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Rannyele P. Ribeiro, PhD @rannypribeiro.bsky.social · 12d

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‘Lipstick on a pig’: how to fight back against a peer-review bully

Scientific societies, journals, editors and researchers are pushing back against mean-spirited peer reviews.

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Rannyele P. Ribeiro, PhD @rannypribeiro.bsky.social · Aug 31

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International Society for Regenerative Biology @isrbio.bsky.social · Aug 20

Reminder that the Career Catalyst Mentorship Bootcamp is starting tomorrow with a webinar on 'Identifying and delivering your research vision'.

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International Society for Regenerative Biology @isrbio.bsky.social · Aug 19

Celebrating our award winning trainee talks from the recent ISRB Conference in Madison given by Rannyele Passos, Pierre Gillotay and Wouter Masselink and proudly sponsored by Developmental Dynamics @devdynamics.bsky.social
and Development @dev-journal.bsky.social

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International Society for Regenerative Biology @isrbio.bsky.social · Aug 28

🚨ISRB Webinar Alert - Zone 2: Europe, West Asia, Africa📷 Join us on September 9th at 4pm Central European Time. Featuring Jordi Solana @jordisolana.bsky.social and Leo Otsuki @leootsuki.bsky.social

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franz @franzanth.bsky.social · Aug 28

We present: The Art of #InverteFest - August 2025 Edition
A digital art book showcasing the work of 100 artists from around the world, in celebration of overlooked invertebrate fauna.

Thank you to the artists who contributed to our book!

Download here drive.google.com/file/d/19wfG...

#Art #SciArt

a promo image showing various pages from the book, each page showcasing different animals like an orchid mantis, opabinia, a butterfly. the art featured shows a range of different medium, including digital, plushie, papercraft, 3D render, comic, and so on.

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David Shiffman, Ph.D. 🦈 @whysharksmatter.bsky.social · Aug 19

Hey everybody! @drjuliawester.bsky.social and I have a new paper!

We surveyed over 800 scientists, science communicators, and science educators who use social media.

Conclusion: Scientists no longer find Twitter useful or pleasant, and many have switched to Bluesky! 🧪🌎🦑

doi.org/10.1093/icb/...

Scientists no Longer Find Twitter Professionally Useful, and have Switched to Bluesky

Synopsis. Social media has become widely used by the scientific community for a variety of professional uses, including networking and public outreach. For

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🪱Ekin Tilic @etilic.bsky.social · Aug 16

Remember, the next Polychaete Conference #IPC15 is coming to Frankfurt in 2026! Make sure you save the dates - and in the meantime check out the website for the polychaete-association.com

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Rannyele P. Ribeiro, PhD @rannypribeiro.bsky.social · Aug 17

I’m glad to hear that! Thanks 🫶

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Rannyele P. Ribeiro, PhD @rannypribeiro.bsky.social · Aug 17

Thank you! #poderlatino

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Rannyele P. Ribeiro, PhD @rannypribeiro.bsky.social · Aug 16

I absolutely loved the ISRB 2025! Madison was such a wonderful place for this conference. Huge thanks to the organizers for putting together such a fantastic event. New insights, new friends, and a presentation award — I couldn’t ask for more. Truly grateful! @isrbio.bsky.social

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Princess Vimentin PhD | Cancer Biologist @princess-vimentin.bsky.social · Jul 24

This is a must watch. Here is an interview of Francis Collins, former director of the NIH w/ Stephen Colbert. He ran the NIH for 12 years.

"Medical miracles don't happen overnight. You have to invest in them. "Our investments are in trouble."

The brain drain is here.

🧪 youtu.be/lW9c6t4potU?...

A Scientific Brain Drain Has Followed Trump’s Gutting Of The NIH - Dr. Francis Collins

YouTube video by The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

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SharkScience @sharkscience.bsky.social · Jul 25

Global patterns and drivers of untracked industrial fishing in coastal marine protected areas | Science 🦑🧪🌎🐟 www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...?

Global patterns and drivers of untracked industrial fishing in coastal marine protected areas

Marine protected areas (MPAs) are expanding worldwide, but industrial fishing within their boundaries remains poorly understood. By combining vessel Global Positioning System data with satellite image...

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Society for Developmental Biology @socdevbio.bsky.social · Jul 5

Got stunning fluorescence microscopy images? 🌈🔬 SDB wants to feature YOUR work for #FluorescenceFriday! We highlight images from SDB members with a short description and the image creators 📸. Fill out the form to be featured: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F... 🧪

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Will Allen @willallennz.bsky.social · Jul 5

Raising awareness isn’t enough.
Real change in sustainability depends on alignment, not just information.

