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dr℮w @giantmolecular.cloud · 12d

It seems the GRFP solicitation is FINALLY released (like 5 minutes ago)! Due dates have also been pushed back, thankfully! 🧪 🔭

www.nsf.gov/funding/oppo...

NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program (GRFP)

www.nsf.gov

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Akankshi Munjal @akankshi.bsky.social · 13d

Our latest preprint! Into morphogenesis, Yap, ECM, signaling, vertex models, feedbacks/robustness? There is something here for everyone. We discovered a positive feedback loop that extends inner ear canals, and a built-in mechanism that shuts it down when morphogenesis is done. tinyurl.com/464wsjhd

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Josh Currie @joshcurrie.bsky.social · 20d

💥OUR LAB IS HIRING!!💥

We are hiring a research assistant/lab manager to assist with managing our axolotl colony and enabling some kick-ass science! Looking for high levels of organization, collaboration, problem solving and curiosity.

Application link: tinyurl.com/3tpvphpm
#SciJob #JobAlert

One of your future coworkers in the Currie Lab, an adorable axolotl.

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Aurelie Hintermann @aurhin.bsky.social · 21d

Are digits modified fins, or evolutionary innovations? Read how we tackled this old question from a new angle🧪
A story with @chasebolt.bsky.social, @homeobox.bsky.social and myself, coordinated by @denisduboule.bsky.social from @college-de-france.fr and published in @nature.com today!
#InHoxWeTrust

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Cientifico Latino, Inc. @cientificolatino.com · 29d

Applying to the NSF-GRFP (or another fellowship) on a tight deadline?

We built a 7-week guide + timeline to get you from draft to submission. It’s not too late — you’ve got this! ✨

🔗 cientificolatino.com/apply-in-7-weeks

#NSFGRFP #GradSchool #Fellowship

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Casey terHorst @ecoevolab.bsky.social · Sep 8

The GRFP lives!! (due end of October)
www.nsf.gov/funding/oppo...

NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program (GRFP)

www.nsf.gov

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Isabella Cisneros @isabellaclsci.bsky.social · Sep 8

We’re back! Read our latest on how the recently discovered archaea Sukunaarchaeum mirible is making us question just what exactly it means to be alive. 🧪

How We Talk About Science @howwetalkabtsci.bsky.social · Sep 8

After a refreshing summer break, we’re back and hitting the ground running with our latest piece by @jessicaoros.bsky.social! Check out our latest post on how a mysterious archaea, Sukunaarchaeum mirible, is challenging our understanding of what it means to be alive. #scicomm

Life As We (Don’t) Know It: Meet The Latest Mystifying Archaea (Fixations #6)

In our latest Fixations post, we discuss how a mysterious species of archaea, Sukunaarchaeum miribile, is challenging how we understand life on our planet.

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Leah Greenspan @ljgreenspan.bsky.social · Jul 9

Over a decade in the making but excited to have helped bring this paper over the finish line. We generated an endothelial ribotag transgenic line and profiled endothelial cells in larvae and adult organs of zebrafish #zebrafish #DevBio 🧪
Check out our publication: link.springer.com/article/10.1...

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paveltomancak.bsky.social @paveltomancak.bsky.social · Sep 4

We are all super happy and proud to see our work on the function and evolution of the #cephalic #furrow published in @nature.com. Let me say a few things about the background and history of this work on the #Evolution_of_Morphogenesis (1/12)

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Caroline Hu @hudrewthis.bsky.social · Aug 20

Seeking scientist volunteers for this fall! Want to practice science communication and help author a 🌟comic🌟 about your research? I need collaborators for the next cohort of SciComm & Comics art and design students. All countries and scientific fields eligible.

An anole extends its dewlap, which says "call for scientists!"

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Isabella Cisneros @isabellaclsci.bsky.social · Aug 13

When it comes to things that are actively being affected by administration action (i.e. federal funding, layoffs, censorship, etc.), I really want to hear full blast criticism. Accountability (especially when it comes to things the average American might not know about) is really important right now

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Isabella Cisneros @isabellaclsci.bsky.social · Aug 13

Not necessarily, I think it might just be better to flesh out the headings/details of the opportunities themselves as you have them. I personally have mine under specific sections like education, research, outreach, teaching, etc. I can send a sample screenshot if that would help!

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Isabella Cisneros @isabellaclsci.bsky.social · Aug 13

Not sure if this is helpful, but I tend to format by place/opportunity (e.g. postbac at NIH) and then detail skills/project in bullet points (I worked on X topic/I performed X technique, etc.), I find it helps with making experience clear to the reader. I’d also add contact info in the header!

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A. Sánchez Alvarado @planaria1.bsky.social · Aug 6

Evolution’s eye game is wild, but mollusks take it to another level

CRISPR in apple snails gives us a new model to dissect how nature rebuilds complex organs like the camera-type eyes we humans possess

It turns out Evolution doesn’t just innovate, it rewinds, remixes, & regenerates

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A genetically tractable non-vertebrate system to study complete camera-type eye regeneration

Nature Communications - Accorsi et al. show that the apple snail Pomacea canaliculata has eyes similar to humans and can fully regenerate them. They then developed genetic tools to establish these...

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Isabella Cisneros @isabellaclsci.bsky.social · Jul 14

Congrats!!

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Cherish Ardinger, PhD @cherishardinger.bsky.social · Jul 10

Public comments have been opened back up!

