Yaniv Elkouby
@yanivelkouby.bsky.social
Assoc. Professor @HebrewU.
Illuminating unpredicted cellular machineries in germ cell production, gonad development and reproduction.
#zebrafish @ERC_Research @EMBO_YIP
Co-founder, Forsea: cultured seafood, oceans wealth
https://www.yanivelkoubylab.com/
Illuminating unpredicted cellular machineries in germ cell production, gonad development and reproduction.
#zebrafish @ERC_Research @EMBO_YIP
Co-founder, Forsea: cultured seafood, oceans wealth
https://www.yanivelkoubylab.com/
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@yanivelkouby.bsky.social
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New updates will be posted here, but as an introduction to our research focus and contributions thus far, feel free to visit my twitter/X profile 👇🏼
I promise, (almost..) only science content.
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I had great fun presenting and having really interesting discussions in this really nice forum.
Thanks for the invitation!
Thanks for the invitation!
🧬We're super honored to close this semester of Reproseminars with Dr. Yaniv Elkouby (@hebrewuniversity.bsky.social 🇮🇱)!
🗣️His talk will be: "Illuminating Unpredicted Cellular Machineries in Germ Cell Production and Reproduction" (in English)
🗓️Mon Dec 1
🕒3 PM ARG🇦🇷|1 PM EST🇺🇸|7 PM EUR🇪🇺
Join us!
🗣️His talk will be: "Illuminating Unpredicted Cellular Machineries in Germ Cell Production and Reproduction" (in English)
🗓️Mon Dec 1
🕒3 PM ARG🇦🇷|1 PM EST🇺🇸|7 PM EUR🇪🇺
Join us!
December 1, 2025 at 9:19 PM
I had great fun presenting and having really interesting discussions in this really nice forum.
Thanks for the invitation!
Thanks for the invitation!
Reposted by Yaniv Elkouby
Happy Sunday egg-ficionados! Here comes the latest issue of #cebooc, full of Christmas atmosphere and great papers!
biomed.news/bims-cebooc/...
Highlight: pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/41308649/ by @yanivelkouby.bsky.social
Thanks @biomednews.bsky.social for preselecting!
biomed.news/bims-cebooc/...
Highlight: pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/41308649/ by @yanivelkouby.bsky.social
Thanks @biomednews.bsky.social for preselecting!
November 30, 2025 at 8:32 AM
Happy Sunday egg-ficionados! Here comes the latest issue of #cebooc, full of Christmas atmosphere and great papers!
biomed.news/bims-cebooc/...
Highlight: pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/41308649/ by @yanivelkouby.bsky.social
Thanks @biomednews.bsky.social for preselecting!
biomed.news/bims-cebooc/...
Highlight: pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/41308649/ by @yanivelkouby.bsky.social
Thanks @biomednews.bsky.social for preselecting!
Now out from our lab in @currentbiology.bsky.social!
An mTOR-Stat3-Stathmin pathway controls #centrosome and #microtubule dynamics for #oocyte polarization
www.cell.com/current-biol...
An mTOR-Stat3-Stathmin pathway controls #centrosome and #microtubule dynamics for #oocyte polarization
www.cell.com/current-biol...
November 26, 2025 at 7:01 PM
Now out from our lab in @currentbiology.bsky.social!
An mTOR-Stat3-Stathmin pathway controls #centrosome and #microtubule dynamics for #oocyte polarization
www.cell.com/current-biol...
An mTOR-Stat3-Stathmin pathway controls #centrosome and #microtubule dynamics for #oocyte polarization
www.cell.com/current-biol...
Reposted by Yaniv Elkouby
SAVE THE DATE! Stoked to organize the 2026 Santa Cruz Developmental Biology Meeting with @rashmi-priya.bsky.social, @lowelab.bsky.social, and Shelbi Russell. Come learn about Biomedicine, Biomechanics, and the Biosphere, August 24-28, 2026. Registration dates, etc., coming soon! Please RT
November 19, 2025 at 8:23 PM
SAVE THE DATE! Stoked to organize the 2026 Santa Cruz Developmental Biology Meeting with @rashmi-priya.bsky.social, @lowelab.bsky.social, and Shelbi Russell. Come learn about Biomedicine, Biomechanics, and the Biosphere, August 24-28, 2026. Registration dates, etc., coming soon! Please RT
Was a pleasure to participate in ScoRe - Scientific Conference On REproduction - celebrating 150/y since the observation of sperm and egg pronuclear fusion in @flatironinstitute.org.
