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Shared account Tessmar & Raible labs, University of Vienna @univie.ac.at and AWI. Marine clocks and rhythms, moon- and sun light, stem cells, hormones, regeneration and biomaterials.

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Marine Chronobiology Network @marine-chronobio.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Hello Bsky! We are the #Marine #Chronobiology #Network! We foster #networking, #training and #student #mobility in #research on marine #biological #clocks. We are Andrés Ritter @tidalg.bsky.social Kristin Tessmar-Raible @tessmarraiblelabs.bsky.social Peter Kroth ...
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Tessmar-Raible Labs @tessmarraiblelabs.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
New round of applications to join the oeaw.bsky.social #AustrianStudyFoundation! Are you enrolled in an #Austrian University (<= 3 terms)? Have you just obtained your "Matura"? Don't miss this chance for joining a growing network of academic high-potentials! Check out www.oeaw.ac.at/studienstift...
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Tessmar-Raible Labs @tessmarraiblelabs.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
Hot off the press: our joint @univie.ac.at @tuwien.at @viennabiocenter.bsky.social proof for the “bio-metallic” properties of worm jaws, and pioneering work in conceptualising them using manifold micromechanics. Check out @biophysicalsoc.bsky.social Biophys. Rev. doi.org/10.1063/5.03... ... [1/5]
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Tessmar-Raible Labs @tessmarraiblelabs.bsky.social · 11/07/2026
A case of chemical bullying? Larger individuals of the marine bristleworm #Platynereis dumerilii suppress the growth of conspecifics via a chemical cue. Just published by Victoria Moris and colleagues in @jexpbiol.bsky.social @biologists.bsky.social; see doi.org/10.1242/jeb....
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Tessmar-Raible Labs @tessmarraiblelabs.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
A silk catapult for accelerating ants (with up to 130 x G) ?! Wonderful #biomechanics publication by @ercgrantees.bsky.social awardee @wolffspider.bsky.social @evoimec.bsky.social & colleagues in @currentbiology.bsky.social; see doi.org/10.1016/j.cu...; also check out videos at bit.ly/4cKtVGT
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Uri Frank @thecocodium.bsky.social · 03/06/2026
We are seeking to appoint a new permanent faculty member in the broad areas of molecular cell biology, biochemistry, genetics, or genomics. The search is driven by excellence rather than research area. See link below for details. tinyurl.com/2jy4rj3r
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Lecturer in Biochemistry, Full-Time, Permanent, Contract Type B | University Vacancies Ireland
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Tessmar-Raible Labs @tessmarraiblelabs.bsky.social · 01/06/2026
Huge congrats to our @viennabiocenter.bsky.social colleague and @imbavienna.bsky.social director Elly Tanaka on being elected as Fellow of the @royalsociety.org!
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Tessmar-Raible Labs @tessmarraiblelabs.bsky.social · 01/06/2026
"His legacy lives on ... through the many people he inspired, supported and shaped". Thanks to Francesca @ciccarellilab.bsky.social, Jan and Christian for this tribute to Peer @borklab.bsky.social – mentor, visionary , and former interim DG of @embl.org – just published in @natgenet.nature.com.
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Tim Wollesen @thechitoncorner.bsky.social · 27/05/2026
Around 21,000 people are protesting in #Vienna now against planned university budget cuts! #UnisRetten #SaveOurUniversities
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Tessmar-Raible Labs @tessmarraiblelabs.bsky.social · 27/05/2026
Massive protests now in @wien.gv.at now against planned budged cuts of the #University sector. #unisretten. Speeches now in front of @univie.ac.at main building.
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Tessmar-Raible Labs @tessmarraiblelabs.bsky.social · 17/05/2026
Whatever you personally think of the #eurovision song contest #ESC2026 that ended in #Vienna this weekend - the contest has become a symbol of #diversity and #inclusiveness in Europe. And the city @wien.gv.at has handled another large event well. www.bbc.com/news/article...
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Eurovision 2026: Bulgaria wins with Bangaranga - but the UK comes last
Bulgarian singer Dara is a surprise winner beating Israel in second place, while the UK's Look Mum No Computer gets just one point.
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Tessmar-Raible Labs @tessmarraiblelabs.bsky.social · 14/05/2026
No cavities in the cave! How #Neanderthals mastered dentistry... Impressive work detecting traces of drilling tools from 60,000 years ago, by Kseniya A. Kolobova and colleagues, published in @plosone.org : Check out doi.org/10.1371/jour...
