The talent runs deep in our lab! Check out this article PhD student @samarar.bsky.social wrote for @aunz.theconversation.com about our new paper out in @natcomms.nature.com 🧪👩‍🔬🐣 #Devbio

I'm SO excited to see this new paper from our lab's first PhD graduate @wangjianxiong.bsky.social. An outstanding student with a promising career ahead! A PCP-independent role for Prickle1 in junctional neural tube formation. 🧪🐣 Check it out: www.nature.com/articles/s41...

I'm so pleased to see this work on neural crest development out in Nature today! This was a truly fantastic collaboration with @gleesonlab.bsky.social, Keng loi (Harry) Vong and @xiaoxuyang.bsky.social. Huge thanks to everyone involved 👏 🧪🐣 #devbio www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Australia’s health & medical research system is at a critical turning point. Read & sign an open letter to govt calling for urgent action to: • Unlock the full capacity of the MRFF • Support sustainable research careers • Build a connected national innovation system www.ccrg.org.au/news/an-open...

Neural crest cells beginning their long trek out of the neural tube in a quail embryo. Beautifully captured by the fantastic @siewzhuan.bsky.social 🧪🐣🔬

So depressing that this is the Australian research landscape early career researchers training in my lab are seeing. I hope we can turn it around before we lose all these talented young scientists.

This developing quail embryo looks like it's thinking fiery thoughts for #FluorescenceFriday 🐣🔥🧪. Imaged by the fantastic @vanderspuy.bsky.social

#NARF is on bluesky! 👉 if you’ve held a fellowship in the last 10 years, you should join.

Right now, the Government is starving medical research of full funding, even as it claims that science and research are national priorities. If our leaders truly value science as much as they say, then they must back their words with action—and fund it properly. Join the campaign!

Apply for a PhD in Singapore at NUS! Deadline Jan 12. I'm recruiting: Here with Mechanobiology Institute: www.mbi.nus.edu.sg/education/gr... and Here with Biomedical Engineering dept: cde.nus.edu.sg/bme/

Every opportunity politicians provide for you to tell them about how chronic underfunding of research in Australia is affecting your particular fields, people, working conditions etc. is extremely important. Fill out the form here: lnkd.in/g8A_PAZG

Aussies, please consider signing this petition to show your support for Australian science. The sector is already on its knees. 🇦🇺 🧪 actionnetwork.org/petitions/cs...

It must be spring! Every spring for at least the last 3yrs, these crows have collected and stashed their favourite sticks outside my 6th floor office window. They collect them for 1-2 months and then one day, they all vanish! 🐦‍⬛🪹🪺

Funders must recognise that great discoveries often come from studies that seeks to advance knowledge for its own sake go.nature.com/47zrzYZ

Hey Mechanobiologists! Come and join us in sunny Brisbane for #MechBio2025 Nov 5-7. Registration is now open. Enjoy world-class science, a stellar speaker line-up, and relaxed Queensland vibes. 🧪🔬🌴 ausmb.org/meetings_202...

Bird’s eye view, literally. 🐦👁️ Glowing quail embryo eye for #FluorescenceFriday, #DevBio 🧪🔬

Spring has sprung at the UQ Lakes! 😍

Register for the 12th Avian Model Systems Meeting www.stowers.org/events/avian.... We have now received funds from the @biologists.bsky.social to subsidise the travel/registration costs for students and early career researchers presenting their work from selected abstracts.

We've enjoyed having Marise and Samara from the lab of @melaniedwhite.bsky.social here to image quail embryos on our MOSAIC system. We wish them safe travels home and happy data analyzing!

Absolutely thrilled to be heading off soon to @stowersinstitute.bsky.social for this incredible meeting! The speaker lineup is stacked, and it’s all about the amazing potential of avian model systems. I’m travelling 25 hours to get there - can anyone top that? #devbio 🧪🐣✈️🔥

How long would you wait before contacting an editor to ask them to please either send your paper out for review or reject it so we can all move on with our lives? 1️⃣ 2 weeks 2️⃣ 3 weeks 3️⃣ 4+ weeks 4️⃣ Never - don't poke the bear! 📊 Show results

Night time in the lab

Sunset in the lab @aicjanelia.bsky.social 😍

Today was a super fun first day of imaging @aicjanelia.bsky.social with @vanderspuy.bsky.social and @samarar.bsky.social. All hail the quail!🧪🔬#DevBio

I’m so excited to wake up at Janelia @hhmijanelia.bsky.social this morning! Ready for some awesome quail imaging over the next few weeks #DevBio 🤗🔬🧪

12th Avian Model Systems Meeting bit.ly/3ZBw2qS @stowersinstitute.bsky.social. We will be joined by Marianne Bronner, Olivier Pourquié, Megan Davey, Julie Elie, @jeromegros.bsky.social, Carols Lois, Peter Lwigale, Alan Rodrigues, Marcos Simoes-Costa, @melaniedwhite.bsky.social and YOU!

