Excited to share that GMB grad student Fred Koitz's paper is published @dev-journal.bsky.social Fred is graduating soon, and I am recruiting a postdoc to continue the work. Please reach out if you're interested, and share if you know folks who might be! journals.biologists.com/dev/article/...

Excited to see this out in the world. The CGC is launching a curated strains collection, the first being protein degradation systems and this is a pilot primer to pair with it authored by myself, Dave Reiner, Ann Rougvie, and Aric Daul. We review the state of the field and provide use guidance (1)

I am hiring a postdoc (or two!) to work on C. elegans reproductive system development. Our MIRA funds work on cell size, migration, and niche signaling. Our CAREER funds work on regulation of gonad growth, degrowth, and regeneration during and after starvation unc.peopleadmin.com/postings/310...

What cell states are possible when they are missing key factors - Nanog, Pou5f3 (Oct4), & Sox19b (Sox2) - that are required for the first embryonic reprogramming steps? Follow along with our latest publication, finally out at doi.org/10.1016/j.ce... #devbio #reprogramming #zebrafish #embryo (1/6)

The Johri Lab has an open postdoc position. Please send me an email, if interested. Start date is flexible. Please do share! Thank you in advance.

The @uncchapelhill.bsky.social Department of Biology is searching for tenure-track Assistant Professor in Plant Molecular Biology. Chapel Hill is a wonderful place and Biology is an amazing group of people. To apply, see: unc.peopleadmin.com/postings/307...

This was a HUGE effort, taking years of diligent work. Hongfei was a true leader, and I'm really proud of this cool piece. We'd love any feedback y'all might have. www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

The Braendle Lab in Nice, France is hiring two postdocs to study nematode genetics, evolution, and ecology. Start Jan–Jul 2026. Deadline Nov 30, 2025. Apply: [email protected]

Last year we sold 5x more advent calendars than we have this August. Advent calendars are the biggest thing that keep the lights on at Skype a Scientist so this makes me a bit nervous! These calendars are bright and cute and are full of really fun information about eels! Get one here: EelFacts.net

I profiled @sarahmackattack.bsky.social for @thephilacitizen.bsky.social! thephiladelphiacitizen.org/2025-rad-awa...

The Xue lab at UC Irvine is looking for a staff scientist to support our work investigating how microbes interact and evolve in the gut microbiome! Open to a wide range of previous experience levels, see ad for more. recruit.ap.uci.edu/JPF09601

Whew, ok, with a few hours to spare, the 2025 classroom map is ready! The 7th annual United States of Science competition starts tomorrow. If you wanna get your region off to a head start, just between us night owls, here's that link 😘 givebutter.com/USS2025

I'm happy to share this preprint by first author Fred Koitz, a Genetics and Molecular Biology grad student in my lab! Fred came into the lab with an interest in dauer, and I am interested in gonad development, so we thought we'd start studying dauer gonad development.

Experimental embryology postdoc available in my lab at the @biology.ox.ac.uk @ox.ac.uk working on the evolution of vertebral counts. Reach out if you’re passionate about EvoDevo, enjoy lab work and microscopy and are into or could get into cichlid fishes. Deadline on the 16th June. Please share!

Engineering the C. elegans genome with a nested, self-excising selection cassette https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.05.01.651742v1

We're hiring an assistant prof in global change ecology! Apply!!! We're vibrant, supportive, and interdisciplinary EEB community! Plz note the weird dates: We're reviewing applications beginning on ✨August 15th✨. I'm part of the SC and happy to answer questions! apply.interfolio.com/164677

As a recipient of federal grants from #NIH (for now! 😭) that funds research in my lab, I'd like to sincerely thank American taxpayers on #TaxDay for investing in scientific research that lays the foundation for medical and technological innovation in this country and keeps us all safe and healthy

Excited to see the final version of this paper with @samurscicop.bsky.social and Daniel Matute out in @genomebiolevol.bsky.social! We took a dive into the complicated demographic history of Aedes aegypti mosquitoes and its impact on the distribution of genetic diversity doi.org/10.1093/gbe/...

New preprint! First author Xin Li (QBio UNC) used a scRNA-seq study to find that mig-21 is highly and specifically expressed in the C. elegans germline stem cell niche, but it had no known function there. We found that it integrates Wnt and Netrin signaling to regulate A/P and D/V cell migration.

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Every one of these cards has a fact about the animal on the front, *and* an action people can take to protect that animal. We’re looking at cute art. We’re learning about cool bugs. We’re caring for our wildlife. What are you waiting for?? Get this year’s valentines here squidfacts.net

New preprint! www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1... Former postdoc Dr. Kayt Scott was interested in vesicle trafficking in the gonad and screened Rab GTPases; co-first author GMB grad student @noorsingh_ finished the RNAi screen of the whole Rab family. We are excited to share the results!

Exciting preprint led by GMB student Noor Singh t.co/WuKEWhksQI who found Rac1 mutants have gonad defects due to leader cell breaking apart during migration. Twist: the fragment without a nucleus can still lead outgrowth of a gonad branch! Please share and help me connect with ppl over here? Thx!