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Christopher Thomas

@ovarylab.bsky.social

Repro biologist | Group leader at the Marseille Developmental Biology Institute, CNRS & Aix-Marseille UniversitΓ© πŸ‡«πŸ‡· He/him. We use #LiveImaging to study how the dynamic #ovary makes healthy #eggs πŸ”¬πŸ₯š https://www.ibdm.univ-amu.fr/team/control-and-dynamics-o

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Always nice to have a different and fresh perspective! Thanks very much Dr Francesca Duncan, @nuduncanlab.bsky.social, for your visit and your amazing feedback. Hopefully the first of many meetings between UCD and NU/Buck!

#ovarianbiology #oocyte #collaborativeScience

05.03.2026 20:03 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Welcome lunch for LΓ©a De Araujo, our new engineer. Great to have you with us, LΓ©a! πŸ™ŒπŸΌπŸŽ‰

04.03.2026 15:01 β€” πŸ‘ 9    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

We are one of the potential host labs for a Lecturer position in Molecular Genetics & Genomics β€” please share, and get in touch for more info! πŸ§¬πŸ“£

04.03.2026 06:56 β€” πŸ‘ 21    πŸ” 21    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Welcome lunch for LΓ©a De Araujo, our new engineer. Great to have you with us, LΓ©a! πŸ™ŒπŸΌπŸŽ‰

04.03.2026 15:01 β€” πŸ‘ 9    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

We are one of the potential host labs for a Lecturer position in Molecular Genetics & Genomics β€” please share, and get in touch for more info! πŸ§¬πŸ“£

04.03.2026 06:56 β€” πŸ‘ 21    πŸ” 21    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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It's great to have a great team with great humor. 🀣

27.02.2026 23:11 β€” πŸ‘ 8    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

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21.02.2026 16:17 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Mice Against Ticks | Join the Fight Against Lyme Disease Mice Against Ticks is a community-guided project working to stop Lyme disease with Lyme-immune white-footed mice. Explore our research, local partnerships, and vision for reducing tick-borne illness.

So proud this multi-year effort is finally out. Led by my exceptional collaborator Joanna Buchthal, who put her blood, sweat, and literal tears into making a real impact for communities impacted by Lyme disease. bit.ly/MAT-tracking

More papers soon.

Learn more & support: miceagainstticks.com

20.02.2026 02:01 β€” πŸ‘ 10    πŸ” 5    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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New preprint @biorxiv-devbio.bsky.social by Harshath Amal and colleagues from our lab @uni-muenster.de shows how a BMP #morphogen gradient is translated into graded junctional permeability by tuning adhesion and actomyosin contractility in #Drosophila
See tinyurl.com/yhbwd9xh
@sfb1348.bsky.social

18.02.2026 08:43 β€” πŸ‘ 80    πŸ” 29    πŸ’¬ 4    πŸ“Œ 1
Annonce officielle de l’IGFL pour le recrutement du poste citΓ© ci-dessus

Annonce officielle de l’IGFL pour le recrutement du poste citΓ© ci-dessus

L’IGFL recrute unβ€’e Professeurβ€’e des UniversitΓ©s en biologie molΓ©culaire (CNU 64), UCBL Lyon 1.
Enseignement L2-M2 (Biochimie et Biologie MolΓ©culaire) + projet en biologie molΓ©culaire des eucaryotes au sein de l’IGFL.
DΓ©tails: shorturl.at/K5Dno
#Recrutement #BiologieMoleculaire

17.02.2026 10:00 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 8    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1

Weβ€˜re looking for a motivated Master student to join our team!

Do you want to optogenetically control metabolic activity to see how metabolism affects patterning and morphogenesis? πŸ’‘πŸ§«πŸ§¬πŸ”¬

Then please apply!
#optogenetics #metabolism #devbio #hESCs

Please RT. Thank you!πŸ™

17.02.2026 18:21 β€” πŸ‘ 38    πŸ” 39    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Upcoming keynote seminars at IBDM: shorturl.at/YvsbN

We’re delighted to welcome our next speaker:

πŸ‘‰ Meritxell Huch (MPI-CBG)
πŸ—“οΈ Fri 13/03/2026 Β· 11:30
πŸ“ Amphi 12
🧫 Tissue-Derived Organoids: Where We Stand and Where We Go

Event page: shorturl.at/XJ4Wz

17.02.2026 07:30 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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🧬 The Department of Biology at @univ-amu.fr will soon recruit a lecturer in Molecular Genetics & Genomics (Eukaryotes).

πŸ§ͺ Apply with an eligible team: Bertrand; Delacour; Kodjabachian; LibΓ©-Philippot; Mann; Schaeffer; Thomas.

Details: lnkd.in/eFS8qQpU

17.02.2026 07:43 β€” πŸ‘ 14    πŸ” 11    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1
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Two funded PhD positions investigating the evolution of sarcomeres @ibdm.bsky.social in @biancah0406.bsky.social and our lab, together with @cnidevo.bsky.social - Interested to explore how similar or different Jellyfish sarcomeres are to Drosophila or human ones?
www.ibdm.univ-amu.fr/ibdm_job/2-a...

16.02.2026 10:49 β€” πŸ‘ 45    πŸ” 35    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 1
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Hybrid female sterility due to cohesin protection errors in mouse oocytes Misregulation of chromosome cohesion during female meiosis serves as a reproductive isolating barrier in mice.

