Lab News

VBC Summer School Symposium

28 Aug 2026

This week marked the conclusion of the VBC Summer School, which brought together 19 outstanding students from universities across Europe, Asia, North America and South America. Over the summer, the students joined research groups at CeMM, GMI, IMBA, IMP and the Max Perutz Labs, combining hands-on research with lectures, seminars and social activities. At the Fellows’ Symposium on the last day, they presented their projects across a broad range of scientific fields, including immunity, gene expression, structural biology and developmental biology.

Our summer school student Mia presented her work on poly-A tail independent translation in the zebrafish germ line, which she worked on together with Ezra over the past three months. A big thank you to all supervisors and participating labs for their dedication and mentorship throughout the programme!

Goodbye to Mia and Annaelle

26 Aug 2026

After a summer full of experiments, it was time to say goodbye to Anaelle, who had joined Ida for five months as part of her Magistère Européen de Génétique at Université Paris Cité, and Mia, who had joined Ezra for three months as Talents for Future Summer School student from the Universidad Peruana de Ciencias Aplicadas (UPC). To celebrate their time in the Pauli lab we made use of the last warm summer evenings and went out for dinner followed by some expertly mixed drinks from Andi.

We wish you both all the best for the future!

Anastasia's paper out on mitochondrial regulation during embryonic development!

28 Jul 2026

Congratulations to Anastasia whose paper on mitochondrial regulation during early embryogenesis just got published in CellReports! Have you ever wondered how the powerhouse of the cell is regulated at the start of life? Using zebrafish embryos, her work showed that increased mitochondrial activity is linked to changes in mitochondrial morphology and an increase in mitochondrial-ER contacts - and not as we initially expected by an increase in OXPHOS components (they are there all the time!). Big congratulations to Anastasia for leading this project as well as all co-authors and collaborators.

Follow the link to the paper to find out more and admire the microscopy images showing mitochondrial morphology changes.

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