John Wallingford
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Studying cells inside embryos since way before it was cool.
https://www.wallingfordlab.org/
pinned post!
Side hustle level-up! My book, IN THE BEGINNING, will be published by
@harperonebooks.bsky.social
in 2027! It's about the human embryo, how it gets built, and what it means for where we come from and where we're going.
@harpercollins.bsky.social
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@socdevbio.bsky.social
#devbiol
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Gorgeous piece of science history here. Many in the
@socdevbio.bsky.social
will know the story's protagonist, Victoria Foe. And shout out to those of us who did PhDs
@utaustin.bsky.social
.
aeon.co/essays/far-f...
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If you need an awesome science illustrator contact
@neftaliv.bsky.social
. Thanks for making us an awesome poster, Neftalí!
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Registration is OPEN for the 2026 Santa Cruz Meeting on Developmental Biology!!!
#scdb26
@flybase.bsky.social
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@alliancegenome.bsky.social
@insdb.bsky.social
@isdb.bsky.social
@geneticssociety.bsky.social
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Let's get this hashtag started! The 2026 Santa Cruz Developmental Biology Meeting is happen this August! We will share updates using
#SCDB26
. Can't wait!
scdb2026.sites.ucsc.edu
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A fantastic line up of speakers! Register is now open.
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Zebrafish Rock!
about 2 months ago
Scheduled for 24-28 August 2026 at the University of California, Santa Cruz. This meeting will not disappoint!
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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
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Registration is OPEN for the 2026 Santa Cruz Meeting on Developmental Biology!!! Join us!
scdb2026.sites.ucsc.edu
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about 2 months ago
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Hey Frog-Folk, I saw that
@eliasbarrigalab.bsky.social
recently used Crispr-Cas13 for mRNA depletion. Anyone else used this in a published paper yet?
@goodfrognosis.bsky.social
@xenbase.bsky.social
@mblscience.bsky.social
@frogwranglers.bsky.social
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Looking for an academic job? Check out GetHIRED! from
@socdevbio.bsky.social
! This course provides expert advice and stories from leading investigators and reading and writing assignments that guide you through preparing all your job packet materials.
www.sdbonline.org/gethired
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Society for Developmental Biology | GetHIRED!
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Cilia alert! Stoked to have the new paper from Juyeon Hong about a new domain at the extreme distal tip of motile cilia! (The EDT, y'all!) It's out now
@natcomms.nature.com
. Check it out!
#cilia
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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A protein complex in the extreme distal tip of vertebrate motile cilia controls their organization, length, and function - Nature Communications
Here they combine in vivo imaging with proteomics to characterize a protein complex comprised of Ccdc78 and Ccdc33 that acts at the extreme distal tip of 9 + 2 motile cilia to control tip architecture...
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-025-67086-9
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So stoked to see this highlight of postdoc Nayeli Reyes-Nava after her awesome paper in
@dmmjournal.bsky.social
! Congrats Nayeli!
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Meeting Alert! Santa Cruz Developmental Biology Meeting! 👇
@socdevbio.bsky.social
@insdb.bsky.social
@bscb-official.bsky.social
@isdb.bsky.social
@bsdb.bsky.social
@ascbiology.bsky.social
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The 2026 Santa Cruz Developmental Biology Meeting website is LIVE!!! Go see the incredible list of scientists who will be speaking at the meeting next summer! (...and check the site early next year for info on registration and abstract submission.)
scdb2026.sites.ucsc.edu
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The 2026 Santa Cruz Developmental Biology Meeting website is LIVE!!! Go see the incredible list of scientists who will be speaking at the meeting next summer! (...and check the site early next year for info on registration and abstract submission.)
scdb2026.sites.ucsc.edu
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Calling all postdocs! Applications are open for Dept. of Molecular Biosciences 3rd Trailblazers Postdoctoral Symposium
@utaustin.bsky.social
. Come to Austin, meet your peers, showcase your work. Application is easy and all expenses are paid! Spread the word!
tinyurl.com/yw7ffjn9
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Microsoft Forms
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Calling all postdocs! Applications are open for Dept. of Molecular Biosciences 3rd Trailblazers Postdoctoral Symposium
@utaustin.bsky.social
. Come to Austin, meet your peers, showcase your work. Application is easy and all expenses are paid! Spread the word!
tinyurl.com/yw7ffjn9
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Microsoft Forms
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Lowe Lab
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Save the date for the next Santa Cruz Developmental Biology Meeting next summer.
