Eve Seuntjens
@eveseuntjens.bsky.social
Developmental neurobiology and brain evolution beyond vertebrates
Suckered into cephalopod and killifish biology
Full Professor of Biology at KU Leuven, Belgium
Suckered into cephalopod and killifish biology
Full Professor of Biology at KU Leuven, Belgium
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As part of his dissertation, @beziostudio.bsky.social leads a recent paper on benthic ctenophores. New family established based on anatomical observations, mitochondrial genome structure, and sequence data. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
Benthoplanidae, a new family of benthic ctenophores (Platyctenida), based on morphological and genetic data
The benthic ctenophore Benthoplana meteoris (adults left and bottom, planktonic juveniles to the top right), type species for the genus, which in turn is type for the newly erected family: Benthoplan....
onlinelibrary.wiley.com
November 13, 2025 at 10:45 AM
As part of his dissertation, @beziostudio.bsky.social leads a recent paper on benthic ctenophores. New family established based on anatomical observations, mitochondrial genome structure, and sequence data. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
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🚀 New paper alert!
Thrilled to share our latest study led by postdoc
@gera_jayati
published in eLife.
👉 doi.org/10.7554/eLif...
Continue reading for a summary. 🧵
Thrilled to share our latest study led by postdoc
@gera_jayati
published in eLife.
👉 doi.org/10.7554/eLif...
Continue reading for a summary. 🧵
Anti-diuretic hormone ITP signals via a guanylate cyclase receptor to modulate systemic homeostasis in Drosophila
A multi-pronged approach reveals that ion transport peptide neuropeptide acts through the guanylate cyclase receptor Gyc76C to coordinate osmotic and metabolic homeostasis across multiple tissues in D...
doi.org
November 13, 2025 at 5:59 PM
🚀 New paper alert!
Thrilled to share our latest study led by postdoc
@gera_jayati
published in eLife.
👉 doi.org/10.7554/eLif...
Continue reading for a summary. 🧵
Thrilled to share our latest study led by postdoc
@gera_jayati
published in eLife.
👉 doi.org/10.7554/eLif...
Continue reading for a summary. 🧵
Looking forward to this meeting! Do not miss it and send in your abstract before Dec 15!
Cool neurogenesis meeting in the Swiss Alps!!
'Neurogenesis from development to adulthood in health and disease'
To submit an application: asconameeting@unige.ch
'Neurogenesis from development to adulthood in health and disease'
To submit an application: asconameeting@unige.ch
November 11, 2025 at 5:21 PM
Looking forward to this meeting! Do not miss it and send in your abstract before Dec 15!
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🌍Open call: Junior Group Leader positions!
Join a world-class biomedical research institute at the heart of the Vienna BioCenter, where curiosity drives discovery.
Lead your own lab, pursue bold ideas, and shape the future of science at the IMP: www.imp.ac.at/career/open-...
Join a world-class biomedical research institute at the heart of the Vienna BioCenter, where curiosity drives discovery.
Lead your own lab, pursue bold ideas, and shape the future of science at the IMP: www.imp.ac.at/career/open-...
November 10, 2025 at 1:26 PM
🌍Open call: Junior Group Leader positions!
Join a world-class biomedical research institute at the heart of the Vienna BioCenter, where curiosity drives discovery.
Lead your own lab, pursue bold ideas, and shape the future of science at the IMP: www.imp.ac.at/career/open-...
Join a world-class biomedical research institute at the heart of the Vienna BioCenter, where curiosity drives discovery.
Lead your own lab, pursue bold ideas, and shape the future of science at the IMP: www.imp.ac.at/career/open-...
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I am beyond excited to share that my postdoc project @szndohrn.bsky.social and the @arnonelab.bsky.social is now available in #ScienceAdvances @science.org. www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
November 5, 2025 at 7:02 PM
I am beyond excited to share that my postdoc project @szndohrn.bsky.social and the @arnonelab.bsky.social is now available in #ScienceAdvances @science.org. www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
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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... 🧵
One of the coolest poster places I have seen so far is definitely this one in OIST at #CIAC2025 featuring many stunning cephalopod videos 🐙🦑
October 27, 2025 at 4:43 AM
One of the coolest poster places I have seen so far is definitely this one in OIST at #CIAC2025 featuring many stunning cephalopod videos 🐙🦑
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A fantastic opportunity to join @mpipks.bsky.social as an independent #postdoc fellow - apply now!
The call for our 2026 Distinguished PKS Postdoctoral Fellow is now open! Distinguished PKS postdoctoral fellows appear personally along with the departments and groups on the main research page of the institute. You can apply here: www.pks.mpg.de/PKSFellow26
Deadline is the 21st of November
Deadline is the 21st of November
October 21, 2025 at 2:42 PM
A fantastic opportunity to join @mpipks.bsky.social as an independent #postdoc fellow - apply now!
