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Gaspar Jekely @jekely.biologists.social.ap.brid.gy · 3d

Postdoc position in regenerative biology on "Tracking the cellular origins regeneration" in the @michalis_averof lab in Lyon, France. Fantastic lab, great institute, nice city!
https://www.averof-lab.org/pages/tracman

#postdoc

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Gaspar Jekely @jekely.biologists.social.ap.brid.gy · 9d

A new banner on a Wiley site.
I am not a healthcare professional, so am I not supposed to look at this evo-devo paper now? Can I read the abstract?

Any ideas why this new #enshittification feature? #publishing

banner on a Wiley site asking readers to confirm that they are healthcare professionals

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Gaspar Jekely @jekely.biologists.social.ap.brid.gy · 12d

Ernst Haeckel's dumbbells from the Haeckel House in Jena.

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Gaspar Jekely @jekely.biologists.social.ap.brid.gy · 12d

In Exeter, beautiful apples everywhere yet in M&S you can buy apples from New Zealand. This doesn't make any sense. The externalities are clearly not included in the price and supply chains are over bloated. #climatechange #gardening

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Michalis Averof @michalis-averof.bsky.social · 14d

X-ray imaging of crustacean legs at the DESY synchrotron, Hamburg. Cross-section of regenerating Parhyale leg (~1/10 of a mm in width). X-rays give accurate 3D view with almost cellular resolution. With Angelika Svetlove, Kevin Grüner & Mathilde Paris @zoocell.biologists.social.ap.brid.gy

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Prof. Sam Lawler @sundogplanets.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 15d

As terrible as all the pollution from reentries is, I have to say that it's REALLY FREAKING COOL that I now know all the right people to ask to find out what exactly reentered when a journalist sends me a reddit video from a random Canadian city.

I don't know the answer yet, but I know who to […]

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Gaspar Jekely @jekely.biologists.social.ap.brid.gy · 19d

"Ecologists are warning that mainland Southeast Asia faces a looming ecological disaster unless urgent steps are taken to address the rare-earth mining boom in war-torn Myanmar."
https://www.dw.com/en/is-rare-earth-mining-putting-the-mekong-river-at-risk/a-74026166

Rare-earth mining has exploded in Myanmar's Kachin region, making it the world's largest source of supply

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Björn Brembs @brembs.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 19d

RE: https://mastodon.social/@Mastodon/115230366976982724

It just got even easier for #academic #scholarly #institutions to host their own Mastodon instance!

#academicchatter

Mastodon @mastodon.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 19d

We’re taking another step in building a sustainable financial base as a non-profit. Today, we’re announcing new hosting and support offerings, tailored for larger organisations and public institutions. These enable organisations to own their social identities, on their own infrastructure […]

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Gaspar Jekely @jekely.biologists.social.ap.brid.gy · 23d

99-million-year-old barklouse exquisitely preserved in burmite, from the Zoological Museum in Jena (founded by Ernst Haeckel) #fossils

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Gaspar Jekely @jekely.biologists.social.ap.brid.gy · 29d

And the reviewed preprint is now out at https://elifesciences.org/reviewed-preprints/108420#s7

Gaspar Jekely @jekely.biologists.social.ap.brid.gy · Sep 8

We have received the reviews for our "Neural #connectome of the Ctenophore Statocyst" paper from @eLife

"This fundamental work significantly advances our understanding of gravity sensing and orientation behavior in the ctenophore, an animal of major […]

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Morphological rendering of cells in the ctenophore apical organ showing the four quadrants and the balancer cilia supporting a statolyth.

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Gaspar Jekely @jekely.biologists.social.ap.brid.gy · Sep 4

@brembs @ERC_Research An easy next step would be to make APC to for-profit publishers a non-eligible cost by @dfg_public as already done by I think the Gates Foundation

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Gaspar Jekely @jekely.biologists.social.ap.brid.gy · Sep 4

@brembs @ERC_Research
Yes, in brief:
- transparent, equitable, and open access to scholarly publications
- not-for-profit, open access and multi-format, with no costs for authors or readers (Diamond OA)
- encourage Member States to support the pilot programme Open Research Europe (to create a […]

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Gaspar Jekely @jekely.biologists.social.ap.brid.gy · Sep 3

@brembs Yes, this is great news! Until now I think only @ERC_Research was behind Open Research Europe as far as I know, it is great to see that other funders join in! We will send a paper there next to test their platform and support.

