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Magdalena Zernicka-Goetz

@zernickagoetz.bsky.social
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Scientist studying development of embryos and building their models from stem cells. The author of #TheDanceofLife. Warsaw/Oxford/Cambridge/LA.

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Magdalena Zernicka-Goetz @zernickagoetz.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
My speciality, coffee!
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Magdalena Zernicka-Goetz @zernickagoetz.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Thank you, Nicholas. Will I see you again this year in Zurich?
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Magdalena Zernicka-Goetz @zernickagoetz.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Such a pleasure to meet you, Chris! And a fun challenge to show scientists without the lab coat, microscope, and serious scientist stare 😉 to show a fragment of our lives beyond our experiments! I hope we managed to capture a little of the people behind the science.
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Nature Biotechnology @natbiotech.nature.com · 29/01/2026
Obituary: John Gurdon (1933–2025) - @zernickagoetz.bsky.social go.nature.com/3Mf8SD0
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John Gurdon 1933–2025 - Nature Biotechnology
Nature Biotechnology - John Gurdon 1933–2025
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Magdalena Zernicka-Goetz @zernickagoetz.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Warmest congratulations Shihui! It’s wonderful to have you in our lab!
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Stylianos Lefkopoulos (he/him) @slefkopoulos.bsky.social · 12/06/2026
🌈 At a time when progress can't be taken for granted, I 'm especially proud to share this @natcellbio.nature.com Q&A piece. I had the pleasure to discuss with @gunawanlab.bsky.social about his inspiring journey as an LGBTQIA+ immigrant. #PrideInSTEM 👉 rdcu.be/fnXQ6 www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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A scientist can come from anywhere - Nature Cell Biology
This June, we celebrate Pride by discussing with Felix Gunawan, assistant professor at the University of Toronto and co-affiliate group leader at the University of Münster, about his personal and acad...
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Nature Biotechnology @natbiotech.nature.com · 01/06/2026
Decoding the origins of cellular self-organization for engineered biology - @qichen-lab.bsky.social @zernickagoetz.bsky.social go.nature.com/4e1m3Br
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Decoding the origins of cellular self-organization for engineered biology - Nature Biotechnology
This Perspective positions cellular self-organization as a foundational principle for the origin of multicellular life and discusses how decoding this concept with stem cell-based models will advance ...
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Qi Chen @qichen-lab.bsky.social · 02/06/2026
After years of crystallization, in @natbiotech.nature.com, @zernickagoetz.bsky.social and I discuss the evolutionary origins of multicellularity & how physical constraints inevitably drive cellular self-organization. Harnessing these rules may help us better understand & engineer life rdcu.be/flTKa
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The Lister Institute of Preventive Medicine @thelisterinstitute.bsky.social · 03/06/2026
A new hypothesis on the emergence of multicellularity from former #ListerFellow @zernickagoetz.bsky.social and @qichen-lab.bsky.social. "Multicellularity may have begun not when cells stuck together — but when a single cell became unequal inside itself." How might this model affect your own studies?
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Magdalena Zernicka-Goetz @zernickagoetz.bsky.social · 01/01/2026
Entering the new year with gratitude: for family, for friends, for trainees who push the ideas further and further, for collaborators who make the science and journey exciting, for a community that reminds me science and curiosity have to be protected. Wishing everyone enriching, colorful 2026!
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Wallace Marshall @wallaceucsf.bsky.social · 07/12/2025
Stentor is a single cell with a complex cortical pattern showing anterior/posterior polarization In poster 410 at CellBio2025 Monday Dec 8, Yina Hudnall shows a role for posterior-enriched mRNA that encoding DNA binding proteins.
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Wallace Marshall @wallaceucsf.bsky.social · 07/12/2025
Mitochondria form dynamic networks that can be represented as graphs. But the space of graphs is complex. In poster 376 at CellBio2025 Monday Dec 8, Raphie Mostov presents a mathematical approach to represent mitochondria far more simply.
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Wallace Marshall @wallaceucsf.bsky.social · 07/12/2025
The cell is a crowded place where organelles are packed together . In poster B365 at CellBio2025 Monday Dec 8 in the Quantitative Modeling session room 122, Mary Mirvis uses soft x-ray tomography to explore how packing interactions affect organelle shape and interaction.
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Magdalena Zernicka-Goetz @zernickagoetz.bsky.social · 10/10/2025
Fantastic place for science.
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James Briscoe @jamesbriscoe.bsky.social · 10/10/2025
The @crick.ac.uk is recruiting Early Career Group Leaders - Lab set-up, research costs, salaries for up to 5 researchers - Support for up to 12 years - Access to our core facilities - Competitive salary - Fantastic colleagues - All areas of biology Deadline 27 Nov www.crick.ac.uk/careers-stud...
