Upcoming Seminars

The International Developmental Mechanics Fall Seminar Series is currently in full swing!

Seminars take place every other Thursday at 10AM ET (GMT+3; 9AM Chicago, 11AM Buenos Aires, 3PM London, 4PM Madrid, 5PM Tel Aviv). 

Each one-hour seminar consists of two 25-minute presentations followed by a dedicated Q&A session. Select presentations will be recorded and made temporarily available on our YouTube channel. Speakers will remain available after the formal conclusion for additional discussion. We encourage professional yet open dialogue during the Q&A period.

Upcoming Seminars:

September 25th 2025

• Michael Glotzer, University of Chicago USA "Cytokinesis and the evolution of Metazoa"

• Verena Kaul, Lemke Lab, Hohenheim University Germany "Preventing mechanical tissue collisions: divergent strategies during  fly gastrulation" 

October 9th 2025

• Nilay Taneja, Zallen Lab, Memorial Sloan Kettering USA "Force sensing by the actin cytoskeleton in multicellular tissues"

• Clara Sidor, Schnorrer Lab, Aix Marseille University, CNRS, IBDM France "How to build a muscle: myosin orchestrates the self-organisation of sarcomere components into periodic  myofibrils"

October 23rd 2025

• Laura Rustarazo-Calvol, Petridou lab, EMBL Heidelberg Germany "Uncoupling adhesion- and density-driven rigidity transitions triggers epithelial organization in embryonic tissues" 

• Alikhan Yeltokov, Finegan-Bergstralh lab, Universities of Rochester and Missouri USA "Pushing forces stabilize spindle movement in diverse geometries" 

November 6th 2025

• Laura Bader, Priya Lab, Francis Crick Institute UK “Nuclear mechanics in the developing zebrafish heart"

November 20th 2025

• Amber Öztop, Chaigne lab, Utrecht University, Netherlands "Microtubules, mechanical forces, and delayed abscission in stem cells"

December 4th 2025

Special joint talk "Guided by Force: How Tissue Mechanics Regulates Long-range Chemical Signals." 

• Sudipa Mukherjee, Franze Lab, Institute of Medical Physics & Max Planck Zentrum, Germany 

• Eva Pillai, European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL), Heidelberg and Pasteur Institute, Paris.

December 18th 2025

• Eva Kreysing, University of Warwick, UK  

• Alejandra Fernandez, Wright Lab, Vollum Institute, Oregon Health and Science University, USA "Modeling Fate Decisions in Primary Somatosensory Neurons"