Vlad Bondarenko
@vladbndk.bsky.social
SNSF PostDoc @FMI, Basel
Turco lab 🇨🇭🇺🇦🏳️🌈
Developmental biology 🥚🐣🔬🖥⚙️ #bioengineering #placenta & #endometrium #organoids #biophysics #bioimaging
Alumnus of Weizmann Institute of Science, Hubrecht Institute, EMBL
https://vladyslavbondarenko.com
Turco lab 🇨🇭🇺🇦🏳️🌈
Developmental biology 🥚🐣🔬🖥⚙️ #bioengineering #placenta & #endometrium #organoids #biophysics #bioimaging
Alumnus of Weizmann Institute of Science, Hubrecht Institute, EMBL
https://vladyslavbondarenko.com
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For International Day of Women and Girls in Science, #IDWGS2026, we are featuring some of our 'Transitions in development' interviewees from the past year.
Browse our full series here: journals.biologists.com/dev/collecti...
Browse our full series here: journals.biologists.com/dev/collecti...
Transitions in development | Development | The Company of Biologists
In this series of interviews, we feature principal investigators (PIs) within the first five or so years of establishing their own research group. Through
journals.biologists.com
February 11, 2026 at 5:30 PM
For International Day of Women and Girls in Science, #IDWGS2026, we are featuring some of our 'Transitions in development' interviewees from the past year.
Browse our full series here: journals.biologists.com/dev/collecti...
Browse our full series here: journals.biologists.com/dev/collecti...
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I invite you to check our paper entitled “Rebuilding Ukraine’s capacity for fundamental research in evolutionary biology” doi.org/10.1038/s415... in @natecoevo.nature.com about the Ukrainian School in Evolutionary Biology #USEB we organized in 2025.
#biology #evolution #school #science #Ukraine
#biology #evolution #school #science #Ukraine
February 9, 2026 at 3:23 PM
I invite you to check our paper entitled “Rebuilding Ukraine’s capacity for fundamental research in evolutionary biology” doi.org/10.1038/s415... in @natecoevo.nature.com about the Ukrainian School in Evolutionary Biology #USEB we organized in 2025.
#biology #evolution #school #science #Ukraine
#biology #evolution #school #science #Ukraine
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IMBA Group Leader Nicolas Rivron has been awarded an ERC Proof of Concept Grant for his research on human blastoid models of early development: https://imba.science/4t0OUfR
January 27, 2026 at 11:05 AM
IMBA Group Leader Nicolas Rivron has been awarded an ERC Proof of Concept Grant for his research on human blastoid models of early development: https://imba.science/4t0OUfR
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Pleased to share our Comment piece on the power and challenges of placental #organoids for pregnancy research 🤰
January 27, 2026 at 5:39 AM
Pleased to share our Comment piece on the power and challenges of placental #organoids for pregnancy research 🤰
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@marineluciano.bsky.social recreates intestinal Villi geometry by growing epithelial cells on wavy rolling substrates. Unexpected intrication of curvature effects is observed. Thanks to all! @caterinatomba.bsky.social @sgabriele.bsky.social @sciencesunige.bsky.social
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
January 20, 2026 at 10:24 AM
@marineluciano.bsky.social recreates intestinal Villi geometry by growing epithelial cells on wavy rolling substrates. Unexpected intrication of curvature effects is observed. Thanks to all! @caterinatomba.bsky.social @sgabriele.bsky.social @sciencesunige.bsky.social
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
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Different tissue, different questions, same fascination with how cells coordinate to build and rebuild complex organs.
Excited to uncover what drives this remarkable regeneration🙂 @fmiscience.bsky.social | @P.T. Engelhorn Foundation for the Promotion of Biotechnology and Life Sciences
Excited to uncover what drives this remarkable regeneration🙂 @fmiscience.bsky.social | @P.T. Engelhorn Foundation for the Promotion of Biotechnology and Life Sciences
January 17, 2026 at 11:47 AM
Different tissue, different questions, same fascination with how cells coordinate to build and rebuild complex organs.
