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Physics of Embryonic Self-Organization and Morphogenesis. Tweets by Otger Campàs (Professor, Chair of Tissue Dynamics and Director
at the Physics of Life Excellence Cluster of TU Dresden)
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· Nov 12
Really excited that our recent work on nuclear jamming made it to the cover of NatureMaterials! 🤩 Congratulations to Rana Amini for capturing this amazing image of the zebrafish retina! 👁️
➡️ www.nature.com/articles/s41...
➡️ www.nature.com/articles/s41...
It was great to have you as colleague at @poldresden.bsky.social ! I know you will do great science also at @mbisg.bsky.social. Probably we will continue to “work” together through the PoL-MBI partnership. See you soon either in Dresden or Singapore! :) Good luck with everything!
My lab @poldresden.bsky.social is now CLOSED! The fabulous @sanikajah.bsky.social has left (defense soon). The lab @mbisg.bsky.social in SG is now 1yr old and growing!
PhD students apply here (Jan 12): www.mbi.nus.edu.sg/education/gr...
Undergrads (Jan 31): www.mbi.nus.edu.sg/education/mu...
PhD students apply here (Jan 12): www.mbi.nus.edu.sg/education/gr...
Undergrads (Jan 31): www.mbi.nus.edu.sg/education/mu...
November 28, 2025 at 5:34 AM
It was great to have you as colleague at @poldresden.bsky.social ! I know you will do great science also at @mbisg.bsky.social. Probably we will continue to “work” together through the PoL-MBI partnership. See you soon either in Dresden or Singapore! :) Good luck with everything!
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Anthony A. Hyman will become EMBL’s next Director General.
He joins EMBL from @mpi-cbg.de in Dresden. He is also Professor of Molecular Biology @tudresden.bsky.social, and was a group leader at EMBL Heidelberg from 1993 to 1999.
www.embl.org/news/people-...
He joins EMBL from @mpi-cbg.de in Dresden. He is also Professor of Molecular Biology @tudresden.bsky.social, and was a group leader at EMBL Heidelberg from 1993 to 1999.
www.embl.org/news/people-...
November 27, 2025 at 1:02 PM
Anthony A. Hyman will become EMBL’s next Director General.
He joins EMBL from @mpi-cbg.de in Dresden. He is also Professor of Molecular Biology @tudresden.bsky.social, and was a group leader at EMBL Heidelberg from 1993 to 1999.
www.embl.org/news/people-...
He joins EMBL from @mpi-cbg.de in Dresden. He is also Professor of Molecular Biology @tudresden.bsky.social, and was a group leader at EMBL Heidelberg from 1993 to 1999.
www.embl.org/news/people-...
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I need everybody to read this and understand what’s going on. These are spouses of US citizens in the country legally. They have entry clearance and green cards, they’ve passed background checks and have no criminal records. ICE is taking them anyway.
Gift link:
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/26/u...
Gift link:
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/26/u...
Green Card Interviews End in Handcuffs for Spouses of U.S. Citizens
www.nytimes.com
November 26, 2025 at 8:40 PM
I need everybody to read this and understand what’s going on. These are spouses of US citizens in the country legally. They have entry clearance and green cards, they’ve passed background checks and have no criminal records. ICE is taking them anyway.
Gift link:
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/26/u...
Gift link:
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/26/u...
Is it just me or the new security verification step in @biorxivpreprint.bsky.social has rendered it so slow that effectively does not work anymore? Does anyone else have the same problem?
November 24, 2025 at 6:45 PM
Is it just me or the new security verification step in @biorxivpreprint.bsky.social has rendered it so slow that effectively does not work anymore? Does anyone else have the same problem?
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@campaslab.bsky.social @jesseveenvliet.bsky.social labs use #gastruloids to explore axial extension in mammalian embryos
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
They find novel mechanisms involving and interplay of proliferation and mechanical constraining.
#NotInTheGenes #CellsRUs
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
They find novel mechanisms involving and interplay of proliferation and mechanical constraining.
#NotInTheGenes #CellsRUs
November 6, 2025 at 6:40 AM
@campaslab.bsky.social @jesseveenvliet.bsky.social labs use #gastruloids to explore axial extension in mammalian embryos
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
They find novel mechanisms involving and interplay of proliferation and mechanical constraining.
#NotInTheGenes #CellsRUs
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
They find novel mechanisms involving and interplay of proliferation and mechanical constraining.
