Rink Lab

The latest from the wonderful world of (flat-) wormology and regeneration research. Tweets by Jochen Rink.

[Rink Lab @rinklab]

Just back from the European Planarian Conference, #empb2024 - obviously, we found the perfect location ;) Thanks everyone for the collaborative spirit and for sharing lots of exciting work; @solana_jordi for spotting the elephant in the room and @teresa_adell for organizing.

[Rink Lab @rinklab]

Welcome to the lab, Arkadeep, Somdatta and Kalyani! The three are members of the IISER-MPG joint master's programme, which allows students from one of India's leading research institutions to carry out their thesis research at Max Planck Labs. Glad to have you on board!

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Thank you - I am honoured and delighted to have been elected as an EMBO member.

[MPI for Multidisciplinary Sciences @mpi_nat]

Jochen Rink @rinklab was elected as a new member of the European Molecular Biology Organization @EMBO. He is now part of an international organization of over 2,000 bioscientists who have honored him for his excellent research in this field. Congratulations 🥂👏!

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And: Shout out to the Pearson lab @SheckyFeinblatt for their initial description of pigment cell remnant digestion in the planarian gut.

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An internalising epidermal cell caught in the act (disclaimer: this is in Atrioplana). Coodoos to Tobi, Albert and Jun-Ru for persistently pushing the boundaries of live imaging in the system-this is key to understanding planarian tissue dynamics and the future is bright :)

[Rink Lab @rinklab]

Planarians never cease to surprise - we show that epidermal cells undergo basal extrusion and a 'death march' to be digested by gut phagocytes. Thus, self-digestion is not only part of pathological cell clearance, but also of steady-state tissue turnover. How? Lots to discover :)

[Cell Press @CellPressNews]

"Epidermal turnover in the planarian Schmidtea mediterranea involves basal cell extrusion and intestinal digestion"

@mpi_nat Tobias Boothe, @DannyJRLee, @clemauksch, & @rinklab

Read more in @CellReports:
https://t.co/0p2ebk2NzA

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@AMDujon @PhysPlanaria Indeed, this is our working hypothesis. Here's the full story: PMID: 37857891

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In flatworms, Neoblasts are the only dividing cells outside the reproductive system... REALLY? In collaboration with @PhysPlanaria, we show that things are not so simple. Here's our preprint on the intriguing stem cell system of the Catenulid Stenostomum https://t.co/OhvwFKaSNH

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@BastianFromm It's been a pleasure! Bastian, thank you for hosting us and for showing us the museum and its surroundings - what a beautiful place to do science...

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Happy to announce the 6th European Meeting on Planarian Biology this year-October 13-15, right by the beach and right after the EMBO regeneration meeting over in Nice. The website with more info will go up soon. Please join us for the latest and greatest in planarianology!

[Rink Lab @rinklab]

We had the pleasure of hosting a practical of the Goettingen Developmental Biology Masters program in the department, including (winter!) field sampling, bar-coding, inter-species transplants, and imaging. Great bunch of students & instructors!

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Amazing- planarians really are everywhere! And we may have to up our sampling game somewhat :)
Thanks to @L_Gasiorowski for sharing the link.

[Keiichi Kakui @Tanaidologist]

Kakui & Tsuyuki ab cocoons of abyssal flatworm published in #BiologyLetters

水深約6200mから得られたプラナリアの仲間の卵殻に関する成果が出版されました．2023年の白鳳丸航海の成果です #扁形動物 #深海

https://t.co/JbZ7duViC4

[Rink Lab @rinklab]

Our bioinformatics staff scientist position is still open! We are looking for someone passionate about genome mining and community science to help revitalize PlanMine. Please look at the ad (or message me) and consider retweeting (re-X-ing...?).
https://t.co/qJNGT7ZCAZ

[Rink Lab @rinklab]

Happy to announce the lab's first graduation in Goettingen: Thomas successfully defended his PhD and kindly brought flowers to "Gaenseliesel" on Market Square per the local rite-of-passage custom. Congratulations, Thomas- we're extremely proud of you :)

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Thanks to our collaborators and all the authors, especially @Jere_Brand for a just in time for Christmas submission.

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New genomes for Christmas :) Check out our new preprint, featuring the haplotype-phased S. mediterranea assembly, chromosome-scale assemblies of three additional Schmidteas, and the surprising discovery that flatworm genomes appear to evolve without syntenic constraints.

[bioRxiv Genomics @biorxiv_genomic]

A comparative analysis of planarian genomes reveals regulatory conservation in the face of rapid structural divergence https://t.co/qFFH7SzyuW #biorxiv_genomic

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Worms in the wild- Planarians going about their business in broad daylight. We encountered these guys during our Australia field sampling campaign earlier in the year.

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Model system genome database manager (f/m/x) https://t.co/qJNGT7ZCAZ

We are hiring! If you are an experienced model system genome researcher looking for a long-term position with flexible work arrangements, this one might be perfect. Please RT!

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@stark_lab @Nature Simply... wow😮 Congrats!

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Many exciting PhD opportunities in gene expression/*omics in Goettingen (and yes, also in worms)- take a look 👇