Idoia Quintana-Urzainqui
@idoiaeu.bsky.social
EIPOD Fellow @EMBL.Brain EvoDevo. Studying brain development and evolution in sharks and other creatures 🦈 🧠#embryo2014
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🧠🦈Excited to present our latest work🧠🦈Interested in brain evolution? And shark embryos? Then read on… Our work sheds light on the deep origins of our brain’s most complex regions.
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Two PIs of our ZooCell network, Detlev Arendt and Gaspar @jekely are featured in a new BBC documentary on the "Secrets of the Brain"!
They spoke about early brain evolution and showed #zooplankton collection and behaviour during a field trip in Ischia in Italy […]
They spoke about early brain evolution and showed #zooplankton collection and behaviour during a field trip in Ischia in Italy […]
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November 11, 2025 at 4:17 PM
Two PIs of our ZooCell network, Detlev Arendt and Gaspar @jekely are featured in a new BBC documentary on the "Secrets of the Brain"!
They spoke about early brain evolution and showed #zooplankton collection and behaviour during a field trip in Ischia in Italy […]
They spoke about early brain evolution and showed #zooplankton collection and behaviour during a field trip in Ischia in Italy […]
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🚨 We're hiring! 🚨 Our lab at the University of Málaga, Spain🇪🇸 is looking for a bioinformatician researcher for a postdoc position (1+1 years). Check the ad, and if you're interested, get in touch!
📅 Starting date early 2026, with some flexibility.
🙏Please, RT!
📅 Starting date early 2026, with some flexibility.
🙏Please, RT!
October 30, 2025 at 5:50 PM
🚨 We're hiring! 🚨 Our lab at the University of Málaga, Spain🇪🇸 is looking for a bioinformatician researcher for a postdoc position (1+1 years). Check the ad, and if you're interested, get in touch!
📅 Starting date early 2026, with some flexibility.
🙏Please, RT!
📅 Starting date early 2026, with some flexibility.
🙏Please, RT!
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Happy to share the Biodiversity Cell Atlas white paper, out today in @nature.com. We look at the possibilities, challenges, and potential impacts of molecularly mapping cells across the tree of life.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
September 24, 2025 at 3:12 PM
Happy to share the Biodiversity Cell Atlas white paper, out today in @nature.com. We look at the possibilities, challenges, and potential impacts of molecularly mapping cells across the tree of life.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
🧠🦈Excited to present our latest work🧠🦈Interested in brain evolution? And shark embryos? Then read on… Our work sheds light on the deep origins of our brain’s most complex regions.
September 2, 2025 at 5:51 PM
🧠🦈Excited to present our latest work🧠🦈Interested in brain evolution? And shark embryos? Then read on… Our work sheds light on the deep origins of our brain’s most complex regions.
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We are searching for an enthusiastic scientist to join our team and establish annual killifish as a model system for early developmental biology and biophysics! @embl.org @embldbunit.bsky.social
Apply here:
embl.wd103.myworkdayjobs.com/EMBL/job/Hei...
Please re-post 🙏
Apply here:
embl.wd103.myworkdayjobs.com/EMBL/job/Hei...
Please re-post 🙏
August 8, 2025 at 9:01 AM
We are searching for an enthusiastic scientist to join our team and establish annual killifish as a model system for early developmental biology and biophysics! @embl.org @embldbunit.bsky.social
Apply here:
embl.wd103.myworkdayjobs.com/EMBL/job/Hei...
Please re-post 🙏
Apply here:
embl.wd103.myworkdayjobs.com/EMBL/job/Hei...
Please re-post 🙏
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John Philip Trinkaus, a student in the 1939 Embryology course, left us with his drawings of 'presumptive regions' in Trout, Fundulus, Dog fish, and Urodele; development of circulatory system of Teleost; and a squid spermatophore.
bit.ly/4eZWxfU
bit.ly/4eZWxfU
July 23, 2025 at 1:33 PM
John Philip Trinkaus, a student in the 1939 Embryology course, left us with his drawings of 'presumptive regions' in Trout, Fundulus, Dog fish, and Urodele; development of circulatory system of Teleost; and a squid spermatophore.
bit.ly/4eZWxfU
bit.ly/4eZWxfU
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Couldn’t agree more! Evolutionary perspective is a guiding principle for most projects in our lab.👇🏽
To identify fundamental neuroscientific principles that generalize across species, systems and circuits, neuroscientists must embrace an evolutionary perspective, argue Karl Farrow and @katjareinhard.bsky.social.
