Jules Duruz
@julesdu.bsky.social
Postdoc in the Jékely lab at the University of Heidelberg. Interested in Placozoa and nervous system evolution
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NEW pub in @science.org 🥳
Is it sponges (panels A & B) or comb jellies (C & D) that root the animal tree of life?
For over 15 years, #phylogenomic studies have been divided.
We provide new evidence suggesting that...
🔗: www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Is it sponges (panels A & B) or comb jellies (C & D) that root the animal tree of life?
For over 15 years, #phylogenomic studies have been divided.
We provide new evidence suggesting that...
🔗: www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
November 13, 2025 at 8:34 PM
NEW pub in @science.org 🥳
Is it sponges (panels A & B) or comb jellies (C & D) that root the animal tree of life?
For over 15 years, #phylogenomic studies have been divided.
We provide new evidence suggesting that...
🔗: www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Is it sponges (panels A & B) or comb jellies (C & D) that root the animal tree of life?
For over 15 years, #phylogenomic studies have been divided.
We provide new evidence suggesting that...
🔗: www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
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Arshad Desai and Suckjoon Jun write in their paper about the topic we will discuss in December on our workshop - Why are there neuroscientists? We want to know how the stories we tell ourselves - and others - about our reasons to do science correspond to "real" motives!
November 4, 2025 at 12:15 PM
Arshad Desai and Suckjoon Jun write in their paper about the topic we will discuss in December on our workshop - Why are there neuroscientists? We want to know how the stories we tell ourselves - and others - about our reasons to do science correspond to "real" motives!
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We are happy to announce our next Workshop of Ideas in Neuroscience: “Why Are There Neuroscientists?”
This time, we’ll gather in the beautiful city of Heidelberg to explore our reasons and motivations for doing research in neuroscience.
This time, we’ll gather in the beautiful city of Heidelberg to explore our reasons and motivations for doing research in neuroscience.
October 27, 2025 at 11:59 AM
We are happy to announce our next Workshop of Ideas in Neuroscience: “Why Are There Neuroscientists?”
This time, we’ll gather in the beautiful city of Heidelberg to explore our reasons and motivations for doing research in neuroscience.
This time, we’ll gather in the beautiful city of Heidelberg to explore our reasons and motivations for doing research in neuroscience.
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The version of record of our paper on the emergence of metachronal waves in the #platynereis larval ciliary band is now out. Together with Rebecca Poon and Kirsty Wan @micromotility.bsky.social
https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/sciadv.adw4067
funded by
@ERC_Research @wellcometrust @bbsrc
https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/sciadv.adw4067
funded by
@ERC_Research @wellcometrust @bbsrc
October 16, 2025 at 11:48 AM
The version of record of our paper on the emergence of metachronal waves in the #platynereis larval ciliary band is now out. Together with Rebecca Poon and Kirsty Wan @micromotility.bsky.social
https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/sciadv.adw4067
funded by
@ERC_Research @wellcometrust @bbsrc
https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/sciadv.adw4067
funded by
@ERC_Research @wellcometrust @bbsrc
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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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We are happy to announce our first workshop in the new academic year! Visit us in Heidelberg on Oct 17th to learn how to Bonsai programming language to collect data, control your experimental environment and run closed-loop paradigms! The workshop is free of charge!
September 30, 2025 at 1:51 PM
We are happy to announce our first workshop in the new academic year! Visit us in Heidelberg on Oct 17th to learn how to Bonsai programming language to collect data, control your experimental environment and run closed-loop paradigms! The workshop is free of charge!
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Now Hiring! Whitney Laboratory Assistant/Associate Professor in Marine Bioscience
Apply & More Info - explore.jobs.ufl.edu/en-us/job/53...
We seek a creative, collaborative scientist whose research harnesses or advances cutting-edge tools. Please help spread the word & reach out with any questions!
Apply & More Info - explore.jobs.ufl.edu/en-us/job/53...
We seek a creative, collaborative scientist whose research harnesses or advances cutting-edge tools. Please help spread the word & reach out with any questions!
September 29, 2025 at 3:53 PM
Now Hiring! Whitney Laboratory Assistant/Associate Professor in Marine Bioscience
Apply & More Info - explore.jobs.ufl.edu/en-us/job/53...