Excited to uncover what drives this remarkable regeneration🙂 @fmiscience.bsky.social | @P.T. Engelhorn Foundation for the Promotion of Biotechnology and Life Sciences
Excited to uncover what drives this remarkable regeneration🙂 @fmiscience.bsky.social | @P.T. Engelhorn Foundation for the Promotion of Biotechnology and Life Sciences
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very sad news. Peer Bork was one of the leaders of our field, a wonderful scientist, and he's much too young to be gone. www.embl.org/news/embl-an...
In remembrance of Peer Bork | EMBL
EMBL and its community are deeply saddened by the death of Peer Bork, the organisation’s Interim Director General.
www.embl.org
January 16, 2026 at 6:33 PM
very sad news. Peer Bork was one of the leaders of our field, a wonderful scientist, and he's much too young to be gone. www.embl.org/news/embl-an...
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Excited to share Alison's @alisonkickuth.bsky.social paper from the lab out in @nature.com this week! We uncovered how a mechanical ratchet mechanism drives cytokinesis in early #zebrafish embryos. Read more in this thread 🧵 and at www.nature.com/articles/s41... 🤩
@poldresden.bsky.social @mpi-cbg.de
@poldresden.bsky.social @mpi-cbg.de
January 7, 2026 at 4:02 PM
Excited to share Alison's @alisonkickuth.bsky.social paper from the lab out in @nature.com this week! We uncovered how a mechanical ratchet mechanism drives cytokinesis in early #zebrafish embryos. Read more in this thread 🧵 and at www.nature.com/articles/s41... 🤩
@poldresden.bsky.social @mpi-cbg.de
@poldresden.bsky.social @mpi-cbg.de
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Join us to study developmental cell biology with a focus on cell migration and morphogenesis.
More info about our research:
www.bischofflab.com
Job posting and application details:
focalplane.biologists.com/cell-biology...
#Science #CellBio #DevBio #AcademicJobs #PhDJobs #PhDPosition #Drosophila
More info about our research:
www.bischofflab.com
Job posting and application details:
focalplane.biologists.com/cell-biology...
#Science #CellBio #DevBio #AcademicJobs #PhDJobs #PhDPosition #Drosophila
January 6, 2026 at 12:41 PM
Join us to study developmental cell biology with a focus on cell migration and morphogenesis.
More info about our research:
www.bischofflab.com
Job posting and application details:
focalplane.biologists.com/cell-biology...
#Science #CellBio #DevBio #AcademicJobs #PhDJobs #PhDPosition #Drosophila
More info about our research:
www.bischofflab.com
Job posting and application details:
focalplane.biologists.com/cell-biology...
#Science #CellBio #DevBio #AcademicJobs #PhDJobs #PhDPosition #Drosophila
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Using fluorescence live imaging and an in vitro implantation model, we show that human embryo attachment begins with direct cell fusion via syncytin-2–MFSD2A interaction.
With @hansclevers.bsky.social.
Great work by @tnoordzij.bsky.social & @martinacelotti.bsky.social
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
With @hansclevers.bsky.social.
Great work by @tnoordzij.bsky.social & @martinacelotti.bsky.social
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
December 24, 2025 at 7:49 PM
Using fluorescence live imaging and an in vitro implantation model, we show that human embryo attachment begins with direct cell fusion via syncytin-2–MFSD2A interaction.
With @hansclevers.bsky.social.
Great work by @tnoordzij.bsky.social & @martinacelotti.bsky.social
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
With @hansclevers.bsky.social.