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Miki Ebisuya @ebisuyamiki.bsky.social · 30/04/2026
We’re looking for a technician to join our lab in Dresden - help manage the lab and work with us on a cool 'stem cell zoo' comparison projects! 🐁🚶‍♀️🦏🐒 Apply by May 21! tud.link/wbqrwm
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Tessmar-Raible Labs @tessmarraiblelabs.bsky.social · 29/04/2026
Meeting Alert :: EMBO Workshop on Regeneration & Tissue Repair #EMBORegeneration2026 :: deadline for abstract submission and registration is May 20. For guidelines and details, check out the official site at meetings.embo.org/event/26-tis...
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The molecular and cellular basis of regeneration and tissue repair
Over the past decades, this EMBO Workshop on Regeneration & Tissue Repair has become the key international meeting for scientists investigating basic biological questions in regeneration and repa…
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Tessmar-Raible Labs @tessmarraiblelabs.bsky.social · 29/04/2026
Tired of regular colour palettes? Why not choosing a #nudibranch -inspired palette for your next presentation or publication...? Very nice thread on the colourful beauty of #marinelife!
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Tessmar-Raible Labs @tessmarraiblelabs.bsky.social · 28/04/2026
In light of the #NSF board dismissal, a fitting article from 2019 on the parallels in how science and scientists become targets of authoritarian regimes: www.sciencenews.org/article/huma...
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What happens when governments crack down on scientists just doing their jobs?
Through their research findings or sense of duty, scientists can run afoul of government leaders keen to control information’s spread.
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OxfordDPAG @oxforddpag.bsky.social · 22/04/2026
Read more about DPAG vacancies here www.dpag.ox.ac.uk/work-with-us...
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Tessmar-Raible Labs @tessmarraiblelabs.bsky.social · 20/04/2026
Great service to the scientific community by @michalis-averof.bsky.social and many colleagues: validating membrane tags for #live imaging across a range of emerging model species, just published in @dev-journal.bsky.social. See doi.org/10.1242/dev....
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Targeting the cell membrane in established and emerging model organisms
Summary: Screening a toolkit of diverse membrane-localising tags identifies candidates that efficiently localise proteins to the plasma membrane in a wide range of animals and choanoflagellates.
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Alex Eve @amjeve.uk · 20/04/2026
Thank you to Jim Smith for writing about the legacy of #devbio giant and former Chair of @biologists.bsky.social's Board of Directors, Sir John Gurdon.
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John Gurdon (1933-2025)
John Gurdon was a towering figure in developmental biology, respected and admired throughout the world. His discovery, made when he was a PhD student, that the nuclei of differentiated cells retain th...
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Manuel Irimia @mirimiam.bsky.social · 20/04/2026
Do you want to know when your favorite species activates its genome? Just input its genome size (🧬 in bp) and egg volumen (🥚 in um3) here! ZGA_onset = -2.37 * log10(gDNA/EggVol) + 11.74
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a cartoon of spongebob saying magic with his hands up
ALT: a cartoon of spongebob saying magic with his hands up
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Anton Goloborodko @golobor.bsky.social · 10/04/2026
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Elif Karagöz @gekaragoz.bsky.social · 13/04/2026
Our lab is looking for a lab technician! If you share our passion for fundamental research and happy to contribute, join us!
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Vienna BioCenter Scientific Training @vbcscitraining.bsky.social · 13/04/2026
Exciting job offer: PhD Program Manager. Lead recruitment, support PhD candidates, and shape doctoral training at a top international life sciences campus. ow.ly/3YkN50YAuGM Institute of Molecular Biotechnology, Max Perutz Labs Vienna, IMP, Gregor Mendel Institute of Molecular Plant Biology
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MwahahahahahadScientist @mads100tist.bsky.social · 13/04/2026
Traditional: "The mammalian cortex is composed of 17 billion neurons and we're not even sure of how many types there are" Revised: "The mammalian cortex is five neurons and they're all roomates"
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Carlos Ribeiro @ribeirocarlitos.bsky.social · 07/04/2026
We're hiring! Research Assistant position in our lab @champalimaudf.bsky.social in #Lisbon. Work on #diet - #brain and #microbiome - #metabolism projects using innovative #microscopy, #connectome and #metabolism methods. Start in May. Apply: ribeirolab.org
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Tessmar-Raible Labs @tessmarraiblelabs.bsky.social · 29/03/2026
The impacts of light on life keep surprising us. This time, we uncover significant links between light, reproductive onset and life span... Check out our new @univie.ac.at @awi.de @viennabiocenter.bsky.social study published in @pnas.org: doi.org/10.1073/pnas... [1/7]
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Haubensak Lab @haubensaklab.bsky.social · 27/03/2026
Dear Neuroscientists! 🧠 Publicly available brain data — gene expression atlases, connectomes, functional imaging & single-cell transcriptomics — is transforming neuroscience. We want your opinion on how these resources should be developed and shared 👇 1/3 🔗 s2survey.net/MultimodalBr...
