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Official Bluesky Page for Season 7 of VGZT. Every 1st & 3rd Thursday at 9:30 PDT / 12:30 EDT / 16:30 UTC / 17:30 BST / 18:30 CET.
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Join us next week for the second Eastern VGZT of the season! 🤩

🗓️ Wednesday, December 10th
⏰ 9:00 UTC / 9:00 GMT / 10:00 CET / 14:30 IST / 18:00 JST / 20:00 AEDT

Our speakers are:
👉 Guojun Sheng
👉 Jennifer Zenker

See you there! ✨
December 6, 2025 at 7:45 PM
Reminder: Tomorrow is VGZT day! 🚀

Don’t miss great talks from
👉 Luca Braccioli (@bracciolilab.bsky.social)
👉 Komal Makwana (on X: @Komal_Makwana4)
Join us next week for another round of inspiring VGZT talks! 🤩

🗓️ Thursday, December 4th
⏰ 9:30 PST / 12:30 EST / 17:30 UTC / 17:30 GMT / 18:30 CET

Our speakers are
👉 Luca Braccioli (@bracciolilab.bsky.social)
👉 Komal Makwana (on X: @Komal_Makwana4)

See you next week 👋
December 3, 2025 at 7:48 AM
News: VGZT has updated its official website and now has now a brand-new LinkedIn page! 🎉🚀
You can find all upcoming sessions, past talks, and updates there.

🌐 Website
🔗 LinkedIn

Feel free to follow, share, and and help spread the word about the seminar series! 🙌
December 1, 2025 at 8:35 AM
Join us next week for another round of inspiring VGZT talks! 🤩

🗓️ Thursday, December 4th
⏰ 9:30 PST / 12:30 EST / 17:30 UTC / 17:30 GMT / 18:30 CET

Our speakers are
👉 Luca Braccioli (@bracciolilab.bsky.social)
👉 Komal Makwana (on X: @Komal_Makwana4)

See you next week 👋
November 29, 2025 at 10:07 AM
Tomorrow is VGZT day! 🚀

Don’t miss the great talks from
👉 Allison Kann (@apkann.bsky.social)
👉 Joana da Silva (on X: @joanamsilva14)
Join us for next week’s exciting VGZT session! 🎉

🗓️ Thursday, November 20th
⏰ 9:30 PST / 12:30 EST / 17:30 UTC / 17:30 GMT / 18:30 CET

Our speakers are
👉 Allison Kann (@apkann.bsky.social)
👉 Joana da Silva (on X: @joanamsilva14)

See you there 👋
November 19, 2025 at 8:21 AM
Join us for next week’s exciting VGZT session! 🎉

🗓️ Thursday, November 20th
⏰ 9:30 PST / 12:30 EST / 17:30 UTC / 17:30 GMT / 18:30 CET

Our speakers are
👉 Allison Kann (@apkann.bsky.social)
👉 Joana da Silva (on X: @joanamsilva14)

See you there 👋
November 14, 2025 at 8:43 AM
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We are excited to announce the first Eastern ☀️VGZT session for this season!✨🎉

📅Tomorrow, November 12th
⏰ 9:00 UTC / 9:00 GMT / 10:00 CET / 14:30 IST / 18:00 JST / 20:00 AEDT

Our speakers are:
👉Sameer Thukral (on X: @SameerThukral6)
👉Axel Newton (on X: @AxelHNewton)

See you on tomorrow☕️👋
November 11, 2025 at 12:47 PM
We are excited to announce the first Eastern ☀️VGZT session for this season!✨🎉

📅Tomorrow, November 12th
⏰ 9:00 UTC / 9:00 GMT / 10:00 CET / 14:30 IST / 18:00 JST / 20:00 AEDT

Our speakers are:
👉Sameer Thukral (on X: @SameerThukral6)
👉Axel Newton (on X: @AxelHNewton)

See you on tomorrow☕️👋
November 11, 2025 at 12:47 PM
🚀 It’s VGZT day!
Join us today (Nov 6th) for another round of inspiring talks 🎉

⏰ Updated times: 9:30 PDT / 12:30 EDT / 17:30 UTC / 17:30 GMT / 18:30 CET

Our speakers are
👉 David Oriola (@davidoriola.bsky.social)
👉 Nicole Edwards (@nicoleedwds.bsky.social)

Don’t miss it - see you there 👋✨
November 6, 2025 at 8:42 AM
Join us next week for another exciting VGZT session!

🗓️ Thursday, November 6th
⏰ 9:30 PDT / 12:30 EDT / 16:30 UTC / 17:30 BST / 18:30 CET

Our speakers are

👉 David Oriola (@davidoriola.bsky.social)
👉 Nicole Edwards (@nicoleedwds.bsky.social)

See you then! 👋
October 30, 2025 at 2:50 PM
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We are excited to announce the second Western VGZT of Season 7!

🗓️Thursday, October 16th
⏰9:30 PDT / 12:30 EDT / 16:30 UTC / 17:30 BST / 18:30 CET

Our speakers:
👉 Hidenobu Miyazawa (on X: @HidenobuAnzo)
👉 Girish Kale (@girishkalephd.bsky.social)

See you next week! 👋
October 10, 2025 at 9:51 AM
We are excited to announce the second Western VGZT of Season 7!

