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Jaro Ferenc

@jarofrnc.bsky.social

Postdoc at @embl.org, curious about how to build bodies from cells, and where metabolism fits into the picture.

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The people behind the papers – Charisios Tsiairis, Jaroslav Ferenc and Marylène Bonvin ABSTRACT. Hydra, a freshwater polyp, comprises a simple oral-aboral body plan, wherein multipotent epithelial cells differentiate into tentacle cells at the oral/mouth end and into basal disc cells at...

Started this project towards the very end of my PhD in the Tsiairis lab @fmiscience.bsky.social. Glad the team carried it forward! More about behind the scenes in the associated interview: bit.ly/42jS3vA

01.10.2025 15:04 — 👍 3    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

How to swap the foot for a tentacle and vice versa? Find out in our new story featured in @dev-journal.bsky.social uncovering a transcription factor toggle switch behind the identity of Hydra's extremities.

01.10.2025 15:04 — 👍 13    🔁 3    💬 2    📌 0

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