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Dr. Peter Walentek (Walentek Lab)
@walenteklab.bsky.social
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(he/him) Cilia & mucociliary epithelia development, self-organization, and human airway diseases. 🏳️‍🌈 opinions own & plenty.
Lab link: uniklinik-freiburg.de/walentek-en.html
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walenteklab.bsky.social
This could indeed be an interesting idea to explore.
christlet.bsky.social Christophe 🔬 L @christlet.bsky.social · 9h
Here's a zero-cost proposal for ERC to lure US talent: condition participation in a Synergy grant to a relocation to the EU. Will help the incoming PI not only with money but also a supporting collaboration. Right now SyG is funding US labs while NIH has cut all funding to foreign collaborators.
November 29, 2025 at 1:23 PM
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tiagodf.bsky.social
The findings reveal a stark imbalance: the north and north-west of Europe – particularly Scandinavia, parts of the UK and Portugal – have been getting wetter, while large swathes of the south and south-east, including parts of the UK, Spain, Italy, France, Switzerland, Germany have been drying out.
Revealed: Europe’s water reserves drying up due to climate breakdown
Exclusive: UCL scientists find large swathes of southern Europe are drying up, with ‘far-reaching’ implications
www.theguardian.com
November 29, 2025 at 10:16 AM
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biorxiv-evobio.bsky.social
A 3D Amphioxus Brain Atlas Illuminates the Blueprint of the Ancestral Chordate Brain https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.11.27.690639v1
November 29, 2025 at 10:31 AM
Reposted by Dr. Peter Walentek (Walentek Lab)
katherinestiles.org
· #AcademicSky ·
The European Research Council is launching €7m Plus Grants for ambitious, long‑term research — open to researchers at any career stage but limited to about 30 awards; current ERC grantees and applicants are ineligible, reports @clanicholson.bsky.social.
ERC’s new €7m Plus Grants open to researchers at any career stage - Research Professional News
European Research Council president describes scheme as part attempt to lure US talent
www.researchprofessionalnews.com
November 28, 2025 at 8:27 PM
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thomaslecuit.bsky.social
And here is the link to access the whole pdf. Enjoy!

I strongly believe that focusing on information & computation during Development provides an important framework, that encapsulates the genetic, chemistry & mechanics, but focusses on organisation, dynamics & logic.
PDF: tinyurl.com/4hn34t8w
November 24, 2025 at 9:54 AM
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thomaslecuit.bsky.social
Very happy to share video of 1st lecture @college-de-france.fr on Biological computation 😊. I defend the necessity to access Algorithmic & Computational levels of analysis in cell & developmental biol. proposed by David Marr in neuroscience. Logic & Function matter 🤩.
Video: tinyurl.com/55yejk5f
Qu’est-ce que l’information biologique (suite) ? (1) - Thomas Lecuit (2025-2026)
Enseignement 2025-2026 : Qu’est-ce que l’information biologique (suite) ? Cours du 20 décembre 2025 : Introduction : approche computationelle du vivant Professeur : Thomas Lecuit Chaire Dynamiques du vivant Retrouvez les enregistrements audios et vidéos du cycle : https://www.college-de-france.fr/fr/agenda/cours/qu-est-ce-que-information-biologique Tous les enseignements du Pr Thomas Lecuit : https://www.college-de-france.fr/chaire/thomas-lecuit-dynamiques-du-vivant-chaire-statutaire https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLOj9pZ2YNGZ84uMY6DhPnqpL1rq5qNAVJ Le Collège de France est une institution de recherche fondamentale dans tous les domaines de la connaissance et un lieu de diffusion du « savoir en train de se faire » ouvert à tous. Les cours, séminaires, colloques sont enregistrés puis mis à disposition du public sur le site internet du Collège de France. Découvrez toutes les ressources du Collège de France : https://www.college-de-france.fr Soutenir le Collège de France : https://www.fondation-cdf.fr/faire-un-don Suivez-nous sur : Threads : https://www.threads.net/@collegedefrance Bluesky : https://bsky.app/profile/college-de-france.fr Facebook : https://www.facebook.com/College.de.France Instagram : https://www.instagram.com/collegedefrance LinkedIn : https://fr.linkedin.com/company/coll%C3%A8gedefrance
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November 24, 2025 at 9:42 AM
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jbwallingford.bsky.social
Gentle reminder that everyone should read Jacob and Monod, 1961. And then read it again every once in awhile. A master-class on clear writing (and, ya know, Nobel Prize winning stuff, too).

