By Kevin Gruener, Doctoral Candidate, CNRS-IGFL. When Anton Dohrn founded the first zoological marine station of the world in Naples, he wanted to offer a space for scientists from all around the world to conduct their research. His vision lives on 150 years later,...
A key highlight of the ZooCELL journey is the opportunity for our doctoral candidates (DCs) to take part in secondments across the network. During these periods, they temporarily relocate to partner institutions, where they gain hands-on training, learn new...
Jena has long been a place where science, curiosity, and creativity meet. At the venerable Friedrich-Schiller-Universität Jena (FSU Jena), the institution where the 19th century biologist Ernst Haeckel studied and later taught, twelve enthusiastic graduate students gathered from 15th to 17th September 2025 for the first ZooCELL Graduate School.
By Asli Kilic, Doctoral candidate, Arendt lab-EMBL. The very first ZooCELL practical course took place at the Centre of Organismal Studies (COS) in Heidelberg, Germany, from February 3rd to 14th, 2025. This hands-on course on "Animal Diversity and EM Sample...
The inaugural ZooCELL kick-off meeting convened in the scenic setting of Ischia, Italy, from April 12th to 14th, 2024. This in-person gathering brought together ZooCELL's Principal Investigators for a series of engaging sessions and discussions. The meeting started...
Olga’s path to ZooCELL has been anything but linear. After nearly 30 years in diverse research roles, she joined us as a DC, bringing together expertise in electron microscopy, molecular biology, and genomics to study how the sea urchin nervous system develops...
In this Q&A, Ina shares how she discovered EvoDevo, the big questions driving their research and her passion for mentoring the next generation of scientists. * How did you first become interested in EvoDevo? With a background in biochemistry and molecular biology,...
Founded in 1872 by the German zoologist Anton Dohrn, the Stazione Zoologica Anton Dohrn is one of Europe's oldest and most prestigious marine research institutes. Located on the Gulf of Naples, it was created with a visionary goal: to provide scientists from around...