1/ Thanks Rita! The Nature Methods comment follows from my “Confessions” talk last February and is motivated by my desire to recruit financial backers, AI collaborators, and highly motivated data scientists and biologists to join us for our “Cell Observatory” mission.

I am on the job market this year for tenure-track positions in Canada and the US! My research program will investigate genetic and biological pathway bottlenecks in organ development that result in congenital anomalies, using animal models and microscopy imaging 1/2

Explore the range from symmetry mismatch to stoichiometric variations in the bacterial flagellar motor. Read our paper nature to learn more: nature.com/articles/s4156… #Animation made using #Blender3d and #MolecularNodes.

New preprint: We have developed an integrated pipeline to i) image gastruloids in toto with dual-view 2-photon🔬, ii) quantitatify cell and tissue-scale patterns of gene expression and morphometric features, iii) interact with the data in napari🔬. biorxiv.org/content/10.110…

Paul Dirac was so famously laconic that his colleagues joked about "a Dirac" being a unit of silence.

Finishing your PhD and interested in the Physics of Life? We are in the midst of our annual search for new Fellows. We are looking for both theorists and experimentalists ready for a bit more independence than a regular postdoc. To learn more: biophysics.princeton.edu/opportunities

You guys are lovely! Happy grinding Kemal :)

Wouter @WHB_Masselink closes the session with Axolotl Wouter is sharing with us his data on somite-independent regeneration of the axolotl tail biorxiv.org/content/10.110… #spemannmangold2024 Universität Freiburg IMP

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Congratulations to Denis Duboule Denis Duboule for being awarded the 2025 ISDB Harrison Medal for his contributions to the understanding of gene regulation, particularly the Hox gene family, and their spatial collinearity in vertebrates 🎉🎉🏅 developmental-biology.org/news/2025-winn…

🚨News alert !! Honored to be endowed with Robert Laughlin Rea Professor of Anatomy at Northwestern University!

The desynchronization of cell divisions in early mammalian embryos—once seen as a random process—instead plays a crucial role in ensuring robust development, shedding light on how embryos maintain precision despite biological noise, researchers report in Science.

Delighted to share my latest #devbiol story ⁦Nautilus Magazine⁩. This one’s about James Bond, cilia, and the wondrously complex interplay of embryos and people. nautil.us/the-anatomical…

Looking forward to host you here McMaster University as well on Thursday! McMaster Health Sciences biology@mcmaster

Wonderful news Masha; to the many cool microscopy and discoveries!

Excited to speak at next week’s VGZT!