#neuroskyence
www.thetransmitter.org/systems-neur...
#neuroskyence
www.thetransmitter.org/systems-neur...
Systems and circuit neuroscience need an evolutionary perspective
To identify fundamental neuroscientific principles that generalize across species, neuroscientists must frame their research through an evolutionary lens.
www.thetransmitter.org
July 17, 2025 at 1:49 AM
Couldn’t agree more! Evolutionary perspective is a guiding principle for most projects in our lab.👇🏽
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ERC 2026 Grants: Applications are open! Relevant information attached.
ERC values the full spectrum of your research—make every output count.
Research Agora helps you showcase diverse contributions for a stronger application.
Questions? Contact us.
ERC values the full spectrum of your research—make every output count.
Research Agora helps you showcase diverse contributions for a stronger application.
Questions? Contact us.
July 9, 2025 at 6:01 AM
ERC 2026 Grants: Applications are open! Relevant information attached.
ERC values the full spectrum of your research—make every output count.
Research Agora helps you showcase diverse contributions for a stronger application.
Questions? Contact us.
ERC values the full spectrum of your research—make every output count.
Research Agora helps you showcase diverse contributions for a stronger application.
Questions? Contact us.
Last week I had the pleasure to visit beautiful Banyuls, run some fun experiments and enjoy the sea 🌞 ⛵ . Thanks @biom-banyuls.bsky.social for hosting me, especially bluesky-less Sylvie and Ronan 🦈 😊 and @hector-escriva.bsky.social
June 20, 2025 at 9:52 PM
Last week I had the pleasure to visit beautiful Banyuls, run some fun experiments and enjoy the sea 🌞 ⛵ . Thanks @biom-banyuls.bsky.social for hosting me, especially bluesky-less Sylvie and Ronan 🦈 😊 and @hector-escriva.bsky.social
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After 50 years, Jaws still shapes our view of sharks. @whysharksmatter.bsky.social spoke to Nature about how Jaws influenced the public perception of sharks and the importance of protecting marine life. 🎬 🌊 🧪
Happy birthday Jaws! How the movie changed shark science
Half a century after its cinematic release, Jaws is still shaping how we view — and protect — the ocean’s top predators.
go.nature.com
June 20, 2025 at 4:04 PM
After 50 years, Jaws still shapes our view of sharks. @whysharksmatter.bsky.social spoke to Nature about how Jaws influenced the public perception of sharks and the importance of protecting marine life. 🎬 🌊 🧪
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🚨 We’re recruiting PhD students! 🚨
Join the Stem Cell Biology and Evolution lab at @lsiexeter.bsky.social to study planarians, stem cells & evolution.
2 projects available - 1 week left to apply!
Interested and no PhD yet? Apply now. Or help us spread the word! 🙌
www.exeter.ac.uk/research/ins...
Join the Stem Cell Biology and Evolution lab at @lsiexeter.bsky.social to study planarians, stem cells & evolution.
2 projects available - 1 week left to apply!
Interested and no PhD yet? Apply now. Or help us spread the word! 🙌
www.exeter.ac.uk/research/ins...
LSI PhD programme | Living Systems Institute | University of Exeter
www.exeter.ac.uk
June 1, 2025 at 5:02 PM
🚨 We’re recruiting PhD students! 🚨
Join the Stem Cell Biology and Evolution lab at @lsiexeter.bsky.social to study planarians, stem cells & evolution.
2 projects available - 1 week left to apply!
Interested and no PhD yet? Apply now. Or help us spread the word! 🙌
www.exeter.ac.uk/research/ins...
Join the Stem Cell Biology and Evolution lab at @lsiexeter.bsky.social to study planarians, stem cells & evolution.
2 projects available - 1 week left to apply!
Interested and no PhD yet? Apply now. Or help us spread the word! 🙌
www.exeter.ac.uk/research/ins...
