“The Obamas are competent, classy, loving, Harvard and Princeton graduates, loved by many, not in the Epstein files, got the Nobel Peace Prize, and gave us a steady economy to boot…”

Whole-body single-cell atlas of an adult vertebrate in homeostasis and regeneration https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/2026.02.03.703562v1

You still have time to apply if you are interested in joining my lab!!

Immigrants have paid more in taxes than they have received in benefits every single year for the past 30 years, according to new analysis from Cato. Remember this the next time Trump and his racist lackeys call immigrants "freeloaders."

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We are thrilled to announce that registration is now open for the Michael Sars Symposium 2026, co-organized with @cbubergen.bsky.social 🙌 Join us on June 4 in Bergen for a day of fantastic talks, with a focus on living systems in a variable ocean 🌊 🔗 tinyurl.com/joinMSS2026

Hey Spanish & Portuguese Dev Bio- would love to see communities there! You are underrepresented! @sebioldev.bsky.social‬ @bokelab.bsky.social @xaviertrepat.bsky.social @domhenri.bsky.social @polarityi3s.bsky.social @lmvteixeira.bsky.social @ribeirocarlitos.bsky.social @lionlchristiaen.bsky.social

Dreading doing your taxes? Billionaires aren’t. While Trump does nothing to lower the cost of living for you, he's making it even easier for billionaires to get away with cheating on their taxes.

#FluorescenceFriday with a transgenic zebrafish labeling descendant lineages of the lateral plate mesoderm. (Ventral view, tmem88a:EGFP, pic cred Marycruz Flores Flores @cudevbio.bsky.social). ❤️🫀🐟🧬 #devbio #cardiacdevbio #zebrafish #MakeMoreTransgenics

Re-upping this as the deadline for abstract submission if so close ❗️🧪🧬🔬 Come discuss your latest research with movers and shakers in the field, including luminaries and journal editors. A whole-encompassing learning experience and networking opportunity. Not to be missed!

Genetics has a much larger role in how long a person lives than previously thought go.nature.com/4kbrNv6

Yesterday, we had the honor of welcoming the newly elected rectorate and @unibergen.bsky.social Director at the Centre 🏫 We shared a glimpse of our strategy, research, sustainability and communication work, sparking constructive discussions. We look forward to continuing to work together!

The Centre was well represented at the Norwegian Bioscience Society Contact Meeting 2026 🧬 Group Leader Tim Lynagh gave a plenary talk, and all enjoyed three days of exciting science, networking with colleagues from Norwegian institutions - and some skiing! ❄️

Jacques Monod Conference alert ❗️Abstract deadline: January 31, 2026 Developmental regulation: from molecular to ecological niches May 18-22, 2026 in Beautiful Roscoff Pass the word, Apply here: cjm.sb-roscoff.fr/en and see you there. 😎🧪🔬🧬

We are in for a treat at the Michael Sars Centre @msarscentre.bsky.social with a seminar by Mounia Lagha @laghalab.bsky.social quantifying gene expression across the central dogma in live Drosophila embryos.

📢 Applications are open for Imaging Mouse Development (Aug 30–Sep 2, 2026) at Janelia. This meeting brings together developmental biology + advanced microscopy + AI/ML to better visualize & model mammalian development. 🛏️ Meals & accommodation covered Apply by April 9 ➡️ janelia.news/IMD26

Amazing to hold the print issue of @natrevneuro.nature.com in our hands with our review highlighted on the cover. Evolutionary connections inspired by the article & designed by Richard Tibbitts. www.nature.com/articles/s41... @jeffcolgren.bsky.social @msarscentre.bsky.social

📢 Open faculty position – Origins of Life We have an opening in our section at the University of Geneva! 🧬🚀 SPREAD THE WORD Apply here: jobs.unige.ch/www/wd_porta...

fantastic recognition of important work spearheaded by Eva-Lena @evanordmann.bsky.social , Margaux @margauxfailla.bsky.social and Paula @paulamiramon.bsky.social. We are proud and grateful, and look forward to further progress toward sustainable practices led by Jonas @jmbburg.bsky.social

Research | Kathiriya et al identify a cardiac Tbx5+/Mef2cAHF+progenitor lineage that bisects the intraventricular septum during the development and show that alterations in this lineage lead to congenital heart disease. www.nature.com/articles/s44... rdcu.be/eZGiu

Sincere condolences to all his family, friends and colleagues. 😔

The Nobel Prize Committee makes clear: "One truth remains. As the Norwegian Nobel Committee states: 'Once a Nobel Prize is announced, it cannot be revoked, shared, or transferred to others. The decision is final and stands for all time.'"

🧬🔬@science.org A genetically encoded device for #transcriptome storage in mammalian cells | Science www.science.org/doi/10.1126/... @broadinstitute.org

Job alert! Assistant professor position in the Department of Molecular Genetics (University of Toronto). Amazing department and city. jobs.utoronto.ca/job/Toronto-... Please share.

