@dvalenzano.bsky.social
I study the evolution of senescence. Scientific Director at the Leibniz Institute on Aging. Killifish, evolution, microbiome, and causal inference. Bringing molecular genetics into field work.🇪🇺🐟🦠🧬
For those interested!
12.01.2026 10:56 — 👍 2 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0My dept has an open assistant professor position (DL 2nd Feb). Although the call indicates special interest in datacenter-scale computing systems research, any research area is applicable and this would be a great place also for someone doing Bayesian flavored research
www.aalto.fi/en/open-posi...
Decode microbial balance with us! 🦠
Our new PhD & Postdoc positions explore: 📡 SIGNALS (Communication) 🏗️ STRUCTURES (Community assembly) 🔄 TRANSITIONS (Stability & tipping points)
Become part of our interdisciplinary network in Jena.
⏳ Deadline: Jan 20, 2026
Hugely proud of superstar postdoc Dennis de Bakker who was awarded the LIFE talent award 2025 at the FSU Jena.
02.12.2025 15:57 — 👍 6 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0Huge congrats!!
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Adding citations of people who might review the paper
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🚨 15 days left to apply!
Be part of EvoMG-DN and advance your PhD career in evolutionary genomics.
👉 www.evomg-dn.eu
#PhD #DoctoralTraining #ResearchCareers #LifeSciences #BiomedicalResearch #Genomics #EvolutionaryBiology #MSCA #HorizonEurope #EUResearch #ResearchOpportunities #PhDPositions
This was so much fun - what a great community of smart, passionate and friendly scientists. And I totally loved Sevilla.
11.11.2025 19:05 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Hedgehog. Getty Images
Join us! We’re recruiting a PhD researcher to uncover how hedgehogs & other insectivores survive prey toxins. Dive into molecular evolution & protein biochemistry @shabmohammadi.bsky.social @livuni-ives.bsky.social @livuni-ismib.bsky.social @mpi-ce.bsky.social
🦔 www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
#CABDseminars
"Aging mechanisms in short-lived killifish" by Dario Valenzano @dvalenzano.bsky.social, @leibnizfli.bsky.social
🗓️ November 7th
⏰ 10:30 am ‼️
📍Rosalind Franklin Auditorium at the CABD
Hosted by Juan Tena
Phages, huh. Who would’ve thought.
27.10.2025 16:47 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Illustrators call is out! Anyone who knows illustrators in Leipzig area! Tell them! All the info on this website: lauramayer.space/Science-Stre...
16.10.2025 14:47 — 👍 23 🔁 15 💬 0 📌 1
JSCBB Biotech Building in Boulder, CO
Are you bravely deciding to do a postdoc in the US? And also interested in some combination of genomics, immunology, and transposons? If so, consider applying to my lab at the BioFrontiers Institute in Boulder, Colorado!
jobs.colorado.edu/jobs/JobDeta...
🧪🧬 #TESky #interferosky
Exciting news: DFG funds FOR5872 – Chaperone-mediated regulation of amyloids in condensates!
Led by Prof. Janine Kirstein (FLI), researchers from Germany and Israel will explore how chaperones counteract disease-causing protein misfolding.
Good luck to the team!
#FLI #DFG #FOR5872 #Chaperones
Aging and Microbiome Conference 2025
📢 We would like to draw your attention to the abstract submission deadline ➡️ June 30, 2025 ‼️
Read more: amc25.leibniz-fli.de
📅 Registrations under: amc25.leibniz-fli.de/registration/
#AMC2025 #Jena #microbiome #aging
Please share! We are accepting applications for the Biology Preview Program, which aims to make the PhD application process accessible and work with students to strenghten applications. Participants will receive a fee waiver, work 1:1 w/ a mentor, and meet w/faculty. Link: forms.gle/1xBShmvot5Vr...
16.06.2025 18:43 — 👍 15 🔁 16 💬 0 📌 0I'm in the field so can't attend the #NoKings protests today, but I'm so proud of our communities and country for the massive outpouring in defense of our democracy! And glad to see so many signs in defense of science #StandUpForScience
14.06.2025 20:05 — 👍 18 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0Huge congrats 🙌🏽
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Sad to learn we lost Keith Blackwell, an unsung hero of the aging field. Keith showed rapamycin extends C. elegans lifespan, that mTORC2 has diet-dependent effects on aging, and linked together skn1 TOR splicing and aging.
www.legacy.com/us/obituarie...
Amazing way to kick start the 2025 Nothobranchius Symposium. Felicity Jones’ inspiring keynote talk on convergent adaptive evolution in three-spine sticklebacks. #NOTHO25
05.06.2025 09:12 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
🧫 #Insights to the @leibnizfli.bsky.social 🔬
This week we would like to introduce you to the work of Prof. Dr. Helen Morrison´s research group.
➡️Nerve regeneration: How damaged cells recover
🎬Videolink: youtu.be/OHFkw-oWxSs
On a related note - cafes open at 6 am
14.04.2025 07:03 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0@leibnizfli.bsky.social
07.04.2025 09:46 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0📣 103 participants and counting…
The 2025 Nothobranchius Symposium is fast approaching!
🧬 Join us in beautiful Jena, Germany, June 5–6, 2025, for cutting-edge talks on #killifish.
📝 Abstracts accepted until April 22
🔗 notho-2025.de
We look forward to meeting you at #Notho25!
Recent events made this one rapidly climb my must-read list for 2025.
04.04.2025 18:17 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
'The Institute of Molecular Biotechnology (IMBA), one of Europe’s leading institutes for basic research in the life sciences, is seeking outstanding candidates for a faculty position.'
#ScienceJobs in Vienna.
www.oeaw.ac.at/imba/career-...
Cool bits from our recently concluded killifish field research work in the Gonarezhou National Park in Zimbabwe.
A nicely camouflaged lapwing nest (it’s a bird) and some giraffe spoors by one of our favorite seasonal ponds in the center of the park.
📢 2025 Nothobranchius Symposium – Call for Abstracts 🐟
Submit your abstract now and be part of #Notho25 in beautiful #Jena, Germany.
🚨 Abstract submission deadline: April 1
📄 Abstract guidelines: notho-2025.de#call-for-abs...
➡️ Website & registration: notho-2025.de
#killifish #aging #research
One week left to apply for a postdoc position in beautiful Edinburgh! Fully funded, 3 years, visa sponsorship. Explore interactions between host genomes and microbiomes during population declines using #museum collections ( #aDNA #popgen #hologenomics )!
20.03.2025 17:19 — 👍 32 🔁 24 💬 1 📌 0If you’re interested in fieldwork as part of your Postdoc, check out this fishy position with the Valenzano Lab @leibnizfli.bsky.social: jobs.leibniz-fli.de/jobposting/7... #killifish
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