Eudald Pascual
EIPOD fellow between @viktri08.bsky.social and @multicellgenome.bsky.social labs, interested in the metabolic regulation of the cell cycle at the origin of animal multicellularity
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- Reposted by Eudald Pascual'The Centre for Research in Cellular Biology of Montpellier (CRBM) is recruiting Junior/Senior Group Leaders to shape its research in the coming decade. The deadline for application is 31st of March 2026.' #sciencejobs focalplane.biologists.com/cell-biology...
- Reposted by Eudald PascualFor once, ctenophores are not the abnormal ones! 🪸
- New paper out in @bmc.springernature.com 🤩👏 A routine 5-ethynyl uridine (EU) RNA labeling experiment in a sea anemone turned into detective work for @malinkjosavik.bsky.social, @ktgarschall.bsky.social & @prhsteinmetz.bsky.social 🕵️♀️
- Reposted by Eudald PascualNew paper out in @bmc.springernature.com 🤩👏 A routine 5-ethynyl uridine (EU) RNA labeling experiment in a sea anemone turned into detective work for @malinkjosavik.bsky.social, @ktgarschall.bsky.social & @prhsteinmetz.bsky.social 🕵️♀️
- Reposted by Eudald PascualOur new paper reveals critical new regulators of stem cell differentiation that control where the right kinds of cells are made in planarians. In particular, we find Anosmin—a gene responsible for Kallmann Syndrome—as a restrictor of neurogenesis. www.nature.com/articles/s41... #basicresearch
- Reposted by Eudald PascualOn the importance of preprints, regardless of whether you are Team Sponge or Team Jelly: 'King says that she wishes she had posted the study as a preprint so that the errors could have been caught sooner.' www.nature.com/articles/d41...
- Reposted by Eudald PascualAlways great to visit Bergen Aquarium and see comb jellies exhibited in all their beauty 🌈 The comb jellies are now part of a permanent exhibit at the aquarium. #ctenophores #Bergen #aquarium @alexandrejan.bsky.social, Simen Mannsåker & @msarscentre.bsky.social
- Reposted by Eudald PascualOur comb jellies are on display in a new permanent exhibit at Bergen Aquarium 🤩✨ They are in very good company, alongside several jellyfish species. A must-see if you ever visit #SunnyBergen!
- Always great to visit Bergen Aquarium and see comb jellies exhibited in all their beauty 🌈 The comb jellies are now part of a permanent exhibit at the aquarium. #ctenophores #Bergen #aquarium @alexandrejan.bsky.social, Simen Mannsåker & @msarscentre.bsky.social
- Reposted by Eudald PascualThe deadline for the next Catalan #DevBio meeting @scb.iec.cat is today! Please register at actes.iec.cat/145016/detai...
- Reposted by Eudald PascualAmazing to hold the print issue of @natrevneuro.nature.com in our hands with our review highlighted on the cover. Evolutionary connections inspired by the article & designed by Richard Tibbitts. www.nature.com/articles/s41... @jeffcolgren.bsky.social @msarscentre.bsky.social
- Reposted by Eudald PascualMost of the molecular “apps” required for animal life—cell adhesion, signaling, transcriptional control, genomic regulation—evolved before animals themselves, just as batteries, cameras, microchips, and GPS existed before smartphones. What changed was not the components, but their integration.
- Reposted by Eudald PascualWhat if animals emerged by installing a new biological operating system that repurposed what already existed, much like the rise of the smartphone? Here's our new paper in @embojournal.org @ibe-barcelona.bsky.social @melisupf.bsky.social @sfiscience.bsky.social link.springer.com/article/10.1...
- Reposted by Eudald Pascual📢 Open faculty position – Origins of Life We have an opening in our section at the University of Geneva! 🧬🚀 SPREAD THE WORD Apply here: jobs.unige.ch/www/wd_porta...
