Anna Czarkwiani
@aniaczark.bsky.social
Studying regeneration - from brittle stars to axolotls!
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8845-3113
https://thenode.biologists.com/author/anna-czarkwiani/
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8845-3113
https://thenode.biologists.com/author/anna-czarkwiani/
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Just discovered the wonderful covers of 'Genes to Cells', the journal of the Molecular Biology Society of Japan @mbsj-official.bsky.social – absolutely beautiful!
here some examples inspired by mitosis, CRISPR, the DNA helix, and plant pigments
here some examples inspired by mitosis, CRISPR, the DNA helix, and plant pigments
February 4, 2026 at 7:01 PM
Just discovered the wonderful covers of 'Genes to Cells', the journal of the Molecular Biology Society of Japan @mbsj-official.bsky.social – absolutely beautiful!
here some examples inspired by mitosis, CRISPR, the DNA helix, and plant pigments
here some examples inspired by mitosis, CRISPR, the DNA helix, and plant pigments
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I wrote a post describing a minimal set of principles that I've been using to make my research papers a bit more reproducible. Would love hearing what you think! #OpenScience
brunovellutini.com/posts/daft-p...
brunovellutini.com/posts/daft-p...
DAFT: minimal principles for reproducible research papers - Bruno C. Vellutini
DAFT principles are a minimal set of principles I've been using to organize my research papers that foster good scientific practice.
brunovellutini.com
January 13, 2026 at 6:14 PM
I wrote a post describing a minimal set of principles that I've been using to make my research papers a bit more reproducible. Would love hearing what you think! #OpenScience
brunovellutini.com/posts/daft-p...
brunovellutini.com/posts/daft-p...
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Join us at malobeo on February 8 at 6 PM to share your perspective on the hierarchical structures of the scientific institutions we work at!
Bring your colleagues -we'll bring snacks- and let's have an open conversation on how to improve our working conditions and science.
Bring your colleagues -we'll bring snacks- and let's have an open conversation on how to improve our working conditions and science.
January 11, 2026 at 6:19 PM
Join us at malobeo on February 8 at 6 PM to share your perspective on the hierarchical structures of the scientific institutions we work at!
Bring your colleagues -we'll bring snacks- and let's have an open conversation on how to improve our working conditions and science.
Bring your colleagues -we'll bring snacks- and let's have an open conversation on how to improve our working conditions and science.
Reposted by Anna Czarkwiani
Exciting news! I was interviewed by @currentbiology.bsky.social for their Q & A section, where I talk about the future of palaeontology, dangers of AI in education, social media and science communication. Featuring, my doodles!
cell.com/current-biology/fulltext/S0960-9822(25)01552-0
cell.com/current-biology/fulltext/S0960-9822(25)01552-0
January 5, 2026 at 3:49 PM
Exciting news! I was interviewed by @currentbiology.bsky.social for their Q & A section, where I talk about the future of palaeontology, dangers of AI in education, social media and science communication. Featuring, my doodles!
cell.com/current-biology/fulltext/S0960-9822(25)01552-0
cell.com/current-biology/fulltext/S0960-9822(25)01552-0
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This interview is SUPERB.
What a pleasure to get a glimpse of the world & science through @nataliajagielska.bsky.social's eyes. @currentbiology.bsky.social
www.cell.com/current-biol...
What a pleasure to get a glimpse of the world & science through @nataliajagielska.bsky.social's eyes. @currentbiology.bsky.social
www.cell.com/current-biol...
Natalia Jagielska
Interview with Natalia Jagielska, postdoctoral researcher and palaeoartist who studies
pterosaur soft tissues at the Chinese University of Hong Kong.
www.cell.com
January 6, 2026 at 12:01 AM
This interview is SUPERB.
What a pleasure to get a glimpse of the world & science through @nataliajagielska.bsky.social's eyes. @currentbiology.bsky.social
www.cell.com/current-biol...
What a pleasure to get a glimpse of the world & science through @nataliajagielska.bsky.social's eyes. @currentbiology.bsky.social
www.cell.com/current-biol...
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A bit late but a paper from our lab has been published!
Human fingertip regeneration is a fact, it happens in children and adults (not only in children as it has been long believed). We describe here the regenerative phases and analyse the proteome of wound exudates.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Human fingertip regeneration is a fact, it happens in children and adults (not only in children as it has been long believed). We describe here the regenerative phases and analyse the proteome of wound exudates.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
December 18, 2025 at 2:11 PM
A bit late but a paper from our lab has been published!
