social! His pioneering work has transformed Drosophila genetics and advanced discoveries in development, physiology, and signal transduction. See the full lineup: buff.ly/FB1mYrf

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Genetics Society of America @genetics-gsa.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

Meet three of our #Dros27 plenary speakers! 🧠 Vanessa Auld 🪰 @nabroderick.bsy.social 🧬 Don Fox From glial biology to host-microbe interactions to genome stability and regeneration, they'll bring exciting science to Philadelphia. 🔗https://buff.ly/7IBPyFM

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Priti Agarwal @pritiagarwal.bsky.social · 30/06/2026

Dear Dev Mech Enthusiasts! The Developmental Mechanics Seminar Series returns on 24 September. We have an exciting lineup of speakers. If interested in presenting your work/ attending it. Register here:https://tinyurl.com/2munv5bv @goncaerdemci.bsky.social @tarafinegan.bsky.social

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Please fill out the following survey if you are interested in the 2025-2026 International Zoom Seminars on Developmental Mechanics. Our website: https://sites.google.com/view/devmechseminars

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Tara M Finegan @tarafinegan.bsky.social · 13/03/2026

Had a blast performing with @lucksmith.bsky.social on his awesome original Drosophila celebration song at #Dros26!

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Stefan Luschnig @luschnig.bsky.social · 18/02/2026

New preprint @biorxiv-devbio.bsky.social by Harshath Amal and colleagues from our lab @uni-muenster.de shows how a BMP #morphogen gradient is translated into graded junctional permeability by tuning adhesion and actomyosin contractility in #Drosophila See tinyurl.com/yhbwd9xh @sfb1348.bsky.social

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eric lai @lucksmith.bsky.social · 05/03/2026

hi everyone #Dros26. @tarafinegan.bsky.social and i had so much fun rocking the chicago fly meeting! remember to pick up your fly pin with the fly lyrics, courtesy of our friends at Genesee Scientific. visit their booth, they made 1000 of them, enough for everyone. i also have bunch, pls say hi! 🪰🎸🎶

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Tara M Finegan @tarafinegan.bsky.social · 06/03/2026

Fly 🪰 people are the best people! 🔬🥼🧬 having a blast in Chicago #Dros26 (but missing Dan who is serving as super dad at home) @mbustill.bsky.social @rodrigofg.bsky.social @krothphd.bsky.social

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