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!
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.
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.
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.
Fantastic place for science.
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...
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...
One of the greatest signs of true mentorship: "He believed in me more than I believed in myself." May his memory be a blessing.🙏
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
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
Thank you, Ahmed :) Congratulations!!!
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
My son’s last high school concert - we will be missing them 🥲
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".
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
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!
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
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...
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)
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
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
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
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!
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.
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. 🧪
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...
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...
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
Wow, how very uplifting to see your message, Piotr. We are in this journey together, continuing the last chapter. This is my chapter favorite too!
Thank you, Ardem. I won’t lie, it’s terrifying situation
