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Shefali @iamshef.bsky.social · 13h

The urge to pack your bag and go home for Diwali 😭

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Drosophila Spain @drosospain.bsky.social · 16h

We are pleased to announce that the 2nd DrosoSpain meeting #DrosoSpain2026 will take place in San Joan de Alicante from the 9th to the 11th of April 2026 #savethedate

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Lucas Sullivan @lucasbsullivan.bsky.social · 15h

Our work detailing the metabolic roles of serum for cancer cell proliferation is now out at JBC, @asbmbjournals.bsky.social!

Congrats to Oliver and Eric and many thanks to the editor and reviewers for a thoughtful and efficient review process.

See here:
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

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Needhi Bhalla 💅🏽 @needhibhalla.bsky.social · 20h

“The scientific Nobels announced this week underscore that point. All three awards — granted each year in physiology or medicine, physics and chemistry — honored achievements rooted in fundamental research…Decades of inquiry paved the way for the technology, treatments and toys of tomorrow.” 🎁

Nobel Prizes This Year Offer Three Cheers for Slow Science

www.nytimes.com

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Kara McKinley @karalmckinley.bsky.social · 3d

Lab’s 1st preprint!

Menstruation is understudied due to societal taboos + a biological challenge: mice (a key system for research + drug discovery) don’t menstruate.

@cagricevrim.bsky.social made menstruating mice + used them to discover early events in menstruation.

He is on the job market!

Çağrı Çevrim @cagricevrim.bsky.social · 3d

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...
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Induction of menstruation in mice reveals the regulation of menstrual shedding

During menstruation, an inner layer of the endometrium is selectively shed, while an outer, progenitor-containing layer is preserved to support repeated regeneration. Progress in understanding this co...

www.biorxiv.org

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Shefali @iamshef.bsky.social · 1d

🥳🥳🥳

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Soni Lacefield @lacefieldlab.bsky.social · 3d

Lacefield Lab grad student @pallavisgadgil.bsky.social gave an excellent talk at Geisel’s Biomedical Research Day! Congratulations Pallavi! @dartmouthbcb.bsky.social @mcbdartmouth.bsky.social

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Pallavi Gadgil @pallavisgadgil.bsky.social · 1d

Thank you, Soni!

It was a different yet fun experience 😊

Soni Lacefield @lacefieldlab.bsky.social · 3d

Lacefield Lab grad student @pallavisgadgil.bsky.social gave an excellent talk at Geisel’s Biomedical Research Day! Congratulations Pallavi! @dartmouthbcb.bsky.social @mcbdartmouth.bsky.social

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Soni Lacefield @lacefieldlab.bsky.social · 3d

The Lacefield Lab won second place in the great pumpkin derby! @dartmouthbcb.bsky.social @mcbdartmouth.bsky.social

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Jeremy Berg @jeremymberg.bsky.social · 2d

My quote of the day

Nancy Hopkins et al., A Study on the Status of Women Faculty in Science at MIT (1999)

They found that discrimination consists of a pattern of powerful but unrecognized assumptions and attitudes that work systematically against women faculty even in the light of obvious good will. Like many discoveries, at first it is startling and unexpected. Once you "get it", it seems almost obvious.

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Maureen Barr @barrlab.bsky.social · 1d

Plus ça change, plus c'est la même chose

The more things change, the more they stay the same

Jean-Baptiste Alphonse Karr

Jeremy Berg @jeremymberg.bsky.social · 2d

My quote of the day

Nancy Hopkins et al., A Study on the Status of Women Faculty in Science at MIT (1999)

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Shefali @iamshef.bsky.social · 2d

Thanks Neha 💗💗
Now n rounds of editing begin where n--->♾️

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Shefali @iamshef.bsky.social · 2d

Amazing work - and this will open so many doors for women health care. It's insane how little we know about female physiology. Congratulations @cagricevrim.bsky.social and the team on this incredible endeavor! 👏🏽🎉
#womenhealth 💪🏽

Çağrı Çevrim @cagricevrim.bsky.social · 3d

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...
🧵

Induction of menstruation in mice reveals the regulation of menstrual shedding

During menstruation, an inner layer of the endometrium is selectively shed, while an outer, progenitor-containing layer is preserved to support repeated regeneration. Progress in understanding this co...

www.biorxiv.org

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Çağrı Çevrim @cagricevrim.bsky.social · 3d

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...
🧵

Induction of menstruation in mice reveals the regulation of menstrual shedding

During menstruation, an inner layer of the endometrium is selectively shed, while an outer, progenitor-containing layer is preserved to support repeated regeneration. Progress in understanding this co...

www.biorxiv.org

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Neha Ghosh @nehaghosh.bsky.social · 3d

Menstruation- a natural regenerative process in women, yet understudied and under discussed. But, this phenomenal work is a start for making all the difference 🎉

Çağrı Çevrim @cagricevrim.bsky.social · 3d

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...
🧵

Induction of menstruation in mice reveals the regulation of menstrual shedding

During menstruation, an inner layer of the endometrium is selectively shed, while an outer, progenitor-containing layer is preserved to support repeated regeneration. Progress in understanding this co...

www.biorxiv.org

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Harmit Singh Malik @harmitmalik.bsky.social · 3d

This book has never been more timely. Thanks to @sonali-m-19.bsky.social for writing it and for sending me a copy.

Photo of book “Thriving as an International Scientist” written by Sonali Majumdar

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Shefali @iamshef.bsky.social · 3d

Hahaaa yup we tried 😅

Shefali @iamshef.bsky.social · 3d

Reached this stage ✅
#milestone #phdlife

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eric lai @lucksmith.bsky.social · 4d

nice hack i've done twice this year...drop by CSHL for a day (Neurofly), listen bunch of talks and chat up posters, see ~20 people (inc 2 collaborators IRL for 1st time, and our former star grad student Piero Sanfilippo), share updates on #FlyBase with community and urge donations, and back home! 🪰

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Shefali @iamshef.bsky.social · 4d

Because it's not a working day tomorrow !
#Fallbreak

a little girl wearing sunglasses and a blue dress is dancing in a hallway .

ALT: a little girl wearing sunglasses and a blue dress is dancing in a hallway .

media.tenor.com

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Shefali @iamshef.bsky.social · 4d

It's officially wear jacket in the morning and carry it in the afternoon season!
#midwest

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FlyBase @flybase.bsky.social · 4d

Searches and tools are currently down for FlyBase.org. Our developers are working on getting us back up.

FlyBase Homepage

FlyBase: a database for drosophila genetics and molecular biology

FlyBase.org

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Shefali @iamshef.bsky.social · 5d

Everyone go out and look at the moon 🌝
It is beautiful 😍
#moon #night

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Shefali @iamshef.bsky.social · 5d

Waking up to #fall weather 🍁🍂

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The Company of Biologists @biologists.bsky.social · 5d

Marine iguanas have lower metabolic rates during El Niño

This article, by Shahar Dubiner and colleagues, is Journal of Experimental Biology's Editor's choice for the month.

Find out more: journals.biologists.com/jeb/article/...

#MarineIguana #Iguana #MarineLife #Research #Animals #SeaLife

A marine iguana on a rock, in front of blue and white waves.

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