Octopuses and squid have elaborate brains. How did their intelligence evolve? go.nature.com/4tIg5Mw

If you are going to watch one thing on Earth Day, this should be it. Rachel Carson has always been someone I have admired and this admiration has grown as I learned about her. A remarkable pioneering woman and a hero to the world.

Nature research paper: A chelicera-bearing arthropod reveals the Cambrian origin of chelicerates go.nature.com/4m1uyzX

cover photo from late Roy Caldwell (UC Berkeley) with nice remembrances here: www.science.org/content/blog...

@dev-journal.bsky.social does the same!

Switching fields or wanting to become an expert in #zebrafish research? The @mblscience.bsky.social 2026 Zebrafish Development & Genetics course offers a fantastic opportunity to learn from leaders in the field! Application deadline: March 2 Please spread the word! www.mbl.edu/education/ad...

This is an outstanding essay describing some of the important roles and influences of NIH program officers (from an insider perspective). Read! elizabethginexi.substack.com/p/the-quiet-...

Make your spring term unforgettable! 🌊 Join MBL’s Semester in Biological Discovery for an immersive, hands-on dive into parasitology, biodiversity, neurophysiology & more. 📅 Mar 1–May 23, 2026 🗓️ Apply by Dec 12: go.mbl.edu/sbd No research experience required!

I – like Trump and RFK Jr. – do not have a medical degree. So, when questions surrounding medical treatments emerge, I listen to people who do. I get my information from doctors and public health experts – and urge you to do the same.

Thrilled to share that the lab has been awarded a @wellcometrust.bsky.social Discovery Award to keep exploring the evolution of 6-methyladenine #6mA in Eukaryotes. We'll open postdoc (3️⃣) and tech (1️⃣) positions to start in 2026, please share with candidates or reach out if you’d like to join us.

Now Hiring! Whitney Laboratory Assistant/Associate Professor in Marine Bioscience Apply & More Info - explore.jobs.ufl.edu/en-us/job/53... We seek a creative, collaborative scientist whose research harnesses or advances cutting-edge tools. Please help spread the word & reach out with any questions!

Hi! Did you know that you aren’t pronouncing axolotl correctly? Suppression of indigenous languages by the Spanish is one of the Four Wounds of Colonization. This is a small subversion of colonial power you can use! Axolotl is a Nahuatl word, and it sounds like this:

Flybase lost all of the NIH support overnight - it is a disaster for the community. Please consider donating. I just did! www.philanthropy.cam.ac.uk/give-to-camb...

Calling all cephalopod scientists! The Cephalopod Neuroscience Gordon Research Conference is coming up! To be considered for a talk, please submit your abstract before the September 30 deadline!! www.grc.org/cephalopod-n...

Join us! The Division of Invertebrate Zoology at the American Museum of Natural History is hiring a curatorial associate! For more information : careers.amnh.org/postings/4529

#OnThisDay in 1858, a seminal journal article comprised of papers by Alfred Russel Wallace FRS and Charles Darwin FRS on the theory of evolution by natural selection was published by the Linnean Society, the first public announcement of the theory of evolution. bit.ly/3k8fq4u

My Department (Biology) at @dartmouthartsci.bsky.social is hiring this year! We have an opening for a Tenure Track Cell and/or Molecular biologist (broadly defined). Please share with your trainees/labmates/friends and reach out if you have questions. apply.interfolio.com/171625

Call your reps. Science is not political. It helps everyone. 🔬🧬🧫🥼🧪⚗️

We're thrilled to announce the largest private gift in our 137-year history: a $25 million unrestricted donation from MBL Whitman Scientist Mark Terasaki. His extraordinary generosity will bolster our renowned research and education programs. 🔬 Learn more: bit.ly/452WL1m

🥳 Our amazing community reunited to talk about evodevo in our #PASEDB2025! Find yourself in this nice evodevo-ist people puzzle 🐟🪸🐌🐙🐚🪲🦋🐝 #evodevo #PASEDB2025 #PASEDB

When I was little, the U.S. military came to our home at gunpoint and took me and my family away. We were imprisoned for years in barbed wire camps simply because we were Japanese American. I have spent my life telling that story, hoping it would never be repeated.

Assistant Professor position in Vert Ecology including areas of physiological ecology at WSU

I still can’t believe that all NIH grants to my colleagues at Harvard and Harvard Medical School have been nullified. And that, as a nation, we’re somehow okay with this illegal, arbitrary, and petty act. Just think of the consequences: scientists, students, and patients will all suffer.

