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Angelo Iulianella @aineurolab.bsky.social · 4h

Sadly, guess there’s room in the US military alliance after alienating Canadians (and NATO allies).

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Angelo Iulianella @aineurolab.bsky.social · 4h

The thrill is gone, tho.

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James Briscoe @jamesbriscoe.bsky.social · 12h

The @crick.ac.uk is recruiting Early Career Group Leaders

- Lab set-up, research costs, salaries for up to 5 researchers
- Support for up to 12 years
- Access to our core facilities
- Competitive salary
- Fantastic colleagues
- All areas of biology

Deadline 27 Nov

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

Early career group leaders

We appoint researchers from across biology and biomedicine to set up their first groups at the Crick.

www.crick.ac.uk

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Angelo Iulianella @aineurolab.bsky.social · 5h

Interesting to know that John Maynard-Smith, like John Gurdon, went to Eton College, are both were made to feel that science was not for them. Fortunately for us, they decided to not listen to their masters at the college and contributed brilliantly to biology.

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Angelo Iulianella @aineurolab.bsky.social · 10h

Can the state chip in to fund the project and own the project and revenue from it? Are power plants (irrespective of type) only under federal jurisdiction?

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Angelo Iulianella @aineurolab.bsky.social · 1d

I of course agree with you. It’s just very disheartening to see how much money is thrown at college sports relative to arts and sciences.

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Angelo Iulianella @aineurolab.bsky.social · 1d

Nice images!…now all you have to do is wait for the big royalty pay day roll in. LOL!

(Or just enjoy having your images to spread the word of how cool neurons actually are.)

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Angelo Iulianella @aineurolab.bsky.social · 1d

30$ mil can move lots of science. But I digress. College sport is the holiest of holies, especially stateside, and us nerds best stay in our lane, I guess.

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Angelo Iulianella @aineurolab.bsky.social · 1d

Funny you should mention this during the luncheon hour here. I can’t think of anything but my lunch. That speaker may have a point.

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Angelo Iulianella @aineurolab.bsky.social · 2d

Rate bit of good news. Just enough to slip a sliver of hope in these trying times.

Angelo Iulianella @aineurolab.bsky.social · 2d

Thankfully there should be a spider size limit to trip these off. No Aussie-sized Huntsman arachnids prowling ceilings…or so I hope. 🕷️🕷️🕷️

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Angelo Iulianella @aineurolab.bsky.social · 2d

Well, this is interesting.

Well-exercised male mice appear to pass fitness to their male offspring

Surprising epigenetic effect relies on snippets of RNA packaged within sperm

www.science.org

Angelo Iulianella @aineurolab.bsky.social · 2d

Philip nicely summarizes recent findings from Sebé-Pedrós and colleagues that the origin of multicellular life may come down to extrusions of DNA topology, juxtaposing far-flung genomic regions in the spatiotemporal regulation of gene expression.

Philip Ball @philipcball.bsky.social · 2d

I adored writing this piece. It brings together several of the things preoccupying me right now, like chromatin organization and gene regulation. There's so much more to be said on that. Also, these marine critters look gorgeous.
www.quantamagazine.org/loops-of-dna...

Loops of DNA Equipped Ancient Life To Become Complex | Quanta Magazine

New work shows that physical folding of the genome to control genes located far away may have been an early evolutionary development.

www.quantamagazine.org

Angelo Iulianella @aineurolab.bsky.social · 2d

Condolences to your community and Professor Gurdon’s family. A remarkable scientific talent, who enriched the developmental biology community not only in the UK, but worldwide.

Angelo Iulianella @aineurolab.bsky.social · 2d

Quite the start for John Maynard-Smiths classic little book: “Shaping Life: Genes, Embryos, and Evolution”. #DevBio

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Angelo Iulianella @aineurolab.bsky.social · 2d

Lovely picture. A remarkable and kind scientist, who was true to his craft into his 90s.

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Angelo Iulianella @aineurolab.bsky.social · 3d

Every. Freaking. Time.

Please let know what you find out.

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Angelo Iulianella @aineurolab.bsky.social · 3d

Tunneling nanotubes connecting neuronal dendrites in mammalian brains pass ions, allowing propagation of electrical signals in networked clusters of neurons. Also large enough to pass proteins like beta-amyloid, possible mechanism for spread of neurodegeneration.

Neurons can communicate via hidden network of nanotubes, study finds

Tubes in mouse and human brains may also influence spread of brain disease

www.science.org

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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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Angelo Iulianella @aineurolab.bsky.social · 3d

#DevBio 🧪

Angelo Iulianella @aineurolab.bsky.social · 3d

Our lab’s recent blog on our 12th Annual Developmental Biology Symposium held @dalhousie.bsky.social.

Grateful for the support of an outreach grant from @anatomyorg.bsky.social and organizational support from @brchfx.bsky.social.

12th Annual Atlantic Regional Developmental Biology Meeting

We were pleased to celebrate another year of highlighting the outstanding trainee research from universities in the Canadian Atlantic coast region, including the University of New Brunswick, Mount Sai...

www.iulianellalab.com

Angelo Iulianella @aineurolab.bsky.social · 3d

Our lab’s recent blog on our 12th Annual Developmental Biology Symposium held @dalhousie.bsky.social.

Grateful for the support of an outreach grant from @anatomyorg.bsky.social and organizational support from @brchfx.bsky.social.

12th Annual Atlantic Regional Developmental Biology Meeting

We were pleased to celebrate another year of highlighting the outstanding trainee research from universities in the Canadian Atlantic coast region, including the University of New Brunswick, Mount Sai...

www.iulianellalab.com

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Angelo Iulianella @aineurolab.bsky.social · 3d

And a one-a, a two-a, and one-two-three, one-two-three!

Angelo Iulianella @aineurolab.bsky.social · 5d

Amazing work! Congrats to all.

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Angelo Iulianella @aineurolab.bsky.social · 6d

Who was Major Cornell, and what battles did he participate in?

…”Six, Seeeven”.

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Angelo Iulianella @aineurolab.bsky.social · 6d

Beautiful. Surprised they haven’t been picked off by a predator yet.