Chema Martin

Chema Martin, wearing a dark blue sweater and green trousers, presents his work in front of a seated audience. Behind him, parts of a slide is visible on a screen. It shows a schematic of a planktonic larva.

It was fantastic welcoming back Chema Martin @chemamd.bsky.social from @qmulsbbs.bsky.social at the Centre today 👏 He shared with us his latest work on spiralian larvae evolution, with fascinating insights on the timing of gene expression during development. Thank you for visiting us!

We are all super happy and proud to see our work on the function and evolution of the #cephalic #furrow published in @nature.com. Let me say a few things about the background and history of this work on the #Evolution_of_Morphogenesis (1/12)

I am in awe of the beautiful and weird genomics of chaetognaths. Extreme levels of genetic innovation, trans-splicing, and much more. So much to learn!

Extraordinary work @ferdix.bsky.social‬, Laura Piovani, @alexdemendoza.bsky.social and @chemamd.bsky.social!

The genomic origin of the unique chaetognath body plan - Nature Genomic, single-cell transcriptomic and epigenetic analyses show that chaetognaths, following extensive gene loss in the gnathiferan lineage, relied on newly evolved genes and lineage-specific tandem ...

After nearly twenty years in the making, our attempt at understanding what makes the chaetognath phylum so unique has finally been published! www.nature.com/articles/s41...
with #LauraPiovani @dariagavr.bsky.social @alexdemendoza.bsky.social @chemamd.bsky.social and others /1

Calls to run REF 2029 on old rules intensify - Research Professional News “Uncertainty” prompts simplification push, but critics warn against dropping research culture metrics

Calls to run REF 2029 on old rules intensify.

www.researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-uk-r...

Exciting new work on developmental system drift! #EvoDevo

Allan (@allancarbal.bsky.social) and Chema (@chemamd.bsky.social) are making key contributions to our understanding of the evolution of developmental system drift.

After welcoming we jumped imidiatelly into Chris Lowe @stanford.edu followed by Adria LeBoeuf @adriatica.bsky.social, Rory Cooper @rorylcooper.bsky.social, Bassel Arnaout @cam.ac.uk

Poster of the 2025 UK EvoDevo meeting in London. Drawings show the development of a tea cup

Tomorrow we'll welcome the EvoDevo community from UK and beyond @qmulsbbs.bsky.social @qmulse.bsky.social , organised by @chemamd.bsky.social @margaridamcm.bsky.social @ferdix.bsky.social @alexdemendoza.bsky.social , Roman Arguello and James Difrisco.

Poster by former lab member Giacomo Mogglioli

A great way to end the week with some evo devo! A one day meeting hosted by @qmul.bsky.social #UKEvoDevo @biologists.bsky.social @chemamd.bsky.social

A train screen showing the next train to Plymouth

On our way to get more worms 🪱🪱🪱

I am looking for a new postdoc to join the lab. Interested in pluripotency, germ cells, and in investigating these in a genetically tractable cnidarian? Get in touch! We offer a long-term contract, excellent research environment, and a lovely city #Galway. www.urifranklab.org

Thanks, Grisha! :)

Check out our latest work‼️Fantastic study with really cool data and findings led by @allancarbal.bsky.social in collaborarion with Stephan’s lab. The one and many ways of getting a belly…

Developmental system drift in dorsoventral patterning is linked to transitions to autonomous development in Annelida https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.05.29.656861v1

Fantastic opportunity! Lab, topic, team… a blast!

Less than a week left to register and submit an abstract ‼️

Come & join us!

We're thrilled to announce that our Excellence Cluster Physics of Life (PoL) has been renewed for a second funding phase (2026-2032) by @dfg.de ! Thanks to everyone who made this possible! 🎉👏

We'll continue our cutting-edge research towards understanding what brings matter to life!
#biophysics #dfg

Great PhD opportunities at the Stazione Zoologica Anton Dohrn in Naples (Italy).

6 fellowships are available to carry out interdisciplinary training.

https://www.szn.it/index.php/it/bandi-e-concorsi/bandi-di-concorso/ph-d-program/ph-d-program-open-calls

Topics include the function of […]

‼️10 days left to register and submit your abstract!! Come and join us to help relaunch the UK EvoDevo meetings. An exciting day with friends and good science!

Register and submit your abstract here 👉🏻 eshop.qmul.ac.uk/conferences-...

Postdoctoral researcher in evolutionary developmental neurobiology Come join our EU cephalopod consortium to discover how octopuses and other coleoids developed their large nervous system. Postdoc position available in the Seuntjens Lab in Leuven, Belgium.

We're hiring! Our lab is looking for a postdoc to investigate the #evodevo of #cephalopod brains. Did you recently graduate, and do you want to join our EU #WEAVE project with the Simakov and @simon-sprecher.bsky.social labs? Find the application form👇Thanks for RT 🐙🦑
www.kuleuven.be/personeel/jo...

Yes, that is me, for those who did not yet know. This was not planned but I am very happy to go 'home' even though I will miss a lot about Portugal. If you still want to visit, hurry, otherwise see you in Cambridge. If you want to know more contact me directly.
www.pdn.cam.ac.uk/news/dr-care...

🚨We’re proud that The Genetics Society @gensocuk.bsky.social supports the upcoming UK EvoDevo meeting. Register for only £5 and submit your abstracts before June 1st!

Link to register: eshop.qmul.ac.uk/conferences-...

First post on bsky for a very good news. Very glad to be awarded this HFSP with @chemamd.bsky.social & @baronelab.bsky.social to study the evolutionary biophysics of spiralian early asymmetric divisions !
@hfspo.bsky.social @cnrsbiologie.bsky.social @collegedefrance.bsky.social @cirbcdf.bsky.social

My group is hiring a new Postdoc to work on gene regulation and chromatin in Nematostella. Please RT!
For more information see here:
gahanlab.com
tinyurl.com/34xke35d

Earthworms occupy a weird spot in most people’s general understanding of creatures. We all know earthworms exist but barely anything beyond that. I don’t know what’s a good way to fix that other than beating everyone over the head with unsolicited earthworm facts

Thanks! :)

Super team! Really excited for the opportunity to work with you guys! We’ll have fun 😊

New preprint from my Postdoc in Zak Swartz’s lab at the @mblscience.bsky.social, in collaboration with Carsten Wolff and @. www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

Also a blast from the past! Another preprint is now available from my first postdoc in the @arnonelab.bsky.social at @szndohrn.bsky.social www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

Discovery and functional characterization of a bombesin-type neuropeptide signaling system in an invertebrate | PNAS Neuropeptide signaling systems are key regulators of physiological and behavioral processes in animals. However, the evolutionary history of some n...

Published in @pnas.org today. Congratulations to QMUL
@qmulsbbs.bsky.social PhD student Weiling Huang and thank you to everyone involved, including BBSRC, CSC and Leverhulme Trust for funding.

www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...