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- Reposted by Eudald Pascual📕Research led by Ricard Solé, researcher at @ibe-barcelona.bsky.social and ICREA professor and researcher at @melisupf.bsky.social , reveals how cooperation between species could sustain more diverse and resilient ecosystems. 🌍🧵 #UnravellingEvolution 👉shorturl.at/TyWTe
- Reposted by Eudald PascualA reminder to join the Metabolism in Development & Physiology Seminar this Thursday 15 Jan 2026, 16:00 CET featuring these exciting speakers: Heidi Lempradl (Professor, VAI) Diego Sainz de la Maza (PostDoc, UCL)
- Reposted by Eudald PascualOur research scientist Núria Ros-Rocher won the 1st prize @zeiss-microscopy.bsky.social microscopy contest with this beautiful choano colony www.zeiss.fr/microscopie/... 🥳 C. flexa might not yet be a genetic model, but it is now at least a calendar model, which counts for something. I think.
- Reposted by Eudald PascualBilaterian guts share embryonic patterning, but what about the adult gut? This study of 5 species reveals conserved TF modules that define A-P #gut compartments, with lineage-specific modifications, illuminating #bilaterian gut #evolution & diversification @plosbiology.org 🧪 plos.io/49pgpH3
- Reposted by Eudald Pascual#Jellyfish rely on light cues to help time their #gamete release. @momotsuyo.bsky.social &co reveal an additional autonomous #circadian mechanism that synchronizes gamete release, entrained to a 24-hr period by dark-to-light transition @plosbiology.org 🧪 plos.io/4btAwpY
- Reposted by Eudald PascualIn hydrozoan #jellyfish, the timing of gamete release is often coordinated by light. Ezio Rosato explores a @plosbiology.org study that elucidates a novel, endogenous clock-based mechanism that governs #egg release in a new species of jellyfish 🧪 Paper: plos.io/4btAwpY Primer: plos.io/49eTOya
- Reposted by Eudald PascualNew Year’s resolution to read more? Then what better way to start than by checking out our new review on the biophysics of organoids!
- Interested in the biophysics of organoids? We just published a review in Dev Cell—take a look! dlvr.it/TPyTb8 #Organoids #Biophysics
- Reposted by Eudald PascualNow out in PLOS Biology- a novel clock mechanism regulating spawining in a newly-identified Clytia species : dx.plos.org/10.1371/jour...
- Reposted by Eudald PascualWe’re back with the Metabolism in Development & Physiology online seminar series 🎉 Thu 15 Jan 2025, 16:00 CET Speakers: Heidi Lempradl (Professor, VAI) Diego Sainz de la Maza (PostDoc, UCL)
- Reposted by Eudald PascualVery much looking forward to next week's Metabolism in Development and Physiology seminar with @lempradllab.bsky.social & @diegosainzdelamaza.bsky.social! Two exciting topics, one powerhouse model system 🪰! Join us! Register here for the zoom link: forms.gle/Y8QzucogKKrZ...
- Reposted by Eudald PascualOur latest: Independent origins of spicules reconcile paleontological and molecular evidence of sponge evolutionary history, led by @meleonora-rossi.bsky.social with help from friends @bristolpalaeo.bsky.social including @anariesgo.bsky.social @evopalaeo.bsky.social Davide Pisani and many others
- Reposted by Eudald Pascualstrong evidence of convergent genome evolution across the animal kingdom suggesting that, in large part, adaptation to life on land is predictable, linking genes to ecosystems www.nature.com/articles/s41... 🧪🌐🧬🌍
- Reposted by Eudald PascualOur work on the evolution of the regulatory genome of echinoderms is now out in @natecoevo.nature.com. Led by my former PhD Marta Magri, Danila Voronov & Saoirse Foley. Great collaboration of Arnone, Hinman & Maeso labs, started long time ago with our missed José Luis Gomez-Skarmeta: rdcu.be/eXX8l
- Reposted by Eudald PascualA planetary atlas of plankton 🪐 Closing the year with a bang: out @cellcellpress.bsky.social the @dudinlab.bsky.social & @gautamdey.bsky.social labs used ultrastructure Expansion Microscopy to reveal the stunning cytoskeletal diversity of over 200 plankton species! A #sciart 🧵 @embl.org
- Reposted by Eudald Pascual🧬 Year after year, @geneticsub.bsky.social remains firmly committed to continuous improvement. 🥇 This year has been highly rewarding and we look forward to the opportunities that 2026 will bring. 🎉 Thanks to all our members for your hard work and dedication! Together, we make a strong team.