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Vienna BioCenter @viennabiocenter.bsky.social · 26/03/2026
Proud to announce that the Austrian Science Fund FWF has awarded funding to four Principal Investigator Projects by researchers at Vienna BioCenter. Congratulations to everyone involved! Read more about their work here: lnkd.in/dDiFSK6x #viennabiocenter
Collage of the portraits of the four awardees with the Vienna BioCenter Logo in the corner
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Alfred Wegener Institute @awi.de · 26/03/2026
Construction of the new Polarstern is gathering pace: A 5.66-metre-long model has successfully demonstrated the capabilities of the future research icebreaker in the HSVA ice channel. 🧊🚢 Construction of the ship is scheduled to begin in spring 2027. www.awi.de/ueber-uns/se... 📹AWI/Ocean Architects
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Tim Wollesen @thechitoncorner.bsky.social · 27/03/2026
Am 24.04. findet wieder die Lange Nacht der Forschung statt – auch bei uns an der Uni Wien in der Schlachthausgasse im 3. Bezirk. Es gibt viel Spannendes auch für Kinder zu entdecken, auszuprobieren und zu bestaunen.
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Audrey Mat @rhythm-and-blue.bsky.social · 26/03/2026
Another cool day @events.embl.org for #EESBioOsc Super great talks + poster on the lunar clock and behavior of our beloved worm P. dumerilii by @federicoscaramuzza.bsky.social and Aida Coric @tessmarraiblelabs.bsky.social
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Tessmar-Raible Labs @tessmarraiblelabs.bsky.social · 23/03/2026
Absolutely thrilled that our @univie.ac.at @lifesciencesunivie.bsky.social @vbcscitraining.bsky.social lab is among this year's @hfspo.bsky.social #HFSPResearchGrants, along with @alaingoriely.bsky.social @oxfordmathematics.bsky.social. A wonderful opportunity to study morphogenesis at nano-scale!
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Rob Klose @robklose.bsky.social · 13/03/2026
We are excited to be recruiting into 3 Associate Professorship's in @oxfordbiochemistry.bsky.social. Come join us as a colleague and benefit from our vibrant and multidisciplinary environment. Reach out to me if you have any questions. Please repost! (tinyurl.com/48deybuu) (tinyurl.com/4pdvjaft).
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Manon Demulder @manondemulder.bsky.social · 11/03/2026
Excited to announce I’m starting a new lab at @gmivienna.bsky.social (Vienna BioCentre) in Sept 2026 We study how carbon fixation is inherited and maintained in algae using cryo-ET, imaging, environmental sampling&more Looking for people who want to build the lab together, get in touch! #teamtomo
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Tessmar-Raible Labs @tessmarraiblelabs.bsky.social · 13/03/2026
Teresa @trayon.bsky.social from Cambridge is presenting new advances into the analysis of divergent protein stability as an explanation for the different developmental tempos in different mammalian species at @gfeev.bsky.social #gfe2026. Check out the preprint here: www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
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Tessmar-Raible Labs @tessmarraiblelabs.bsky.social · 12/03/2026
Elisabeth Knust -- former director at the @mpi-cbg.de -- acknowledges the "priviledge to do curiosity-driven science" in her acceptance speech for the Klaus Sander lifetime award of the @gfeev.bsky.social at #gfe2026 in @unipotsdam.bsky.social. Congratulations!
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Alex Eve @amjeve.uk · 11/03/2026
The central nervous system forms by 'folding in' part of the outer layer of the embryo. Kerstin Feistel studies the cytoskeleton and tissue stiffness to understand how cells change shape to orchestrate tissue folding in frogs. #gfe2026 Video from @dev-journal.bsky.social: doi.org/10.1242/dev....
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Alex Eve @amjeve.uk · 11/03/2026
If you poke a hole in a tissue layer, how is the gap sealed? Jérôme Solon investigates wound healing in fly larvae to understand how tissues sense mechanics across scales to close wounds of different sizes #gfe2026 Jérôme has recently co-authored a post on @focalplane.bsky.social – you can too
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Seeing Chromatin Scaling with Cell Size, from Interphase to Mitosis - FocalPlane
Seeing Chromatin Scaling with Cell Size, from Interphase to Mitosis -
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Tessmar-Raible Labs @tessmarraiblelabs.bsky.social · 11/03/2026
Complementing @ckirchhelle.bsky.social 's engaging and mechanistic #mechanobiology presentation at @gfeev.bsky.social #gfe2026, check out their @natplants.nature.com work on a cell-wall-sensing module at the edges of cells and their role for directional growth doi.org/10.1038/s414...
