Congratulations!!! 🥳

Two great talks coming up this Thursday at VGZT!

🗓️ Thursday, April 16th
⏰ 9:30 PDT / 12:30 EDT / 17:30 BST / 18:30 CEST

Our speakers are
👉 Meng Zhu (@zhumeng123.bsky.social)
👉 Pulin Li (on X: @Pulin_Li)

See you on Thursday! 👋

Following several years (!) of discussion and rumination, our team of excellent colleagues - Martin Pera, @nicolasrivron.bsky.social, @amartinezarias.bsky.social, Karen Sermon and Nienke de Graeff - have published a new ethical perspective on SCBEM #embryomodels rdcu.be/fcklG [1/5]

I illustrated my way through the @bsdb.bsky.social Spring Meeting a couple weeks ago - here's my illustrated summary of the conference! I sketched (almost) all the speakers and glimpses of the science that made it such a great few days.

☀️ Join us next week for another great Eastern VGZT session!

🗓️ Wednesday, April 8th
⏰ 9:00 BST / 10:00 CEST / 13:30 IST / 17:00 JST / 18:00 AEST

Our speakers are:
👉 Leqian Yu
👉 Tatsuo Shibata

See you there! 👋

⚠️ Update: The VGZT keynote seminar has been postponed

Due to unforeseen circumstances, Cassandra Extavour’s keynote will now take place on:


🗓️ Thursday, July 23rd, 2026

We apologize for any inconvenience and look forward to seeing you then! 👋

We’re excited to announce our 2nd keynote VGZT seminar!
Featuring:
👉 Cassandra Extavour

"One, two, three: evolution of developmental counting mechanisms"

🗓️ Thursday, April 2nd
⏰ 9:30 PDT / 12:30 EDT / 17:30 BST / 18:30 CEST

See you there! 👋

Frenster Lab | Cell Competition Dynamics We study Cell Competition during Embryonic Development using 3D Gastruloids at the University of Freiburg. We view cells as interactive societies in development and cancer. Research, stem cells, Gastr...

The Frenster Lab is here! 🍾 I am so excited to start my #EmmyNoether funded group at @uni-freiburg.de this summer. Our group studies #CellCompetition dynamics during embryonic development using #gastruloids from multiple species. Thanks to the @dfg.de for creating this opportunity! FrensterLab.com

We’re looking for a new team member! 🚀
Only 3 more weeks to apply to the fantastic Vienna BioCenter PhD program

Lab Manager - Stuart Group The European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL) is one of the world’s leading life science research organisations. With sites across Europe, EMBL fosters an international, collaborative, and inclusiv...

Are you fascinated by self-organised patterning processes?

The brand-new Stuart lab at EMBL Barcelona is looking for a lab manager!

Hannah @htstuart.bsky.social is a fantastic scientist and mentor. Building the lab with her will be a lot of fun!

embl.wd103.myworkdayjobs.com/EMBL/job/Bar...

Join us for next week’s exciting VGZT session! 🎉

🗓️ Thursday, March 5th
⏰ 9:30 PST / 12:30 EST / 17:30 UTC / 17:30 GMT / 18:30 CET

Our speakers are
👉 David Mörsdorf (@davidmoersdorf.bsky.social)
👉 Lakshmi Balasubramaniam (@lakshmib02.bsky.social)

See you there! 👋

We‘re looking for a motivated Master student to join our team!

Do you want to optogenetically control metabolic activity to see how metabolism affects patterning and morphogenesis? 💡🧫🧬🔬

Then please apply!
#optogenetics #metabolism #devbio #hESCs

Please RT. Thank you!🙏

VGZT is back this Thursday with two exciting talks! 🎉

🗓️ Thursday, February 19th
⏰ 9:30 PST / 12:30 EST / 17:30 UTC / 17:30 GMT / 18:30 CET

Our speakers are
👉 Raquel Fueyo (@fueyoraquel.bsky.social)
👉 Margarete Diaz Cuadros (@mdiazcuadros.bsky.social)

See you on there! 👋

Join us next week for two exciting talks in the Eastern VGZT session! ☀️

🗓️ Wednesday, February 11th
⏰ 9:00 GMT / 10:00 CET / 14:30 IST / 18:00 JST / 20:00 AEDT

Don’t miss:
👉 Pragathi Masamsetti (on X: @PMasamsetti)
👉 Marc Trani-Bustos (@mtrani.bsky.social)

See you there! 👋

Join us this week for the next exciting VGZT session! 🎉

🗓️ Thursday, February 5th
⏰ 9:30 PST / 12:30 EST / 17:30 UTC / 17:30 GMT / 18:30 CET

Our speakers are
👉 Evgeny Kvon (@evgenykvon.bsky.social)
👉 Silas Boye Nissen (on X: @SilasBoyeNissen)

See you on Thursday! 👋

See you on Thursday! 🐟🔬🖥️

Join us for the next VGZT, featuring complementary approaches to understanding dynamic tissue organization!