Human fingertip regeneration is a fact, it happens in children and adults (not only in children as it has been long believed). We describe here the regenerative phases and analyse the proteome of wound exudates.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Human fingertip regeneration is a fact, it happens in children and adults (not only in children as it has been long believed). We describe here the regenerative phases and analyse the proteome of wound exudates.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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📣 #Job alert!
Looking to establish your own independent research in cell biology, development or evo-devo?
The @cnrs.fr is recruiting 7 scientists in that area of research.
Here are updated unofficial guidelines. Reach out to members of the committee if you have questions
c3n-cn.fr/section-24-w...
Looking to establish your own independent research in cell biology, development or evo-devo?
The @cnrs.fr is recruiting 7 scientists in that area of research.
Here are updated unofficial guidelines. Reach out to members of the committee if you have questions
c3n-cn.fr/section-24-w...
December 18, 2025 at 8:52 AM
📣 #Job alert!
Looking to establish your own independent research in cell biology, development or evo-devo?
The @cnrs.fr is recruiting 7 scientists in that area of research.
Here are updated unofficial guidelines. Reach out to members of the committee if you have questions
c3n-cn.fr/section-24-w...
Looking to establish your own independent research in cell biology, development or evo-devo?
The @cnrs.fr is recruiting 7 scientists in that area of research.
Here are updated unofficial guidelines. Reach out to members of the committee if you have questions
c3n-cn.fr/section-24-w...
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#Mastodon, the Command Center for Large-Scale Lineage-Tracing Microscopy Datasets, is finally heading for publication (well, let's see). To #cite or not to cite shall no longer be the question 🙃, because the #preprint. Software is available in every #Fiji near you.
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
December 13, 2025 at 6:14 PM
#Mastodon, the Command Center for Large-Scale Lineage-Tracing Microscopy Datasets, is finally heading for publication (well, let's see). To #cite or not to cite shall no longer be the question 🙃, because the #preprint. Software is available in every #Fiji near you.
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
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Mastodon: the Command Center for Large-Scale Lineage-Tracing Microscopy Datasets https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/2025.12.10.693416v1
December 13, 2025 at 6:46 AM
Mastodon: the Command Center for Large-Scale Lineage-Tracing Microscopy Datasets https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/2025.12.10.693416v1
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A new #ScienceImmunology study finds that juvenile axolotls can regenerate their thymus from scratch after complete removal, which could inform future therapeutics for aging or immune-compromised patients. https://scim.ag/3Y1XbBQ
Molecular basis for de novo thymus regeneration in a vertebrate, the axolotl
The molecular, cellular, and functional restoration of the axolotl thymus after de novo regeneration is described.
scim.ag
December 12, 2025 at 8:16 PM
A new #ScienceImmunology study finds that juvenile axolotls can regenerate their thymus from scratch after complete removal, which could inform future therapeutics for aging or immune-compromised patients. https://scim.ag/3Y1XbBQ
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Axolotls are famous for regenerating limbs. Turns out they can also regenerate their thymus—and that may show us how to someday to the same. That story and more of the best from @science.org and science in this edition of #ScienceAdviser: www.science.org/content/arti... 🧪
a close up of a white axolotl with pink ears standing on a rock .
ALT: a close up of a white axolotl with pink ears standing on a rock .
media.tenor.com
December 8, 2025 at 9:32 PM
Axolotls are famous for regenerating limbs. Turns out they can also regenerate their thymus—and that may show us how to someday to the same. That story and more of the best from @science.org and science in this edition of #ScienceAdviser: www.science.org/content/arti... 🧪
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The December issue of #ScienceImmunology is out!
This month's cover highlights the juvenile axolotl's ability to regenerate its thymus after complete removal—possibly making it an exception among vertebrates. Learn about this research and more: https://scim.ag/4anWlqv
This month's cover highlights the juvenile axolotl's ability to regenerate its thymus after complete removal—possibly making it an exception among vertebrates. Learn about this research and more: https://scim.ag/4anWlqv
December 8, 2025 at 9:43 PM
The December issue of #ScienceImmunology is out!
This month's cover highlights the juvenile axolotl's ability to regenerate its thymus after complete removal—possibly making it an exception among vertebrates. Learn about this research and more: https://scim.ag/4anWlqv
This month's cover highlights the juvenile axolotl's ability to regenerate its thymus after complete removal—possibly making it an exception among vertebrates. Learn about this research and more: https://scim.ag/4anWlqv
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One proposed strategy to promote a youthful immune system and human healthspan is to rejuvenate our thymus gland. Can we learn from this exceptional (and peculiar looking) vertebrate that can do this?
science.org/doi/10.1126/...
science.org/doi/10.1126/...
