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Miguel Torres
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When I am not trying to understand embryos, I enjoy mountains, good music and gardening
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sebioldev.bsky.social
We express our deepest condolences on the passing of Antonio García-Bellido, considered the father of the Spanish school of Developmental Biology and an influential figure in this discipline worldwide. For the #SEBD, his passing represents the loss of its founder and first president. Rest in peace.
November 11, 2025 at 11:52 AM
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sebioldev.bsky.social
Expresamos nuestro más sentido pesar por el fallecimiento de Antonio García-Bellido, considerado el padre de la escuela española de Biología del Desarrollo y figura influyente de esta disciplina a nivel mundial. Para la #SEBD, su partida representa la pérdida de su fundador y primer presidente. DEP
November 11, 2025 at 11:46 AM
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events.embl.org
🎉 Good news for #EMBLCardioBiology! The abstract submission deadline just got extended to 17 November.

Learn how advanced molecular and human-mimicking tissue engineering techniques are revolutionising the way we approach cardiovascular discovery research ➡️ https://s.embl.org/ncb26-01-bl
November 11, 2025 at 3:00 PM
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events.embl.org
‼️ Deadline extension alert ‼️

The new abstract submission deadline for #EMBLCardioBiology is 10 November 👉 https://s.embl.org/ncb26-01-bl

👉 Join experts pushing the frontiers of heart and vascular science
🫀 Share your work and shape the future of cardiobiology
📜 Submit your abstract today!
October 17, 2025 at 11:37 AM
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neilshubin.bsky.social
🧪 #paleontology
neilshubin.bsky.social Neil Shubin @neilshubin.bsky.social · Oct 18
My first lecture at the Collège de France @cdf1530 is up! In English... Three more to follow in the coming weeks.

With thanks to @denisduboule.bsky.social for the invitation! 🙏🇫🇷 🐠

www.youtube.com/watch?v=0B6y...
Neil Shubin (1) - Denis Duboule (2025-2026)
YouTube video by Sciences de la vie - Collège de France
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October 19, 2025 at 9:50 AM
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jamesbriscoe.bsky.social
The @crick.ac.uk is recruiting Early Career Group Leaders

- Lab set-up, research costs, salaries for up to 5 researchers
- Support for up to 12 years
- Access to our core facilities
- Competitive salary
- Fantastic colleagues
- All areas of biology

Deadline 27 Nov

www.crick.ac.uk/careers-stud...
Early career group leaders
We appoint researchers from across biology and biomedicine to set up their first groups at the Crick.
www.crick.ac.uk
October 10, 2025 at 8:20 AM
miguel-torres-1963.bsky.social
Desafortunadamente un gran incendio activo desde hace una semana amenaza hoy estas maravillosas montañas
September 28, 2025 at 6:50 AM
miguel-torres-1963.bsky.social
Buenos días desde la Sierra de Ayllón
September 28, 2025 at 6:46 AM
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meilhacsigolene.bsky.social
New publication | Science Advances www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Plasticity of ventricle position after heart looping in heterotaxy with right isomerism
The left/right position of ventricles needs to be maintained after heart looping, an unexpected step affected in heterotaxy.
www.science.org
September 24, 2025 at 5:27 PM
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maxperutzlabs.ac.at
📢 Open Call! The Max Perutz Labs invite applications for a Tenure-Track Professorship in Mechanistic Cell and Developmental Biology. More details ➡️ tinyurl.com/3fbkp89c
July 23, 2025 at 1:14 PM
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maxplanck.de
Springboard for an international scientific career! 🧬🧪🔭⚛️🧠🌱 Call for #MaxPlanckResearchGroups launched; applications are possible until October 14, 2025 www.mpg.de/max-planck-r... #ScienceCareer
Call for Applications / Ausschreibung
September 9, 2025 at 12:10 PM
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deniswirtz.bsky.social
My team has updated our free database of POSTDOC fellowships.

This database contains 286 entries. For each entry, we provide a link, short description, deadline, amount, and eligibility criteria.

Download this updated and expanded database here: research.jhu.edu/rdt/funding-...
August 10, 2025 at 7:50 PM
miguel-torres-1963.bsky.social
We introduce here the "barrel" model of heart tube formation: a new look at 3D videomicroscopy datasets allows to understand mouse heart tube formation at pseudocellular resolution. Main credits to Morena Raiola, a brilliant biomedical engineer.
biorxiv-devbio.bsky.social bioRxiv Developmental Biology @biorxiv-devbio.bsky.social · Aug 6
Quantitative computerized analysis demonstrates strongly compartmentalized tissue deformation patterns underlying mammalian heart tube formation https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.08.03.668375v1
August 7, 2025 at 5:31 AM
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nayutayk.bsky.social
The official website is now open. I’m looking forward to meeting lots of limb researchers in Tokyo 🌸🐓🐀🐟🦎

