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Kara Cerveny @kara-cerveny.bsky.social · 22d

Looking forward to an addition to our Small World Calendars :)

Sarah McAnulty, Ph.D. @sarahmackattack.bsky.social · 22d

🚨 Cool educational item alert 🚨

We teamed up with Philly Nature Illustrator, Meg Lemieur @megstampede.bsky.social to create a 12 month wall calendar all about animals!

The calendar includes lessons we can learn from animals & how we can help them.

Pre-order here!
www.etsy.com/listing/4366...

the front cover for a calendar with a salamander standing on a mushroom. in big bubble letters it says 2026 love notes from nature calendar created by Meg Lemieur and Sarah McAnulty phd

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Kara Cerveny @kara-cerveny.bsky.social · 28d

Thinking about open data, managing data so it can be easily shared? This tool (bff.allencell.org) from the Allen Institute is helping me teach my students about all the aspects of image data and access their open source data for teaching and research!

BioFile Finder

Open-use web application created for easy access, collaboration, and sharing of datasets through rich metadata search, filter, sort, and direct viewing.

bff.allencell.org

Kara Cerveny @kara-cerveny.bsky.social · Aug 27

Come be my colleague! We are hiring for two tenure-track positions. www.reed.edu/dean_of_facu...

Tenure-Track Positions in Functional Genomics/Genetics and Systems Biology - Office of the Dean of the Faculty - Reed College

www.reed.edu

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Kara Cerveny @kara-cerveny.bsky.social · Jun 30

Thank you for starting and keeping this community resource going for so many years!!!

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Holly Bik @hollybik.bsky.social · Jun 30

And note scientists may go YEARS using jargon words that they didn’t realize were jargon (I learned this the hard way when my #SciComm grad student class last spring asked me what “benthic” means - now I always use “seafloor” instead!)

The Open Notebook @theopennotebook.bsky.social · Jun 30

Sometimes, @npr.org host Regina G. Barber cuts people off to tell them: “That word you just used? I don’t know what that means.” This and many more tips in this excellent guide from @katherinejwu.com. 🧪

Come Again? How to Steer Scientist Sources Away from Jargon - The Open Notebook

Navigating an interview with a scientist doesn’t just take prep and good interviewing skills. The hurdles can be psychological, too, requiring reporters to summon the nerve to interrupt and admit hole...

www.theopennotebook.com

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Kara Cerveny @kara-cerveny.bsky.social · Jun 30

Remember to spread the science! givebutter.com/USS2025

United States of Science 2025

By Skype a Scientist

givebutter.com

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Jen Grogan 🐙📖📚 @eightarmsedits.bsky.social · Jun 30

Want to make sure kids today have a better grasp of science than the generation currently running our country? (Yes. You do. You've heard RFK, Jr. talk, right?!)

A donation to Skype a Scientist will help! Look at all these bubbles! Won't it be satisfying to see them all filled?

Sarah McAnulty, Ph.D. @sarahmackattack.bsky.social · Jun 30

Whew, ok, with a few hours to spare, the 2025 classroom map is ready! The 7th annual United States of Science competition starts tomorrow.

If you wanna get your region off to a head start, just between us night owls, here's that link 😘

givebutter.com/USS2025

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Physical Biology of Developing Systems @pbodslab.bsky.social · Jun 3

Great work by @nicoleedwds.bsky.social and colleagues!

dshb-antibodies.bsky.social @dshb-antibodies.bsky.social · Jun 2

🔎 Spotted in @cp-devcell.bsky.social!
Researchers from @cincychildrens.bsky.social, among others, used DSHB's anti-Cdh1 [5D3] mAb in a study on the mutation of orthologous genes and how it affects trachea-esophageal morphogenesis in Xenopus.

📄 tinyurl.com/4h6562ed

🧫 dshb.biology.uiowa.edu/5D3

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Chanda Prescod-Weinstein 🌌 @chanda.blacksky.app · Jun 2

SAVE COSMIC SCIENCE FOR FUTURE GENERATIONS!

I wrote about the current astronomy/particle physics/cosmology 🔭 ⚛️🧪 funding catastrophe in context of all of the other ongoing catastrophes, including what we can do to save our science.

h/t to @skylargrayson.bsky.social for posting the image.

Fund astronomy, not genocide.

