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Katherine W. Rogers
@katwrog.bsky.social
Zebrafish developmental biologist (she/her). Leads the Unit on Developmental Signaling. Opinions are my own. https://kwrogers-lab.org/
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Happy to share a new preprint from my lab! We characterize the on/off kinetics, light dosage-dependence, and more for a suite of optogenetic signaling activators in zebrafish embryos 💡 www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
An optogenetic toolkit for robust activation of FGF, BMP, and Nodal signaling in zebrafish
Cell signaling regulates a wide range of biological processes including development, homeostasis, and disease. Accessible technologies to precisely manipulate signaling have important applications in ...
www.biorxiv.org
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Join us for the next VGZT, featuring complementary approaches to understanding dynamic tissue organization!

🗓️ Thursday, January 22nd
⏰ 9:30 PST / 12:30 EST / 17:30 GMT / 18:30 CET

Our speakers are
👉 Chen Yuan Kam (@chenyuankam.bsky.social)
👉 Camilla Autorino (@cami-autorino.bsky.social)
January 19, 2026 at 8:08 AM
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Don't miss out. Apply to our 2026 Advanced Research Training Courses today!
January 15, 2026 at 1:46 PM
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There's still time to apply to be a 2026 @dev-journal.bsky.social Pathway to Independence fellow

For those about to apply for their first independent academic position, the programme offers

- mentoring
- leadership training
- profile rising
- networking

journals.biologists.com/dev/pages/pi...
Pathway to Independence programme | Development | The Company of Biologists
Pathway to Independence programme | Development | The Company of Biologists Development's Pathway to Independence programme Launched in 2022, Development’s Pathway Independence programm...
journals.biologists.com
January 13, 2026 at 5:29 PM
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The next the Ethel Browne Harvey Postdoc Seminar will be this Friday, January 9 at 3 pm Eastern Time with Priyom Adhyapok @priyomadhyapok.bsky.social @duke-university.bsky.social and Zong-Yuan Liu @UMich. Register today and join us. bit.ly/4ncxr0M #SDBPostdocSeminar
January 7, 2026 at 2:51 PM
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🔬 🖥️ Applications are open for the CSHL course Quantitative Imaging: From Acquisition to Analysis (April 6–21, 2026)!

An intensive, hands-on course covering advanced fluorescence microscopy and quantitative image analysis using open-source tools.

🗓️ Apply online by Jan 30, 2026
Quantitative Imaging: From Acquisition to Analysis
Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Meetings & Courses -- a private, non-profit institution with research programs in cancer, neuroscience, plant biology, genomics, bioinformatics.
meetings.cshl.edu
January 6, 2026 at 7:18 PM
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🚨 Join us this Friday for an exciting webinar on retina regeneration! Featuring Alice Accorsi @accorsi-alice.bsky.social of UC Davis and Jeff Mumm @jsmumm.bsky.social of Johns Hopkins.

isrbio.org/event-6502506
January 6, 2026 at 5:08 PM
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🎉 Happy New Year! We’re kicking off 2026 with an exciting VGZT seminar!

🗓️ Thursday, January 8th
⏰ 9:30 PST / 12:30 EST / 17:30 UTC / 17:30 GMT / 18:30 CET

Our speakers are
👉 Jan Jakub Zylicz (@jzylicz.bsky.social)
👉 Anahi Binagui-Casas (@abinagui.bsky.social)

See you there 👋
January 5, 2026 at 10:57 AM
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Closing out 2025 with our new preprint where
@jeffreyafarrell.bsky.social and I explore development and function of zebrafish intestinal best4+ cells – molecularly described in 2019, conserved in evolution, absent in 🐭, and altered in inflammatory bowel disease.

www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
Developmental regulation of intestinal best4+ cells
best4+ /CFTR-high expressing cells are a recently described intestinal epithelial cell type potentially altered in inflammatory bowel disease and colorectal cancer. However, their developmental origin...
www.biorxiv.org
December 22, 2025 at 5:28 PM
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🎄 Final VGZT seminar before Christmas! 🎄
We’re excited to welcome keynote speaker Olivier Pourquié ✨

“Recapitulating human somitogenesis in vitro”

🗓️ Thursday, December 18th
⏰ 9:30 PST / 12:30 EST / 17:30 UTC / 17:30 GMT / 18:30 CET
December 16, 2025 at 3:01 PM
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Reminder: Tomorrow is VGZT day! 🚀

Don’t miss great talks from
👉 Luca Braccioli (@bracciolilab.bsky.social)
👉 Komal Makwana (on X: @Komal_Makwana4)
Join us next week for another round of inspiring VGZT talks! 🤩

🗓️ Thursday, December 4th
⏰ 9:30 PST / 12:30 EST / 17:30 UTC / 17:30 GMT / 18:30 CET

Our speakers are
👉 Luca Braccioli (@bracciolilab.bsky.social)
👉 Komal Makwana (on X: @Komal_Makwana4)

See you next week 👋
December 3, 2025 at 7:48 AM
Reposted by Katherine W. Rogers
Applications are open for @dev-journal.bsky.social 2026 Pathway to Independence (PI) programme, supporting postdocs applying for group leader positions:

Mentoring
Profile raising
Leadership training
Network building

Spread the word...

www.biologists.com/grants/devel...
Development's Pathway to Independence Programme
Our grants support and encourage the sharing of knowledge throughout the community by facilitating international collaboration, event attendance and the organisation of scientific meetings, conference...
www.biologists.com
December 3, 2025 at 6:56 AM
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News: VGZT has updated its official website and now has now a brand-new LinkedIn page! 🎉🚀
You can find all upcoming sessions, past talks, and updates there.

