Giulia Paci

Thrilled to share the first story from my postdoc! 🎉 A wonderful experiment + simulations collaboration. In the Drosophila wing, we find that 3D cell shapes affect signalling range and fine-tune developmental patterning www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1... Thread below ⬇️

To build complex tissues, cells need to produce energy to grow, generate forces and modulate mechanical properties. The role of metabolism and tissue mechanics in development is experiencing a renewed interest. Yet, we know very little about how these systems interact to drive morphogenesis...

Calling future preLighters! We're looking for early-career researchers to join us at preLights and help uncover exciting #preprints + contribute to constructive discussions around new research. Interested? Apply by 22 November ⬇️ prelights.biologists.com/news/become-...

Yesterday, we held our annual Development Editors’ meeting and discussed the journal's future plans. Thank you to our Editors, all active researchers and your peers, colleagues and mentors. Their dedication makes it possible for us to publish papers the community can be proud of.

Can protecting the cell nucleus prevent heart failure—even when the genetic defect remains? Our new study in @CircRes suggests it can! We identify nuclear envelope rupture as a key driver of LMNA-related cardiomyopathy. 1/7 doi.org/10.1161/CIRC... #Mechanobiology, #lamins, #LMNA

ECRs - last few days to apply for a funded place at our Workshop on Bridging Scales and Disciplines to Understand Robust Development, 18-21 April 2027, organised by Mauricio Rocha Martins @rocha-lab.bsky.social and Giulia Paci @giuliapaci.bsky.social Apply at www.biologists.com/workshops/ap...

In 2002, success rate at the ERC starting grant was 14%. This already felt too low to both panel and applicants, but was constrained by government funding. Well, 5 years later, it is now projected to be 5%. This is not sustainable.

This has been a very fun initiative. To many more!

One week left to apply for ECR places to our workshop on developmental robustness!

🎉 Our paper is out today in @science.org! How does the intestine maintain the right balance of cell types? We find that signalling rhythms matter! So proud of our three shared first authors, Sonja Weterings, @hiromuneeto.bsky.social & @jddeleede.bsky.social! 🔗 www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

40 years ago today, the BDSC made its 1st shipment. To celebrate, Trudy Kaufman, who packed the 1st shipment, boxed up the same kinds of flies for John Roote at Cambridge, who placed the 1st order. Watch for pics of the arrival next week. We’ve shipped 4,882,378 vials total. That’s a lot of flies!

Advertising for a PhD student to join my Dictyostelium lab at the University of Oxford (Dept of Biology): www.findaphd.com/phds/project... The project aims to quantify 3D signalling wave patterns using light sheet microscopy. Reach out to me on bluesky if interested.

Need help analysing your image data? Don't know where to start? Have you heard about @uk-bias.bsky.social ? Come along to our first online helpdesk, hosted by @lankylaste.bsky.social and Anneliese Jarman, to find out more - details below.

Recruiting! Joint PhD studentship with the laboratory of Silvia Santos @santoslab.bsky.social at the Francis Crick institute to examine the mechanics and growth control of human post-gastrulation amnioids. Deadline: 03/11/2026. Details on the project: www.crick.ac.uk/careers-stud...

🎉 The Perutz is delighted to announce that Alba Diz-Muñoz will join the institute as a new group leader in 2027! Currently at @embl.org Heidelberg, Alba investigates how mechanical forces at the cell surface shape cell division, migration and differentiation ➡️ tinyurl.com/6mvhj8n5

Our movie won at the @inp-marseille.bsky.social retreat! Behold NeuroCyto's latest blockbuster: "Neuronal culture is a piece of cake" 🍰

Latest paper from our lab is now out in @embojournal.org! If you want to know how 3D cell shape changes promote #woundhealing, and see a 3D vertex model that allows #scutoids to form, read this article: link.springer.com/article/10.1... Many thanks and congrats to all co-authors!