"Try to identify what gives you energy and where your intrinsic motivation can be found" 😊. Good advice from @eveseuntjens.bsky.social
"Because I had a long incubation time, I’m more resilient to the stress that comes with an academic career"
Thank you Eve Seuntjens @eveseuntjens.bsky.social for sharing your career journey and your advice to people currently in the endless postdoc period #AcademicLife
Read our interview with Eve:
Thank you Eve Seuntjens @eveseuntjens.bsky.social for sharing your career journey and your advice to people currently in the endless postdoc period #AcademicLife
Read our interview with Eve:
Because I had a long incubation time, I'm more resilient to the stress that comes with an academic career - the Node
No such thing as a standard career path – an interview with Eve Seuntjens
thenode.biologists.com
May 29, 2025 at 7:40 PM
"Try to identify what gives you energy and where your intrinsic motivation can be found" 😊. Good advice from @eveseuntjens.bsky.social
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New paper from the lab: Our teeth arose as sensory organs on the outside of the body of ancient jawless fish.!! Congrats to Yara Haridy and the team!
Background and video: phys.org/news/2025-05...
Open Access Paper: www.nature.com/articles/s41...
News and Views: www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Background and video: phys.org/news/2025-05...
Open Access Paper: www.nature.com/articles/s41...
News and Views: www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Teeth first evolved as sensory tissue in the armored exoskeletons of ancient fish, fossil scans find
Anyone who has ever squirmed through a dental cleaning can tell you how sensitive teeth can be. This sensitivity gives important feedback about temperature, pressure—and yes, pain—as we bite and chew ...
phys.org
May 21, 2025 at 3:27 PM
New paper from the lab: Our teeth arose as sensory organs on the outside of the body of ancient jawless fish.!! Congrats to Yara Haridy and the team!
Background and video: phys.org/news/2025-05...
Open Access Paper: www.nature.com/articles/s41...
News and Views: www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Background and video: phys.org/news/2025-05...
Open Access Paper: www.nature.com/articles/s41...
News and Views: www.nature.com/articles/d41...
I'm still processing all the amazing interactions and possibilities this meeting brought. Different fields and expertise converging in a common interest: brain evolution. It was fantastic. Thanks to the organizers @borrell-lab.bsky.social @k4tj4.bsky.social ( Nerea Moreno, Fernando and Zoltan)
It has been an absolute pleasure for our lab to attend #ECCN2025 for the first time this year.
We had meaningful discussions and learned a lot from a vibrant community tackling tough questions on brain evolution and development! Super excited for what lies ahead!
We had meaningful discussions and learned a lot from a vibrant community tackling tough questions on brain evolution and development! Super excited for what lies ahead!
May 17, 2025 at 11:55 AM
I'm still processing all the amazing interactions and possibilities this meeting brought. Different fields and expertise converging in a common interest: brain evolution. It was fantastic. Thanks to the organizers @borrell-lab.bsky.social @k4tj4.bsky.social ( Nerea Moreno, Fernando and Zoltan)
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We're hiring! Our lab is looking for a postdoc to investigate the #evodevo of #cephalopod brains. Did you recently graduate, and do you want to join our EU #WEAVE project with the Simakov and @simon-sprecher.bsky.social labs? Find the application form👇Thanks for RT 🐙🦑
www.kuleuven.be/personeel/jo...
www.kuleuven.be/personeel/jo...
Postdoctoral researcher in evolutionary developmental neurobiology
Come join our EU cephalopod consortium to discover how octopuses and other coleoids developed their large nervous system. Postdoc position available in the Seuntjens Lab in Leuven, Belgium.
www.kuleuven.be
May 15, 2025 at 10:11 AM
We're hiring! Our lab is looking for a postdoc to investigate the #evodevo of #cephalopod brains. Did you recently graduate, and do you want to join our EU #WEAVE project with the Simakov and @simon-sprecher.bsky.social labs? Find the application form👇Thanks for RT 🐙🦑
www.kuleuven.be/personeel/jo...
www.kuleuven.be/personeel/jo...
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It has been an absolute pleasure for our lab to attend #ECCN2025 for the first time this year.
We had meaningful discussions and learned a lot from a vibrant community tackling tough questions on brain evolution and development! Super excited for what lies ahead!
We had meaningful discussions and learned a lot from a vibrant community tackling tough questions on brain evolution and development! Super excited for what lies ahead!