December 5, 2025 at 9:36 PM
One proposed strategy to promote a youthful immune system and human healthspan is to rejuvenate our thymus gland. Can we learn from this exceptional (and peculiar looking) vertebrate that can do this?
science.org/doi/10.1126/...
science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Can't believe my postdoc paper is finally out. Christmas came early this year, holy moly 🎄
Molecular basis for de novo thymus regeneration in a vertebrate, the axolotl | Science Immunology www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Molecular basis for de novo thymus regeneration in a vertebrate, the axolotl | Science Immunology www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Molecular basis for de novo thymus regeneration in a vertebrate, the axolotl
The molecular, cellular, and functional restoration of the axolotl thymus after de novo regeneration is described.
www.science.org
December 5, 2025 at 9:17 PM
Can't believe my postdoc paper is finally out. Christmas came early this year, holy moly 🎄
Molecular basis for de novo thymus regeneration in a vertebrate, the axolotl | Science Immunology www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Molecular basis for de novo thymus regeneration in a vertebrate, the axolotl | Science Immunology www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
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🔔 Please share 🔔 I have two open developmental biology/genetics/evo-devo PhD project vacancies for October 2026 start.
1 = 🐚 🐌 🔬(embryos!!)
⏱️📆 DEADLINE 15th DEC 📆⏱️ (competition)
sleightlab.com/vacancies/
2 = 🦪 🐌 🧬
⏱️📆 DEADLINE 14th JAN 📆⏱️(fully funded)
sleightlab.com/phd-vacancy-2/
1 = 🐚 🐌 🔬(embryos!!)
⏱️📆 DEADLINE 15th DEC 📆⏱️ (competition)
sleightlab.com/vacancies/
2 = 🦪 🐌 🧬
⏱️📆 DEADLINE 14th JAN 📆⏱️(fully funded)
sleightlab.com/phd-vacancy-2/
December 1, 2025 at 6:55 PM
🔔 Please share 🔔 I have two open developmental biology/genetics/evo-devo PhD project vacancies for October 2026 start.
1 = 🐚 🐌 🔬(embryos!!)
⏱️📆 DEADLINE 15th DEC 📆⏱️ (competition)
sleightlab.com/vacancies/
2 = 🦪 🐌 🧬
⏱️📆 DEADLINE 14th JAN 📆⏱️(fully funded)
sleightlab.com/phd-vacancy-2/
1 = 🐚 🐌 🔬(embryos!!)
⏱️📆 DEADLINE 15th DEC 📆⏱️ (competition)
sleightlab.com/vacancies/
2 = 🦪 🐌 🧬
⏱️📆 DEADLINE 14th JAN 📆⏱️(fully funded)
sleightlab.com/phd-vacancy-2/
I love this. And not just because of the axolotl costume, the content is great too ❤️
"In the end, I have come to realize that being authentic at work is not a weakness, but rather a strength." #ScienceWorkingLife https://scim.ag/49B7hRv
November 25, 2025 at 5:07 PM
I love this. And not just because of the axolotl costume, the content is great too ❤️
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🔬 Limb regeneration depends on regenerative signaling center cells — but how do these cells influence others to proliferate, migrate, or differentiate?
We’re recruiting PhD or Postdoc candidates to explore this with our collaborator @osvaldo-chara.bsky.social !
We’re recruiting PhD or Postdoc candidates to explore this with our collaborator @osvaldo-chara.bsky.social !
October 21, 2025 at 6:56 AM
🔬 Limb regeneration depends on regenerative signaling center cells — but how do these cells influence others to proliferate, migrate, or differentiate?
We’re recruiting PhD or Postdoc candidates to explore this with our collaborator @osvaldo-chara.bsky.social !
We’re recruiting PhD or Postdoc candidates to explore this with our collaborator @osvaldo-chara.bsky.social !
