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European Medicines Agency @ema.europa.eu · 17d

Paracetamol remains an important option to treat pain or fever in pregnant women.

Following rigorous assessment of the available scientific data, we find no evidence that taking paracetamol during pregnancy causes autism in children.

Read more 👉 www.ema.europa.eu/en/news/use-...

Use of paracetamol during pregnancy unchanged in the EU | European Medicines Agency (EMA)

Paracetamol medicines can be used in pregnancy, in accordance with official recommendations

www.ema.europa.eu

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Christin Schmidt lab @MUSC @cschmidtlab.bsky.social · 19d

I am more than thrilled to announce that I will be starting my own lab at the Neuroscience Department at MUSC in November 2025! We will be studying the origin of pediatric brain cancers through the lens of brain development!
My lab is hiring see here: cschmidtlab.xn--com-gr63bea

Schmidt-lab | Pediatric Neurooncology MUSC

www.cschmidtlab.com

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Alex Eve @amjeve.bsky.social · Aug 20

Like our sister journals, you can also submit an additional language abstract at @dev-journal.bsky.social and we cater for non-Western characters for author names. Did you know Development also facilitates retrospective author name changes?

Journal of Experimental Biology @jexpbiol.bsky.social · Aug 19

You can find the first JEB additional language abstract by Cameron Nemeth and colleagues in #Hawaiian accompanying their paper, The key to bubble-net feeding: how humpback whale morphology functionally differs from other baleen whales at

journals.biologists.com/jeb/article/...

Screenshot of the Research Article, The key to bubble-net feeding: how humpback whale morphology functionally differs from other baleen whales, by Cameron Nemeth, William T. Gough, Paolo S. Segre, Frank E. Fish, Andrew Szabo et al. The publishing information states: © 2025. Published by The Company of Biologists | Journal of Experimental Biology (2025) 228, jeb249607. doi:10.1242/jeb.249607. The first line of the Abstract reads, 'Maneuverability in cetaceans is facilitated by pectoral flippers, flukes and spinal flexibility, features that are pronounced in humpback whales (Megaptera novaeangliae).'. The Research article includes an Additional Language Abstract, in Hawaiian. The first sentence of the Additional Language Abstract reads, 'Kōkua ʻia ka huli ʻana o nā cetaceans e ka ʻēheu, hiʻu a me ka palupalu o ka iwikuamoʻo, ahuwale nō kēia mau mea i ke koholā (Megaptera novaeangliae)'.

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Baptiste Libé-Philippot @blibep.bsky.social · Aug 18

🧠 Position still opened! Don't hesitate to apply if you want to use human pluripotent stem cell based models to understand the evolution of human cerebellar neurons and disorders!

Baptiste Libé-Philippot @blibep.bsky.social · Jul 30

🧠 Opportunity for a post-doctoral position on human neurobiology, funded by the @erc.europa.eu!
🧫You want to use human pluripotent stem cell based models to understand the evolution of human cerebellar neurons and disorders, this position is for you!
🔗Apply here: emploi.cnrs.fr/Offres/CDD/U...

Portail Emploi CNRS - Offre d'emploi - Postdoctoral researcher in human neurobiology (M/F)

emploi.cnrs.fr

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Sam Wang @samwang.bsky.social · Aug 12

The mid-decade redistricting wars are unending. I'll be on CNN with Jake Tapper to talk about what we know and what it means. Is democracy dead? Is there hope? What can citizens do?

This Wednesday August 13, sometime around 5:00-7:00pm Eastern. Precise time when I know it.

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Jason Shepherd @jasonsynaptic.bsky.social · Jul 12

While I’m a big fan of new technologies that help us study human biology…there’s still no replacement for animal research! See my article in Gen News. www.genengnews.com/topics/trans...

Why We Still Need Animal Research in a World of AI and Organoids

The portrayal of uncaring scientists without any thought for the animals being used in their research is far from the truth.

www.genengnews.com

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Lena Kutscher @lenakutscher.bsky.social · Jul 10

Working now www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Lack of evidence for the transitional cerebellar progenitor - Nature

Nature - Lack of evidence for the transitional cerebellar progenitor

www.nature.com

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Vuslat Akçay @vuslatakcay.bsky.social · Jul 3

i love my job #fluorescencethursday

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Lena Kutscher @lenakutscher.bsky.social · Jul 2

We’re hiring! Come join our group at the DKFZ in Heidelberg. We’re seeking a MSc or PhD level bioinformatician who enjoys working in a team! Would be grateful for you to share with your networks. jobs.dkfz.de/en/jobs/1678...