May 9, 2025 at 11:44 AM
It has been an absolute pleasure for our lab to attend #ECCN2025 for the first time this year.
We had meaningful discussions and learned a lot from a vibrant community tackling tough questions on brain evolution and development! Super excited for what lies ahead!
We had meaningful discussions and learned a lot from a vibrant community tackling tough questions on brain evolution and development! Super excited for what lies ahead!
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Modern sharks as our best mirror to our jawed common ancestor – @idoiaeu.bsky.social talks about the catshark embryo as a model to study the origin and evolution of the vertebrate telencephalon at #ECCN2025
@borrell-lab.bsky.social @r3rt0.bsky.social @zoltan-molnar.bsky.social
@borrell-lab.bsky.social @r3rt0.bsky.social @zoltan-molnar.bsky.social
May 6, 2025 at 10:07 AM
Modern sharks as our best mirror to our jawed common ancestor – @idoiaeu.bsky.social talks about the catshark embryo as a model to study the origin and evolution of the vertebrate telencephalon at #ECCN2025
@borrell-lab.bsky.social @r3rt0.bsky.social @zoltan-molnar.bsky.social
@borrell-lab.bsky.social @r3rt0.bsky.social @zoltan-molnar.bsky.social
Two days to speak at this interesting conference. Looking forward to exchange and keep learning about brain evolution. And share what sharks are teaching us! 🦈 🧠
eccn2025.umh.es
eccn2025.umh.es
May 4, 2025 at 5:28 PM
Two days to speak at this interesting conference. Looking forward to exchange and keep learning about brain evolution. And share what sharks are teaching us! 🦈 🧠
eccn2025.umh.es
eccn2025.umh.es
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New Pre-Print Alert! "Teeth Outside the Jaw: Evolution and Development of the Toothed Head Clasper in Chimaeras." We use fossil evidence, development and CT scans through ghost shark ontogeny to describe the emergence of the tenaculum! 👻🦈🦷 @karlycohen.bsky.social
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
April 8, 2025 at 7:08 PM
New Pre-Print Alert! "Teeth Outside the Jaw: Evolution and Development of the Toothed Head Clasper in Chimaeras." We use fossil evidence, development and CT scans through ghost shark ontogeny to describe the emergence of the tenaculum! 👻🦈🦷 @karlycohen.bsky.social
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
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The non-model organism “renaissance” has arrived www.thetransmitter.org/animal-model...
The non-model organism “renaissance” has arrived
Meet 10 neuroscientists bringing model diversity back with the funky animals they study.
www.thetransmitter.org
March 30, 2025 at 1:03 AM
The non-model organism “renaissance” has arrived www.thetransmitter.org/animal-model...
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Always a pleasure to go diving in the cold but vibrant waters of Galicia‼️
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March 28, 2025 at 9:15 AM
Always a pleasure to go diving in the cold but vibrant waters of Galicia‼️
🦈🐟🐙
🦈🐟🐙
Amazing! So much still to explore about these incredible beings
It's not quite the John William's theme, but sharks do make sounds--and scientists have recorded them for the first time. Cool story by @erikstokstad.bsky.social for @science.org
Listen to the first sounds ever known to be made by sharks
What, if anything, this chittering means remains a mystery
www.science.org
March 26, 2025 at 6:12 PM
Amazing! So much still to explore about these incredible beings
The beauty of embryogenesis. Can you see the blood flowing in rhythm with the heartbeat? #sharkembryo 🦈
March 19, 2025 at 10:03 AM
The beauty of embryogenesis. Can you see the blood flowing in rhythm with the heartbeat? #sharkembryo 🦈
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Time to apply to the DevBio summer school at EMBL Heidelberg! Hands on and interdisciplinary!
You only have until 26 Mar to apply for #EMBLDevBio! 🦠
Join and explore how biological systems transition between states, integrating developmental biology, physics, and big data. Get hands-on training with cutting-edge methods and learn from top scientists.
🔗 s.embl.org/ptd25-01-bl
Join and explore how biological systems transition between states, integrating developmental biology, physics, and big data. Get hands-on training with cutting-edge methods and learn from top scientists.
🔗 s.embl.org/ptd25-01-bl
March 18, 2025 at 1:41 PM
Time to apply to the DevBio summer school at EMBL Heidelberg! Hands on and interdisciplinary!