🚨ISRB Webinar Alert - Zone 3: The Americas📷 Join us on November 14th at 12pm US East Coast Time on #LiverRegeneration featuring Nick Baker from the Kalsotra Lab and Soumita Ghosh from the Mamatha Bhat Lab @uhnresearch.ca

This article seems to sum up the Franklin, Wilkins, Watson, Crick story pretty well. www.nature.com/articles/d41...

I HAVE FOUND MY PEOPLE!!! #worms youtu.be/L7sUusPNj5M?...

Choose Development! An amazing program for undergrads to do research in the summer. www.youtube.com/watch?v=l6Do...

Gonna leave this great video about Rosalind Franklin here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=BIP0...

Hey folks, as news of Watson's demise spreads, please don't set aside his weighty legacy of misogyny and racism. He was truly among the worst of us. www.vox.com/2019/1/15/18...

Ok, I got very curious about this tool, and tried it on a paper we already published. But I uploaded the first version of the paper we originally submitted (not the published version). I am VERY IMPRESSED. But based on this one paper, I don't think the tool replaces human peer-reviewers. Thread 👇

A molecular, spatial and regulatory atlas of the Hydra vulgaris nervous system Read this #LifelongDevSI #OA Techniques and Resources Article by Hannah Morris Little, Abby S. Primack, Jennifer Tsverov, Celina E. Juliano (@julianolab.bsky.social) and colleagues: doi.org/10.1242/dev....

Beyond the beginning – development that lasts a lifetime Read this #LifelongDevSI Editorial by Meritxell Huch (@merihuchlab.bsky.social), Mansi Srivastava and Alex Eve (@amjeve.bsky.social). doi.org/10.1242/dev....

Internet enshittification reached another level indeed.

Continuing on with photos from this last batch of pottery — pls enjoy these wee Worrybirds (warbler-mode)! I got a lovely matte clear glaze for this batch & they feel like the smoothest, most pleasant river stones now 🥰

The handle broke off this one before bisque firing, but I figured it was good as piece as any to test a new glaze on. Omg the colors came out soooo good 😭 this means I can start glazing stuff now!!

🧪hey all, a friend and colleague, @maddoxfornc.bsky.social, is running for Congress in North Carolina. He is a scientist, professor, and parent, perspectives that are especially important right now. I hope you will support his run for Congress. Find out more here: www.maddoxforcongress.com/about/

Well reported story on the PBS News Hour about science cuts and the ongoing and potential brain drain. www.youtube.com/watch?v=yLvO... Thanks to Terrance Tao and other scientists at various career stages for having the courage to speak out. Watch and share! 1/7

Please help distribute this announcement for the Ph.D. in Biology Program @stowersinstitute.bsky.social

Scientific Reports meanwhile on course to publish 40K papers = >$100M pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov?term=%22Scie...

New story up on the non-existent banned words from NIH grants (based on my grant title, word cloud analysis) www.statnews.com/2025/10/29/n... 1/3

What are these? You are looking at embryos of a sea squirt. Each of the 'soap bubbles' is a living cell, about a fourtieth of a millimetre in size. The outlines of the cells are visible thanks to fluorescent markers identified by Hitoyoshi Yasuo @hitoyas.bsky.social see doi.org/10.1101/2024... 🧵

I am delighted to announce that I will be starting as an Assistant Professor at the University of Arizona in Spring 2026. Our lab will study intestinal best4+ cells in zebrafish. We are seeking a lab manager with previous zebrafish experience – come build with us. surlab-gastro.my.canva.site

Meet the real rainbow fish 🌈🐟 Using Cre-mediated recombination, each zebrafish cell expresses a unique fluorescent color, creating a living rainbow of developmental history 🎨✨ Image by Bret Pearson #FluorescenceFriday #Zebrafish #DevBio

I understand the importance of negotiations that lead to this long government shutdown. But I am crying inside a lot nevertheless because I have 2 grants (NIH, NSF) that were scheduled to be reviewed next week. And postdoc has a K99 to be reviewed first week of November. 😭😭😭😭😭

🏆 First Prize – DevBio Art Contest 🖼️
“A Model Meeting” by Karla Akari Garcia Inspired by The Quaker Meeting, this watercolor honors animal research models, from mouse to axolotl, that have advanced developmental biology 🎨 A tribute to science’s often unsung heroes. #DevBioArt

Reposting this open postdoc position with more detailed specifications. Couldn't find the right fit in the first round—not due to lack of strong candidates, but because we're looking for someone whose expertise matches a specific project. More details in the job ad. Apply! tinyurl.com/2uskxyrp

We are hiring!

