COS Heidelberg

A rare opportunity to experience the grandeur of the Alte Aula of Universität Heidelberg, on the occasion of the award of the Lautenschläger prize to Jan Lohmann of @cosheidelberg.bsky.social Thanks @ulrichschwarz.bsky.social @jekely.biologists.social.ap.brid.gy for letting me tag along!

Inaugural lecture to the faculty of Yasin Dagdas (@plantophagy.bsky.social) and Simon Wiegert (@simwieg.bsky.social) - bridging green and red biology.

A genome-scale single-cell CRISPRi map of trans gene regulation across human pluripotent stem cell lines Feng et al. present the first genome-scale CRISPR interference perturbation map with scRNA-seq readout across many genetic backgrounds in human pluripotent cells, pioneering population-scale CRISPR pe...

Happy to see this out now in Cell Genomics: A genome-scale single-cell CRISPRi map of trans gene regulation across human pluripotent stem cell lines: www.cell.com/cell-genomic...

Very proud that Freddy Igiebor has won a DBG Master thesis prize with his work in my lab on phyB photobody meory function!😃
www.deutsche-botanische-gesellschaft.de/en/about-us/...

Glad to have this finally published: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... lots of new data since the #preprint. If you are into selective #autophagy, #evolution, #proteostasis Please have a look!

New preprint!
SOSEKI polarity proteins are mechanoresponsive integrators linking growth and tissue mechanics during lateral root formation. Their polarity marks growth boundaries and reorganises in response to mechanical alterations —reshaping how we think about axis formation.
tinyurl.com/28p7af2w

Jan Lohmann erhält Lautenschläger-Forschungspreis: Auszeichnung ist mit 250.000 Euro dotiert – Preis für den wissenschaftlichen Nachwuchs geht an Lukas Bunse www.uni-heidelberg.de/de/newsroom/...
#universität #heidelberg #uniheidelberg #forschung #preis #biologie #medizin #theologie

The SFB1324 on Wnt signaling with a strong COS contribution has been prolonged by the DFG! Great achievement! (@acebronsp.bsky.social, @josephinebageritz.bsky.social, @lsaunders.bsky.social, @ilohmann.bsky.social, Thomas Holstein, Ulrike Engel, Suat Özbek)

BBC Two - Secrets of the Brain, Series 1, Episode 1 Jim Al-Khalili reveals how the staggeringly complex human brain evolved.

Hey #neuroscience enthusiast! Just watch this
BBC Two - Secrets of the Brain
https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m002k781

Very cool and simple explanation and bonus feature to see @jekely in action too! 😉

The new lab website is online 🤩🥰
www.photobodies.com
Please have a look 😊

So new and shiny, much info!
Thanks Freddy for your contribution :)

Our work on mapping the dynamics of phospholipids during lateral root formation is now published in @jxbotany.bsky.social We show that PI(4,5)P₂ plays a key role: targeted reduction in pericycle promotes LR development.
→ academic.oup.com/jxb/advance-...

Former COS scientist @heikelindner.bsky.social secures an SNSF starting grant to study the role of succulent anatomy in CAM photosynthesis. Congratulations!

This Halloween, we have a spooky evolutionary story for you.
The brainchild of @delaconcepcionjc.bsky.social, Nick Irwin and our fantastic collaborators is now out in @natplants.nature.com www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Here’s why I love this work — and why I think you’ll enjoy it too. 👇

Christmas came early this year! Bye Bye Nikon A1. Hello Nikon AX!

Molecular dynamics of the matrisome across sea anemone life history Integrated proteomic and single-cell transcriptomic analyses define the Nematostella vectensis matrisome and reveal conserved extracellular matrix functions driving life cycle transitions in this non-...

Curious about the matrisome of Nematostella vectensis? Check the new paper of the Özbek group now published in eLife. doi.org/10.7554/eLif...
@elife.bsky.social

The dexioplectic ciliary metachronal wave of Platynereis larvae shows spatial patterning.

The version of record of our paper on the emergence of metachronal waves in the #Platynereis larval ciliary band is now out. Together with Rebecca Poon and Kirsty Wan @micromotility.bsky.social

https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/sciadv.adw4067
funded by
@ERC_Research @wellcometrust @bbsrc

Early Excellence in Science Award goes to COS professor @brittavelten.bsky.social! Congratulations!

Gibberellin transport affects lateral root growth through HY5 in response to far-red light Gibberellin translocation from shoot to root conveys a plant-plant competition signal that leads to a reduction in lateral root growth.

My latest paper, a postdoc project of mine from the @ronaldpierik.bsky.social lab is finally out in the Plant Cell all its formatted glory! doi.org/10.1093/plce...
Many thanks also to my co-authors and especially Kyra van der Velde who did a lot of work.

✨ Kicking off #SWS2025 at @cosheidelberg.bsky.social with an inspiring opening talk by my PhD supervisor, Barbara Ann Halkier! Excited for the days ahead 🚀🌱

Meet this year’s team 🌟
After booking speakers, funding acquisition, poster design, ordering merch, and more, we’re excited to launch a brand new season of Life of P.I. talks!

Welcome to day 4 of #EMBOBioImage 🖥️
👉Happening right now: practical session 5, spatial statistics and omics integration, led by @brittavelten.bsky.social, assisted by Anna Klemm.

Life of P.I.: an initiative of Heidelberg life science students focusing on career and life in research. Please check! www.lifepi-hd.com @lifeofpi-hd.bsky.social

Today’s speaker @cosheidelberg.bsky.social is Asa Strand on #Chloroplast development-a tale of two genomes

Divergent evolutionary strategies pre-empt tissue collision in gastrulation - Nature Flies have evolved two distinct strategies for managing mechanical stresses during embryogenesis: out-of-plane cell division in midges and transient out-of-plane tissue folding in fruit flies.

The group of former COS PI Steffen Lemke reveals mechanisms of mechanical stress management during fly gastrulation: www.nature.com/articles/s41...

ERC vergibt vier Starting Grants an die Universität Heidelberg – Europäischer Forschungsrat fördert richtungsweisende Projekte von Wissenschaftlerinnen und Wissenschaftlern in frühen Karrierestufen
www.uni-heidelberg.de/de/newsroom/...
#universität #heidelberg #uniheidelberg #förderung #ERCStG

At long last, the version of record of our paper on the #Platynereis #connectome

"Whole-body connectome of a segmented annelid larva" is out.

Explore the rich online presentation with all the videos, figures and source data here:

https://doi.org/10.7554/eLife.97964

@eLife
@biology […]

Please spread - COS is searching for a new IT engineer (full time, permanent) to support our central IT infrastructure and data management:
adb.zuv.uni-heidelberg.de/info/INFO_FD...

New preprint from the lab. We mapped the dynamics of phospholipids during lateral root formation and show that PI(4,5)P₂ plays a key role: targeted reduction in pericycle promotes LR development.
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

Last Friday we held a Mini-Symposium to wrap up the SPARK@COS Summer Practical 🎉
Our students shared what they worked on and learned during the practical – well done and great presentations!
A big thank you to everyone who helped make it happen and to all who came to support the talks!

New preprint of the Dagdas @plantophagy.bsky.social group on the role of P-body proteins in autophagy of Marchantia polymorpha.