It’s not often a paper makes my jaw drop, but this study from @nbellono.bsky.social‘s group absolutely blew me away! Check out our latest post on the lettuce sea slug and how it steals and houses chloroplasts from the algae it eats—come for the sea slugs, stay for the endosymbiosis! 🧪

New paper alert!🤩Super proud that our story led by superstar postdocs @liujinghui.bsky.social and @nerlielisa.bsky.social is finally out! We found how electrical signals are key for promoting organ regenerative growth!!! A thread 🧵https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/sciadv.aec0687

I’m recruiting new members to the Farrell Lab this summer. We will have space for 1 postdoc (since Abhinav is leaving to start his own lab at U Arizona!!) and 2 postbacs, since my current two will leave for PhD programs at the end of the summer. More details in thread:

Applications are now open for the #ChooseDevelopment! Summer Undergraduate Research Program. U.S. citizens or permanent residents enrolled full-time as undergrads at a college or university in the U.S. are eligible. bit.ly/3FwHqYp Deadline: February 1, 2026 #devbio

So stoked to cover this work led by @cagricevrim.bsky.social from @karalmckinley.bsky.social ‘s group! It’s always such a thrill to see how researchers continue to push the boundaries of their field and develop new tools. Read about it below! 🧪

Interested in cell adhesion, evolution of multicellularity, or developing tools for emerging marine models? My lab at UM is hiring a postdoc, and the application is now open: 🔗 tinyurl.com/28jvu4aa If you know anyone looking for a postdoc, please pass this along!

🚨 Preprint Friday! 🚨 Thrilled to highlight this collab with David Brown at Duke @cutitoutdave.bsky.social and Ken Poss at UW Madison/Morgridge @kenposs.bsky.social. By comparing 3(!!) regenerating models we identify a conserved role for Sp-family TFs in appendage regeneration (and more).....🧵

Check out our latest from @jessicaoros.bsky.social on recent work from @benwolfe.bsky.social ‘s group on fungal evolution in cheese-filled caves! 🧪

SAVE THE DATE! Stoked to organize the 2026 Santa Cruz Developmental Biology Meeting with @rashmi-priya.bsky.social, @lowelab.bsky.social, and Shelbi Russell. Come learn about Biomedicine, Biomechanics, and the Biosphere, August 24-28, 2026. Registration dates, etc., coming soon! Please RT

Warning. ⚠️ If you are writing an NSF GRFP, new this year, you need official transcripts to apply. Beware. They will not review applications without official transcripts. ‼️

@joann-trejo.bsky.social, @marymunson4.bsky.social and I have a commentary in @natcellbio.nature.com on recent attacks on DEI in biomedical research: "If scientific research, especially biomedical research, is meant to serve everyone, then it requires that everyone has an opportunity to participate"

Speaking science in a fractured world: making truth land when facts alone cannot A Perspective by @rebeccacalisi.bsky.social, @kaliceaphd.bsky.social, Jamy Peng, @spiraldoc.bsky.social & @rogerslabucd.bsky.social on how to combat scientific misinformation journals.biologists.com/dev/article/...

I’m thrilled to share my postdoc work and the first paper from the McKinley Lab! 🎉 @karalmckinley.bsky.social We built the first transgenic model of menstruation in mice. We used it to uncover how the endometrium organizes and sheds during menstruation. 🧪 www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1... 🧵

It seems the GRFP solicitation is FINALLY released (like 5 minutes ago)! Due dates have also been pushed back, thankfully! 🧪 🔭 www.nsf.gov/funding/oppo...

Our latest preprint! Into morphogenesis, Yap, ECM, signaling, vertex models, feedbacks/robustness? There is something here for everyone. We discovered a positive feedback loop that extends inner ear canals, and a built-in mechanism that shuts it down when morphogenesis is done. tinyurl.com/464wsjhd

💥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

Are digits modified fins, or evolutionary innovations? Read how we tackled this old question from a new angle🧪 A story with @chasebolt.bsky.social, @homeobox.bsky.social and myself, coordinated by @denisduboule.bsky.social from @college-de-france.fr and published in @nature.com today! #InHoxWeTrust

Applying to the NSF-GRFP (or another fellowship) on a tight deadline? We built a 7-week guide + timeline to get you from draft to submission. It’s not too late — you’ve got this! ✨ 🔗 cientificolatino.com/apply-in-7-weeks #NSFGRFP #GradSchool #Fellowship

The GRFP lives!! (due end of October) www.nsf.gov/funding/oppo...

We’re back! Read our latest on how the recently discovered archaea Sukunaarchaeum mirible is making us question just what exactly it means to be alive. 🧪

Over a decade in the making but excited to have helped bring this paper over the finish line. We generated an endothelial ribotag transgenic line and profiled endothelial cells in larvae and adult organs of zebrafish #zebrafish #DevBio 🧪 Check out our publication: link.springer.com/article/10.1...

We are all super happy and proud to see our work on the function and evolution of the #cephalic #furrow published in @nature.com. Let me say a few things about the background and history of this work on the #Evolution_of_Morphogenesis (1/12)

Seeking scientist volunteers for this fall! Want to practice science communication and help author a 🌟comic🌟 about your research? I need collaborators for the next cohort of SciComm & Comics art and design students. All countries and scientific fields eligible.

Evolution’s eye game is wild, but mollusks take it to another level CRISPR in apple snails gives us a new model to dissect how nature rebuilds complex organs like the camera-type eyes we humans possess It turns out Evolution doesn’t just innovate, it rewinds, remixes, & regenerates rdcu.be/ezw0t

Public comments have been opened back up! Research with animals is critical for providing evidence-based knowledge in the pursuit of human health. Broadly reducing research projects with animals threatens public health and will greatly stall the development of new therapeutics for diseases!