We seek a creative, collaborative scientist whose research harnesses or advances cutting-edge tools. Please help spread the word & reach out with any questions!
Apply & More Info - explore.jobs.ufl.edu/en-us/job/53...
We seek a creative, collaborative scientist whose research harnesses or advances cutting-edge tools. Please help spread the word & reach out with any questions!
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Happy to be involved in UNICIL, our new Wellcome Trust Discovery project coordinated by @micromotility.bsky.social
We will study ciliary dynamics across scales and organisms. A long-term #postdoc position will be available at Heidelberg University […]
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We will study ciliary dynamics across scales and organisms. A long-term #postdoc position will be available at Heidelberg University […]
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July 16, 2025 at 2:00 PM
Happy to be involved in UNICIL, our new Wellcome Trust Discovery project coordinated by @micromotility.bsky.social
We will study ciliary dynamics across scales and organisms. A long-term #postdoc position will be available at Heidelberg University […]
[Original post on biologists.social]
We will study ciliary dynamics across scales and organisms. A long-term #postdoc position will be available at Heidelberg University […]
[Original post on biologists.social]
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The deadline is approaching! We wait for your applications till Monday, July 21st!
July 17, 2025 at 10:21 AM
The deadline is approaching! We wait for your applications till Monday, July 21st!
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Neural Connectome of the Ctenophore Statocyst 🤩.
@kei-jokura.bsky.social, @jekely.biologists.social.ap.brid.gy team identify a new syncytial nerve net in older animals & differences in innervation patterns. Great collaboration & co-submission to bioRxiv. Exciting times! doi.org/10.1101/2025...
@kei-jokura.bsky.social, @jekely.biologists.social.ap.brid.gy team identify a new syncytial nerve net in older animals & differences in innervation patterns. Great collaboration & co-submission to bioRxiv. Exciting times! doi.org/10.1101/2025...
June 28, 2025 at 11:14 AM
Neural Connectome of the Ctenophore Statocyst 🤩.
@kei-jokura.bsky.social, @jekely.biologists.social.ap.brid.gy team identify a new syncytial nerve net in older animals & differences in innervation patterns. Great collaboration & co-submission to bioRxiv. Exciting times! doi.org/10.1101/2025...
@kei-jokura.bsky.social, @jekely.biologists.social.ap.brid.gy team identify a new syncytial nerve net in older animals & differences in innervation patterns. Great collaboration & co-submission to bioRxiv. Exciting times! doi.org/10.1101/2025...
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Excited to share our new work on the 3D architecture of the ctenophore aboral organ!
We explored its remarkable cellular diversity and integration with the syncytial nerve net, uncovering connectivity and insights into the evolution of sensory complexes.
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
We explored its remarkable cellular diversity and integration with the syncytial nerve net, uncovering connectivity and insights into the evolution of sensory complexes.
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
June 28, 2025 at 1:03 PM
Excited to share our new work on the 3D architecture of the ctenophore aboral organ!
We explored its remarkable cellular diversity and integration with the syncytial nerve net, uncovering connectivity and insights into the evolution of sensory complexes.
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
We explored its remarkable cellular diversity and integration with the syncytial nerve net, uncovering connectivity and insights into the evolution of sensory complexes.
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
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We are thrilled to announce the launch of the Michael Sars Visitors Program! ✨🧪 To spark new connections, we are opening our doors to visiting researchers who wish to conduct a project in #SunnyBergen. Applications are open, help us spread the word!
Introducing the Michael Sars Visitors Program
The Michael Sars Centre is launching a Visitors Program designed to foster scientific exchange and collaborations across disciplines.
tinyurl.com
June 26, 2025 at 1:13 PM
We are thrilled to announce the launch of the Michael Sars Visitors Program! ✨🧪 To spark new connections, we are opening our doors to visiting researchers who wish to conduct a project in #SunnyBergen. Applications are open, help us spread the word!
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I am honored and beyond happy to share that I have been awarded an @inserm.fr #ATIP-Avenir fellowship to start my own lab to study body plan evolution in #echinoderms 🤩
Stay tuned for more exciting updates coming soon!!
Stay tuned for more exciting updates coming soon!!