You can help save cosmic science for future generations. This figure by Skylar Grayson shows how much the univese we will be cut off from studying using...

news.chanda.science

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Zebrafish Rock! @zebrafishrock.bsky.social · May 23

#ZebrafishCareers 🇺🇸 (Lab Specialist)

Jacqueline Kimmey @jkimmey.bsky.social · May 23

With all our recent graduations, we’re hiring!! Interested in supporting a lab of diverse scientists studying microbiology and circadian clocks? Must be willing to work with animals - beyond that, there are several open projects. See thread #srbr #zebrafish

recruit.ucsc.edu/JPF01905

Lab Specialist - (Zebrafish, Microbiology, Circadian Biology)

University of California, Santa Cruz is hiring. Apply now!

recruit.ucsc.edu

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Kevin R. McClure @drkevinrmcclure.com · May 23

A good synopsis of the effects of the reconciliation bill on higher ed. www.insidehighered.com/news/governm...

Four Things to Know About the House Budget Plan

From levying new taxes on colleges to changing who is eligible for Pell Grants, experts say the mammoth legislation could reshape higher education. It’s now in the hands of the Senate.

www.insidehighered.com

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Ted Underwood @tedunderwood.com · May 22

Most of us in higher ed in the US are going to lose something over the next four years (opportunities, or funding, or time). But if we believe universities exist, in part, to preserve historical memory and create a space for dissent, our primary job right now is to fight and take the hit.

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Beth Cimini 🔬💻📊 @bethcimini.bsky.social · May 14

We've extended the deadline to May 21st - you now have 1 WEEK LEFT to come hang out with us in Boston and learn to think like bioimage analysts. We'll have a lot of fun!

Beth Cimini 🔬💻📊 @bethcimini.bsky.social · May 1

BIG NEWS - for the first time ever, we're running a Bioimage Analysis Beginnings Bootcamp. Learn #bioimageanalysis from awesome folks, and gain familiarity with some new tools as well as how to pick the right tool in the first place. Aug 4th-8th - apply here (soon!) forms.gle/d2fCXsrWHVP8...

Ad for the Bioimage Analysis Beginnings Bootcamp at the Broad Institute.

Where & When
Broad Institute, 415 Main Street, Cambridge MA (in-person only)
Monday–Friday, August 4–8, 20259:00 AM – 5:00 PM

About the Bootcamp
Learn core bioimage analysis skills using open-source tools for light
microscopy in this hands-on, in-person course. The Bootcamp
covers annotation, segmentation, and deep learning fundamentals.

Fee: $600 (Academic/Non-Profit) | $1000 (Industry/For-Profit)
For more information email ImagingAdmin@broadinstitute.org

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5 Calls @5calls.org · May 19

🚨🚨 House Republicans are pushing for a vote **THIS WEEK** on their "One Big Beautiful Bill Act" (Yes, that is officially what they're calling it. Sycophant much?)

It's hard to sum up all of the destructive bullshit they crammed into this bill, but we tried...

🔥📞🔥 Call your Rep NOW --> 5calls.org

The "One Big Bullshit Bill" Act

This bill will...
Cut Medicaid by $625 billion
Cut SNAP by $300 billion
Cut student aid by $351 billion
Triple the budget for ICE
Greenlight the sale of public lands
Ban state-level AI regulation for 10 yrs
Repeal clean energy programs
Divert funding from public schools
Increase overall federal deregulation
Give Trump power to censor nonprofits
Block access to Planned Parenthood
Take $50 billion from federal workers
Defund the CFPB
Remove taxes on gun silencers
and more...

A list of "One Big Beautiful Bill" Act calls on 5 Calls

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Ferric Fang, MD @fangferric.bsky.social · May 19

“Cutting basic science doesn’t save money.”

Barbara Kaskosz @kaskosz.bsky.social · May 19

America’s long-term growth is at stake. Congress is weighing sweeping FY2026 cuts to fundamental science, including $18 billion from the NIH and $5 billion from the NSF.

In the long run, these cuts will cost the economy billions.

@jdrakephd.bsky.social

www.forbes.com/sites/johndr...

