LBDV Villefranche
@biodev-vlfr.bsky.social
Laboratoire de Biologie du Développement de Villefranche-sur-mer.
Marine models for Cell Biology, Development & EvoDevo
Marine models for Cell Biology, Development & EvoDevo
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Drawing together findings from several projects over many years, we make a case that neural cell types in the Clytia larva have two embryological origins: i-cells and ectodermal.
bioRxiv 2025.11.17.688882; doi: doi.org/10.1101/2025...
bioRxiv 2025.11.17.688882; doi: doi.org/10.1101/2025...
November 19, 2025 at 7:43 AM
Drawing together findings from several projects over many years, we make a case that neural cell types in the Clytia larva have two embryological origins: i-cells and ectodermal.
bioRxiv 2025.11.17.688882; doi: doi.org/10.1101/2025...
bioRxiv 2025.11.17.688882; doi: doi.org/10.1101/2025...
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Proud to have been part of this very nice piece of work and this great collaboration. Congratulations to all. www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Single-nucleus profiling highlights the all-brain echinoderm nervous system
A sea urchin is a head with a brain-like organization and a vertebrate-type retinal signature.
www.science.org
November 14, 2025 at 8:41 AM
Proud to have been part of this very nice piece of work and this great collaboration. Congratulations to all. www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
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These are embryos of a jellyfish, made up of cells that are about a fiftieth of a millimetre in size. Their outlines are visible thanks to fluorescent markers identified by Sarah Asaf and @clytia-vlfr.bsky.social
see doi.org/10.1101/2024...
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see doi.org/10.1101/2024...
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October 26, 2025 at 2:12 PM
These are embryos of a jellyfish, made up of cells that are about a fiftieth of a millimetre in size. Their outlines are visible thanks to fluorescent markers identified by Sarah Asaf and @clytia-vlfr.bsky.social
see doi.org/10.1101/2024...
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see doi.org/10.1101/2024...
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What are these?
You are looking at embryos of a sea squirt. Each of the 'soap bubbles' is a living cell, about a fourtieth of a millimetre in size. The outlines of the cells are visible thanks to fluorescent markers identified by Hitoyoshi Yasuo @hitoyas.bsky.social
see doi.org/10.1101/2024... 🧵
You are looking at embryos of a sea squirt. Each of the 'soap bubbles' is a living cell, about a fourtieth of a millimetre in size. The outlines of the cells are visible thanks to fluorescent markers identified by Hitoyoshi Yasuo @hitoyas.bsky.social
see doi.org/10.1101/2024... 🧵
October 26, 2025 at 8:55 AM
What are these?
You are looking at embryos of a sea squirt. Each of the 'soap bubbles' is a living cell, about a fourtieth of a millimetre in size. The outlines of the cells are visible thanks to fluorescent markers identified by Hitoyoshi Yasuo @hitoyas.bsky.social
see doi.org/10.1101/2024... 🧵
You are looking at embryos of a sea squirt. Each of the 'soap bubbles' is a living cell, about a fourtieth of a millimetre in size. The outlines of the cells are visible thanks to fluorescent markers identified by Hitoyoshi Yasuo @hitoyas.bsky.social
see doi.org/10.1101/2024... 🧵
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Congratulations to Oğuz Akar who was awarded the title of Doctor in Philosophy in Cell and Biology yesterday!
September 26, 2025 at 11:37 AM
Congratulations to Oğuz Akar who was awarded the title of Doctor in Philosophy in Cell and Biology yesterday!
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L’imev et des scientifiques @biodev-vlfr.bsky.social mettent l’océan et les cellules au cœur du festival #regarddonssensemble au #ParcPhœnix
@cnrs.fr @sorbonne-universite.fr
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@cnrs.fr @sorbonne-universite.fr
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September 25, 2025 at 9:53 AM
L’imev et des scientifiques @biodev-vlfr.bsky.social mettent l’océan et les cellules au cœur du festival #regarddonssensemble au #ParcPhœnix
@cnrs.fr @sorbonne-universite.fr
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@cnrs.fr @sorbonne-universite.fr
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A great collaboration... rdcu.be/eEUv5
Chromosome-scale genome assembly and gene annotation of the hydrothermal vent annelid Alvinella pompejana yield insight into animal evolution in extreme environments | BMC Biology
rdcu.be
September 8, 2025 at 11:39 AM
A great collaboration... rdcu.be/eEUv5
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Bravo @juliarmateu.bsky.social et @annaferraioli.bsky.social, merci à Richard Copley pour ce travail co-dirigée, et merci aux collaboratrices coralistes Isabelle Domart-Coulon (MNHN, Paris) et Núria Teixidó (LOV, et Ischia Marine Center, Stazione Zoologica Anton Dohrn)
July 11, 2025 at 3:28 PM
Bravo @juliarmateu.bsky.social et @annaferraioli.bsky.social, merci à Richard Copley pour ce travail co-dirigée, et merci aux collaboratrices coralistes Isabelle Domart-Coulon (MNHN, Paris) et Núria Teixidó (LOV, et Ischia Marine Center, Stazione Zoologica Anton Dohrn)
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Researchers from @imev-mer.fr recently visited us for a workshop supported by the French-Norwegian mobility program Åsgard 🌊 Between seminars, lab demos and discussions, new ideas and plans for long-term collaborations emerged 🤩 Read more about this exciting partnership below ⤵️
Åsgard workshop sparks new collaborations at the Michael Sars Centre
Researchers from the Institut de la Mer de Villefranche and the Michael Sars Centre received support from the French-Norwegian mobility program Åsgard. Through seminars and discussions, participants l...