#NotInTheGenes #CellsRUs
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#IZFS is proud to announce Drs. Antonia Monteiro and Rong Li as our #SCZI2026 Keynote Speakers! We are honored to have them join us in Singapore to present on their science. See below for their presentation information, and a link to our program! www.izfs.org/education/11...
Registration | IZFS - International Zebrafish Society
www.izfs.org
November 3, 2025 at 8:22 PM
#IZFS is proud to announce Drs. Antonia Monteiro and Rong Li as our #SCZI2026 Keynote Speakers! We are honored to have them join us in Singapore to present on their science. See below for their presentation information, and a link to our program! www.izfs.org/education/11...
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The United States was the leading destination for top scientists from all over the world.
That is ending. Politicians ended it. It will cripple our future competitiveness.
And it’s such a bitter tragedy. Almost no Americans, Conservative or Liberal, grasp what is now being stolen from them.
That is ending. Politicians ended it. It will cripple our future competitiveness.
And it’s such a bitter tragedy. Almost no Americans, Conservative or Liberal, grasp what is now being stolen from them.
Top researchers consider leaving U.S. amid funding cuts: 'The science world is ending'
YouTube video by PBS NewsHour
youtu.be
November 1, 2025 at 3:44 AM
The United States was the leading destination for top scientists from all over the world.
That is ending. Politicians ended it. It will cripple our future competitiveness.
And it’s such a bitter tragedy. Almost no Americans, Conservative or Liberal, grasp what is now being stolen from them.
That is ending. Politicians ended it. It will cripple our future competitiveness.
And it’s such a bitter tragedy. Almost no Americans, Conservative or Liberal, grasp what is now being stolen from them.
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📣 New preprint! Stoked to share a fantastic collaboration with @campaslab.bsky.social!
We discover a unique mammalian mechanism for body axis elongation using mouse and human gastruloids, and confirm central findings in mouse embryos.
Check out the 🧵 👇
@mpi-cbg.de @poldresden.bsky.social
We discover a unique mammalian mechanism for body axis elongation using mouse and human gastruloids, and confirm central findings in mouse embryos.
Check out the 🧵 👇
@mpi-cbg.de @poldresden.bsky.social
Really excited to present the results of a fantastic collaboration with Jesse Veenvliet @jesseveenvliet.bsky.social @mpi-cbg.de @poldresden.bsky.social 🤩
We find a unique mechanism for body axis elongation in mammals, different from other vertebrate species
➡️ www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
We find a unique mechanism for body axis elongation in mammals, different from other vertebrate species
➡️ www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
October 28, 2025 at 3:34 PM
📣 New preprint! Stoked to share a fantastic collaboration with @campaslab.bsky.social!
We discover a unique mammalian mechanism for body axis elongation using mouse and human gastruloids, and confirm central findings in mouse embryos.
Check out the 🧵 👇
@mpi-cbg.de @poldresden.bsky.social
We discover a unique mammalian mechanism for body axis elongation using mouse and human gastruloids, and confirm central findings in mouse embryos.
Check out the 🧵 👇
@mpi-cbg.de @poldresden.bsky.social
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Really happy and proud to share my PhD work! This has been a fun and collaborative project that led to the discovery of a unique biophysical mechanism of axial elongation in mouse gastruloids and human gastruloids, and confirmed our key findings in vivo with mouse embryos. Check it out down below!
Really excited to present the results of a fantastic collaboration with Jesse Veenvliet @jesseveenvliet.bsky.social @mpi-cbg.de @poldresden.bsky.social 🤩
We find a unique mechanism for body axis elongation in mammals, different from other vertebrate species
➡️ www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
We find a unique mechanism for body axis elongation in mammals, different from other vertebrate species
➡️ www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
October 28, 2025 at 8:52 AM
Really happy and proud to share my PhD work! This has been a fun and collaborative project that led to the discovery of a unique biophysical mechanism of axial elongation in mouse gastruloids and human gastruloids, and confirmed our key findings in vivo with mouse embryos. Check it out down below!
Really excited to present the results of a fantastic collaboration with Jesse Veenvliet @jesseveenvliet.bsky.social @mpi-cbg.de @poldresden.bsky.social 🤩
We find a unique mechanism for body axis elongation in mammals, different from other vertebrate species
➡️ www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
We find a unique mechanism for body axis elongation in mammals, different from other vertebrate species
➡️ www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
October 28, 2025 at 8:25 AM
Really excited to present the results of a fantastic collaboration with Jesse Veenvliet @jesseveenvliet.bsky.social @mpi-cbg.de @poldresden.bsky.social 🤩
We find a unique mechanism for body axis elongation in mammals, different from other vertebrate species
➡️ www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
We find a unique mechanism for body axis elongation in mammals, different from other vertebrate species
➡️ www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
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🚨 #WeAreHiring a facility manager to lead our state-of-the-art research infrastructure at PoL! 🔬 Please share with your scientific network.
