💥OUR LAB IS HIRING!!💥 We are hiring a research assistant/lab manager to assist with managing our axolotl colony and enabling some kick-ass science! Looking for high levels of organization, collaboration, problem solving and curiosity. Application link: tinyurl.com/3tpvphpm #SciJob #JobAlert

🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳 Yaaayyy!!! Bravo @canaztekin.bsky.social !!!

Bravo @aniaczark.bsky.social !!! 🥳🥳🥳

I am thrilled to share the main result of our work at @nordenlab.bsky.social with @liormoneta.bsky.social and @carldmodes.bsky.social . We bridged DevBiology + theoretical physics to understand how the eye becomes round #morphogenesis #devbio #biophysics #zebrafish www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

Scientists discover the secret behind the shrew’s amazing ability to shrink their brains 🧠 The clever trick sheds unwanted weight without compromising too much on cognition. Find the 5-letter word 👇 Study by @cecibaldoni.bsky.social Dechmann Lab #shrewcrew et al www.ab.mpg.de/743885/news_...

Scientists present an advanced new technique for live-imaging regenerating limbs, shown here on a sand flea. buff.ly/WsOrSlR

We are excited to highlight our Rising Star Awardee, Dr. Can Aztekin @canaztekin.bsky.social whose work highlighting the importance of oxygen in regulating regeneration is inspiring. #Onetowatch

The final paper from my PhD project is out! Check it out for lots of live recordings of regenerating limbs. We show how we optimized long-term live imaging of regenerating crustacean limbs, up to 10 days, with high temporal resolution. #microscopymonday #regeneration #liveimaging

My team has updated our free database of POSTDOC fellowships. This database contains 286 entries. For each entry, we provide a link, short description, deadline, amount, and eligibility criteria. Download this updated and expanded database here: research.jhu.edu/rdt/funding-...

We developed MouseMapper AI, a deep learning ensemble for the analysis of whole-body systems, including the nervous and immune systems, to map disease/drug perturbations tissue by tissue, organ by organ, at the cellular level in 3D. biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

The ISRB Career Catalyst Mentorship Bootcamp is coming soon in August Calling all prospective mentees.

An organoid model of the menstrual cycle reveals the role of the luminal epithelium in regeneration of the human endometrium https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.07.03.663000v1

We'll be looking for a postdoc to bring these approaches together, funded for 3+ years. If you are interested please get in touch; if you know someone who might be interested please share this message. 3/3

🧪 Job alert 🔊 we are hiring a Research Assistant - join the Simões Group at DPAG-IDRM @ox.ac.uk supporting #cardiovascular development and regeneration research, working with #zebrafish and #human stem cell systems: my.corehr.com/pls/uoxrecru... @oxforddpag.bsky.social @idrm.ox.ac.uk (1/4)

Just two weeks left to apply for the 2025 ISRB Career Catalyst Mentorship Program! Please help us spread the word 🧪

Just two weeks left to apply for the 2025 ISRB Career Catalyst Mentorship Program! Please help us spread the word 🧪

Brilliant work! Extra kudos for the live recordings 🤩

EMBO Workshop 'Beyond the standard: unconventional vertebrate models in biomedicine' was a blast! Special thanks to spiny mouse community and organizers far and near @cagricevrim.bsky.social @embo.org

Delighted that our work on positional memory is now published. We asked how axolotl cells 'know' which part of the limb to regenerate after injury. www.nature.com/articles/s41... A joy to work with super team Sarah Plattner, Yuka Sugiura, Francisco Falcon and Elly Tanaka. 🧵1/14

Exciting news...Nature Methods is hiring a new editor! This exciting and dynamic role will be shared with the Nature Research Cross-Journal Editorial Team. Apply here by June 1! springernature.wd3.myworkdayjobs.com/SpringerNatu...

Delighted to see this work from my lab published today, where we identify a population of ETV-1 positive glutamatergic neurons that are activated in the brain in response to a distant injury. www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Just published! Our Review on how immune cells masterfully orchestrate heart development and regeneration. Beyond fighting pathogens, they're actually building & repairing your heart! Learn how cutting-edge technologies are driving therapeutic opportunities here www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Redid my #pollen composition after detecting edges on Fiji. Very happy with the final result . Fun fact, I just got to @mblscience.bsky.social for @aqlm.bsky.social and spring is just springing here. My #allergies are back 🤧 #microscopy #bioart #sciart #flowers #botany #plantscience #microcosmos

It's publication day of my first book: The Tree of Life. The tree of life is a time machine that can take us back 4 billion years to meet our most distant ancestor. It is the magic that lets us tell the origin stories, beginning with this ancient relative, of everything from mushrooms to man.

👇👇👇 New preprint dropped! Where we dive deep into the factors that restrict pluripotent stem cells to make the RIGHT cell types in the RIGHT place in planarians. Many surprises in this very exciting story. @kuangtse.bsky.social

A nice, layperson writeup of my latest work, which is now out on eLife! TLDR: Using snRNA-seq, we find cell type abundance differences and sex-biased gene expression differences that may explain innate differences in mating + parenting behavior elifesciences.org/digests/1031...

