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Amazing use of zebrafish! Congrats to all authors! 🥳🥳🥳

A new preprint from our lab: www.medrxiv.org/content/10.6... A rapid zebrafish embryo–based method developed by Shantanu for classifying nanos gene variants as potentially causative of male infertility.

We're hiring! My department at the University of Oregon is searching for a new colleague at the rank of Full Professor in Genetics/Genomics (broadly defined) It's an endowed chair position Fantastic chance to join a collaborative community of biologists careers.pageuppeople.com/726/cw/en-us...

My department at UCSF (Cell & Tissue Biology) is recruiting for a tenure-track Assistant/Associate Professor studying the fundamental cell biology underlying disease. Join us! App due Dec 1. aprecruit.ucsf.edu/JPF06272

Our Dept. of Genetics and Developmental Biology at the Institut Curie in the heart of Paris is hiring a new junior PI. It has a nice start up package and excellent I. Curie facilities. Please spread the word: Deadline Dec. 18th! jpi-recruitment-curie-umr3215-u934.curie.fr

The GSM 2026 is coming closer and closer! Check out our website for more details! gsm2026.de Not sparked your interest yet? I am sure these speakers will! Fridtjof Brauns, Ralf Jungmann and Ulrich Schwarz are the speakers of our Tissue Mechanics session.

Zebrafish scientists, make some noise! We all love a great name, especially an acronym. Our roundup of tools for 🦓🐟 also includes 🐷 🪄 🐳 and 🌈. You'll have to read our latest blog post for the full names — could you guess any of them first?

[Job] Tenure-Track Assistant Professor, Department of Genetics, Development and Cell Biology, Iowa State University, Ames, IA #zebrafish

... co-organized by and featuring Seraphine Wegner @sfb1348.bsky.social @uni-muenster.de

Save the date! For the first time, ZDM will be hosted on the continent of Africa 🐟🌍 📆 27-29 September, 2027 📍 Stellenbosch University, South Africa #ZDM20 #ZDMS #DiseaseModels #zebrafish

Group leaders Danny Sahtoe and Alexander van Oudenaarden will supervise 2 of the 15 PhD positions that open in the ORFeus network, a Horizon Europe program studying the #DarkProteome, a group of recently discovered proteins linked to disease and new therapies. Apply 1–22 Oct via orfeus-dn.eu/apply

There is still time to apply for the EMBL International PhD Programme! 📢 Don’t miss this opportunity to receive dedicated mentoring while doing interdisciplinary research. Research groups across EMBL are recruiting now! bit.ly/4x9Edss

Looking for a faculty position combining research in fundamental cell and molecular biology with therapeutic discovery? Join our amazing faculty at the @weillinstitute.bsky.social at Cornell University in Ithaca, New York. academicjobsonline.org/ajo/jobs/32657 Apply by Nov. 15! Please share!

The 1st German Fish Model Research Meeting starts tomorrow! 🐟 We'll kick things off with two workshops organized by @Bruker and @Molecular Instruments, followed by a fish facility tour led by @EHEIM. The first scientific session begins at 1 PM. www.germanfishmeeting.org See U #GermanFishMeeting

Join us for a talk by @julianeg.bsky.social, MPI-IE Group Leader, as she shares the personal story behind her career. New Series: Women Shaping #STEM: Stories, Careers, Conversations 📅 Wed, Sept 16 | 11-12 AM 📍 Lecture Hall, MPI-IE, Freiburg Register via @cibss.bsky.social: s.gwdg.de/iMivMZ

Shape the future of light: PhD opportunities in photonics in the Huisken lab. Excellent research network. Apply through the Max Planck School of Photonics. Deadline 1 Dec 2026. www.photonics.school/ #LSFM #lightsheet #Flamingo

Excited to share Will Anderson's publication describing his optogenetic FGF/ERK activator transgenic #zebrafish! Will demonstrated spatially localized FGF/ERK activation with 1 min light exposure at 1 dpf 👀 journals.biologists.com/bio/article/...

