COS Heidelberg
@cosheidelberg.bsky.social
The Centre for Organismal Studies (COS) Heidelberg studies organismic biology beyond the borders of organisational levels. Part of @uniheidelberg.bsky.social.
https://www.cos.uni-heidelberg.de/en
https://www.cos.uni-heidelberg.de/en
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Hey #neuroscience enthusiast! Just watch this
BBC Two - Secrets of the Brain
https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m002k781
Very cool and simple explanation and bonus feature to see @jekely in action too! 😉
BBC Two - Secrets of the Brain
https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m002k781
Very cool and simple explanation and bonus feature to see @jekely in action too! 😉
BBC Two - Secrets of the Brain, Series 1, Episode 1
Jim Al-Khalili reveals how the staggeringly complex human brain evolved.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 11, 2025 at 3:47 PM
Hey #neuroscience enthusiast! Just watch this
BBC Two - Secrets of the Brain
https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m002k781
Very cool and simple explanation and bonus feature to see @jekely in action too! 😉
BBC Two - Secrets of the Brain
https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m002k781
Very cool and simple explanation and bonus feature to see @jekely in action too! 😉
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The new lab website is online 🤩🥰
www.photobodies.com
Please have a look 😊
So new and shiny, much info!
Thanks Freddy for your contribution :)
www.photobodies.com
Please have a look 😊
So new and shiny, much info!
Thanks Freddy for your contribution :)
Main Page | Photobodies
The homepage for the Light Signaling and Cell Biology lab of Dr. Kasper van Gelderen.
www.photobodies.com
November 9, 2025 at 10:44 AM
The new lab website is online 🤩🥰
www.photobodies.com
Please have a look 😊
So new and shiny, much info!
Thanks Freddy for your contribution :)
www.photobodies.com
Please have a look 😊
So new and shiny, much info!
Thanks Freddy for your contribution :)
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Our work on mapping the dynamics of phospholipids during lateral root formation is now published in @jxbotany.bsky.social We show that PI(4,5)P₂ plays a key role: targeted reduction in pericycle promotes LR development.
→ academic.oup.com/jxb/advance-...
→ academic.oup.com/jxb/advance-...
November 4, 2025 at 9:19 AM
Our work on mapping the dynamics of phospholipids during lateral root formation is now published in @jxbotany.bsky.social We show that PI(4,5)P₂ plays a key role: targeted reduction in pericycle promotes LR development.
→ academic.oup.com/jxb/advance-...
→ academic.oup.com/jxb/advance-...
Former COS scientist @heikelindner.bsky.social secures an SNSF starting grant to study the role of succulent anatomy in CAM photosynthesis. Congratulations!
I am beyond thrilled (like the screaming and jumping type of thrilled) that my SNSF Starting Grant was funded. I will start my own lab @unibe.ch next year, studying succulent anatomy development and if and how this anatomy is required for efficient CAM photosynthesis in different Kalanchoë species 🌱
October 31, 2025 at 9:26 PM
Former COS scientist @heikelindner.bsky.social secures an SNSF starting grant to study the role of succulent anatomy in CAM photosynthesis. Congratulations!
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This Halloween, we have a spooky evolutionary story for you.
The brainchild of @delaconcepcionjc.bsky.social, Nick Irwin and our fantastic collaborators is now out in @natplants.nature.com www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Here’s why I love this work — and why I think you’ll enjoy it too. 👇
The brainchild of @delaconcepcionjc.bsky.social, Nick Irwin and our fantastic collaborators is now out in @natplants.nature.com www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Here’s why I love this work — and why I think you’ll enjoy it too. 👇
October 31, 2025 at 10:19 AM
This Halloween, we have a spooky evolutionary story for you.
The brainchild of @delaconcepcionjc.bsky.social, Nick Irwin and our fantastic collaborators is now out in @natplants.nature.com www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Here’s why I love this work — and why I think you’ll enjoy it too. 👇
The brainchild of @delaconcepcionjc.bsky.social, Nick Irwin and our fantastic collaborators is now out in @natplants.nature.com www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Here’s why I love this work — and why I think you’ll enjoy it too. 👇
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Christmas came early this year! Bye Bye Nikon A1. Hello Nikon AX!
October 28, 2025 at 3:14 PM
Christmas came early this year! Bye Bye Nikon A1. Hello Nikon AX!
