Cell & Developmental Biologist, Developmental Biology Unit @EMBL, Previous Postdoc @CRUK, PhD @ Università Statale di Milano

Heidelberg, Germany
🎄 Day 1 of the 24 Days of Development ✨🧬 This study shows how different fixation methods (PFA vs. TCA) change what researchers can visualize in chicken embryos using HCR or IHC. 🔍🐣🔬 doi.org/10.1016/j.ydbio.2024…
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Anthony A. Hyman will become EMBL’s next Director General. He joins EMBL from MPI-CBG in Dresden. He is also Professor of Molecular Biology at Technische Universität Dresden, and was a group leader at EMBL Heidelberg from 1993 to 1999. embl.org/news/people-perspec…
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🐠 Medaka (Oryzias latipes) ✨ A tiny fish with big developmental insights! 🧬 Medaka is perfect for studying sex determination, germ cell development, pigmentation, and environmental effects on embryos 📸 Image by Philipp Keller #ModelMonday #DevBio #EvoDevo
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Abstract deadline extension alert! 🚨 You now have until 25 November to submit your abstract and be one of 22 selected short talk speakers for #EESCollectivity ➡️ s.embl.org/ees26-01-x Don't miss this new event which will explore how collective behaviours arise from fundamental principles across biological systems, from cells to animal groups, both from theoretical and experimental perspectives. 🦠🐒🧬
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Calling all PhD students and postdocs! Exciting opportunity: EMBL's Corporate Partnership Programme (CPP) Fellowships are open for applications until 30 November! 🔬 What you get: • Up to €4,000 to cover travel and accommodation • Support for stays of 1–6 months at any of EMBL's six sites • Logistical support and housing help via the Scientific Visitor Programme ✅ Who's eligible: • Currently employed PhD researchers or postdocs • Open to all nationalities, no age limit • First-time visitors to EMBL 🎯 Why apply: • Collaborate with world-class EMBL research groups • Learn cutting-edge techniques + access top-tier core facilities • Build international networks and boost your research impact Find out more and apply: embl.org/about/info/scientif…
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Only a few days left for abstract submission at the brand new EMBO|EMBL Symposium Collectivity in living systems: emergence, function and evolution. We have stellar speakers in cell, animal collectives & beyond @priscaliberali @icouzin @ricard_sole embl.org/about/info/course-a…
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Diatoms – microscopic algae found almost everywhere there’s water – make up ~25% of Earth’s annual oxygen production. EMBL scientists have found a way to reveal their inner structures by combining cryo-fixation with ultrastructural expansion microscopy. cell.com/current-biology/ful…
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Wonderful visit to @embl Heidelberg! Grateful to Alexandre Aulehla and @AissamIkmi for the invitation and to all the group leaders, post-docs and students for the stimulating discussions. Amazing science and a great community! #EMBL #ScienceTalk #DevelopmentalBiology
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Had the pleasure of working with @Dardiry_mo to rethink what it means to develop for life. Many thanks to @Dev_journal! @embl #LifelongDevSI
Phenotypic plasticity as the foundation of lifelong development In this #LifelongDevSI Hypothesis, @Dardiry_mo and @AissamIkmi (@embl) challenge the paradigm of organismal terminal differentiation doi.org/10.1242/dev.205126
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Ever wondered how metabolism regulates embryonic development? Our recent work demonstrates that metabolism has a signaling module controlling the tempo of embryonic axis segmentation. science.org/doi/10.1126/scia…
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Please join the fantastic line-up of speakers in exploring life's collectives: @icouzin, @ricard_sole, @priscaliberali, @wc_ratcliff, @SSerenaDing, @MonteiroLab, @jaschwartzman, @Daniel_R_Amor, @Pawel_Burkhardt, @oleg_igoshin
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We are searching for an enthusiastic scientist to join our team and establish annual killifish as a model system for early developmental biology and biophysics! @embl Apply here: embl.wd103.myworkdayjobs.com…... Please re-post 🙏
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Applications are now open for the 2026 SDB Science Communication Internship. Graduate student and postdoc members of the Society for Developmental Biology are eligible to apply. Deadline: August 15. Learn more: sdbonline.org/science_commun…
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That's a wrap for #EMBLDevBio! 🧫🧬 Over the last eight days, our participants were introduced to the theoretical knowledge of biological transitions and got hands-on training using state-of-the-art methods applied in-depth in different model systems. Thank you to everyone who made this course one to remember, especially our participants, speakers, trainers, and organisers! 👏 🔷 Scientific organisers: Karen Alim, TU Munich, Germany James Briscoe, The Francis Crick Institute, UK Nicoletta Petridou, EMBL Heidelberg, Germany Jordi van Gestel, EMBL Heidelberg, Germany Hanh Vu, EMBL Heidelberg, Germany 🔷 Course organisers: Luana Ribeiro, EMBL Heidelberg, Germany Swetlana Krez, EMBL Heidelberg, Germany Alessandra Reversi, EMBL Heidelberg, Germany Matt Benton, EMBL Heidelberg, Germany Giorgia Carta, EMBL Heidelberg, Germany
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Time for data analysis practicals here at #EMBLDevBio! 💻
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Join this week's VGZT to explore evo-devo in eels and how rigidity transitions shape embryonic tissue organisation! 🐟
On May 22nd, join us for the next Western VGZT 🌙 Our speakers are: 👉 Ali Seleit Developmental heterochrony underlies the evolution of body axis segmentation in eels 👉 @laura_rustarazo Uncoupling adhesion- & density-driven rigidity transitions triggers epithelial organization
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