A stellar gathering discussing all things germ cells!
Thanks @haysconun.bsky.social, Stas Shvartsman for the invite!
A stellar gathering discussing all things germ cells!
Thanks @haysconun.bsky.social, Stas Shvartsman for the invite!
November 19, 2025 at 8:34 PM
Was a pleasure to participate in ScoRe - Scientific Conference On REproduction - celebrating 150/y since the observation of sperm and egg pronuclear fusion in @flatironinstitute.org.
A stellar gathering discussing all things germ cells!
Thanks @haysconun.bsky.social, Stas Shvartsman for the invite!
A stellar gathering discussing all things germ cells!
Thanks @haysconun.bsky.social, Stas Shvartsman for the invite!
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🔥A second preprint from our lab this week!
Especially proud of this one that helps unlock a black box in #reproduction.
We propose a #morphogenetic framework for #oocyte production from germline stem cells in #zebrafish and from progenitors in humans.
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www.researchsquare.com/article/rs-7...
Especially proud of this one that helps unlock a black box in #reproduction.
We propose a #morphogenetic framework for #oocyte production from germline stem cells in #zebrafish and from progenitors in humans.
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www.researchsquare.com/article/rs-7...
Morphogenetic ovarian modules for oocyte production from germline stem cells
Oocyte production from early progenitors in the fetal ovary determines the ovarian reserve and impacts lifelong female reproduction, yet its developmental regulation remains elusive. Early progenitors...
www.researchsquare.com
October 30, 2025 at 4:01 PM
🔥A second preprint from our lab this week!
Especially proud of this one that helps unlock a black box in #reproduction.
We propose a #morphogenetic framework for #oocyte production from germline stem cells in #zebrafish and from progenitors in humans.
>
www.researchsquare.com/article/rs-7...
Especially proud of this one that helps unlock a black box in #reproduction.
We propose a #morphogenetic framework for #oocyte production from germline stem cells in #zebrafish and from progenitors in humans.
>
www.researchsquare.com/article/rs-7...
🔥A second preprint from our lab this week!
Especially proud of this one that helps unlock a black box in #reproduction.
We propose a #morphogenetic framework for #oocyte production from germline stem cells in #zebrafish and from progenitors in humans.
>
www.researchsquare.com/article/rs-7...
Especially proud of this one that helps unlock a black box in #reproduction.
We propose a #morphogenetic framework for #oocyte production from germline stem cells in #zebrafish and from progenitors in humans.
>
www.researchsquare.com/article/rs-7...
Morphogenetic ovarian modules for oocyte production from germline stem cells
Oocyte production from early progenitors in the fetal ovary determines the ovarian reserve and impacts lifelong female reproduction, yet its developmental regulation remains elusive. Early progenitors...
www.researchsquare.com
October 30, 2025 at 4:01 PM
🔥A second preprint from our lab this week!
Especially proud of this one that helps unlock a black box in #reproduction.
We propose a #morphogenetic framework for #oocyte production from germline stem cells in #zebrafish and from progenitors in humans.
>
www.researchsquare.com/article/rs-7...
Especially proud of this one that helps unlock a black box in #reproduction.
We propose a #morphogenetic framework for #oocyte production from germline stem cells in #zebrafish and from progenitors in humans.
>
www.researchsquare.com/article/rs-7...
🔊New preprint from our lab!
Zygotene cilia regulates meiosis, germ cell development, and fertility in zebrafish, mice, and humans
www.researchsquare.com/article/rs-7...
Zygotene cilia regulates meiosis, germ cell development, and fertility in zebrafish, mice, and humans
www.researchsquare.com/article/rs-7...