What we offer: A dynamic, international, and supportive environment at the frontiers of biophysics.
Curious? Apply here: tud.link/g4j5qy
🗓️Deadline: Nov 5.
What we offer: A dynamic, international, and supportive environment at the frontiers of biophysics.
Curious? Apply here: tud.link/g4j5qy
🗓️Deadline: Nov 5.
October 21, 2025 at 12:25 PM
🚨 #WeAreHiring a facility manager to lead our state-of-the-art research infrastructure at PoL! 🔬 Please share with your scientific network.
What we offer: A dynamic, international, and supportive environment at the frontiers of biophysics.
Curious? Apply here: tud.link/g4j5qy
🗓️Deadline: Nov 5.
What we offer: A dynamic, international, and supportive environment at the frontiers of biophysics.
Curious? Apply here: tud.link/g4j5qy
🗓️Deadline: Nov 5.
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🇬🇧Are you experienced as an administrative manager and thrive in an #international environment? We would love to hear from you!
Please share with those who might be interested!
🗓️Deadline: 30.10.2025
Apply here: tud.link/f4wf13
Please share with those who might be interested!
🗓️Deadline: 30.10.2025
Apply here: tud.link/f4wf13
🚨 #WeAreHiring! Wir beim Physics of Life suchen für ein/e Verwaltungsleiter/in für unser internationales Team. 🌍 Leite das gerne an deine Kollegen weiter!
Wir freuen uns auf Ihre Bewerbung!
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Wir freuen uns auf Ihre Bewerbung!
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#sachsenjobs #jobalert #admin #jobstelle
October 16, 2025 at 3:30 PM
🇬🇧Are you experienced as an administrative manager and thrive in an #international environment? We would love to hear from you!
Please share with those who might be interested!
🗓️Deadline: 30.10.2025
Apply here: tud.link/f4wf13
Please share with those who might be interested!
🗓️Deadline: 30.10.2025
Apply here: tud.link/f4wf13
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Prof. Jochen Guck was one of the initial PIs that made our Excellence Cluster possible. He helped build the outstanding community at PoL, in addition to being a great scientist and person. You will be sorely missed Jochen.
Read the obituary here: tud.link/q3k63e
Read the obituary here: tud.link/q3k63e
With deep sadness, we share that Prof. Jochen Guck, Director at the Max Planck Institute for the Science of Light passed away on October 3. His visionary work bridged physics and medicine. We have lost a brilliant scientist and dear friend.
mpl.mpg.de/news/article...
@fau.de
📸 Stephan Spangenberg
mpl.mpg.de/news/article...
@fau.de
📸 Stephan Spangenberg
October 10, 2025 at 8:02 AM
Prof. Jochen Guck was one of the initial PIs that made our Excellence Cluster possible. He helped build the outstanding community at PoL, in addition to being a great scientist and person. You will be sorely missed Jochen.
Read the obituary here: tud.link/q3k63e
Read the obituary here: tud.link/q3k63e
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Lost Science is a new NYT series of accounts from scientists who have lost their jobs or funding. You can send your story to the Times here www.nytimes.com/2025/10/08/c...
October 10, 2025 at 8:38 AM
Lost Science is a new NYT series of accounts from scientists who have lost their jobs or funding. You can send your story to the Times here www.nytimes.com/2025/10/08/c...
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New preprint from the lab! We discovered a transient fluidization in the basal region of human forebrains by tracking microdroplets in cerebral organoids.This “basal fluidization”, absent in gorilla and mouse, may contribute to greater surface expansion in human forebrains
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doi.org/10.1101/2025...
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doi.org/10.1101/2025...
October 8, 2025 at 1:05 PM
New preprint from the lab! We discovered a transient fluidization in the basal region of human forebrains by tracking microdroplets in cerebral organoids.This “basal fluidization”, absent in gorilla and mouse, may contribute to greater surface expansion in human forebrains
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doi.org/10.1101/2025...
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doi.org/10.1101/2025...