🐟 1st German Fish Model Research Meeting | Sept 16–18, 2026, Heidelberg. ~200 participants, 40 talks, 75 posters. Keynotes: Tilly Mommersteeg, Laure Bally-Cuif, Ferenc Müller. germanfishmeeting.org #Zebrafish #FishModels

Did you know that vascular cells are remarkably resilient- constantly face and adapt to environmental perturbations! By learning how vascular cells build resilience, we may uncover new strategies to treat vascular disease! Excited to discuss new ideas at next #VCBGRC2027 JOIN US!! ❤️ #Resilience

Looking to start your own lab? 🧪 #HIRI & @uni-wuerzburg.de are recruiting two junior professors. 🚨 The application deadline is in two weeks. 🧵 More details in the thread below. 👇

📢 We are looking for a Junior Group Leader to join us at @institutcurie.bsky.social! Having joined the department just over a year ago, I can honestly say that it is an exceptionally stimulating and supportive scientific environment, filled with outstanding colleagues — all in the heart of Paris.

2x Group leader/Professor positions at Uni Salzburg in: Developmental biology: www.plus.ac.at/personalwese... Endocrinology: www.plus.ac.at/personalwese...

Another wonderful opportunity where UCSD School of Biological Sciences is hiring! We’re looking for an outstanding colleague to join our vibrant scientific community. Come do exciting science with us in beautiful San Diego! apol-recruit.ucsd.edu/JPF04607 Please share widely!

Come be my colleague! Montreal is a great place to live and work! Tenure Track position at @mcgill.ca in quantitative cell biology with a research program to address fundamental questions in biology. @futurepislack.bsky.social mcgill.wd3.myworkdayjobs.com/McGill_Caree...

@sfb1348.bsky.social Vortrag @uni-muenster.de für Biologie-Lehrkräfte & Schüler*innen am 14.09.26 mit Dr. Maik Bischoff: "Auf Wanderschaft: Wie Zellbewegungen unseren Körper formen und schützen". Jeder ist herzlich willkommen!

Amazing images and a super fascinating story! Congrats to the whole team! 🔬🤩🥳

New at our institute: Dr. Stefanie Grosswendt (@stefaniegrosswendt.bsky.social) has joined us as Lise Meitner Research Group Leader, bringing her group "Cellular Interactions" from Berlin (BIH @ Charité / MDC) to Münster. Her question: how do cells "talk" to one another to build tissues?

NEW Job Listing: Assistant Professor of Developmental Biology! Work for the University of California, San Diego in La Jolla, CA. For more information, view the job on our website here: izfs.org/jobboard/ame... #JobListing #AssistantProfessor #DevelopmentalBiology #UCSanDiego

Open your lab here at Utah! utah.peopleadmin.com/postings/208...

What do we actually do in the Nicoli Lab? Here’s a glimpse into our science, our questions, and the people behind the work 🧬❤️🐟🩸 www.youtube.com/watch?v=CPmi...

🚨Thrilled to share our latest work is out!🚨 Ever wondered how epicardial activation regulates the immune response during cardiac regeneration? Yes? Check it out. No? Check it out anyway. 😉 Huge congrats to @gurrr.bsky.social and @gulsumkayman.bsky.social ! 🔗 link.springer.com/article/10.1...

Laminin α5 and integrins α3 and α6 coordinately regulate collective cell migration in vivo Read this Article from our special issue #DevSIextracellular by Anna Mertens, Virginie Lecaudey @vlecaudey.bsky.social and colleagues from @goetheuni.bsky.social. journals.biologists.com/dev/article/...

Happy to share a new protocol for ex vivo #zebrafish #ovary culture from Amal Shawahny and Yoel Bogoch! Protocol for culture of zebrafish developing ovaries as an ex vivo system for investigating early oogenesis and ovarian development: STAR Protocols www.cell.com/star-protoco...