June 26, 2025 at 12:40 PM
I am honored and beyond happy to share that I have been awarded an @inserm.fr #ATIP-Avenir fellowship to start my own lab to study body plan evolution in #echinoderms 🤩
Stay tuned for more exciting updates coming soon!!
Stay tuned for more exciting updates coming soon!!
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Our new paper on structure and growth of Porpita porpita - rdcu.be/etcY6 . Like Velella and Physalia, this is a colonial cnidarian that floats at the surface of the Ocean. The whole colony arises form a single embryo through clonal growth that gives rise to many specialized bodies.
June 24, 2025 at 1:19 PM
Our new paper on structure and growth of Porpita porpita - rdcu.be/etcY6 . Like Velella and Physalia, this is a colonial cnidarian that floats at the surface of the Ocean. The whole colony arises form a single embryo through clonal growth that gives rise to many specialized bodies.
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🚨Call for papers on Non-traditional model organisms for #BMCBiology🚨
Guest Editors:
Eve Gazave @stemdevevo.bsky.social, @ijmonod.bsky.social
Vladimír Hampl, @sciencecharles.bsky.social
Jason Podrabsky, Portland State U
Deanne Whitworth, U of Queensland
www.biomedcentral.com/collections/...
Guest Editors:
Eve Gazave @stemdevevo.bsky.social, @ijmonod.bsky.social
Vladimír Hampl, @sciencecharles.bsky.social
Jason Podrabsky, Portland State U
Deanne Whitworth, U of Queensland
www.biomedcentral.com/collections/...
June 16, 2025 at 1:31 PM
🚨Call for papers on Non-traditional model organisms for #BMCBiology🚨
Guest Editors:
Eve Gazave @stemdevevo.bsky.social, @ijmonod.bsky.social
Vladimír Hampl, @sciencecharles.bsky.social
Jason Podrabsky, Portland State U
Deanne Whitworth, U of Queensland
www.biomedcentral.com/collections/...
Guest Editors:
Eve Gazave @stemdevevo.bsky.social, @ijmonod.bsky.social
Vladimír Hampl, @sciencecharles.bsky.social
Jason Podrabsky, Portland State U
Deanne Whitworth, U of Queensland
www.biomedcentral.com/collections/...
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I am looking for a new postdoc to join the lab. Interested in pluripotency, germ cells, and in investigating these in a genetically tractable cnidarian? Get in touch! We offer a long-term contract, excellent research environment, and a lovely city #Galway. www.urifranklab.org
June 20, 2025 at 1:24 PM
I am looking for a new postdoc to join the lab. Interested in pluripotency, germ cells, and in investigating these in a genetically tractable cnidarian? Get in touch! We offer a long-term contract, excellent research environment, and a lovely city #Galway. www.urifranklab.org
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I hope to take a PhD student in the coming application cycle. Please reach out if you are interested in joining our lab in EEB at Yale, especially if interested in working on the natural history/ phylogenetics/ morphology/ population biology/ development/ genomics of siphonophores. dunnlab.org
The Dunn Lab
Casey Dunn's laboratory in the Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology at Yale University.
dunnlab.org
June 11, 2025 at 6:42 PM
I hope to take a PhD student in the coming application cycle. Please reach out if you are interested in joining our lab in EEB at Yale, especially if interested in working on the natural history/ phylogenetics/ morphology/ population biology/ development/ genomics of siphonophores. dunnlab.org
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New insights into neurotransmitter evolution from a GPCR screen in Trichoplax, a neuron-less animal.
with Yanez-Guerra et al.
https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.04.18.649542v1
Trichoplax has tryptamine, tyramine, and phenethylamine receptors […]
[Original post on biologists.social]
with Yanez-Guerra et al.
https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.04.18.649542v1
Trichoplax has tryptamine, tyramine, and phenethylamine receptors […]
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April 24, 2025 at 7:05 AM
New insights into neurotransmitter evolution from a GPCR screen in Trichoplax, a neuron-less animal.
with Yanez-Guerra et al.
https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.04.18.649542v1
Trichoplax has tryptamine, tyramine, and phenethylamine receptors […]
[Original post on biologists.social]
with Yanez-Guerra et al.
https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.04.18.649542v1
Trichoplax has tryptamine, tyramine, and phenethylamine receptors […]
[Original post on biologists.social]
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We are happy to announce our next workshop - Spectral Anakysis of Experimental Data! Join us on May 23rd to learn the basics of sampling theory, Fourier analysis, wavelets, and more! Link below.