Super fun collaboration with @ebisuyamiki.bsky.social
lab to understand the mechanical differences between human, gorilla and mouse forebrain development 🧠 It turns out humans are different! Thanks Miki for making me part of this awesome project! 😀
lab to understand the mechanical differences between human, gorilla and mouse forebrain development 🧠 It turns out humans are different! Thanks Miki for making me part of this awesome project! 😀
New preprint from the lab! We discovered a transient fluidization in the basal region of human forebrains by tracking microdroplets in cerebral organoids.This “basal fluidization”, absent in gorilla and mouse, may contribute to greater surface expansion in human forebrains
1/
doi.org/10.1101/2025...
1/
doi.org/10.1101/2025...
October 8, 2025 at 2:54 PM
Super fun collaboration with @ebisuyamiki.bsky.social
lab to understand the mechanical differences between human, gorilla and mouse forebrain development 🧠 It turns out humans are different! Thanks Miki for making me part of this awesome project! 😀
lab to understand the mechanical differences between human, gorilla and mouse forebrain development 🧠 It turns out humans are different! Thanks Miki for making me part of this awesome project! 😀
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🚨 #WeAreHiring!
Wir beim Physics of Life suchen eine engagierte Persönlichkeit zur Verstärkung unseres Teams im infrastrukturellen Gebäudemanagement! Wir freuen uns auf Ihre Bewerbung.
🗓️ Frist: 14.10.2025
Alle Details hier: tud.link/f4wf13
#wearehiring #sachsenjobs #joboffer #jobsdeutschland
Wir beim Physics of Life suchen eine engagierte Persönlichkeit zur Verstärkung unseres Teams im infrastrukturellen Gebäudemanagement! Wir freuen uns auf Ihre Bewerbung.
🗓️ Frist: 14.10.2025
Alle Details hier: tud.link/f4wf13
#wearehiring #sachsenjobs #joboffer #jobsdeutschland
September 24, 2025 at 12:02 PM
🚨 #WeAreHiring!
Wir beim Physics of Life suchen eine engagierte Persönlichkeit zur Verstärkung unseres Teams im infrastrukturellen Gebäudemanagement! Wir freuen uns auf Ihre Bewerbung.
🗓️ Frist: 14.10.2025
Alle Details hier: tud.link/f4wf13
#wearehiring #sachsenjobs #joboffer #jobsdeutschland
Wir beim Physics of Life suchen eine engagierte Persönlichkeit zur Verstärkung unseres Teams im infrastrukturellen Gebäudemanagement! Wir freuen uns auf Ihre Bewerbung.
🗓️ Frist: 14.10.2025
Alle Details hier: tud.link/f4wf13
#wearehiring #sachsenjobs #joboffer #jobsdeutschland
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🇬🇧Attention colleagues! We are hiring a new Building Manager to join our team at PoL. Please share with your network 👥
Learn more and apply here: tud.link/f4wf13
🗓️Deadline: 14.10.2025
Learn more and apply here: tud.link/f4wf13
🗓️Deadline: 14.10.2025
September 24, 2025 at 12:03 PM
🇬🇧Attention colleagues! We are hiring a new Building Manager to join our team at PoL. Please share with your network 👥
Learn more and apply here: tud.link/f4wf13
🗓️Deadline: 14.10.2025
Learn more and apply here: tud.link/f4wf13
🗓️Deadline: 14.10.2025
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I have to keep this deliberately vague, but this is a total disaster for academic research.
And imposing it so suddenly is just cruel. I’ve got friends scrambling to get back to the US before midnight tonight. Do you know how hard that is to do on 36 hours of notice?
And imposing it so suddenly is just cruel. I’ve got friends scrambling to get back to the US before midnight tonight. Do you know how hard that is to do on 36 hours of notice?
Trump to impose $100,000 fee per year for H-1B visas, in blow to tech
The Trump administration said on Friday it would ask companies to pay $100,000 per year for H-1B worker visas, prompting some big tech companies to warn visa holders to stay in the U.S. or quickly return.
www.reuters.com
September 20, 2025 at 6:43 PM
I have to keep this deliberately vague, but this is a total disaster for academic research.
And imposing it so suddenly is just cruel. I’ve got friends scrambling to get back to the US before midnight tonight. Do you know how hard that is to do on 36 hours of notice?
And imposing it so suddenly is just cruel. I’ve got friends scrambling to get back to the US before midnight tonight. Do you know how hard that is to do on 36 hours of notice?
I was on a H1B visa for part of my postdoc. Also when I started as Assistant Professor. Several of my postdocs where on H1Bs. This new fee will affect more academia than tech or finance companies because there is no way universities can pay that…
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/19/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/19/u...
