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Leslie B Vosshall PhD @leslievosshall.bsky.social · 1d

Great Job - Great Colleagues - Great Science👍
Help us pick the next generation of @hhmi.org Investigators, Freeman Hrabowski Scholars, Hanna Gray Fellows, Gilliam Fellows
Relocation to DC is required, perfect for academic PIs looking for their next chapter
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Senior Director - Scientific Officer

Primary Work Address: 4000 Jones Bridge Road, Chevy Chase, MD, 20815 Current HHMI Employees, click here to apply via your Workday account. The Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI) advances the disco...

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Anzy Miller @anzymiller.bsky.social · 1d

Are you enthusiastic about stem cell biology and developmental biology and looking to start a PhD in 2026? Funded opportunites now available. Contact for more infomation. Links below! @lovegrovelab.bsky.social @veronicabiga.bsky.social @manchester.ac.uk @ukri.org

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Black Microbiologists Assoc (Black In Micro) @blackinmicro.bsky.social · 11h

#BlackInMicro Week is more than just an event; it's a hub for connection. The need for strong communities like ours has never been more urgent. Donate today to show your support: tinyurl.com/GiveBiM (all links in bio) #BIMWeek2025 #HARMONY

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Virginia Gewin @virginiagewin.bsky.social · 8h

Journalist here

I’m interested in talking to a federal agency scientist who was fired, then rehired. I can keep you anonymous. I’m on Signal ginnyg.04

Reposts are appreciated!

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Black Microbiologists Assoc (Black In Micro) @blackinmicro.bsky.social · 9h

Celebrate #BlackInMicro Week Oct 14-16! This year’s theme, HARMONY, honors collaboration, resilience & shared experiences. Join us to amplify Black scientists, grow careers & community. RSVP: linktr.ee/BlackInMicro. Support: tinyurl.com/GiveBiM (links in bio)

Black in Microbiology Week 2025. Black Microbiologists Association. Central yellow box with patterned design displays the word “HARMONY” in bold black letters. Below, an acrostic poem defines each letter: H – Hope, A – Alliance, R – Resilience, M – Mutual Support, O – Optimism, N – Nurturing, Y – Yielding Progress.

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Giulia Paci @giuliapaci.bsky.social · 15h

Very excited about this project: we believe that 3D anatomical atlases have a huge potential for developmental biology. As a starting point, we made the first ever Drosophila wing disc atlas!

BrainGlobe @brainglobe.info · 22h

BrainGlobe branches out!

New blog outlining our collaborative work with @giuliapaci.bsky.social from @lmcb-ucl.bsky.social to build anatomical atlases for developmental mechanobiology.

brainglobe.info/blog/drosoph...

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Jonathan Pritchard @jkpritch.bsky.social · 4d

I want to try something again at #ASHG25 this year: I'll block some time on Thursday and Friday afternoons to meet with trainees who would be interested to chat on any topic.

I did this last year and it was great to meet a whole bunch of new people, at all career stages!

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Çağrı Çevrim @cagricevrim.bsky.social · 19h

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...

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Kara McKinley @karalmckinley.bsky.social · 19h

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 · 19h

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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Stacey Ogden 🦔 @labogden.bsky.social · 17h

Happy #FluorescenceFriday! This is a maximum intensity projection of depth shaded actin (🌈) in a section from an E9.5 🐭 neural tube (NT). 🔬 by postdoc @christinaadaly.bsky.social 👩‍🔬 🧪 Image shows the floor plate and lumen of the developing NT.

#SciArt #DevBio #DevNeuro

Rainbow shading of a confocal micrograph of a developing mouse neural tube. The protein actin is stained and colored in rainbow to indicate depth in the section.

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Nat Clarke @natclarke.bsky.social · 2d

🚨 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!

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Elisa Zhang, Ph.D. @elisazhang.bsky.social · 1d

Happy to have started as an @hhmi.org Freeman Hrabowski Scholar! Incredibly grateful for this opportunity and am excited for some very cool new directions! We are *HIRING*, especially postdocs! Please reach out if you’re interested in uterine and pregnancy biology. Please repost!

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Dr. Michael D. L. Johnson @copperbae.bsky.social · 1d

I do biomedical research to help people. When people come in this space making things up, it makes it harder for people not in the field to trust the extensive studies that we do and distinguish fact from fiction. Baseless claims reduce future cures. Willful ignorance drives us backwards.

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Tibor Rohacs @rohacstibor.bsky.social · 2d

The Rutgers Brain Health Institute @rutgersbhi.bsky.social is looking for an accomplished scientist to serve as the Director of the new Rutgers Center on Research in Pain and Pain Therapeutics. Feel free re-post and/or reach out to me if you have any questions
jobs.rutgers.edu/postings/225...

Director of Center on Research in Pain and Pain Therapeutics at Rutgers Brain Health Institute

We seek an accomplished scientist, at the Professor or Associate Professor level, to join the Rutgers Brain Health Institute (BHI) and The Rutgers School of Dental Medicine (RSDM) as Director of the n...