🗓️ Thursday, January 22nd
⏰ 9:30 PST / 12:30 EST / 17:30 GMT / 18:30 CET

Our speakers are
👉 Chen Yuan Kam (@chenyuankam.bsky.social)
👉 Camilla Autorino (@cami-autorino.bsky.social)

New Year’s resolution to read more? Then what better way to start than by checking out our new review on the biophysics of organoids!

🎉 Happy New Year! We’re kicking off 2026 with an exciting VGZT seminar!

🗓️ Thursday, January 8th
⏰ 9:30 PST / 12:30 EST / 17:30 UTC / 17:30 GMT / 18:30 CET

Our speakers are
👉 Jan Jakub Zylicz (@jzylicz.bsky.social)
👉 Anahi Binagui-Casas (@abinagui.bsky.social)

See you there 👋

🎄 Final VGZT seminar before Christmas! 🎄
We’re excited to welcome keynote speaker Olivier Pourquié ✨

“Recapitulating human somitogenesis in vitro”

🗓️ Thursday, December 18th
⏰ 9:30 PST / 12:30 EST / 17:30 UTC / 17:30 GMT / 18:30 CET

Modelling co-development between the somites and neural tube in human trunk-like structures - Nature Cell Biology Makwana, Tilley et al. generate human stem cell-based trunk-like structures approximating Carnegie stage 13–14 of development. They use them to model and study the development of the thoracic and lumbar trunk.

Lovely little pre-Christmas present to see this out @natcellbio.nature.com! Some 🔥 new results in here since the biorvix incl (1) a new RARE-GFP reporter ✳️🙌, (2) additional NMP quantification 🔢, (3) no neural tube patterning on RA inhibition 🙅 etc. Enjoy! 😍 www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Join us tomorrow for two great talks in the Eastern VGZT session! ☀️

Don’t miss:
👉 Guojun Sheng
👉 Jennifer Zenker

News: VGZT has updated its official website and now has now a brand-new LinkedIn page! 🎉🚀
You can find all upcoming sessions, past talks, and updates there.

🌐 Website
🔗 LinkedIn

Feel free to follow, share, and and help spread the word about the seminar series! 🙌

Join us next week for another round of inspiring VGZT talks! 🤩

🗓️ Thursday, December 4th
⏰ 9:30 PST / 12:30 EST / 17:30 UTC / 17:30 GMT / 18:30 CET

Our speakers are
👉 Luca Braccioli (@bracciolilab.bsky.social)
👉 Komal Makwana (on X: @Komal_Makwana4)

See you next week 👋

Join us tomorrow for another pair of outstanding talks!

Tomorrow is VGZT day! 🚀

Don’t miss the great talks from
👉 Allison Kann (@apkann.bsky.social)
👉 Joana da Silva (on X: @joanamsilva14)

Join us for next week’s exciting VGZT session! 🎉

🗓️ Thursday, November 20th
⏰ 9:30 PST / 12:30 EST / 17:30 UTC / 17:30 GMT / 18:30 CET

Our speakers are
👉 Allison Kann (@apkann.bsky.social)
👉 Joana da Silva (on X: @joanamsilva14)

See you there 👋

Congratulations Allegra! 🥳

We are excited to announce the first Eastern ☀️VGZT session for this season!✨🎉

📅Tomorrow, November 12th
⏰ 9:00 UTC / 9:00 GMT / 10:00 CET / 14:30 IST / 18:00 JST / 20:00 AEDT

Our speakers are:
👉Sameer Thukral (on X: @SameerThukral6)
👉Axel Newton (on X: @AxelHNewton)

See you on tomorrow☕️👋

We offer a 1-year postdoc on modelling multicellular systems in my group at @biocomsc-upc.bsky.social and @barcelonacollaboratorium.com in sunny Barcelona. We encourage applicants to also apply for a Juan de la Cierva Fellowship for a 2-year extension. Feel free to contact me!