Zygotene cilia regulate meiosis, germ cell development and fertility in zebrafish, mice, and humans
Germ cells accurately organize their chromosomes through the program of meiosis to successfully generate haploid gametes for fertilization1. Chromosomal pairing, which is essential for homologous reco...
www.researchsquare.com
October 26, 2025 at 4:01 PM
🔊New preprint from our lab!
Zygotene cilia regulates meiosis, germ cell development, and fertility in zebrafish, mice, and humans
www.researchsquare.com/article/rs-7...
Zygotene cilia regulates meiosis, germ cell development, and fertility in zebrafish, mice, and humans
www.researchsquare.com/article/rs-7...
Super proud of Neta Hart for being awarded the travel grant by The Science Bank and for delivering an excellent talk at the Notch Signaling Meeting about her pioneering work on newly identified mode of early #oogenesis in #zebrafish and human, regulated by Notch (more to come!).
October 8, 2025 at 6:52 PM
Super proud of Neta Hart for being awarded the travel grant by The Science Bank and for delivering an excellent talk at the Notch Signaling Meeting about her pioneering work on newly identified mode of early #oogenesis in #zebrafish and human, regulated by Notch (more to come!).
For the new Jewish year, we wish for a better and peaceful year all around, filled with joy, prosperity, and lots of scientific discoveries 🙏🏼
September 23, 2025 at 12:15 PM
For the new Jewish year, we wish for a better and peaceful year all around, filled with joy, prosperity, and lots of scientific discoveries 🙏🏼
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Three-Year Funded Postdoctoral Position to study organelle architecture in mammalian oocytes – Terret-Verlhac Lab, CIRB, Collège de France (Starting 2026).
For more information, please contact: marie-helene.verlhac@college-de-france.fr
For more information, please contact: marie-helene.verlhac@college-de-france.fr
August 28, 2025 at 8:23 AM
Three-Year Funded Postdoctoral Position to study organelle architecture in mammalian oocytes – Terret-Verlhac Lab, CIRB, Collège de France (Starting 2026).
For more information, please contact: marie-helene.verlhac@college-de-france.fr
For more information, please contact: marie-helene.verlhac@college-de-france.fr
Reposted by Yaniv Elkouby
Six more years—plus a lot of blood, sweat, and tears—later, we are thrilled to finally share it: a cytological framework of female meiosis in Arabidopsis!
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
A cytological framework of female meiosis in Arabidopsis
Female and male meiosis often differ in many aspects, such as their duration and the frequency as well as the positioning of crossovers. However, studying female meiosis is often very challenging and ...
www.biorxiv.org
August 25, 2025 at 4:30 PM
Six more years—plus a lot of blood, sweat, and tears—later, we are thrilled to finally share it: a cytological framework of female meiosis in Arabidopsis!
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
I can now share that during the recent Israel-Iran conflict, our main #zebrafish husbandry facility collapsed abruptly, resulting in the loss of ~85% of our fish.
With careful management, we were able to preserve all lines, and are currently operating from backup systems.
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With careful management, we were able to preserve all lines, and are currently operating from backup systems.
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August 15, 2025 at 1:06 PM
I can now share that during the recent Israel-Iran conflict, our main #zebrafish husbandry facility collapsed abruptly, resulting in the loss of ~85% of our fish.
With careful management, we were able to preserve all lines, and are currently operating from backup systems.
>>
With careful management, we were able to preserve all lines, and are currently operating from backup systems.
>>
Two Elkouby lab students received the Hebrew University @hebrewuniversity.bsky.social Faculty of Medicine Prizes for Outstanding MSc Thesis today.
Congratulations Amal Shawahny and Adam Ahmad for this well deserved recognition, we are super proud of you!
🎉🐟
Congratulations Amal Shawahny and Adam Ahmad for this well deserved recognition, we are super proud of you!
🎉🐟
July 24, 2025 at 8:07 PM
Two Elkouby lab students received the Hebrew University @hebrewuniversity.bsky.social Faculty of Medicine Prizes for Outstanding MSc Thesis today.
