Nice!

could be wrong on the Wellcome... to be confirmed!

Wellcome is still 2 stage, at least this year.

Which would put people in excellent position for national grants and spread around the label...

And how about limiting the number of ERC grants/individual?

Why not do a selection based only on B1 and THEN invite B2? Wouldn't this save everyone a lot of time??

Yes, there are a lot of underlying issues here. Very interesting (and depressing) to see the numbers laid out though.

In Nature this week:
Motherhood derails women’s academic careers — these data reveal how and why www.nature.com/articles/d41...

🎉 Great success for our 2nd SFBD-SBCF science outreach day in Ivry-sur-Seine, with the support of the city!
Over a thousand children came to take part in our workshops, led by around fifty researchers from institutes in Paris and Gif-sur-Yvette! Thank you all for your enthusiasm! 🔬🧬

A reminder: our program En Quete de Bio www.eqd-bio.org is in English as well as French. 6250 kids and counting! Please reachout if you are interested in implementing or participating!

A fantastic day of outreach in Ivry with 43 classes, 1075 kids and 47 scientists from the @sfbd.bsky.social and @sbcf.bsky.social. Thanks: Mairie of Ivry, @drosopachea.bsky.social Maeva Eglantine and Stéphanie for organizing! And many participants @antoinezalc.bsky.social @michaelrera.bsky.social +

Impressive!😂

Rethinking Cell Differentiation and Development: A Unicellular Perspective Date: 6-9 December 2026 Location: Buxted Park, East Sussex, UK Organisers: Elena Casacuberta and James Gahan Early-career researchers apply for a funded place

Apply for a funded early-career researcher place at our Workshop on Rethinking Cell Differentiation and Development: A Unicellular Perspective, organised by Elena Casacuberta & James Gahan @jgahan.bsky.social. Find out more www.biologists.com/workshops/de...
#BiologistsWorkshops

Big change for researchers with disabilities who seek a faculty position in France. Positions are now open to any lab in the country and there are 2 positions for biology labs.
carrieres.cnrs.fr/actualites/r...

Beautiful work! Congratulations everyone!

We are hiring!

Don’t deprioritize curiosity-driven research Around the world, governments are demanding that research funding follow broader political priorities. They should be careful what they wish for.

Don’t deprioritize curiosity-driven research www.nature.com/articles/d41...

Fellowship application dealdine for students from low income countries 🌐will be in 1️⃣ week.
Dont miss out on this opportunity ! Hands on Summer School.
Cut&Run, Cut@Tag, ChIP, ATACseq and analyse your own data ! ➡️Unique opportunity ! 15 exiting days ➕ Daily high profile lectures.
👉 bit.ly/4oGDR8f

Too bad! We will miss you!

Very last chance to join us (Deadline tomorrow Feb 10!) at this Developmental Biology meeting!
Have a nice story? Come and discuss it with editors from @embojournal.org @plosbiology.org and @dev-journal.bsky.social !
A one hour info session from @erc.europa.eu will also be presented!

Hey Spanish & Portuguese Dev Bio- would love to see communities there! You are underrepresented!

@sebioldev.bsky.social‬ @bokelab.bsky.social @xaviertrepat.bsky.social @domhenri.bsky.social @polarityi3s.bsky.social @lmvteixeira.bsky.social @ribeirocarlitos.bsky.social @lionlchristiaen.bsky.social

As several people reached out after the deadline was passed, we have reopened the inscriptions for this fantastic meeting until Feb 10. There are limited spaces left though, so please sign up ASAP. If the seats are all gone, we will close the inscription!

An important study maps how nerves control the Drosophila male reproductive tract, revealing two types of glutamatergic neurons that also release serotonin or octopamine.

🔗 buff.ly/3PV2YQW

about time!

Sign up date coming quickly!
Come join us in beautiful Roscoff for this Conference Jacques Monod on Developmental regulation: from molecular to ecological niches
May 18-22, 2026 Roscoff, France
Abstract deadline: January 31, 2026
Apply here: cjm.sb-roscoff.fr/en

Here, here, Marie!

It hasn't changed!

Well deserved Fiona! Congratulations!

congrats @doetschlab.bsky.social and @belkaidlab.bsky.social !