Happy to announce the 6th European Meeting on Planarian Biology this year-October 13-15, right by the beach and right after the EMBO regeneration meeting over in Nice. The website with more info will go up soon. Please join us for the latest and greatest in planarianology!

We had the pleasure of hosting a practical of the Goettingen Developmental Biology Masters program in the department, including (winter!) field sampling, bar-coding, inter-species transplants, and imaging. Great bunch of students & instructors!

Amazing- planarians really are everywhere! And we may have to up our sampling game somewhat :)
Thanks to Ludwik Gąsiorowski for sharing the link.

Happy to announce the lab's first graduation in Goettingen: Thomas successfully defended his PhD and kindly brought flowers to 'Gaenseliesel' on Market Square per the local rite-of-passage custom. Congratulations, Thomas- we're extremely proud of you :)

Worms in the wild- Planarians going about their business in broad daylight. We encountered these guys during our Australia field sampling campaign earlier in the year.

Model system genome database manager (f/m/x) mpinat.mpg.de/4586336/58-23

We are hiring! If you are an experienced model system genome researcher looking for a long-term position with flexible work arrangements, this one might be perfect. Please RT!

Many exciting PhD opportunities in gene expression/*omics in Goettingen (and yes, also in worms)- take a look 👇

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And: Even presents, already :)

Christmas spirit in the department...

The Max Planck research group leader call is out- 6 + 3 years of generous funding (~2 Mio EUR for first 6 years) in a Max Planck institute of your choice- a great opportunity for starting your lab and for pursuing your own research ideas. Please RT mpg.de/career/max-pla…

Postdoc opportunities in the comparative analysis of planarian regeneration!
We’ve got a worm Zoo and high-quality genomes; we need you to explore gene regulatory mechanisms by scSeq, CHIP/ATACseq and/or comparative genomics mpinat.mpg.de/15-23?c=640043
Questions? Please PM
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We are hiring a software engineer/model system database manager for the upkeep and further development of PlanMine, the planarian model system database. Comes with the opportunity of making a lasting difference to our research community. mpinat.mpg.de/4363267/14-23?….
Please RT!

…on the train to give a talk and already 2 h delayed 😡. Wondering whether and which design principles of biological systems might help fix the system- parallel pathways? Redundant components? Load-based remodeling?….?

Beautiful illustration of the power of comparative genomics- Congrats Prof. Dr. Hiller & team!

Our tiny mini-review on planarians is out rdcu.be/c3i3M. Bottom Line: A fascinating model system and intriguing times for the field. Let us know if you want some worms- we've got plenty and are happy to share :)