An unexpected feast! ROV pilots filmed this during the #ArgentinianDeepSeeps expedition. Read the full caption about whalefalls & their role in the deep Ocean on Insta: www.instagram.com/reel/DSlQw1J...

Hey, fellow evolutionary biologists: If you support trans rights, like, comment, or repost this. I want to show that transphobes like Richard Dawkins are a loud minority that does not represent our community

This study reconstructs the gene regulatory networks that define cell types in the sea anemone Nematostella vectensis, providing a valuable resource for comparative regulatory genomics and the evolution of new cell types 🧪 www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Crazy how the semester ends and you can sit for four hours uninterrupted writing/editing manuscripts!!

Happy Coelacanth Day!

For Day 22 of #25DaysOfFishmas we have one of my favourites from the whole list, another big, pelagic weirdo that I've been obsessed with for many years now. This is Luvaris imperialis, the Louvar, a rarely encountered oceanic beast found across the Indo-Pacific and in parts of the Atlantic.

A Pacific spiny lumpsucker, swimming and snacking at the Seattle Aquarium #MarineLife #Fish #Cyclopteridae #ColorADay #OrangeSun #PugetSound #PNW

For Day 21 of #25DaysOfFishmas we've got Cheimmarichthys fosteri, the panoko or torrentfish. This charming little labriform is the only member of the fammily Cheimmarichthyidae - especially surprising given there are >750 other species in the Labriformes, including the very diverse wrasse family.

Looking for a faculty job at one of the world's great research stations? We're looking for a marine invertebrate biologist at UW's Friday Harbor Labs. apply.interfolio.com/178804

Check out Part II of our special collection celebrating the centennial of the discovery of the organiser. From classical developmental biology, to tissue mechanics, and organoid and plant development, we've got it all!

The 91-billion-nucleotide-long genome of the South American lungfish Lepidosiren paradoxa is 30 times larger than that of humans, but contains the same number of genes. It is the largest known animal genome. www.science.org/content/arti...

Day 13 brings a real splash of colour to #25DaysOfFishmas. This crimson critter is Barbourisia rufa, the velvet whalefish. Barbourisia is found in temperate and tropical waters around the world, at depths of ~300-2000m, and is, of course, the only member of the Barbourisiidae.

Missed fluorescence Friday but here's a nice image of cavefish olfactory epithelium (omp; magenta) and olfactory bulb neurons (gnrh3; cyan).

🎉 Excited to share our latest preprint📰 ! www.biorxiv.org/cgi/content/... Many thanks to everyone involved in this project ! Using a zebrafish model 🐟 and iPSC-derived motor neurons 🔬 we show that restoring the calpastatin/calpain pathway preserves motoneuron survival and function in C9orf72 ALS!

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For more info on how to join the pilot, visit zswim.org #zebrafish

Research links variations in the gene GRIN2A to a higher risk of developing schizophrenia and other forms of mental illness. www.wired.com/story/mutati...

This picture has been making the rounds again, and is being misidentified again. This is a GOOSEFISH. This is NOT a tasselled wobbegong shark. It’s a great pic. I get why people are very excited about it. But it’s as easy to give it the right name as the wrong one. fullfact.org/online/tasse...

Useful approach, for those interested! By @fanjumeng.bsky.social & @pjmurphy249.bsky.social 🧬🐟

For Day 6 of #25DaysOfFishmas, we have a really quite important species - this is the milkfish, Chanos chanos. C. chanos is the only living member of the Chanidae family, and is a widespread and widely-consumed species across the Indo-Pacific.

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

The final version of the clonal raider ant reference brain is now out OA in @currentbiology.bsky.social: 🐜 🧠 🐜 🧠 🐜 🧠 🐜 🧠 🐜 🧠 🐜 www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

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ICYMI… From the lab of Chung-Der Hsiao at Chung Yuan Christian University 🇹🇼 🐟

Can't believe that our pre-print on the evolution of iridescence in swordtails was covered by @elearlybird.bsky.social on the TWiEVO podcast! I love the suggestion to rename the endogenous foamy retrovirus to "sparkle pony" -- what do you think @nadiahaghani.bsky.social? bsky.app/profile/elea...