www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Genetic regulatory mechanisms in the synthesis of proteins
The synthesis of enzymes in bacteria follows a double genetic control. The socalled structural genes determine the molecular organization of the prote…
www.sciencedirect.com
November 10, 2025 at 3:28 PM
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eliasbarrigalab.bsky.social
With the full CRISPR 7-11 protocol here :)
November 11, 2025 at 5:51 PM
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eliasbarrigalab.bsky.social
Extremely Honoured and grateful to receive this award from the @dgz.bsky.social grateful to my team, mentors and @poldresden.bsky.social Th is a great motivation to keep contributing to elucidate the mechanisms of tissue morphogenesis.
poldresden.bsky.social Physics of Life Dresden @poldresden.bsky.social · 22d
Exciting news! PoL PI Elias Barriga @eliasbarrigalab.bsky.social has been awarded the Innovation Award by the German Society for Cell Biology! (DGZ) 🏆

The DGZ recognizes his contributions, including the discovery that mechanically induced electric fields guide collective cell migration. Congrats!
November 14, 2025 at 10:17 AM
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jbwallingford.bsky.social
SAVE THE DATE! Stoked to organize the 2026 Santa Cruz Developmental Biology Meeting with @rashmi-priya.bsky.social, @lowelab.bsky.social, and Shelbi Russell. Come learn about Biomedicine, Biomechanics, and the Biosphere, August 24-28, 2026. Registration dates, etc., coming soon! Please RT
November 19, 2025 at 8:23 PM
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karenjliu.bsky.social
Exciting new findings on mechanisms of Wnt signalosomes --from Sheng-yuan Wu's PhD project in @matthias-krause.bsky.social lab! Great collaborators, great story. #xenopus 🐸
November 25, 2025 at 1:15 PM
walenteklab.bsky.social
Huge congrats to DR. Henrike Berns (MD), who defended earlier this week with excellent results based on her paper investigating the function and consequences of Wnt11 mutations in humans and frogs 🐸 👏👏👏👏 we will miss you a lot!
November 27, 2025 at 9:29 PM
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drbjcarr.bsky.social
Art class today. The theme was underwater, so I couldnt resist painting my model organism #Xenopus laevis (African clawed frog). This is done in encaustics, which is a mixture of beeswax and resin 🐸 #Art #SciArt 🧪
A painting of a frog floating in blue water. It is surrounded by some green plants and some large blue amd white circles.
November 23, 2025 at 11:21 PM
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mick-lab.bsky.social
1) By using a D-amino acid oxidase (DAAO), iAPEX omits the requirement of external H2O2 addition and therefore reduces toxicity and allows in vivo applications, which our fantastic collaborators @kerstinfeistel.bsky.social and @walenteklab.bsky.social could show in developing #Xenopus embryos.
November 14, 2025 at 8:16 PM
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kuba-sedzinski.bsky.social
We are looking for: PhD Student (starting as Research Assistant) and Postdoctoral Researcher in Stem Cell Biology and Mechanobiology. Please RT💕
🔗 About our lab: renew.science/principal_in...
🎓 PhD position: jobportal.ku.dk/phd/?show=15...
🧪 Postdoc position: jobportal.ku.dk/videnskabeli...
November 3, 2025 at 7:05 PM
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labonnelab.bsky.social
#xenopus 🐸❤️
socdevbio.bsky.social Society for Developmental Biology @socdevbio.bsky.social · 26d
🐸 Xenopus laevis 💚 The frog that shaped modern developmental biology! ✨ Xenopus embryos have revealed how the body axis forms, cells choose their fate, and tissues self-organize during early development 📹 Video by Bioquest Sudio and Xenbase #ModelMonday #DevBio
November 3, 2025 at 8:07 PM
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xenbase.bsky.social
Ran et al. generated a retinal regeneration model and a tumor model using targeted integration in X. tropicalis (PNAS). Kagawa et al. provide a step-by-step protocol for knock-in targeted integration in X. laevis (DGD). www.xenbase.org/xenbase/doNe... #science #devbio #xenopus #frogs
October 21, 2025 at 10:18 PM
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mayorlab.bsky.social
Help us to promote this DevBiol course (in Spanish)
¡Nuevo curso gratuito de Biología del Desarrollo (en español)!
Aprende sobre los procesos que dan origen a la vida
Cupos limitados → forms.gle/sfSV1GTae2nC...
Detalles y programa: drive.google.com/file/d/1-9dd...
#BiologíaDelDesarrollo
Registro "Biología del Desarrollo Sintética: Diseñando la Vida"
Curso Electivo de Verano, dirigido a estudiantes de pregrado Programa: Link Fechas: 5 al 15 de Enero de 2026 Lugar: Santiago de Chile, clases presenciales (Campus Manuel Montt, U. Mayor) Para estudian...
forms.gle
October 26, 2025 at 2:16 PM
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harnoslab.bsky.social
For all Xenopus lovers: the CSHL Xenopus Course is coming in 2026! 🐸

