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The Max Planck research group leader call is out- 6 + 3 years of generous funding (~2 Mio EUR for first 6 years) in a Max Planck institute of your choice- a great opportunity for starting your lab and for pursuing your own research ideas. Please RT mpg.de/career/max-pla…

Christmas spirit in the department...

x.com/NatureEcoEvo/s… And: Even presents, already :)

Many exciting PhD opportunities in gene expression/*omics in Goettingen (and yes, also in worms)- take a look 👇

Model system genome database manager (f/m/x) mpinat.mpg.de/4586336/58-23 We are hiring! If you are an experienced model system genome researcher looking for a long-term position with flexible work arrangements, this one might be perfect. Please RT!

Worms in the wild- Planarians going about their business in broad daylight. We encountered these guys during our Australia field sampling campaign earlier in the year.

Happy to announce the lab's first graduation in Goettingen: Thomas successfully defended his PhD and kindly brought flowers to "Gaenseliesel" on Market Square per the local rite-of-passage custom. Congratulations, Thomas- we're extremely proud of you :)

Our bioinformatics staff scientist position is still open! We are looking for someone passionate about genome mining and community science to help revitalize PlanMine. Please look at the ad (or message me) and consider retweeting (re-X-ing...?). mpinat.mpg.de/4586336/58-23

Amazing- planarians really are everywhere! And we may have to up our sampling game somewhat :) Thanks to Ludwik Gąsiorowski for sharing the link.

We had the pleasure of hosting a practical of the Goettingen Developmental Biology Masters program in the department, including (winter!) field sampling, bar-coding, inter-species transplants, and imaging. Great bunch of students & instructors!

Happy to announce the 6th European Meeting on Planarian Biology this year-October 13-15, right by the beach and right after the EMBO regeneration meeting over in Nice. The website with more info will go up soon. Please join us for the latest and greatest in planarianology!

In flatworms, Neoblasts are the only dividing cells outside the reproductive system... REALLY? In collaboration with BoWangLab, we show that things are not so simple. Here's our preprint on the intriguing stem cell system of the Catenulid Stenostomum biorxiv.org/cgi/content/sh…

Planarians never cease to surprise - we show that epidermal cells undergo basal extrusion and a 'death march' to be digested by gut phagocytes. Thus, self-digestion is not only part of pathological cell clearance, but also of steady-state tissue turnover. How? Lots to discover :)

Thank you - I am honoured and delighted to have been elected as an EMBO member.

Welcome to the lab, Arkadeep, Somdatta and Kalyani! The three are members of the IISER-MPG joint master's programme, which allows students from one of India's leading research institutions to carry out their thesis research at Max Planck Labs. Glad to have you on board!

Just back from the European Planarian Conference, #empb2024 - obviously, we found the perfect location ;) Thanks everyone for the collaborative spirit and for sharing lots of exciting work; Jordi Solana for spotting the elephant in the room and Teresa Adell for organizing.