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Prakash Lab at Stanford @prakashlab.bsky.social · 7d

Want to engage and « do something » about microplastics in your own environment.

Consider joining the foldscope community that has been mapping novel sources of microplastics around the world.

microcosmos.foldscope.com/post/zCoLNt3...

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Chrissy Hammond @hammofish.bsky.social · 27d

Jeremie and Rabia presenting (on fracture repair and cell lineages in scales respectively) at #UKZF2025 - proud PI alert!

Photo of my amazing postdoc Jeremie presenting slides on bone repair in fish fins

Photo of my brilliant PHD student Rabia talking another conference member through her work on cell lineages in the scale and cell clusters than change during late stages of regeneration

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Chrissy Hammond @hammofish.bsky.social · 27d

Thanks to CoB for supporting meetings like this. Three people from our lab went and said it was a brilliant meeting

Chrissy Hammond @hammofish.bsky.social · Aug 31

Post an image from your summer that confers peace

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Chrissy Hammond @hammofish.bsky.social · Aug 8

Lucky to live in a city that has a free balloon fiesta so can see this in the morning

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Chrissy Hammond @hammofish.bsky.social · Aug 8

Lucky to live in a city that has a free balloon fiesta so can see this in the morning

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Vincent J Lynch 🐘🦣🦥 🦇🐋🐢🐍 @devoevomed.bsky.social · Jul 24

Apply!

Mathew Kiang @mathewkiang.com · Jun 25

Karolinska is looking for 20 (!!) assistant professors and offering 6 year appointments with ~1M USD startup packages.

ki.se/en/about-ki/...

Call for 20 Assistant Professor positions

Karolinska Institutet is a world-leading medical university with a long and proud history of ground-breaking research. We are now recruiting outstanding early-career researchers with particularly exce...

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Max Perutz Labs Vienna @maxperutzlabs.ac.at · Jul 23

📢 Open Call! The Max Perutz Labs invite applications for a Tenure-Track Professorship in Mechanistic Cell and Developmental Biology. More details ➡️ tinyurl.com/3fbkp89c

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Filipa Simões @simoesfilipa.bsky.social · Jul 7

🧪 Job alert 🔊 we are hiring a Research Assistant - join the Simões Group at DPAG-IDRM @ox.ac.uk supporting #cardiovascular development and regeneration research, working with #zebrafish and #human stem cell systems: my.corehr.com/pls/uoxrecru... @oxforddpag.bsky.social @idrm.ox.ac.uk (1/4)

Job Details

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Sarah Rice @grainofscience.bsky.social · Jul 15

Just when you thought all had gone quiet on the COLGALT2 front- get ready to hear more! Delighted that @hammofish.bsky.social and I have been awarded a four year grant from MRC @ukri.org to study the role of this enzyme in the skeleton. Will be advertising PDRA and RA posts in due course! #orthosky

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Chrissy Hammond @hammofish.bsky.social · Jul 18

Awesome- so well deserved!

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Sinead English @englishse.bsky.social · Jul 17

Job opportunity! This would be perfect for someone with an interest/background in animal behaviour and enthusiasm for scientific publishing. Help contribute to a fantastic journal! Deadline 31 July.

ASAB @asab.org · Jul 4

We are seeking a full-time Managing Editor for our journal Animal Behaviour. This editor will be involved in all stages of the publication process & must have a general understanding of the topics covered. Position starts Oct 1, application deadline July 31.

More details:
www.asab.org/opportunities

Opportunities — ASAB

www.asab.org

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Chrissy Hammond @hammofish.bsky.social · Jul 14

Skandar and the unicorn thief might go down well

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Chrissy Hammond @hammofish.bsky.social · Jul 13

Best way to spent a hot weekend. In the water. 6km swim for Bantham swoosh, then sea kayaking with the kids

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Chrissy Hammond @hammofish.bsky.social · Jul 11

This is a brilliant place to work. PI’s consider flagging this up to talented Masters students

Hubrecht Institute @hubrechtinstitute.bsky.social · Jul 10

🧬 Looking for a PhD position in molecular or developmental biology? 🔬

✉️ The Hubrecht Institute now has its very own PhD program! Applications are open and will be accepted until September 15th. Read more here 👉 www.hubrecht.eu/hipp/

Chrissy Hammond @hammofish.bsky.social · Jul 9

This is today! Remember to sign up and come along!

