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Idoia Quintana-Urzainqui

@idoiaeu.bsky.social

Group Leader at @neuropsi.bsky.social _ Paris Saclay University. Starting April 2026. Studying brain development and evolution in sharks and other creatures ๐Ÿฆˆ ๐Ÿง #embryo2014 #ERCCoG. Get in touch if you are interested in joining the lab!

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Thank you The Company of Biologists for the important role you play supporting us. You certainly helped me in key steps in my career. Both with grants and visibility. And I know maaany other examples. โค๏ธ

29.01.2026 17:07 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 5    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Thank you @fredcauseret.bsky.social and @dev-journal.bsky.social for such a nice highlight of our work and @matosches.bsky.social on the evolutionary origins of Cajal Retzius cells. ๐Ÿฆˆ ๐ŸฆŽ ๐Ÿง 

10.01.2026 12:48 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 4    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Really happy to join NeuroPSI at Paris Saclay to lead a research group funded by an ERC Consolidator grant #ERCCoG . We'll study the origins of the vertebrate brain using shark embryos. ๐Ÿฆˆ ๐Ÿง  Reach out if you are interested in joining the team ๐Ÿค

22.12.2025 07:47 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 71    ๐Ÿ” 12    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 12    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Grazie Giacomo!! :)))

16.12.2025 05:39 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Muchas gracias Eduardo! :)

16.12.2025 05:38 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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๐ŸŽ“ Congratulations to Victoria Witte from the Arendt group @embl.org who has defended her PhD thesis titled โ€œA single cell transcriptomics investigation of the adult Platynereis dumerilii mushroom bodiesโ€ #DevelopmentalBiology

12.12.2025 15:25 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 13    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Muchas gracias Loreta!! ๐Ÿ˜Š

11.12.2025 18:14 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Muchas gracias Ester!

10.12.2025 16:32 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Looking forward!!

10.12.2025 12:18 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Thank you!! These years at EMBL have been a true blessing for me. Even more to be part of DB unit. What a fun, friendly and collaborative place. Full of good dancers :)))

10.12.2025 12:13 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Thanks so much Nikos!!! also for all your good feedback!!๐Ÿ™๐Ÿ˜Š

10.12.2025 09:43 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

SI!!! Muchisimas gracias Champi! ๐Ÿ’™

10.12.2025 09:39 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Ohh!!! Thank you so much Teresa! ๐Ÿ’™๐Ÿฆˆ

10.12.2025 09:39 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Gracias Rodrigo!!! :)))))

10.12.2025 09:38 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Thanks Cedric!

10.12.2025 09:38 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Ahh. Thank you Eve!๐Ÿ’™

10.12.2025 09:38 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Gracias Mette! More sharkie science coming

10.12.2025 09:37 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

vamos!!!๐Ÿ˜ muchas gracias!!!!!

10.12.2025 09:37 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Thanks so much Pawel. Also for your advice many years ago when this project was in the making ๐Ÿ˜Š

10.12.2025 09:36 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Thanks Thibaut!! ๐Ÿ˜Š

10.12.2025 09:35 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Thank you Yi-Jyun :)))

10.12.2025 09:34 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

#ERCCogG granted!!! Immensely grateful for this opportunity. Thanks @erc.europa.eu . Many news coming soon. New lab opening and will be posting positions. ๐Ÿฆˆ๐Ÿง ๐Ÿค Go sharkies!

09.12.2025 17:00 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 55    ๐Ÿ” 7    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 17    ๐Ÿ“Œ 3
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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 [โ€ฆ]

11.11.2025 16:16 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 5    ๐Ÿ” 5    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1
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๐Ÿšจ We're hiring! ๐Ÿšจ Our lab at the University of Mรกlaga, Spain๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡ธ is looking for a bioinformatician researcher for a postdoc position (1+1 years). Check the ad, and if you're interested, get in touch!
๐Ÿ“… Starting date early 2026, with some flexibility.
๐Ÿ™Please, RT!

30.10.2025 17:50 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 27    ๐Ÿ” 38    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Happy to share the Biodiversity Cell Atlas white paper, out today in @nature.com. We look at the possibilities, challenges, and potential impacts of molecularly mapping cells across the tree of life.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...

24.09.2025 15:12 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 228    ๐Ÿ” 106    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 4    ๐Ÿ“Œ 10

Thank you so much Diego! Glad you liked it :)

09.09.2025 16:20 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Ohhhh. Mil gracias!! Me alegra mucho que lo disfrutes.

09.09.2025 15:21 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Thank you Georgios!! ๐Ÿ˜Š ๐Ÿ’œ ๐Ÿฆˆ

08.09.2025 11:29 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Gracias!!! Quรฉ honor! :)))

03.09.2025 11:51 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Oh! Quรฉ bien Rodrigo! Quรฉ disfrutes mucho la nueva etapa! :)

03.09.2025 11:21 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

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