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Nicole Edwards
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Incoming Assistant Professor at University of Michigan. Developmental biologist using embryology, genetics, and imaging to discover how our organs form. She/her/hers.
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jbwallingford.bsky.social
Calling all postdocs! Applications are open for Dept. of Molecular Biosciences 3rd Trailblazers Postdoctoral Symposium @utaustin.bsky.social. Come to Austin, meet your peers, showcase your work. Application is easy and all expenses are paid! Spread the word!

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December 10, 2025 at 6:27 PM
nicoleedwds.bsky.social
A nice write up of my experience with @socdevbio.bsky.social GetHired! workshop, which I highly recommend for any postdoc on the job market! www.sdbonline.org/resource?Res...
Society for Developmental Biology | Resource
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December 10, 2025 at 2:14 PM
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dev-journal.bsky.social
Apply for our Pathway to Independence (PI) programme, supporting postdocs in #devbio and #stemcell research during the transition to their first group leader position: www.biologists.com/grants/devel...

Application deadline: 2 February 2026.
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December 2, 2025 at 2:53 PM
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igrrrl.bsky.social
Things I currently think you should be considering in your proposals. Although this thread will be NIH-centric, my guess is that some of this applies to NSF, etc. Much is synthesized from public information. Much of this is what we've advised all along, just with, um, more emphasis.

Here we go:
November 25, 2025 at 3:27 PM
Reposted by Nicole Edwards
vgzt2021.bsky.social
Join us next week for another exciting VGZT session!

🗓️ Thursday, November 6th
⏰ 9:30 PDT / 12:30 EDT / 16:30 UTC / 17:30 BST / 18:30 CET

Our speakers are

👉 David Oriola (@davidoriola.bsky.social)
👉 Nicole Edwards (@nicoleedwds.bsky.social)

See you then! 👋
October 30, 2025 at 2:50 PM
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rogerslabucd.bsky.social
Our department @ucdavisvetmed.bsky.social @ucdavis.bsky.social is hiring! We welcome research that diversifies or complements existing strengths in gastrointestinal, neuroimmune, musculoskeletal, cardiorespiratory
systems and/or developmental biology. @socdevbio.bsky.social @ascbiology.bsky.social
Faculty Position in Anatomy, Physiology & Cell Biology We are seeking an outstanding integrative physiologist (broadly defined) for the position of Assistant Professor (tenure track) to join our faculty in the Department of Anatomy, Physiology, and Cell Biology in the School of Veterinary Medicine (SVM), UC Davis. Our department is a highly integrated group of faculty studying molecular, cellular, physiological, and pathophysiological mechanisms of health and disease. The candidate should have an active research program that focuses on interdisciplinary physiology research using state-of- the-art approaches. We welcome research which diversifies our expertise, and/or that which complements existing strengths in gastrointestinal, neuroimmune, musculoskeletal, cardiorespiratory systems as well as developmental biology. Candidates are expected to expand access to education and provide opportunities in research for students, trainees, and the community across various life and professional experiences. • Candidates must possess a PhD and postdoctoral experience in physiology or a related field. • Aptitude/experience in teaching broad-based physiology or functional anatomy to professional or graduate students. • Experience with grant writing. • Excellent interpersonal and communication skills, and a demonstrated ability to work cooperatively and collegially within a diverse community. Sunrise at UC Davis School of Veterinary Medicine Sunrise in Davis CA
October 22, 2025 at 10:44 PM
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xenbase.bsky.social
Xenopus Conference 2025 - Check out the video of the 20th International Xenopus Conference held at the Univeristy of Portsmouth August 17-21st, 2025. www.youtube.com/watch?v=plxx... #science #devbio #xenopus #frogs
Xenopus Conference 2025
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October 16, 2025 at 7:49 PM
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mads100tist.bsky.social
This is the equivalent of Jesus on a toast for developmental biologists 🧪
A dark stain on a bow with the shape on some sort of embryo. You can see a head, the trunk, limb buds
September 16, 2025 at 3:00 PM
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biorxiv-devbio.bsky.social
A mechanical origin for implantation defects in embryos from aged females https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.09.29.679218v1
October 1, 2025 at 5:31 PM
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katecavanaugh.bsky.social
See this? This = implanting mouse embryo. Usually this happens inside its mother and is invisible to us, but we can actually watch implantation ex vivo with the hope of understanding why implantation goes awry in embryos of older women. A 🧵...
October 1, 2025 at 6:21 PM
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bethanclark.bsky.social
I wrote something on developmental biology and disability and put it up on the node last night:

thenode.biologists.com/developmenta...

