Long time no see!
Really exciting week in the lab: we’ve just received this year’s first set of Owenia fusiformis from Roscoff. We are all more than ready to dig deep into the quirks of these guys.
Here’s a little sneak peek:
2020 is finally coming to an end.
Today is the last day in the lab for most of us before the Christmas break. A lot has happened this year. Despite all of that, at the end of the day we can’t be any more grateful for having been able to keep doing what we all love. Let’s hope 2021 brings us much more science and quality time together, this time less socially distanced. The whole Martín-Durán lab wishes you all the best for these holidays and for the upcoming year.
Stay safe!
Amazing news this week, just before the Christmas break. Kero’s ASSEMBLE Plus Transnational application was approved! She will use this opportunity to collect Owenia and continue her exciting project next summer. Congratulations, Kero. Many more to come!
Yan, one of our postdocs, is in Berlin working hard at one of @Physacourses to learn bioinformatic analyses for transcriptomic and epigenomic data. Alles Gute!
Our group is growing! Two new PhD students joined us: Giacomo from Italy and Keroshini from Malaysia. More people, more projects, more fun 😁! Stay tuned! 😉
Big news today! The lab will get 5 years funding from the European Research Council, which will allow us to recruit new people, in particular postdocs, and do super cool research on spiralians! I'm very thrilled for this big opportunity and for the exciting years to come. Also very grateful for the support that my colleagues at Queen Mary University of London and School of Biological and Chemical Sciences gave me during all the application process. Clearly, these big accomplishments cannot be done alone, but with the support of many. The lab will try to give back as much as possible of this help and collegiality, contributing to push the already excellent research conducted at Queen Mary a bit forward!
Today the lab received a batch of Owenia fusiformis. Now relaxing after a quick trip from the French coasts, before an intense spawning season starts! Lots of experiments to perform and samples to take. Let the show begin!
The incubators finally arrived! First step to get the animal facility up and running. Aeration system soon to come, and... the first animals in less than a month! Thrilling!!! :D
After a long long trip from Norway, the books finally arrived! Working in the office will be now a bit easier.
Next step: preparing the new home for the animals. Incubators coming soon!! :-)
Yesterday, the great Bruno Vellutini (aka @nelas) visited the lab! Drosophila, SPIM, annelids and embryos, but above all... friendship!