Please comment on this! The complexity of living systems cannot be fully recapitulated by in vitro or computational approaches alone. While advances in non-animal model technologies offer complementary tools, they lack the full physiological and developmental context of a living organism.

IMPORTANT IMPORTANT IMPORTANT IMPORTANT Please watch the workshop video and COMMENT by 5:00 Monday 7/14 This is the source of the "no more model organism only grants in NIH-funded research" decree.

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. tinyurl.com/mr3he6bx

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/...

Dear all, PLEASE add comments on the importance of model organism research at this link:

Applications are open for the first Cephalopod Neuroscience Gordon Conference, to be held February 2026! Hope to see many of you there! 🐙🧠🔬 www.grc.org/cephalopod-n...

Reupping. So important for our country to invest in science. Call your congressperson and tell them your story. As a scientist, or as a patient or caregiver.

My ode to Curiosity Driven Research www.statnews.com/2025/04/03/b...

🔈 Excited to welcome Gert Jan C. Veenstra as an invited speaker at #ICDB2025! Gert Jan leads research on gene regulation during embryonic and heart development, utilizing stem cells and model organisms to unravel the complexities of pluripotency and differentiation. 🧬❤️🧪

Spiralia enthusiasts!! 🐙💛🐌 Our amazing speaker for the Spiralia Satellite symposia at the #PASEDB2025 Deirdre Lyons, Associate Professor, Scripps Institution of Oceanography Organizers: Christina Zakas and @albertinlab.bsky.social #evodevo #pasedb #spiralia

Spiralia enthusiasts!! 🐚🐙🐌💛 Our amazing speaker for the Spiralia Satellite symposia at the #PASEDB2025 Néva Meyer, Associate Professor, Clark University Organizers: Christina Zakas and @albertinlab.bsky.social #evodevo #pasedb #spiralia

You still have one week to apply to this position! Take your chance to do your postdoc on alien critters 🐙🦑 in a vibrant yet cosy - walkable!- town in Europe. Pls RT

Job Alert! We are recruiting one postdoc to work on spiralian embryos and their crazy polar lobes. More info about this HFSP-funded position on our website baronelab.org: scroll to the end, click on "this could be you"...start your adventure!

The @upshot.nytimes.com has put together a vivid illustration of how the Trump administration has hollowed out American science. Gift link: nyti.ms/4kBTVql

We're hiring! Our lab is looking for a postdoc to investigate the #evodevo of #cephalopod brains. Did you recently graduate, and do you want to join our EU #WEAVE project with the Simakov and @simon-sprecher.bsky.social labs? Find the application form👇Thanks for RT 🐙🦑 www.kuleuven.be/personeel/jo...

Our chromosome-scale genome assembly of Nanomia septata, a siphonophore - doi.org/10.1101/2025... . Much larger than many other cnidarian genomes, fewer chromosomes, and highly rearranged. No smoking gun for how they achieve complex colony-level organization. Great work Namrata Ahuja and friends!

Calling all spiraliaphiles! Come join us in Miami on July 22!

🌟Happy to announce the Spiralia satellite symposia at PASEDB meeting Miami July 22, 2025! 🐌🪱#PASEDB2025 #pasedb #evodevo Organizers: Drs. Carrie Albertin & Christina Zakas Register here: evodevo.wildapricot.org/event-6007396

I understand that there are fires rapidly approaching a lot of us right now, & we’re all limited on attention span but fuck. The deep sea is as precious an ecosystem as the national parks, but we understand them much less. Mining them is as ruinous as mining a national park. I’m sick about this.

New report shows that NIH grants fueled $95 billion in economic activity and 407,782 jobs in 2024. That's not to mention the countless lives that biomedical research has saved. Show me a better investment than that. www.forbes.com/sites/michae...

An Abdopus (algae octopus) slowly decloaks. They have some of the best camouflage. Mostly uploading this to test if Bluesky increased their video size limit from 50MB.

Oh HELL yeah look at that squid on the cover, beautiful reef squid we LOVE a reef squid in this household

Bluetorial: The path to a new pain medication with little potential for addiction Perhaps a good story to share with folks who want to learn about how biomedical research works and where advances come from.

Hi folks, I would like to know which EU universities are willing or planning to organise #standupforscience activities in solidarity with US scientists Please contact me if you are. Thanks for reposting!

I lost my mother to Alzheimer’s. I’ve worked my entire career to help researchers find the cure. Musk, Trump, and their Republican enablers would rather use that money for billionaire tax breaks. Shame.

Scientists and @uaw.org members protest for the protection of scientific research ✊

Abrupt Dismissal of NIH and NSF Staff Undermines Government Efficiency