April 10, 2025 at 7:18 PM
We are happy to announce our next workshop - Spectral Anakysis of Experimental Data! Join us on May 23rd to learn the basics of sampling theory, Fourier analysis, wavelets, and more! Link below.
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My group is hiring a new Postdoc to work on gene regulation and chromatin in Nematostella. Please RT!
For more information see here:
gahanlab.com
tinyurl.com/34xke35d
For more information see here:
gahanlab.com
tinyurl.com/34xke35d
April 8, 2025 at 12:09 PM
My group is hiring a new Postdoc to work on gene regulation and chromatin in Nematostella. Please RT!
For more information see here:
gahanlab.com
tinyurl.com/34xke35d
For more information see here:
gahanlab.com
tinyurl.com/34xke35d
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We have open PhD positions in the lab to work in the Neuroscience of #Cephalopods #Cnidaria and #Drosophila-
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www.sprecherlab.com
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www.sprecherlab.com
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March 19, 2025 at 5:50 PM
We have open PhD positions in the lab to work in the Neuroscience of #Cephalopods #Cnidaria and #Drosophila-
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www.sprecherlab.com
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⏳ One Week to Go! 🚀 Kick-Off Event
Postdocs at Heidelberg University – join us for networking, collaboration & free snacks! 🎉
📅 13 March 2025 | 17:00 – 20:00
📍 INF 230
💰 Free! Registration required
📢 Tag your peers & see you there!
#PostdocNetworking #HeidelbergUniversity
Postdocs at Heidelberg University – join us for networking, collaboration & free snacks! 🎉
📅 13 March 2025 | 17:00 – 20:00
📍 INF 230
💰 Free! Registration required
📢 Tag your peers & see you there!
#PostdocNetworking #HeidelbergUniversity
March 6, 2025 at 5:50 PM
⏳ One Week to Go! 🚀 Kick-Off Event
Postdocs at Heidelberg University – join us for networking, collaboration & free snacks! 🎉
📅 13 March 2025 | 17:00 – 20:00
📍 INF 230
💰 Free! Registration required
📢 Tag your peers & see you there!
#PostdocNetworking #HeidelbergUniversity
Postdocs at Heidelberg University – join us for networking, collaboration & free snacks! 🎉
📅 13 March 2025 | 17:00 – 20:00
📍 INF 230
💰 Free! Registration required
📢 Tag your peers & see you there!
#PostdocNetworking #HeidelbergUniversity
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We are super happy to present our first preprint - the effect of our Rethinking Naturalistic Behaviour Workshop - where we look more critically at the term "naturalistic behaviour" and point to its vagueness and inconsistency in its use! osf.io/preprints/os...
March 5, 2025 at 11:28 AM
We are super happy to present our first preprint - the effect of our Rethinking Naturalistic Behaviour Workshop - where we look more critically at the term "naturalistic behaviour" and point to its vagueness and inconsistency in its use! osf.io/preprints/os...
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Sensing food is a complex multisensory experience. A study of food hardness preference in #FruitFly larvae by @simon-sprecher.bsky.social &co reveals that gustatory organ sensory neurons can perceive cues of both chemical & mechanical stimulation 🧪 @plosbiology.org plos.io/3CEv5FJ
January 30, 2025 at 6:44 PM
Sensing food is a complex multisensory experience. A study of food hardness preference in #FruitFly larvae by @simon-sprecher.bsky.social &co reveals that gustatory organ sensory neurons can perceive cues of both chemical & mechanical stimulation 🧪 @plosbiology.org plos.io/3CEv5FJ
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I’m delighted to share the latest work of PhD student June Ordonez, who is working with me on the formation of the nervous system in #chaetognaths!
doi.org/10.1101/2025...
doi.org/10.1101/2025...
February 1, 2025 at 10:39 AM
I’m delighted to share the latest work of PhD student June Ordonez, who is working with me on the formation of the nervous system in #chaetognaths!
doi.org/10.1101/2025...
doi.org/10.1101/2025...