Hi 👋🏻 I am a neurobiologist interested in evolution and development of astrocytes. I guess my field is #EvolutionaryGliaBiology but nobody calls it that way (yet). ✨🧠🐅🐁🦇🦧🐄🐋 In our lab we compare astrocytes from many species: we try to understand why our brain is special..and why it is not! (1/2)

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The spawning season of Owenia is upon us We thank our continuous collaboration with @sbroscoff.bsky.social in order to get our yearly supply of worms to do EvoDevo research #DevBio #EvoDevo #WormWednesday #ViveLeVer 🪱

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And so it began. The CNRS Jacques Monod Conference 2026 #CJM26 in beautiful Roscoff kick started masterclassfully by Marianne Bronner on the development and evolution of the vertebrate neural crest.

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Check out the fantastic line-up for our Spring Meeting on June 5th including @steinaerts.bsky.social, @borrell-lab.bsky.social, @silvianeuro.bsky.social, Simon Hippenmeyer, @idoiaeu.bsky.social and Jin-Wu Tsai. Registration & abstract submission deadline May 15th. www.bscdb.be/spring-meeting

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Thrilled to present our comparative study on the evolution of zygotic genome activation (ZGA)!! 🥚🧬 Amazing PhD work of @campobes.bsky.social together with @fedemantica.bsky.social and many collaborators! @melisupf.bsky.social @crg.eu. Thread below 1/15 www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...

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