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Nat Clarke @natclarke.bsky.social · 17h

🚨 My lab is hiring at all levels!

Interested in animal origins & evolutionary cell biology?

I'm recruiting a postdoc, PhD students & a research assistant to study the molecular evolution of cell adhesion using marine invertebrates + comparative genomics.

🔗: clarkelab.com/join/

Please repost!

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Natasha Shylo @shylonatasha.bsky.social · 7d

Don't forget to tune in tomorrow! Zoom link is available on Slack and in the email.

Virtual Gastrulation Zoom Talks @vgzt2021.bsky.social · 13d

We are excited to announce the first Western VGZT of Season 7! 🎉

🗓️ Thursday, October 2nd
⏰ 9:30 PDT / 12:30 EDT / 16:30 UTC / 17:30 BST / 18:30 CET

Our speakers:

👉 Antonia Weberling (@a-weberling.bsky.social)

👉 Sanjay Narayanaswamy (@sanjay-n.bsky.social)

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JAX Genomic Education @jaxeducation.bsky.social · 7d

Experiential #DataScience training opportunity for undergraduate students to strengthen programming, statistics and genomics skills!

📅 January 3 – 17, 2026
📍 @jacksonlab.bsky.social (Bar Harbor, ME)
💸 Full scholarships cover travel, housing, meals
🔜 Apply by October 15: www.jax.org/education-an...

Biomedical Data Science in Context Program for Undergraduates

Explore the Biomedical Data Science in Context (BDSiC) program at JAX — a two-week, residential J-Term experience for undergraduates eager to build technical skills, work on real biomedical data proje...

www.jax.org

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Antonia Weberling @a-weberling.bsky.social · 13d

Very excited to present my research focussing on the evolutionary differences of epiblast morphogenesis across amniotes next week at the kick-off of @vgzt2021.bsky.social season 7!
A story of 🐁,🧍,🐓 & many 🦎🦎🦎🦎

Virtual Gastrulation Zoom Talks @vgzt2021.bsky.social · 13d

We are excited to announce the first Western VGZT of Season 7! 🎉

🗓️ Thursday, October 2nd
⏰ 9:30 PDT / 12:30 EDT / 16:30 UTC / 17:30 BST / 18:30 CET

Our speakers:

👉 Antonia Weberling (@a-weberling.bsky.social)

👉 Sanjay Narayanaswamy (@sanjay-n.bsky.social)

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Virtual Gastrulation Zoom Talks @vgzt2021.bsky.social · 13d

We are excited to announce the first Western VGZT of Season 7! 🎉

🗓️ Thursday, October 2nd
⏰ 9:30 PDT / 12:30 EDT / 16:30 UTC / 17:30 BST / 18:30 CET

Our speakers:

👉 Antonia Weberling (@a-weberling.bsky.social)

👉 Sanjay Narayanaswamy (@sanjay-n.bsky.social)

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Natasha Shylo @shylonatasha.bsky.social · 14d

Very excited to be one of the organizers for the 7th season of the amazing #VGZT seminar series. Stay tuned for the first talks coming October 2nd!

Virtual Gastrulation Zoom Talks @vgzt2021.bsky.social · 15d

As we close VGZT season 6, we’d like to THANKS all the speakers and participants for this fantastic season ✨.
The VGZT 7 organiser team is ready and coming 👇. New announcements are coming soon, keep an eye out ⭐.

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Antonia Weberling @a-weberling.bsky.social · 14d

Thrilled that our preprint on anole oocyte formation is now online @holyanole.bsky.social !
Such a great collaboration merging our expertise in anole reproductive tract morphology and early embryogenesis to understand how egg cells form!

Bonnie Kircher @holyanole.bsky.social · 15d

@a-weberling.bsky.social & I characterize oogenesis from initiation in the germinal bed to ovulatory follicles for the first time in the brown anole, a powerful reptile model for evo-devo & functional genetics!
Full preprint here:
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

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Kayce Bell @kaycebell.bsky.social · 15d

Hi! We need lice for our diversity and adaptation project. Specifically, we need lice from zebras, camelids (camels, llamas, alpacas, vicuñas, guanacos) & aardvarks. If you or someone you know might have lice, I'm happy to discuss our inclusive collaboration plans!
sites.google.com/nhm.org/anop...

Mammals & Lice

We are interested in understanding what drives host-parasite relationships. We are using the Anoplura (sucking lice) parasite and mammalian host system to generate a comprehensive sucking louse phylog...

sites.google.com

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Bonnie Kircher @holyanole.bsky.social · 15d

@a-weberling.bsky.social & I characterize oogenesis from initiation in the germinal bed to ovulatory follicles for the first time in the brown anole, a powerful reptile model for evo-devo & functional genetics!
Full preprint here:
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

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Mari Sosa @marisosa.bsky.social · 16d

The Sosa Lab website is now live!
www.sosaneurolab.com

We will be seeking a postdoctoral researcher to join the growing team! If you are a rodent neuroscientist and interested in doing systems neuro work in the mountains 🏔️, please check out the "Join" page.

Sosa Lab

www.sosaneurolab.com

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cumrade poptart @poptart2nd.bsky.social · 16d

It's good to say this and reinforce that there is no link, but it's just as important to say this:

Even if there were a link between MMR and autism, YOU SHOULD STILL GET VACCINATED! I am autistic and my life is not worse than dying of measles!