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July 17, 2025 at 12:21 PM
Researchers from @imev-mer.fr recently visited us for a workshop supported by the French-Norwegian mobility program Åsgard 🌊 Between seminars, lab demos and discussions, new ideas and plans for long-term collaborations emerged 🤩 Read more about this exciting partnership below ⤵️
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Congratulations to Lou Marchal, the new PhD student of the team, to have obtained a ministerial fellowship !!!!
July 10, 2025 at 5:36 AM
Congratulations to Lou Marchal, the new PhD student of the team, to have obtained a ministerial fellowship !!!!
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Interested in visiting Villefranche, Roscoff or Banyuls marine stations? The EMBRC-France (www.embrc-france.fr) 8th Call for Projects is open. Deadline Sept 19 for stays by end of June 2026. Up to 42 person-days per project are covered, with access to EMBRC-France services, accommodation & catering.
Accueil | EMBRC France
www.embrc-france.fr
July 7, 2025 at 12:01 PM
Interested in visiting Villefranche, Roscoff or Banyuls marine stations? The EMBRC-France (www.embrc-france.fr) 8th Call for Projects is open. Deadline Sept 19 for stays by end of June 2026. Up to 42 person-days per project are covered, with access to EMBRC-France services, accommodation & catering.
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Quel est cet étrange animal marin gélatineux vu cette semaine ?
#France3PACA
Avec #AlexandreAlié @biodev-vlfr.bsky.social
france3-regions.franceinfo.fr/provence-alp...
#France3PACA
Avec #AlexandreAlié @biodev-vlfr.bsky.social
france3-regions.franceinfo.fr/provence-alp...
Sommet des océans à Nice 2025. Quel est cet étrange animal marin gélatineux vu cette semaine ?
Qui se cache derrière cette photo prise au large de Beaulieu-sur-Mer dans les Alpes-Maritimes ? Des scientifiques étudient cet étrange organisme qui présente des particularités originales : reproducti...
france3-regions.franceinfo.fr
June 16, 2025 at 9:38 AM
Quel est cet étrange animal marin gélatineux vu cette semaine ?
#France3PACA
Avec #AlexandreAlié @biodev-vlfr.bsky.social
france3-regions.franceinfo.fr/provence-alp...
#France3PACA
Avec #AlexandreAlié @biodev-vlfr.bsky.social
france3-regions.franceinfo.fr/provence-alp...
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Job Alert! We are recruiting one postdoc to work on spiralian embryos and their crazy polar lobes. More info about this HFSP-funded position on our website baronelab.org: scroll to the end, click on "this could be you"...start your adventure!
May 28, 2025 at 2:48 AM
Job Alert! We are recruiting one postdoc to work on spiralian embryos and their crazy polar lobes. More info about this HFSP-funded position on our website baronelab.org: scroll to the end, click on "this could be you"...start your adventure!
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Cette épopée de grains de pissenlit rescapés d’une explosion nucléaire, réalisée par Momoko Seto, est absolument fascinante !
Christian Sardet du @biodev-vlfr.bsky.social @cnrs-insu.bsky.social @cnrs.fr a participé à ce fabuleux projet. #Cannes2025
🎬 www.youtube.com/watch?v=w7Sd...
Christian Sardet du @biodev-vlfr.bsky.social @cnrs-insu.bsky.social @cnrs.fr a participé à ce fabuleux projet. #Cannes2025
🎬 www.youtube.com/watch?v=w7Sd...
Momoko Seto, exploratrice du vivant I Reportage CNRS
YouTube video by CNRS
www.youtube.com
May 26, 2025 at 7:37 AM
Cette épopée de grains de pissenlit rescapés d’une explosion nucléaire, réalisée par Momoko Seto, est absolument fascinante !
Christian Sardet du @biodev-vlfr.bsky.social @cnrs-insu.bsky.social @cnrs.fr a participé à ce fabuleux projet. #Cannes2025
🎬 www.youtube.com/watch?v=w7Sd...
