Biophysicist interested in cell dynamics and tissue morphogenesis
at IBDM and Turing Center for Living Systems
Group: https://www.morphotiss.org/
https://www.ibdm.univ-mrs.fr/physical-approaches-to-cell-dynamics/
https://centuri-livingsystems.org
Pierre-François Lenne
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Thrilled that our team clinched both 1st and 2nd place in the image contest! 🥇🥈 Huge applause for everyone’s creativity and excitement in front of the microscope. Let’s keep inspiring each other! 💪✨ #Teamwork #Science
Mechanosensation and fast reorientation of ciliary structures: Marvin's work on the surprising locomotion capabilities of Trichoplax, an animal without neurons!
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
Feat. @guignardlab.bsky.social @pflenne.bsky.social @shamtlili.bsky.social @philipperoudot.bsky.social
The Tapenade pipeline is fully open-source with user-friendly notebooks and Napari plugins: github.com/GuignardLab/... 🫒
🥇Sham Tlili has been awarded the CNRS 2025 Bronze Medal! She studies how physical forces shape living tissues by using mouse stem cell models known as gastruloids. A unique blend of physics & biology.
🔗 Read more: www.ibdm.univ-amu.fr/sham-tlili-w...
And usually, the sky is blue in Cassis, near Marseille!
Katia took the initiative to start a Xenopus project in the lab a few years ago —and now her work is highlighted by Development! Huge congrats, Katia!
Excited to share that IBDM (Institut de Biologie du Développement de Marseille) is expanding its research groups this year! A great place for developmental biology and interdisciplinary research located on the beautiful Marseille-Luminy campus!
Deadline for applications: March 30th, 2025
Thank you so much for sharing your thoughts on our article!
Appreciate Quanta for shining a light on our joint work with Simon Gsell, Sham Tlili (@shamtlili.bsky.social), and Matthias Merkel (@merkellab.bsky.social).
Pierre-François Lenne
Interested in the biophysics of organoids? We just published a review in Dev Cell—take a look! dlvr.it/TPyTb8 #Organoids #Biophysics
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IBDM, Institut de Biologie du Développement de Marseille
Pierre-François Lenne
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In this review, Weichselberger, Moore et al. discuss how physics-based approaches
illuminate organoid development and homeostasis by integrating mechanical, chemical,
and informational processes. They...
Discover the winners of the FBI Image Contest 2024🔬
🥇Place: Vanessa Weichselberger (IBDM-Université Aix-Marseille)
🥈Place: Dalia El Arawi (IBDM)
🥉Place: Frédéric Fercoq (Musée National d'Histoire Naturelle-Unité MCAM)
🏆 Congratulations to them!
👏 A big thank you to all the participants!
A distinction that rewards a promising and already fruitful scientific career.
Explant elongation initiates in the epithelium
A Research Highlight showcasing new work from @katiabarrett.bsky.social, Shalabh Anand, Virginie Thome, Laurent Kodjabachian, @merkellab.bsky.social, @pflenne.bsky.social
journals.biologists.com/dev/article/...
📣Exciting meeting ahead!
Join us at Shaping Life 3 in beautiful Cassis next June!
www.atoutcom.com/shaping-life/
@justinmcrocker.bsky.social @guignardlab.bsky.social @bulutkarslioglu.bsky.social @dudinlab.bsky.social @flowerwhatelse.bsky.social @laghalab.bsky.social @sfbd.bsky.social
Biophysicists are realizing that there is an undervalued element at play in early development: Aside from genes, mechanical forces also steer the growth of embryos. @annademming.bsky.social reports: www.quantamagazine.org/genes-have-h...
Development
I am very excited to share my first news&views article doi.org/10.1038/s415... discussing the exciting paper www.nature.com/articles/s41... by @pflenne.bsky.social lab! Thanks to the editors @naturephysics.bsky.social for giving me this chance 📣💥🎊
France-BioImaging
The same pulling force that causes “tears” in a glass of wine also shapes embryos. It’s another example of how genes exploit mechanical forces for growth and development.
Spherical aggregates of mouse stem cells exhibit symmetry breaking by forming an elongated axis. This extension is driven by a recirculating Marangoni-like tissue flow, providing insights into the tis...
