Interpretable decoding of cell fate from a snapshot of combinatorial signaling https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/2026.05.17.725652v1

New edition of the great Quintay Developmental Biology Course !!! More information at: biodesarrollo.unab.cl

New preprint from my lab! Will Anderson developed a transgenic #zebrafish ubiquitously expressing an optogenetic FGF/ERK activator. We're having a lot of fun with it and think you will too! www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...

Join us for a Zone 3 webinar on May 15 featuring Alejandro Sánchez Alvarado from the Stowers Institute, USA, and Tania Rozario from the University of Georgia, USA. A beautiful story on planarian and tapeworm regeneration! See isrbio.org/webinars for Zoom links and details.

Open-rank search: 2 (!) PI positions in Pulmonary Biology at @cuanschutz.bsky.social 🌄 We are looking for new colleagues @cupediatrics.bsky.social, working in lung fibrosis, focusing on #devbio, stem cell, & regen.biology of the lung 🫁🫀. Please help spread the word! cu.taleo.net/careersectio...

*** GRC Developmental Biology 2027 - Jan 17-22 @ Renaissance Tuscany Il Ciocco Resort *** Join us for a fabulous 2027 Gordon Conference on all things #devbio & the trainee-led GRS! More info on registration, abstract submission, et al., here: www.grc.org/developmenta... #GRCDevBio2027 🧬🐭🐟🪰🌱❤️

This year's Ethel Browne Harvey postdoctoral talks have been fantastic! The speakers were fantastic, clear, and presented amazing, cutting-edge science. Importantly: they are all on the job market. Watch their talks here: www.youtube.com/playlist?lis... @socdevbio.bsky.social

Exciting VGZT session this week! 🎉 🗓️ Thursday, May 7th ⏰ 9:30 PDT / 12:30 EDT / 17:30 BST / 18:30 CEST Our speakers are 👉 Rui Yan 👉 Bruno Vellutini (@bruvellu.bsky.social) See you there! 👋

Applications due tomorrow!

Please repost! This comes from the good people at ChimeraX, who produce powerful up-to-date software to study protein (etc) structures, which are FREE to the community. 🙏 To stay viable and serve us, they need an experienced structural biologist to assume the leadership role on a funded project.

🚨 One week left to submit abstracts for #ZDM19! With plenty of talks available (to be selected based on abstracts), don't miss your chance to present in front of the cordial #ZDMS community 😊 For more details, visit: www.zdmsociety.org/zdm19-abstra.... Please share with your colleagues & labmates!

I have a position open for a Research Associate - Postbac opportunity. For those with curiosity and tenacity, a chance to delve deeply into a project, learn new techniques, and publish papers, all in a friendly environment. Suited for recent college (BS) grads with prior relevant experience.

Abstracts due in 2 weeks for the Signal Dynamics FASEB! Many speaking slots will be filled from submitted abstracts events.faseb.org/event/Dynami...

A trio of #Postdoc job openings in the #WeinsteinLab at NIH 🐟🔬 Epigenetics of development: zfin.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/... Vascular-associated tissues & organs: zfin.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/... Angiogenesis & Lymphangiogenesis: zfin.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/... h/t @zfinmod.bsky.social 🧪

DEADLINE EXTENDED! ⏰ Apply to Optical Microscopy & Imaging in the Biomedical Sciences (OMIBS) by April 8. Click the link in the bio for more info.

☀️ Join us next week for another great Eastern VGZT session! 🗓️ Wednesday, April 8th ⏰ 9:00 BST / 10:00 CEST / 13:30 IST / 17:00 JST / 18:00 AEST Our speakers are: 👉 Leqian Yu 👉 Tatsuo Shibata See you there! 👋

🐟!JOB ALERT!Duke, Durham, NC!🐟 We are looking for a research tech (our current tech is starting grad school this Fall (Yay!)). The candidate will contribute to our ongoing research projects on tissue morphogenesis using zebrafish. Please RT🙏 www.munjallab.com/join-us

🚨JOB ALERT🚨PLEASE SPREAD and RT Searching for a motivated Master’s student @bokelab.bsky.social @crg.eu @prbb.org to investigate how proteostasis in oocytes influences dormancy and fertility. Reach out to me ([email protected]) to join us in sunny Barcelona! See details below👇

📢📢 My lab at the University of Arizona is opening soon and I'm RECRUITING — especially techs/specialists with interest in aquaculture or zebrafish husbandry. Please share! 🏔️ 🌵 Lab website: lnkd.in/eZHk8DxA Apply/more info: arizona.csod.com/ux/ats/caree... #zebrafish #husbandry #aquatic #marine

Interested in #scicomm? Want to support the collaborative & supportive #zebrafish community? We are currently recruiting team members for our social media & Slack accounts. If keen, please send an email with your motivations & experiences to Kevin Thiessen (contact details: zfin.org/ZDB-PERS-190...)

