Wouter Masselink
@woutermasselink.bsky.social
Dad | Husband | Scientist. (He/Him) Postdoc with Elly Tanaka @IMBA. Interested in the fundamental principles which control axis elongation and period patterning during axolotl tail regeneration.
Pinned
I made a (very incomplete) list of folks at the Vienna BioCenter (VBC). Please let me know if I should add you, or anybody else.
He is indeed dead.
November 7, 2025 at 8:04 PM
He is indeed dead.
I tried something today and finished applying for a fellowship. Now I can just forget about it for another 7 months while we wait. 🤞
November 5, 2025 at 9:04 AM
I tried something today and finished applying for a fellowship. Now I can just forget about it for another 7 months while we wait. 🤞
Somebody is channelling their inner Herr Flick.
October 28, 2025 at 7:12 PM
Somebody is channelling their inner Herr Flick.
Here I was still hung up on wether it should be Ambystoma or Amblystoma
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
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September 29, 2025 at 9:01 PM
Here I was still hung up on wether it should be Ambystoma or Amblystoma
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Are there any folks on here who hold or have previously held an ARC Future Fellowship and wouldn't mind sharing there application documents?
September 26, 2025 at 7:53 AM
Are there any folks on here who hold or have previously held an ARC Future Fellowship and wouldn't mind sharing there application documents?
I’m looking forward to reading the first abstract translated into Klingon.
September 22, 2025 at 3:58 PM
I’m looking forward to reading the first abstract translated into Klingon.
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The Vienna BioCenter PhD program in Molecular BioSciences will offer 20+ fully-funded positions in the Autumn Call which is now open. Have a look at what our campus has to offer: www.vbcphd.at
September 19, 2025 at 1:46 PM
The Vienna BioCenter PhD program in Molecular BioSciences will offer 20+ fully-funded positions in the Autumn Call which is now open. Have a look at what our campus has to offer: www.vbcphd.at
Vienna is upping the price of its yearly public transport pass from €365 to €467. The financial argument used to justify the price increase shows a fundamental misunderstanding of how public services should be run. www.thelocal.at/20250901/end...
End of €1-a-day travel: Vienna announces €467 annual pass from January 2026
Vienna will raise the price of its annual public transport ticket to €467 on January 1st 2026, ending the long-running €365 offer. Single journey as well as time-limited tickets are also becoming more...
www.thelocal.at
September 11, 2025 at 6:34 AM
Vienna is upping the price of its yearly public transport pass from €365 to €467. The financial argument used to justify the price increase shows a fundamental misunderstanding of how public services should be run. www.thelocal.at/20250901/end...
The autumn call for the VBC PhD program is currently open. training.vbc.ac.at/phd-program
PhD Program
Empowering Curious Researchers at the Vienna BioCenter PhD Program
Are you a curious and motivated student looking to launch a successful scientific career? Look no further than the Vienna BioCenter P...
training.vbc.ac.at
September 8, 2025 at 8:42 AM
The autumn call for the VBC PhD program is currently open. training.vbc.ac.at/phd-program
On my way back to Vienna after a fantastic #ISRB2025. I got placed on standby so currently I am waiting at the gate hoping to catch my flight.
August 15, 2025 at 8:00 PM
On my way back to Vienna after a fantastic #ISRB2025. I got placed on standby so currently I am waiting at the gate hoping to catch my flight.
I just finished setting home assistant so our espresso machine and a bunch of light can be remotely controlled and automated. Feeling very fancy and futuristic right about now
a cartoon of squidward from spongebob squarepants holding a flashlight and the word future behind him
ALT: a cartoon of squidward from spongebob squarepants holding a flashlight and the word future behind him
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August 5, 2025 at 9:41 PM
I just finished setting home assistant so our espresso machine and a bunch of light can be remotely controlled and automated. Feeling very fancy and futuristic right about now
A ferntastic pun.
Root for your favourite #TreeOfTheYear2025
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#TreeOfTheYear
From inspiring poetry, to appearing in movies, our partners at the Woodland Trust are spotlighting the real VI-Trees of the forest in this year’s competition supported by players of Peoples Postcode Lottery.
