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the Node @the-node.bsky.social · 15h

Catch up on Development presents… webinar on gut development

Check out the talks of Surojit Sural @surojitsural.bsky.social & Swarnabh Bhattacharya @iamzico.bsky.social

Also, register for our upcoming #DevPres on 15 October: us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

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Catch up on Development presents… webinar on gut development - the Node

Our September webinar featured three early-career researchers working on gut development. Here, we share the talks from Surojit Sural (Columbia University) and Swarnabh Bhattacharya (Dana-Farber Cance...

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Laura Helmuth @laurahelmuth.bsky.social · 15h

Six of the nine Nobel Prize winners this year work in the U.S.
Three of the six were born outside the U.S., which is the pattern most years. No country has benefited more from welcoming immigrants from around the world.
www.nobelprize.org

The official website of the Nobel Prize - NobelPrize.org

The Nobel Prize rewards science, humanism and peace efforts. This is one of the central concepts in the will of Alfred Nobel, and it also permeates the outreach activities that have been developed for...

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Gautam Dey @gautamdey.bsky.social · 4d

If you’re applying to your dream lab for an internship/PhD/postdoc, always send a second email 1-2 weeks after the first one if you don’t hear back.

I promise we will be grateful rather than annoyed. My email inbox is a disaster and I’m quite junior - and very few of us have secretarial support

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Katherine Brown @katherine-brown.bsky.social · 1d

Very saddened to hear of John Gurdon’s passing. I’ve been lucky enough to interact with him at multiple points through my career - from undergrad lectures, through his position as former Chair of @biologists.bsky.social’s Board of Directors, and as an author at @dev-journal.bsky.social.

Nobel Laureate Professor Sir John Gurdon dies aged 92

It is with great sadness that the University shares the news of the death of Professor Sir John Gurdon, founder of the Gurdon Institute.

www.cam.ac.uk

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James Briscoe @jamesbriscoe.bsky.social · 1d

Very sad news, John Gurdon has died.

A developmental biologist's developmental biologist, Nobel prize winner

His work is the foundation of much of today's dev & stem cell bio.

An inspiration to many, including me. Always asking questions & wanting the answers

www.magd.cam.ac.uk/news/profess...

Professor Sir John Gurdon FRS (1933-2025) | Magdalene College

Magdalene College is deeply saddened to announce the death of Professor Sir John Gurdon FRS, who served as Master of the College from 1995 to 2002.

www.magd.cam.ac.uk

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Retraction Watch @retractionwatch.com · 2d

Several organizations are now putting more than $1 million toward reimagining hiring, promotion and tenure at U.S. universities.

$1.5 million program targets changes to academic incentives

The incentive systems that drive academic research underlie nearly every story we write: publication counts for promotion, pressure to produce positive results, hitting certain metrics, and so on. …

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Alexis Verger 🧬🧫🧪 @alexis-verger.cpesr.fr · 2d

Until this morning, Mary E. Brunkow, winner of the 2025 Nobel Prize in Physiology/Medicine #Nobelprize , had no wikipedia page.

She now has one, thanks to the contributors. 👍☺️👏

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary_E....

Mary E. Brunkow - Wikipedia

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Adrian Liston @labliston.bsky.social · 2d

A small primer on the #NobelPrize awarded to Mary E. Brunkow, Fred Ramsdell and Shimon Sakaguchi today. This prize was for combining two separate fields of immunology research - genetic research on IPEX and immunology research of regulatory T cells (#Tregs), with enormous impact on biology/medicine

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James Briscoe @jamesbriscoe.bsky.social · 2d

This year's Crick @crick.ac.uk PhD programme is open for applications

- £27,715 tax-free student stipend per year for 4 years
- Tuition fees paid
- Student visa fee & health surcharges covered

Deadline 5 Nov

We have a project available. For all the details visit:

www.crick.ac.uk/careers-stud...

Briscoe Lab | Cellular Dynamics and Pattern Formation in Vertebrate Development

www.crick.ac.uk

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Theresa Kim, PhD, MS @tyk314.net · 3d

1. Take this seriously. Here is how you do it. Take a screenshot of the #HatchAct violation, whether it's on LinkedIn or other social media or on the actual US Government website. When you file your complaint, provide your personal contact information. If you're a furloughed fed, you're off-duty.

Theresa Kim, PhD, MS @tyk314.net · 4d

OSC tells us how to file a #HatchAct complaint. Nearly all federal sites are in violation. Do not accept this as normal. #FEDSTRONG
osc.gov/Services/Pag...

How to File a Hatch Act Complaint

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The Company of Biologists @biologists.bsky.social · 6d

We are highlighting Cathy Jackson, @biologyopen.bsky.social Deputy Editor and an Editorial Advisory Board member at @jcellsci.bsky.social, as an extraordinary biologist this week. #100biologists @ijmonod.bsky.social

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Jeremy Berg @jeremymberg.bsky.social · 7d

The fiscal year is over.

So how was the NIH appropriation committed?

A long thread with institute by institute results about where the money went.

a white cat is sitting on a box with the words where written on it .

ALT: a white cat is sitting on a box with the words where written on it .