Another announcement! πŸ“£ Our work on hybrid incompatibility in cohesin protection in 🐭oocytes is published!! Congrats Warif El Yakoubi and Eddie Pan!!πŸŽ‰ We found hybrids with cohesion errors in two distinct genus.
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

07.02.2026 00:51 β€” πŸ‘ 48    πŸ” 24    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 0
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To turn spatial data into a 3D object, check our protocol (open source, napari plug-in). @guignardlab.bsky.social @adrianobolondi.bsky.social @ibdm.bsky.social
For example, if you have spatial RNA-seq as sections, you can align them automatically to analyse directly in 3D.
bio-protocol.org/e5607

06.02.2026 14:13 β€” πŸ‘ 19    πŸ” 9    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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πŸ“£ Please spread: we’re hiring a Lab Manager! It is a critical position in our new lab. As our lab moves to Barcelona and joins the @crg.eu, we’re looking for a Lab Manager to help build the lab and set the lab atmosphere.
πŸ”— Apply here πŸ‘‰ recruitment.crg.eu/content/jobs...

23.01.2026 06:41 β€” πŸ‘ 89    πŸ” 94    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 3
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Our new paper (with @biotay.bsky.social) is out and on the cover story of @currentbiology.bsky.social !!!! Veronika, a Carinthian mountain cow flexibly uses a β€œmulti-purpose tool” to scratch herself. A video and more information will follow in the comments.
www.cell.com/current-biol...

19.01.2026 16:07 β€” πŸ‘ 353    πŸ” 125    πŸ’¬ 10    πŸ“Œ 31
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πŸŽ† Happy new year and our first 2026 issue is out!
Cover: #epiblast development

πŸ‘‰Perspective: biological clocks
πŸ‘‰Review: #mitosis #CellDeath #inflammation
πŸ”¬ #chromatin #cancer #Bcells #Tcells #autophagy #organoids #mechanobiology #TranscriptionFactors #Xist & more!

www.nature.com/ncb/volumes/...

16.01.2026 08:18 β€” πŸ‘ 35    πŸ” 9    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Deadline today!

15.01.2026 14:04 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Starting the year socially with a β€œWinter Before Work” coffee tasting hosted by @centuri-ls.bsky.social β˜•οΈβ„οΈ

13.01.2026 09:04 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Great first international lab outing at #Fertility2026 in Edinburgh! πŸ™ŒπŸΌπŸ΄σ §σ ’σ ³σ £σ ΄σ Ώ

@srfsocietyuk.bsky.social

10.01.2026 11:37 β€” πŸ‘ 7    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Foxi1 regulates multipotent mucociliary progenitors and ionocyte specification through transcriptional and epigenetic mechanisms The transcription factor Foxi1 regulates ionocytes across species and organs and it is associated with several human diseases, but its function in epidermis remains unclear. This study shows that low ...

Good start for 2026: Our work on mucociliary progenitors and how FOXI1 regulates them as well as ionocyte specification is now out and open access.
tinyurl.com/Bowden-Engel...
Congrats to all authors and thanks to @dfg.de @cibss.bsky.social @sfb1453.bsky.social @for5547.bsky.social for support!

06.01.2026 09:16 β€” πŸ‘ 20    πŸ” 6    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 0
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Great first international lab outing at #Fertility2026 in Edinburgh! πŸ™ŒπŸΌπŸ΄σ §σ ’σ ³σ £σ ΄σ Ώ

@srfsocietyuk.bsky.social

10.01.2026 11:37 β€” πŸ‘ 7    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Don't forget to register for our upcoming Spring Meeting: 'Molecules to Morphogenesis'

Get your abstracts submitted by the 16th of January!

bsdb.org/meetings

09.01.2026 14:20 β€” πŸ‘ 9    πŸ” 7    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 2
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Another pine pollen for #FluorescenceFriday! It seems that this year too, I still won't get tired of colour coding my microscopy πŸ§‘πŸ’œπŸ’™πŸ’šβ€οΈ

09.01.2026 17:34 β€” πŸ‘ 19    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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New study from Chou, McCartney et al. @cmu.edu demonstrates coregulation of #actin filament assembly/bundling and #microtubule nucleation/organization during #Drosophila #oogenesis, highlighting the coordinated regulation of the #cytoskeleton required during #development. rupress.org/jcb/article/...

09.01.2026 17:45 β€” πŸ‘ 9    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Fluorescence microscopy image of an ovarian follicle (light blue/magenta), with a bright central oocyte.

Fluorescence microscopy image of an ovarian follicle (light blue/magenta), with a bright central oocyte.

πŸ’₯πŸ₯š ANR-funded Assistant Engineer position open in our β€œControl & Dynamics of the Ovarian Cycle” group at IBDM Marseille πŸ‡«πŸ‡·

Work on mouse lines + lab logistics + follicle culture/imaging πŸ”¬

πŸ—“οΈ Apply by 26 Jan: emploi.cnrs.fr/Offres/CDD/U...

Please share widely β€” especially with colleagues in France!

06.01.2026 08:13 β€” πŸ‘ 28    πŸ” 21    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 1
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Excited to share Alison's @alisonkickuth.bsky.social paper from the lab out in @nature.com this week! We uncovered how a mechanical ratchet mechanism drives cytokinesis in early #zebrafish embryos. Read more in this thread 🧡 and at www.nature.com/articles/s41... 🀩
@poldresden.bsky.social @mpi-cbg.de

07.01.2026 16:02 β€” πŸ‘ 150    πŸ” 60    πŸ’¬ 8    πŸ“Œ 5

There is still over a week left to apply.
Please send your documents to maik.bischoff@uni-muenster.de

06.01.2026 12:43 β€” πŸ‘ 14    πŸ” 9    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0