Beautiful story from the labs of @juliusbrennecke.bsky.social and Clemens Plaschka on how Piwi silences transposons, solving the long-standing mystery of what happens upon target engagement - a topic still close to my heart 💙 Big congrats to Júlia and the whole team 🎉

I am excited to announce that we are looking for a Lab Manager @fmiscience.bsky.social in Basel. If you want to be part of a growing team investigating development and tissue formation, and are enthusiastic about helping set up a new lab, please check out the role:

www.fmi.ch/education-ca...

Thanks a lot, Kristina.

Congratulations David 🎉

Congratulations Juliane 🎉🤩🍾 so well-deserved. Can't wait to see your cool discoveries with TEmbryos.

Big congrats Vale 🎉

Thank you, looking forward to our interactions.

Thanks so much, Julius. I’m really grateful for everything I learned from you and your support, and I'm excited to start the next chapter.

Thank you so much, excited to become part of the MCS community at the FMI.

Thanks so much, Matt! I loved being part of the @molgen.mpg.de community and I am really grateful for all your support. Excited to see what’s next at the FMI! 🔬✨

Many thanks Michi ❤️

Thanks a lot Rachel.

Thanks Annika, hope to catch up with you 😊

Thanks Vale, looking forward to catching up with you in person soon 🙂

Thanks Adri for you kind words, hope to see you soon.

Thanks a lot, Daniel.

Thank you, Max.

Thanks very much, Andi.

Thanks so much Lila for your kind words.

Many thanks Gemma.

Many thanks Dhanur.

Thanks Christa.

Thanks very much Jesse.

Thanks, Juliane. Looking forward to being close again and to interacting in person on Dev Bio and more 🤗

Thanks very much Aydan, and also for all your support ❤️

Thanks a lot, Fany.

Thanks, Sergio.

Stay tuned, our lab will soon be recruiting at all levels. Excited to build a team that is passionate about exploring the mechanisms of tissue formation.

I am thrilled to start this new chapter at @fmiscience.bsky.social, grateful for the opportunity to lead my own lab, and looking forward to interactions and new collaborations with the fantastic research community in Basel and its surroundings.

Big shout-out to the members of the Brennecke lab @imbavienna.bsky.social and the Meissner lab @molgen.mpg.de for their encouragement and team spirit.