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Mark Peifer (He, him)
4 months ago
Such a wonderful and unique meeting. Small scale, very interactive, amazing speakers and participants and all on the remarkable UCSC campus,. HIGHLY recommended!!!
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SAVE THE DATE! Stoked to organize the 2026 Santa Cruz Developmental Biology Meeting with
@rashmi-priya.bsky.social
,
@lowelab.bsky.social
, and Shelbi Russell. Come learn about Biomedicine, Biomechanics, and the Biosphere, August 24-28, 2026. Registration dates, etc., coming soon! Please RT
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Gentle reminder that everyone should read Jacob and Monod, 1961. And then read it again every once in awhile. A master-class on clear writing (and, ya know, Nobel Prize winning stuff, too).
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Genetic regulatory mechanisms in the synthesis of proteins
The synthesis of enzymes in bacteria follows a double genetic control. The socalled structural genes determine the molecular organization of the prote…
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0022283661800727
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Stoked to have this perspective about my favorite organelle out in JCS! Give it a read, then let's argue!
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5 months ago
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Side hustle level-up! My book, IN THE BEGINNING, will be published by
@harperonebooks.bsky.social
in 2027! It's about the human embryo, how it gets built, and what it means for where we come from and where we're going.
@harpercollins.bsky.social
(1/2)
@socdevbio.bsky.social
#devbiol
#scicomm
7 months ago
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Somehow, i missed this paper during the pandemic, but... Wow. You know you've done something cool when the title of the paper has no verbs, no adjectives, no adverbs. Only nouns. Four of them.
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Snake Venom Gland Organoids
Wnt dependency and Lgr5 expression define multiple mammalian epithelial stem cell types. Under defined growth factor conditions, such adult stem cells…
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0092867419313236
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Everyone knows I suffer from Drosophila envy. I blame C.W. Woodworth. He studied the fly's embryos in W.E. Castle's lab; Castle would be the first to use them for genetics. The rest is history. Woodworth's gorgeous 1889 pictures of butterfly embryos are below. Enjoy! 1/3
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Society for Developmental Biology
8 months ago
✨ Are you a pre-tenure faculty or advanced postdoc with an academic offer in hand? 🎓 Two weeks left to apply for the SDB New Faculty Boot Camp! 🚀 Deadline: Aug 22, 2025 Apply here 👉
tinyurl.com/SDBFaculty
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Interested in Science Communication? Love
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? Apply for the
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SciComms Interns Program!
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Society for Developmental Biology | SDB Science Communication Internship
https://www.sdbonline.org/science_communication_internship
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This is totally, totally awesome! Thanks to Mark Terasaki for this astounding gift to the education mission of
@mblscience.bsky.social
.
www.mbl.edu/news/mbl-ann...
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MBL Announces Largest Ever Gift for Its Renowned Biological Education and Research Programs | Marine Biological Laboratory
Cell Biology Researcher Mark Terasaki’s $25 Million Unrestricted Gift Will Support Operations and Infrastructure Contact: Samantha Cummis
[email protected]
; 973.800.4119
https://www.mbl.edu/news/mbl-announces-largest-ever-gift-its-renowned-biological-education-and-research-programs
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R.I.P Flaco Jimenez. 😥🪗
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Flaco Jiménez, 86, Grammy-Winning Master of the Tex-Mex Accordion, Dies
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8 months ago
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Ok nerds, let's have fun. Thought experiment: NASA asks
@socdevbio.bsky.social
to provide a single image to be shot into space to tell the universe about
#devbiol
. Just one image. What is it? Waddington's landscape? Antennapedia? Spemann/Mangold's two-headed tadpole? What? Respond and RT, pls.
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Interested in science administration? Want to meet and work with senior members of the SDB? Want to help chart the future of the SDB? Then apply for the Strategic Planning Internship!
@socdevbio.bsky.social
www.sdbonline.org/strategic_pl...