Great work by @tnoordzij.bsky.social & @martinacelotti.bsky.social
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
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Lovely little pre-Christmas present to see this out @natcellbio.nature.com! Some 🔥 new results in here since the biorvix incl (1) a new RARE-GFP reporter ✳️🙌, (2) additional NMP quantification 🔢, (3) no neural tube patterning on RA inhibition 🙅 etc. Enjoy! 😍 www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Modelling co-development between the somites and neural tube in human trunk-like structures - Nature Cell Biology
Makwana, Tilley et al. generate human stem cell-based trunk-like structures approximating Carnegie stage 13–14 of development. They use them to model and study the development of the thoracic and lumbar trunk.
www.nature.com
December 16, 2025 at 10:04 AM
Lovely little pre-Christmas present to see this out @natcellbio.nature.com! Some 🔥 new results in here since the biorvix incl (1) a new RARE-GFP reporter ✳️🙌, (2) additional NMP quantification 🔢, (3) no neural tube patterning on RA inhibition 🙅 etc. Enjoy! 😍 www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Good to see the peer reviewed version of this published
A chemo-optogenetic system for spatiotemporal control of gene expression
We use it to:
- Reconstruct SHH mediated neural tube patterning in vitro
- Measure extracellular half-life of Shh
www.cell.com/developmenta...
A chemo-optogenetic system for spatiotemporal control of gene expression
We use it to:
- Reconstruct SHH mediated neural tube patterning in vitro
- Measure extracellular half-life of Shh
www.cell.com/developmenta...
Investigating morphogen and patterning dynamics with optogenetic control of morphogen production
Benzinger et al. develop a chemo-optogenetic system for precise spatiotemporal control
of morphogen production in vitro. Using light-controlled Sonic hedgehog expression,
they recapitulate neural tube...
www.cell.com
December 16, 2025 at 1:45 AM
Good to see the peer reviewed version of this published
A chemo-optogenetic system for spatiotemporal control of gene expression
We use it to:
- Reconstruct SHH mediated neural tube patterning in vitro
- Measure extracellular half-life of Shh
www.cell.com/developmenta...
A chemo-optogenetic system for spatiotemporal control of gene expression
We use it to:
- Reconstruct SHH mediated neural tube patterning in vitro
- Measure extracellular half-life of Shh
www.cell.com/developmenta...
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A really thoughtful and interesting review by @cellysally.bsky.social on how cells synchronise with their neighbours to build tissues.
Hello, here is a review I wrote about how cells sometimes try to synchronise with surrounding cells so that they can do a good job of building tissues during development. It is called "Keeping up with the neighbours"
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
#DevBio 🧪
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
#DevBio 🧪
Keeping up with the neighbours: local synchronisation of cell fate decisions during development - EMBO Reports
Even before the advent of multicellular life, unicellular creatures would communicate with their neighbours to coordinate their behaviours. Multicellular organisms have the particular challenge of orc...
link.springer.com
December 12, 2025 at 7:17 AM
A really thoughtful and interesting review by @cellysally.bsky.social on how cells synchronise with their neighbours to build tissues.
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SY-Stem 2026 is here! The symposium focusing on the next generation of stem cell researchers returns to the Vienna BioCenter from 11–13 March 2026. Register online: sy-stem.org
December 10, 2025 at 4:10 PM
SY-Stem 2026 is here! The symposium focusing on the next generation of stem cell researchers returns to the Vienna BioCenter from 11–13 March 2026. Register online: sy-stem.org
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Meeting schedule now online for @bsdb.bsky.social 2026 spring meeting: Molecules to Morphogenesis!
***Abstracts due in by January 16***
Join the outstanding line up! Submit your abstract for a short talk, flash talk, or poster presentation:
👇👇👇
bsdb.org/meetings/
***Abstracts due in by January 16***
Join the outstanding line up! Submit your abstract for a short talk, flash talk, or poster presentation:
👇👇👇
bsdb.org/meetings/
December 9, 2025 at 10:07 AM
Meeting schedule now online for @bsdb.bsky.social 2026 spring meeting: Molecules to Morphogenesis!
***Abstracts due in by January 16***
Join the outstanding line up! Submit your abstract for a short talk, flash talk, or poster presentation:
👇👇👇
bsdb.org/meetings/
***Abstracts due in by January 16***
Join the outstanding line up! Submit your abstract for a short talk, flash talk, or poster presentation:
👇👇👇
bsdb.org/meetings/
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Join us for the second seminar in the online Metabolism in Development and Physiology series next Thursday.