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Björn Brembs @brembs.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · Sep 3

This should have been big news!

Ten funding agencies from eight European countries have pledged to support a public infrastructure that is poised to replace academic journals:
FWF 🇦🇹
RCN 🇳🇴
Forte 🇸🇪
ARIS 🇸🇮
SRC 🇸🇪
FCT 🇵🇹
CSIC 🇪🇸
DFG 🇩🇪
Formas 🇸🇪
ANR 🇫🇷
Only two of them issued press releases in […]

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Gaspar Jekely @jekely.biologists.social.ap.brid.gy · Sep 1

We are looking for an IT engineer with a focus on operations and research data management at the Centre for Organismal Studies at @uniheidelberg in Heidelberg, Germany
#it #sysadmin #linux #researchdata
please help to spread this opening […]

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Heidelberg castle by night with reflections of light in the Neckar river

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petersuber @petersuber.fediscience.org.ap.brid.gy · May 15

"Germany’s Plan for an Open and Independent PubMed Safety Net."
https://absolutelymaybe.plos.org/2025/05/14/germanys-plan-for-an-open-and-independent-pubmed-safety-net/

"#Germany has stepped up to this challenge. On May 2, the German National Library of Medicine (#ZBMED), announced they were […]

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Gaspar Jekely @jekely.biologists.social.ap.brid.gy · Aug 28

"To meet the deadline, the letter of recommendation can additionally be sent by fax to +49 ..."

oh dear #germany #digitalisierung @uniheidelberg

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Björn Brembs @brembs.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · Aug 28

Mark your calendars with this #openscience workshop:
Empower Your Research with Openness and Transparency - PANERIS

https://paneris.eu/events/empower-your-research-with-openness-and-transparency/

"Discover the latest advancements, best practices, and inspiring initiatives in Open Science […]

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Gaspar Jekely @jekely.biologists.social.ap.brid.gy · Aug 28

With a related Insight piece written by Alex Winsor and Paul Katz
"Connectomes: The wiring diagram of an entire animal"

https://elifesciences.org/articles/108573

@eLife

A phylogenetic tree for bilaterally symmetric animals.

Whole-body connectomes have been constructed for just three species (indicated by stars): the annelid P. dumerilii, the nematode C elegans, and the tunicate C. intestinalis. A whole-brain connectome has also been assembled for the insect D. melanogaster. Between them, these species span three major clades: Spiralia, Ecdysozoa and Deuterostomes. Only partial connectomes are available for molluscs and vertebrates.

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Gaspar Jekely @jekely.biologists.social.ap.brid.gy · Aug 28

At long last, the version of record of our paper on the #platynereis #connectome

"Whole-body connectome of a segmented annelid larva" is out.

Explore the rich online presentation with all the videos, figures and source data here:

https://doi.org/10.7554/eLife.97964

@eLife
@biology […]

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Gaspar Jekely @jekely.biologists.social.ap.brid.gy · Aug 24

We saw several of these beautiful mountain Apollos in our hike in the Italian Alps #silentsunday https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/308767746

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Matt Hodgkinson @mattjhodgkinson.scicomm.xyz.ap.brid.gy · Aug 17

US scientists - your federal government is lost. Set up your own independent structures to help maintain a free society.

https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.aea9328

#usfederalgovernment #USgov #usscience #scienceunderattack #independentscience #scienceadvice #scipol #ussciencepolicy […]

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Kirsty Wan @micromotility.bsky.social · Aug 12

So you think you understand everything about #Chlamydomonas photoresponses? think again! #protists #behaviour #cilia

To explain how Chlamy switches handedness from swimming in CCW circles in low-light to CW in high-light... see our new preprint led by Alan Tsang (HKU) 👇
doi.org/10.1101/2025...

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Kirsty Wan @micromotility.bsky.social · Aug 6

We have a postdoc opening for a protistologist with biophysics inclinations to join our @hfspo.bsky.social project! (focus will be on characterising the morphology, ultrastructure and behaviour of excavates) #protistsonsky

Apply by Sept 17th (RTs appreciated!)
jobs.exeter.ac.uk/hrpr_webrecr...

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