Amulya collecting her first place Best Poster Prize!

(left to right) Myself, Amulya, and Newsha at the conference.

The acknowledgement slide from Newsha's interesting talk

A group photo of the attendees of the Meeting

Fantastic talks and chats at the #GfE2026 #GfESEBDDSDB2026! with @gfeev.bsky.social @sebioldev.bsky.social #DSDB
Thanks to the organizers for giving Newsha Mortazavi a chance to share her cool work. Congrats to @amulyavhejjaji.bsky.social for winning Best Poster Prize. So proud of both students!

Big congrats Mike!

Congratulations Miranda, outstanding work!

Corrections in single-cell migration path in vivo are controlled by pulses in polar Rac1 activation Directed migration of single cells is central to a large number of processes in development and adult life. Corrections to the migration path of cells…

A new paper from the lab is out-

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A great collaboration between our lab in Muenster (Led by Dennis Hoffmann), Nir Gov (Weizmann/University of Cambridge), Ben Simons (University of Cambridge) and Tal Agranov (University of Cambridge).

Coming out is not a one-time event - Nature Cell Biology June is the month celebrating Pride in the USA and other countries around the world to honour the Stonewall Uprising of 1969, as well as all progress and current strives claiming equal justice for mem...

🏳️‍🌈Our editor @slefkopoulos.bsky.social discussed with @jzylicz.bsky.social about the importance of celebrating Pride, representation in science, and more! Happy Pride!
Read here: rdcu.be/ewfba
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Massive credit to co-first authors @dorotheeb.bsky.social and Newsha M. for insightful discussions and writing to shape the review!

Schematic illustration showing biomechanical forces and signaling transmission in endothelial cells.

Excited to share our latest review on biomechanical forces shape endothelial plasticity and morphogenesis! We delve into dynamic feedback between mechanical cues & molecular pathways that drive two key processes: endothelial-to-hematopoietic & -mesenchymal transition.
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Thank you Rodrigo!

Thanks Meghan, excited to be back! 🇨🇦

Thank you Bong-Inh, and same to you as well!!

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6/6 Finally, if you are/know someone interested in graduate opportunities in an exciting department & a vibrant, multicultural city, and passionate about science, reach out! We will be recruiting for the 2026 grad student cycle at U of T to study cardiovascular morphogenesis and fate determination!

Group picture at institute retreat at the Austrian Alps. Left to right: Amulya, Newsha, Felix, Dorothee

5/6 None of this would have been possible without my incredible team whose talent, passion and dedication have driven our discoveries forward! It’s been a privilege to turn our bold ideas into meaningful advances together @dorotheeb.bsky.social‬ @amulyavhejjaji.bsky.social Newsha M.

4/6 So many have contributed to this journey so far, and I want to thank the instrumental support from my mentors during my postdoc Didier ‪@stainierlab.bsky.social‬ and junior group leader phases Erez ‪@erezraz.bsky.social‬.

3/6 Building on the momentum of our work in Münster, we aim to further uncover how the heart and the vasculature take shape—probing how dynamic forces from the extracellular matrix and blood flow influence cardiovascular cell fate and tissue morphogenesis.

2/6 With continued co-affiliation with @uni-muenster.de‬. Many thanks to the Faculty of Medicine and the Institute of Cell Biology for their support in the past 3 years of starting my lab! And the generous funding and support from @dfg.de‬ @sfb1348.bsky.social‬ and SFB1450.

1/6 Thrilled to share that I have joined the Department of Cell & Systems Biology at the University of Toronto as an Assistant Professor! Grateful for the journey so far and incredibly excited for what’s ahead at @uoftcellsysbiol.bsky.social @utoronto.ca‬.

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