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ProPublica @propublica.org · 7d

Federal workers and contractors: We understand the difficult situations you may be weighing as you decide whether to reach out. All of our reporters take source privacy very seriously.

If you have information you can share with us, here's how to get in touch 👇

Do You Work For the Federal Government? ProPublica Wants To Hear From You.

We’re doubling down on our coverage of government agencies and federal policy. With your help, we can dig deeper.

www.propublica.org

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Maureen Barr @barrlab.bsky.social · 8d

Worm peeps: nominate a newly minted PhD for the Sydney Brenner Thesis Award! #celegans

Genetics Society of America @genetics-gsa.bsky.social · 8d

📢 Deadline extended! Apply by Oct 3 for the 2025 Sydney Brenner Thesis Award—honoring outstanding theses in nematode biology (defended Oct 1, 2024–Sept 30, 2025).
Send in your nomination today! 🔗:

2025 Brenner Award Nomination

This nomination form is for the 2025 Brenner Award Nomination. Due: September 30th, 2025. Please do not include any information besides what is asked as a formal nominee form and recommendation…

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Dave Blake @blakestah.bsky.social · 8d

Once again, a shutdown appears likely after today 9/30.

Please get anything you need from ERA Commons and any communications you may need from SROs and POS.

Down the rabbit hole we go….

Dave Blake @blakestah.bsky.social · 16d

For the scientists out there, please download anything you may need from ERA Commons before Oct 1. If there is a shutdown, it will go dark. SROs and POs will likely not respond to your emails, also, and study sections will not meet.

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the Node @the-node.bsky.social · 8d

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...

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Jeremy Berg @jeremymberg.bsky.social · 9d

The fiscal year ends tomorrow.

Here are results from NIH Reporter downloaded an hour ago.

The total amount of funding committed for FY2025 at this point is 99.0% of that for FY2024. The same difference could be due to a variety of technical factors.

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$A graph showing the fraction of annual grant funding committed for NIH for fiscal years 2015 to 2025. The fiscal year 2025 lagged behind but then caught up over the last two months.$

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MwahahahahahadScientist @mads100tist.bsky.social · 8d

It's online! In this series of perspectives @dev-journal.bsky.social, yours truly talks about the exciting open questions and many things to do in the field of dev bio and neuroscience #DevBio🧪 #PIsOfTomorrow journals.biologists.com/dev/article/...

Pathway to Independence: a forecast for the future of developmental biology

ABSTRACT. In 2022, Development launched its Pathway to Independence (PI) programme, aimed at supporting postdocs as they transition to their first independent position. In 2025, we welcome our third c...

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Bethan Clark @bethanclark.bsky.social · 8d

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.

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The Company of Biologists @biologists.bsky.social · 10d

Calling early-career developmental biologists!

Apply for a funded place at our #Workshop, Novelty, Co-option and Divergence During Gene Network Evolution.

Application deadline: 5 December

www.biologists.com/workshops/ju...

#DevBio #BiologistsWorkshops #Collaboration #Networking

Workshop: Novelty, Co-option and Divergence During Gene Network Evolution. Organisers: James Hombría and Antónia Monteiro. 14-17 June 2026, Buxted Park, East Sussex, UK. Early-career researchers apply for funded places.

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Don House @donniemarvelous.bsky.social · 9d

David Cross folks.

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Tim Nicholson @timnicholson.bsky.social · 10d

📣Attention all genetics & neurodevelopmental disorders experts!

A politically appointed GI surgeon has had a quick think about it & concluded all your work showing strong genetic contributions to ASD is wrong🤦‍♂️

If only he’d thought about this earlier he could have prevented you wasting your time…

Kevin Mitchell @wiringthebrain.bsky.social · 10d

This fucking guy... 😡 www.scrippsnews.com/health/fda-c... - willful ignorance from the head of the FDA. I despair...

FDA Commissioner Dr. Marty Makary tells Scripps News 'I don't think autism is genetic'

FDA Commissioner Marty Makary said Friday he and the agency believe recent rates of severe autism may be due to autoimmune factors, not genetics.

www.scrippsnews.com

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Chris Marcum 📖 @csmarcum.sciences.social.ap.brid.gy · 12d

AAAS and the Science Magazine family of journals have responded to The National Institutes of Health APC RFI:
https://www.aaas.org/news/response-nih-public-access-policy

Response on NIH public access policy | American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

www.aaas.org

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Daniel Gorelick @danielgorelick.bsky.social · 11d

Don’t congratulate me 😂Submit to Biology Open & experience fast & fair peer review for yourself

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Dr. Kat Napaaqtuk❄️ @napaaqtuk.bsky.social · 11d

Comment period ends on Monday for a proposed rule change that would terminate student visas after 4 years. It also puts limits on exchange visitors and reps of foreign media, and shortens the length of time at the end of the visa from 60 days to 30 days.

www.federalregister.gov/documents/20...

Establishing a Fixed Time Period of Admission and an Extension of Stay Procedure for Nonimmigrant Academic Students, Exchange Visitors, and Representatives of Foreign Information Media

Unlike most nonimmigrant classifications, which are admitted for a fixed time period, aliens in the F (academic student), J (exchange visitor), and most I (representatives of foreign information media...

www.federalregister.gov

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