💥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 🔥

When I saw this awesome study by @tajbakhshlab.bsky.social, @chrmosimann.bsky.social, & colleagues a few months ago, I just knew I had to write about it for HWTAS! Check out our non-scientist friendly coverage of their work below. 🧪 #scicomm

"Evidence shows that science and scientists remain highly trusted. But genuine scientific voices are not shouting loud enough over the noise to hold sway" Heidi Larson & David Bersoff www.nature.com/articles/d41...

Great news: NIH postbac program is recruiting again! If your grad school plans were affected by program cutbacks or admissions freezes this year I highly encourage you to apply, this could be a perfect opportunity. Please repost. www.training.nih.gov/research-tra...

Super proud of superstar postdocs @nerlielisa.bsky.social and @liujinghui.bsky.social for our lab's most recent preprint! We uncover how wound-induced electrical currents are generated and transmitted in tissues, triggering proliferation, essential for organ #regeneration #bioelectricity #QBio 👇

Two bits of good news amidst the chaos: I will be pursuing my PhD with Duke’s DSCB program + I received the NSF GRFP! I am so, SO grateful for the support of my mentors, family, and friends. I’m excited to keep doing what I love and determined to continue advocating for the importance of science!

Applying to STEM grad programs? 🎓 Sign ups are ✨OPEN✨ for #GSMI2025! 🤩 The GSMI program supports applicants through 1-on-1 mentorship, fee waivers, professional development, and community building! Applications accepted on a ROLLING basis until 5/31! cientificolatino.com/gsmi MORE INFO in 🧵 1/

NSF GRFP Awards by the Year: 2021 - 2074 2022 - 2193 2023 - 2555 2024 - 2036 2025 - 1000 Again, these funding cuts will have drastic longterm effects on the scientific future of the US....... @jeremymberg.bsky.social @altnih4science.bsky.social

www.nytimes.com/2025/04/03/o... Really important piece to share widely. Too many Americans don’t know how severe a threat this Administration poses to our scientific infrastructure, global leadership, and health security

Our study on the molecular basis of shifts in receptor recognition by western equine encephalitis virus (WEEV) in the past century, led by Xiaoyi Fan and @wanyuviridae.bsky.social , is online! 👏🎉 www.cell.com/cell/fulltex...

SCOOP: You've heard about the NIH terminating grants. I've learned of another, less visible way it's disrupting science: It’s removing some applications from peer review. Not rejecting them, but putting them on hold without saying why or if they'll ever be reviewed. www.chronicle.com/article/the-...

My ode to Curiosity Driven Research www.statnews.com/2025/04/03/b...

Booker, after speaking for more than 24 hours and breaking Thurmond's record, is still standing and still speaking--using his time to warn his colleagues and his country about the dangers of defunding universities and defunding scientific research.

Thousands of the best experts at FDA, NIH, and all across HHS are being terminated right now. These are the people who make sure the medications you and your children take are safe. These are the people who perform and oversee research on cancer, infant health, and so so so much more.

New: @zebrafish007.bsky.social, @zebrafishmk.bsky.social et al. #WeinsteinLab describe a previously uncharacterized external, experimentally accessible secondary lymphoid organ in the #zebrafish located above the pectoral fin. rupress.org/jem/article/...

Re-upping this given today’s events. The public needs to know how layoffs and executive actions are affecting the scientific community and, ultimately, the public themselves. Please reach out to us if you would like to share your story or your perspective on what’s to come. We stand with you!