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Jesse Veenvliet @jesseveenvliet.bsky.social · Apr 19

😱 A very hungry #PacManoid ate the original post 🍬🍬🍬

Here’s the 🧵 on our latest in @cp-cellstemcell.bsky.social again!

Gastruloids w/ a sweet tooth better model natural embryos: doi.org/10.1016/j.st...

Spearheaded by @cryaaa.bsky.social & Alba Villaronga-Luque @mpi-cbg.de @poldresden.bsky.social

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Jesse Veenvliet @jesseveenvliet.bsky.social · 7h

Flight to Paris — see you there!

Jesse Veenvliet @jesseveenvliet.bsky.social · 8h

I had to get up at 4.15am, so I most definitely don’t

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Jesse Veenvliet @jesseveenvliet.bsky.social · 8h

Autofill, fat fingers & sleep deprivation just culminated into signing off an email with „I’m looking gorgeous“ instead of „I’m looking forward“

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Jesse Veenvliet @jesseveenvliet.bsky.social · 16h

Me too! And I think those working with stem cell models should read broad & delve deep into more traditional devbio. But not fond of how this is phrased

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Jesse Veenvliet @jesseveenvliet.bsky.social · 18h

My point is: there’s still a lot to uniquely learn from model organisms, and there’s a lot that can now uniquely be learned from organoids. Let’s appreciate and highlight that instead of coming up with false dichotomies!

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Jesse Veenvliet @jesseveenvliet.bsky.social · 19h

Yes, but these are specific traits / processes. I don’t contest that some questions are better answered using model organisms than organoids. But it’s wrong to state that model organisms better allow for the indicated conceptual approaches than organoids.

Jesse Veenvliet @jesseveenvliet.bsky.social · 19h

In fact, some of this echoes Sasai’s seminal cytosystems dynamics which he conceived for… organoids www.nature.com/articles/nat...

Cytosystems dynamics in self-organization of tissue architecture - Nature

Nature - Cytosystems dynamics in self-organization of tissue architecture

www.nature.com

Jesse Veenvliet @jesseveenvliet.bsky.social · 19h

It’s a nice piece, but a false dichotomy no? None of these are model organism specific.

Jesse Veenvliet @jesseveenvliet.bsky.social · 2d

Important message here👇. But what I don’t like is this false dichotomy. In vitro models allow for all of this as well. In my opinion, it’s the back-and-forth between in vivo & in vitro through mutual appreciation and learning that will shape biological discovery, innovation & future leaders.

Jesse Veenvliet @jesseveenvliet.bsky.social · 2d

Beautiful & yet another example that one of the best ways to model in vivo development with high fidelity is to bring physiology back to development-in-a-dish!

Emma Rawlins @labrawlins.bsky.social · 2d

Delighted that Ziqi Dong's PhD paper is out for all to read! Hypoxia is fundamental to normal development, and fascinating! Thanks to all of our co-authors including @jamesnathanlab.bsky.social @jellevda.bsky.social authors.elsevier.com/sd/article/S...

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Ceri Weber @ceriweber.bsky.social · 2d

Vertebral skeletal diversity in mammals is remarkable. How do the differences between vertebral size and shape develop and evolve? See how we tackled this question in our paper published in @natcomms.nature.com today!

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Jo Wolff @jowolff.bsky.social · 4d

This was not a sample of academics.

YouGov @yougov.co.uk · 4d

How many browsing tabs do you typically have open?*

1: 6%
2-5: 54%
6-10: 14%
11-20: 8%
21-30: 2%
More than 30: 3%

*across all windows, on desktop/laptop

yougov.co.uk/topics/techn...

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Kresten Lindorff-Larsen @lindorfflarsen.bsky.social · 5d

A good day to remember John Gurdon’s school report from his biology master at Eton

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Jason Shepherd @jasonsynaptic.bsky.social · 6d

#goals

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James Briscoe @jamesbriscoe.bsky.social · 5d

Very sad news, John Gurdon has died.

