Our new collaborative paper with Cyndi Bradham's lab at BU, led by first author @alexandralion.bsky.social is out in @devbiol.bsky.social & featured on the Sept 2025 cover! 😀🥳 PFAS (PFOA & GenX) disrupt sea urchin embryo development! Cover art: embryos + flow fields 👉 doi.org/10.1016/j.yd...

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/...

Alcian blue staining of cartilage in a two-headed zebrafish embryo. Credit to @jakeleyhr.bsky.social. #ZebrafishZunday 🧪

PhD Timeline xkcd.com/3081

My group is hiring a new Postdoc to work on gene regulation and chromatin in Nematostella. Please RT! For more information see here: gahanlab.com tinyurl.com/34xke35d

it's a hard and sad time in science / higher ed in the US right now. on the other hand, lots of PhDs are looking for work, so I wanted to share— I'm hiring a postdoc! it's a two-year position at UCSC to do (preferably Bayesian) modeling of marine ecosystems: recruit.ucsc.edu/JPF01892

NSF GRFP Awards by the Year: 2021 - 2074 2022 - 2193 2023 - 2555 2024 - 2036 2025 - 1000 Again, these funding cuts will have drastic longterm effects on the scientific future of the US....... @jeremymberg.bsky.social @altnih4science.bsky.social

When your kids ask you what you did to save US science in the crisis of ‘25, you will say that you showed up! Please spread the word and join us!! @standupforscience.bsky.social

Inside the lobby at NSF…

A new analysis confirms links between early life #PFAS exposure and stunted “cognitive, motor, and language development” as well as “behavioral issues like hyperactivity.” #foreverchemicals appear to be damaging children’s brains, and not only highly exposed kids. pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/39888511/

All study section and council meetings suspended until at least 2/2

Our second post, and it's another successful defense! Congratulations, @alexandralion.bsky.social 🎉 🎊

Congratulations Dr. Alex Lion!! So proud of you and your fantastic thesis defense on Wednesday! Excited for what's next on your horizons!!

I'm very excited to announce that yesterday I successfully defended my dissertation "Sea Urchin Morphogenesis: Teratogenesis and P-bodies" at Boston University. I am extremely thankful for all of the love and support I have received, and am looking forward to this next phase of my career ❤️👩‍🔬🧪

#DBfeature #SeaUrchin🌊 Visualizing metabolic regulation using metabolic biosensors during sea urchin embryogenesis by Aidan Furze, Ashley Waldron, Mamiko Yajima www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

There are so many #morphogenesis researchers here! My first starter pack is full! Here is Part 2: go.bsky.app/K6YYKeC #devbio #cellbio #science Tell me if I should add you but try to make sure, that you're not already in Part 1. I cannot cross-reference everyone 😅 Part 1: go.bsky.app/RzDD9or

These Friday lab critiques are awesome fun. Here are some views from a ct scan of a sea urchin and its feeding apparatus, Aristotle's lantern. 🧪🐡

Deadline for applying to the Embryology Course at the MBL in Woods Hole, MA is near! 6 weeks of a unique hands-on experience. Substantial aid available. Due date: January 10. Apply here: www.mbl.edu/education/ad...

Excited for my first post on Bluesky to be a new preprint announcement! Read about the effect of PFAS chemicals PFOA and Gen X on sea urchin larval development; we characterize defects to skeletal patterning, neural development and function and more. 🧪👩‍🔬🌊 www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

Development’s Special Issue 'Uncovering Developmental Diversity' is now complete. #DevSIDiversity Explore the full ToC, including review-type articles and research papers highlighting 32 different organisms from across the multicellular tree of life: journals.biologists.com/dev/issue/15...