Sepand Rastegar
@rastapopolus.bsky.social
Developmental biologist interested in neurogenesis, transcription, regeneration, zebrafish, and Middle East geopolitics.
https://bip.ibcs.kit.edu/78.php
https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4411-5646
https://www.germanfishmeeting.org/
Opinions are my own
https://bip.ibcs.kit.edu/78.php
https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4411-5646
https://www.germanfishmeeting.org/
Opinions are my own
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Join us Sept 16–18, 2026 at Heidelberg University #2026germanfishmeeting
🐟 Announcing the 1st German Fish Model Research Meeting!
Join us Sept 16–18, 2026 at Heidelberg University for 3 days of cutting-edge science, networking, and collaboration.
Save the date & stay tuned ! #FishModels #2026germanfishmeeting #zebrafish #cavefish #killifish #medaka #science
Join us Sept 16–18, 2026 at Heidelberg University for 3 days of cutting-edge science, networking, and collaboration.
Save the date & stay tuned ! #FishModels #2026germanfishmeeting #zebrafish #cavefish #killifish #medaka #science
December 8, 2025 at 2:28 PM
Join us Sept 16–18, 2026 at Heidelberg University #2026germanfishmeeting
Germany hosts a world-leading fish research community, yet never had a Fish Meeting. That changes now 🐟
We are organizing the 1st German Fish Meeting to connect the community, support early-career scientists,discuss challenges facing basic research #2026GermanFishMeeting
👉 www.germanfishmeeting.org
We are organizing the 1st German Fish Meeting to connect the community, support early-career scientists,discuss challenges facing basic research #2026GermanFishMeeting
👉 www.germanfishmeeting.org
December 7, 2025 at 6:57 PM
Germany hosts a world-leading fish research community, yet never had a Fish Meeting. That changes now 🐟
We are organizing the 1st German Fish Meeting to connect the community, support early-career scientists,discuss challenges facing basic research #2026GermanFishMeeting
👉 www.germanfishmeeting.org
We are organizing the 1st German Fish Meeting to connect the community, support early-career scientists,discuss challenges facing basic research #2026GermanFishMeeting
👉 www.germanfishmeeting.org
#2026GermanFishMeeting is thankful to the sponsors below for their support and for their presence at this important meeting for German researchers working with different fish models to better understand diverse biological processes.
December 4, 2025 at 1:40 PM
#2026GermanFishMeeting is thankful to the sponsors below for their support and for their presence at this important meeting for German researchers working with different fish models to better understand diverse biological processes.
The hashtag for our meeting will be #2026GermanFishMeeting
December 3, 2025 at 4:44 PM
The hashtag for our meeting will be #2026GermanFishMeeting
Preview of the German Fish Meeting webpage www.germanfishmeeting.org. Please repost!!!!! #EZRC #EZS #ZFIN
1st German Fish Meeting - Heidelberg University - September 16-18, 2026
The 7th European Zebrafish PI Meeting will be held in Paris, France - April 2 to 5, 2025. Principal investigators in zebrafish research will share their discoveries
www.germanfishmeeting.org
December 2, 2025 at 12:58 PM
Preview of the German Fish Meeting webpage www.germanfishmeeting.org. Please repost!!!!! #EZRC #EZS #ZFIN
@mads100tist.bsky.social @tamaratal.bsky.social @preau.bsky.social @abeisaw.bsky.social @panakovalab.bsky.social @lsaunders.bsky.social @leibnizfli.bsky.social @izfs.bsky.social @zfinmod.bsky.social
German Fish meeting at COS, September 2026 — all committees are formed and ready to roll!
November 28, 2025 at 10:11 AM
Mark your calendars: German Fish Meeting 2026, Heidelberg, Sept 16–18.
November 27, 2025 at 8:00 PM
Mark your calendars: German Fish Meeting 2026, Heidelberg, Sept 16–18.
"All That’s Left of You" is among the movies you should absolutely watch to better understand what’s going on in the Middle East and stop believing everything mainstream media tells you.
November 25, 2025 at 10:31 PM
"All That’s Left of You" is among the movies you should absolutely watch to better understand what’s going on in the Middle East and stop believing everything mainstream media tells you.
At the German Fish Meeting in Heidelberg (Sept 16–18, 2026), we’re excited to host a special session for postdocs transitioning to independence, animated and chaired by @mads100tist.bsky.social. PhD students will select the best talk to receive a prize. Looking forward to seeing you in Heidelberg!
November 25, 2025 at 7:56 PM
At the German Fish Meeting in Heidelberg (Sept 16–18, 2026), we’re excited to host a special session for postdocs transitioning to independence, animated and chaired by @mads100tist.bsky.social. PhD students will select the best talk to receive a prize. Looking forward to seeing you in Heidelberg!
Thankful to the many friends and colleagues joining the organization and scientific committees of the German Fish Meeting, taking place 16–18 September 2026 at COS Heidelberg.
November 25, 2025 at 8:53 AM
Thankful to the many friends and colleagues joining the organization and scientific committees of the German Fish Meeting, taking place 16–18 September 2026 at COS Heidelberg.