cscenter.co.jp/limbdev26/
Limb Development and Regeneration
cscenter.co.jp
July 24, 2025 at 9:09 AM
miguel-torres-1963.bsky.social
Here we show the befefitial effects of overexpressing moderate levels of Myc in infarcted hearts. Whereas WT cardiomyocytes undergo polyploidization, Myc-overexpressing cardiomyocytes proliferate keeping lower ploidy levels. Excellent work by Cristina Villa and other lab members. rdcu.be/ewQAv
Myc overexpression improves recovery from myocardial infarction associated with cardiomyocyte hyperplasia in the mouse heart
Communications Biology - Moderate overexpression of Myc promotes heart function recovery after ischemia, leading to functional and morphological improvements with a hyperplastic phenotype through...
rdcu.be
July 21, 2025 at 6:50 AM
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hellmutaugustin.bsky.social
Spread the word: The European Center for Angioscience @uniheidelberg.bsky.social continues to grow: We have openings for 2 additional Junior Group Leader positions. Get in touch with us if you are ready to start your own lab. See also corresponding ad in @nature.com: www.nature.com/naturecareer...
July 14, 2025 at 10:09 AM
miguel-torres-1963.bsky.social
Congratulations Taija! so much deserved
taijamakinenlab.bsky.social Makinen lab - Lymphatic Biology and Pathology @taijamakinenlab.bsky.social · Jul 1
I am honoured to be elected as a Member of EMBO and look forward to contributing to its mission and community!
embo.org EMBO @embo.org · Jul 1
Welcome and congratulations to the 60 new members and 9 associate members who have been elected to the EMBO Membership! This honour celebrates #research excellence and outstanding achievements in the #LifeSciences. 🧪

Learn more here:
www.embo.org/press-releas... #EMBOMembers2025
July 2, 2025 at 2:51 PM
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ki.se
Applications are now open! We are recruiting 20 Assistant Professors in a wide range of subject areas. We're looking for early-career researchers with strong scientific merits and future potential.
🔗 All positions: ki.se/en/about-ki/...
June 25, 2025 at 10:01 AM
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cristinapujades.bsky.social
Do you want to join us to work in neurodevelopmental biology? Please apply 👇 #SEBD
June 4, 2025 at 4:33 AM
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embo.org
Listen to our Installation Grantee @jelenabujan.bsky.social @institutrb.bsky.social‬ talk about #research in #Croatia:
erc.europa.eu European Research Council (ERC) @erc.europa.eu · May 30
Sretan Dan državnosti, Hrvatska! 🇭🇷 🇪🇺

Today we introduce Jelena Bujan, whose research explores how insects such as ants 🐜 survive extreme heat caused by global warming.

On Dr Bujan 👉 buff.ly/IdwWXnm
On IGNITE 👉 bit.ly/43pwE3G

#FrontierResearch @institutrb.bsky.social‬ @jelenabujan.bsky.social‬
May 30, 2025 at 7:27 AM
miguel-torres-1963.bsky.social
Really impressive, a very important contribution to the field; congratulations
May 29, 2025 at 12:35 PM
miguel-torres-1963.bsky.social
Here we study the origin of the cardiac cell lineages in the mouse embryo. Separate but coordinated lineages independently specified at gastrulation generate the myocardium and endocardium. Credits: Miquel Sendra & coll: Jorge Dominguez, K. McDole and L. Guinard
authors.elsevier.com/sd/article/S...
ScienceDirect.com | Science, health and medical journals, full text articles and books.
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May 27, 2025 at 3:18 PM
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nature.com
Nature research paper: Molecular basis of positional memory in limb regeneration

https://go.nature.com/44OtQj3
Molecular basis of positional memory in limb regeneration - Nature
A molecular analysis of axolotl limb regeneration has identified a positive genetic circuit that maintains posterior cell identity and can be used to reprogramme anterior cells into posterior cells.
go.nature.com
May 22, 2025 at 2:56 PM
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socdevbio.bsky.social
The Society for Developmental Biology has released a statement on the Unprecedented Disruptions to Biomedical Research in the United States.
Scientific research is a driving force behind human progress. It fuels medical breakthroughs, spurs technological innovations and drives economic growth. Federal funding of research by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and the National Science Foundation (NSF) is absolutely critical for ensuring that the U.S. maintains its global leadership in science and technology. The unprecedented freeze on the review and issuance of federal research grants is already negatively impacting research and could have significant ripple effects. Ongoing studies may lose momentum if grant renewals or supplement requests are delayed, slowing scientific progress on research the NIH has already invested in. Researchers affiliated with the Society for Developmental Biology carry out critical research on birth defects, which kill twice as many children as cancer does. Slowed progress will delay the development of new therapies and diagnostics, and thus have real public health implications. In 2019, the total estimated cost of birth defect–associated hospitalizations was $22.2 billion. Scientific research is also critical to the U.S. economy more broadly. In 2023 alone NIH funded research not only directly supported 412 thousand jobs, but its overall economic impact rippled out to all sectors of the economy driving more than $92.89 billion in economic activity across all 50 U.S. states and the District of Columbia. It is estimated that every dollar of NIH funding generates $2.46 dollars of economic activity. Finally, federal research funding not only drives impactful research discoveries but also supports the training of the scientists, engineers, and innovators of the future. University laboratories, funded by federal grants, serve as essential training grounds for the next generation of researchers even as they push the boundaries of knowledge. This training prepares young scientists for leadership roles in both academia and industry, helping to ensure that the scientific workforce r…
January 29, 2025 at 10:08 PM
Reposted by Miguel Torres
erc.europa.eu
Today, the ERC formally adopted a decision to increase its support for researchers moving to Europe.

On top of its normal grants, the ERC offers 'start-up' funding to help PIs establish laboratories / research teams in Europe.

This extra funding is now x2 (up to €2 million!)

europa.eu/!6Vdgmp
May 16, 2025 at 10:58 AM