Trump Says the U.S. Will Institute $100,000 Fee for Skilled Worker Visas
www.nytimes.com
September 20, 2025 at 5:06 PM
I was on a H1B visa for part of my postdoc. Also when I started as Assistant Professor. Several of my postdocs where on H1Bs. This new fee will affect more academia than tech or finance companies because there is no way universities can pay that…
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/19/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/19/u...
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This is indeed a unique opportunity for @ec.europa.eu. But to ensure that „excellence thrives where it is enabled, protected & shared“ the % of funded proposals needs to stay the same (or actually increase). Otherwise it’s just a waste of talent.
The 2025 call for #MSCA Postdoctoral Fellowships drew 17,058 applications worldwide.
A 64.6% increase from 2024, it's the most popular call in over four decades.
Excellence thrives where it is enabled, protected and shared — and Europe provides that environment.
→ europa.eu/!jcnGgP
#ChooseEurope
A 64.6% increase from 2024, it's the most popular call in over four decades.
Excellence thrives where it is enabled, protected and shared — and Europe provides that environment.
→ europa.eu/!jcnGgP
#ChooseEurope
September 14, 2025 at 3:16 PM
This is indeed a unique opportunity for @ec.europa.eu. But to ensure that „excellence thrives where it is enabled, protected & shared“ the % of funded proposals needs to stay the same (or actually increase). Otherwise it’s just a waste of talent.
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📣 New preprint! We present SpinePy, a modular framework that enables automated 3D spatiotemporal quantification of #gastruloids & other multicellular in vitro systems. Spearheaded by @cryaaa.bsky.social @mpi-cbg.de. Check out his thread 👇 & the paper:
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
September 12, 2025 at 4:43 PM
📣 New preprint! We present SpinePy, a modular framework that enables automated 3D spatiotemporal quantification of #gastruloids & other multicellular in vitro systems. Spearheaded by @cryaaa.bsky.social @mpi-cbg.de. Check out his thread 👇 & the paper:
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
Congratulations Ryan and @jesseveenvliet.bsky.social and all the team! 🎉👏 I am happy to have been able to help a bit make this happen. Really useful quantitative analysis for gastruloids and beyond! I am sure it will enable many discoveries 😃
(1/14) I’m happy and proud to introduce: SpinePy – a framework to detect the "spine" of gastruloids and measure biological and physical signals in a local dynamic 3D coordinate system. www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
September 12, 2025 at 4:10 PM
Congratulations Ryan and @jesseveenvliet.bsky.social and all the team! 🎉👏 I am happy to have been able to help a bit make this happen. Really useful quantitative analysis for gastruloids and beyond! I am sure it will enable many discoveries 😃
Congratulations Arthur! Really beautiful 🤩
Congratulations to postdoc Arthur Boutillon at the Campàs lab @campaslab.bsky.social for a beautiful cover image selected for the latest Development issue @dev-journal.bsky.social!
Issue 16 is complete!
On the cover: Embryonic eye of an anole lizard stained for nuclei and F-actin. The image was acquired at the 2025 MBL Embryology course by Arthur Boutillon and was the Editor's choice from the Node image competition.
thenode.biologists.com/vote-for-you...
On the cover: Embryonic eye of an anole lizard stained for nuclei and F-actin. The image was acquired at the 2025 MBL Embryology course by Arthur Boutillon and was the Editor's choice from the Node image competition.
thenode.biologists.com/vote-for-you...
September 10, 2025 at 3:04 PM
Congratulations Arthur! Really beautiful 🤩
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🚨Attention image analysts, with expertise in programming and image/data science software!
We are #hiring another scientific role at PoL to support our interdisciplinary research team. Please share with your network! 👨🔬 🔬
🗓Deadline: September 19th
Apply here: tud.link/vj1kv9
#imageanalysis #jobad
We are #hiring another scientific role at PoL to support our interdisciplinary research team. Please share with your network! 👨🔬 🔬
🗓Deadline: September 19th
Apply here: tud.link/vj1kv9
#imageanalysis #jobad
September 8, 2025 at 12:06 PM
🚨Attention image analysts, with expertise in programming and image/data science software!
We are #hiring another scientific role at PoL to support our interdisciplinary research team. Please share with your network! 👨🔬 🔬
🗓Deadline: September 19th
Apply here: tud.link/vj1kv9
#imageanalysis #jobad
We are #hiring another scientific role at PoL to support our interdisciplinary research team. Please share with your network! 👨🔬 🔬
🗓Deadline: September 19th
Apply here: tud.link/vj1kv9
#imageanalysis #jobad