Scientist studying development of embryos and building their models from stem cells. The author of #TheDanceofLife. Warsaw/Oxford/Cambridge/LA.
Magdalena Zernicka-Goetz
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Decoding the origins of cellular self-organization for engineered biology - @qichen-lab.bsky.social @zernickagoetz.bsky.social go.nature.com/4e1m3Br
After years of crystallization, in @natbiotech.nature.com,
@zernickagoetz.bsky.social and I discuss the evolutionary origins of multicellularity & how physical constraints inevitably drive cellular self-organization. Harnessing these rules may help us better understand & engineer life rdcu.be/flTKa
Entering the new year with gratitude: for family, for friends, for trainees who push the ideas further and further, for collaborators who make the science and journey exciting, for a community that reminds me science and curiosity have to be protected. Wishing everyone enriching, colorful 2026!
Fantastic place for science.
The @crick.ac.uk is recruiting Early Career Group Leaders
- Lab set-up, research costs, salaries for up to 5 researchers
- Support for up to 12 years
- Access to our core facilities
- Competitive salary
- Fantastic colleagues
- All areas of biology
Deadline 27 Nov
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Stentor is a single cell with a complex cortical pattern showing anterior/posterior polarization In poster 410 at CellBio2025 Monday Dec 8, Yina Hudnall shows a role for posterior-enriched mRNA that encoding DNA binding proteins.
A new hypothesis on the emergence of multicellularity from former #ListerFellow @zernickagoetz.bsky.social and @qichen-lab.bsky.social. "Multicellularity may have begun not when cells stuck together — but when a single cell became unequal inside itself." How might this model affect your own studies?
🌈 At a time when progress can't be taken for granted, I 'm especially proud to share this @natcellbio.nature.com Q&A piece. I had the pleasure to discuss with @gunawanlab.bsky.social about his inspiring journey as an LGBTQIA+ immigrant. #PrideInSTEM
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This Perspective positions cellular self-organization as a foundational principle for the origin of multicellular life and discusses how decoding this concept with stem cell-based models will advance ...
Mitochondria form dynamic networks that can be represented as graphs. But the space of graphs is complex. In poster 376 at CellBio2025 Monday Dec 8, Raphie Mostov presents a mathematical approach to represent mitochondria far more simply.
We appoint researchers from across biology and biomedicine to set up their first groups at the Crick.
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Nature Biotechnology
Magdalena Zernicka-Goetz
Qi Chen
This June, we celebrate Pride by discussing with Felix Gunawan, assistant professor at the University of Toronto and co-affiliate group leader at the University of Münster, about his personal and acad...
The @crick.ac.uk is recruiting Early Career Group Leaders
- Lab set-up, research costs, salaries for up to 5 researchers
- Support for up to 12 years
- Access to our core facilities
- Competitive salary
- Fantastic colleagues
- All areas of biology
Deadline 27 Nov
www.crick.ac.uk/careers-stud...
Decoding the origins of cellular self-organization for engineered biology - @qichen-lab.bsky.social @zernickagoetz.bsky.social go.nature.com/4e1m3Br
The Lister Institute of Preventive Medicine
The cell is a crowded place where organelles are packed together . In poster B365 at CellBio2025 Monday Dec 8 in the Quantitative Modeling session room 122, Mary Mirvis uses soft x-ray tomography to explore how packing interactions affect organelle shape and interaction.
We appoint researchers from across biology and biomedicine to set up their first groups at the Crick.
This Perspective positions cellular self-organization as a foundational principle for the origin of multicellular life and discusses how decoding this concept with stem cell-based models will advance ...