🎉 It’s official! Vascular Cell Biology GRC 2027 is live!🎉 Join us January 10–15, 2027, in Ventura, California🌞 “Vascular Resilience: Mechanisms, Function, and Disease” Incredible group of scientists, many new ideas all focused on understanding how to build resilient blood vessels! 📢 PLEASE REPOST!📣

Proud to share our new paper in EMBO Reports! 🧬 How does a cell "decide" to become lymphatic vs blood endothelium? Turns out it's not just which genes switch on — it's how the genome folds around them. 💥 link.springer.com/content/pdf/... #Lymphatics #Zebrafish #DevBio #VascularBiology #Genomics

So excited to see this story out! Huge thanks to Rui and his lab for the fantastic collaboration - great science, great teamwork, and lots of fun! 🧬🚀 #zebrafishRock

Only one month left to apply for the Hubrecht International PhD program (HIPP)! All information about the program and application process can be found here: www.hubrecht.eu/hipp/.

🚨 Hiring a PhD student! 🚨 Join my lab in Münster to investigate how vascular and lymphatic networks regulate gonad development and fertility using zebrafish, advanced imaging, CRISPR, and single-cell transcriptomics. 📅 Apply by 19 August 2026. #Zebrafish #VascularBiology #ReproductiveBiology

NEW GRANT OPPORTUNITY! Ever wanted to travel to a different lab to learn more? Or expand your knowledge and experience in the field? #IZFS has a new grant opportunity for you! Read more about the Knowledge Exchange Grant here: www.izfs.org/awards/knowl... #ZebrafishGrant

Interested in using #Drosophila genetics & advanced imaging combined with modeling to study inter-organ transport and epithelial dynamics? We’re hiring a #PhD student @uni-muenster.de, based at the Multiscale Imaging Center and @sfb1348.bsky.social Graduate School. Apply here tinyurl.com/ypx74a5d

I will be opening my research group at the Max Delbrück Center later this year to unravel the principles governing the unique context sensing capacity of the liver www.mdc-berlin.de/schwayer and am looking for enthusiastic PhD applicants.

Looking for a PhD? Applications are now open for PhD positions at the Max Delbrück Center. 🧵 www.mdc-berlin.de/career/jobs/...

Applications for the Hubrecht International PhD program are open until September 15! PhD students at the Hubrecht work on various themes, including ‘Developmental biology and regeneration’. Curious what kind of questions PhD students Rahul and Andy work on? Read the comments! www.hubrecht.eu/hipp/.

NEW #IZFSWebinar, hosted by the #CZC: Harnessing Zebrafish Biology to Elucidate Tissue Regeneration and Disease Mechanisms. Join Gülsüm Kayman-Kürekçi & Deepika Dogra on 8/20 at 10 am ET! Learn more: www.izfs.org/education/webinars #zebrafish #tissueregeneration #diseasemechanisms

Biologie-Lehrkräfte & Schüler*innen aufgepasst: Der @sfb1348.bsky.social @uni-muenster.de öffnet euch wieder die Türen für: - das beliebte Genetikpraktikum (08.03.-19.03.27) - spannende Vorträge von Professor*innen ab dem 14.09.26 Weitere Infos: www.uni-muenster.de/SFB1348/en/p...

Save the date! The 20th International Zebrafish Conference will be held in Daejeon, Korea from June 26-30, 2027 🐟 🇰🇷 Stay tuned for more conference updates at the "ofFISHial" conference website: www.izfs.org/education/20... or by following @izfs.bsky.social (and us 😉)! #zebrafish #ZebrafishMeeting 🧪

The Swinburne Lab is hiring a Lab Assistant! Join us in using zebrafish and live imaging to uncover how organs form and function. If you're passionate about cell and developmental biology, we'd love to hear from you. Apply and help spread the word! aprecruit.berkeley.edu/JPF05459