Wonderful new global initiative for the fish community 🐟 To follow more news on this, follow @shoalbase.bsky.social 🧪

Elevated DNA damage without signs of ageing in the short-sleeping Mexican cavefish offers a unique model to study sleep, DNA repair, and ageing. buff.ly/6VrO19l

Nice microPublication reporting methods to image C. elegans egg laying under a coverslip www.micropublication.org/journals/bio...

#KnowYourZDM: In 2019, a 10-year-old patient w/ a life-threatening lymphatic disorder was losing hope. Zebrafish to the rescue! Scientists created zebrafish with the same gene mutation and found a melanoma drug that fixed the fish. Then, doctors used the same drug on the patient to save his life! 🧪

So this happened today. Zeke turned 4 in September. We’ve been working on walking for a couple of years. Today he not only took his first real steps on his own - he did at least 10 yards!! Such a huge moment for him!! 🥹

At Zebrafish Neurobiology 2025 all week in Cold Spring Harbor. If you are here, reach out and say hi! I am a multi-species fish PI that studys evolution of the brain and would love to chat! My student, Agniva Sinha, has a poster on Saturday and I have the last talk of the conference!

It was a splendid experience getting to visit University of Miami and @zfishlady.bsky.social! Fundamental biology is going strong there and I was impressed by the wide range of science going on! The trainees are super friendly and I had a blast. Thank you! 🐟🐠🧪 #zebrafish #devbio

I am so excited to share new work on a TE insertion that regulates iridescence in swordtails, led by fantastic grad student @nadiahaghani.bsky.social and with help from many coauthors! In a time that has been so difficult to navigate, this & other projects have kept my spirits up: shorturl.at/NE65A

Excited to share my most recent postdoctoral work in the Jeanne lab @yaleneuro.bsky.social ! “Sensory processing reformats odor coding around valence and dynamics” www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1... We ask: how is a sensory code transformed across multiple stages of processing to inform behavior?

Thinking only of Rosalind Franklin today, and what was stolen from her (and so many other female scientists alongside her).

[Job] Aquaculture Research Associate, Knaut and Torres-Vazquez Labs, NYU Grossman School of Medicine, New York, NY #zebrafish

1. Map evolutionary diversity to hack biomedical innovation 2. Revolutionize cancer therapy 3. Target the development of antimicrobial resistance 4. Address Anthropocene-related diseases 5. Support healthier behaviors 6. Improve pandemic responses by Barbara Natterson-Horowitz & Dan Blumstein!

Want to catch up on all the #DevBio, #StemCell (& related) preprints that came out in September? Check out our September #preprint list👇 thenode.biologists.com/september-in...

A positive feedback loop promotes the active internal state of the C. elegans egg-laying circuit www.cell.com/current-biol...

Funders must recognise that great discoveries often come from studies that seeks to advance knowledge for its own sake go.nature.com/3X5lbUg

A great article in @coloradosun.com about the Colorado Center for Personalized Medicine's Biobank, a collaboration with @uchealth.bsky.social that has now delivered more than 1M clinical results.

Helpful methods to improve #killifish research 🐠 🔗 onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

New preprint out! Evolutionarily conserved transcriptional regulators control monoaminergic neuron development. We uncover how ancient regulatory programs orchestrate the neurons that produce serotonin and dopamine across 550 million years of evolution. doi.org/10.1101/2025...

I am happy to report that the lab has its first preprint! We looked at odor perception in cavefish and found a strong attraction to ancestrally negative odors, including appetitive behavior and brain activity when smelling death! www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

Our latest study on the neurobiology of collective behavior is now posted as a preprint, led by UCSD PhD student Jo-Hsien Yu @anitajhyu.bsky.social @ucsandiego.bsky.social @danionella.bsky.social www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

A new email to Director Bhattacharya this morning. 1/n

How is valence computed in the brain? Check out our new preprint about a single cell that integrates excitatory and inhibitory input across modalities according to valence and impacts behavioral decisions. An exciting collaboration across many labs. Enjoy reading! www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

Want to image the adult zebrafish brain? Here's a nifty design that I made with the help of a talented master's student, Corey Steinhauser. Supporting files here! morgridge.org/research/lab...

Reminder starting in October NIH NOFOs won’t be posted in the Guide for grants and contracts. Tips on how to search for opportunities & set up a subscription for custom searches here: grants.nih.gov/news-events/...