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Black Microbiologists Assoc (Black In Micro) @blackinmicro.bsky.social · 1d

Friendly reminder: 🎉 Pre-register today & get ready to join our FREE online celebration. Everyone is welcome. To keep #BlackInMicro alive Donate: tinyurl.com/GiveBiM and Register to attend: linktr.ee/BlackInMicro (see links in bio) #BiMWeek2025

The summarised schedule of Black in Micro Week 2025, October 14-16. All times are in Eastern Standard Time. Mon 14: Pathways for Change. Welcome and Keynote Address 12pm. Marian Johnson-Thompson, PhD. Panel Discussion: Finding Black Spaces in STEM, 1:15-2:15 PM. Weds 15, Careers & Research: ECR Symposium 9-12 PM. Panel discussion: Navigating Careers in Microbiology 2-3 PM. Thurs 16, Community: Panel Discussion - Empowering Your Science 12-1:15 PM. Workshop: Science in Action

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Black Microbiologists Assoc (Black In Micro) @blackinmicro.bsky.social · 1d

We can't wait for Oct 14! Join us for "Pathways for Change" Day. Listen to insightful talks from Dr. Johnson, Camille Smith, Dr. Sobers, Dr. Motley-Johnson & Dr. Jeffers-Francis. Secure your spot: linktr.ee/BlackInMicro. Support the cause: tinyurl.com/GiveBiM (links in bio) #BIM2025

Black in Microbiology Week 2025 Panel: Finding Black Spaces in STEM. Event time: 1:15–2:15 PM EST, Oct. 14, 2025. Speakers: Jabril Johnson, PhD (Morehouse School of Medicine), Camille Smith (STEM Soulcial), Courtney Sobers, PhD (Rutgers University), Evangeline Motley-Johnson, PhD (Meharry Medical College), and Liesl Jeffers-Francis, PhD (North Carolina A&T State University).

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Vijay Ramani @vram142.bsky.social · 1d

Congratulations @karalmckinley.bsky.social & lab on their groundbreaking recent preprint establishing + characterizing a chemically inducible model of menstruation in mouse:

www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

My jaw dropped when I heard this presented earlier this year. Incredible.

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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Prof Gavin Yamey @gavinyamey.bsky.social · 1d

“A study, published on Wednesday in the New England Journal of Medicine, showed that last season’s 2024–2025 mRNA COVID vaccines reduced people’s risk of emergency department visits by 29%, their risk of hospitalizations by 39% & their risk of death by 64%”

Benefits were seen even if 0 risk factors

Soren Larsen (SEGL) @sorenlarsen.bsky.social · 1d

Annual COVID Vaccines Protect People against Severe Disease, Even with Prior Immunity

"The new research also “calls into question the idea that younger individuals and those without risk factors don’t need the vaccine,” Viswanathan says."

Annual COVID Vaccines Save Lives, New Study Shows

A new study shows that receiving an updated COVID vaccine reduced people’s risk of severe disease and death in all age groups, regardless of immunity from prior infection or vaccination

www.scientificamerican.com

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Nicholas Gibson @njsgibson.bsky.social · 2d

Grants available for department and institution leaders at U.S. institutions who are willing to reimagine hiring, promotion, and tenure practices in ways that reward open science, team science, and diverse contributions to knowledge. Deadline January 8, 2026. www.ma3challenge.org

Modernizing Academic Appointment & Advancement

www.ma3challenge.org

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Mychal Threets @mychal3ts.bsky.social · 6d

Reading Rainbow emphasis is encouraging kids to read. The focus is not on teaching them to read. The mission is reading should be fun!

We are all readers, worthy of literacy. LeVar Burton said “but you don’t have to take my word for it” because he wanted us to look to the books. That’s the beauty 💚

The Author Village @theauthorvillage.bsky.social · 6d

Reading Rainbow Is Back With a New Host -- @mychal3ts.bsky.social -- And The Same Mission

www.nytimes.com/2025/10/04/s...

‘Reading Rainbow’ Comes Back With a New Host, but the Same Mission

www.nytimes.com

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DrLachie @drlachie.bsky.social · 3d

Hey microscopists! On behalf of @ausbias.org I'd like to invite you to fill in our inaugural survey of how you perform and interface with bioimage analysis in your work! Help shape our society, and help us understand how we can best serve the wider microscopy community! ausbias.org/survey-2025/

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André Nadler @nadlerlab.bsky.social · 1d

Lipid imaging on the cover of @nature.com! Great times for lipid cell biology indeed. And a fantastic recognition of all the hard work by the team, especially Juan M. Iglesias-Artola and Kristin Böhlig (who made the cover). Link to article: www.nature.com/articles/s41...

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Arnau Sebé-Pedrós @arnausebe.bsky.social · 2d

A thoughtful and beautifully written @quantamagazine.bsky.social article about genome regulatory innovation at the origin of animals. Featuring some of our work and highlighting key open questions. Thanks to @philipcball.bsky.social for this fantastic piece.

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

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Luis Cedeño-Rosario, PhD @luisci22.bsky.social · 2d

Are you attending SACNAS NDiSTEM 2025!? Don't miss this awesome session about "How to Identify the Right Mentor for You" hosted by @greisha-ortiz.bsky.social @neuro-explorer-lc.bsky.social @luisci22.bsky.social and @joele-r.bsky.social. #NDiSTEM2025 #SACNAS #STEMResearch #PLI @sacnas.bsky.social 🧪🔬🥼

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Dr. Sedona Murphy @sedonamurphy.bsky.social · 2d

If you’re interested in exploring the relationship between chromatin organization and epigenetic memory using chromatin tracing microscopy, my group is recruiting a talented PhD student 🥳

Max Planck Institute for Molecular Genetics @molgen.mpg.de · 2d

🚨 Please share! We are seeking motivated PhD students who wish to work at the intersection of molecular life sciences and computational sciences.
#IMPRS #IMPRSBAC @freieuniversitaet.bsky.social @maxplanck.de
Check out our projects and apply by Jan 7th, 2026!
www.molgen.mpg.de/IMPRSPhDproj...

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