Wehner lab | Neuroregeneration

The EMBO Practical Course "Spinal cord injury models" in Rio de Mouro, PT, 1–8 June 2026 aims to standardize protocols and support #EarlyCareer researchers working in #SpinalCordInjury.

Deadline: 1 April

https://meetings.embo.org/event/26-spinal-cord
#EMBOSpinalCordInjury #EMBOevents #training 🧪

There's still time to apply to be a 2026 @dev-journal.bsky.social Pathway to Independence fellow

For those about to apply for their first independent academic position, the programme offers

- mentoring
- leadership training
- profile rising
- networking

journals.biologists.com/dev/pages/pi...

Still time to apply until January, 19th!

Our team participated in the Long Night of Science #NdW25 at #MPZPM, a major outreach event in Germany. We presented how light - in particular polarization microscopy - reveals stress built-up inside materials. 🔬🧫

YouTube video by BioSapiens_vms Zebrafish Unlock Spinal Cord Regeneration Secrets!

Excited to see our latest work featured on YouTube by Biosapiens_vms channel. youtube.com/watch?v=nfZq...

Thank you!

1st German Fish Meeting - Heidelberg University - September 16-18, 2026 The 7th European Zebrafish PI Meeting will be held in Paris, France - April 2 to 5, 2025. Principal investigators in zebrafish research will share their discoveries

Brace yourself for THE event 2026: www.germanfishmeeting.org 👀

Professor Jochen Guck, Director at the Max Planck Institute for the Science of Light (MPL), He headed the division “Cell Physics” at MPL and the Max-Planck-Zentrum für Physik und Medizin (MPZPM).

With deep sadness, we share that Prof. Jochen Guck, Director at the Max Planck Institute for the Science of Light passed away on October 3. His visionary work bridged physics and medicine. We have lost a brilliant scientist and dear friend.

mpl.mpg.de/news/article...
@fau.de

📸 Stephan Spangenberg

Biphasic inflammation control by fibroblasts enables spinal cord regeneration in zebrafish Fibrosis and persistent inflammation are interconnected processes that inhibit axon regeneration in the mammalian central nervous system (CNS). Here, …

New paper from the lab is out in Cell Reports:

www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Congratulations to everyone involved, especially the two joint first authors, Nora and Thomas! Thanks also to the four reviewers for their helpful comments, which improved the manuscript.

#SCI, #Brillouin, #regeneration, #zebrafish, #AFM, #fibroblasts, #neutrophils

cthrc1a+ fibroblasts release pro-inflammatory and immunosuppressive cytokines to induce and subsequently resolve the acute inflammatory phase, thereby establishing a lesion microenvironment with regeneration-permissive mechanical properties.

We describe the identification of a transient population of cthrc1a+ fibroblasts with a less differentiated, non-fibrotic profile that possess dual functions in modulating inflammation.

We show that, unlike mammals, the regulatory interplay between fibroblasts and immune cells is required for axon regeneration after spinal cord injury in zebrafish.

Biphasic inflammation control by fibroblasts enables spinal cord regeneration in zebrafish Fibrosis and persistent inflammation are interconnected processes that inhibit axon regeneration in the mammalian central nervous system (CNS). Here, …

New paper from the lab is out in Cell Reports:

www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Paper accepted 🤩. Stay tuned for news on #fibroblasts in #SCI and #regeneration.

Thank you Richard!

Thank you Kai!

Thank you

Happy to share that I have been appointed as an Associate Professor of Regenerative Biology at the University of Cologne. Looking forward to continue our spinal cord regeneration research at the Institute of Zoology, as well as building bridges with the @mpi-scienceoflight.bsky.social in Erlangen.

Call for 20 Assistant Professor positions Karolinska Institutet is a world-leading medical university with a long and proud history of ground-breaking research. We are now recruiting outstanding early-career researchers with particularly exce...

Karolinska is looking for 20 (!!) assistant professors and offering 6 year appointments with ~1M USD startup packages.

ki.se/en/about-ki/...

After some silence, we will soon be announcing exciting developments, including openings at the postdoctoral and Ph.D. levels. Stay tuned!

The goal of a PhD is not to learn some facts or read a few papers or learn a bunch of techniques. The goal of a PhD is to learn independence, problem solving, how to finish things you start, resilience, & gain the ability to adapt & think creatively. Learning these things is hard.

👋 Hallo blauer Himmel!
Wir sind " #Tierversuche verstehen", eine Informationsinitiative, die über Tierversuche aufklärt - koordiniert von der Allianz der Wissenschaftsorganisationen in Deutschland.

GfE School 2025

Are you in Germany in September (25th-27th) and ready to present your science? no further hesitation and register for the 15th GfE School on "Lineages: Revealing how Cells make Embryos and Tissues" at Schloss Reisensburg: www.vbio.de/gfe-entwickl... all #devbio enthusiasts and interested welcome!

Conference Reminder. Early bird deadline for registration to the ISRB Biennial Meeting is today 15 June, 2025. Secure your spot at a discounted rate! (uwmadison.eventsair.com/isrb25/fees-...)

Congratulations Arica 🥳🤩

We—Nicolas @rohner.bsky.social, Lauren @lsaunders.bsky.social, Arica @abeisaw.bsky.social & Sepand @rastapopolus.bsky.social—are planning the first German #fish ( #zebrafish, #medaka, #killifish, others) #meeting for September 2026. If you're a PI & want info, get in touch!

Hasskommentare richtig melden – eine Anleitung | Brodnigs Blog Wer Verhetzung, Bedrohung, Beleidigung bei Instagram, Facebook, TikTok, X melden will, sollte aufpassen: Die Melde-Formulare der Plattformen sind kompliziert. Hier eine Übersicht, wie man strafbare

Wie man Hasskommentare auf Instagram, Facebook, X und TikTok so meldet, dass sie nach den bestehenden Gesetzen überprüft werden, zeigt diese Anleitung von @brodnig.bsky.social
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Round two !

this is recorded live!

And so it begins...