Led by the awesome @walenteklab.bsky.social & Rachel Miller. Don’t miss it! 💪 #frogpower
October 9, 2025 at 1:26 PM
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karenjliu.bsky.social
Embryology! Neural crest! Looking for a postdoc? Job closes 25 Aug. Informal enquiries welcome, and anyone hanging out at the Xenopus meeting come say hi. #mouse #human #development #neuralcrest #chromatin
@the-node.bsky.social @marcotrizzino.bsky.social
August 18, 2025 at 7:20 AM
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eurocilia.bsky.social
Have you saved the date for #Cilia2027?
It is going to be in March 2027 at this lake near #Milan. 👇
August 11, 2025 at 3:02 PM
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ijmonod.bsky.social
📢 Neuro Evo Devo meeting

Virginie Courtier organizes a meeting regarding the latest research on development, evolution and neurobiology using as model organisms birds, fishes, butterflies and Drosophila

📆 Tuesday, August 26th
📍 Institut Jacques Monod

Informations and program 🔗 buff.ly/p3qkFLW
July 28, 2025 at 8:01 AM
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cilialab.bsky.social
📣 Cilia Lab is growing 📣 - we have 2️⃣ open positions at @uoe-igc.bsky.social @edinburgh-uni.bsky.social for talented and motivated researchers interested in disease modelling & genetic therapies which target #RareRespiratoryDiseases at their root cause. 🧪🧪#ciliopathies #PrimaryCiliaryDyskinesia 1/4
July 7, 2025 at 2:44 PM
Reposted by Dr. Peter Walentek (Walentek Lab)
NIH needs to hear from us about why in vivo work with animal models is essential for the advancement of biomedical research! Add your comments at the link below (scroll down to comment box):

www.fda.gov/news-events/...
FDA-NIH Workshop: Reducing Animal Testing
The FDA is hosting a workshop on reducing animal testing. The workshop is open to current FDA and NIH employees.
www.fda.gov
July 11, 2025 at 4:51 PM
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jbwallingford.bsky.social
Last chance to tell the NIH if you think animal models are important for biomedical research! 👇👇👇👇
jbwallingford.bsky.social John Wallingford @jbwallingford.bsky.social · Jul 11
The NIH is asking scientists and the public to comment on plans to drastically limit animal model research. If you think animal models remain important tools for basic and clinical research tell them! Click the link below and scroll down to send your comments!

www.fda.gov/news-events/...
FDA-NIH Workshop: Reducing Animal Testing
The FDA is hosting a workshop on reducing animal testing. The workshop is open to current FDA and NIH employees.
www.fda.gov
July 14, 2025 at 4:02 PM