A developmental biologist's developmental biologist, Nobel prize winner

His work is the foundation of much of today's dev & stem cell bio.

An inspiration to many, including me. Always asking questions & wanting the answers

www.magd.cam.ac.uk/news/profess...

Professor Sir John Gurdon FRS (1933-2025) | Magdalene College

Magdalene College is deeply saddened to announce the death of Professor Sir John Gurdon FRS, who served as Master of the College from 1995 to 2002.

www.magd.cam.ac.uk

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Michael Hendricks 🇨🇦 @michaelhendricks.bsky.social · 5d

"The work I was involved in had no obvious therapeutic benefit. It was purely of scientific interest. I hope the country will continue to support basic research even though it may have no obvious practical value."
- John Gurdon

Katherine Brown @katherine-brown.bsky.social · 5d

Very saddened to hear of John Gurdon’s passing. I’ve been lucky enough to interact with him at multiple points through my career - from undergrad lectures, through his position as former Chair of @biologists.bsky.social’s Board of Directors, and as an author at @dev-journal.bsky.social.

Nobel Laureate Professor Sir John Gurdon dies aged 92

It is with great sadness that the University shares the news of the death of Professor Sir John Gurdon, founder of the Gurdon Institute.

www.cam.ac.uk

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Jesse Veenvliet @jesseveenvliet.bsky.social · 8d

What a wonderful meeting it was! #EngineeredLivingMaterials

Barbara Gerratana @bgerratana.bsky.social · 10d

Two days of exciting science and discussion on the translation of ELMs to market/patients (regulatory and Path to Market) funded by #EIC under #EICPathfinder

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Gautam Dey @gautamdey.bsky.social · 9d

If you’re applying to your dream lab for an internship/PhD/postdoc, always send a second email 1-2 weeks after the first one if you don’t hear back.

I promise we will be grateful rather than annoyed. My email inbox is a disaster and I’m quite junior - and very few of us have secretarial support

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Adriano Bolondi @adrianobolondi.bsky.social · 11d

🚨JOB ALERT🚨

FRIENDS PLEASE SPREAD and RT

We are building a small expert team within the @bokelab.bsky.social at @crg.eu @prbb.org to investigate fundamental questions in oocyte cell biology, focusing on how proteostasis regulation influences dormancy and fertility.

See below 2 calls👇

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Aydan Bulut-Karslioglu @bulutkarslioglu.bsky.social · 11d

7 year labiversary of our lab! Now with a new set of young researchers. Proud of what we’ve achieved and excited about the future.

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Madalena M. Reimão Pinto @madalenamrp.bsky.social · 10d

So incredibly grateful and excited to be joining the @mpi-cbg.de as a RGL from January 2026! If you are interested in becoming part of a growing team studying how zebrafish embryos know how much protein to make and when as they develop, embedded in a thriving research community, please apply.

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Max Planck Institute of Molecular Cell Biology and Genetics @mpi-cbg.de · 10d

Are you interested in a PhD in the area of "Mechanisms of translational control during embryogenesis?" Apply now for a PhD @mpi-cbg.de! Overview of all participating RGLs: imprs.mpi-cbg.de/5761/researc...

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SUMO @sumoconsortium.bsky.social · 10d

Fantastic Annual Meeting of the #EngineeredLivingMaterials Portfolio, hosted at the stunning InnoRenew in 🇸🇮 (thx Anna Sandak!). New interactions & ideas for a more sustainable & healthy future 💚. Thx @bgerratana.bsky.social & @usymmons.bsky.social #EICPathfinder for supporting the future of #ELMs!

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Jesse Veenvliet @jesseveenvliet.bsky.social · 13d

These benches with Hannah Arendt quotes in Ljubljana, Slovenia 🇸🇮! 💜💚

Jesse Veenvliet @jesseveenvliet.bsky.social · 13d

Congrats Kate!! Awesome to see it out!

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