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Early career group leaders
We appoint researchers from across biology and biomedicine to set up their first groups at the Crick.
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Biomedical Picture of the Day BPoD @bpodaily.bsky.social · 15/09/2025
New protocol for growing mouse embryo-like models (blastoids) from stem cells, aiding study of environmental factors on embryo development 📷 Victoria Jorgensen, Min Bao & Sergi Junyent et al @zernickagoetz.bsky.social lab @caltech.edu in @cp-devcell.bsky.social ➡️ bpod.org.uk/archive/2025...
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Sam Connell @samuelconnell.3i.social · 07/10/2025
One of the greatest signs of true mentorship: "He believed in me more than I believed in myself." May his memory be a blessing.🙏
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Magdalena Zernicka-Goetz @zernickagoetz.bsky.social · 07/10/2025
John Gurdon, whom we lost today, was not only my mentor but a dear friend. We met 30 years ago in Cambridge. He believed in me more than I believed in myself. His generosity, boundless curiosity, and sense of adventure shaped my life as a scientist 🖤 He will be missed by many. Here us 10 years ago
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Magdalena Zernicka-Goetz @zernickagoetz.bsky.social · 07/10/2025
John Gurdon, whom we lost today, was not only my mentor but a dear friend. We met 30 years ago in Cambridge. He believed in me more than I believed in myself. His generosity, boundless curiosity, and sense of adventure shaped my life as a scientist 🖤 He will be missed by many
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Magdalena Zernicka-Goetz @zernickagoetz.bsky.social · 19/08/2025
Thank you @natcellbio.nature.com for publishing our human amnion atlas. We aimed for this data to provide insights into aminon formation in the real embryo but also accurate reference points to generate meaningful stem cell-derived human embryo models
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Magdalena Zernicka-Goetz @zernickagoetz.bsky.social · 24/05/2025
My son’s last high school concert - we will be missing them 🥲
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Sam Connell @samuelconnell.3i.social · 01/04/2025
Talks...on the train! What? @odedrechavi.bsky.social, @natanellae.bsky.social, @meital.bsky.social, @svobodalab.bsky.social, @paveltomancak.bsky.social, @itaiyanai.bsky.social, @zernickagoetz.bsky.social Register now for: "an atmosphere of enthusiasm, lucid criticism, nonconformism, and friendship".
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Itai Yanai @itaiyanai.bsky.social · 19/03/2025
Israeli friends! Interested in learning & practicing the thinking tools of the creative process in science? Join the Night Science workshop in Tel Aviv University next week! Register here: forms.office.com/r/xVhzcHTy1t Thank you @judithberman11.bsky.social for organizing! @odedrechavi.bsky.social
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Itai Yanai @itaiyanai.bsky.social · 13/03/2025
It’s no secret that we do our best work when it's less like work and more like a joy. That’s what we have in mind for the Woodstock Night Science conference. The idea is to have the most fun conference possible so that the good ideas flow and we all get inspired. That’s needed now more than ever!
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Magdalena Zernicka-Goetz @zernickagoetz.bsky.social · 09/03/2025
What I love most about science are unexpected discoveries-finding what was thought not to exist or imagined differently, even against our hypotheses. We uncover them by following curiosity & intuition. That’s why we’re hosting WoodstockNightScience, to spark bold ideas. Join us! #Science #Innovation
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Itai Yanai @itaiyanai.bsky.social · 07/03/2025
Science is an investment that pays enormous dividends. So if you’re business-minded, it’s an offer you can’t refuse! Here's my full speech from the Stand Up For Science rally in DC today: www.youtube.com/watch?v=eemj...