Congratulations Amal Shawahny and Adam Ahmad for this well deserved recognition, we are super proud of you!
🎉🐟
Congratulations Amal Shawahny and Adam Ahmad for this well deserved recognition, we are super proud of you!
🎉🐟
Grateful to the Israel Science Foundation for additional five years of funding!
Thank you to all reviewers and panel members out there for believing in our science.
Excited for what’s coming next 🤞🏻
Thank you to all reviewers and panel members out there for believing in our science.
Excited for what’s coming next 🤞🏻
July 18, 2025 at 4:04 PM
Grateful to the Israel Science Foundation for additional five years of funding!
Thank you to all reviewers and panel members out there for believing in our science.
Excited for what’s coming next 🤞🏻
Thank you to all reviewers and panel members out there for believing in our science.
Excited for what’s coming next 🤞🏻
Was a pleasure to give the @embo.org talk in #EMBO #meiosis meeting today, and share our findings about the Zygotene #cilium: novel mechanisms, conserved functions and links to human #reproduction disfunction.
Thanks to the organizers for the invite and for a fantastic meeting.
Thanks to the organizers for the invite and for a fantastic meeting.
June 23, 2025 at 5:28 PM
Was a pleasure to give the @embo.org talk in #EMBO #meiosis meeting today, and share our findings about the Zygotene #cilium: novel mechanisms, conserved functions and links to human #reproduction disfunction.
Thanks to the organizers for the invite and for a fantastic meeting.
Thanks to the organizers for the invite and for a fantastic meeting.
My students @amytlis.bsky.social, Karine Levy, and myself were invited to speak at the Foundation Singer-Polignac #Fertilty meeting, Paris.
We could not join in person at the current circumstances.
This is how I ended my talk: 🔊
We could not join in person at the current circumstances.
This is how I ended my talk: 🔊
June 19, 2025 at 9:21 AM
My students @amytlis.bsky.social, Karine Levy, and myself were invited to speak at the Foundation Singer-Polignac #Fertilty meeting, Paris.
We could not join in person at the current circumstances.
This is how I ended my talk: 🔊
We could not join in person at the current circumstances.
This is how I ended my talk: 🔊
Iranian missiles or on the way…
I’m in one bomb shelter, my student Neta is in another, yet we are working on our next paper, shelter-to-shelter.
The passion for science and the human spirit will always prevail!
I’m in one bomb shelter, my student Neta is in another, yet we are working on our next paper, shelter-to-shelter.
The passion for science and the human spirit will always prevail!
June 15, 2025 at 1:35 PM
Iranian missiles or on the way…
I’m in one bomb shelter, my student Neta is in another, yet we are working on our next paper, shelter-to-shelter.
The passion for science and the human spirit will always prevail!
I’m in one bomb shelter, my student Neta is in another, yet we are working on our next paper, shelter-to-shelter.
The passion for science and the human spirit will always prevail!
Was a pleasure to serve on the interviewing panel for the @maxperutzlabs.bsky.social PhD scholarship in @viennabiocenter.bsky.social .
All finalists were outstanding with excellent and exciting science. Congratulations to the winners!
All finalists were outstanding with excellent and exciting science. Congratulations to the winners!
June 11, 2025 at 1:37 PM
Was a pleasure to serve on the interviewing panel for the @maxperutzlabs.bsky.social PhD scholarship in @viennabiocenter.bsky.social .
All finalists were outstanding with excellent and exciting science. Congratulations to the winners!
All finalists were outstanding with excellent and exciting science. Congratulations to the winners!
Super-talented PhD students, Neta Hart and Avishag Mytlis, from our lab rocking the annual meeting of the Israeli #Fertility Association with two talks in one session!
Making some splash introducing #zebrafish to the meeting 🐟
@zebrafishrock.bsky.social
Making some splash introducing #zebrafish to the meeting 🐟
@zebrafishrock.bsky.social
May 12, 2025 at 2:32 PM
Super-talented PhD students, Neta Hart and Avishag Mytlis, from our lab rocking the annual meeting of the Israeli #Fertility Association with two talks in one session!
