Our latest work on shape-programmable tissues is out in @science.org. By positioning topological defects in cellular nematics, we encode frustrated 2D force fields that relax into predictable 3D shapes. Collaboration with Marino Arroyo’s lab, led by @pauguillamat.bsky.social at @ibecbarcelona.eu.

Join IGH as Group Leader - IGH The Institute of Human Genetics invites applications for a Principal Investigator position in its main research areas. Read more...

We are looking for a new group leader to join the IGH (Montpellier, France). I can’t wait to meet my future colleague! Apply :-) More infos here: igh.cnrs.fr/join-igh-as-...

Less than a week left for abstract submission for #EESMechanobiology - join us in this long-standing meeting on the mechanics of life.

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...

Group Leader Call at the @cbitoulouse.bsky.social in
Genome biology, projects at the interface with devbio will be given particular attention. please share :)
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Graphical abstract representing the Drosophila notum epithelium's response to asymmetric cell divisions

It was a pleasure to work on this graphical abstract. Very interesting work from @florisbosveld.bsky.social et al, as always. A thorough look on how tissues deal with asymmetric cell divisions.

Find and read the full work here : www.cell.com/developmenta...

Tissue mechanics and systemic signaling safeguard epithelial tissue against spindle misorientation Bosveld et al. identified a multilayered system of safeguards that reuses homeostatic mechanisms to maintain epithelial integrity and cell number in the face of spindle misorientation. This work delin...

How resilient are tissues to cell mispositioning and loss, and how do they restore their cell numbers?

Check our latest work, from @ybellaichelab.bsky.social
Congratulations to all authors.

Artwork from the artist @lale-alpar.bsky.social
(lalealpar.com)

www.cell.com/developmenta...

Tissue mechanics and systemic signaling safeguard epithelial tissue against spindle misorientation - preLights The threefold way an epithelium copes with cell misplacement: pulling them up, killing them less, and removing the unwanted.

The threefold way an epithelium copes with cell misplacement: pulling them up, killing them less, and removing the unwanted.

Ruoheng Li discusses a #preprint from @florisbosveld.bsky.social & colleagues @ybellaichelab.bsky.social

Check out the #preLight ⬇️👀
prelights.biologists.com/highlights/t...

ECE 2026 - XIII European Congress of Entomology It is our great pleasure to welcome you to Tours, France, in the heart of the Loire Valley, from June 29 to July 3, 2026.

🎄✨ Early Christmas gift!

The abstract submission deadline for #ECE2026Tours has been extended to 31 January 2026 🎁🐜

For more information about the XIII European Congress of Entomology ➡️ www.ece2026.org

@irbi-tours.bsky.social @cnrsbiologie.bsky.social @royentsoc.bsky.social

ECE 2026 - XIII European Congress of Entomology It is our great pleasure to welcome you to Tours, France, in the heart of the Loire Valley, from June 29 to July 3, 2026.

Don't forget to register for #ECE2026!
Early bird registration until December 15th 2025.
Great opportunity to learn about insect biology.
In wonderful setting (Tours, FR) and great speaker lineup.
Keynote Speaker: Insect development
Yohanns Bellaiche @ybellaichelab.bsky.social
www.ece2026.org

ECE 2026 - XIII European Congress of Entomology It is our great pleasure to welcome you to Tours, France, in the heart of the Loire Valley, from June 29 to July 3, 2026.

Interested in insects?

Every topic will be covered in the upcoming ECE2026 meeting.
In beautiful Tours (France) during early summer.
June 29th – July 3rd 2026

Abstract submission & early bird registration until December 15th 2025

www.ece2026.org

Tissue mechanics and systemic signaling safeguard epithelial tissue against spindle misorientation. Multicellular organisms possess conserved safeguard mechanisms that ensure the maintenance of tissue integrity. Exploring these mechanisms has proven instrumental in understanding how tissues robustly...

How do epithelia regulate cell number upon cell loss?
Check it out our new preprint!
THX to @b-tesson.bsky.social, Eric van Leen, Sam Amirebrahimi, Raphael Thinat and @ybellaichelab.bsky.social
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

FlyBase needs help.
Similar article last week in Science
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#standupforscience2025
Institut Curie Developmental Biology Unit

The importance of delivering Recherche d'Avenir – research for the future In recent years, several European countries, including France, have reduced their investment in scientific research, with biomedical research taking a significant hit. The primary casualty is basic re...

In her Essay, Renata Basto highlights the huge budget cuts facing the scientific community in France. In response to the cuts, a group of researchers has formed the ‘Pour une Recherche d'Avenir’ initiative to secure the future of French research.
journals.biologists.com/jcs/article/...

📢 Submissions are now open for the CellMap Segmentation Challenge.

Build the best method for segmenting cellular organelles in vEM using our 289 annotated volumes, 40 organelle classes, and 22 diverse cell and tissue types.

🔗 hhmi.news/410evJQ

First official post! A new paper out about #cytokinesis in #epithelia

www.embopress.org/doi/full/10....

Explore our journey as we uncover how regulators of cell-cell and cell-matrix interactions modulate cytokinesis efficiency, while revealing new roles for the Dystrophin-Dystroglycan complex.

An endogenous retroviral element co-opts an upstream regulatory sequence to achieve somatic expression and mobility Retrotransposons, multi-copy sequences that propagate via copy-and-paste mechanisms involving an RNA intermediate, occupy large portions of all eukaryotic genomes. A great majority of their manifold c...

To kick start the New Year, I'm delighted to share the lab's first preprint - now online:
biorxiv.org/cgi/content/...

See below for a couple of highlights👇
Any feedback is welcome!
"TEsky"

HAPPY NEW YEAR to everyone! 🥂

Hi Kasia.. Awsome..

Looking for a job still connected to acamedia and research ? Do you like interacting with a lot of people, outreach activity, organising scientific events ? Do you have good writing and organisation skills ? We may have a job for you👇 (permanent position)

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🙏RT

For the dev bio crowd : there is a call for junior group leader at Institut Pasteur in Paris and one of the axis covered is related to development. Come and join us in this exciting place and become one of our colleague @devstempasteur.bsky.social
Please RT !!
research.pasteur.fr/fr/call/call...

📢We have a 3y postdoc position available in our interdisciplinary team at the Institut Curie.
Join us if you're interested in epithelial tissue morphogenesis using live imaging, quantitative biology & (opto)genetics.
institut-curie.org/team/bellaiche
Please spread the word.