Curious about the matrisome of Nematostella vectensis? Check the new paper of the Özbek group now published in eLife. doi.org/10.7554/eLif...
@elife.bsky.social
@elife.bsky.social
Molecular dynamics of the matrisome across sea anemone life history
Integrated proteomic and single-cell transcriptomic analyses define the Nematostella vectensis matrisome and reveal conserved extracellular matrix functions driving life cycle transitions in this non-...
doi.org
October 24, 2025 at 6:15 AM
Curious about the matrisome of Nematostella vectensis? Check the new paper of the Özbek group now published in eLife. doi.org/10.7554/eLif...
@elife.bsky.social
@elife.bsky.social
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The version of record of our paper on the emergence of metachronal waves in the #platynereis larval ciliary band is now out. Together with Rebecca Poon and Kirsty Wan @micromotility.bsky.social
https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/sciadv.adw4067
funded by
@ERC_Research @wellcometrust @bbsrc
https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/sciadv.adw4067
funded by
@ERC_Research @wellcometrust @bbsrc
October 16, 2025 at 11:48 AM
The version of record of our paper on the emergence of metachronal waves in the #platynereis larval ciliary band is now out. Together with Rebecca Poon and Kirsty Wan @micromotility.bsky.social
https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/sciadv.adw4067
funded by
@ERC_Research @wellcometrust @bbsrc
https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/sciadv.adw4067
funded by
@ERC_Research @wellcometrust @bbsrc
Early Excellence in Science Award goes to COS professor @brittavelten.bsky.social! Congratulations!
Auszeichnung für Heidelberger Datenwissenschaftlerin: Britta Velten wird für innovative Verfahren für die Analyse von komplexen Datensätzen aus den Lebenswissenschaften mit dem Early Excellence in Science Award ausgezeichnet www.uni-heidelberg.de/de/newsroom/...
#uniheidelberg #lifescience
#uniheidelberg #lifescience
October 16, 2025 at 3:54 PM
Early Excellence in Science Award goes to COS professor @brittavelten.bsky.social! Congratulations!
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My latest paper, a postdoc project of mine from the @ronaldpierik.bsky.social lab is finally out in the Plant Cell all its formatted glory! doi.org/10.1093/plce...
Many thanks also to my co-authors and especially Kyra van der Velde who did a lot of work.
Many thanks also to my co-authors and especially Kyra van der Velde who did a lot of work.
Gibberellin transport affects lateral root growth through HY5 in response to far-red light
Gibberellin translocation from shoot to root conveys a plant-plant competition signal that leads to a reduction in lateral root growth.
doi.org
September 30, 2025 at 4:09 PM
My latest paper, a postdoc project of mine from the @ronaldpierik.bsky.social lab is finally out in the Plant Cell all its formatted glory! doi.org/10.1093/plce...
Many thanks also to my co-authors and especially Kyra van der Velde who did a lot of work.
Many thanks also to my co-authors and especially Kyra van der Velde who did a lot of work.
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✨ Kicking off #SWS2025 at @cosheidelberg.bsky.social with an inspiring opening talk by my PhD supervisor, Barbara Ann Halkier! Excited for the days ahead 🚀🌱
September 22, 2025 at 7:35 AM
✨ Kicking off #SWS2025 at @cosheidelberg.bsky.social with an inspiring opening talk by my PhD supervisor, Barbara Ann Halkier! Excited for the days ahead 🚀🌱
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Meet this year’s team 🌟
After booking speakers, funding acquisition, poster design, ordering merch, and more, we’re excited to launch a brand new season of Life of P.I. talks!
After booking speakers, funding acquisition, poster design, ordering merch, and more, we’re excited to launch a brand new season of Life of P.I. talks!
September 19, 2025 at 4:53 PM
Meet this year’s team 🌟
After booking speakers, funding acquisition, poster design, ordering merch, and more, we’re excited to launch a brand new season of Life of P.I. talks!
After booking speakers, funding acquisition, poster design, ordering merch, and more, we’re excited to launch a brand new season of Life of P.I. talks!
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Welcome to day 4 of #EMBOBioImage 🖥️
👉Happening right now: practical session 5, spatial statistics and omics integration, led by @brittavelten.bsky.social, assisted by Anna Klemm.
👉Happening right now: practical session 5, spatial statistics and omics integration, led by @brittavelten.bsky.social, assisted by Anna Klemm.