- Reposted by Eudald Pascual🚨 POSTDOC OPENING 🚨 NIH-funded Bio-Fluid Mechanics Postdoc in my lab @univmiami.bsky.social Hofstenia miamia | cilia-driven flows | behavior & neuroscience Collab w/ Mansi Srivastava @harvard.edu 🕒 Start: Jan–Feb 2026 ⏳ 1 yr, renewable | Email me ASAP! #Postdoc #Biophysics #FluidDynamics
- Reposted by Eudald PascualLooking back on 2025, we are incredibly grateful for all the good moments spent with colleagues, the exciting new discoveries, discussions and seminars, and for the trust of our collaborators and partners! We wish you a wonderful holiday season and look forward to meeting again in 2026 ✨🎄
- Reposted by Eudald PascualEudald has used sea anemones & #planaria to study #metabolism & #cellfate. He uncovered nutrient driven quiescence—stem cells slowing down in sync with starvation. A unique glimpse into how #metabolism & #cellcycle co-evolved. @eudaldpascual.bsky.social @irbbarcelona.org @msarscentre.bsky.social
- Reposted by Eudald PascualThanks @jcellsci.bsky.social for this opportunity to contribute to your centenary collection with our take on the state of the field - 10 years after its modern reincarnation 🧪🌍 W/ @alebenoit.bsky.social @eelcotromer.bsky.social @fritzlaylin.bsky.social journals.biologists.com/jcs/article/...
- Reposted by Eudald PascualThrilled to share my 1st PhD paper exploring the role of a DAAM1 microexon in memory formation and learning! 🧠🐭💻🔬(and first post at @bsky.app :) Finally published in @natcomms.nature.com nature.com/articles/s41... . With @mirimiam.bsky.social, @maradierssen.bsky.social, @crg.eu Details below:
- Reposted by Eudald PascualWe are thrilled to invite you to the Michael Sars Symposium 2026 - Living systems in a variable ocean, together with our co-organizers at @cbubergen.bsky.social! Mark June 4, 2026 in your calendars, and watch out for our speaker lineup reveal in the new year 🙌
- Reposted by Eudald PascualThrilled to see our review article "The evolutionary origins of synaptic proteins" highlighted on the cover of Nature Reviews Neuroscience 🤩. www.nature.com/articles/s41... @msarscentre.bsky.social 🧠✨🧬🌊🪼🧽
- First neurons didn’t appear overnight. We trace their roots to ancient secretory cells - showing how lifestyle & behavior shaped the evolution of first synapses.🧠🌊 #Evolution #Neuroscience Our latest in @natrevneuro.nature.com Link: rdcu.be/eMX3E @jeffcolgren.bsky.social @msarscentre.bsky.social
- Reposted by Eudald PascualThis ‘fundamental’ study uncovers how directing pyruvate into mitochondria can shrink cells by shifting their metabolism away from building amino acids and proteins. buff.ly/hFHjKy9
- Reposted by Eudald PascualOptimized husbandry and targeted gene-editing for the cnidarian Nematostella vectensis Read this Techniques & Resources Article by @joao-e-carvalho.bsky.social, @rottingerlab.bsky.social and colleagues: journals.biologists.com/dev/article/...
- Reposted by Eudald PascualStoked that this paper, summarizing a vast series of experiments from past and present members of the team is out. A great way to end this year. www.nature.com/articles/s41...
- Reposted by Eudald PascualI'm excited to share our work on the regulation of endomitosis in worm intestines: www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1... We find that cells are able to uncouple nuclear division from cell division by transcriptional repression of key cytokinesis regulators
- Reposted by Eudald PascualExcited to share our story nutrition and cell quiescence in sea anemones, great postdoctoral work of @eudaldpascual.bsky.social Finally out in @plosbiology.org And thanks to @msarscentre.bsky.social for the nice news piece: www.uib.no/en/michaelsa...
- 💡How does nutrition regulate cell cycle in stem cells? Check out our new paper from @prhsteinmetz.bsky.social lab & @msarscentre.bsky.social, out now in @plosbiology.org (plos.io/48J2o6P) #SeaAnemone #Nematostella #StemCell #CellCycle #Quiescence #TORsignalling 1/12
- Reposted by Eudald PascualProud to see the PhD work of @inesfournon.bsky.social out as preprint! 🌸 Cell extrusion DOES exist outside of bilaterians AND is sensitive to feeding status in sea anemones.
