Lab News

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.

European Zebrafish Meeting in Vienna

11 Jul 2026

It was a busy week in the Pauli lab with the European Zebrafish Society meeting happening in Vienna! More than 500 (not only zebra-)fish researchers from all over the world gathered in Vienna for five days to discuss science, exchange ideas and make new connections. It was especially wonderful to see so many old friends from the Marine Biological Laboratory Woods Hole Zebrafish course - from student alumni, current & former faculty to TAs. The conference came to a phenomenal end at the conference party in the Ballroom of the Vienna City Hall, with Ezra displaying his DJing skills.

A big thank you to the conference organizers Stefan Schulte-Merker, Andi Pauli, Diana Pinheiro, Carl-Philipp Heisenberg, Máte Varga, and Przemko Tylzanowski as well as the WMA (Wiener Medizinische Agentur) for working together for over a year to organize this incredible meeting, plus to all volunteers from our Heisenberg, Pinheiro & Pauli labs for helping! A particular shout-out to Ezra for getting everyone on the dance floor and Theresa for the wonderful Klimt-fish T-shirt design, which turned out to be a real hit!

Pauli lab members at DevStem meeting

18 Jun 2026

Pauli group members Muriel, Mia, Theresa, Tobias, Sebastian and Ezra ventured out to ISTA this week for the annual DevStem symposium. For Muriel, Tobias and Ezra neither the summer heat nor the inclination could deter them from cycling all the way along the Danube to Klosterneuburg. The symposium featured a broad range of talks from axolotl limb regeneration to the control of cell fate by metabolism, interspersed with poster sessions, during which Theresa, Sebastian and Ezra presented their work, and of course food and coffee! A special shout out to Mia for attending her first conference and Theresa for presenting a great flash talk!