September 17, 2025 at 10:16 AM
Welcome to day 4 of #EMBOBioImage 🖥️
👉Happening right now: practical session 5, spatial statistics and omics integration, led by @brittavelten.bsky.social, assisted by Anna Klemm.
👉Happening right now: practical session 5, spatial statistics and omics integration, led by @brittavelten.bsky.social, assisted by Anna Klemm.
Life of P.I.: an initiative of Heidelberg life science students focusing on career and life in research. Please check! www.lifepi-hd.com @lifeofpi-hd.bsky.social
Life of P.I. | Building a Career in Science | Heidelberg
What does it take to build an academic career in scientific research? To answer this, a group of students majoring in life sciences invited faculty from a diverse range of institutes and research area...
www.lifepi-hd.com
September 19, 2025 at 8:19 AM
Life of P.I.: an initiative of Heidelberg life science students focusing on career and life in research. Please check! www.lifepi-hd.com @lifeofpi-hd.bsky.social
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Today’s speaker @cosheidelberg.bsky.social is Asa Strand on #Chloroplast development-a tale of two genomes
September 12, 2025 at 8:04 AM
Today’s speaker @cosheidelberg.bsky.social is Asa Strand on #Chloroplast development-a tale of two genomes
The group of former COS PI Steffen Lemke reveals mechanisms of mechanical stress management during fly gastrulation: www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Divergent evolutionary strategies pre-empt tissue collision in gastrulation - Nature
Flies have evolved two distinct strategies for managing mechanical stresses during embryogenesis: out-of-plane cell division in midges and transient out-of-plane tissue folding in fruit flies.
www.nature.com
September 5, 2025 at 7:57 PM
The group of former COS PI Steffen Lemke reveals mechanisms of mechanical stress management during fly gastrulation: www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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ERC vergibt vier Starting Grants an die Universität Heidelberg – Europäischer Forschungsrat fördert richtungsweisende Projekte von Wissenschaftlerinnen und Wissenschaftlern in frühen Karrierestufen
www.uni-heidelberg.de/de/newsroom/...
#universität #heidelberg #uniheidelberg #förderung #ERCStG
www.uni-heidelberg.de/de/newsroom/...
#universität #heidelberg #uniheidelberg #förderung #ERCStG
September 4, 2025 at 10:43 AM
ERC vergibt vier Starting Grants an die Universität Heidelberg – Europäischer Forschungsrat fördert richtungsweisende Projekte von Wissenschaftlerinnen und Wissenschaftlern in frühen Karrierestufen
www.uni-heidelberg.de/de/newsroom/...
#universität #heidelberg #uniheidelberg #förderung #ERCStG
www.uni-heidelberg.de/de/newsroom/...
#universität #heidelberg #uniheidelberg #förderung #ERCStG
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At long last, the version of record of our paper on the #platynereis #connectome
"Whole-body connectome of a segmented annelid larva" is out.
Explore the rich online presentation with all the videos, figures and source data here:
https://doi.org/10.7554/eLife.97964
@eLife
@biology […]
"Whole-body connectome of a segmented annelid larva" is out.
Explore the rich online presentation with all the videos, figures and source data here:
https://doi.org/10.7554/eLife.97964
@eLife
@biology […]
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biologists.social
August 28, 2025 at 12:26 PM
At long last, the version of record of our paper on the #platynereis #connectome
"Whole-body connectome of a segmented annelid larva" is out.
Explore the rich online presentation with all the videos, figures and source data here:
https://doi.org/10.7554/eLife.97964
@eLife
@biology […]
"Whole-body connectome of a segmented annelid larva" is out.
Explore the rich online presentation with all the videos, figures and source data here:
https://doi.org/10.7554/eLife.97964
@eLife
@biology […]
Please spread - COS is searching for a new IT engineer (full time, permanent) to support our central IT infrastructure and data management:
adb.zuv.uni-heidelberg.de/info/INFO_FD...
adb.zuv.uni-heidelberg.de/info/INFO_FD...
Stellenausschreibungen an der Universität Heidelberg
Infosystem der ZUV
adb.zuv.uni-heidelberg.de
August 28, 2025 at 12:14 PM
Please spread - COS is searching for a new IT engineer (full time, permanent) to support our central IT infrastructure and data management:
adb.zuv.uni-heidelberg.de/info/INFO_FD...
adb.zuv.uni-heidelberg.de/info/INFO_FD...
