Did you know the Santa Cruz Developmental Biology Meeting has an entire session just for NEW PI Talks? And a New PI Keynote Talk? It does! These will be chosen from the abstracts. New PIs, sign up! @socdevbio.bsky.social @rashmi-priya.bsky.social @lowelab.bsky.social scdb2026.sites.ucsc.edu

Senior professors - if you want to help your junior colleagues in these times, I am begging you, review our papers. I have done 25 manuscript reviews in the last 6 years. But my own manuscript is stalled out waiting for reviewers. Relatedly, I won't be doing any more reviews until tenure. 🧪

Any UC Berkeley grads who are early career faculty? Im first gen academic and didn’t get my regalia for years after starting as faculty because I didn’t know why I’d want it, but it’s sooo nice to wear when your own grads are crossing the stage! #AcademicSky 🧪

Moon joy indeed!

I have been holding my breath - I didn't know how badly I needed this to go well. Will be relieved when we hear their voices!

Soundds amazing!

If you know a graduating undergraduate looking for the chance to spend 1-2 years in a lab before graduate school, we're hiring! Our lab explores morphogenesis, defining how the cell adhesion & cytoskeletal machinery work together to allow cells to change shape & move tarheels.live/peiferlab/ 1/n RT

Sharing this again as it is so cool to watch this mission. issinfo.net/artemis.html

This is so cool. I hadn't realized that the moon is of course moving so as they head towards it, it is also moving. In awe at the calculations involved to make this work! issinfo.net/artemis.html

Love seeing recognition of the Canadian presence on Artemis II.

Have been a Mac user since working on my PhD since the early 90s. Helping my mother sort out her PC running Windows 10 is making me want to rip out my eyeballs.

Gripping

April fool's day indeed

was just reminded that tomorrow is april fool’s day and especially this year can we just… not, please

On my CV and biosketch, I list motherhood (2000, 2002, 2004 - present). Then I wanted my reviewers/critics to know. Now I want ECR women to know. Ask for help. Find your support network. It is critical that us senior women in science support and advocate for ECR #womeninSTEM. PAY IT FORWARD

For other NSERC watchers this week:

I love this - such small simple gestures that show people are bing listened to.

I love this wordless video imagining this conversation - especially given how insane 2020 was!

Are there dates for the announcement of #NSERC DG and RTI funding decisions?

Nobel laureate in Physics, Donna Strickland, will be giving a free public lecture entitled "Extreme Light: Unlocking the Power of Superfast Lasers" this Friday, 7 PM, at SFU Harbour Centre, Vancouver, BC. #YVR ⚛️ 🧪 👩🏻‍🔬 🎢 Ticket info here: events.sfu.ca/event/48309-...

A great tribute to a pioneering researcher who discovered fundamental insights into signaling, gene function and cancer. www.nytimes.com/2026/03/22/o...

We are looking for a new group leader to join the IGH (Montpellier, France). I can’t wait to meet my future colleague! Apply :-) More infos here: igh.cnrs.fr/join-igh-as-...

My son turned 25 today. Feels momentous.

There has never been a better time to study functional and mechanistic biology at the organismal (!) level than now in the age of AlphaFold and CRISPR.

Looking forward to giving a talk at Université de Sherbrooke (Québec) tomorrow hosted by Steve Jean. Will be talking about using Drosophila to understand tumor-host signaling.

Absolutely essential reading for anyone considering those "unicorn" hiring positions in Canada. Observations from researchers who are already there: www.nature.com/articles/d41... 🧪

Excited to be visiting Université Laval in Québec City today and giving a seminar on tumor/host signaling in Drosophila cancer, hosted by Patrick Laprise!

Fun to see my former PhD student Vil featured here by UCL! Great to hear how well her lab is doing.

Our lab is hiring a research technician! We are interested in reproduction, stem cells, and development. If you are seeking a robust 2-year career experience before the next chapter of your educational journey, this is the position for you! hhmi.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/Extern...

Pls re-post: My department @oxfordbiochemistry.bsky.social are recruiting for several new faculty positions (links below). Broad search in molecular biology/biochemistry, across prokaryotes and eukaryotes. Interested in understanding life at the molecular level, this job might be for you! 1/n

Wishing everyone attending the GSA Drosophila Research Conference in Chicago a great time! Sorry I couldn't be there this year 😢

Wondering if all this scrambling & time pressure to secure CERC & CI+RC candidates is going to bite Canadian Institutions in the butt… Though I am 💯 for attracting international talent & growing R&I in Canada, this whole approach & process has been problematic in so many ways: .. 1/

University of Toronto is hiring: Assistant Professor of Molecular and Cell Biology #assistantprofessorposition

Two funded PhD positions investigating the evolution of sarcomeres @ibdm.bsky.social in @biancah0406.bsky.social and our lab, together with @cnidevo.bsky.social - Interested to explore how similar or different Jellyfish sarcomeres are to Drosophila or human ones? www.ibdm.univ-amu.fr/ibdm_job/2-a...

Honestly CIHR CCV.. you really need degree start dates now for all the undergrads that have worked in my lab?? Talk about a make-work project when there is so much more pressing work to be done...

Do you have a DMM-related workshop idea but need support with logistics or funding? Our annual call for topics is now open, and if your idea is selected, you can bring it to life. #BiologistsWorkshops Details: www.biologists.com/workshops/pr...

We also have a separate programme for the Global South. If your idea is selected, we will bring the event to your region. #BiologistsWorkshops Details: www.biologists.com/workshops/pr...

When I moved to Canada I learned there was box lacrosse in addition to field lacrosse, which I had played and only ever called 'lacrosse'.

Just sharing in case you need a bit of serene beauty. Feel so blessed to live here #Vancouver

We‘re looking for a motivated Master student to join our team! Do you want to optogenetically control metabolic activity to see how metabolism affects patterning and morphogenesis? 💡🧫🧬🔬 Then please apply! #optogenetics #metabolism #devbio #hESCs Please RT. Thank you!🙏

Happy Lunar New Year to those who celebrate!

Closing date is 19th Feb so why not go for it to enjoy the rain in London!

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My outstanding postdoc is looking for a research job in Albany, NY. Please forward all leads and RT!

100% -- I can't even begin to calculate the lost productivity for those thousands of researchers applying over and over again in a desperate bid to keep their labs afloat

My department at Washington State University is recruiting an Assistant or Associate Professor in vector-borne disease 🕷️🦟🦠 Full job description is linked below. Come join us on the Palouse!

I have a 3-year postdoc position available at University of Manchester for a mass spec expert in proteomics. The person will be involved in exciting projects in single cell proteomics, drug discovery and innate immunity - on timsTOF Ultra AIP & HF & Astral Zoom. www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DQJ093/r...

#Drosophil. Does anyone know who hosts the flyfos GFP tagged library now? We need some constructs but I cant find where they are. doi.org/10.7554/eLif...

Lovely visit today with PhD alumna Dipa Pradhan-Sundd! It was great to catch up and chat about joys and challenges of research!