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Sea cucumbers are beautiful! 🥒
This image shows the skeleton of a baby sea cucumber. Very happy that it got awarded by #NikonSmallWorld 😊
👇 Check the preprint by @PranavVyas and @prakashlab.bsky.social if you want to learn more about skeleton development in these animals:
shorturl.at/J3g1h
This image shows the skeleton of a baby sea cucumber. Very happy that it got awarded by #NikonSmallWorld 😊
👇 Check the preprint by @PranavVyas and @prakashlab.bsky.social if you want to learn more about skeleton development in these animals:
shorturl.at/J3g1h
October 16, 2025 at 3:29 PM
Sea cucumbers are beautiful! 🥒
This image shows the skeleton of a baby sea cucumber. Very happy that it got awarded by #NikonSmallWorld 😊
👇 Check the preprint by @PranavVyas and @prakashlab.bsky.social if you want to learn more about skeleton development in these animals:
shorturl.at/J3g1h
This image shows the skeleton of a baby sea cucumber. Very happy that it got awarded by #NikonSmallWorld 😊
👇 Check the preprint by @PranavVyas and @prakashlab.bsky.social if you want to learn more about skeleton development in these animals:
shorturl.at/J3g1h
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Lab’s 1st preprint!
Menstruation is understudied due to societal taboos + a biological challenge: mice (a key system for research + drug discovery) don’t menstruate.
@cagricevrim.bsky.social made menstruating mice + used them to discover early events in menstruation.
He is on the job market!
Menstruation is understudied due to societal taboos + a biological challenge: mice (a key system for research + drug discovery) don’t menstruate.
@cagricevrim.bsky.social made menstruating mice + used them to discover early events in menstruation.
He is on the job market!
I’m thrilled to share my postdoc work and the first paper from the McKinley Lab! 🎉
@karalmckinley.bsky.social
We built the first transgenic model of menstruation in mice.
We used it to uncover how the endometrium organizes and sheds during menstruation. 🧪
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
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@karalmckinley.bsky.social
We built the first transgenic model of menstruation in mice.
We used it to uncover how the endometrium organizes and sheds during menstruation. 🧪
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
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Induction of menstruation in mice reveals the regulation of menstrual shedding
During menstruation, an inner layer of the endometrium is selectively shed, while an outer, progenitor-containing layer is preserved to support repeated regeneration. Progress in understanding this co...
www.biorxiv.org
October 10, 2025 at 1:26 PM
Lab’s 1st preprint!
Menstruation is understudied due to societal taboos + a biological challenge: mice (a key system for research + drug discovery) don’t menstruate.
@cagricevrim.bsky.social made menstruating mice + used them to discover early events in menstruation.
He is on the job market!
Menstruation is understudied due to societal taboos + a biological challenge: mice (a key system for research + drug discovery) don’t menstruate.
@cagricevrim.bsky.social made menstruating mice + used them to discover early events in menstruation.
He is on the job market!
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🥳 Congratulations to our postdoc, Dr. Anna Czarkwiani @aniaczark.bsky.social, on receiving the ERC Starting Grant @erc.europa.eu!
With €2 million in funding, Anna will explore the biology of gravisensation and uncover insights into related disorders. 🧠
#CMCBnews @tudresden.bsky.social #ERCStG
With €2 million in funding, Anna will explore the biology of gravisensation and uncover insights into related disorders. 🧠
#CMCBnews @tudresden.bsky.social #ERCStG
September 4, 2025 at 10:13 AM
🥳 Congratulations to our postdoc, Dr. Anna Czarkwiani @aniaczark.bsky.social, on receiving the ERC Starting Grant @erc.europa.eu!
With €2 million in funding, Anna will explore the biology of gravisensation and uncover insights into related disorders. 🧠
#CMCBnews @tudresden.bsky.social #ERCStG
With €2 million in funding, Anna will explore the biology of gravisensation and uncover insights into related disorders. 🧠
#CMCBnews @tudresden.bsky.social #ERCStG
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#ERCStG für Anna Czarkwiani: 🎉 Dr. @aniaczark.bsky.social von @crtd-tud.bsky.social wurde mit einem renommierten Starting Grant von @erc.europa.eu ausgezeichnet. Die Postdoktorandin erforscht die Biologie des Schwerkraftsinns & damit verbundene Erkrankungen.
ℹ️ tu-dresden.de/tu-dresden/n...
ℹ️ tu-dresden.de/tu-dresden/n...
September 4, 2025 at 10:30 AM
#ERCStG für Anna Czarkwiani: 🎉 Dr. @aniaczark.bsky.social von @crtd-tud.bsky.social wurde mit einem renommierten Starting Grant von @erc.europa.eu ausgezeichnet. Die Postdoktorandin erforscht die Biologie des Schwerkraftsinns & damit verbundene Erkrankungen.
ℹ️ tu-dresden.de/tu-dresden/n...