Making some splash introducing #zebrafish to the meeting 🐟
@zebrafishrock.bsky.social
Making some splash introducing #zebrafish to the meeting 🐟
@zebrafishrock.bsky.social
Nice collection, well done!
Focus on gametogenesis
Our Reviews Editor, Laura Hankins, will be attending the GRC on Germinal Stem Cell Biology in Barcelona this week. To complement the meeting, we have put together a collection of review-type and Research Articles on this topic: journals.biologists.com/collection/2...
Our Reviews Editor, Laura Hankins, will be attending the GRC on Germinal Stem Cell Biology in Barcelona this week. To complement the meeting, we have put together a collection of review-type and Research Articles on this topic: journals.biologists.com/collection/2...
April 28, 2025 at 9:34 AM
Nice collection, well done!
Reposted by Yaniv Elkouby
'Centrosomes and cancer: balancing tumor-promoting and inhibitory roles' - It was so much fun writing this review with Renata Basto! Thanks for bringing me on board 🙏 Perfect timing to reflect on the field's most recent advances and open questions 👇
www.cell.com/trends/cell-...
www.cell.com/trends/cell-...
Centrosomes and cancer: balancing tumor-promoting and inhibitory roles
The centrosome duplicates only once per cell cycle such that, in preparation for mitosis,
cells contain two centrosomes, allowing the formation of a bipolar spindle and segregation
of chromosomes to t...
www.cell.com
April 24, 2025 at 8:31 AM
'Centrosomes and cancer: balancing tumor-promoting and inhibitory roles' - It was so much fun writing this review with Renata Basto! Thanks for bringing me on board 🙏 Perfect timing to reflect on the field's most recent advances and open questions 👇
www.cell.com/trends/cell-...
www.cell.com/trends/cell-...
Reposted by Yaniv Elkouby
We move to magnificent #meiosis #ChromosomalBouquet & #zygotene cilia with Avishag Mytlis (@yanivelkouby.bsky.social lab, Hebrew University, IL) on unpublished work for countering mechanical forces allowing telomere rotation & clustering. Role in human infertility- #ciliopathies? #UKCilia2025 3/7
April 22, 2025 at 4:53 PM
We move to magnificent #meiosis #ChromosomalBouquet & #zygotene cilia with Avishag Mytlis (@yanivelkouby.bsky.social lab, Hebrew University, IL) on unpublished work for countering mechanical forces allowing telomere rotation & clustering. Role in human infertility- #ciliopathies? #UKCilia2025 3/7
Check out our very own @amytlis.bsky.social to learn the latest about the zygotene #cilium in the always inspiring @ukcilianetwork.bsky.social series.
A week until our 51st @bscb-official.bsky.social @gensocuk.bsky.social @ukcilianetwork.bsky.social UK Cilia and Centrosome Network e-symposium: 15/04/2025 15:00-17:15 BST. Still not registered for the series- join us here: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/bscb-genso... Free and open to all! /1
BSCB GenSoc UK Cilia and Centrosome Network e-Symposia Series
BSCB GenSoc UK Cilia and Centrosome Network e-Symposia Series
www.eventbrite.co.uk
April 15, 2025 at 8:36 AM
Check out our very own @amytlis.bsky.social to learn the latest about the zygotene #cilium in the always inspiring @ukcilianetwork.bsky.social series.
Was a great pleasure to visit @pennmedicine.bsky.social yesterday and give a seminar at my postdoc alma mater @upenn.bsky.social CDB.
Thanks @marymullins.bsky.social and @buenoscience.bsky.social for having me!
Thanks @marymullins.bsky.social and @buenoscience.bsky.social for having me!
April 10, 2025 at 8:26 PM
Was a great pleasure to visit @pennmedicine.bsky.social yesterday and give a seminar at my postdoc alma mater @upenn.bsky.social CDB.
Thanks @marymullins.bsky.social and @buenoscience.bsky.social for having me!
Thanks @marymullins.bsky.social and @buenoscience.bsky.social for having me!