Whoever invented Sprite+Tea needs a punch in the gut. Mistakenly took a sip and 🤢

I hardly watch TV but there’s so many commercials about over-the-counter drugs in the US! I suppose if you feel sick in the UK, you just go to the GP rather than self-medicate.

Made it to Nebraska after 21 hours of travel (Bristol 🚘 London ✈️ Atlanta ✈️ Omaha). With ageing parents, I understand why family don’t want to make the trip anymore. Now if only I didn’t wake up buzzin’ at midnight local time, it’d make my life easier.

Well, it's official. I've finally changed the proofing language in Word to 'English - United Kingdom'. With pronouncing zee-brafish as zeh-brafish, I've fully acclimated to British culture. (No, my accent hasn't changed 😆)

Just realized that in doing this I basically agreed to do the whole Zebrafish Rock! bit for another 3 years 😲

I discovered this artist on X awhile back and instantly bookmarked their work. Glad to finally purchase the last Danio rerio singlet in stock and will report back on the quality!

Look out for more from this space in the coming months! In the meantime, you can stay updated by following @zdmsociety.bsky.social 🐟 🧪

Super thrilled to be invited as a member of the newly-formed @zdmsociety.bsky.social Communication Committee. We will seek to expand the reach of the society over the next three years. 😊 #zebrafish

Can't believe my postdoc paper is finally out. Christmas came early this year, holy moly 🎄 Molecular basis for de novo thymus regeneration in a vertebrate, the axolotl | Science Immunology www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

#KnowYourZDM was my (albeit failed) attempt at a collaboration with ZDMS. As a result of my insistence that @zebrafishrock.bsky.social be a pan-zebrafish society forum, most of the societies stay clear of us. 🤷

I find this to be really fun! AI or not. They have obviously put a lot of effort into each post every day (which definitely don't contain AI). Put down your pitchforks

Here’s the selfie!! 😂 It was lovely to meet Kirsten and hear about her personal journey through science (and around the world), in addition to some cool #zebrafish data on hepatocellular carcinomas!

Yo quiero escribir mas posts en español en el futuro. Si tiene un artículo o una noticia para difundir, haga "Ping" @zebrafishrock.bsky.social

If I had a do’s and dont’s of social media publication announcements, this first post (of a longer thread) would tick all the positive boxes! ✅ Working link to paper ✅ Acknowledge first-author with correct handle ✅ Introduce the most important finding ✅ Thread counter (eg 1/n) ✅ No cheesy acronyms

I used to get imposter syndrome when sharing other people’s stuff for #ZebrafishZunday. I got over it by thinking that if more people (whether it be a friend, family member or even a grant reviewer) see an awesome image and think zebrafish are cool, it collectively makes our lives/research easier.

Some interactions I’ve had since returning make me remember why I retired it. I do all of this in my free time. At this point, it’s half “I deeply care about community” and half “I do this out of spite”. Some days it’s one or the other.

If you’ve ever wondered why you can inject things into the yolk early and it affects the embryo, this phenomena is the reason it works! 👇 #zebrafish

We’ve got a couple of PhD projects open. Including one with the lovely @adamgrieve.bsky.social and @scholpplab.bsky.social on Rhbdl proteins in #zebrafish which is open to UK and international students tinyurl.com/fishprotease

As the #McRib is in the news again, may I remind you of this gem from my time in Germany as an American abroad (circa 2020). I'd be embarrassed if it wasn't for the amazing photos we took just before lockdown as well as the title of my name/profession 😂 Source: CNBC on Twitter/X

Looking for a PhD position? Join the Kague Lab as a PhD student in Precision Medicine (funded by the MRC) to work on a multidisciplinary project about Bone Fragility! 🦴 👇 usher.ed.ac.uk/precision-me...

I've updated my Bioinformatics Bootcamp: Zebrafish Special Edition blog post on @the-node.bsky.social! Please do share with trainees or anyone new to the community. I hope it adds some breadth to the many resources available to #zebrafish researchers. 🔗 thenode.biologists.com/bioinformati...

Forgot how much I like running @zebrafishrock.bsky.social. I don't think I'm fooling anyone by saying I'm off social media. I miss telling people they rock and various other puns. I lasted three months 🤦

If you've benefited from ZebrafishRock and its community, you can thank ZFIN. i.e. ZebrafishRock is actually Kevin searching ZFIN

Starting the UK Zebrafish Husbandry Meeting with an important lesson on pain in #zebrafish from @lynnesneddon.bsky.social 🐟

Our new paper on valve disease in aged #zebrafish is out! onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/... This has been a long running collaborative effort with contributions from lots of great people!

