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James Briscoe @jamesbriscoe.bsky.social · 23h

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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Vertebrate Genomes Project @vertebrategenomes.bsky.social · 5d

This week, we hosted over 100 scientists at Rockefeller University in New York City for our 2025 in-person conference.

Group photo by the Rockefeller University River Campus.

Q&A at the 2025 VGP in-person conference.

Erich Jarvis speaking at the planetarium at the American Museum of Natural History.

Attendees at the 2025 VGP in-person conference.

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Braasch Lab @ Michigan State University @fishevodevogeno.bsky.social · 3d

The fish has always been hot for the last 500 million years!

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Braasch Lab @ Michigan State University @fishevodevogeno.bsky.social · 3d

Seventies Susumu Ohno vibes! Fashion goes in circles.

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Braasch Lab @ Michigan State University @fishevodevogeno.bsky.social · 4d

One Battle After Another is a great movie, but the paternity test scene is comically, outrageously ridiculous! #facepalmemoji
Come on, PT Anderson, genetics can be better represented on the big screen!

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Braasch Lab @ Michigan State University @fishevodevogeno.bsky.social · 5d

Congrats @liujuan.bsky.social, our very own @zzhou32.bsky.social and all co-authors! Fintastic work!

Juan Liu @liujuan.bsky.social · 5d

New in @science.org, meet Acronichthys maccagnoi, a new species from Late Creatacous Canada that changes what we know about the origins and evolution of one of the most successful fish groups on Earth.

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Juan Liu @liujuan.bsky.social · 5d

New in @science.org, meet Acronichthys maccagnoi, a new species from Late Creatacous Canada that changes what we know about the origins and evolution of one of the most successful fish groups on Earth.

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Braasch Lab @ Michigan State University @fishevodevogeno.bsky.social · 5d

This must be the marker gene…
#EndlessCellsMostBeautiful

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Braasch Lab @ Michigan State University @fishevodevogeno.bsky.social · 5d

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Braasch Lab @ Michigan State University @fishevodevogeno.bsky.social · 5d

#EndlessCellsMostBeautiful
@moma.bsky.social

Braasch Lab @ Michigan State University @fishevodevogeno.bsky.social · 10d

Hello #fish 🐟 🐠 researchers and PIs of tomorrow! We would be excited to sponsor you for an Ecology, Evolution and Behavior (EEB) Presidential #Postdoc Fellowship application @michiganstateu.bsky.social. Application deadline is Nov 10, so get in touch soom!

#EndlessFishMostBeautiful

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FTD Disorders Registry @ftdregistry.bsky.social · 17d

World FTD Awareness Week begins today! FTD often starts between ages 45–65, making it the most common dementia under 60. Let’s raise awareness and drive research toward treatments and a cure. #EndFTD #FTDAwareness #USA

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Braasch Lab @ Michigan State University @fishevodevogeno.bsky.social · 19d

@tedmorgan.bsky.social, as requested, here's an impromptu EDGE PI meeting of @tonygamble.bsky.social and @fishevodevogeno.bsky.social in our Ancient Fish Facility @michiganstateu.bsky.social. Gars 'n Geckos - great combo!

Thnx, Tony, for a great talk on squamate sex chromosomes @ MSU IBIO Seminar.

Two science nerds of which the one to the left holds a fish that the other one on the right raised from an egg.

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Braasch Lab @ Michigan State University @fishevodevogeno.bsky.social · 20d

Our talk on functional GARnomics at the recent @izfs.bsky.social International Zebrafish Conference in Madison was highlighted in the latest IZFS New Splash: www.izfs.org/newssplash/n...

Watch the recording here: www.fishevodevogeno.org

19th IZFC Meeting Report | IZFS - International Zebrafish Society

www.izfs.org

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NPR @npr.org · 22d

A movie star to his core, Robert Redford has died after a visionary career in cinema, including founding the Sundance Institute that transformed the market for independent films.

Movie star and visionary Robert Redford has died at age 89

A movie star to his core, Robert Redford has died after a visionary career in cinema, including founding the Sundance Institute that transformed the market for independent films.

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Braasch Lab @ Michigan State University @fishevodevogeno.bsky.social · 24d

Hear! Hear!

Greg Priest @gregpriest.bsky.social · 27d

Stephen Jay Gould was born OTD in 1941.

“Organisms are not billiard balls, propelled by simple and measurable external forces to predictable new positions on life's pool table.... Organisms have a history that constrains their future in myriad, subtle ways.”

🦫🦋🐋🌱🧠🗃️🧪#HistSTM #PhilSci #EvoBio

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Maxwell Shafer @maxshafer.bsky.social · Aug 28

Now published @natecoevo.nature.com with @annika-nichols.bsky.social, our latest on the evolution of 𝘴𝘭𝘦𝘦𝘱 across 𝟲𝟬 𝘀𝗽𝗲𝗰𝗶𝗲𝘀 of cichlid fishes! doi.org/10.1038/s415...
with members of the @schierlab.bsky.social and Salzburger labs, as well as the burgeoning Shafer lab @uoftcellsysbiol.bsky.social

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Casey Dunn @caseywdunn.bsky.social · Aug 28

I hope to take a PhD student in 2026 to study siphonophores. Please reach out if you are interested in applying this fall. For examples of recent lab projects see www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... and academic.oup.com/gbe/article/...

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Parichy Lab | Dave Parichy @dparichy.bsky.social · Aug 26

Nemo needs gap junctions, too. New preprint with Marleen Klann, Vincent Laudet, et al. showing anemonefish Snowflake mutant due to E42K substitution in Connexin Gja5b. Found exact same E42K in zebrafish gja5b (= leopard) by ENU, to the nucleotide! Details, inferences: www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

gap junction mutant phenotypes in clownfish and zebrafish

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Braasch Lab @ Michigan State University @fishevodevogeno.bsky.social · Aug 21

For no reason in particular, a reminder how weird eel biology is...

#EndlessFishMostBeautiful

SARGASSO // EELS (Sabrina Carpenter Parody) | A Capella Science

YouTube video by acapellascience

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The Royal Society @royalsociety.org · Aug 20

#OnThisDay in 1858, a seminal journal article comprised of papers by Alfred Russel Wallace FRS and Charles Darwin FRS on the theory of evolution by natural selection was published by the Linnean Society, the first public announcement of the theory of evolution. bit.ly/3k8fq4u

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Braasch Lab @ Michigan State University @fishevodevogeno.bsky.social · Aug 15

As found by @xtremo-devo-lab.bsky.social

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Braasch Lab @ Michigan State University @fishevodevogeno.bsky.social · Aug 15

Let me tell you what we do.
(But I’m running out of power soon…)

#EndlessFishMostBeautiful

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Braasch Lab @ Michigan State University @fishevodevogeno.bsky.social · Aug 15

Recommendation by the Sturgeon General:

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Braasch Lab @ Michigan State University @fishevodevogeno.bsky.social · Aug 11

Applications are now being accepted for the MSU EEB Presidential Postdoc Fellowship. We’d be happy to sponsor your application so please get in touch!

eeb.msu.edu/initiatives/...

Postdoctoral Fellowship - Ecology, Evolution, and Behavior

eeb.msu.edu

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