🗓️Thursday, October 16th
⏰9:30 PDT / 12:30 EDT / 16:30 UTC / 17:30 BST / 18:30 CET

Our speakers:
👉 Hidenobu Miyazawa (on X: @HidenobuAnzo)
👉 Girish Kale (@girishkalephd.bsky.social)

See you next week! 👋
October 10, 2025 at 9:51 AM
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October 6, 2025 at 8:12 AM
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We are excited to announce the first Western VGZT of Season 7! 🎉

🗓️ Thursday, October 2nd
⏰ 9:30 PDT / 12:30 EDT / 16:30 UTC / 17:30 BST / 18:30 CET

Our speakers:

👉 Antonia Weberling (@a-weberling.bsky.social)

👉 Sanjay Narayanaswamy (@sanjay-n.bsky.social)
September 25, 2025 at 2:17 PM
We are excited to announce the first Western VGZT of Season 7! 🎉

🗓️ Thursday, October 2nd
⏰ 9:30 PDT / 12:30 EDT / 16:30 UTC / 17:30 BST / 18:30 CET

Our speakers:

👉 Antonia Weberling (@a-weberling.bsky.social)

👉 Sanjay Narayanaswamy (@sanjay-n.bsky.social)
September 25, 2025 at 2:17 PM
Stay Connected with VGZT Season 7 🌍

From Oct 2025–July 2026, join our online seminar series featuring cutting-edge developmental biology across diverse model organisms. Hear from senior PhD students, postdocs, and PIs as they share their latest discoveries with a global audience.
September 25, 2025 at 8:59 AM
As we close VGZT season 6, we’d like to THANKS all the speakers and participants for this fantastic season ✨.
The VGZT 7 organiser team is ready and coming 👇. New announcements are coming soon, keep an eye out ⭐.
September 24, 2025 at 12:04 PM
Last seminar of the season with the keynote by @josh-brickman.bsky.social coming up tomorrow!

🗓️ Thursday, August 07
⏰ 9:30 PDT / 12:30 EDT / 16:30 UTC / 17:30 BST / 18:30 CET
Join us next week for the second part of our Western 🌙 keynote seminar!

🗓️ Thursday, August 07
⏰ 9:30 PDT / 12:30 EDT / 16:30 UTC / 17:30 BST / 18:30 CET

Featuring @josh-brickman.bsky.social
👉 „Don't you (forget about me) – Transcription Factor Occupancy, Memory and Plasticity.“
August 6, 2025 at 4:31 PM
Join us next week for the second part of our Western 🌙 keynote seminar!

🗓️ Thursday, August 07
⏰ 9:30 PDT / 12:30 EDT / 16:30 UTC / 17:30 BST / 18:30 CET

Featuring @josh-brickman.bsky.social
👉 „Don't you (forget about me) – Transcription Factor Occupancy, Memory and Plasticity.“
July 31, 2025 at 8:56 PM
Slight change regarding our Western 🌙 KEYNOTE seminars!

This week, on

🗓️ Thursday, July 17
⏰ 9:30 PDT / 12:30 EDT / 16:30 UTC / 17:30 BST / 18:30 CET

Charlene Guillot @charleneguillot.bsky.social will speak

And we will be back on Aug 07 for another seminar by @josh-brickman.bsky.social

Details 👇
July 16, 2025 at 5:53 AM
Join us next week for our Western 🌙 KEYNOTE seminar:

🗓️ Thursday, July 17
⏰ 9:30 PDT / 12:30 EDT / 16:30 UTC / 17:30 BST / 18:30 CET

Our speakers are:
Josh Brickman @josh-brickman.bsky.social

Charlene Guillot @charleneguillot.bsky.social

We are looking forward to this great season finale! 🥳
July 12, 2025 at 8:35 PM
Join the VGZT Eastern KEYNOTE lecture ☀️☕ TOMORROW

🗓️ Wednesday July 09
⏰ 13:30 IST / 17:00 JST / 8:00 UTC / 10:00 CET

Featuring:
1) Maithreyi Narasimha
👉Positioning tissues during Drosophila morphogenesis

Jose Silva @josesilvalab.bsky.social
👉From founder cells to organogenesis-stage embryo model
July 8, 2025 at 10:54 AM
Less than 24h to go! Join us for one of the last seminars this season! 🐭🐸🐟

🗓️ Thursday, July 03
⏰ 9:30 PDT / 12:30 EDT / 16:30 UTC / 17:30 BST / 18:30 CET
Next Western VGZT 🌙
🗓️ Thursday, July 03
⏰ 9:30 PDT / 12:30 EDT / 16:30 UTC / 17:30 BST / 18:30 CET

Our speakers:

Alexandre Francou
👉 Intercalation dynamics driving endoderm morphogenesis during mouse gastrulation

Roberto Mayor @mayorlab.bsky.social
👉 Directional Migration of Neural Crest
July 2, 2025 at 6:11 PM
Next Western VGZT 🌙
🗓️ Thursday, July 03
⏰ 9:30 PDT / 12:30 EDT / 16:30 UTC / 17:30 BST / 18:30 CET

Our speakers:

Alexandre Francou
👉 Intercalation dynamics driving endoderm morphogenesis during mouse gastrulation

Roberto Mayor @mayorlab.bsky.social
👉 Directional Migration of Neural Crest
June 26, 2025 at 7:24 AM
Join us for our next seminar:
🗓️ Thursday, June 19
⏰ 9:30 PDT / 12:30 EDT / 16:30 UTC / 17:30 BST / 18:30 CET
Next Thurs, join us for the next Western VGZT 🌙
🗓️ Thursday, June 19
⏰ 9:30 PDT / 12:30 EDT / 16:30 UTC / 17:30 BST / 18:30 CET

Featuring:
@jesseveenvliet.bsky.social
👉Exploring physiological constraints by sculpting with stem cells

@sermenchero.bsky.social
👉What marsupials can teach us about time
June 18, 2025 at 9:37 PM