I was so psyched to cover (read: obsess over) this recent paper from @neilshubin.bsky.social and @invertebratepal.bsky.social’s labs! It’s always a treat to talk about evolution, but even more so when it’s this cool. Check out our latest toothy deep dive for Substack using the link below. 🧪

We take for granted that our hands have two sides and can articulate in an endless number of ways. But what about a fish’s fin? Can a fish know something “like the back of its fin,” or have its future told with a fin palm reading? Check out this bluetorial to find out 👇🧪🧬🐟 doi.org/10.1101/2025...

The #SCIMaP team announces a major update: an analysis of the economic impacts of the White House's NIH FY26 budget. Bottom-line, we estimate $46B in total economic loss, 202K lost jobs, and impacts in communities nationwide. Interactive map and shareable report: scienceimpacts.org/fy26 a 🧵

In a follow-up to our recent coverage of the NIH, our latest piece talks about the NSF’s role in funding basic science in the U.S. and how that role is being threatened by restructuring, budget cuts, and cuts to training programs and fellowships like REUs and the GRFP. Read about it here: 🧪 #scicomm

If you love Daniocell, but wish it could generate analyses specific to YOUR genes & cell types of interest, check out DaniocellDesktop - a new point-and-click app for Mac and Windows that enables reanalysis of the Daniocell data without programming: daniocell.nichd.nih.gov/desktop/ (1/4)

Stoked to share this coverage of @jutraslab.bsky.social and colleagues’ recent work on piperacillin and its ability to treat Lyme disease by our intrepid virologist @jessicaoros.bsky.social. Please check it out! #scicomm 🧪

You have FOUR (4) more days to order a Biology is Bigger than Binaries shirt, designed by the lovely and talented @franzanth.bsky.social. In this nightmare of a year, merch is keeping @skypeascientist.bsky.social afloat. Even if you don't order, RT's help so much! Get 'em: squidfacts.bigcartel.com

@biomarina-vg.bsky.social & #WeinsteinLab (Meninges/ Single-cell transcriptomics) https://doi.org/10.1101/2025.04.09.646894 @jimmykjm.bsky.social, @isabellaclsci.bsky.social & #WeisteinLab (Epigenetics/ Fin regeneration) https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.04.21.649771v1#WeinsteinLab#WeisteinLab (24/36)

New paper from the lab: Our teeth arose as sensory organs on the outside of the body of ancient jawless fish.!! Congrats to Yara Haridy and the team! Background and video: phys.org/news/2025-05... Open Access Paper: www.nature.com/articles/s41... News and Views: www.nature.com/articles/d41...

Anyone who would like to register an objection should go to this page and click on the green “public comment” button at the top: www.federalregister.gov/documents/20... . PLEASE DO THIS 8/n

Behind every cure, every breakthrough, every treatment — is someone who needed it. If NIH funding helped you, your research, or someone you love, your story can help protect it. Share your “why” and help defend the future of NIH & science. Fill out the form here: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

It is beyond disturbing when the NIH and HHS Directors do not understand that animal models are essential in research www.statnews.com/2025/05/19/a...

Lately, I’ve realized that it’s hard to communicate the gravity of what’s happening in science right now if you’re not familiar with what the NIH does and the role it plays in funding research and training the next generation of scientists. This piece is my attempt to do just that. Check it out: 🧪

This issue has become more acute in recent years. A narrow view of "mechanistic" experiments holds us back. "A case for broadening our view of mechanism in developmental biology" journals.biologists.com/dev/article/...

@jimmykjm.bsky.social and @isabellaclsci.bsky.social et al. focus on epigenetic changes during fin regeneration in this preprint: www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

Two great new #Zebrafish preprints from the #WeinsteinLab using a new transgenic that reports epigenetic silencing and activation! Great to study epigenetic changes in vertebrates, and we even did an ENU screen. Excellent work by @mmarvel.bsky.social et al. 🧪 www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

Friends, a bit of good news! 🎉 (We take it whenever we can!) The Trump admin reversed their decision to cut funding for the Women's Health Initiative (WHI), a landmark study that’s essential in advancing our understanding of women’s health. 🙌

In this very cool 1-2 punch from the Weinstein lab, start by reading Miranda & co’s awesome pre-print about a novel epigenetic reporter and follow it up with @jimmykjm.bsky.social’s pre-print using it to characterize epigenetic reprogramming during fin regeneration: www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

It's been a long time coming and I'm super excited to share our new preprint is out: "A novel transgenic reporter to study vertebrate epigenetics". We generated a zebrafish epigenetic reporter and found a fatty liver disease mutant with weird epigenetic phenotypes 👇 www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

Federal research cuts impact local economies, and stall progress. Publish an opinion piece in your hometown paper on June 16th to SPREAD THE WORD about how scientific research contributes to the everyday health and wealth of the general public. #McClintockLetters blogs.cornell.edu/asap/events-...

A great place to hear about some of the latest ones (with short accessible summaries attached) is @prelights.bsky.social! 👀

Ever wonder how many lives have been saved by NIH-funded research - including your own? Enter any medical condition and instantly see how your tax dollars transformed science into survival. www.ourhealthroi.com

Early epigenetic priming of regeneration studied with a novel transgenic epigenetic reporter https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.04.21.649771v1

“Together, our results establish this optogenetic toolkit as a potent experimental platform to rapidly, directly, and adjustably activate FGF, BMP, and Nodal signaling in zebrafish embryos.” New work from @leanneiannucci.bsky.social & @katwrog.bsky.social 🔥