#zebrafish #Brain #Regeneration #GeneRegulation
doi.org/10.1111/febs...
Multiple cis-regulatory elements collaborate to control mdka expression in telencephalic neural stem cells of adult #zebrafish during constitutive and regenerative #neurogenesis
doi.org/10.1111/febs...
Multiple cis-regulatory elements collaborate to control mdka expression in telencephalic neural stem cells of adult #zebrafish during constitutive and regenerative #neurogenesis
November 20, 2025 at 12:19 PM
#zebrafish #Brain #Regeneration #GeneRegulation
doi.org/10.1111/febs...
Multiple cis-regulatory elements collaborate to control mdka expression in telencephalic neural stem cells of adult #zebrafish during constitutive and regenerative #neurogenesis
doi.org/10.1111/febs...
Multiple cis-regulatory elements collaborate to control mdka expression in telencephalic neural stem cells of adult #zebrafish during constitutive and regenerative #neurogenesis
German Fish Meeting webpage coming soon with all fish models! Special postdoc session by @mads100tist.bsky.social + lunch meet-up with the 3 keynotes. We also hope to welcome participants from France, Switzerland, Austria and more Updates here or on @rastapopolus.bsky.social
November 20, 2025 at 10:17 AM
German Fish Meeting webpage coming soon with all fish models! Special postdoc session by @mads100tist.bsky.social + lunch meet-up with the 3 keynotes. We also hope to welcome participants from France, Switzerland, Austria and more Updates here or on @rastapopolus.bsky.social
It is Sep 2026!!!!!😅🤗
German Fish Meeting webpage coming soon with all fish models! Special session for postdocs by @mads100tist.bsky.social. Young scientists can meet the 3 keynotes over lunch. More updates @rastapopolus.bsky.social
November 19, 2025 at 8:00 PM
It is Sep 2026!!!!!😅🤗
German Fish Meeting webpage coming soon with all fish models! Special session for postdocs by @mads100tist.bsky.social. Young scientists can meet the 3 keynotes over lunch. More updates @rastapopolus.bsky.social
November 19, 2025 at 7:04 PM
German Fish Meeting webpage coming soon with all fish models! Special session for postdocs by @mads100tist.bsky.social. Young scientists can meet the 3 keynotes over lunch. More updates @rastapopolus.bsky.social
On Saturday, on the highway between #Strasbourg and #Karlsruhe, the sky suddenly turned red.
November 17, 2025 at 9:54 PM
On Saturday, on the highway between #Strasbourg and #Karlsruhe, the sky suddenly turned red.
Our study on mdka transcriptional regulation during zebrafish brain regeneration has been accepted in FEBS Journal and will be online soon! 🚀 A related review from our group on immunity & inflammation in zebrafish brain regeneration is also available in FEBS Journal: doi.org/10.1111/febs...
doi.org
November 17, 2025 at 9:37 PM
Our study on mdka transcriptional regulation during zebrafish brain regeneration has been accepted in FEBS Journal and will be online soon! 🚀 A related review from our group on immunity & inflammation in zebrafish brain regeneration is also available in FEBS Journal: doi.org/10.1111/febs...
November 5, 2025 at 7:03 AM
Need to establish #zebrafish
KO or KI lines? Get in touch with TEFOR.
KO or KI lines? Get in touch with TEFOR.
To generate mutant reporter lines, if you have any questions, you can contact our partner TEFOR (Paris-Saclay) tefor.net
Tefor Paris-Saclay
TEFOR Paris-Saclay a pour ambition de faciliter l’accès aux organismes modèles aquatiques pour la recherche fondamentale et appliquée.
tefor.net
September 15, 2025 at 9:38 AM
Need to establish #zebrafish
KO or KI lines? Get in touch with TEFOR.
KO or KI lines? Get in touch with TEFOR.
#zebrafish genome update from Shawn Burgess
#zebrafish genome update, our T2T assembly of the inbred strain of AB (M-AB) generated by my buddy Nori Sakai has now been released at NCBI and will be a second reference genome for zebrafish (GRCz12ab):
JBQAYU000000000.1 Danio rerio :: NCBI
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
August 15, 2025 at 4:20 PM
#zebrafish genome update from Shawn Burgess
Blind cavefish still keep an ancient DNA repair trick — even in total darkness 🌑🐟 New Nature Communications study from Nick Foulkes & team @ IBCS, KIT: "Conservation of dark CPD photolyase function in blind cavefish"
doi.org/10.1038/s414...
doi.org/10.1038/s414...
Conservation of dark CPD photolyase function in blind cavefish - Nature Communications
By investigating the paradoxical retention of a photolyase gene in a light-deprived blind cavefish, the authors reveal a novel light-independent function for CPD photolyase in the repair of oxidative ...
doi.org
August 13, 2025 at 4:15 PM
Blind cavefish still keep an ancient DNA repair trick — even in total darkness 🌑🐟 New Nature Communications study from Nick Foulkes & team @ IBCS, KIT: "Conservation of dark CPD photolyase function in blind cavefish"
doi.org/10.1038/s414...
doi.org/10.1038/s414...