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Tomorrow wednesday 22nd at 11am, lesson #2 of Neil Shubin, Guest Prof @college-de-france.fr ‘Discovering how fish evolved to walk’. Wonderful first lesson @ www.youtube.com/watch?v=0B6y... Fish friends in Paris, please RT🤘 Swim the Seine till St Michel, then get out and walk left. Free access
October 21, 2025 at 6:46 AM
Tomorrow wednesday 22nd at 11am, lesson #2 of Neil Shubin, Guest Prof @college-de-france.fr ‘Discovering how fish evolved to walk’. Wonderful first lesson @ www.youtube.com/watch?v=0B6y... Fish friends in Paris, please RT🤘 Swim the Seine till St Michel, then get out and walk left. Free access
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JOB ALERT! We are looking for a LAB MANAGER (7-year position!) to help us build the MOLECULAR BIODIVERSITY lab in our @terra-cluster.org at @unituebingen.bsky.social. Are you a NGS wet lab expert, and you like the idea of supporting research on natural biodiversity, then apply!
Please re-post!
Please re-post!
October 17, 2025 at 11:51 AM
JOB ALERT! We are looking for a LAB MANAGER (7-year position!) to help us build the MOLECULAR BIODIVERSITY lab in our @terra-cluster.org at @unituebingen.bsky.social. Are you a NGS wet lab expert, and you like the idea of supporting research on natural biodiversity, then apply!
Please re-post!
Please re-post!
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Starting Monday!!! If you are in Paris, feel free to drop in for this exceptional course!
Students (Master's/PhD), do not miss this fantastic Developmental Biology course of @sorbonne-universite.fr and @institutcurie.bsky.social - It is FREE and open to international students, however, room and board + travel are not included.
training.institut-curie.org/courses/deve...
training.institut-curie.org/courses/deve...
October 19, 2025 at 8:16 AM
Starting Monday!!! If you are in Paris, feel free to drop in for this exceptional course!
Kids will need to apply for funding to be able to purchase if it comes through?
I just made an account and voted for this biology laboratory made of LEGO to "promote biological research and inspire more people into the world of biology". They need 10K votes. Reposting and/or voting below would be helpful. 🤗
beta.ideas.lego.com/product-idea...
beta.ideas.lego.com/product-idea...
Biological Laboratory | LEGO® Ideas
This is a two-floor realistic Biological Laboratory building. In this design, I try to tell stories about biologists, introduce biology concepts to general publ…
beta.ideas.lego.com
October 17, 2025 at 6:45 AM
Kids will need to apply for funding to be able to purchase if it comes through?
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Did transposable elements shape brain evolution — and if so, which ones, and in which cell states and lineages? Led by @tyamadat.bsky.social, we explored this question in cerebellum development using sequence-based deep learning models!
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
October 16, 2025 at 10:01 PM
Did transposable elements shape brain evolution — and if so, which ones, and in which cell states and lineages? Led by @tyamadat.bsky.social, we explored this question in cerebellum development using sequence-based deep learning models!
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
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Registration for the RBSCDB Autumn Meeting “Cellular and Molecular Biology of Advanced Therapy Medicinal Products (ATMPs)” on Nov 13-14th in Leuven is now open! Please visit: www.bscdb.be/autumn-meeting for info and abstract submission.
Autumn meeting 2025 | Belgian Society for Cell and Developmental Biology
www.bscdb.be
October 9, 2025 at 10:28 AM
Registration for the RBSCDB Autumn Meeting “Cellular and Molecular Biology of Advanced Therapy Medicinal Products (ATMPs)” on Nov 13-14th in Leuven is now open! Please visit: www.bscdb.be/autumn-meeting for info and abstract submission.
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“This year’s award comes at a time when funding for scientific research is under threat in the US…. “It’s a very timely message when we’re seeing the US undermining so much of its science base,” says Coyle. Aghion said, “Openness is a driver of growth. I see dark clouds accumulating.”
Joel Mokyr, Philippe Aghion and Pewter Howitt share economics prize for work that underlines the importance of investing in research and development.
go.nature.com/4hj9NNV
go.nature.com/4hj9NNV
Economics Nobel prize won by researchers who showed how science boosts growth
Joel Mokyr, Philippe Aghion and Pewter Howitt share economics prize for work that underlines the importance of investing in research and development.
go.nature.com
October 14, 2025 at 12:04 AM
“This year’s award comes at a time when funding for scientific research is under threat in the US…. “It’s a very timely message when we’re seeing the US undermining so much of its science base,” says Coyle. Aghion said, “Openness is a driver of growth. I see dark clouds accumulating.”
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Two group leader positions available in the broader areas of RNA science, RNA technologies, and RNA medicine. Attractive packages and a great environment. Come and join us at Helmholtz RNA Würzburg, Bavaria.