Two exciting talks lined up from different career stages.
Two exciting talks lined up from different career stages.
We’re back with the Metabolism in Development & Physiology online seminar series 🎉
Thu 11 Dec 2025, 16:00 CET
Speakers:
Heather Christofk (Professor, UCLA)
Yuanlingzi Tian (PostDoc, University of Glasgow)
Thu 11 Dec 2025, 16:00 CET
Speakers:
Heather Christofk (Professor, UCLA)
Yuanlingzi Tian (PostDoc, University of Glasgow)
December 3, 2025 at 5:24 PM
Join us for the second seminar in the online Metabolism in Development and Physiology series next Thursday.
Two exciting talks lined up from different career stages.
Two exciting talks lined up from different career stages.
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Incredibly excited to receive an ERC Consolidator Grant. This recognition means a lot for what we’ve built so far and for what’s ahead.
Thank you to all collaborators and supporters.
Looking forward to getting this project going!
Thank you to all collaborators and supporters.
Looking forward to getting this project going!
Congratulations Ina Sonnen on receiving a Consolidator Grant from @erc.europa.eu! It will allow her to strengthen her research group and take on questions such as: how do cells communicate robustly and precisely with each other during development, despite noise? Read more👉 www.hubrecht.eu/erc-sonnen
December 9, 2025 at 12:53 PM
Incredibly excited to receive an ERC Consolidator Grant. This recognition means a lot for what we’ve built so far and for what’s ahead.
Thank you to all collaborators and supporters.
Looking forward to getting this project going!
Thank you to all collaborators and supporters.
Looking forward to getting this project going!
📢 a cool group, leader, and science! Great research opportunity in Barcelona
Want to image cells protecting the embryo during early development? We're hiring! 1 Postdoc, 1 PhD student, and 1 Research Technician. Come to Barcelona! www.embryobioimaging.com
December 9, 2025 at 5:49 PM
📢 a cool group, leader, and science! Great research opportunity in Barcelona
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Wow, this is a very impressive embryo model. "What sets the model described in this study apart from other embryo models is its ability to continuously mimic primate development from pre-implantation through to late gastrulation." (Nice, @amartinezarias.bsky.social!)
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Primate embryo model leaps across developmental boundaries
A stem-cell-based monkey embryo model that self-organizes into a comprehensive body plan could lead the way to more-sophisticated models of early human development.
www.nature.com
December 8, 2025 at 10:15 AM
Wow, this is a very impressive embryo model. "What sets the model described in this study apart from other embryo models is its ability to continuously mimic primate development from pre-implantation through to late gastrulation." (Nice, @amartinezarias.bsky.social!)
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
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Great to see this published: Fitting dynamical landscape models to single-cell data, creating interpretable maps of cell decision making & developmental logic
Applied to neural tube patterning, we show how morphogen signals reshape landscapes and drive fate decisions
www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
Applied to neural tube patterning, we show how morphogen signals reshape landscapes and drive fate decisions
www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
Reconstructing Waddington’s landscape from data | PNAS
The development of a zygote into a functional organism requires that this single progenitor
cell gives rise to numerous distinct cell types. Attemp...
www.pnas.org
December 4, 2025 at 6:29 AM
Great to see this published: Fitting dynamical landscape models to single-cell data, creating interpretable maps of cell decision making & developmental logic
Applied to neural tube patterning, we show how morphogen signals reshape landscapes and drive fate decisions
www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
Applied to neural tube patterning, we show how morphogen signals reshape landscapes and drive fate decisions
www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
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📢Internships on cellular nematics!
🔬Come for the pretty images, stay for the cool physics: each project combines in vitro experiments with advanced microscopy and image analysis.
📧Feel free to DM or email me with any questions.
🔬Come for the pretty images, stay for the cool physics: each project combines in vitro experiments with advanced microscopy and image analysis.
