second round of Poster flash talks at #gfe2026 by Kim Heilemann (@becklab.bsky.social), Sabine Klein (Friedrich Loeffler Institut), Katja Rust (@rustflylab.bsky.social), Daniel Barcenilla-Merino (from james hombria lab, @cabd-upo-csic.bsky.social) and Chiau-Yuan Hsu (from @wittbrodtlab.bsky.social)
final talk of todaya at #GfE2026 is by Asalbanoo Farahvashi (from @panakovalab.bsky.social) detailing that "Actin capping protein CAPZB plays a critical role in cardiac development and congenital heart defects" in zebrafish
Grigory Genikhovich (@genikhovich.bsky.social) shows that "Sox3 acts as a transcriptional repressor of FoxA maintaining the conserved ectoderm/endoderm boundary in the sea anemone." #GfE2026
Gabriel Rodrigues Cavalheiro (from @molgen.mpg.de, Mundlos lab) is "Deciphering the cis-regulatory code of developmental signaling centers with rare-cell type genomics and deep learning" - demonstrating how computational approaches help understanding of dynamic biological processes
Luca Braccioli (@bracciolilab.bsky.social) "A dual role for CTCF in development" identified studying gastruloids
due to Álvaro Rada-Iglesias ’ (@radaiglesiaslab.bsky.social) studies, we are "Gaining mechanistic insights into long-range gene regulation through synthetic biology approaches"
first talk of the session is by Peter Zeller (Aarhus University)„Detection of histone modifications and full-length transcriptome in single cells identifies sequential epigenetic perceptiveness to lineage commitment."
We are back with session 6 of #GfE2026 "Genetic and epigenetic control of development" chaired by Luca Braccioli (@bracciolilab.bsky.social) & Vincent Christoffels (from @amsterdamumc.bsky.social)
Stefan Schulte-Merker (from @uni-muenster.de) concludes the session by presenting insights from "Carboxypeptidase D, a novel player involved in VEGFC processing and lymphatic development" in mice #GfE2026
Dinara Sharipova (from @unipotsdam.bsky.social) shows how we can study development in zebrafish to understand congenital disorders in patients: "From human genetics to developmental mechanisms: Functional analysis of bicuspid aortic valve genes in zebrafish"
Anni Zhang (from @thomasgreb.bsky.social lab) takes us to the green side of development by investigating how "Transcriptional repression of auxin signaling by SMXL5 ensures robust phloem cell fate specification" in arabidopsis #GfE2026
Ina Sonnen (@sonnenlab.bsky.social) takes us on the rout "From blastocyst signalling dynamics to implantation models"
Nic Tapon (@taponlab.bsky.social) raises the question "How big is big enough? Unravelling the developmental control of tissue growth in the fly abdomen"
Wednesday afternoon at #GfE2026 - Kerstin Feistel (@kerstinfeistel.bsky.social) & Wolfgang Driever (from @uni-freiburg.de) chair the "Emergence and maintenance of patterns" session
Verena Kaul (from @unihohenheim.bsky.social) shares her evodevo approach on "Mechanical coupling of endoderm and mesoderm dictates mode of mesoderm internalization in Chironomus riparius"
Newsha Mortazavi (from @gunawanlab.bsky.social) investigates how the "Basement membrane integrity governs tissue morphogenesis and biomechanical stabilization of developing cardiac valves" during zebrafish embryogenesis #GfE2026
Kerstin Feistel (@kerstinfeistel.bsky.social) demonstrates how "Tissue stiffness gates apical constriction during Xenopus neural tube closure". stiffen, soften, fold and go. #GfE2026
Cielo Lucía Centola (from @jrmarmor.bsky.social lab) investigates how "Rhythmic contraction waves trigger the Yap-dependent mechanoregulatory loop fueling gastrulation movements in medaka"
Jérôme Solon (www.biofisika.org/en/about/peo...) is "Closing the gap: Mechanosensing and tissue mechanics during epithelial sealing" for acute wound healing in Drosophila
In session 4 at #GfE2026 we continue with "Forces define form - mechanobiology II"
Charlotte Kirchhelle (@ckirchhelle.bsky.social) presents "The outsiders: growth control at the organ surface" - how mechanical control on the cell surface is integrated by root cells during growth
Alba Diz-Muñoz (from @embl.org Heidelberg) presents „The missing mechanical link: how composite interfaces govern cell morphogenesis, immune migration, and stem cell fate."
3rd session at #GfE2026 focuses on how "Forces define form - mechanobiology" is chaired by Dorothee Bornhorst-Ohmstede (@dorotheeb.bsky.social) & Jérôme Solon (@csic.es)
In her keynote Lecture, Isabel Fariñas (University of Valencia) details that "YAP/TAZ are required for stem cell quiescence in the adult brain" and how ECM adhesion induced quiescence is based on multiple cues that interact synergisitcally. #GfE2026
day 2 of #GfESEBDDSDB2026 #GfE2026 just started with the president of the SEBD Eloísa Herrera (@eloisaherrera.bsky.social) introducing the 2nd keynote lecture given by Isabel Fariñas (University of Valencia)
Appreciate the better choice of the hashtag! If only there wasn’t that character cap on messages …
And now: Poster flash talks at #gfe2026 by Jorge Mañes-García (from @cbm-csic-uam.bsky.social), Benjamin Knüppel (from @bogdanlab.bsky.social), Isabel Pérez-Ferrer (from @eloisaherrera.bsky.social), Payel Banerjee (from @unipotsdam.bsky.social), and Katrin Domsch (@katrin-domsch.bsky.social)
Theresa Gross-Thebing (from Surani lab @gurdoninstitute.bsky.social) presents here study on the dynamics and "Sensitive tuning of cell fate specification by SOX17 dose during early human development" at #gfe2026
Vanessa Weichselberger (from @viktri08.bsky.social lab) uses mouse organoids to investigate how "Physical confinement shapes the morphogenetic landscape in gastruloids, generating distinct emergent patterns".
Girish Kale (@girishkalephd.bsky.social) looks at how "Elevated temperature fatally disrupts the interaction between microtubules and F-actin in the syncytial Drosophila embryo" leading to mitotic spindle failure and loss of nuclei during embryonic development
