Let me post a spicy take here: most people don't read or cite other model organisms' work. Because of this, they keep rediscovering things and, most importantly, re-writing the timeline in favor of fewer and fewer models. That, plus an artificial limit of citations per paper equals this 🧪

Registration is OPEN for the 2026 Santa Cruz Meeting on Developmental Biology!!! Please spread the word! @mads100tist.bsky.social @socdevbio.bsky.social @bsdb.bsky.social @xenbase.bsky.social @isdb.bsky.social @devbiol.bsky.social @the-node.bsky.social scdb2026.sites.ucsc.edu

I highly recommend this meeting to trainees! A super friendly community, a lot of cool science and a meeting size that is perfect for networking. I’ll be back if I find a mouse mutant with fins!

I am SO incredibly excited to announce the launch of a global list of Inspiring Black Scientists. You can use this list to nominate and connect with researchers. Please share and join us in highlighting these outstanding scientists for #BlackHistoryMonth and beyond! www.wiley.com/en-us/resear...

I am very excited to share the first Accorsi lab publication: a collection of detailed protocols to maintain an apple snail 🐌 colony and generate stable mutant lines. The video is coming soon @ JoVE! We hope this will be a valuable resource for the community. app.jove.com/t/69267/the-...

Congrats, Dr. Dani!! Always a joy to see friends defending their PhDs!

Help us to promote this DevBiol course (in Spanish) ¡Nuevo curso gratuito de Biología del Desarrollo (en español)! Aprende sobre los procesos que dan origen a la vida Cupos limitados → forms.gle/sfSV1GTae2nC... Detalles y programa: drive.google.com/file/d/1-9dd... #BiologíaDelDesarrollo

At Stowers, #research spans many fields including #neuroscience, cell #biology, and #genetics. Interested in one of these? The Summer Scholars program might be your next step. Apply now ➡️ bit.ly/3SDVdGo

As a Stowers Summer Scholar, you’ll: 🔬 Work on a research project under a PI 🧪 Use cutting-edge techniques and technologies 📚 Attend seminars, lunch talks, & present your #research This immersive experience is designed to accelerate your growth as a scientist. Apply now: bit.ly/3SDVdGo

Are digits modified fins, or evolutionary innovations? Read how we tackled this old question from a new angle🧪 A story with @chasebolt.bsky.social, @homeobox.bsky.social and myself, coordinated by @denisduboule.bsky.social from @college-de-france.fr and published in @nature.com today! #InHoxWeTrust

Applications for our #PhD program are NOW OPEN! Our independently fully funded program allows students to focus entirely on #research & growth, exploring their own questions while learning from top experts in the field. #GradSchool Apply now: bit.ly/44VM6DI

Evolution’s eye game is wild, but mollusks take it to another level CRISPR in apple snails gives us a new model to dissect how nature rebuilds complex organs like the camera-type eyes we humans possess It turns out Evolution doesn’t just innovate, it rewinds, remixes, & regenerates rdcu.be/ezw0t

Did you know? 🧪 "The Interactive Fly" is a wonderful website hosted by @socdevbio.bsky.social where you can learn about their development, the history of gene discovery/name, and it is full of super useful resources for the #DevBio community 🪰https://www.sdbonline.org/sites/fly/aimain/1aahome.htm

I’m honored to receive this award that honors the memory of Camila and Pablo. Thank you so much for the recognition!

This issue has become more acute in recent years. A narrow view of "mechanistic" experiments holds us back. "A case for broadening our view of mechanism in developmental biology" journals.biologists.com/dev/article/...

Congrats to my fabulous colleague @accorsi-alice.bsky.social !! biology.ucdavis.edu/news/snail-r...

Thank you @the-node.bsky.social for the feature!

Thank you to everyone who voted for my image! And huge congrats to @oozguc.bsky.social and @allancarbal.bsky.social!

Together with @focalplane.bsky.social, we're having an image competition to accompany the #Biologists100 conference. Thank you everyone who submitted their images. Shortlisting only 15 was tough! Browse through the gallery and vote for your favourite image: thenode.biologists.com/vote-for-you...

The Institute mourns the loss of R. Scott Hawley, PhD. A brilliant scientist, cherished colleague, and true mentor. Scott's contributions to our understanding of genetics and passion for training the next generation of scientists will forever be remembered. bit.ly/3WPqqYG

We're growing and recruiting! Please share this open position in our lab at University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) (www.torninilab.org) for a Staff Research Associate I (SRA I) position - jobs.ucla.edu/jobs/6546

Registration and abstract submissions are open for the Third Annual SoCal Metabolism Symposium at USC. Go to gero.usc.edu/event/third-... The abstract and early bird price deadlines are Feb 28th

Here is the 2025 embryo alphabet from alligator to zebrafish. Developmental biology is stunning & leads to important discoveries for human medicine. @socdevbio.bsky.social

Applications for our Quantitative Imaging: From Acquisition to Analysis 2025 course (Mar 24-Apr 8) are due on Jan 31! Come immerse yourself in microscopy and image analysis with me, @talleylambert.bsky.social, @bethcimini.bsky.social, @florianjug.bsky.social & Hunter Elliott! Please RT

🔬 Are you eager to dive into the world of light microscopy & learn from top-notch microscopists about its essential techniques for life science applications? If that sounds exciting, don’t miss out on this free, in-depth iBiology series! 👉 www.ibiology.org/online-biolo...

Hello there 👋 I’m a postdoc @ UCLA and incoming Asst Prof @ Roswell Park interested in #cancermetabolism and #tumorinitiation Not a frequent poster, but determined to engage more here.

New Development SI 'Uncovering Developmental Diversity' Studying diverse organisms crucial for understanding development & biodiversity Dev bio has been central to biomed research & will be key to understanding & addressing climate change journals.biologists.com/dev/issue/15...

Happy to share our latest work! A fruitful and fun collaboration between the Piotrowski, Whitfield and Jesuthasan labs.

A new genetically tractable non-vertebrate system to study complete camera-type eye regeneration https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2024.01.26.577494v1

Super excited to share the latest preprint from the Piotrowski lab! Curious how sensory organs maintain their function in different environments? Check out our work about adaptive differentiation of tissue-specific ionocytes in zebrafish. www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

Mark your calendars: SDB 83rd Annual Meeting: July 14-17, 2024, Atlanta, GA. www.sdbonline.org/2024mtg

Hello Bluesky! This is the eye of an adult #Zebrafish, blood vessels in red and lymphatic vessels in blue.

Development of the zebrafish retina. Credit to Dr. Leonardo Valdivia. #ZebrafishZunday 🧪