Comments are now open. You can comment here: www.regulations.gov/search?filte... Note that even if the administration goes ahead with this abomination, the comments are essential to aid subsequent litigation! 2/2

For a clear description of what is in the new OMB grant-making regulations, see elizabethginexi.substack.com/p/summary-of... 1/2

Someone in the news departments of @nature.com or @science.org needs to take a look at this--its a huge scandal from the scientific supplier that has become a monopoly

By the way, @dshb-antibodies.bsky.social is a non-profit that sells quality antibodies to many proteins at exceptionally reasonable prices, without AI generated faux-validation images. Check them out. dshb.biology.uiowa.edu

NEW: $3M in Fast Grants for AI-driven life sciences research. We’re funding pilot projects in AI diagnostics, prediction, and personalized therapeutics — with a two-week review turnaround. 35 grants · $25K–$100K · Deadline: June 15 Please share! www.biswasfamilyfoundation.org/science/fast...

Just a reminder that you can have a VERY COOL shirt with some of your favorite model organisms, and support a society that does so much for science! More organisms coming!

My pottery show at the Intersect Arts Center closed a couple of weeks ago. If you missed the show, you can see a smaller, online version here: bduyguozpolat.org/cabinets-of-... It was an amazing experience to have so many people show up to the opening! #SciArt #invertebrates

✨ A developmental biology classic! Somitogenesis of a chick embryo 🐣 is lighting up in this fluorescent HCR staining. The notochord (Chordin 🟡) and somites (PAX7 💎) are labelled. 🔬 📸 credit: Tatiane Kanno #FluorescenceFriday #devbio

PL retweet. Developmental Biology Course (Quintay). More information: biodesarrollo.unab.cl

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.

Starting in about 20 minutes!

Did you know that @intlsocdiff.bsky.social is offering travel awards up to $1000 for non ISD meetings in 2026? Membership fee for students is $0 and only $50 for regular members! If you have an accepted abstract to present at a meeting- please apply! www.isdifferentiation.org/Membership/P...

This Friday!

*** 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 🧬🐭🐟🪰🌱❤️

It is time for the fest cnidophiles, register today! 🎉

Saint Louis sunset at Forest Park 😍 We live like French royalty here. #STL #SaintLouis #ForestPark

I am looking for a new reserach technician. This is an entry level position ideal for a graudating senior. Please re-post and send candidates my way! [email protected]

Hivemind! Who are some science influencers / social media people in biology? Is there a Bluesky starter pack? #SciComm

My desert rose is blooming for the first time and it's been a major source of happiness and awe this spring. What is this beauty?! 🤯 #desertrose #flowers

We present: The Art of #InverteFest - April 2026 Edition A digital art book showcasing the work of 100 artists from around the world, in celebration of overlooked invertebrate fauna. Thank you to the artists who contributed to our book! Download: drive.google.com/file/d/1RJ5m... #Art #SciArt

Mesmerizing light sheet imaging of neutrophils swarming at a yeast target! The neutrophils were labeled with SPY650-DNA (yellow) and a calcium dye (blue). This movie is part of the recent manuscript by @strickland-evelyn.bsky.social that we highly recommend reading! www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...

Today!!!

I just got my new @socdevbio.bsky.social swag! Can’t wait to get the rest of the shirts and represent all the model organisms! Amazing designs by Sarah Paramore! #DevBio 🤩😍

I'm excited to tell you about the most recent preprint in my lab, demonstrating that a conserved spindle matrix protein, NPP-21/TPR, is required for the stronger checkpoint in germline cells during embryogenesis in C. elegans

This FRIDAY!

Mapping nerves in a whole embryos. We find that across species and development stages, embryonic nerves display (beautiful) fractal geometry. More here: www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...

