Looking back on 2025, we are incredibly grateful for all the good moments spent with colleagues, the exciting new discoveries, discussions and seminars, and for the trust of our collaborators and partners! We wish you a wonderful holiday season and look forward to meeting again in 2026 ✨🎄

Cell cycle-driven transcriptome maturation confers multilineage competence to cardiopharyngeal progenitors
Wei Wang, @lionlchristiaen.bsky.social and colleagues
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Our latest on how cells get ready for fate transition! @noahbruderer.bsky.social @margauxfailla.bsky.social @lionlchristiaen.bsky.social

Cell cycle-driven transcriptome maturation confers multilineage competence to cardiopharyngeal progenitors www.embopress.org/doi/full/10....

Could not be more happy/proud/relieved to finally see this longstanding study published. Bluetorial to follow. @msarscentre.bsky.social
Cell cycle-driven transcriptome maturation confers multilineage competence to cardiopharyngeal progenitors | The EMBO Journal www.embopress.org/doi/full/10....

Explaining sea squirt development to the public? Challenge accepted! Our team had a great time at the #forskningsdagene science fair over the weekend. We met visitors of all ages who shared our excitement for science, and went back to the lab inspired and energized 🤩✨

Huge congratulations to postdoc Guillaume Poncelet @guillaumeponcelet.bsky.social who was awarded a UiB Early Idea innovation grant 🤩🎉 Inspired by his work in the @lionlchristiaen.bsky.social lab, he will be developing a new product derived from naturally occurring compounds 🔬 Read more below ⤵️

Researchers from @imev-mer.fr recently visited us for a workshop supported by the French-Norwegian mobility program Åsgard 🌊 Between seminars, lab demos and discussions, new ideas and plans for long-term collaborations emerged 🤩 Read more about this exciting partnership below ⤵️

Congratulations to Jonas Brandenburg from @lionlchristiaen.bsky.social lab for a great talk today at the #EESWildModels Symposium 🤩👏 Jonas presented his latest work on the impact of temperature on #Ciona development 🌡️ @events.embl.org @embo.org 📸 Joergen Benjaminsen

Congratulations to the Chatzigeorgiou lab @mchatzigeorgiou.bsky.social for a new preprint 🤩👏 @midlangandreas.bsky.social and team studied the mechanical forces at play during #Ciona postembryonic development, and found links to larval chemosensation and settlement behavior 🧪 Read the article ⤵️

We are excited to announce that registration for the Michael Sars Symposium 2025 is now open! 🤩 Join us on June 6th at Media City Bergen for a day of exceptional talks 🧪 #MSS2025
✨Learn more and register here: tinyurl.com/yc4jxdvz

AI has the potential to transform the way we access and handle datasets. Meet BioChatter: an open large language model framework designed to support biomedical research 💻 An exciting project by @ebi.embl.org with contributions from @noahbruderer.bsky.social, out now in @naturebiotech.bsky.social 👏

Amazing news - the exhibition 'Jellyfish unveiled' is extended until January 26 at the University Museum of Bergen! Discover the secrets of jellyfish and their kin through the eyes of @joanjsoto.bsky.social, @alexandrejan.bsky.social & Anne Aasjord 📸🌊🧪
Find out more: tinyurl.com/3c2yjj2f

After an engaging talk on the impact of underwater sounds on plankton and fish, Prof. Ana Širović from NTNU joined us for a cherished Sars tradition - our annual Christmas lunch 🌊🎅 We are so grateful for our fantastic team and guests!

The deadline to apply for a Group Leader position at the Centre is extended, send your application by January 6, 2025 🌊 An incredible opportunity to lead innovative marine science in beautiful Bergen! 👩‍🔬👨‍🔬🧪 Reposts appreciated 🙏
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Fascinating dive into host-microbe chemical interactions today with Prof. Manuel Liebeke @manuelliebeke.bsky.social, in a festive atmosphere ✨👏 His exciting spatial #metabolomics work maps the links between metabolites and symbiotic microbial communities 🦠🧪 Thank you for visiting us!!

We are hiring Group Leaders! One month left to apply ⏳ Join us in beautiful Bergen for a chance to lead exciting science in a supportive environment! 🌊
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