🔬 Meet Kevin Grüner, Doctoral Candidate in the ZooCELL team at IGFL!
Kevin completed a BSc in Biology and a MSc in Zoology at the University of Innsbruck, where he also worked at the electron microscopy facility and tutored courses in zoology, developmental biology, and image analysis.
Now, as part of ZooCELL, he is investigating how the crustacean Parhyale hawaiensis regenerates its limbs, one cell at a time.
🧵 Read on to get to know Kevin.
🔬 Meet Mathilde Paris, PI and co-leader of the ZooCELL team at IGFL!
In this thread, Mathilde shares what first drew her to EvoDevo, the questions that drive her research, and what she enjoys most about mentoring the next generation of scientists.
🧵👇 1️⃣ What first drew you to EvoDevo?
🔬 Meet Michalis Averof, ZooCELL PI at IGFL
What sparked his interest in EvoDevo? What keeps him curious after all these years? And what does he hope to discover next?
🧵 Read on to get to know Michalis through his own words.
🇫🇷 Meet our partner, the Institut de Génomique Fonctionnelle de Lyon (IGFL)
The IGFL is an institute of the ENS de Lyon, the CNRS and Université Lyon. It brings together 12 research teams focusing on the interfaces of development, physiology and evolution. The IGFL is home to the Development, Regeneration and Evolution team, led by Michalis…
🫧🌊 Meet Olga Zueva, ZooCELL doctoral candidate (DC) in the Arnone lab at @SZN
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…
🔬 Meet Ina Arnone, ZooCELL PI at Stazione Zoologica Anton Dohrn
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,…
🇮🇹 Meet our partner, Stazione Zoologica Anton Dohrn (SZN)
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…
Modern techniques in an ancient city: 2nd ZooCELL practical course at SZN in Naples.
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,…
🌐 🧳 Secondments🧳 🌐
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…
Training at the roots of evo-devo: 1st ZooCELL graduate school report
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.