Our study on shape diversity in cnidarians is now published. The final version includes extensive new data that substantially extend the original bioRxiv preprint. Congrats to everyone who contributed to this work! www.cell.com/cell/fulltex...
@embl.org

Last September, we welcomed participants to the EMBO Workshop #EMBODevMet 🧬

Today, we're happy to highlight three of the four brilliant winners!

Learn more about their work in our blog post: www.embl.org/about/info/c...

@jarofrnc.bsky.social

The people behind the papers – Charisios Tsiairis, Jaroslav Ferenc and Marylène Bonvin ABSTRACT. Hydra, a freshwater polyp, comprises a simple oral-aboral body plan, wherein multipotent epithelial cells differentiate into tentacle cells at the oral/mouth end and into basal disc cells at...

Started this project towards the very end of my PhD in the Tsiairis lab @fmiscience.bsky.social. Glad the team carried it forward! More about behind the scenes in the associated interview: bit.ly/42jS3vA

How to swap the foot for a tentacle and vice versa? Find out in our new story featured in @dev-journal.bsky.social uncovering a transcription factor toggle switch behind the identity of Hydra's extremities.