Abstract submitted 👍 submit yours too! (abstract deadline tomorrow 11th April; general registration deadline 8th May) see you at the National Museum of Scotland in Edinburgh- let's talk science alongside Dolly the Sheep 🐑

Just a few days left to submit your abstract! Join us in beautiful Edinburgh for an incredible meeting featuring an outstanding lineup of speakers!

Interested in biological research beyond the standard? Join us in Edinburgh for the EMBO Workshop exploring how unconventional vertebrate models are becoming engines for biomedical research! 🦇 🐿️ 🦌 🐒 🦍 🐹🧍‍♀️ 🚨 Abstract submission deadline: 11 April 2025 🚨 meetings.embo.org/event/25-ver...

New work out from the lab exploring the cell type specific role of Progesterone receptor in uterine glands - Bayammagari - 2025 - The FASEB Journal - Wiley Online Library faseb.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1...

One of my images is featured in this stunning microscopy selection—what an honor! Voting closes today, so check them out and pick your favorite! #microscopy 🧪 focalplane.biologists.com/2025/03/11/v...

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Do you have experience in generating transgenic tools and fluorescent markers? Are you interested in developing new tools in a non-conventional model, to observe and genetically manipulate cells during leg regeneration? We are recruiting! www.averof-lab.org/pages/3560

Let's have a break from the news. Here is a confocal image of a Drosophila ellipsoid body, a neuronal structure in the central complex of the brain. From my Masters work (circa 2014). #fluorescentfriday

As the world of science wakes up to modern fascism, it's worth remembering older generations who stood up for humanity in much harsher circumstances. Jacques Monod worked actively for the resistance in WWII, while pursuing early stages of his research in occupied Paris. @standupforscifr.bsky.social

We are looking for a new Executive Editor on the journal, with @katherine-brown.bsky.social taking on a new role at @biologists.bsky.social. If you're an experienced editor with a love of developmental biology and its community, this could be the job for you. Full details in the link below.

Congrats to the 2025 SDB Award Winners! Conklin Medal: Blanche Capel DB-SDB Lifetime Achievement Award: Billie Swalla Hamburger Outstanding Educator Prize: Erica Crespi Hay New Investigator Award: Mubarak Syed SDB Trainee Science Communication Award: Joaquin Navajas Acedo bit.ly/4bcrFap

A wonderful colleague is seeking opportunities in continental Europe. She’s a brilliant scientist, especially skilled with (unconventional) rodents, but very open to non-rodent models. An excellent lab mate, a big loss for us, but she’d be an asset to any team. Please help spread the word!

This Medical News article discusses a report from the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine on persistent gaps in women’s health research and key recommendations that would require $16 billion in congressional funding.

A wonderful colleague is seeking opportunities in continental Europe. She’s a brilliant scientist, especially skilled with (unconventional) rodents, but very open to non-rodent models. An excellent lab mate, a big loss for us, but she’d be an asset to any team. Please help spread the word!

Our first foray into the evolution of the mammalian uterus, spearheaded by Axelle Brulport, Malgorzata Gazda and @eulalieliorzou.bsky.social ! Some highlights below... www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1... (A first version was submitted during my maternity leave, this is a new and updated version!)

I have a wonderful scientist in my lab who is looking to move to Europe. Is anyone looking for a staff scientist? She has a PhD. She is particularly in her element doing field work. Great skills with rodents and very open to non-rodent positions as well. Please send leads, please amplify!

My NIH-funded research shows the menstrual cycle worsens suicidality—and targeted hormone treatments can help many patients. With more NIH funding, I can identify who benefits and ensure these treatments are safe long-term. Fund the NIH—because breakthroughs like this can save lives. 💙 #FundNIH

As my first bsky post, I'm excited to share our recent new mini review on the "Age-dependent regenerative mechanisms in the brain" published in #BiochemSocTrans. Led by @giada_vanacore and with @JensBagerChris1's help. Great job team. portlandpress.com/biochemsoctr...

NIH council meeting (NIDCR)scheduled for today, where our R01 grant (3rd percentile) was supposed to be discussed, was postponed indefinitely as a consequence of Trump's executive order which ordered pausing of all communications from all federal agencies. Not good.

THIS IS HUGE! Scientists at Duke University's Human Vaccine Institute have made a significant advance in the quest for an HIV vaccine, successfully developing a vaccine candidate that could help the immune system produce antibodies (bnAbs) needed to fight the virus. Let’s talk about that! 🧪🧵⬇️

I’m not sure if it’s necessarily a bad thing. There are valid concerns about the excessive (mis)use of AI for writing, but having a standardized style does have its merits. The current culture of 'beautifying' research outcomes has reached a point where it’s actually detrimental to research. 🧪 ...

🚨ISRB Webinar - The Americas 🚨First one of the year! 🥳 Happening on January 17th, 12pm US East Coast Time, featuring Karen Echeverri from @mblscience.bsky.social and Katy Loubnet-Senear from Phil Abitua's lab @ohnolog.bsky.social at U. of Washington. Find all details at isrbio.org/event-6026206

Indeed! In some fields, it feels like junior researchers are subsidizing travel for a small group of scientists who give remarkably similar talks at every conference. Highlighting fresh perspectives from diverse voices would benefit everyone and energize the field. 🧪