- Thrilled to share the preprint from my PhD! 🥳 Where I characterised epithelial cell extrusion in a sea anemone 🔗 www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6... Big thanks to my supervisor @prhsteinmetz.bsky.social and coauthors @noahbruderer.bsky.social @lionlchristiaen.bsky.social at🇳🇴 @msarscentre.bsky.social ⬇️🧵
- 💡How does nutrition regulate cell cycle in stem cells? Check out our new paper from @prhsteinmetz.bsky.social lab & @msarscentre.bsky.social, out now in @plosbiology.org (plos.io/48J2o6P) #SeaAnemone #Nematostella #StemCell #CellCycle #Quiescence #TORsignalling 1/12
- The sea anemone Nematostella shows remarkable body plasticity: feeding triggers growth, while starvation induces shrinkage. Its whole body adapts to nutrient availability! (📸 @alexandrejan.bsky.social) 2/12
- We focused on Vasa2+/Piwi1+ multipotent stem-like cells, which contribute to different cell lineages. Using our mOr2-Piwi1 knock-in line, we can label these cells and study this population (📸 @paulamiramon.bsky.social) 3/12
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- Reposted by Eudald Pascual📢 New preprint from the @prhsteinmetz.bsky.social lab! Inés Fournon Berodia @inesfournon.bsky.social looked at cell death and epithelial extrusion in Nematostella. An exciting study with beautiful microscopy ✨ Check it out ⤵️
- Thrilled to share the preprint from my PhD! 🥳 Where I characterised epithelial cell extrusion in a sea anemone 🔗 www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6... Big thanks to my supervisor @prhsteinmetz.bsky.social and coauthors @noahbruderer.bsky.social @lionlchristiaen.bsky.social at🇳🇴 @msarscentre.bsky.social ⬇️🧵
- Reposted by Eudald PascualThrilled to share the preprint from my PhD! 🥳 Where I characterised epithelial cell extrusion in a sea anemone 🔗 www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6... Big thanks to my supervisor @prhsteinmetz.bsky.social and coauthors @noahbruderer.bsky.social @lionlchristiaen.bsky.social at🇳🇴 @msarscentre.bsky.social ⬇️🧵
- Reposted by Eudald PascualThe longer the fast, the deeper quiescence becomes 😴 "From an evolutionary perspective, showing this behavior in a whole animal is a major step forward" - @eudaldpascual.bsky.social Read the article here ⤵️
- Reposted by Eudald PascualNematostella can adjust its body size throughout its life depending on food availability. What does that mean at the cellular level? 🔬 The authors show that a population of stem-like cells enters quiescence when food is scarce. 📸 @alexandrejan.bsky.social
- Reposted by Eudald PascualCongratulations to @eudaldpascual.bsky.social and @ktgarschall.bsky.social from the @prhsteinmetz.bsky.social lab on a new paper out in @plosbiology.org 🤩👏 The work, supported by @embo.org, looked at cell behavior during starvation in the sea anemone Nematostella vectensis 🧵🧪
- Reposted by Eudald PascualIf anyone has any ideas that they would like to work on in choanoflagellates or Nematostella (or both) then please reach out!
- Attention scientists from all over the world🙃 The Call for Letters of Intent for #HFSPResearchGrants 2027 is now open! 🧪 Get your international & interdisciplinary team. It's time to put your bold research idea into practice! 🔗https://bit.ly/48VsGCG 📅 15 Dec 2025–26 Mar 2026 #sts #LifeSciences
- Reposted by Eudald PascualAre you very busy but still want to learn what Aphelids are and why they are important to understand the evolution of Fungi? Then check out our “Quick guide” on Aphelids published in collaboration with @deemteam.bsky.social, Sergey and Guifré. #protistsonsky doi.org/10.1016/j.cu...
- Reposted by Eudald PascualA new Hydractinia single-cell atlas from the Schnitzler lab: >47K cells from feeding polyps and stolon tissue that refines major somatic cell lineages and recovers a novel population of putative immune cells – a valuable resource for the cnidarian research community and beyond! tinyurl.com/hsymSC
- Reposted by Eudald PascualTo all current/future planarian enthusiasts: The next installment of the North American Planarian Meeting will occur in June 2026 in Ithaca, New York. We welcome anyone who wants to participate, organized by me and Chris Petersen (Northwestern). Please share far and wide. napm2026.weebly.com