📧Feel free to DM or email me with any questions.
December 2, 2025 at 3:15 PM
📢Internships on cellular nematics!
🔬Come for the pretty images, stay for the cool physics: each project combines in vitro experiments with advanced microscopy and image analysis.
📧Feel free to DM or email me with any questions.
🔬Come for the pretty images, stay for the cool physics: each project combines in vitro experiments with advanced microscopy and image analysis.
📧Feel free to DM or email me with any questions.
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Good to see the peer reviewed version of this in print
The cis-regulatory logic integrating spatial and temporal patterning in the vertebrate neural tube
A global temporal chromatin program operates across the vertebrate nervous system to control neural cell diversity
www.cell.com/developmenta...
The cis-regulatory logic integrating spatial and temporal patterning in the vertebrate neural tube
A global temporal chromatin program operates across the vertebrate nervous system to control neural cell diversity
www.cell.com/developmenta...
The cis-regulatory logic integrating spatial and temporal patterning in the vertebrate neural tube
Zhang et al. identify a global temporal chromatin program that operates across the
developing vertebrate nervous system to control neural cell diversity. This mechanism,
which involves Nr6a1 and NFIA/...
www.cell.com
November 18, 2025 at 8:59 AM
Good to see the peer reviewed version of this in print
The cis-regulatory logic integrating spatial and temporal patterning in the vertebrate neural tube
A global temporal chromatin program operates across the vertebrate nervous system to control neural cell diversity
www.cell.com/developmenta...
The cis-regulatory logic integrating spatial and temporal patterning in the vertebrate neural tube
A global temporal chromatin program operates across the vertebrate nervous system to control neural cell diversity
www.cell.com/developmenta...
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I tried out the Mamdani slogan generator and this is what I came up with 🤷🏼♀️
homes.luddy.indiana.edu/ccshan/for/f...
homes.luddy.indiana.edu/ccshan/for/f...
November 10, 2025 at 7:56 PM
I tried out the Mamdani slogan generator and this is what I came up with 🤷🏼♀️
homes.luddy.indiana.edu/ccshan/for/f...
homes.luddy.indiana.edu/ccshan/for/f...
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How can we organize current theoretical approaches for developmental biology - from information to dynamical systems & GRNs - into a common framework?
We propose to think along Marr's 3 levels: computational problem, algorithm, implementation
Check out our review:
arxiv.org/abs/2510.24536
We propose to think along Marr's 3 levels: computational problem, algorithm, implementation
Check out our review:
arxiv.org/abs/2510.24536
November 10, 2025 at 6:46 AM
How can we organize current theoretical approaches for developmental biology - from information to dynamical systems & GRNs - into a common framework?
We propose to think along Marr's 3 levels: computational problem, algorithm, implementation
Check out our review:
arxiv.org/abs/2510.24536
We propose to think along Marr's 3 levels: computational problem, algorithm, implementation
Check out our review:
arxiv.org/abs/2510.24536
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Very happy to share our latest work extending iterative immunofluorescence to in toto imaging of early zebrafish embryos (3D-4i), integrated with a 3D-dedicated image analysis pipeline! 🐟🔬📊
Huge kudos to Max Hess for this PhD milestone! 💪
@lucaspelkmans.bsky.social shorturl.at/cO0u7
Let's zoom in!
Huge kudos to Max Hess for this PhD milestone! 💪
@lucaspelkmans.bsky.social shorturl.at/cO0u7
Let's zoom in!
October 29, 2025 at 2:20 PM
Very happy to share our latest work extending iterative immunofluorescence to in toto imaging of early zebrafish embryos (3D-4i), integrated with a 3D-dedicated image analysis pipeline! 🐟🔬📊
Huge kudos to Max Hess for this PhD milestone! 💪
@lucaspelkmans.bsky.social shorturl.at/cO0u7
Let's zoom in!
Huge kudos to Max Hess for this PhD milestone! 💪
@lucaspelkmans.bsky.social shorturl.at/cO0u7
Let's zoom in!