Bioinformatics Data Engineer

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Oded Rechavi @odedrechavi.bsky.social · Jun 30

Serious FOMO that I can't attend #Worm25

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Lena Kutscher @lenakutscher.bsky.social · Jun 29

No one specifically reported on this but you can explore the mouse, human, and opossum datasets on the Kaessmann lab website

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Lena Kutscher @lenakutscher.bsky.social · Jun 29

Happy to say that all speakers contributed to the report to share unpublished data. Shout-out to all authors and especially Simone Mayer for co-organization of the meeting.

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Lena Kutscher @lenakutscher.bsky.social · Jun 29

Did the miss the Cerebellum Development and Disease conference last year? Never fear, as we wrote up a conference report! link.springer.com/article/10.1...

Conference Report: Cerebellar Development and Disease at Single-Cell Resolution - The Cerebellum

The Cerebellum -

link.springer.com

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Mathew Kiang @mathewkiang.com · Jun 25

Karolinska is looking for 20 (!!) assistant professors and offering 6 year appointments with ~1M USD startup packages.

ki.se/en/about-ki/...

Call for 20 Assistant Professor positions

Karolinska Institutet is a world-leading medical university with a long and proud history of ground-breaking research. We are now recruiting outstanding early-career researchers with particularly exce...

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Lena Kutscher @lenakutscher.bsky.social · Jun 20

Yay congrats Xin!! So happy for you!

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Cancer Cell @cp-cancercell.bsky.social · Jun 16

Genetic modeling of ELP1-associated Sonic hedgehog medulloblastoma identifies MDM2 as a selective therapeutic target

Elp1 heterozygous LOF mutations in Sonic hedgehog medulloblastoma (MB) elevate transformation risk in granule neuron precursors through stalled differentiation, DNA replication stress, genomic instability, and accelerated cell cycle. Pharmacological restoration of p53 signaling in ELP1-deficient tumor cells suppresses tumor growth and represents a potential therapeutic opportunity.

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Prof Chris Jackson @seismatters.bsky.social · Jun 1

In response to someone in our running WhatsApp saying they were the slowest in the group, somebody replied, “Comparison is the thief of joy…”

I’m going to think about that for the rest of the day

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Elizabeth Jacobs, PhD @elizabethjacobs.bsky.social · May 17

There’s been some “advice” coming from some quarters for scientists not to focus on DEI-related funding cuts.

I wholly reject this concept.

Cutting programs designed to reduce science and healthcare disparities is as detrimental to science as anything else, both morally and functionally.

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Lena Kutscher @lenakutscher.bsky.social · May 7

Thanks Mari :)

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Mari Sepp @marisepp.bsky.social · May 7

Big congrats to our longtime collaborators in the Stefan Pfister and @lenakutscher.bsky.social labs — large-scale chromosomal changes as early tumour-initiating events in Group 3/4 medulloblastoma!

Barbara Marte @barbmarte.bsky.social · May 7

new out in Nature www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Oncogene aberrations drive medulloblastoma progression, not initiation - Nature

A large-scale multi-omics analysis reports oncogenic alterations that drive medulloblastoma progression, rather than initiation, and the findings show how single-cell technologies can be used for...

www.nature.com

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Barbara Marte @barbmarte.bsky.social · May 7

new out in Nature www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Oncogene aberrations drive medulloblastoma progression, not initiation - Nature

A large-scale multi-omics analysis reports oncogenic alterations that drive medulloblastoma progression, rather than initiation, and the findings show how single-cell technologies can be used for...

www.nature.com

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the Mountain Goats @themountaingoats.bsky.social · Apr 17

important reminder for people getting into arguments with people who are wrong in my mentions

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Carl T. Bergstrom @carlbergstrom.com · Apr 14

Yes. This is an absolute crisis—and not a subtle one.

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Jacob T. Levy @jacobtlevy.bsky.social · Apr 14

I had been doubtful that we were going to have a "this is the crisis moment" with Trump, as opposed to "everything about this is a destructive catastrophe."

But the Abrego Garcia case is the crisis moment.

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Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center @mskcancercenter.bsky.social · Apr 3

MSK's Dr. Alexandra Joyner is hanging up her lab coat following an illustrious 40-plus-year career. When asked what advice she has for new scientists, she shares: "You have to decide: Why are you going into this career? And then you have to stay true to that." Learn more about her legacy & impact ⬇️

Looking Back, Looking Ahead With MSK Developmental Biologist Alexandra Joyner

Developmental biologist Dr. Alexandra Joyner reflects on her career and talks about the new passions she looks forward to pursuing in retirement.

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Human Technopole @humantechnopole.bsky.social · Apr 1

Deadline extended!

🌟 Join us at the Neurogenomics Conference!

🧠 Dive into cutting-edge research on neurodevelopment, brain evolution, neurodegeneration, and more.

Submit your abstract & register by 14 April 👉 humantechnopole.it/en/trainings...

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