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Allan Carrillo-Baltodano

@allancarbal.bsky.social

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Developmental biologist interested in marine embryos and larvae; postdoc at Queen Mary University of London; tico 🇨🇷 in London 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿; #embryo2019

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Allan Carrillo-Baltodano @allancarbal.bsky.social · Jun 2

It's finally here! Great start of the summer. We got our latest preprint from @chemamd.bsky.social in @qmulsbbs.bsky.social @qmulse.bsky.social, showing evidence of developmental system drift in the specification of dorsoventral (belly vs back) axis in annelids 🪱🪱🪱
#DevBio #EvoDevo

Image shows larvae of four different species of marine annelid worms, stained for muscle (magenta) and cilia (yellow). All with lateral views, with the mouth towards the left, and the future head pointing up. Images are to scale.

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Petra Korlević @petrathepostdoc.bsky.social · 10h

Day 10 #Invertober2025 - Common earthworm (Lumbricus terrestris) 🪱

#SciArt #invertebrates

semi-realistic drawing of an earthworm, wiggly and soft pink, on a black background.

semi-realistic drawing of an earthworm, wiggly and soft pink, on a white background.

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feña Palominos @fishfena.bsky.social · 8h

🚨 🚨 Science alert on a #FluorescenceFriday; check my latest paper published in @genetics-gsa.bsky.social where I integrated comparative tissue-specific transcriptomics and speciation genomics to discover two novel craniofacial genes behind pupfish extreme jaw development! tinyurl.com/craniofacial...

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Michael Sars Centre @msarscentre.bsky.social · 14h

It was fantastic welcoming back Chema Martin @chemamd.bsky.social from @qmulsbbs.bsky.social at the Centre today 👏 He shared with us his latest work on spiralian larvae evolution, with fascinating insights on the timing of gene expression during development. Thank you for visiting us!

Chema Martin, wearing a dark blue sweater and green trousers, presents his work in front of a seated audience. Behind him, parts of a slide is visible on a screen. It shows a schematic of a planktonic larva.

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Filippo Nicolini 🧬 @filonico.bsky.social · 19h

Name one of your biggest fears as a biologist. I start: misspelling species names on public docs! Clearly it happens so often to ppl that NCBI includes misspelled names in its records. Hilarious.

Was so🤏close to publish Day 10 #invertober2025 (the common earthworm) with a typo💀 Lubrimcus terrestris

A vectorial digital drawing of an Lumbricus terrestris, known as the Common Earthworm, set against a pale blue background. The segmented worm is coiled into an S-shape. The rear end is a pale, slightly pinkish-tan color, while the front end, which includes the clitellum (the band used for reproduction), is a darker reddish-brown color. The clitellum itself is a distinct maroon/red band. The text "invertobter2025 - Day 10" is in the bottom right corner.

A screenshot of a search box within the NCBI BLAST interface. The user has typed "homo s" into the search field under a section labeled "Organism" The search box is returning several suggested results in red text, showing common misspellings of the scientific name for humans, Homo sapiens, along with the correct taxonomy ID:
· Homo sampiens (taxid:9606)
· Homo sapeins (taxid:9606)
· Homo sapian (taxid:9606)
· Homo sapians (taxid:9606)
· Homo sapien (taxid:9606)
· Homo sapience (taxid:9606)

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Charley Yen, PhD @eugeniecyen.bsky.social · 1d

Catch my talk tomorrow on all things nanopore and DNA methylation for sea turtle conservation! 🐢

QMUL Centre for Epigenetics @qmulepigenetics.bsky.social · 15d

Our next guest seminar is happening on Friday, October 10th at 3.30pm GMT in the QM Innovation Centre, Clark-Kennedy LT. This will be a joint seminar with Oxford Nanopore @nanoporetech.com
and QMUL. Please book your place here: nanoporetech.swoogo.com/QMUL_Epigene... or scan the QR code below.

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Nat Clarke @natclarke.bsky.social · 2d

🚨 My lab is hiring at all levels!

Interested in animal origins & evolutionary cell biology?

I'm recruiting a postdoc, PhD students & a research assistant to study the molecular evolution of cell adhesion using marine invertebrates + comparative genomics.

🔗: clarkelab.com/join/

Please repost!

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Alex de Mendoza @alexdemendoza.bsky.social · 2d

Thrilled to share that the lab has been awarded a @wellcometrust.bsky.social Discovery Award to keep exploring the evolution of 6-methyladenine #6mA in Eukaryotes. We'll open postdoc (3️⃣) and tech (1️⃣) positions to start in 2026, please share with candidates or reach out if you’d like to join us.

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Petra Korlević @petrathepostdoc.bsky.social · 3d

my nemesis progress video

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Allan Carrillo-Baltodano @allancarbal.bsky.social · 3d

Apply! Coolest lab, in the coolest city 💂🏽‍♀️🎡

#DevBio
#EvoDevo

Margarida Cardoso Moreira @margaridamcm.bsky.social · 3d

Interested in understanding how new cell types evolve? Consider joining our group for a PhD!

The Francis Crick Institute @crick.ac.uk · 3d

2026 PhD recruitment is now open.

As well as our main PhD recruitment, which is open to all, we are pleased to be offering scholarships for candidates of Black or mixed Black heritage. Learn more and apply on our website:

www.crick.ac.uk/careers-stud...

