Dating as a postdoc is so hard. You're in the prime time to settle in a relationship (late 20s), but you've to preface each time you meet someone that you'll either move continents or be unemployed next year, and year after that. Warn ahead if they're happy with a distance relationship or moving.

Axonal pathfinding of zebrafish retinal ganglion cells forms the optic nerve. Credit to Dr. Matthew Bostock @houartlab.bsky.social. #ZebrafishZunday 🧪

We all know that DNA damage in our cells is dangerous - but how about in our food? Postdoc Jinwoo Shin's study shows that DNA in some foods is highly damaged by cooking and that it may be hazardous to us -
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If you've used @zfinmod.bsky.social, you may have noticed in situ expression data by Thisse et al. This comprehensive dataset was generated by Profs. Christine and (late) Bernard Thisse. In total, 8,400+ genes are described in 29,000+ figures at different stages. #ZebrafishFunFacts #ThisseThursday 🧪

I am very excited to announce the opening of the submission site for the upcoming Conférences Jacques Monod on Developmental Biology, May 18-22, 2026 cjm.sb-roscoff.fr/en/conferenc...
@lionlchristiaen.bsky.social and I have an exciting program of speakers and slots for selected short talks, etc.

Two back-to-back stories on mitosis led by my incredible postdoc @krunovuk.bsky.social at @institutrb.bsky.social, in which we challenge the gliding model of CENP-E-driven chromosome congression! Today in @natcomms.nature.com
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My lab at the Max Planck Institute for Molecular Biomedicine in Muenster, Germany offers postdoc positions in stem cell mechanobiology. www.mpi-muenster.mpg.de/departments/... drop me an email