Our lab studies dynamic cellular behavior and cell signalling during #vascular development in #zebrafish. Account run by various lab members.

Joined November 2021
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Forschende der #UniMarburg um Julian Malchow und Christian Helker haben einen neuen Signalweg entdeckt, mit dessen Hilfe Nervenzellen mit Blutgefäßen kommunizieren. Wichtiger Hebel für gesundes Gewebe- und Organwachstum. Mehr dazu: uni-marburg.de/dz7hJ0
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If you have not seen it yet, don't miss our new paper out now in @ScienceAdvances!
Paper alert 📚 Neural progenitor–derived Apelin controls tip cell behavior and vascular patterning Excited to share my PhD's work, many thanks to all members of the @HelkerLab Lab and @Kazebrafish and @BenjaminHogan13 for the help! science.org/doi/10.1126/scia…
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We are looking for a motivated PhD student to join our lab in the beautiful city of Marburg. Opportunity to study vascular development in #zebrafish using state-of-the-art imaging and genome editing. please RT👇 #JobAlert #PhDposition #phdopportunity stellenangebote.uni-marburg.…

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We are looking for an enthusiastic #postdoc to join our team @UKEHamburg - This project will characterize novel #stiffness #biosensors in endothelial cells in vitro and in vivo. Contact me for further info. Apply and RT! #vascularbiology #ECM tinyurl.com/3cw865mp
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Are you interested in joining our lab as a research technician? We are looking for an enthusiastic person to join our team. 🧫📚📈🔬
Are you interested in joining our lab as a lab tech to work with me on an exciting project in cardiovascular disease? There is still time to apply! 🙂 Funded by the @dzhk_germany. @VascSensing_Lab @YoungDZHK uke.jobs/sap(bD1kZSZjPTUwMA=…
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Dear colleagues, It is our pleasure to announce the 4th Dutch-German-Belgium Vascular Biology meeting to be held in Groningen on September 20-22, 2023. Registration, and abstract submission will open soon on our website nevbo.eu/
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We're offering an exciting PhD project in my lab as part of the @MIBTP1 doctoral programme. If you're interested in zebrafish, haematopoiesis and single cells, please apply for the programme! More info here: findaphd.com/phds/project/un… #zebrafish #PhDposition
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Check out our latest work on identifying unique cardiac resident macrophages and their indispensable function in zebrafish heart regeneration! This work was largely done by Ke-Hsuan Wei with help from colleagues/core labs @IBMS_AcadSinica. RT appreciated! biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/…
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Great neurovascular conference at the #EMBL in Heidelberg with terrific speakers. So great to meet friends and collaborators again. #EESNeurovascular @LabHerzog @InstCardReg_FFM
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Das Ergebnis aus einem Mausexperiment lässt sich noch lange nicht auf den Menschen übertragen. Aber es legt einen wichtigen, oft unverzichtbaren Baustein auf dem langen Weg bis zu einem potentiellen Erfolg. Kaum ein medizinischer Durchbruch kam ohne Tierversuche aus.
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Die Bedeutung von Tierversuchen für die Forschung ist unumstritten. Würden wir auf Tierversuche verzichten, müssten wir in Kauf nehmen, dass wir z.B. in der Alzheimer- oder Krebsforschung den Fortschritt signifikant verlangsamen oder sogar ganz stoppen würden.
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Tierversuchsgegner haben recht erfolgreich eine Behauptung etabliert: Tierversuche seien wissenschaftlicher Unsinn und nicht notwendig für die Forschung. Klar, würde das stimmen, müsste man Tierversuche sofort abschaffen. Nur stimmt das nicht.
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Wie kann in der Forschung Tierleid minimiert und Erkenntnisgewinn maximiert werden? Innerhalb der Wissenschaft wird das intensiv diskutiert. Aber in der öffentlichen Debatte werden solche wichtigen Fragen begraben unter dem “Tierversuche sind sinnlos”-Scheinargument.
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Also lasst uns drüber reden! Wir laden euch ein zu einer interaktiven #maithinkX Folge mit Gedankenexperimenten zum Mitmachen und Streiten: maithinkx.de/folge17

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Guess what we are doing?
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20 Oct 2022
eLife is pioneering exciting new paradigm for peer review - optional right now. Pls look over (see below) and contact editors with questions! Brave new world! eLife ends accept/reject decisions following peer review elifesciences.org/for-the-pr…

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A beautiful morning on the 'Lahnberge' @Bio_UMR and @HelkerLab 🌄
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3 Oct 2022
Scientists captured a zebrafish embryo’s development over 12 hours using a specially designed microscope and a non-destructive technique called light-sheet imaging (Gif credit: Loïc A. Royer & Merlin Lange). See more amazing science images: go.nature.com/3ycXy09
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📢We are looking for a colleague! A 3-year funded postdoc position available in my group to explore the molecular mechanisms of the health benefits of exercise in cardiometabolic disease with a twist of vascular biology🔬🧫🧬 DL 31.10. Please RT! bit.ly/3fvqKZL

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Fantastic meeting at the #angiogenesis #KlosterSeeon meeting and awesome bike ride back home. 550 km #cycling through the mountains. #carbonfree travel #bikepacking #Sustainability #greenlab #sustainablelab
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