The authoritarian, violent, and anti-science actions of the Trump admin over the past week show clear contempt for democracy and the public good, endangering people in the US and around the world. Congress must uphold its constitutional responsibility and hold the administration accountable.

Congratulations to the all team for this amazing work understanding how the cis regulatory elements and chromatin organization are relevant in the ancestral regulatory features of animal genomes. This study started with a collaboration with José Luís Gómez Skarmeta from #CABD.

Phenomenal write-up about Sen. Mark Kelly's extraordinary miltary career, one that demonstrates his honor and commitment to this country.

Don't let this Jan 6th point get lost: Jack Smith testified to Congress he had "proof beyond a reasonable doubt that President Trump engaged in a criminal scheme to overturn the results of the 2020 election." In other words, he could prove in court that Trump attempted a coup.

How does signalling control cortical tension? Using optogenetics and AFM, we show that myosin recruitment and cortical tension increase proportionally with RhoA signalling. More here: www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6... Super work by Pierre Bohec with Guillaume Salbreux and @dianakhorom.bsky.social

1. Hundreds of corps that pledged to stop donating to members of Congress who voted to overturn the election on 1/6/21 have broken their promise over the last 5 years But we've identified 10 promise keepers: Farmers Airbnb Expedia Nike Clorox Eversource Energy Holland & Hart Qurate Whirlpool Lyft

My friend @charlotteclymer.bsky.social has written about Mark Kelly’s distinguished military career. This is not to be missed. open.substack.com/pub/charlott...

Interested in the biophysics of organoids? We just published a review in Dev Cell—take a look! dlvr.it/TPyTb8 #Organoids #Biophysics

#USA is not at war with #Venezuela unless and until it is authorized by an act of Congress. Until then, it is an unconstitutional action of 47 involving the DoD in an illegal move in Venezuela. The people of USA have not authorized a war. Far from it. Repost!

Literally a publication for eight-year olds 40 years ago

The Michael Sars Symposium is a landmark of our academic life. This year I am co-organizing it with Nathalie Reuter from the Computational Biology Unit and the chemistry department to showcase our shared interest in “living systems in a variable ocean”.

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🎄 Day 23 of the 24 Days of Development ✨🐣 Targeted protein degradation 🎯 allows precise removal of specific proteins 🧪🔬, letting researchers test their roles in real-time during development 👀🎉 doi.org/10.1016/j.yd...

Cut the middle man and watch glutamate (more) directly.

If this doesn't motivate you to vote in the Midterms, nothing will.

The full spiked 60 Minutes CECOT package, clean & subtitled. 1/5

Looking back on 2025, we are incredibly grateful for all the good moments spent with colleagues, the exciting new discoveries, discussions and seminars, and for the trust of our collaborators and partners! We wish you a wonderful holiday season and look forward to meeting again in 2026 ✨🎄

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A Tunicate #Salp’s Last Supper. A swimming smorgasbord wrapped in glassy flesh #photography #UnderwaterPhotography Link for more #photos and information: mossandfog.com/a-salps-last...

We are thrilled to invite you to the Michael Sars Symposium 2026 - Living systems in a variable ocean, together with our co-organizers at @cbubergen.bsky.social! Mark June 4, 2026 in your calendars, and watch out for our speaker lineup reveal in the new year 🙌

💡Your questions, answered. The ERC Plus Grant webpage is now live, and the Q&As on this new funding scheme are available on the website, too. 🔗 ERC Plus Grants 👉 bit.ly/3N7BJcr 🔗 Q&A 👉 bit.ly/4j4G5gA

Some of our favorite model organisms featured on the cover of @natrevneuro.nature.com 🤩 Congratulations @jeffcolgren.bsky.social & @pawelburkhardt.bsky.social for this beautiful highlight 👏

🔬✨ 2025 in Review From welcoming new scientists to bold discoveries across #biology, 2025 was a milestone year at the Institute, marking 25 years of curiosity-driven #discovery. Explore 15 highlights ➡️ bit.ly/48JGku3

Excited to share our story nutrition and cell quiescence in sea anemones, great postdoctoral work of @eudaldpascual.bsky.social Finally out in @plosbiology.org And thanks to @msarscentre.bsky.social for the nice news piece: www.uib.no/en/michaelsa...

This is actually the trippiest thing I've ever seen that was not deliberately created by M C Fucking Escher. It straight up took me over a minute to make sense of and now I can't go back. This is the white-and-gold dress on a gram a week of trenbolone.

🚨 What if evolution is the ”law”… and networks are the machines that do the work? In this paper (just published) I try to formalize how living systems are non-equilibrium, information-processing, adaptive matter. With a great biological flavor! 🧪🌐🌍🧬🦠 👉 iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1... 🧵 1/