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Society for Developmental Biology | Strategic Planning Internship
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Great opportunity here to build your skills and your professional network! Apply for the SciComm Interns program!
#devbiolwriteclub
@socdevbio.bsky.social
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8 months ago
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One the best things about a life in science is that your heroes often become your friends. My entire career stems from two papers by Ray Keller and I'm just thrilled to have a new piece out with Rob Huebner highlighting those classic papers.
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Quantifying convergent extension: Shih and Keller's quintessential work in developmental cell biology
Few biological fields have become more intertwined in recent years than cell and developmental biology, a fact made clear by the departments of cell a…
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0012160625001964?dgcid=author
9 months ago
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Don't know about y'all, but i am not scared of AI taking over the world. At least not today.
9 months ago
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Truth: I am writing the renewal for an NIH grant and i am totally, totally jazzed. Stoked to be doing science today. That is all.
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Last chance to tell the NIH if you think animal models are important for biomedical research! 👇👇👇👇
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Birth defects kill twice as many children as cancer. Animal model are crucial; no stem-cell or computer models can yet recapitulate the embryo's complexity. If you support birth defects research tell NIH that animal models are important! Click & scroll below to comment.
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FDA-NIH Workshop: Reducing Animal Testing
The FDA is hosting a workshop on reducing animal testing. The workshop is open to current FDA and NIH employees.
https://tinyurl.com/mr3he6bx
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The NIH is asking scientists and the public to comment on plans to drastically limit animal model research. If you think animal models remain important tools for basic and clinical research tell them! Click the link below and scroll down to send your comments!
www.fda.gov/news-events/...
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FDA-NIH Workshop: Reducing Animal Testing
The FDA is hosting a workshop on reducing animal testing. The workshop is open to current FDA and NIH employees.
https://www.fda.gov/news-events/fda-meetings-conferences-and-workshops/fda-nih-workshop-reducing-animal-testing-07072025
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You want this job!!!!
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9 months ago
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Morphogenesis alert! A unifying physical principle links gastrulation in frogs, fish and flies! Stoked to be part of this new paper with Xin Li in Dave Thirumalai's lab and Robert Huebner in my group and a co-lab with
@peiferlabunc.bsky.social
and Margot Williams. 1/n
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Emergence of cellular nematic order is a conserved feature of gastrulation in animal embryos - Nature Communications
The morphogenetic events that occur during gastrulation involve dramatic cell- and tissue-level changes. Here they show that propagation of nematic order, leading to long-range spatial correlation, is...
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-025-61045-0
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Cilia Alert! So excited to finally have this paper on the CPLANE complex out in
@natcomms.nature.com
! We show that RSG1 is a human ciliopathy protein and links CPLANE to the transition zone. 1/n
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The human ciliopathy protein RSG1 links the CPLANE complex to transition zone architecture - Nature Communications
The CPLANE complex is essential for ciliogenesis, and mutations to all but one subunit have been associated with ciliopathies. Here they identify three familial mutations in the final subunit, RSG1, t...
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-025-61005-8?utm_source=rct_congratemailt&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=oa_20250701&utm_content=10.1038/s41467-025-61005-8
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Is John doing embryology? Or genetics? Wouldn’t you like to know. 😉
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www.wsj.com/opinion/the-...
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Opinion | AI’s Biggest Threat: Young People Who Can’t Think
Smart computers require even smarter humans, but they tempt us to engage in ‘cognitive offloading.’
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/the-biggest-ai-threat-young-people-who-cant-think-303be1cd
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Damn. I want to be a postdoc with Mansi Srivastava…. 🤯🤯🤯
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Crystal Rogers, PhD
10 months ago
Are you at
#2025ICDB
@socdevbio.bsky.social
@isdb.bsky.social
? Do you want a free pretty notebook? Please come find me and say hi! I have a bag full of them! It features a gorgeous image from a cilia paper from
@jbwallingford.bsky.social
’s lab!
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If you haven’t, you really should.
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Not sure what’s the bigger win: My son taking me to see Highlander on the big screen for Father’s Day or learning that one of the Highlanders assumed names was Wallingford. (jk, totally the first one)
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