Looking to attend a #microscopy training course? Don't miss the 16 October deadline to apply for a grant of up to £1,000 from @jcellsci.bsky.social and @focalplane.bsky.social Find out more at www.biologists.com/grants/jcs-f...

🚀 Rxiv-Maker is now peer-reviewed and open access! Write your manuscript in Markdown and get a typeset PDF or an editable Word file, with figures, citations and cross-references numbered for you. Led by Bruno Saraiva, with @guijacquemet.bsky.social's lab 🔬 doi.org/10.1242/jcs.265183

Nikon Small World does the right thing

Researchers from cilia biology and microscopy, as well as primary ciliary dyskinesia clinicians, have written an open letter to Nikon regarding the winning video in their Small World in Motion competition. To read the open letter and find out how to add you name:

Hello, since Redbubble did me dirty (suspension without explanation while owing me money) let's experiment a little bit! If I've known you long enough not to abuse my work and you want a print/sticker/whatever from me, pay me what you want, I'll give you high resolution files. Try me! #Art #SciArt

Check out our latest work on developmental scaling: collective cell migration speeds up in larger animals and slows down in smaller ones, helping maintain a constant pace of tissue morphogenesis across different-sized animals. @ybellaichelab.bsky.social www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...

Join our lab! We're hiring TWO positions: One Wellcome-funded postdoc to study how nutrition impacts male fertility. One Crick-PACE fellowship in collaboration with @taponlab.bsky.social to study the dynamics of mTOR signalling. More info on our website: www.amoyellab.com/join-the-team

We have a position open in our core facility in the @pasteur.fr . Please share it and / or apply! forum.image.sc/t/research-e...

Are you a biologist working with microscopy images? A computer scientist wanting to work with microscopy data? Their boss??? None of these, but curious how AI has transformed microscopy image analysis? 🔬🤖 This one's for you: 📄 doi.org/10.1146/annu... More in the thread! 🧵

We built a fully functional LegoAFM for imaging! 🤩... Today presented at #TürenAuf Tag der #SendungMitDerMaus! ... Remember: Always be curious! ⁉️

🚨The Cambridge Morphogenesis Seminar Series is back! We are excited to introduce our fantastic lineup of speakers for this term, covering a wide range of topics in morphogenesis. 👇👇Check out the full programme below👇👇 We look forward to seeing you soon!

Having seen the news: www.bbc.co.uk/news/article... thought I'd share a cilia movie captured at UCL GOS ICH with Eriomina Shahaj & Vanesa Papastavrou using simple DIC on a Nikon Ti2 with DIC at 60x1.4. 500 fps here slowed down 20 times. Processed with Nikon's denoiseAI and an unsharp mask in Fiji.

Next London BioImage Interest Group (L-BIIG) meeting will be on Friday 9th October at 12pm. Check the poster for details and visit our website to find out how to join (QR code).

ECRs - apply by 23 Oct for a funded place at our Workshop - Bridging Scales and Disciplines to Understand Robust Development, 18-21 April 2027, organised by Mauricio Rocha @rocha-lab.bsky.social and Giulia Paci @giuliapaci.bsky.social Find out more and apply at www.biologists.com/workshops/ap...

Yet another opportunity @dunnschool.bsky.social! We are looking for an Associate Professor If you have exciting research plans, @dunnschool.bsky.social is a great place: excellent science (and lovely people, obvs) www.path.ox.ac.uk/vacancy/asso...

Drowning in Image data? Know there’s a better way to analyse it, but don’t know where to start? 📣 UK-BIAS to the rescue! 👩‍💻🧑‍💻👨‍💻We’re the first dedicated #BioImageAnalysis service in the UK-node of @eurobioimaging.bsky.social bringing together specialists from ten UK institutions. 👩‍💻🧑‍💻👨‍💻

Want to enhance your image analysis skills with napari? We’re running a two-day training event on how to use napari to effectively analyse your bioimaging data. 🕒 Applications close on 15 September. Learn more and apply 👇 www.crick.ac.uk/whats-on/cbi...