Research with animals is critical for providing evidence-based knowledge in the pursuit of human health. Broadly reducing research projects with animals threatens public health and will greatly stall the development of new therapeutics for diseases!

FDA-NIH Workshop: Reducing Animal Testing

The FDA is hosting a workshop on reducing animal testing. The workshop is open to current FDA and NIH employees.

www.fda.gov

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Isabella Cisneros @isabellaclsci.bsky.social · Jul 11

I was so psyched to cover (read: obsess over) this recent paper from @neilshubin.bsky.social and @invertebratepal.bsky.social’s labs! It’s always a treat to talk about evolution, but even more so when it’s this cool. Check out our latest toothy deep dive for Substack using the link below. 🧪

How We Talk About Science @howwetalkabtsci.bsky.social · Jul 11

The next time you have a toothache, you may want to thank (or curse) our vertebrate ancestors. In our latest, we cover a recent study from researchers at the University of Chicago and Harvard’s Museum of Comparative Zoology tracing the evolutionary origins of our modern teeth. Check it out! #scicomm

By The Skin of Your... Exoskeleton? The Evolutionary Origins of Modern Teeth (Fixations #5)

In our latest Fixations post, we explore how modern teeth may have evolved from sensory tissues in the exoskeletons of early vertebrates.

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M. Brent Hawkins @homeobox.bsky.social · Jul 7

We take for granted that our hands have two sides and can articulate in an endless number of ways. But what about a fish’s fin? Can a fish know something “like the back of its fin,” or have its future told with a fin palm reading? Check out this bluetorial to find out 👇🧪🧬🐟 doi.org/10.1101/2025...

Schematics depicting the dorsal and ventral sides of fins and limbs

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Isabella Cisneros @isabellaclsci.bsky.social · Jun 25

Totally agree! We at @howwetalkabtsci.bsky.social recently published an article covering the NSF specifically, which you can check out here: open.substack.com/pub/isabella.... Hope this helps generate awareness!

What It Would Mean To Lose The National Science Foundation

In a companion piece to our previous article on the NIH, we discuss the importance of the National Science Foundation (NSF) and how the agency is currently being affected by political interference.

open.substack.com

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Joshua Weitz @joshuasweitz.bsky.social · Jun 23

The #SCIMaP team announces a major update: an analysis of the economic impacts of the White House's NIH FY26 budget.

Bottom-line, we estimate $46B in total economic loss, 202K lost jobs, and impacts in communities nationwide.

Interactive map and shareable report:
scienceimpacts.org/fy26

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Economic loss due to NIH budget cuts by congressional district, scienceimpacts.org/fy26

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Isabella Cisneros @isabellaclsci.bsky.social · Jun 20

In a follow-up to our recent coverage of the NIH, our latest piece talks about the NSF’s role in funding basic science in the U.S. and how that role is being threatened by restructuring, budget cuts, and cuts to training programs and fellowships like REUs and the GRFP. Read about it here: 🧪 #scicomm

How We Talk About Science @howwetalkabtsci.bsky.social · Jun 20

The NIH isn’t the only federal agency that funds U.S. science, and it isn’t the only agency imperiled by political interference, either. Read our latest on the National Science Foundation and what we stand to lose if cuts to funding and training programs continue: open.substack.com/pub/isabella...

What It Would Mean To Lose The National Science Foundation

In a companion piece to our previous article on the NIH, we discuss the importance of the National Science Foundation (NSF) and how the agency is currently being affected by political interference.

open.substack.com

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Isabella Cisneros @isabellaclsci.bsky.social · Jun 19

Congrats!!

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Jeff Farrell @jeffreyafarrell.bsky.social · Jun 13

If you love Daniocell, but wish it could generate analyses specific to YOUR genes & cell types of interest, check out DaniocellDesktop - a new point-and-click app for Mac and Windows that enables reanalysis of the Daniocell data without programming: daniocell.nichd.nih.gov/desktop/ (1/4)

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Isabella Cisneros @isabellaclsci.bsky.social · Jun 2

Stoked to share this coverage of @jutraslab.bsky.social and colleagues’ recent work on piperacillin and its ability to treat Lyme disease by our intrepid virologist @jessicaoros.bsky.social. Please check it out! #scicomm 🧪

How We Talk About Science @howwetalkabtsci.bsky.social · Jun 2

In our latest Fixations post, we discuss a recently published study characterizing the antibiotic piperacillin as a potentially more effective treatment for Lyme disease, a promising development given that tickborne diseases are on the rise in the US. Read it here: open.substack.com/pub/isabella...

A New T(r)ick Up Our Sleeve: Piperacillin as a Novel Treatment for Lyme Disease (Fixations #4)

In our latest post, we discuss a study published this past April identifying a new and more effective drug against Lyme disease.

open.substack.com

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Sarah McAnulty, Ph.D. @sarahmackattack.bsky.social · May 28

You have FOUR (4) more days to order a Biology is Bigger than Binaries shirt, designed by the lovely and talented @franzanth.bsky.social.

In this nightmare of a year, merch is keeping @skypeascientist.bsky.social afloat. Even if you don't order, RT's help so much!

Get 'em: squidfacts.bigcartel.com

Two identical shirt designs but one is magenta and one is orange. It says biology is bigger than binaries and it has a clownfish and a bee and a lily

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