🌐 Website
🔗 LinkedIn

Feel free to follow, share, and and help spread the word about the seminar series! 🙌
December 1, 2025 at 8:35 AM
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Join us next week for another round of inspiring VGZT talks! 🤩

🗓️ Thursday, December 4th
⏰ 9:30 PST / 12:30 EST / 17:30 UTC / 17:30 GMT / 18:30 CET

Our speakers are
👉 Luca Braccioli (@bracciolilab.bsky.social)
👉 Komal Makwana (on X: @Komal_Makwana4)

See you next week 👋
November 29, 2025 at 10:07 AM
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Super exciting to be part of of this Research Training Group to train the next generation of material biologists :) We are already actively recruiting PhD students! Join our joint project with @jamessaenz.bsky.social !!!
Die @dfg.de richtet an der #TUDresden das Graduiertenkolleg „The Biological Making of Materials” ein. Über einen Zeitraum von fünf Jahren werden damit mehrere Millionen Euro für Forschung zu nachhaltigen Materialien zur Verfügung gestellt.
ℹ️ tu-dresden.de/tu-dresden/n...
November 29, 2025 at 2:11 PM
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Tomorrow is VGZT day! 🚀

Don’t miss the great talks from
👉 Allison Kann (@apkann.bsky.social)
👉 Joana da Silva (on X: @joanamsilva14)
Join us for next week’s exciting VGZT session! 🎉

🗓️ Thursday, November 20th
⏰ 9:30 PST / 12:30 EST / 17:30 UTC / 17:30 GMT / 18:30 CET

Our speakers are
👉 Allison Kann (@apkann.bsky.social)
👉 Joana da Silva (on X: @joanamsilva14)

See you there 👋
November 19, 2025 at 8:21 AM
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Join us for next week’s exciting VGZT session! 🎉

🗓️ Thursday, November 20th
⏰ 9:30 PST / 12:30 EST / 17:30 UTC / 17:30 GMT / 18:30 CET

Our speakers are
👉 Allison Kann (@apkann.bsky.social)
👉 Joana da Silva (on X: @joanamsilva14)

See you there 👋
November 14, 2025 at 8:43 AM
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For what it’s worth, The Wyoming Worm lab has funding for 5 years along with exciting projects with solid foundations. We are is still looking for capable, dedicated, and fun-to-work-with lab members at all career stages. [email protected]

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October 22, 2025 at 1:28 PM
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ISRB Zone 3 Webinar this Friday (Oct 17th). @isrbio.bsky.social Aging and Regeneration with Longhua Guo @longhuaguo.bsky.social and Kevin Murach @kevinmurachphd.bsky.social
October 13, 2025 at 3:27 PM
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The next Ethel Browne Harvey Postdoc Seminar will be this Friday, October 10 at 3 pm Eastern Time with Austin Seroka @austinseroka1.bsky.social of Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center & Heather Dingwall @dingwallaby.bsky.social‬ of @upenn.edu. Register today and join us. bit.ly/4nIlJed #SDBPostdocSeminar
October 8, 2025 at 7:12 PM
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🚨 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!
October 8, 2025 at 5:49 PM
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Dear VGZT enthusiasts,
Do you—or someone in your lab—work on exciting developmental biology research? Showcase it at VGZT, a global online seminar series connecting developmental biologists across all career stages. Apply here: www.tinyurl.com/VGZT-Nomination
VGZT Season 7 - Nomination
Virtual Gastrulation Zoom Talks (VGZT) is an opportunity to share your science with an engaged, international audience of developmental biologists. Running from October 2025 to July 2026, this online ...
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October 6, 2025 at 8:12 AM
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Join us 15 October to hear from two early-career researchers, @osvaldoics.bsky.social & Yinan Wan, working on development across scales.

Chaired by @dev-journal.bsky.social Executive Editor @amjeve.bsky.social.

📅 15 October, 09:00 BST (UTC+1)

Register here: us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
September 30, 2025 at 11:34 AM
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Assistant/Associate Professor in Structural Biology, Biophysics or Biological Imaging

www.biozentrum.unibas.ch/open-positio...

#biozentrum #University #Basel #Professor #Structural #Biology #Biophysics #Biological #Imaging
September 29, 2025 at 2:58 PM
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Stay Connected with VGZT Season 7 🌍

From Oct 2025–July 2026, join our online seminar series featuring cutting-edge developmental biology across diverse model organisms. Hear from senior PhD students, postdocs, and PIs as they share their latest discoveries with a global audience.
September 25, 2025 at 8:59 AM
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🚨Please share! We are hiring a post-doc! 🪱 🐀
Job posting: www.training.nih.gov/jobs/pdf-gb-...
Lab Website: www.niddk.nih.gov/research-fun...
NIH Trainee info: www.training.nih.gov
September 24, 2025 at 7:25 PM