Training 12 doctoral candidates in a new field of comparative integrative cell biology in animals. Funded by the European Union. GA: 101119891
🌍 🔬 Meet the ZooCELL Doctoral Candidates! 🌍 🔬
Curious about the young scientists behind the ZooCELL Doctoral Network?
Watch their introduction videos on our YouTube channel to discover their research, backgrounds, and what fuels their passion for science!
👀 Check them out here: https://www.youtube.com/@ZooCELL_MSCA_DN
We had our very first practical school at the Centre for Organismal Studies at @uniheidelberg !
This was a hands-on volume EM and sample preparation course with several theoretical lectures.
https://www.cos.uni-heidelberg.de/en/research-groups/gaspar-jekely/Events/zoocell-course
Here is a short write up about the event by @abilgk
https://zoocell.eu/2025/03/13/practical-course-on-animal-diversity-and-em-sample-preparation/
The very first ZooCELL practical training took place from 3rd to 14th February at COS in Heidelberg.
Our doctoral candidates had an intensive hands-on training on #EM sample preparation, hosted by EMCF at Heidelberg University and EMCF at EMBL Heidelberg, and had the chance to meet each other and all the PIs of the network.
The first of many great events in our #ZooCELL network! Stay tuned for more of our upcoming events and projects!
More #introduction about our ZooCELL network.
We will do a lot of volume electron #microscopy #volumeEM focusing on sensory systems in marine #animals
We will combine this with single-cell #genomics, correlative LM/EM, #AI -based image segmentation and classification, and genetics
You can read more about the participating labs here:
https://zoocell.eu/consortium/#Beneficiaries
We will post about events, projects etc. in the coming years.
If you like #zoology #evodevo #marine #biology follow/boost us!
It's time for an #introduction.
We are ZooCELL, a Marie Sklodowska-Curie Doctoral Network that will train 12 doctoral candidates in comparative integrative cell biology of animals.
We are located in five different countries (France, Germany, Italy, Sweden and UK).
Our doctoral students will enjoy plenty of training opportunities and exchange with all labs involved in the network.
We are funded by the @EUCommission
The revised version of our #Platynereis #connectome paper is now out:
https://elifesciences.org/reviewed-preprints/97964
Cell-type-level annotation of the whole organisms, including synaptic and desmosomal connectomes. Can be explored with CATMAID here:
https://catmaid-jekelylab.cos.uni-heidelberg.de
#larva #marine #neuroscience #vEM