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New preprint from the lab. We mapped the dynamics of phospholipids during lateral root formation and show that PI(4,5)P₂ plays a key role: targeted reduction in pericycle promotes LR development.
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
August 19, 2025 at 9:37 AM
New preprint from the lab. We mapped the dynamics of phospholipids during lateral root formation and show that PI(4,5)P₂ plays a key role: targeted reduction in pericycle promotes LR development.
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
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Last Friday we held a Mini-Symposium to wrap up the SPARK@COS Summer Practical 🎉
Our students shared what they worked on and learned during the practical – well done and great presentations!
A big thank you to everyone who helped make it happen and to all who came to support the talks!
Our students shared what they worked on and learned during the practical – well done and great presentations!
A big thank you to everyone who helped make it happen and to all who came to support the talks!
August 13, 2025 at 9:29 AM
Last Friday we held a Mini-Symposium to wrap up the SPARK@COS Summer Practical 🎉
Our students shared what they worked on and learned during the practical – well done and great presentations!
A big thank you to everyone who helped make it happen and to all who came to support the talks!
Our students shared what they worked on and learned during the practical – well done and great presentations!
A big thank you to everyone who helped make it happen and to all who came to support the talks!
New preprint of the Dagdas @plantophagy.bsky.social group on the role of P-body proteins in autophagy of Marchantia polymorpha.
If you’re enjoying some calm while others are on holiday, here’s a #NEW #preprint to dive into — led by the brilliant @vbcscitraining.bsky.social student A. Abdrakhmanov:
👇 A quick thread + link:
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
👇 A quick thread + link:
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
Ancestral P-body proteins rewired for autophagic recycling in the early land plant Marchantia polymorpha
Processing bodies (P-bodies) are conserved ribonucleoprotein (RNP) granules central to RNA metabolism across eukaryotes. Although the mechanisms underlying their assembly are well understood, the path...
www.biorxiv.org
August 11, 2025 at 2:35 PM
New preprint of the Dagdas @plantophagy.bsky.social group on the role of P-body proteins in autophagy of Marchantia polymorpha.
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I am so happy to announce that our Drosophila testis multiome paper is now published in Nature Communications !!! I am very happy and proud of all who contributed, in particular Patrick and Pallavi who did an amazing job! www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Dissecting the enhancer gene regulatory network in early Drosophila spermatogenesis - Nature Communications
Single-cell multi-omics in Drosophila testis reveals enhancer-driven gene regulatory networks and shows how Wnt signaling and key transcription factors orchestrate stem cell maintenance and lineage pr...
www.nature.com
July 23, 2025 at 7:53 AM
I am so happy to announce that our Drosophila testis multiome paper is now published in Nature Communications !!! I am very happy and proud of all who contributed, in particular Patrick and Pallavi who did an amazing job! www.nature.com/articles/s41...
First preprint of the @josephinebageritz.bsky.social group! The group discovered a spatially distinct muscle progenitor population in Drosophila that stays in a less committed state thanks to graded Wnt/β-catenin signaling. Congratulations!
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
Gradient of Wnt signaling facilitates Mef2 heterogeneity and limits commitment of the developmental muscle progenitor pool
During skeletal muscle development, the timing and extent of lineage commitment towards differentiation must be coordinated to ensure proper tissue formation while preserving undifferentiated progenit...
www.biorxiv.org
July 21, 2025 at 6:28 AM
First preprint of the @josephinebageritz.bsky.social group! The group discovered a spatially distinct muscle progenitor population in Drosophila that stays in a less committed state thanks to graded Wnt/β-catenin signaling. Congratulations!
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
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Happy to be involved in UNICIL, our new Wellcome Trust Discovery project coordinated by @micromotility.bsky.social
We will study ciliary dynamics across scales and organisms. A long-term #postdoc position will be available at Heidelberg University […]
[Original post on biologists.social]
We will study ciliary dynamics across scales and organisms. A long-term #postdoc position will be available at Heidelberg University […]
[Original post on biologists.social]
July 16, 2025 at 2:00 PM
Happy to be involved in UNICIL, our new Wellcome Trust Discovery project coordinated by @micromotility.bsky.social
We will study ciliary dynamics across scales and organisms. A long-term #postdoc position will be available at Heidelberg University […]
[Original post on biologists.social]
We will study ciliary dynamics across scales and organisms. A long-term #postdoc position will be available at Heidelberg University […]
[Original post on biologists.social]