Trump’s NIH And NSF Cuts Estimated To Cost The U.S. Economy $10 Billion Annually

Economists find public R&D drives U.S. productivity growth — and pays for itself

www.forbes.com

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Berta Verd @bertaverd.bsky.social · May 19

Experimental embryology postdoc available in my lab at the @biology.ox.ac.uk @ox.ac.uk working on the evolution of vertebral counts. Reach out if you’re passionate about EvoDevo, enjoy lab work and microscopy and are into or could get into cichlid fishes. Deadline on the 16th June. Please share!

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Kara Cerveny @kara-cerveny.bsky.social · May 19

Studying organisms in addition to their cells/organs/organoids is (still) essential for new discoveries that impact human health. @socdevbio.bsky.social @ascbiology.bsky.social #zebrafish
www.statnews.com/2025/05/19/a...

There is no replacement (yet) for animal models in medical research

The NIH is “reducing animal use in research.” But there is no replacement for animal models.

www.statnews.com

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Kim Cooper @ucsdcooperlab.bsky.social · Apr 25

YES

Nature @nature.com · Apr 24

Scientists must push back against the threat of rising white nationalism and the dangerous and pseudoscientific ideas of eugenics

https://go.nature.com/4jGqiUc

Eugenics is on the rise again: human geneticists must take a stand

Scientists must push back against the threat of rising white nationalism and the dangerous and pseudoscientific ideas of eugenics.

go.nature.com

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Kara Cerveny @kara-cerveny.bsky.social · Apr 25

I just learned about this - make science the central theme in your local papers. #McClintockLetters

Science for Good ☀️ @sciforgood.bsky.social · Apr 23

Want to make a real impact with your science—right in your own community?

Join the McClintock Letters initiative to sharpen your science communication skills, connect with fellow scientists, and craft a powerful op-ed that advocates for science where it matters most: locally.

#McClintockLetters

Cornell Advancing Science and Policy Club (ASAP) @cornellasap.bsky.social · Apr 21

Federal research cuts impact local economies, and stall progress.

Publish an opinion piece in your hometown paper on June 16th to SPREAD THE WORD about how scientific research contributes to the everyday health and wealth of the general public.

#McClintockLetters

blogs.cornell.edu/asap/events-...

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Science for Good ☀️ @sciforgood.bsky.social · Apr 23

Want to make a real impact with your science—right in your own community?

Join the McClintock Letters initiative to sharpen your science communication skills, connect with fellow scientists, and craft a powerful op-ed that advocates for science where it matters most: locally.

#McClintockLetters

Cornell Advancing Science and Policy Club (ASAP) @cornellasap.bsky.social · Apr 21

Federal research cuts impact local economies, and stall progress.

Publish an opinion piece in your hometown paper on June 16th to SPREAD THE WORD about how scientific research contributes to the everyday health and wealth of the general public.

#McClintockLetters

blogs.cornell.edu/asap/events-...

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International Zebrafish Society @izfs.bsky.social · Apr 17

We are excited to announce our next issue of #NewsSplash has been published! To keep up with all the latest #zebrafish news, be sure to check it out here: www.izfs.org/newssplash/n...

News Splash Issue 19 Spring 2025 | IZFS - International Zebrafish Society

www.izfs.org

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Kara Cerveny @kara-cerveny.bsky.social · Mar 20

Setting the record straight. Biological truth is far from simple and binary. thehill.com/opinion/whit...

thehill.com

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Kara Cerveny @kara-cerveny.bsky.social · Mar 8

@labonnelab.bsky.social leader gave an awesome podcast interview about the importance of government funding for NIH. Another way to Stand Up For Science! overcast.fm/+AA5AWObyBF8

Trump’s NIH Cuts Send Shockwaves Through the Science World — Odd Lots

overcast.fm

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Kara Cerveny @kara-cerveny.bsky.social · Mar 1

Wondering if you think this would work on larval zebrafish - either episcopic white light illumination or multi-color fluorescent images of larval zebrafish?

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Kara Cerveny @kara-cerveny.bsky.social · Mar 1

This is a must-listen/read. We must never forget the racism and misogyny that undergirds modern medicine. And we should celebrate the strength of women, especially the black women. www.npr.org/transcripts/...

Remembering Anarcha, Lucy, and Betsey: The Mothers of Modern Gynecology

J. Marion Sims is remembered as the father of modern gynecology. Forgotten are the mothers—the enslaved women whose bodies were sacrificed for the advancement of his research.

www.npr.org

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