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Fantauzzo Lab

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We study receptor tyrosine kinase signaling in mammalian craniofacial development at the University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus. fantauzzolab.org

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Fantauzzo Lab @fantauzzolab.bsky.social · 20d

So excited to be serving as Guest Editor for a special issue in @devbiol.bsky.social on receptor tyrosine kinase signaling in development. Please consider contributing!

Developmental Biology @devbiol.bsky.social · 21d

CALL FOR PAPERS! 🧪

DB Special Issue highlights new insights into receptor tyrosine kinase signaling during development, with a focus on cell-cell interactions & signal transduction in the regulation of cell growth and division, differentiation & morphogenesis.

Submit here: tinyurl.com/RTKDevBio

Image showing a CALL FOR PAPERS for a special issue of Developmental Biology on "Receptor Tyrosine Kinase signaling in Development".

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Fantauzzo Lab @fantauzzolab.bsky.social · 7d

Half of the lab attended #SCGDB2025 and had a great time! @ecbrooks96.bsky.social

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Fantauzzo Lab @fantauzzolab.bsky.social · 7d

It was an honor and a pleasure serving as @scgdb.bsky.social Secretary the past two years!

SCGDB @scgdb.bsky.social · 7d

Thank you to outgoing SCGDB Executive Committee member Dr. Katherine Fantauzzo @fantauzzolab.bsky.social (Secretary) for all of your hard work!

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SCGDB @scgdb.bsky.social · 8d

We kicked off #SCGDB2025 with exciting award talks from Dr. Timothy Cox @craniofacialprof.bsky.social and Dr. Jennifer
Fish, pictured here with SCGDB President Dr. Matthew Harris @fish4walking.bsky.social and local meeting host Dr. Kristin Artinger @artingerlab.bsky.social.

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Fantauzzo Lab @fantauzzolab.bsky.social · 20d

So excited to be serving as Guest Editor for a special issue in @devbiol.bsky.social on receptor tyrosine kinase signaling in development. Please consider contributing!

Developmental Biology @devbiol.bsky.social · 21d

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Fantauzzo Lab @fantauzzolab.bsky.social · 21d

Happy National Postdoc Appreciation Week to Dr. Maria Campaña and @ecbrooks96.bsky.social! Very much appreciate the expertise, curiosity and collegiality that they bring to our lab.

Fantauzzo Lab @fantauzzolab.bsky.social · 29d

Congratulations to Erin Binne, who won the Outstanding Laboratory Research Service Professionals Award through the CU Anschutz School of Dental Medicine!

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SCGDB @scgdb.bsky.social · Sep 2

This Sunday, September 7th is the registration deadline and the due date for abstracts to be considered for a poster presentation at the SCGDB annual meeting this month in Minneapolis. More information and program highlights available at scgdb.org.

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SCGDB @scgdb.bsky.social · Aug 18

Abstracts are due by Monday, August 25th to be considered for a short talk at the SCGDB annual meeting this September in Minneapolis. More information and program highlights available at scgdb.org.

Fantauzzo Lab @fantauzzolab.bsky.social · Aug 17

"Mentorship and acts of kindness" by Brandon S. Gout: academic.oup.com/genetics/art...

Mentorship and acts of kindness

Abstract. As the inaugural recipient of the Genetics Society of America Mentorship Award, Gaut is being recognized for the mentorship of PhD students and p

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Karen J Liu @karenjliu.bsky.social · Aug 5

Dev biologists! 3-yr postdoc position at King's, collaboration with Trizzino lab @marcotrizzino.bsky.social modelling CHD3 neural crest. We are looking for postdocs with mad embryology skills @the-node.bsky.social #developmental @ccrb27.bsky.social

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Postdoctoral Research Associate: Modelling Neural Crest Anomalies (mouse/human) - the Node

The Liu lab is looking for a postdoc with a love of embryos and developmental biology! This post is part of an MRC-funded collaboration between Karen Liu’s lab at King’s College London and Marco Trizz...

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Fantauzzo Lab @fantauzzolab.bsky.social · Aug 1

Eighth annual Fantauzzo lab hike, this year at Silver Dollar Lake Trail, followed by lunch at Westbound & Down in Idaho Springs. Another beautiful Colorado day!

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CU Craniofacial Bio @cu-cfb.bsky.social · Jul 29

We are currently seeking to hire a new faculty member at the rank of Associate Professor or Professor to join our collegial, research-intensive Department. Job posting: cu.taleo.net/careersectio...

Open Rank- Associate Professor, Professor

Click the link provided to see the complete job description.