Tomorrow is VGZT day! 🤩 ⏰ 9:30 PDT / 12:30 EDT / 16:30 GMT / 17:30 CET
 ⚠️ 1 hour earlier than usual in GMT/CET Don’t miss our fantastic speakers:
 👉 Maria-Elena Torres-Padilla 
👉 Margherita Perillo

Don’t miss your chance to submit your abstract for the 13th European Zebrafish Meeting! submit here: www.ezm2026.org/abstracts/

Registration is OPEN for the 2026 Santa Cruz Meeting on Developmental Biology!!! #scdb26 @flybase.bsky.social @zfinmod.bsky.social @alliancegenome.bsky.social @insdb.bsky.social @isdb.bsky.social @geneticssociety.bsky.social @bsdb.bsky.social @ascbiology.bsky.social scdb2026.sites.ucsc.edu

The February 13 #SDBPostdocSeminar with @gopalkushawah.bsky.social of @stowersinstitute.bsky.social and Neha Ahuja of UT Southwestern has been posted. Thank you to moderators Zong-Yuan Liu and @parahsaramore.bsky.social Watch here: youtu.be/aEQuWbfMzWM

APPLICATIONS OPEN! Apply to Comparative Developmental Biology by July 26. This intensive 2-week lab course is designed for graduate students in their second or later year of Ph.D studies and post-docs. 🔗Info: go.mbl.edu/CDB

In 1 hour: DDD seminar, Feb. 17, 2026 @ 1PM Eastern US: Dr. Annerieke Sierksma (in Dr. Bart De Strooper's group at KU Leuven) will share her recent work on "Polygenic risk for Alzheimer’s disease shapes microglial inflammatory and antigen-presentation programs in vivo". carlocolantuoni.org/seminar

Registration now open for the EMBO Workshop "Quantitative tissue morphogenesis - models, manipulations and mechanisms" in #Alibaug, India, 28 September–1 October 2026. Deadline: 30 April 2026 https://meetings.embo.org/event/26-tissue-morphogenesis#Alibaug#EMBOTissueMorphogenesis #EMBOevents 🧪

Do you have a vision for a Workshop but don’t have the time to arrange the logistics or raise the funding? Submit your idea to us in our annual call for topics. We'll provide all necessary support for successful applications. Find out more at biologists.com/workshops/pr...

📅EZM2026-Save the date! We are delighted to welcome you to the 13th European Zebrafish Meeting in Vienna, Austria! 📑Submit your abstract by March 15 2026! ✅Early bird registrations are now open until April 15th 2026 We are looking forward to seeing you there!

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...

The next the Ethel Browne Harvey Postdoc Seminar will be held this Friday, February 13 at 3 pm Eastern Time with Gopal Kushawah @gopalkushawah.bsky.social @stowersinstitute.bsky.social and Neha Ahuja at UT Southwestern Medical Center. Register today and join us. bit.ly/46K9iss #SDBPostdocSeminar

Registration is OPEN for the 2026 Santa Cruz Meeting on Developmental Biology!!! Please spread the word! @mads100tist.bsky.social @socdevbio.bsky.social @bsdb.bsky.social @xenbase.bsky.social @isdb.bsky.social @devbiol.bsky.social @the-node.bsky.social scdb2026.sites.ucsc.edu

Congrats to the 2026 SDB Award Winners! Conklin Medal: Lee Niswander SDB Lifetime Achievement Award: Alexandra Joyner Hamburger Outstanding Educator Prize: Roberto Mayor Hay New Investigator Award: Jeffrey Farrell SDB Trainee SciComm Award: Nicholas Desnoyer bit.ly/4afnjiC

Join us for the next VGZT, featuring complementary approaches to understanding dynamic tissue organization! 🗓️ Thursday, January 22nd ⏰ 9:30 PST / 12:30 EST / 17:30 GMT / 18:30 CET Our speakers are 👉 Chen Yuan Kam (@chenyuankam.bsky.social) 👉 Camilla Autorino (@cami-autorino.bsky.social)

Don't miss out. Apply to our 2026 Advanced Research Training Courses today!