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Laura Seeholzer @lauraseeholzer.bsky.social · 23d

I'm excited to share that I've started my lab @stanford.edu in the Neurobiology Department! neurobiology.stanford.edu/who-we-are/f...

#stanford #newPI #neuroscience

Faculty

neurobiology.stanford.edu

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Natasha Shylo @shylonatasha.bsky.social · Sep 8

So happy to be a part of this awesome collaboration that started in the heart of lockdowns. Looking forward to many more cool discoveries to come.

Aaron Griffing @aaronhgriffing.bsky.social · Sep 5

New preprint from some of my postdoc work on lungs! Co-led with Kaleb Hill, we studied smooth muscle and epithelial development in lizard lungs. Stay tuned for more!
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

brightfield images of three lizard embryos of approximately the same developmental stage. Below each embryo image is an immunofluorescence image labeling E-cadherin (green) and alpha-smooth muscle actin (magenta) of their developing lungs

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Dr. Jaye Gardiner @jayeperview.bsky.social · Sep 2

Injecting some joy in the skyline - today was my first day as an assistant professor! 😊

The Gardiner Lab @thegardinerlab.bsky.social · Sep 2

Hello world! Today’s officially the first day of the lab! It’s an empty space currently only filled with ideas (that I don’t have card access to yet 😂) but I’m excited for the science that will happen here! -JCG

Photo of Jaye Gardiner, a Black woman with long curly black hair, wearing dark green glasses and a coral colored sleeveless top, holding an iPad with the words “Jaye’s 1st day” written largely. Underneath it’s written “as an assistant professor 9/2/2025” although that doesn’t come out as clear in the photo.

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José Cerca @naturalselection.bsky.social · Aug 19

The 2025-26 Eco-Evo job list is out. Good luck to those applying!

docs.google.com/spreadsheets...

ecoevojobs.net 2025-26

docs.google.com

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Society for Developmental Biology @socdevbio.bsky.social · Jun 17

Joaquin Navajas Acedo @mads100tist.bsky.social will receive the SDB Trainee Science Communication Award #ICDB2025 for his role in promoting Developmental Biology and Zebrafish in social media 🐟🧪

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Susana Wadgymar🌿🔬 @smwadgymar.bsky.social · Jun 11

I brought my six year old son to a talk that I gave today.

I think he got a lot out of it!

A room full of people sitting and looking up at a screen. In the front row is a young boy, laying down on his back across several chairs, and with his head hanging off the last chair where the aisle is. He is clearly not paying any attention to anything happening in the room and looks very bored.

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Tony Cliff @tangocharlie.bsky.social · Jun 6

Okay I know you all are watching some sort of train crash, BUT

our 4-yo just marched into the room and said
“You know what? I LOVE BOOKS.
I love books more than probably anyone.”

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Tamara Stawicki, PhD @tamarastawicki.bsky.social · May 28

Putting out the #zebrafish batsignal (or I guess fish signal). Does anyone in the US have ccdc40 mutant embryos they would be willing to send me? Also potentially interested in mutants in other motile cilia genes.

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Natasha Shylo @shylonatasha.bsky.social · May 27

My paper being cited in the wild! 🥹🦎

Kirsty Wan @micromotility.bsky.social · May 27

I was the second talk of the meeting and wasn't even the first to mention #cilia! 😬

Why are pigs and lizards so weird... Okay quail is a cool system too...

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A. Sánchez Alvarado @planaria1.bsky.social · May 16

Welcome to the Stowers Institute!

Stowers Institute @stowersinstitute.bsky.social · May 15

We’re proud to welcome two bold scientific minds to the Institute! Arvind Pillai, PhD, joins as Assistant Investigator exploring protein #evolution and design. Friederike Benning, PhD, joins as Stowers Fellow studying membrane complexity in #bacteria.

Read more: bit.ly/3SCZQiM

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Antonia Weberling @a-weberling.bsky.social · May 6

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Very excited to announce the publication of our study on early anole embryogenesis @devdynamics.bsky.social

Read the full article here!

anatomypubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....

@stowersinstitute.bsky.social
@ox.ac.uk
@oxfordwomenshealth.bsky.social
@loyolachicago.bsky.social

Pre‐oviposition development of the brown anole (Anolis sagrei)

Background The brown anole, Anolis sagrei, has emerged as a representative squamate species for developmental studies during the past decades. Novel functional tools have been established to manipul.....

anatomypubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com

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NPR @npr.org · May 1

Politicians, lawyers and journalists who left behind autocratic systems in Europe, Asia and Latin America see the Trump administration employing similar methods.

People who fled authoritarian regimes say Trump's tactics remind them of home

Politicians, lawyers and journalists who left behind autocratic systems in Europe, Asia and Latin America see the Trump administration employing similar methods.

www.npr.org

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MDI Biological Laboratory @mdibiolab.bsky.social · Apr 22

The Comparative Genomics and Data Science (CGDS) Core at MDI Bio Lab is looking for a Bioinformatician/Programmer to join our team. This position blends research support with teaching. If you're passionate about #datascience, #genomics, and mentoring, we want to hear from you!

🧪 🤝 🖥️ 🧬

Bioinformatician

mdibl.org

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Theresa Kim, PhD, MS @tyk314.net · Apr 19

Controversial post. I want #HHS to stop shaming autism. You are not broken. People with autism do have jobs, make friends, and have fulfilling lives. Stop making parents think they have failed when their children have autism. Stop making autistic people feel subhuman.

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