October 8, 2025 at 9:45 PM
Two group leader positions available in the broader areas of RNA science, RNA technologies, and RNA medicine. Attractive packages and a great environment. Come and join us at Helmholtz RNA Würzburg, Bavaria.
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A reminder that the PhD program for EMBL is open for winter recruitment round. If you want to understand life at a molecular level and have a quantitative science (you don't have to have done biology - we love our mathematicians/physcists/chemists!) apply www.embl.org/about/info/e...
Application – EMBL International PhD Programme
www.embl.org
October 9, 2025 at 4:51 AM
A reminder that the PhD program for EMBL is open for winter recruitment round. If you want to understand life at a molecular level and have a quantitative science (you don't have to have done biology - we love our mathematicians/physcists/chemists!) apply www.embl.org/about/info/e...
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It is with great sadness that we share the news of the death of our founder, colleague, mentor and friend, Professor Sir John Gurdon. His vision and dedication will continue to inspire generations of scientists.
🔗 www.gurdon.cam.ac.uk/nobel-laurea...
🔗 www.gurdon.cam.ac.uk/nobel-laurea...
October 8, 2025 at 1:15 PM
It is with great sadness that we share the news of the death of our founder, colleague, mentor and friend, Professor Sir John Gurdon. His vision and dedication will continue to inspire generations of scientists.
🔗 www.gurdon.cam.ac.uk/nobel-laurea...
🔗 www.gurdon.cam.ac.uk/nobel-laurea...
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Interested in the mechanisms of neurogenesis, and how they might converge/differ across species, regions, and life epochs? Check this out, wonderful location and great science! Please RT
neuro-unige.ch/news/csf-mee...
neuro-unige.ch/news/csf-mee...
October 5, 2025 at 12:16 PM
Interested in the mechanisms of neurogenesis, and how they might converge/differ across species, regions, and life epochs? Check this out, wonderful location and great science! Please RT
neuro-unige.ch/news/csf-mee...
neuro-unige.ch/news/csf-mee...
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Postdoc position in regenerative biology on "Tracking the cellular origins regeneration" in the @michalis_averof lab in Lyon, France. Fantastic lab, great institute, nice city!
https://www.averof-lab.org/pages/tracman
#postdoc
https://www.averof-lab.org/pages/tracman
#postdoc
October 6, 2025 at 6:04 AM
Postdoc position in regenerative biology on "Tracking the cellular origins regeneration" in the @michalis_averof lab in Lyon, France. Fantastic lab, great institute, nice city!
https://www.averof-lab.org/pages/tracman
#postdoc
https://www.averof-lab.org/pages/tracman
#postdoc
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Latest from ours: www.cell.com/cell-reports...
This is two stories in one: a case study/cautionary tale on developing genetic tools in new organisms, and the first hint at a gene regulatory network for choanoflagellate multicellular development (which turn out to involve a Hippo/YAP/ECM loop!) A 🧵
This is two stories in one: a case study/cautionary tale on developing genetic tools in new organisms, and the first hint at a gene regulatory network for choanoflagellate multicellular development (which turn out to involve a Hippo/YAP/ECM loop!) A 🧵
October 5, 2025 at 10:35 AM
Latest from ours: www.cell.com/cell-reports...
This is two stories in one: a case study/cautionary tale on developing genetic tools in new organisms, and the first hint at a gene regulatory network for choanoflagellate multicellular development (which turn out to involve a Hippo/YAP/ECM loop!) A 🧵
This is two stories in one: a case study/cautionary tale on developing genetic tools in new organisms, and the first hint at a gene regulatory network for choanoflagellate multicellular development (which turn out to involve a Hippo/YAP/ECM loop!) A 🧵
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Diepe dalen voor het fundamenteel onderzoek in Vlaanderen: regering schrapt 25 miljoen euro funding voor interuniversitair toponderzoek. Kortzichtig, als je weet hoeveel meerwaarde investering in fundamenteel onderzoek brengt. #iBOF
September 29, 2025 at 11:51 AM
Diepe dalen voor het fundamenteel onderzoek in Vlaanderen: regering schrapt 25 miljoen euro funding voor interuniversitair toponderzoek. Kortzichtig, als je weet hoeveel meerwaarde investering in fundamenteel onderzoek brengt. #iBOF
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Sea urchin metamorphosis is maybe one of the most radical event in developmental biology. In just about an hour, these little pluteus larvae completely reorganize their entire body plan.
Very happy that this video got awarded an honorable mention by #NikonSmallWorld 😃
Very happy that this video got awarded an honorable mention by #NikonSmallWorld 😃
September 26, 2025 at 12:56 AM
Sea urchin metamorphosis is maybe one of the most radical event in developmental biology. In just about an hour, these little pluteus larvae completely reorganize their entire body plan.
Very happy that this video got awarded an honorable mention by #NikonSmallWorld 😃
Very happy that this video got awarded an honorable mention by #NikonSmallWorld 😃