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SBBE26 in Belo Horizonte

I participated in the II Meeting of the Brazilian Society for Evolutionary Biology that took place 15-17 July 2026 at UFMG in Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil (where I currently live). It was a great opportunity to integrate back into the Brazilian community, meet old friends and initiate new collaborations. The organization was impeccable, innovative […]

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EuroEvoDevo 2026 in Glasgow

I went to the 10th Meeting of the European Society for Evolutionary Developmental Biology that took place in Glasgow, Scotland (9-12 June 2026). I’ve been to EED’s meetings since 2012, and this was the first after starting my position in Brazil. It was great to catch up with everyone again and meet several people that […]

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LiSIAW 2026

The Light-Sheet Image Analysis Workshop organized by LiSIUM took place last week at Universidad Mayor in Santiago, Chile. There were 24 participants from all over Latin America—Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Mexico, and Uruguay! Marina Cuenca, Agustin Corbat, and I (the instructors) gave lectures and practicals ranging from the basics of digital images to advanced workflows […]

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Light-Sheet Image Analysis Workshop 2026

The Light-Sheet Image Analysis Workshop is a five-day intensive course that will take place in Santiago, Chile, from January 5–9, 2026, designed for students and researchers who wish to gain foundational skills in the processing and analysis of light-sheet microscopy imaging data. The application deadline has been extended until August 8, 2025! The workshop is […]

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EuroEvoDevo Helsinki 2024

Last June, I went to the conference of the European Society for Evolutionary Developmental Biology, or EuroEvoDevo. It’s a meeting that I’ve been going to every edition for the past decade. This year it was hosted in Helsinki, Finland. The venue and organization were impeccable, and I thoroughly enjoyed the program overall. My feeling is […]

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The MeMoDEvo QBIO Symposium 2022

Last week, I joined the MeMoDEvo Symposium in Paris. The name stands for Mechanics-Morphogenesis-Development-Evolution. And indeed, it was a great meeting about all of these things! The participants had quite diverse backgrounds. From biologists and physicists to computer scientists and engineers, as well as theorists and philosophers. During the mornings, we had “unconference” sessions where […]

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Mechanobiology EMBL Symposium 2022

Mechanobiology investigates the role of physical forces in embryonic development. This week, the conference Mechanobiology in Development and Disease is happening at the EMBL Heidelberg. I’ll present my work on how the fold that divides the head from the trunk in Drosophila embryos—the cephalic furrow—may have an important mechanical role for gastrulation.

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EuroEvoDevo in Uppsala

Arriving in Uppsala for the EuroEvoDevo meeting. I see embryos ahead #EEDUppsala