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SCGDB @scgdb.bsky.social · Jul 23

Congratulations to Dr. Jennifer Fish on the SCGDB 2025 Marylou Buyse Distinguished Scientist in Craniofacial Research Award! Sponsored by Developmental Dynamics @devdynamics.bsky.social. Don't miss her award presentation - register for the annual meeting by September 7th.

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SCGDB @scgdb.bsky.social · Jul 23

Congratulations to Dr. Timothy Cox @craniofacialprof.bsky.social on the SCGDB 2025 David Bixler Distinguished Scientist in Craniofacial Research Award! Sponsored by Developmental Dynamics @devdynamics.bsky.social. Don't miss his award presentation - register for the annual meeting by September 7th.

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SCGDB @scgdb.bsky.social · Jul 21

Registration and abstract submission are open for the SCGDB annual meeting in Minneapolis! Deadlines: 8/25 abstract for short talk, 9/7 abstract for poster, 9/7 registration. More information at scgdb.org.

Fantauzzo Lab @fantauzzolab.bsky.social · Jul 3

Congratulations, Brady Lab! 🎉

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Differentiation Journal @diffjournal.bsky.social · Jun 23

Join the editors-in-chief of Differentiation on July 11 at 1:30 p.m. Central for a virtual seminar with Julie Siegenthaler on retinoic acid signaling in retina endothelial cells and early angiogenesis. 👁️🔬💉 Register for free: www.isdifferentiation.org/Events/Semin...

Biological Differentiation Across the Scales—July 11, 2025, at 1:30 p.m. Central—Retinoic acid signaliing in mouse retina endothelial cells is required for early angiogenic growth—Register Now!

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Fantauzzo Lab @fantauzzolab.bsky.social · Jun 20

One last #Fluorescence Friday from the Mouse Development, Stem Cells & Cancer course @cshlcourses.bsky.social. E14.5 coronal brain section stained with Sox9 (green), laminin (yellow), neurofilament (magenta) antibodies plus DAPI (blue). Image taken by student Ricardo Albanus using Nikon AX R.

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Fantauzzo Lab @fantauzzolab.bsky.social · Jun 20

More #Fluorescence Friday from the Mouse Development, Stem Cells & Cancer course @cshlcourses.bsky.social! E9.5 labeled with Shh (magenta), Sox9 (yellow), DAPI (cyan) using @hcrimaging.bsky.social. Image taken by student Roberta Fiorino using Nikon AX R with @oxfordinstruments.bsky.social Imaris.

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Fantauzzo Lab @fantauzzolab.bsky.social · Jun 20

Happy #Fluorescence Friday from the @cshlaboratory.bsky.social Mouse Development, Stem Cells & Cancer course @cshlcourses.bsky.social! First up: E13.5 MEFs stained with phalloidin (magenta) and DAPI (green). Image taken by student @debojitsaha.bsky.social using Agilent BioTek Lionheart FX.

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Fantauzzo Lab @fantauzzolab.bsky.social · Jun 4

The Mouse Development, Stem Cells & Cancer CSHL course @cshlcourses.bsky.social is underway! This crew of TAs and Instructors did a great job of getting everything up and running. Looking forward to a fun three weeks of science and networking!

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Fantauzzo Lab @fantauzzolab.bsky.social · May 22

Congratulations to postdoctoral fellow @ecbrooks96.bsky.social who won a poster award and @molbcu.bsky.social graduate student Cassie Minne who received honorable mention at the 4th annual Rocky Mountain RNA Symposium held today at @cuanschutz.bsky.social!

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Fantauzzo Lab @fantauzzolab.bsky.social · May 22

Delighted to share our updated work, led by postdoctoral fellow Dr. Maria Campaña, published in @natcomms.nature.com: rdcu.be/em66g, PDGFRalpha/beta heterodimer activation negatively affects downstream ERK1/2 signaling and cellular proliferation

PDGFRα/β heterodimer activation negatively affects downstream ERK1/2 signaling and cellular proliferation

Nature Communications - Here they show that heterodimerization of the receptor tyrosine kinases PDGFRa and PDGFRb negatively affects downstream ERK1/2 signaling and cellular proliferation, due in...

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CU Craniofacial Bio @cu-cfb.bsky.social · Apr 25

Join us on Friday, May 16th for a symposium honoring the scientific career of our colleague Dr. Mary Reyland.

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Heide Ford Lab @heidefordlab.bsky.social · Mar 20

Was very excited to host Senator Hickenlooper in my lab this past week, as well as be involved in a panel discussion around the important of federal funding for science!

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Funding cuts to CU-Anschutz could erase years of medical research contributed by patients, advocates fear

NIH funding cuts could halt years of progress on medical research contributed by patients at Colorado's CU-Anschutz campus.

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