Omri Wurtzel

Congratulations to Prof. Rotem Sorek of the Department of Molecular Genetics, upon being elected an International member of the US National Academy of Sciences (NAS) @SorekLab

@ophirshalem @MolecularCell @stephsansbury @YSereb Congrats Ophir!

Check out our paper, now extensively revised and published in @MolecularCell! This has been a real tour de force led by @stephsansbury and @YSereb and we are very excited about the findings and future potential of this approach cell.com/molecular-cell…

עמיתנו פרופ׳ בני (בן ציון) שילה נפטר הבוקר @WeizmannScience. בני פעל בחזית המדע העולמי בחקר גנטיקה מולקולרית והתפתחותית. בין השאר זכה בפרס א.מ.ת. בתחום הגנטיקה בשנת 2013. הוא היה גם מסביר נהדר של מדע, מורה בחסד - וצלם אמן עם עין חדה ונפש רגישה. בני, תחסר לנו מאוד. יהי זיכרו ברוך.

Explosive cytotoxicity of 'ruptoblasts' bridges hormonal surveillance and immune defense | bioRxiv biorxiv.org/content/10.110…

We visited @omriwu lab today with Zuckerman postdoctoral scholars. It was fascinating. @TelAvivUni

💡New preprint from the lab! Single-Nucleotide #m6A Mapping Uncovers Redundant #YTHDF Function in #Planarian #Progenitor Fate Selection biorxiv.org/content/10.110… Led by Yarden and @ophir_jokel With @SchragaSchwartz @meo0205 @TelAvivUni @WeizmannScience @embl

What a great way to end the year! So proud of our paper - A mechanosensitive circuit of FAK, ROCK, and ERK controls biomineral growth and morphology in the sea urchin embryo | PNAS More details in the comments pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pn…

With @rinklab we looked into details of the stem cell system of catenulids. Surprisingly, it was very different from the canonical neoblast-based systems of other flatworms. What does it tell about the evolution of stem cells and regeneration? Check here: bit.ly/3WK2ZzR

Any slug enthusiasts among my followers? Please RT. We develop a slug laboratory model from Deroceras laeve (genomes, CRISPRs, small RNAs ...) and I am opening a PhD position on "piRNA and genome defense in gastropods". Info & online application here: img.cas.cz/kariera/phd-pr…

1/3 🚨 new preprint from our lab! For many years, it was unclear if and how RNAi contributes to antiviral immunity in Cnidaria. Sure, it is a key component in flies and nematodes, but these are protostomes. @AdmoniYael finally tested this with help from 🧵 biorxiv.org/content/10.110…

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We are recruiting!! Please RT!

I am thrilled to share our paper #article-info" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">nature.com/articles/s4146… Mitochondrial dynamics govern whole-body regeneration through stem cell pluripotency and mitonuclear balance| Nature Communications great collaboration @Orangeroad2017 @ZhixingChen2

Hello everybody :) I'm happy to share with you this interesting review, written in our lab - High-throughput detection of RNA modifications at single base resolution febs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/18… Enjoy learning how to detect some RNA modifications. @AldemaSasChen

Congratulations to the groups of X-less Benyamin Rosental and @Cnidarians_Rock (@cnidimmunitylab) for this important publication! I'm very glad we could take part in this cool project about stem cells in #Nematostella sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

Our endocrine liver organoid lab is recruiting. We work with liver organoids to study how gut peptides regulate metabolism, inflammation and fibrosis in #MASLD . We are open to all levels of applicants, but for this position, experience with mouse models is required.

ZOOLOGY JOB ALERT!🚨🪱 Are you interested in microscopic worms, asexual reproduction, or EvoDevo? We are hiring a post-doc (18 months) in our newly established group @IBE_Warszawa @BiolUW funded by @NAWAPoland Apply by 15.12.24 More details here: euraxess.ec.europa.eu/jobs/283654

Excited to share our work on live imaging of the entire course of body regeneration in the marine flatworm Macrostomum using transgenics & advanced microscopy. We hope these tools can unlock the unique biology of this fascinating intertidal animal. cell.com/cell-reports/f…

@rinklab @solana_jordi @teresa_adell Many thanks to the organizers, it was a wonderful meeting

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.