Christian Sardet du @biodev-vlfr.bsky.social @cnrs-insu.bsky.social @cnrs.fr a participé à ce fabuleux projet. #Cannes2025
🎬 www.youtube.com/watch?v=w7Sd...
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Excited to finally see my PhD work published! We identified specialized cells in jellyfish and coral larvae with shared features and potentially linked to settlement regulation.
"Aboral cell types of Clytia and coral larvae have shared features and link taurine to the regulation of settlement" Kudos to Julia Ramon-Mateu and Anna Ferraioli @biodev-vlfr.bsky.social, and thanks to our collaborators for their coral larva expertise www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Aboral cell types of Clytia and coral larvae have shared features and link taurine to the regulation of settlement
Larvae of jellyfish and corals have specialized sensory cells with shared features potentially linked to settlement regulation.
www.science.org
May 17, 2025 at 1:05 PM
Excited to finally see my PhD work published! We identified specialized cells in jellyfish and coral larvae with shared features and potentially linked to settlement regulation.
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#OpenCall | 👉 #canSERV open call now live
📢 Among other services & training, cancer scientists can apply to access marine model organisms for their research projects, including ascidians at @imev-mer.fr @embrc-france.bsky.social @szndohrn.bsky.social
⌛ 15 July
🔗 www.embrc.eu/project/cans... 🧪🌊🦑
📢 Among other services & training, cancer scientists can apply to access marine model organisms for their research projects, including ascidians at @imev-mer.fr @embrc-france.bsky.social @szndohrn.bsky.social
⌛ 15 July
🔗 www.embrc.eu/project/cans... 🧪🌊🦑
May 2, 2025 at 11:52 AM
#OpenCall | 👉 #canSERV open call now live
📢 Among other services & training, cancer scientists can apply to access marine model organisms for their research projects, including ascidians at @imev-mer.fr @embrc-france.bsky.social @szndohrn.bsky.social
⌛ 15 July
🔗 www.embrc.eu/project/cans... 🧪🌊🦑
📢 Among other services & training, cancer scientists can apply to access marine model organisms for their research projects, including ascidians at @imev-mer.fr @embrc-france.bsky.social @szndohrn.bsky.social
⌛ 15 July
🔗 www.embrc.eu/project/cans... 🧪🌊🦑
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🌍 🔬 Meet the ZooCELL Doctoral Candidates! 🌍 🔬
Curious about the young scientists behind the ZooCELL Doctoral Network?
Watch their introduction videos on our YouTube channel to discover their research, backgrounds, and what fuels their passion for science! […]
[Original post on biologists.social]
Curious about the young scientists behind the ZooCELL Doctoral Network?
Watch their introduction videos on our YouTube channel to discover their research, backgrounds, and what fuels their passion for science! […]
[Original post on biologists.social]
April 25, 2025 at 7:55 AM
🌍 🔬 Meet the ZooCELL Doctoral Candidates! 🌍 🔬
Curious about the young scientists behind the ZooCELL Doctoral Network?
Watch their introduction videos on our YouTube channel to discover their research, backgrounds, and what fuels their passion for science! […]
[Original post on biologists.social]
Curious about the young scientists behind the ZooCELL Doctoral Network?
Watch their introduction videos on our YouTube channel to discover their research, backgrounds, and what fuels their passion for science! […]
[Original post on biologists.social]
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Candidate to be the future director of our marine station ! Appel à candidature pour la direction de la FR IMEV ! www.insu.cnrs.fr/fr/appel-can...
Appel à candidature | Directrice/Directeur de l'IMEV (Institut de la Mer de Villefranche)
ContexteLa Station Marine de Villefranche est un service général (S39) de la Faculté Science et Ingénierie (FSI) de Sorbonne Université (SU) et héberge l'Institut de la Mer de Villefranche (FR 3761), ...
www.insu.cnrs.fr
April 4, 2025 at 12:01 PM
Candidate to be the future director of our marine station ! Appel à candidature pour la direction de la FR IMEV ! www.insu.cnrs.fr/fr/appel-can...
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Proud to have been part of this work. Congratulations to everyone!!!
Also a blast from the past! Another preprint is now available from my first postdoc in the @arnonelab.bsky.social at @szndohrn.bsky.social www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
March 29, 2025 at 1:16 PM
Proud to have been part of this work. Congratulations to everyone!!!
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A chaetognath (arrow worm) stained for tubulin and stained with Hoechst (blue).
#fluorescencefriday
@Elisabeth.ZIEGER @Michael.Schubert @biodev-vlfr.bsky.social
movincell.org/medias/43
#fluorescencefriday
@Elisabeth.ZIEGER @Michael.Schubert @biodev-vlfr.bsky.social
movincell.org/medias/43
March 14, 2025 at 11:04 AM
A chaetognath (arrow worm) stained for tubulin and stained with Hoechst (blue).
