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Dan Grimes

@dangrimes.bsky.social

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Biologist asking how the embryo makes the heart and gut asymmetric but keeps the spine and limbs symmetric. Arsenal fan. Human disease | Scoliosis | Zebrafish | Cilia | DevBio | EvoDevo Professor @ University of Oregon — https://www.grimes-lab.com

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Dan Grimes @dangrimes.bsky.social · Feb 7

I walked past a group of students running a stall to raise awareness about library closures and ways to support libraries. Mixed emotions. Sad that they have to fight for this, but deeply inspired by their passion.

Dan Grimes @dangrimes.bsky.social · Jan 21

As a big soccer fan, I'm so glad to see so many soccer subreddits calling for a stop to linking 'news' from that other place.

Dan Grimes @dangrimes.bsky.social · Jan 21

Still time to apply for @uoregon.bsky.social Summer Program for Undergraduate Research — a paid 10-week research opportunity this summer for undergrads in the life sciences.

Details in the flyer below.

Please share.

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Nathalie Jurisch-Yaksi @nathaliejuya.bsky.social · Jan 17

Have you ever wondered what role motile #cilia and cerebrospinal fluid (#CSF) play in brain development and physiology? If yes, please check out our latest article now published in Cell Reports and spearheaded by the newly minted Dr D'Gama www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Motile cilia modulate neuronal and astroglial activity in the zebrafish larval brain

The brain uses a specialized system to transport cerebrospinal fluid (CSF), consisting of interconnected ventricles lined by motile ciliated ependymal…

www.sciencedirect.com

Dan Grimes @dangrimes.bsky.social · Jan 3

Today, I saw daybreak twice.

On a short flight I saw the sun come up; a beautiful orange sky.

Then we descended and the sun disappeared. The stars came back out.

I was at the gate waiting for my next flight when I saw daybreak number 2.

I guess the earth really is round!

Dan Grimes @dangrimes.bsky.social · Dec 10

To end on a high note, here's an anti-homophobia campaign that Arsenal players did several years back that I always found funny. (6/6) 🌈

www.youtube.com/watch?v=hXtu...

Arsenal stars join anti-homophobia campaign

YouTube video by The Star Isnap

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Dan Grimes @dangrimes.bsky.social · Dec 10

You can't avoid politics in football, you just have to decide which side you're on. (5/6)

Dan Grimes @dangrimes.bsky.social · Dec 10

If we keep anti-homophobia campaigns out of football, we're not staying neutral. We're allowing homophobia to thrive in football spaces. That is also a political choice, by the way. (4/6)

Dan Grimes @dangrimes.bsky.social · Dec 10

Saying "football shouldn't be political" when it comes to homophobia is just saying "I'm fine with the politics I like but not the ones I don't". (3/6)

Dan Grimes @dangrimes.bsky.social · Dec 10

Football is, and always has been, political. Players wear poppies on Remembrance Day, fans sing national anthems before international games, there are anti-racism campaigns and silent moments after deaths and tragedies and their anniversaries. These are all political acts. (2/6)

Dan Grimes @dangrimes.bsky.social · Dec 10

I'm a soccer fan (Arsenal). Recently, the Premier League ran an anti-homophobia campaign where captains wore rainbow armbands. Some refused or altered the message. A common response from fans has been "keep politics out of football [soccer]". Let's unpack why this isn't a serious argument. (1/6)

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Michal Caspi Tal, PhD @immunofever.bsky.social · Dec 3

There is a human tissue that builds itself up and breaks itself down every 28 days (on average) using non-scarring wound healing and instead of studying that and learning everything we can about it we think it's gross and look for other less relevant models to understand wound healing.

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Paulina Arancibia @pauliarancibia.bsky.social · Nov 30

I created this stater pack with women in ecology and evolution.
If you want to be added you can comment or DM me, but also please suggest the names of those I am missing 🧪🌎🌐

go.bsky.app/8jFH7cS

Dan Grimes @dangrimes.bsky.social · Nov 27

Shark embryology, Wnt signaling, left-right brain asymmetry.

There's a lot to enjoy in this new paper. Congratulations to the authors.

www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Analysis of a shark reveals ancient, Wnt-dependent, habenular asymmetries in vertebrates - Nature Communications

The evolutionary origin of habenular asymmetries is elusive. Here they show morphological and molecular conservations indicative of an ancient origin in vertebrates and identify Wnt signaling as a cor...

Dan Grimes @dangrimes.bsky.social · Nov 27

A pixel of resolutionists

Dan Grimes @dangrimes.bsky.social · Nov 26

I would love to read this as I teach EvoDevo, but my institution does not have access. Any chance you could DM me a PDF?

Dan Grimes @dangrimes.bsky.social · Nov 24

Thanks for putting these together. Any chance you can include me if there's space?

Dan Grimes @dangrimes.bsky.social · Nov 24

Is there any space for me? My lab works on spine morphogenesis in zebrafish.

Dan Grimes @dangrimes.bsky.social · Nov 24

Would you mind adding me? I work on bone in the context of scoliosis and would love to connect more with others interested in orthopedics.

Dan Grimes @dangrimes.bsky.social · Nov 24

I was a regular at Hassan's years ago. Glad to hear they're still going.

Dan Grimes @dangrimes.bsky.social · Nov 23

Good to know, thanks!

Dan Grimes @dangrimes.bsky.social · Nov 22

For #FluorescenceFriday, here's the spinal canal of a zebrafish embryo filled with #cilia (cyan).

Dan Grimes @dangrimes.bsky.social · Nov 22

"The overriding ambition (of Biology research) should be to capture meaning, rather than simply catalogue complexity"

— from Paul Nurse's charming book What is Life?

Dan Grimes @dangrimes.bsky.social · Nov 21

Scoliosis is a common condition in which the spine curves to the side and rotates, often onsetting during adolescence.

In our lab, we generate zebrafish with scoliosis-like spinal curves to try to understand the causes of this disease.

Dan Grimes @dangrimes.bsky.social · Nov 20

I always liked this quote in defense of basic science:

"To feed applied science by starving basic science is like economizing on the foundations of a building so that it may be built higher. It is only a matter of time before the whole edifice crumbles".

— George Porter