Those embryos in the background! 😍 #zebrafish @zebrafishrock.bsky.social

Excited to share that @socdevbio.bsky.social has a new and improved merch store! Rep your fav model organism in one of the Society’s new original designs 🤗 sdb-official-merch.printify.me

I am SO excited about SDB's new merch. Get your favorite model organism, and help support our society! (PS: more organisms will be added in the future). 👉 sdb-store.printify.me 👈@socdevbio.bsky.social #Sciart #stem #biology #drosophila #xenopus #planarians #embryos #plants

I'm going to have to get my butt in gear if I want to get one last publication out before retirement (www.nature.com/articles/s41...) 🤪

🚨 Why can’t mammals regenerate limbs like frog tadpoles or salamanders? In our new paper in @science.org , we show that species-specific oxygen sensing acts as a gatekeeper for initiating limb regeneration 🐭🐸 🔗 www.science.org/doi/10.1126/... #EvoDevo

It was such a lovely event to have a #SciArt exhibition at the SDB Meeting. I hope we can keep doing this!

PhD students and Postdocs: The Night Science Podcast (@nightsciencepod.bsky.social) is producing an episode highlighting young scientists talking about their creative process. DM me if you'd like us to consider you for this, & read below what PhD student Davis Garner will contribute! ⬇️

Can you help us find guests for the Night Science Podcast? We received generous sponsorship from Research Theory and they're challenging us to host 5 scientists each working in flight, genomics, nuclear power, computing & space. Ideas? @nightsciencepod.bsky.social podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/n...

A high-dose flu vaccine was tied to a lower risk of Alzheimer's dementia in older adults versus standard-dose flu shots. www.medpagetoday.com/neurology/al...

Ranny, you are such a super star! We are so proud of you! Congratulations for yet another best talk award!

How do animals rebuild their bodies? I study regeneration in the sea slug Berghia stephanieae, identifying proliferative progenitor cells and molecular programs that drive blastema formation, tissue remodeling, and patterning

Very helpful series of articles to help understand what goes into publishing. Remember that Company of Biologists is not a for-profit publisher.

The March 13 #SDBPostdocSeminar with Martha Echevarría-Andino of @uwmadison.bsky.social and M. Fernanda Palominos of @ucberkeleyofficial.bsky.social has been posted. Thank you to moderators @gopalkushawah.bsky.social and Neha Ahuja. Watch here: youtu.be/Ohzyftcq2gY

"Although cuts occurred across all regions and institution types, statistical patterns show that early-career investigators—assistant professors, postdoctoral scholars, trainees, and graduate students—were disproportionately affected, as were women" www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...

Have my science communicator friends filled out our survey yet? Please take a few minutes and help our research team understate the state of the field. #SciComm 🧪

New @sloanfoundation.bsky.social grants: Exemplary Pathways to STEM Graduate Education. Up to $500,000 for orgs focused on helping remove obstacles for undergraduates who want to pursue advanced STEM degrees. Deadline is June 1. Please share & apply if this is you! sloan.org/programs/hig...

PASEDB community 🤩 We are excited to announce our first Research Webinar series called: ⭐️EvoDevo Mondays⭐️ Save the date - April 13 With our amazing speakers @luiza-o-saad.bsky.social and João Francisco Botelho Session chair Professor Natalia Pabón-Mora #PASEDB #EvoDevoMondays #EvoDevo

Definitely what we are missing is to get decimated by a meteor right now. 😂

Someone in PA caught the Cleveland meteor on his dashcam driving towards NE Ohio. Source: x.com/hankf330togo...

BREAKING: @delauro.house.gov announces at a House Oversight hearing with NIH director Jay Bhattacharya that OMB approved the agency's apportionment last night. That means the agency should have access to its appropriated funds — 42 days after its spending bill passed.

Wondering why NIH and NSF aren't making new grants? We explain what's happening at OMB. www.science.org/content/arti...

Gift link. NYT article about the fallout in one Harvard lab from the vandalism to the NIH. www.nytimes.com/2026/03/13/u...