#fluorescencefriday
@Elisabeth.ZIEGER @Michael.Schubert @biodev-vlfr.bsky.social
movincell.org/medias/43
#fluorescencefriday
@Elisabeth.ZIEGER @Michael.Schubert @biodev-vlfr.bsky.social
movincell.org/medias/43
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It's time for an #introduction.
We are ZooCELL, a Marie Sklodowska-Curie Doctoral Network that will train 12 doctoral candidates in comparative integrative cell biology of animals.
We are located in five different countries (France, Germany, Italy […]
[Original post on biologists.social]
We are ZooCELL, a Marie Sklodowska-Curie Doctoral Network that will train 12 doctoral candidates in comparative integrative cell biology of animals.
We are located in five different countries (France, Germany, Italy […]
[Original post on biologists.social]
March 4, 2025 at 8:49 AM
It's time for an #introduction.
We are ZooCELL, a Marie Sklodowska-Curie Doctoral Network that will train 12 doctoral candidates in comparative integrative cell biology of animals.
We are located in five different countries (France, Germany, Italy […]
[Original post on biologists.social]
We are ZooCELL, a Marie Sklodowska-Curie Doctoral Network that will train 12 doctoral candidates in comparative integrative cell biology of animals.
We are located in five different countries (France, Germany, Italy […]
[Original post on biologists.social]
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Happy #MicroscopyMonday everyone! Today we have a image from @HOULISTON.Evelyn : confocal image of an isolated Clytia gonad shows specialized Opsin/Oocyte Maturation Hormone-expressing cells in the ectoderm
@biodev-vlfr.bsky.social @imev-mer.fr
movincell.imev-mer.fr/medias/386
Happy #MicroscopyMonday everyone! Today we have a image from @HOULISTON.Evelyn : confocal image of an isolated Clytia gonad shows specialized Opsin/Oocyte Maturation Hormone-expressing cells in the ectoderm
@biodev-vlfr.bsky.social @imev-mer.fr
movincell.imev-mer.fr/medias/386
February 24, 2025 at 5:22 PM
Happy #MicroscopyMonday everyone! Today we have a image from @HOULISTON.Evelyn : confocal image of an isolated Clytia gonad shows specialized Opsin/Oocyte Maturation Hormone-expressing cells in the ectoderm
@biodev-vlfr.bsky.social @imev-mer.fr
movincell.imev-mer.fr/medias/386
Happy #MicroscopyMonday everyone! Today we have a image from @HOULISTON.Evelyn : confocal image of an isolated Clytia gonad shows specialized Opsin/Oocyte Maturation Hormone-expressing cells in the ectoderm
@biodev-vlfr.bsky.social @imev-mer.fr
movincell.imev-mer.fr/medias/386
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Our work on the sea urchin adult nervous system will soon be presented in the context of the Neuroplanete 2025 program organized by the national journal #LePoint in Nice from March 6th to 8th. evenements.lepoint.fr/neuroplanete...
Programme de Neuroplanète 2025
Découvrez le programme de Neuroplanète 2025 : tous les ateliers, toutes les conférences, pour organiser au mieux votre expérience Neuroplanète
evenements.lepoint.fr
February 19, 2025 at 11:01 AM
Our work on the sea urchin adult nervous system will soon be presented in the context of the Neuroplanete 2025 program organized by the national journal #LePoint in Nice from March 6th to 8th. evenements.lepoint.fr/neuroplanete...
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I’m happy to present our recent paper, Uveira et al., online on eLife as the Reviewed Preprint. We took a comparative cell biology approach to study the evolution of metazoan.
doi.org/10.7554/eLif...
Congratulations, and many thanks, Julie and all the other contributors!
Photo T. Momose CC-BY 4.0
doi.org/10.7554/eLif...
Congratulations, and many thanks, Julie and all the other contributors!
Photo T. Momose CC-BY 4.0
January 28, 2025 at 1:24 PM
I’m happy to present our recent paper, Uveira et al., online on eLife as the Reviewed Preprint. We took a comparative cell biology approach to study the evolution of metazoan.
doi.org/10.7554/eLif...
Congratulations, and many thanks, Julie and all the other contributors!
Photo T. Momose CC-BY 4.0
doi.org/10.7554/eLif...
Congratulations, and many thanks, Julie and all the other contributors!
Photo T. Momose CC-BY 4.0
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Today all PhD students of our research federation show their work through short seminars. Topics include biology, biogeochemistry, ecology, chemistry, modeling, … @imev-mer.fr @biodev-vlfr.bsky.social #lov #oceanography Our auditorium is full !
January 28, 2025 at 10:22 AM
Today all PhD students of our research federation show their work through short seminars. Topics include biology, biogeochemistry, ecology, chemistry, modeling, … @imev-mer.fr @biodev-vlfr.bsky.social #lov #oceanography Our auditorium is full !