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Training 12 doctoral candidates in a new field of comparative integrative cell biology in animals. Funded by the European Union. GA: 101119891

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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 […]
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biologists.social
November 11, 2025 at 4:17 PM
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X-ray imaging of crustacean legs at the DESY synchrotron, Hamburg. Cross-section of regenerating Parhyale leg (~1/10 of a mm in width). X-rays give accurate 3D view with almost cellular resolution. With Angelika Svetlove, Kevin Grüner & Mathilde Paris @zoocell.biologists.social.ap.brid.gy
September 24, 2025 at 1:17 PM
🌍 🔬 Meet the ZooCELL Doctoral Candidates! 🌍 🔬

Curious about the young scientists behind the ZooCELL Doctoral Network?

Watch their introduction videos on our YouTube channel to discover their research, backgrounds, and what fuels their passion for science! […]

[Original post on biologists.social]
April 25, 2025 at 7:55 AM
We had our very first practical school at the Centre for Organismal Studies at @uniheidelberg !

This was a hands-on volume EM and sample preparation course with several theoretical lectures […]

[Original post on biologists.social]
March 20, 2025 at 7:29 AM
The very first ZooCELL practical training took place from 3rd to 14th February at COS in Heidelberg.

Our doctoral candidates had an intensive hands-on training on #em sample preparation, hosted by EMCF at Heidelberg University and EMCF at EMBL Heidelberg […]

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March 7, 2025 at 10:35 AM
More #introduction about our ZooCELL network.

We will do a lot of volume electron #microscopy #volumeem focusing on sensory systems in marine #animals

We will combine this with single-cell #genomics, correlative LM/EM, #ai -based image segmentation and […]

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March 4, 2025 at 8:49 AM
It's time for an #introduction.

We are ZooCELL, a Marie Sklodowska-Curie Doctoral Network that will train 12 doctoral candidates in comparative integrative cell biology of animals.

We are located in five different countries (France, Germany, Italy […]

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March 4, 2025 at 8:49 AM
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The revised version of our #platynereis #connectome paper is now out:

https://elifesciences.org/reviewed-preprints/97964

Cell-type-level annotation of the whole organisms, including synaptic and desmosomal connectomes. Can be explored with CATMAID here […]

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March 4, 2025 at 8:45 AM