Our most recent study shows that stem cells in Schmidtea mediterranea do not rely on physical contacts or fixed structures to maintain their identity and regenerative potential. @stowersinstitute.bsky.social @cp-cellreports.bsky.social @vilcekfoundation.bsky.social www.cell.com/cell-reports...

Yesterday night I made this Pristina pretzel in Procreate & it made me so happy! I look at Pristina all the time under the microscope and they always curl up in lovely ways. While the topology of a pretzel might be hard to achieve even for these worms, in the world of art everything is possible.

This is an amazing episode. I wasn't aware of profit for good companies (companies which donate 100% of their profits).

Today my @nytimes.com colleagues and I are launching a new series called Lost Science. We interview US scientists who can no longer discover something new about our world, thanks to this year‘s cuts. Here is my first interview with a scientist who studied bees and fires. Gift link: nyti.ms/3IWXbiE

A lot of graduate programs across the US are admitting far fewer students this year, but many of our WashU programs are still planning to recruit many students! One of these programs is PMB (Plant&Microbial Bio). Apply! Deadline Dec. 1st sites.wustl.edu/pmbprogram/p... #graduateschool #STEM #PhD

Today!

Highway Star by Deep Purple is playing in the background. :)

ISRB Zone 3 Webinar this Friday (Oct 17th). @isrbio.bsky.social Aging and Regeneration with Longhua Guo @longhuaguo.bsky.social and Kevin Murach @kevinmurachphd.bsky.social

Model organisms as platforms for training scientific minds www.nature.com/articles/s41...

An army of cuties coming along nicely. I am imagining this as a wall piece that is a "swarm of candy-striped leaf hoppers". I don't think this species actually swarms but in art it will. #ceramics #handbuilding #SciArt #insects #leafhopper

Love love love working with undergrads. Mentorship opportunity in the Solnica-Krezel lab, TAing for @biyolokum.bsky.social's regeneration for undergrads class, I'm having so much fun. I miss the excitement and curiosity without worrying about funding or practicality. What a great space to be in.

Latest from ours: www.cell.com/cell-reports... This is two stories in one: a case study/cautionary tale on developing genetic tools in new organisms, and the first hint at a gene regulatory network for choanoflagellate multicellular development (which turn out to involve a Hippo/YAP/ECM loop!) A 🧵

Here it is! Postdoctoral position to identify the progenitors sensory organs in the regenerating legs of Parhyale apply here: www.averof-lab.org/pages/tracman 1/3

Uhm, apparently, (some?) frogs breath via sucking bubbles! www.youtube.com/shorts/pY0jf... #frog #tadpole

better than average science day? • sperm whale eating a giant squid confirmed • HHMI policy: preprints as most important form of publication

I get that the news cycle is packed right now, but I just heard from a colleague at the Smithsonian that this is fully a GIANT SQUID BEING EATEN BY A SPERM WHALE and it’s possibly the first ever confirmed video according to a friend at NOAA 10 YEAR OLD ME IS LOSING HER MIND (a thread 🧵)

Anyway, here is some actually incredible news www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Collecting nest material. At the Saint Louis zoo. :)

Anyone interested in getting my job? Do not hesitate to apply, it's a pretty good gig

Today!

💥OUR LAB IS HIRING!!💥 We are hiring a research assistant/lab manager to assist with managing our axolotl colony and enabling some kick-ass science! Looking for high levels of organization, collaboration, problem solving and curiosity. Application link: tinyurl.com/3tpvphpm #SciJob #JobAlert

This Friday! PS: the QR code isn't working, so find the zoom details at: isrbio.org/event-6324623

A bluetorial on NIH funding and out year commitments: A historical perspective

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Transitions in development – an interview with Misty Riddle. We caught up with Misty from @unevadareno.bsky.social to find out about her path from the vet clinic to the lab bench, her research into cavefish and her transition to becoming a group leader: journals.biologists.com/dev/article/...

New paper! Maternal age and offspring diet interact to change reproductive timing, with consequences for fitness. #aging #gerosky #evosky besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....