Cast your vote: bit.ly/4lG7rcM
#TreeOfTheYear
August 4, 2025 at 3:17 PM
A ferntastic pun.
Star Trek: where not just the science, but the German language defies all logic.
July 29, 2025 at 9:08 PM
Star Trek: where not just the science, but the German language defies all logic.
I’ve still got it.
June 11, 2025 at 7:38 PM
I’ve still got it.
Come work at the VBC in lovely Vienna!
The new Vienna BioCenter Interdisciplinary Postdoctoral Program (VIP³) is here! We have 16 fully-funded positions for scientists with a PhD in biology, chemistry, physics, bioinformatics etc.
The call opens on 1st June.
More information: training.vbc.ac.at/post-docs/vi...
#VBCPostDoc
The call opens on 1st June.
More information: training.vbc.ac.at/post-docs/vi...
#VBCPostDoc
May 30, 2025 at 9:18 AM
Come work at the VBC in lovely Vienna!
Always Be Cloning!
May 21, 2025 at 1:49 PM
Always Be Cloning!
Here is your reminder to always ask local experts for advice when applying for a new grant. I just wrote an Expression of Interest for a foreign grant and it is surprisingly different from what I have written for FWF grants.
May 19, 2025 at 7:08 PM
Here is your reminder to always ask local experts for advice when applying for a new grant. I just wrote an Expression of Interest for a foreign grant and it is surprisingly different from what I have written for FWF grants.
Bagel time, have a great weekend all!
May 10, 2025 at 9:28 AM
Bagel time, have a great weekend all!
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Delighted to see this work from my lab published today, where we identify a population of ETV-1 positive glutamatergic neurons that are activated in the brain in response to a distant injury.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Neuronal activation in the axolotl brain promotes tail regeneration - npj Regenerative Medicine
npj Regenerative Medicine - Neuronal activation in the axolotl brain promotes tail regeneration
www.nature.com
May 8, 2025 at 4:15 PM
Delighted to see this work from my lab published today, where we identify a population of ETV-1 positive glutamatergic neurons that are activated in the brain in response to a distant injury.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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It's been a long time coming and I'm super excited to share our new preprint is out: "A novel transgenic reporter to study vertebrate epigenetics". We generated a zebrafish epigenetic reporter and found a fatty liver disease mutant with weird epigenetic phenotypes 👇
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
April 24, 2025 at 10:42 PM
It's been a long time coming and I'm super excited to share our new preprint is out: "A novel transgenic reporter to study vertebrate epigenetics". We generated a zebrafish epigenetic reporter and found a fatty liver disease mutant with weird epigenetic phenotypes 👇
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
If you have never made a potato pavé before, let this be your reminder that you probably should try making it at least once.
April 20, 2025 at 4:50 PM
If you have never made a potato pavé before, let this be your reminder that you probably should try making it at least once.
This applies arguably even more to scientific writing, where both structure and terminology are often considered peculiar.
Unsolicited writing advice, 16511:
To write in a genre, it helps to have read a lot of recent novels in the same genre. The world is filled with people hoping to write a children's book, who haven't read one in decades, or people who think "romance sells", who haven't read any modern romance novels.
To write in a genre, it helps to have read a lot of recent novels in the same genre. The world is filled with people hoping to write a children's book, who haven't read one in decades, or people who think "romance sells", who haven't read any modern romance novels.
April 20, 2025 at 4:37 PM
This applies arguably even more to scientific writing, where both structure and terminology are often considered peculiar.
Reposted by Wouter Masselink
Check out the IMBA groups that are offering fully funded positions in this call - we have 25+ openings. Pass on or share with your colleagues!
ow.ly/UZAg50QJUer Start your application by 11 April
ow.ly/UZAg50QJUer Start your application by 11 April
April 7, 2025 at 12:10 PM
Check out the IMBA groups that are offering fully funded positions in this call - we have 25+ openings. Pass on or share with your colleagues!
ow.ly/UZAg50QJUer Start your application by 11 April
ow.ly/UZAg50QJUer Start your application by 11 April
Have the penguins announced any retaliator tariffs yet?
April 3, 2025 at 5:54 AM
Have the penguins announced any retaliator tariffs yet?