I'm treading lightly with this one but the science communication bit of @zebrafishrock.bsky.social is back for the foreseeable future. I'll be sharing my plethora of fun facts (including some new ones) with the community. Enjoy!

If you are looking to expand your K-12 class offerings, consider this wonderful article about teaching a complex subject using #zebrafish. Well done, @bioeyes.bsky.social 👍

In some cultures, this can be seen as good luck and I’m all here for it 🥰

Sharing my own pretty image on #ZebrafishZunday! #devbio

Finally starting to feel FOMO about social media, especially the positivity surrounding @zebrafishrock.bsky.social’s feed. It was a respite from the demoralizing news cycle that I haven’t found an answer to yet.

"Don't mind me, just strolling by" 🤣 Caption this (oddly human-like) cell:

After 7 years and a lot of memories, I've finally decided to retire Zebrafish Rock! on social media. I really want to say it was always positive but I've had a tumultuous experience with the account. Those that make the community more toxic continue to be promoted to positions of power. 1/4

Some errors in here but slowly learning how to use BlueThread app for these mega-posts. (e.g. Need to use https:// rather than www.) Here’s a link if it’s helpful to others: bluethread.pythonanywhere.com

Absolutely love this! I went with the blue embellishments and put it in a silver frame. It looks fantastic 😍

I often get reminded of my pitfalls as a scientist. Papers hardly cited, overlooked for awards, called ‘Only an influencer’. But for the last week I had some really long imaging sessions with good results and I felt like a proper Scientist. Those moments are few and far between but it felt great 😊

Thrilled that my blog post was the most-read hit on the Node for the month of May ☺️ It acts as an intro to the amazing tools that are (freely) available to #zebrafish researchers. Do check it out if you haven’t yet. 🔗 thenode.biologists.com/bioinformati...

Congrats to @stednitz.bsky.social and Andrew Lesak on their @currentbiology.bsky.social paper! They use HMM to identify two interaction states in #zebrafish: one visual for long-range interactions and one lateral line for quick, close interactions. Free link: authors.elsevier.com/a/1lCYh3QW8S...

Didn’t realize this was made and shipped from Bristol 🤣 I love this #zebrafish print even more now! I got it with the blue embellishments 🤩 The artist @thewildprintstudio.bsky.social is still selling the rest of the edition, for those interested. Working link here: www.thewildprintstudio.com/shop

That urge to start a new society is growing by the day 😵‍💫

I had a lot of fun putting this together 😃 If you want to know all the cool (and free!) resources available to #zebrafish researchers, check it out!

My Bioinformatics Bootcamp turned blog! Enjoy this collection of free #zebrafish resources, now posted on @the-node.bsky.social. While not comprehensive, it gives an assortment of cools tools available to researchers. Feedback would be appreciated! thenode.biologists.com/bioinformati...

Cross-posting from LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/posts/kevin-... These are useful (and free!) websites that I found in my search for all things #zebrafish as part of my Bioinformatics Bootcamp. If there’s enough interest, I may do a blog post on the Node. Enjoy!

You can help me figure out how to troubleshoot posting the #DanioDigest to the Node! Will sincerely miss @joyceyu.bsky.social in this role 🥺

People forget that I do this whole Zebrafish Rock! thing as an unpaid volunteer. We are not affiliated with any society and shouldn’t be micromanaged as such. More and more I question why I do this. It’s not fun anymore.

That feeling when you complete a lot of single-cell injections only to find out the embryos were never fertilized 😭

Very happy to have hosted Rebeca in the lab all the way from 🇧🇷!!! She is working super hard for her PhD and really deserves this. Well done Rebeca! 👏🏻🎉 www.frontiersin.org/journals/car...

Say what you want about Starbucks, but as an Expat abroad in foreign countries it might as well be the American consulate: Free WiFi and a barista named Simon that speaks English 😆

How your email finds me this week:

We hope you enjoy the new format on the Node! Definitely easier to post/edit using their tools 😊 Feedback always appreciated 🙏

Shared on Twitter that the digest was on the Node now with a link to the website. Forgot that Twitter/X suppress links in posts. 🙃 What a toxic hellscape that was. Good riddance 🤮