I've been nervous to share because some of it veers a bit personal but they are thoughts that won't stay quiet. Would love to know what people think about it!
Developmental Biology and Disability - the Node
Hopeful monsters. Morphospace. Mutation. Natural variation. Mutagenesis screens. Polymorphism. Deformity. Phenotype. Disease. Adaptation. Anomaly.
thenode.biologists.com
September 30, 2025 at 9:38 AM
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sameerthukral.bsky.social
Happy to have shared my first post on The Node, on how hidden power dynamics may prevent creative science from blooming.
@the-node.bsky.social
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The Invisible Cost: How Power Dynamics May Undermine Respect in Academic Labs - the Node
I'm a big fan of podcasts, and one of my favorites is Tim Harford's "Cautionary Tales." It tells true stories about disasters and what we can learn from
thenode.biologists.com
September 25, 2025 at 4:48 AM
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@zhoulabfrogs.bsky.social explaining the power of Xenopus as a model system for studying genome size at #MWSDB25 @frogwranglers.bsky.social
Dr Zhou presenting a slide showing how the frog model Xenopus is an excellent developmental model system for research
September 21, 2025 at 2:34 PM
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An important reminder from @thelovelylab.bsky.social after an amazing talk at #MWSDB25
Dr Lovely presenting a slide with a picture of a humorous sign advising “warning: alcohol impairs judgement” with a person kissing a fish underwater
September 21, 2025 at 2:30 PM
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The #MWSDB25 tour of the Nikon Center of Excellence at Cincinnati Children’s Research Foundation ✨
Conference participants on a tour of a microscopy facility Image of a fluorescent mouse brain on an imaging computer
September 20, 2025 at 5:11 PM
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krothphd.bsky.social
I’ve been really enjoying the #MWSDB25 meeting so far! Great people and science. I can’t wait to give my talk this afternoon and hopefully come away with new ideas and collaborators. I’m so grateful to the organizers for the invitation!
September 20, 2025 at 3:04 PM
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bailweatherbee.bsky.social
Going strong on day 2 of Midwest SDB #MWSDB25 @socdevbio.bsky.social @cincyresearch.bsky.social
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September 20, 2025 at 3:09 PM
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uoftcellsysbiol.bsky.social
The Department of Cell & Systems Biology at University of Toronto invites applications for a full-time tenure stream position in the field of Animal Morphogenesis.
#CellBiology #DevelopmentalBiology #mechanobiology #TissueMorphogenesis
#SystemsBiology

jobs.utoronto.ca/job/Toronto-...
Assistant Professor - Animal Morphogenesis
Assistant Professor - Animal Morphogenesis
jobs.utoronto.ca
September 19, 2025 at 9:21 PM
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bailweatherbee.bsky.social
Kicking it off at #MWSDB25 with a keynote from Paul Trainor @aussiebiologist.bsky.social!

@socdevbio.bsky.social @cincyresearch.bsky.social
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September 19, 2025 at 9:04 PM
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binturong98.bsky.social
Presenting a flash talk as a primer for my poster at the 2025 Midwest SDB Regional Meeting #MWSDB25 tomorrow 9/20/25 @5:45PM!!
I will chat about my and @shubhamtr.bsky.social’s work on the mechanisms underlying the immense eye diversity of arthropods 👀
September 19, 2025 at 5:42 PM
nicoleedwds.bsky.social
Kicking off the #MWSDB25 with the history of Developmental Biology in Cincinnati @socdevbio.bsky.social
Presentation at the Midwest SDB meeting describing the historical achievements in developmental biology in Cincinnati
September 19, 2025 at 8:42 PM
nicoleedwds.bsky.social
The Midwest SDB starts today! Local volunteers will be working hard to answer everyone’s questions and provide directions. Looking forward to seeing everyone! @socdevbio.bsky.social #MWSDB25
Poster for the Midwest SDB meeting (2025) in Cincinnati
September 19, 2025 at 4:31 PM
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dev-journal.bsky.social
In honour of Postdoc Appreciation Week, here are three ways we support postdocs:
1. Since 2023, we’ve supported 24 postdocs as they transition to becoming a group leader through our Pathway to Independence programme. Meet our latest fellows: journals.biologists.com/dev/pages/pi... #NPAW2025
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September 15, 2025 at 4:01 PM
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cellmorphosero.bsky.social
What are your "good hands" training tips? @baym.lol and others?
- Slow down
- Pay attention
- Visualise doing the whole protocol. What do you need to have labelled when? Where are you standing? What are you doing during the incubation? Etc.
- Start new methods with 2-3 small low-stakes experiments.
baym.lol Michael Baym @baym.lol · Sep 1
Every few months the "good lab hands" thing comes up and it misses a key point: you can learn to have good hands. Training matters.

Good hands aren't some magic gift from the PCR gods, you have to develop them through directed repetitive practice, like any other skill
September 2, 2025 at 6:24 AM
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labogden.bsky.social
Are you interested in understanding how cells communicate during development?

We are now accepting applications for a Senior Scientist in my group at St. Jude Children's Research Hospital!

Please ✅ out the link below.

Reposts appreciated! 🧪 👩‍🔬 🔬

stjude.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/stjude/job/M...
Senior Scientist- Ogden Lab
The Ogden lab's current efforts are aimed at understanding how cells exchange signals through specialized filopodia to drive tissue morphogenesis in the developing nervous and cardiopulmonary systems....
stjude.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com
August 25, 2025 at 8:17 PM