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paveltomancak.bsky.social @paveltomancak.bsky.social · 02/03/2025
The conference does not have #organizers. Just a bunch of #instigators such as @svobodalab.bsky.social @odedrechavi.bsky.social @itaiyanai.bsky.social @NatanellaE @zernickagoetz.bsky.social @meital.bsky.social & #YoursTruly Big shout for #ChiefInstigator @svobodalab.bsky.social (6/7)
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Itai Yanai @itaiyanai.bsky.social · 01/03/2025
Registration is now open for the event of the summer! Take a stand for the science that we know & love and join us for this once in a lifetime meeting, with amazing science, fun and a ton of surprises! Only 226 spots left! woodstock.img.cas.cz #TheConferenceToEndAllConferences
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Itai Yanai @itaiyanai.bsky.social · 01/03/2025
Natanella Illouz-Eliaz, @natanellae.bsky.social Salk Meital Oren, @meital.bsky.social WIS Oded Rechavi, @, TAU Petr Svoboda, @svobodalab.bsky.social IMG Prague Pavel Tomančák MPI-CBG Dresden Itai Yanai, @itaiyanai.bsky.social NYU Magdalena Zernicka-Goetz, @zernickagoetz.bsky.social CalTech & CU
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Itai Yanai @itaiyanai.bsky.social · 26/02/2025
If you are worried about science there IS something that you can do! Join us next Friday in DC to make your voice heard. Come and stand up for science! Show that science is for everyone. I’ll be there and I can’t wait to see you there too! @standupforscience.bsky.social
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Itai Yanai @itaiyanai.bsky.social · 25/02/2025
Friends: Science is under threat! Worldwide, forces seek to make it corporate-like, focused on deliverables, or even the enemy of society. It's time to take a stand to celebrate the science we know and love. Introducing: Woodstock.Bio2 + Night Science June 10-13, Prague & Woods of Bohemia Join us!
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Itai Yanai @itaiyanai.bsky.social · 25/02/2025
Website & registration starts March 1st so spread the word and join us! Organized by Natanella Illouz-Eliaz, Meital Oren, Oded Rechavi, Petr Svoboda, Pavel Tomancak, Magdalena Zernicka-Goetz, and me. @odedrechavi.bsky.social, @svobodalab.bsky.social, @zernickagoetz.bsky.social, @meital.bsky.social.
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Ardem Patapoutian @ardemp.bskyverified.social · 22/02/2025
Check out the scientific journey behind the newest FDA-approved pain medication! 💊 Learn how NIH-funded research played a crucial role—both directly and indirectly—in bringing this breakthrough to life. 🧪
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Dagmar Iber & CoBi @iberd.bsky.social · 20/02/2025
What a beautiful cover for our #mechanobiology paper "Morphometry and mechanical instability at the onset of epithelial bladder cancer": doi.org/10.1038/s415... - thx @naturephysics.bsky.social !! News & Views "Tissue wrinkles foreshadow cancer" doi.org/10.1038/s415...
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Benoit Bruneau @benoitbruneau.bsky.social · 09/02/2025
Please consider supporting my daughter Nika's quest to raise funds for the American Heart Association @americanheart.bsky.social as a 2025 Teen of Impact nominee. More than ever we need support for cardiovascular research, and this is a noble way to help. Thank you! www2.heart.org/site/TR?px=2...
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American Heart Association - Teen of Impact
Teen of impact nominees are changemakers using their voices to make a difference. Together they will raise much needed funds, take charge of their health, advocate for all women and change policy.
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Lorraine Wagner-Zbornak @childsplease.blacksky.app · 21/01/2025
Again, the World Health Organization is the single most important global entity in preventing, tracking and controlling outbreaks, epidemics and pandemics and is especially important as climate change and deforestation allow pathogens to mutate, become more infectious and spread to new regions
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Magdalena Zernicka-Goetz @zernickagoetz.bsky.social · 09/01/2025
We are still not evacuated and have electricity, fortunately, though the Eaton Fire is close and frightening. The smoke in the air is overwhelming—we just bought 2 air purifiers and strongly recommend doing the same. Hoping it helps. Stay safe, everyone.
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Angela Andersen @angelaandersen.bsky.social · 06/12/2024
Working on the 'rejection' talk - I'm reminded that so many papers in CSN were, at one point, rejected... (wouldn't it be nice to have that data?!).
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Oded Rechavi @odedrechavi.bsky.social · 30/11/2024
When you open your first lab you build it in a certain way but then as the years go by and your science or style of work change you're stuck with that structure, unless you move to another institute or something. How do you deal with this?
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Itai Yanai @itaiyanai.bsky.social · 25/11/2024
The science version of “what doesn’t kill me makes me stronger”: Scientists with ‘near misses’ early in their careers outperform those with ‘narrow wins’ in the longer run. www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Magdalena Zernicka-Goetz @zernickagoetz.bsky.social · 24/11/2024
Stunning!!!
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Max Planck Institute for Human Cognitive and Brain Sciences @mpicbs.bsky.social · 05/03/2024
Nominations and self-nominations sought for the position of Director at MPI CBS! The future Director’s research programme should focus on understanding the neural bases of human cognitive functions, using modern #neuroimaging methods. #science #maxplanck Please share: tinyurl.com/mu43uds6
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Magdalena Zernicka-Goetz @zernickagoetz.bsky.social · 24/11/2024
Beautiful!!
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Magdalena Zernicka-Goetz @zernickagoetz.bsky.social · 22/11/2024
I consider a tattoo of my favorite stages of embryo development
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