Love this power crew of UQ #ARC Future Fellows (former, current and the newly minted @vessel-integrity.bsky.social)! My commiserations to those who missed out today. It’s a truly brutal system. Be kind to yourselves 💕

I’m excited for this! 🧪

In these turbulent times, beautiful microscopy always cheers me up 😍. Here's a quail neural tube just doing its thing for #FluorescenceFriday. Imaged by the very talented @vanderspuy.bsky.social #devbio 🧪🔬👩‍🔬

Wonderful to watch @brettcollins.bsky.social giving his @anzscdb.bsky.social President’s Medal talk. So well deserved! #HunterMeetingOz 🧪

My cat is channelling today’s vibe #CatsOfAcademia

Time change season is here! While most Australian states fall back from DST, QLD, WA & NT don't practice it. @benweger.bsky.social and I break down why this might be a win in our latest piece for The Conversation. ⏰☀️ @emcra-imb.bsky.social theconversation.com/daylight-sav...

Guardian Australia @australia.theguardian.com reporting on the proposed changes to the ARC grants system. There’s concern that getting rid of standalone fellowships will have lots of unintended consequences, especially for Early-Career Researchers. By @donnadlu.bsky.social

The total Australian Research Council budget is $1bn.

A sombre #FluorescenceFriday this week. This (developing quail) heart goes out to my fellow scientists & their students in the US. Science can be a brutal career at the best of times but watching from afar as your system struggles, I can only imagine how you feel. Dark times. We see you. Hold on. 🧪

A cell undergoing cell division photographed through a microscope. Actin filaments (red) and myosin II filaments (cyan) are shown. #Science #Biology #CellBiology #microscopy

Happy #FluorescenceFriday to those who celebrate! Here's a beautiful quail neural tube and somites labelled for microtubules 🟠 and actin 🔵. Imaged by Power-RA Siew Zhuan Tan. #devbio 🧪🔬👩‍🔬

Happy last #FluorescenceFriday before Xmas! It's been a long, stressful 2024 that ended on a high with news of 3 successful grants. Nearly time to rest, relax & regroup before an exciting 2025. Enjoy this beautiful quail neural tube & somites imaged by talented undergrad Avelynn Ang Xin Li 😍🧪#devbio

The lab has been very good all year and Santa is feeling generous! 🎁🎄🧪🔬

Yup. That feels about right...

Hey Aussie scientists… here’s your chance to have your say on the future strategy for health and medical research. Make your voices heard! 🇦🇺🧪🥼

A big thank-you to the @inflammasomelab.bsky.social for involving us in this powerhouse work. Beautiful movies by my team members; Robert Ju and Alexandre Libert rdcu.be/d2mjm #cytoskeleton #actin

I’m delighted & grateful to be awarded an ARC Discovery Project Grant to use live imaging to study epithelial fusion in our #devbio transgenic quail model. But I’m acutely aware of all the outstanding work that didn’t get funded due to too little investment in Australian science. 🥹 #bittersweet 🧪👩‍🔬

A 🦋-inspired neural tube for #FluorescenceFriday! Imaged by @siewzhuan.bsky.social #DevBio 🧪👩‍🔬

I’m excited there’s enough #devbio peeps here to start having subfield starter packs! 🧪

Happy #FluorescenceFriday to those who celebrate! Here's another beautiful quail neural tube and somites, imaged by Dr Siew Zhuan Tan. That fibronectin is on fire! ❤️‍🔥 🧪 👩‍🔬 #devbio

One to watch 👀 🧪👩‍🔬 #devbio

A cross-section through the quail neural tube. Look at those beautiful microtubules! ❣️ Imaged by the wonderful Dr Siew Zhuan Tan 🧪 #devbio

Woohoo! Julia Pagan has entered the chat @celljulia.bsky.social Follow her for cool biochem/protein ubiquitination/ mitochondria science stuff. And probably pictures of her ridiculous dog.

Great balls of fibronectin! 😍