🚀 napari is hiring Remote Developers-in-Residence! Join us to build the future of interactive n-dimensional data visualization in Python. 💻 60% Dev / 20% Maintenance / 20% Community & Outreach ⏱️ Contract, 14–35 hrs/wk 🌍 Global 100% Remote Learn more and apply today: napari.org/island-dispa...

Join us in Sheffield! The DRN Research Cluster is looking to recruit new Independent Research Fellows. Contact the cluster lead, Dr Matt Towers, if you are interested!

Last month to apply for ECR places on our workshop on developmental robustness taking place next April. Apply and spread the word, I promise it’s going to be great!

Our summer academy on "Science and Histories of Fever" is in full swing at the Marsilius Kolleg, with great talks from e.g. @kakape.bsky.social, @feverprojecthd.bsky.social and @lendertgelens.bsky.social. If you are around, join us for "Marsilius Kontrovers" tonight at 7 pm: tinyurl.com/y8dkkxw4

What if any dataset, any size, any number of dimensions, opened in a browser tab from a link? 🔬🧪💻 Luxar is out today: write it in Python, share it as a link, explore it in any browser. Open source. 🧵 @biohub.org Preprint: doi.org/10.5281/zen... Code: github.com/royerlab/luxar

Goooood morning! The 2026 Snail Facts Calendars are OUT! We've got 24 days of scratchable snail fact goodness, designed by Philly artist Kelly Nichols! Advent calendars are cute as hell, a delightful tradition, and keep @skypeascientist.bsky.social funded! Get one at SquidFacts.net Pls repost ❤️

Just rewatched our droso4schools project movie and feel inspired again. Resources are used on 6 continents but Covid took out momentum. Have a look on our webpage (droso4schools.wordpress.com/about/) and watch the film (heads-up @flybase.bsky.social & @fly-eds.bsky.social): youtu.be/DQKFtt3p2C8?...

The YEN Committee is looking for new members! 📣📣 Interested in co-organising the 2027 Conference? Email us at youngembryologistnetwork@gmail.com. We’re excited to hear from you!

My first-author PhD preprint is now online! 🎉 doi.org/10.64898/202... After a long journey, I’m excited to share this work on how cellular and extracellular mechanics shape lymph node remodelling. Huge thank you to my supervisors @actonlab.bsky.social and @yanlanmao.bsky.social for their support!

🧵 What do zebrafish notochord cells 🐟 and Galilean relativity 🚀 have in common? Quite a lot, apparently. 😄 Check this out in the published version of our article in @dev-journal.bsky.social: doi.org/10.1242/dev.... 1/7

Ryan Bateman did it best: Connected the digital fruit fly connectome to a robotic Strandbeest with a camera and IMU. he has a very detailed writeup at boat.horse/fly/

Are you a UK-based undergraduate considering a career in research, and looking for an industry placement? 🔬 Want to investigate how light exposure disrupts the cell cycle, using live imaging and AI-powered image analysis? ⏳ Deadline: October 6th 👇 Apply below www.crick.ac.uk/careers-stud...

Proud to present the publication of napari-lattice – our solution to the immense computational requirements of Lattice Light Sheet and Oblique Plane Microscopy. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/... Before I get into the thread, the important part is on github: github.com/BioimageAnal... (1/n)

Reminder I am hiring a postdoc and PhD student. Thanks to all the applications I already received 🙏 If you know anyone particularly with single cell expertise for the postdoc position, please let me know!

Very happy to share my postdoc paper is out now in @natcellbio.nature.com titled "Tissue flow acts as a guidance cue for immune cell polarization and directional migration". If you love imaging and immune cells, this is for you! #microscopymonday www.nature.com/articles/s41... A 🧵: 1/n

Our BrainSaw serial-section 2-photon platform acquires whole-organ datasets automatically and requires minimal tissue processing. It has a growing international install base and has contributed to 35 publications. Learn more at: swcmicroscopy.com/brainsaw/ #microscopy #neuroscience