My latest post explores why collaboration, context, and practice matter more than persuasion. 🌍🧪

🧭 learningforsustainability.net/post/shiftin...

#behaviourchange #sustainability

Why ‘awareness’ isn’t enough: shifting public engagement on sustainability - learningforsustainability.net

Awareness isn’t enough—real change in sustainability depends on context, relationships, and support to act.

learningforsustainability.net

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International Society for Regenerative Biology @isrbio.bsky.social · Jun 30

Sign up for the ISRB Pre-Conference Trainee Meeting is closing tomorrow, 1st July. Don't miss out trainees! morgridge.org/event/isrb-p...

ISRB Pre-Conference Trainee Meeting - Morgridge Institute for Research

This pre-conference workshop is designed specifically for trainee-level members, including undergraduates, graduate students, and postdocs. The event will provide a platform for trainees to share thei...

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Dr. Ahna Skop @ahnaskop.bsky.social · Jun 30

Nobel winners of worms! Curiosity driven science is essential! @genetics-gsa.bsky.social

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Allan Carrillo-Baltodano @allancarbal.bsky.social · Jun 2

It's finally here! Great start of the summer. We got our latest preprint from @chemamd.bsky.social in @qmulsbbs.bsky.social @qmulse.bsky.social, showing evidence of developmental system drift in the specification of dorsoventral (belly vs back) axis in annelids 🪱🪱🪱
#DevBio #EvoDevo

Image shows larvae of four different species of marine annelid worms, stained for muscle (magenta) and cilia (yellow). All with lateral views, with the mouth towards the left, and the future head pointing up. Images are to scale.

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Richard Sever @richardsever.bsky.social · Jun 19

“In all my discussions with scientists across every sector, exactly zero think the journal system works well.”

Some will disagree with aspects of Seemay’s analysis but this point is undoubtedly true open.substack.com/pub/asterain...?

Scientific Publishing: Enough is Enough

Why we're no longer funding journal publications

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The New Yorker @newyorker.com · Jun 13

Sarah Stillman investigates a widespread crisis of deaths by starvation in America’s county jails. Most of the victims she identified had been arrested in the midst of a mental-health crisis, often on petty charges tied to their psychiatric distress.

Starved in Jail

Why are incarcerated people dying from lack of food or water, even as private companies are paid millions for their care?

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Nature @nature.com · Jun 14

Latest from the Nature Podcast 🔊 This stretchy neural implant grows with an axolotl’s brain

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

This stretchy neural implant grows with an axolotl's brain

Hear the biggest stories from the world of science | 11 June 2025

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Science Magazine @science.org · Jun 9

Breaking news: Staff at the National Institutes of Health have issued a declaration calling on their director to depoliticize the agency and reverse spending cuts.

NIH staff and biomedical community sound alarm about agency politicization, funding slowdown

In test of NIH director’s support of dissent, NIH staff sign Bethesda Declaration urging reversal of grant cuts and freezes

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Rannyele P. Ribeiro, PhD @rannypribeiro.bsky.social · Apr 18

Celebrating my recent paper published in Development with a new art from my #sci-art project Wormly Speaking. “With Maturity”
#annelid #worm #art #comics #love #resilience #peace #polychaete
#WormWednesday
Visit Wormly Speaking: rannypribeiro.github.io/sci-art/comi...

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Development @dev-journal.bsky.social · Apr 17

Issue 7 is complete!

On the cover: Live images of mature Platynereis dumerilii. Upon maturity, males look white and red, while females glow yellow with yolky eggs. Their reproduction occurs in a fascinating ‘nuptial dance’. See Ribeiro et al.
doi.org/10.1242/dev....

Cover of issue 7: Live images of mature Platynereis dumerilii. Upon maturity, males look white and red, while females glow yellow with yolky eggs. Their reproduction occurs in a fascinating ‘nuptial dance’, where males swim in circles around the females, allowing fertilization to take place and the continuation of the species. See Research Article by Ribeiro et al. (dev204513).

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Rannyele P. Ribeiro, PhD @rannypribeiro.bsky.social · Apr 17

Our paper is out in Development—and we made the cover! 🪱✨
We share insights into annelid reproduction, including sex-biased expression of genes like dmrt1 and the protostome-specific (psmt).
Check it out! 🧬🧡

Development @dev-journal.bsky.social · Apr 17

Sex-biased gene expression precedes sexual dimorphism in the agonadal annelid Platynereis dumerilii

Read this Research Article by Rannyele Ribeiro @rannypribeiro.bsky.social, Ryan Null and B. Duygu Özpolat @biyolokum.bsky.social :
journals.biologists.com/dev/article/...

Figure 1 Experimental design for transcriptomic profiling of differentiating germ cells

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