Katja Roeper
@katjaroeper
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Cell Biologist in Cambridge, Drosophilist, renal organoids, interested in morphogenesis, cytoskeleton and cell shape, Alto, Berliner... Views are my own...
Joined March 2013
Interested in a PhD in Developmental Cell Biology in Cambridge in my lab? Using either Drosophila or human renal organoids to study tube morphogenesis and its control by transcription and tissue mechanics, see below and apply! Both images are from our work!
Applicants are invited to apply for two 4-year PhD studentships, based at PDN, from October 2025. These studentships are jointly funded with @trincollcam & @WolfsonCam. Find out more and apply before 7th January 2025 via our website
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RT @Dev_journal: Read this interview with Sarah Bray (@PDN_Cambridge) to learn more about her early association with @Co_Biologists, her re…
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RT @erin_rod_phd: Today, I would like to honor the memory of Roger Y. Tsien, born on February 1, 1952. His legacy lives with all who use hi…
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Will be a great meeting!
We are excited to announce the opening of registrations for the upcoming #EDRC2025 conference (25th-28th September 2025) in Alicante to showcase the latest advances in #Drosophila biology and technology
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@Number10cat You’re too early, 1st day of Christmas is 25th, or are you going to eat through 24 days of Advent?
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Lots of exciting PhD projects, including from my lab on how to make tubular organs, either in Drosophila or human renal organoids in culture! Apply!
Applications are open to the Cambridge Biosciences Doctoral Training Programme! Apply by 3 December to our @BBSRC funded studentships and join an inclusive and supportive environment working with leading researchers in the Biosciences! ➡️
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Very cool story, please read! Well done @KyraCampbellLab !
Online now: The Drosophila adult midgut progenitor cells arise from asymmetric divisions of neuroblast-like cells
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35 years today, still amazing, having grown up on the West side of the Wall in Berlin, only about 200m from it! So much hope then!
This is how the British press reported on the fall of the Berlin Wall 35 years ago (turn the sound on to hear news reports from BBC and ITV).
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RT @maxplanckpress: Two incredible women scientists share a birthday today😊 Marie Curie (1867), two-time Nobel Laureate who coined ‘radioa…
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Excellent read!
40 years since the Heidelberg genetic screen that revolutionized developmental and cell biology Read this Perspective article from Mark Peifer @peiferlabunc, revisiting the genesis of the Heidelberg screen and the stories behind the experiments:
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