There's still time to apply to be a 2026 @dev-journal.bsky.social Pathway to Independence fellow For those about to apply for their first independent academic position, the programme offers - mentoring - leadership training - profile rising - networking journals.biologists.com/dev/pages/pi...

The next the Ethel Browne Harvey Postdoc Seminar will be this Friday, January 9 at 3 pm Eastern Time with Priyom Adhyapok @priyomadhyapok.bsky.social @duke-university.bsky.social and Zong-Yuan Liu @UMich. Register today and join us. bit.ly/4ncxr0M #SDBPostdocSeminar

🔬 🖥️ Applications are open for the CSHL course Quantitative Imaging: From Acquisition to Analysis (April 6–21, 2026)! An intensive, hands-on course covering advanced fluorescence microscopy and quantitative image analysis using open-source tools. 🗓️ Apply online by Jan 30, 2026

🚨 Join us this Friday for an exciting webinar on retina regeneration! Featuring Alice Accorsi @accorsi-alice.bsky.social of UC Davis and Jeff Mumm @jsmumm.bsky.social of Johns Hopkins. isrbio.org/event-6502506

🎉 Happy New Year! We’re kicking off 2026 with an exciting VGZT seminar! 🗓️ Thursday, January 8th ⏰ 9:30 PST / 12:30 EST / 17:30 UTC / 17:30 GMT / 18:30 CET Our speakers are 👉 Jan Jakub Zylicz (@jzylicz.bsky.social) 👉 Anahi Binagui-Casas (@abinagui.bsky.social) See you there 👋

Closing out 2025 with our new preprint where @jeffreyafarrell.bsky.social and I explore development and function of zebrafish intestinal best4+ cells – molecularly described in 2019, conserved in evolution, absent in 🐭, and altered in inflammatory bowel disease. www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...

🎄 Final VGZT seminar before Christmas! 🎄 We’re excited to welcome keynote speaker Olivier Pourquié ✨ “Recapitulating human somitogenesis in vitro” 🗓️ Thursday, December 18th ⏰ 9:30 PST / 12:30 EST / 17:30 UTC / 17:30 GMT / 18:30 CET

Reminder: Tomorrow is VGZT day! 🚀 Don’t miss great talks from 👉 Luca Braccioli (@bracciolilab.bsky.social) 👉 Komal Makwana (on X: @Komal_Makwana4)

Applications are open for @dev-journal.bsky.social 2026 Pathway to Independence (PI) programme, supporting postdocs applying for group leader positions: Mentoring Profile raising Leadership training Network building Spread the word... www.biologists.com/grants/devel...

News: VGZT has updated its official website and now has now a brand-new LinkedIn page! 🎉🚀 You can find all upcoming sessions, past talks, and updates there. 🌐 Website 🔗 LinkedIn Feel free to follow, share, and and help spread the word about the seminar series! 🙌

Join us next week for another round of inspiring VGZT talks! 🤩 🗓️ Thursday, December 4th ⏰ 9:30 PST / 12:30 EST / 17:30 UTC / 17:30 GMT / 18:30 CET Our speakers are 👉 Luca Braccioli (@bracciolilab.bsky.social) 👉 Komal Makwana (on X: @Komal_Makwana4) See you next week 👋

Super exciting to be part of of this Research Training Group to train the next generation of material biologists :) We are already actively recruiting PhD students! Join our joint project with @jamessaenz.bsky.social !!!

Tomorrow is VGZT day! 🚀 Don’t miss the great talks from 👉 Allison Kann (@apkann.bsky.social) 👉 Joana da Silva (on X: @joanamsilva14)

Join us for next week’s exciting VGZT session! 🎉 🗓️ Thursday, November 20th ⏰ 9:30 PST / 12:30 EST / 17:30 UTC / 17:30 GMT / 18:30 CET Our speakers are 👉 Allison Kann (@apkann.bsky.social) 👉 Joana da Silva (on X: @joanamsilva14) See you there 👋

For what it’s worth, The Wyoming Worm lab has funding for 5 years along with exciting projects with solid foundations. We are is still looking for capable, dedicated, and fun-to-work-with lab members at all career stages. [email protected] scholar.google.com/citations?us...