ℹ️ tu-dresden.de/tu-dresden/n...
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Rozdane wczoraj przez @erc.europa.eu granty #ERCStG trafiły także do 6️⃣ polskich naukowców, którzy swoje badania będą prowadzić w Niemczech, Austrii, Francji i Szwajcarii. Czego dotyczą ich projekty? ⬇️
@aniaczark.bsky.social @magda-sznurkowska.bsky.social @olgakepinska.bsky.social
@aniaczark.bsky.social @magda-sznurkowska.bsky.social @olgakepinska.bsky.social
Granty ERC również dla Polaków w zagranicznych ośrodkach
Rozdane w czwartek granty ERC Starting trafiły także do sześciorga polskich naukowców pracujących w zagranicznych ośrodkach: w Niemczech, Austrii, Szwajcarii i Francji. Zajmą się mobilnością społeczną...
forumakademickie.pl
September 5, 2025 at 2:06 PM
Rozdane wczoraj przez @erc.europa.eu granty #ERCStG trafiły także do 6️⃣ polskich naukowców, którzy swoje badania będą prowadzić w Niemczech, Austrii, Francji i Szwajcarii. Czego dotyczą ich projekty? ⬇️
@aniaczark.bsky.social @magda-sznurkowska.bsky.social @olgakepinska.bsky.social
@aniaczark.bsky.social @magda-sznurkowska.bsky.social @olgakepinska.bsky.social
Oh man, I am so excited and happy to have been given this huge opportunity by the @erc.europa.eu It is by no exaggeration - a dream come true.
An insufficient thank you thread (1/4)
An insufficient thank you thread (1/4)
🥳 Congratulations to our postdoc, Dr. Anna Czarkwiani @aniaczark.bsky.social, on receiving the ERC Starting Grant @erc.europa.eu!
With €2 million in funding, Anna will explore the biology of gravisensation and uncover insights into related disorders. 🧠
#CMCBnews @tudresden.bsky.social #ERCStG
With €2 million in funding, Anna will explore the biology of gravisensation and uncover insights into related disorders. 🧠
#CMCBnews @tudresden.bsky.social #ERCStG
September 4, 2025 at 7:19 PM
Oh man, I am so excited and happy to have been given this huge opportunity by the @erc.europa.eu It is by no exaggeration - a dream come true.
An insufficient thank you thread (1/4)
An insufficient thank you thread (1/4)
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The secret to shrew brain shrinkage? 🤔
Not cell loss, but water loss!
Our new paper shows that brain cells shrink by losing water, a wild feat of brain plasticity 🤯
Check the paper!
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
@mpi-animalbehav.bsky.social @labdavalos.bsky.social @batichica.bsky.social
Not cell loss, but water loss!
Our new paper shows that brain cells shrink by losing water, a wild feat of brain plasticity 🤯
Check the paper!
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
@mpi-animalbehav.bsky.social @labdavalos.bsky.social @batichica.bsky.social
Programmed seasonal brain shrinkage in the common shrew via water loss without cell death
Brain plasticity, the brain’s inherent ability to adapt its structure and function, is crucial for responding to environmental challenges but is usual…
www.sciencedirect.com
September 1, 2025 at 8:06 PM
The secret to shrew brain shrinkage? 🤔
Not cell loss, but water loss!
Our new paper shows that brain cells shrink by losing water, a wild feat of brain plasticity 🤯
Check the paper!
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
@mpi-animalbehav.bsky.social @labdavalos.bsky.social @batichica.bsky.social
Not cell loss, but water loss!
Our new paper shows that brain cells shrink by losing water, a wild feat of brain plasticity 🤯
Check the paper!
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
@mpi-animalbehav.bsky.social @labdavalos.bsky.social @batichica.bsky.social
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We’re #hiring! 2 #post-doc positions for an interdisciplinary project funded by the @hfspo.bsky.social in #axolotl and #Drosophila #wound healing at @sickkidsto.bsky.social #Canada and @umontpellier.bsky.social #France @laghalab.bsky.social. Share and apply here: www.nature.com/naturecareer...
Interdisciplinary Post-doctoral fellowships (2 positions) in wound healing - Toronto (City), Ontario (CA) job with The Hospital for Sick Children - Developmental & Stem Cell Biology Program | 1284...
Two Postdoc positions to identify & visualize translation dynamics & function of proteins that drive epithelial cell migration during wound healing.
www.nature.com
August 9, 2025 at 2:59 PM
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