Proof of Concept Grant European Research Council (ERC) für #UniKonstanz Biologe Patrick Müller + sein Projekt „EmbryoNet-AI“. Ziel ist die Weiterentwicklung einer KI-gestützten Plattform zur automatisierten Auswertung von Experimenten: t1p.de/um29f Daniel Čapek Müller Lab Centre for the Adv Study of Collective Behaviour

Ready for the next (Western) VGZT episode on Thursday? 🌙 Our speakers are: 👉Claudia Vasquez 🪰 - How cells build organs 👉@AshleyLibby12 🐣 - CRISPy Chickens: cell fate transitions in the developing neural tube 🗓️ Feb 6, 12:30 EST / 18:30 CET / 17:30 UTC 🕥

Ready for the next (Western) VGZT episode this Thursday? 🌙 Our speakers are: 👉Loic Le-Goff 🪰 “Buckling morphogenesis in the Drosophila larval epidermis” 👉 Berna Sozen 🐁 “The sweet spot of mammalian gastrulation” 🗓️ Mar 6, 12:30 EST / 18:30 CET / 17:30 UTC 🕥

New paper on the structure of TGF-β receptors with betaglycan, featuring crystal structures, #cryoEM and #AlphaFold nature.com/articles/s4146…

Join us on March 12th for our next Eastern session ☀️☕ Our speakers are: 👉Shun Shibata “Recapitulating human embryo implantation using stem cells and organoids ” 👉Joaquin Navajas Acedo 🐟 MadScientist “Spatiotemporal emergence of somatosensory neuron diversity”

Join us for our (Western) VGZT on Thursday, 20th March 🌙 Our speakers are: 👉 kate cavanaugh 🐁 “A core mechanical defect underlies embryonic implantation failure in aged mothers” 👉Vera Van der Weijden 🐁 “Enhancement of developmental pausing”

Thrilled to announce that we are looking for a Research Technician/Assistant to join our lab @IMBA. Please consider applying if you’re enthusiastic about #devbio #stemcells #teamwork and excited to help shaping a new lab! I’m thankful for any retweet! imba.onlyfy.jobs/job/l6u2m980

We’re looking for PhD students to join the lab! 🧫🧑‍🔬 Curious about how metabolic processes shape patterning and morphogenesis? Enthusiastic about stem cell models for human development? - Then apply through the VBC PhD program! training.vbc.ac.at/phd-program/ ‼️Deadline: April 15‼️

This Wednesday (April 9th) will be our next Eastern session ☀️☕ Our speakers are: 👉 Bipasha Dey 🪰 “Divergent evolutionary strategies prevent tissue collision in fly embryos” 👉 Chii Jou (Joe) Chan 🐁 “Ovarian mechanobiology: roles of compressive stress in follicle development”

🚨Just one week left to apply! Join our team IMBA imbavienna.bsky.social !

Ready for our next Western VGZT on April 24th? 🌙 Our speakers are: 👉Edwin Rosado-Olivieri speaking on human trachea-esophageal morphogenesis & malformations 👉Susanne vd Brink speaking on signalling balance steers mesodermal and haematopoietic development in 🐁 gastruloids

Thank you VGZT community for your active participation 🌎 See below the session flyers for the rest of the season: 🌞Eastern sessions: Happening on Wednesdays. Our keynote for this season: Maithreyi Narasimha and José Silva & Lab [1/2]

Help us run remote watch parties for the YEN 2025 Conference! We are looking to recruit International Reps to help us promote #YEN2025. We are especially missing representation from Latin America, Africa, Southeast Asia and Northern and Eastern Europe. More details here:

Optogenetic control of Nodal signaling patterns Read this Techniques & Resources Article by Harold McNamara, Alex schier, Adam Cohen, Nathan Lord and colleagues: journals.biologists.com/dev/article/15… 🎥Direct visualization of photopatterning of live zebrafish embryos

This Thursday (May 8th), please join us for the next Western VGZT🌙 Our speakers are: 👉Anchel de Jaime-Soguero Embryonic signals regulate chromosome segregation fidelity across lineage specification 👉Emmanuel Haillot Mesoderm & endoderm formation in the diploblast Nematostella vectensis

On May 22nd, join us for the next Western VGZT 🌙 Our speakers are: 👉 Ali Seleit Developmental heterochrony underlies the evolution of body axis segmentation in eels 👉 Laura Rustarazo-Calvo Uncoupling adhesion- & density-driven rigidity transitions triggers epithelial organization

Next Thursday (June 5th), please join us for the next Western VGZT 🌙 Our speakers are: 👉 Luke Simpson “Gastruloids reveal the dynamics of interspecies development and chimerism” 👉Thierry Lepage “Maternal factors shaping the spatial expression of nodal”

This Wed (June 11th) will be our next Eastern session ☀️☕ Our speakers are: 👉Gayatri Mundhe 🪰 “Biochemical and mechanical control of a morphogenetic wave” 👉Ramkumar Sambasivan🐁 “Retinoic acid gates the response to Wnt/ ß-catenin signal to drive early mesoderm patterning”

I recently started my new project Genikhovich Group investigating Chordin function in the sea anemone Nematostella. I thank FWF for funding my work via the ESPRIT program! University of Vienna STEM

The VGZT 🌟Season 6 Finale for *Eastern* Session🌟is on July 9th! Our speakers are: 👉Maithreyi Narasimha🪰 Positioning tissues during Drosophila morphogenesis 👉José Silva & Lab 🐁 From Founder Cells to Organogenesis-Stage Embryo Model Thanks everyone for a fantastic season!