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Alex Eve @amjeve.uk · 11/03/2026
Alba Diz-Muñoz explains how biological composites – tissues made from layers or components with different mechanical properties – direct shape & form. Alba shows that mechanics is also coupled to cell identity, with stem cell membrane flexibility influencing pluripotency state. #gfe2026
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Alex Eve @amjeve.uk · 11/03/2026
Good morning from #gfe2026. @sebioldev.bsky.social keynote speaker, Isabel Fariñas, studies adult brain stem cells, which are in different states of "relative" dormancy. Isabel studies the stem cell niche - the supporting cells, signals and extracellular matrix that regulate stem cell activity.
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Gesellschaft für Entwicklungsbiologie e.V. @gfeev.bsky.social · 11/03/2026
day 2 of #GfESEBDDSDB2026 #GfE2026 just started with the president of the SEBD Eloísa Herrera (@eloisaherrera.bsky.social) introducing the 2nd keynote lecture given by Isabel Fariñas (University of Valencia)
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Tessmar-Raible Labs @tessmarraiblelabs.bsky.social · 10/03/2026
At #GfE2026, Thomas Bosch from Kiel University (CAU) challenges the host gene-centric view of biology, demonstrating in beautiful work how microbes change #development, #StemCell differentiation, and even #behaviour. Check out doi.org/10.1073/pnas... doi.org/10.1016/j.cu... doi.org/10.1101/2024...
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Tessmar-Raible Labs @tessmarraiblelabs.bsky.social · 10/03/2026
Salim Seyfried opens the @gfeev.bsky.social #GfE2026 meeting highlighting the history and highlights of the @unipotsdam.bsky.social area, including the Studio Babelsberg. Looking forward to entertaining and thrilling science...
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Tessmar-Raible Labs @tessmarraiblelabs.bsky.social · 05/03/2026
Nice theory-inspired work on spontaneous directionality of polymers in an „Entropic Tug of War“ by our @univie.ac.at colleagues from soft-matter #physics, bridging #materials science and biology concepts. published in Physical Review X, 2026 doi.org/10.1103/rkms...
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Entropic Tug of War: Topological Constraints Spontaneously Rectify the Dynamics of a Polymer with Heterogeneous Fluctuations
By breaking translational symmetry, topological constraints together with heterogeneous fluctuations can induce persistent directional motion in dense polymer systems, providing a deeper understanding...
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Tessmar-Raible Labs @tessmarraiblelabs.bsky.social · 26/02/2026
Only a few days left to apply to E-STEEM fellowships (call closing this weekend)... submit a 3-page application to maintain your chance for securing 4 years of #PostDoc funding at @univie.ac.at! #WomeninScience #WomenInSTEM who obtained their #PhD degree in 2022 or later -- please consider!
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Tessmar-Raible Labs @tessmarraiblelabs.bsky.social · 11/02/2026
#WomenInScience day alert: Our labs participate in the E-STEEM initiative of @univie.ac.at: >= 20 funded postdoc positions for female applicants! Interested in pursuing original projects in #stemcells, #regeneration, #biomaterials, #chronobiology at @viennabiocenter.bsky.social? Please get in touch!
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Tessmar-Raible Labs @tessmarraiblelabs.bsky.social · 05/02/2026
Happy to have contributed to this multi-organism/lab study by Kathrin @ktgarschall.bsky.social @malinkjosavik.bsky.social Patrick @prhsteinmetz.bsky.social et al. @msarscentre.bsky.social @unibergen.bsky.social. #Platynereis work by @leonieadelmann.bsky.social. Check it out here: rdcu.be/e2v4j
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The nascent RNA labelling compound 5-ethynyl uridine (EU) integrates into DNA in some animals
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Tessmar-Raible Labs @tessmarraiblelabs.bsky.social · 30/01/2026
So proud and happy to see Ava Abdi conclude a highly productive Master's project today with a wonderful presentation and thesis defence! Thanks to the many attendees from @tessmarraiblelabs.bsky.social and @antsinthecarpet.bsky.social labs @sfb-f78.bsky.social and co-examiner Daniela Pollak!
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Tessmar-Raible Labs @tessmarraiblelabs.bsky.social · 25/01/2026
Cool event at the @wien.gv.at mayor's hall on Saturday: @sciball.bsky.social merged great research landscape (@oeaw.bsky.social #ISTAustria #WPI @viennabiocenter.bsky.social @univie.ac.at & more) w/ Vienna's unique ball tradition. Fittingly, opened by 2nd movement of Berlioz’ Symphonie fantastique.
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