"Humbled to receive this recognition. This belongs as much to my team, my family, & to my home, Palestine: the people, the place, the joyful stubbornness to enjoy life."
Cheers buddy @gautamdey.bsky.social
Thx to my mentors @sophiemartinlab.bsky.social, @paveltomancak.bsky.social, & Pierre Gönczy.
If you want to read a cool story today, look no further:
A billion-year-old bacterial machinery replicates plastid DNA and supports kleptoplastidy #protistsonsky www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
A place to be !. Amazing science happening there.
Amazing Alex & Co.
Delighted to see our grantee Gautam Dey among this year's laureates. Congratulations to all!
Omaya Dudin 𓂆 ¦🍉¦🦠¦🔬¦
Omaya Dudin 𓂆 ¦🍉¦🦠¦🔬¦
Congratulations to Gautam Dey (EMBL) and Omaya Dudin (University of Geneva) for being awarded the EMBO Gold Medal 2026 in recognition of their outstanding contributions to the #LifeSciences in Europe! 🧪 https://www.embo.org/press-releases/embo-gold-medal-2026-awarded-to-gautam-dey-and-omaya-dudin/
An amazing new tool to explore "non-models" is just about to open a new world of imagining possibilities....
Congrats @canaztekin.bsky.social ! So proud, and very well deserved mate !
Fabien Burki
Omaya Dudin 𓂆 ¦🍉¦🦠¦🔬¦
We are looking for a new colleague to join us in Galway. The position is in Biochemistry and if research focus lines up we hope the successful person will join us in the Centre for Chromosome biology (chromosome.ie). Reach out if you are interested in applying!
tinyurl.com/2jy4rj3r
Science really takes a village. Thrilled to share this with my friend @dudinlab.bsky.social, and with our brilliant and fearless teams, our collaborators around the world and our mentors - in my case a special shoutout to Buzz Baum, Jan Ellenberg and @monicabettencourt.bsky.social.
1/2
Thank you @embo.org for the ringing endorsement of collaborative research, and for the boost to our young field of evolutionary cell biology!
@embl.org coverage here: www.embl.org/news/awards-...
@biology-unige.bsky.social coverage here: www.unige.ch/sciences/chi...
#ProtistsOnSky 🧪🌏
2/2
Omaya Dudin 𓂆 ¦🍉¦🦠¦🔬¦
Omaya Dudin 𓂆 ¦🍉¦🦠¦🔬¦
EMBO
European Research Council (ERC)
www.embl.org
The two collaborators received the award for their contributions to the field of evolutionary cell biology, focusing on the origins of nuclear organisation and multicellularity, respectively.
Congratulations to Gautam Dey (EMBL) and Omaya Dudin (University of Geneva) for being awarded the EMBO Gold Medal 2026 in recognition of their outstanding contributions to the #LifeSciences in Europe! 🧪 https://www.embo.org/press-releases/embo-gold-medal-2026-awarded-to-gautam-dey-and-omaya-dudin/
EMBO
#PlantSciJobs 🌱
Postdoctoral Research Associate (x2) and Research Assistant (x2)
Dr Edwige Moyroud is seeking 2 Postdocs and 2 Research Assistants to join her team investigating petal patterning
Applications close:
5 June: Research Assistant bit.ly/4a32ffK
17 June: Postdoc bit.ly/4dT2LOC
Gautam Dey
Gautam Dey
James Gahan
Sainsbury Laboratory Cambridge University (SLCU)
📢On June 1st, we will be launching CenSpark650, the very first selective fluorescent probe for imaging centrioles and cilia in live cells.🔬 No transfection, zero genetic manipulation. Just Add & Image 1 hour later. Learn more: spirochrome.com/12-may-2026/
#Bioimaging
Capolavoro 🎨 alert 🚨! What is the role of gene body methylation in invertebrates? Despite extensive speculation linking it to plasticity and environmental responses, its mechanistic effects and heritability remain unclear. Our take out in @natecoevo.nature.com: www.nature.com/articles/s41... 1/
Spirochrome
Experiments in the cnidarian Nematostella vectensis show a role of gene body methylation in transposable element suppression and that epigenetic inheritance is constrained by chromatin context and tra...
Congratulations to Gautam Dey (EMBL) and Omaya Dudin (University of Geneva) for being awarded the EMBO Gold Medal 2026 in recognition of their outstanding contributions to the #LifeSciences in Europe! 🧪 https://www.embo.org/press-releases/embo-gold-medal-2026-awarded-to-gautam-dey-and-omaya-dudin/
Thrilled to receive the 2026 Schering Young Investigator Award!! 🥳🤩
This recognition reflects the efforts of an outstanding team of students, postdocs, collaborators, and mentors who have contributed to our research over the years.
Many thanks to the jury and the Schering Stiftung for this honor.
Alex de Mendoza
EMBO
Delighted to announce that this year’s Schering Young Investigator Award has been awarded to Can Aztekin, Max-Planck-Research Group Leader. Congratulations Can!
Read the full article: www.bio.mpg.de/524116/can-a...
MPI for Biology Tübingen & Friedrich Miescher Laboratory