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James Briscoe @jamesbriscoe.bsky.social · 3d

Very sad news, John Gurdon has died.

A developmental biologist's developmental biologist, Nobel prize winner

His work is the foundation of much of today's dev & stem cell bio.

An inspiration to many, including me. Always asking questions & wanting the answers

www.magd.cam.ac.uk/news/profess...

Professor Sir John Gurdon FRS (1933-2025) | Magdalene College

Magdalene College is deeply saddened to announce the death of Professor Sir John Gurdon FRS, who served as Master of the College from 1995 to 2002.

www.magd.cam.ac.uk

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pikaole @pikaole.bsky.social · 5d

How to make Ghost Jellyfish

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Alexandre Jan @alexandrejan.bsky.social · 6d

Happy Ctenophore Day!
These glowing ocean drifters look like jellyfish but aren’t! They’re comb jellies, shimmering creatures that light up the sea with rows of beating cilia 💙🌈
Which species can you identify? 👀 Most are raised in @pawelburkhardt.bsky.social lab
#CtenophoreDay #CombJelly #Ctenophore

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bioRxiv Developmental Biology @biorxiv-devbio.bsky.social · 7d

Regeneration of distinct complex structures in the annelid Platynereis is partially based on common morphological, cellular, and molecular events https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.10.03.680064v1

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Allan Carrillo-Baltodano @allancarbal.bsky.social · 7d

#FluorescenceFriday showing asymmetrical beta-tubulin enrichment in the embryo of Spirobranchus lamarcki 🪱🪱🪱

#EvoDevo
#DevBio

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feña Palominos @fishfena.bsky.social · 7d

🚨 🚨 Science Alert: Join us by the end of the month at the @sacnas.bsky.social NDiSTEM 2025 Meeting! We’ll be hosting a workshop with Emma Rangel-Huerta from @stowersinstitute.bsky.social and @niasv.bsky.social from @ucscscience.bsky.social to talk about navigating a PhD in life sciences 🤩🫶

latinxdb.bsky.social @latinxdb.bsky.social · 8d

🚨LatinxDB organize: “Why didn’t I know this before? What to expect from a PhD or a postdoc in life sciences”

Thanks Estefania Vasquez, M. Fernanda Palominos and Emma Rangel for creating this space and discussion. @niasv.bsky.social @fishfena.bsky.social

Join us at 2025NDiSTEM @sacnas.bsky.social

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Michalis Averof @michalis-averof.bsky.social · 7d

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

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Michalis Averof @michalis-averof.bsky.social · Jul 13

We've just been awarded a grant to study the cellular basis of regeneration – to track the progenitors of sensory organs in the context of leg regeneration, in our favourite crustacean tinyurl.com/parhyale, based on live imaging and cell tracking. The project involves some cool collaborations... 1/3

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Larval Biology Society @larvalbiosociety.bsky.social · 8d

2026 International Larval Biology Symposium will be held in Woods Hole, Massachusetts on Sept 27 to Oct 1 2026, featuring plenaries from Craig Young, Mary Sewell, and Jeanette Wheeler! You can rock larval swag at Dexter Davis' Etsy shop (Etsy.com/shop/NoDexerity) that will support students!

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Elizabeth Beston @elizabethbeston.bsky.social · 8d

Little n’ large. Polychaete larvae from my latest plankton sample.
#marineplankton 🦑

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Petra Korlević @petrathepostdoc.bsky.social · 9d

jelly progress video

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Allan Carrillo-Baltodano @allancarbal.bsky.social · 9d

Making an upgrade to our seawater system 🪱🪱🪱

#WormWednesday
#DevBio
#EvoDevo

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Nick Bezio @beziostudio.bsky.social · 10d

Day 30 - Dream. The final day of #sciartseptember. My long-term dream has always been to create a series of illustrated guides that would help identify the various jellies and jellyfish of the would. Creating illustrations like the ones below to accurately ID species.

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Christy Schnitzler @christyschnitz.bsky.social · 11d

Now Hiring! Whitney Laboratory Assistant/Associate Professor in Marine Bioscience
Apply & More Info - explore.jobs.ufl.edu/en-us/job/53...
We seek a creative, collaborative scientist whose research harnesses or advances cutting-edge tools. Please help spread the word & reach out with any questions!

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The Coral Reef Research Hub @coralreefresearch.bsky.social · 11d

JOB OPPORTUNITY: Lecturer in Marine Biology and Scientific Diving (University of Plymouth)

www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DOS637/l...

#jobs #lecturer #scientificdiving #plymouth #coralreefs #university #marinescience #marinebiology #marineecology #jobopportunity

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The Company of Biologists @biologists.bsky.social · 12d

Calling early-career developmental biologists!

Apply for a funded place at our #Workshop, Novelty, Co-option and Divergence During Gene Network Evolution.

Application deadline: 5 December

www.biologists.com/workshops/ju...

#DevBio #BiologistsWorkshops #Collaboration #Networking

Workshop: Novelty, Co-option and Divergence During Gene Network Evolution. Organisers: James Hombría and Antónia Monteiro. 14-17 June 2026, Buxted Park, East Sussex, UK. Early-career researchers apply for funded places.

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Natalia Jagielska @nataliajagielska.bsky.social · 14d

And that's how you integrate digital elements into an exhibition. Part of the temporary "China's Dinosaur World" at the Shanghai Natural History Museum, China. Closing this November.

Video source: Shanghai Let's Meet

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