Taponlab
@taponlab
We study development, growth and Hippo signalling @TheCrick. #drosophila #biophysics Tweets by @AnastasiaMorai. Title pic by @Maria_Diaz_Loza
We’re working to make high-end microscopy technologies available to scientists who wouldn’t otherwise have access. Our Electron Microscopy (@EM_STP) team is developing an affordable, high-precision set-up designed for use at the Crick and around the world crick.ac.uk/news/2024-10-2…
The Tapon lab is now on Bluesky @taponlab.bsky.social -see you there!
Registration and Abstract submission deadline extended! You don't want to miss this meeting @TheCrick Stellar lineup of speakers and more talks to be selected from abstracts. crick.ac.uk/whats-on/the-3…
Meeting alert! Registration deadline 15th November! Join us next year @TheCrick in London for The Beddington Dev Bio symposium. A stellar lineup of speakers, additional talks to be selected from submitted abstracts. You don't want to miss this crick.ac.uk/whats-on/the-3…
🚨 Job Alert! Please RT 🙏 Fully-funded postdoc positions (4+2 years) available! Join the dynamic, collaborative community @TheCrick with access to top-tier technology platforms and an outstanding postdoc training program. crick.wd3.myworkdayjobs.com/External/job/L…
Calling European Drosophila researchers! With @edrc2025 coming soon in Alicante, and EDRC 2027 in Bonn, we are opening the call for a host city for the 30th European Drosophila Research Conference in 2029! If your city's fly community is interested, go to: tinyurl.com/2b74ab4s
We are looking for a research technician to work on an exciting collaborative project with @RLWczyk using a combination of fly and mammalian models to understand basement membrane physiology during development and disease. jobs.ac.uk/job/DKN082/tec…
📢We have a 3y postdoc position available in our interdisciplinary team @institut_curie #Paris Join us if you're interested in epithelial tissue morphogenesis using live imaging, quantitative biology & (opto)genetics. institut-curie.org/team/bellaiche Please RT!
Join us in February @TheCrick for a fantastic Developmental Biology symposium! #beddingtonconf
Meeting alert! Registration deadline 15th November! Join us next year @TheCrick in London for The Beddington Dev Bio symposium. A stellar lineup of speakers, additional talks to be selected from submitted abstracts. You don't want to miss this crick.ac.uk/whats-on/the-3…
A great opportunity!
Postdoc position available in the Röper lab at the University of Cambridge! @PDN_Cambridge Join us and discover the role that control of cytoskeletal dynamics, crosstalk and cell adhesion play in the formation of the nephron tube in human renal organoids! jobs.cam.ac.uk/job/48947/
One more week to get those applications in! Some amazing projects, including one with our group!
Just one week left to apply for our 2025 PhD programme! Join us for: 🔬Innovative science 🗺️International, collaborative environment 💰£26,125 tax-free stipend + tuition and visa fees Applications close midday on Tuesday 5 November ⬇️ crick.ac.uk/careers-and-st…
We are recruiting PhD students to join us @TheCrick and @ucl! Project is flexible with scope for exploration, if you think patterning mechanisms are cool and want to use maths, physics or computational methods to study biology get in touch. Please share! crick.ac.uk/careers-study/…
🚨The Briscoe lab are hiring! Apply by Oct 9 to: • build custom single-cell technologies to study dev bio • collaborate on projects spanning cancer therapy, immune profiling and neurodegenerative disease • learn valuable skills for academia or industry crick.ac.uk/careers-study/…
Are you interested in doing a #PhD in #cancerresearch & #biotherapeutics? Are you of black heritage? 🔬👩🏿🔬👨🏿🔬🧫🧪 Applications for our 4-year PhD programme for Black Leaders in Cancer are open now! @TheCrick @uclcancer @QMBCI @KingsCollegeLon colcc.ac.uk/black-leaders-…
📢PhD opportunity!! The amazing @TheCrick international PhD Programme is now open! If you are interested in mechanobiology and the ECM, come and join our lab to study the role of the ECM dynamics in tissue organisation. Please RT. crick.ac.uk/careers-study/…
Interested in understanding how regeneration is controlled during development and adulthood? Keen to develop your skills in genetics, advanced imaging and 'omics? Join us for a PhD @theCrick! 🔬 crick.ac.uk/careers-study/…
Join us in London for the 3rd Crick/Beddington Developmental Biology Symposium on 10-11 Feb 2025! Fantastic speaker lineup covering a cross-disciplinary exploration of development and regeneration. Loads of selected short talk slots! tinyurl.com/36xt6td3 #beddingtonconf

I am pleased to inform you of the publication of the Drosophila immunity handbook. The pdf version of the book is free, or a physical version of the book is available for purchase at @EPFL press.epflpress.org/produit/1514/9…
Looking for an RA position? An excellent opportunity to join Nalle's team
Interested how tissues cope with damage and fight against cancer? I'm looking for a Research Assistant to work in my team @CRUK_SI based in the lab of @owen_sansom. Great environment to develop your skills and work among brilliant scientists. More details: tinyurl.com/2knupc2b
A special issue of #PhilTransB on host-microbe interactions in the #microbiome with several #Drosophila articles.
A new theme issue of #PhilTransB includes 18 articles on host-microbe interactions in the #microbiome. Read articles: bit.ly/PTB1901