Chrissy Hammond @hammofish.bsky.social · Jun 19

Interested in #zebrafish aging, then please sign up for the #zdms aging rig webinar. 4 great speakers. 9th July. 10am ET, 3pm UK. Link to register us06web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...

Speakers are: Jessica Radford, Uk. Aged zebrafish as a model of cardiac valvular disease.
Itmar Harel, Isreal. Investigating genetics of aging in a naturally short/lived vertebrate.
Miguel Godinho Ferreira, France. Organising communication in aging in zebrafish
David Rubinsztein, Uk.
Using zebrafish models to identify therapeutic targets for tauopathies.

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Izzy Jayasinghe @ijayas.bsky.social · Jul 8

This 👇🏾. A different set of rules, expectations on women, and perceptions of workloads is all part of the hidden curriculum of academia. If all leaders/senior colleagues can do is tell women to learn to say ‘no’ rather than ditching the double standards, they are very much a part of the problem.

Dominique Baker @bakerdphd.bsky.social · Jul 7

A) people recoil in horror when I tell them the amount of reviewing I do in a year

B) sometimes I do service because, if I didn't, a person with less power would be harmed (e.g., tenure)

C) women are treated very differently when we say no to these types of requests

Amy Diehl, Ph.D. @amydiehl.bsky.social · Jul 7

In a study of professors, women got 378 new work requests over 4 weeks vs 118 for men. Women spent more time on service, advising & teaching; men on research. Orgs should track who is taking extra duties & ensure they are rewarded and distributed fairly. www.forbes.com/sites/kimels...

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Alex Gould Lab @alexgouldlab.bsky.social · Jul 1

Calling all meeting organizers… @biologists.bsky.social now have a calculator to estimate your event’s carbon footprint and to test various reduction scenarios.

thenode.biologists.com/event-carbon...

Event carbon calculator - the Node

I am excited to announce the release of our event carbon calculator, our latest resource to support the creation of sustainable events. Estimate your

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Chrissy Hammond @hammofish.bsky.social · Jun 30

The most glorious early morning swim - perfect week to start the week in an empty lake

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Chrissy Hammond @hammofish.bsky.social · Jun 29

Nice 48 hours, some good science news Friday, then 2 days white water paddling with the husband

Chrissy Hammond @hammofish.bsky.social · Jun 27

Thanks so much for being the awesome advocate for all things fish for so many years. We all owe you a beer!

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Chrissy Hammond @hammofish.bsky.social · Jun 19

Interested in #zebrafish aging, then please sign up for the #zdms aging rig webinar. 4 great speakers. 9th July. 10am ET, 3pm UK. Link to register us06web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...

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Andy Khouri @andykhouri.bsky.social · Jun 18

This sounds like a bit but I’m being serious: kids using chat gpt for their homework are denying themselves the invaluable experience of learning how to bullshit their way through a problem. You drink some caffeine the night before and figure it the fuck out. That’s a skill. You need it in life.

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Jeroen Bakkers @bakkerslab.bsky.social · May 23

We are hiring a new PhD student in #Bioinformatics and Organ #Regeneration using to join our team at the @hubrechtinstitute.bsky.social

If you are interested in how the heart regenerates and want to work in a dynamic and experienced team please apply here.

www.hubrecht.eu/job/phd-stud...

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Mark A. Hanson @hansonmark.bsky.social · May 18

Answer me, these riddles 3, and my data I shall bequeath! 📊📄

1. What is on a USB in a drawer no one knows about?

2. Which version includes the published record? "_final_final" or "_final" but with the most recent "file opened last" date?

3. Refer to riddle 4.

#AcademicSky #SciPub

Eva Rimbau-Gilabert @erimbau.bsky.social · May 18

“Data available upon finding the one USB stick hidden somewhere in the Mojave Desert.”

#AcademicSky

Jay Patel @infotainment.bsky.social · May 18

Papers might as well declare "Data available upon victory in a duel."

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