ZooCELL Project Launches with Vibrant Kickoff Meeting

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...

DC12: “Evolution of sensory systems for polychaete larval behaviour and development”

Host and PhD Awarding institution: University of Exeter (UNIEXE) Primary Supervisor: Dr. Elizabeth Williams Project duration: 36 months. Project description: This project will compare the head sensory systems (antennae, cirri, nuchal organ) of closely related nereid...

DC 11: “Homology of diverse lophotrochozoan larval types and the characterisation of apical organs”

Host and PhD Awarding institution: University College London (UCL), UK Primary Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Max Telford Project duration: 36 months. Project description: Many marine animal species have indirect development via a larval stage – this is particularly...

DC10: “From transcriptome to morphome: development of a correlative toolbox to perform vEM on targeted cell types”

Host: European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL), DE. PhD Awarding institution: Heidelberg University (UHEI), DE. Primary Supervisor: Dr.Yannick Schwab. Project duration: 36 months. Project description: The morphome quantitatively describes morphological diversity...

DC9: “Orientation in lophophorates”

Host  institution: Museum für Naturkunde Berlin (MFN), DE PhD Awarding institution: Humboldt-University Berlin (HUBER), DE Primary Supervisor:  Prof. Dr. Carsten Lueter Project duration: 36 months Project description: The candidate will conduct an in-depth study of...