Ira Maegele

Inés Fournon Berodia, a young woman wearing a beige jacket and burgundy pants, presents a slide on a screen. It reads "Meet the sea anemone Nematostella vectensis" and shows pictures of pink sea anemones half-buried in sand.

Ruth Styfhals, a young woman wearing a green sweater, presents a slide on a screen in front of an audience. The audience is seen from behind at the forefront of the picture. The slide reads "Ctenophores: the oldest animals?" on a bright blue background. On the the left-hand side of the slide, we can see a photograph of a ctenophore or comb jelly - a gelatinous, transparent marine animal.

Congratulations to @inesfournon.bsky.social and @ruthstyfhals.bsky.social on their amazing talks at the very first BIO-Early Career Community Conference at @unibergen.bsky.social ✨ We are proud to support this fantastic initiative that brought our local community of young scientists together 👏

Interested in a #PhD with neuroendocrine and bioimaging focus? Check out our @swbiodtp.bsky.social project 'Creating a functional map for brain-gut signalling in a simple worm', with @alexdcorbett.bsky.social and CASE partner Cairn Research Ltd. Application deadline Wednesday 3rd December.

It’s such a joy working with these beautiful animals 😍😍
Huge thanks to @alexandrejan.bsky.social for capturing my gorgeous little creatures!
Can’t wait to share more cuke science and photos soon — stay tuned!
@msarscentre.bsky.social

We are welcoming a new critter at the Centre - the Norwegian red sea cucumber! These colorful echinoderms will be featured in @emclaereboudt.bsky.social's #MSCActions project on chemosensation 🧪 Of course, they had a moment in the spotlight with our in-house photographer @alexandrejan.bsky.social ✨

Happy #worldjellyfishday 🪼
Here is a juvenile Chrysaora colorata, one of my favourite species of scyphomedusa, native to the Californian coast.

Tiny sea cucumbers, big mysteries! 🪱
Out sampling for my MSCA project SensHolo at the @msarscentre.bsky.social, at the University of Bergen, 🇳🇴— exploring how these mini echinoderms sense their world.
Plus a few bonus echinoderms! 🌊✨

Drawing of various Ctenophore anatomies showing the diversity of the phylum. center/front, top left, and right are lobate ctenophores, center/back is a beroid or nuda ctenophore, center/right is a cydippid or tentacled ctenophore, and bottom/left is a benthic ctenophore

A drawing of the Blood belly comb jelly ctenophore (comb jelly) which is known for its stricking red coloration that helps it live in the deep sea

Happy Ctenophore day! Its a perfect day to celebrate such a small yet beautifully diverse phyla that comes in a wide array of shapes and colors. #Ctenophoreday

incredible artwork 🤩

Amazing pictures, Alex! As always 😍

Happy Ctenophore Day!
These glowing ocean drifters look like jellyfish but aren’t! They’re comb jellies, shimmering creatures that light up the sea with rows of beating cilia 💙🌈
Which species can you identify? 👀 Most are raised in @pawelburkhardt.bsky.social lab
#CtenophoreDay #CombJelly #Ctenophore

HAPPY CTENOPHORE DAY (part II).

A full bucket of ctenophores for Ctenophore day - time to shimmer🌈🌊✨

Please watch till end: Mnemiopsis & Pleurobrachia included.

Alexandre @alexandrejan.bsky.social filmed and caught this ctenophore at the same time @msarscentre.bsky.social #ctenophores #GoPro

HAPPY CTENOPHORE DAY (part I).

The fjords around Bergen are full with Mnemiopsis right now. Movie by the amazing @alexandrejan.bsky.social @msarscentre.bsky.social #ctenophores #GoPro

Excited to share our new work on the 3D architecture of the ctenophore aboral organ!

We explored its remarkable cellular diversity and integration with the syncytial nerve net, uncovering connectivity and insights into the evolution of sensory complexes.

www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

Our new paper is out: "The 3D architecture of the ctenophore aboral organ & the evolution of complex integrative centers in animals.

We reveal a remarkable cell type diversity, nerve net condensation, a multilayered circuit & gene expression profiles.

www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1... #ctenophores

Congrats, Meghan!

The curious case of the comb jelly Joan Soto-Angel and Pawel Burkhardt describe a comb jelly with the ability to reverse its development to an earlier stage of life.

The curious case of the comb jelly | Science Sessions | PNAS www.pnas.org/post/podcast...

Listen to our podcast where we describe a #ctenophore with the ability to reverse its development to an earlier stage of life.

@joanjsoto.bsky.social @msarscentre.bsky.social @pnas.org #rejuvenation

Group Leader Positions (Researcher I, code 1110) (270380) | University of Bergen Job title: Group Leader Positions (Researcher I, code 1110) (270380), Employer: University of Bergen, Deadline: Sunday, December 15, 2024

📢Only two weeks left to apply for a Group Leader position at the Centre! Join us in #SunnyBergen to lead exciting marine science 🧪 in a fantastic environment 👏Send your application, and share with your network!
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Our ctenophores say hi to Bluesky 👋🏼

Group Leader Positions (Researcher I, code 1110) (270380) | University of Bergen Job title: Group Leader Positions (Researcher I, code 1110) (270380), Employer: University of Bergen, Deadline: Sunday, December 15, 2024

We are hiring Group Leaders! One month left to apply ⏳ Join us in beautiful Bergen for a chance to lead exciting science in a supportive environment! 🌊
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