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Steffi (she/her) @sillysciencelady.bsky.social · Aug 23

Damn now I want goth plates

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Valérie Borde @lab-borde.bsky.social · Aug 1

We are hiring!
We are looking for a motivated and enthusiastic postdoc to study mammalian DSB repair using innovative genomic approaches.
Our lab is at the Curie Institute in Paris and offers vibrant scientific environnement and cutting edge platforms.
Please repost or apply here:
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Institut Curie hiring Postdoctoral Position in Mammalian DSB Repair (F/M) in Paris, Île-de-France, France | LinkedIn

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Brooke Fitzwater, PhD (she/her) 🐟🪱🏳️‍🌈♾️ @oceanfilly.bsky.social · Jul 24

With many postdoc grants like the NSF PRFB, Ford Fellowship, and Hanna H. Gray fellowships disappearing, I am currently looking for grants that could fund incoming postdoctoral scholars. Here is a thread of some of them 🧵

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Martin Kampmann @kampmann.bsky.social · Jul 23

Tenure-track faculty search of the UCSF Biochemistry & Biophysics Department is open for applications!

We are looking for creative, innovative scientists asking fundamental questions in any area of biology.

Join our vibrant, collaborative, and supportive community!

aprecruit.ucsf.edu/JPF05702

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Kevin Mitchell @wiringthebrain.bsky.social · Jul 23

Very pleased to say we have an Assistant Professor job opening (tenure track) in the Department of Genetics at Trinity College Dublin! 😀
www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DOA399/a... - deadline is August 19th! Please repost!

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Steffi (she/her) @sillysciencelady.bsky.social · Jul 18

Congrats, Amruta!

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Isabel @isabelott.bsky.social · Jul 13

PSA for flood response: remember to NEVER mix cleaning solutions across classes, especially bleach x any ammonia or ammonium salts derivative (e.g. Lysol & many medical-grade spray cleaners)!! Biological hazard-graded respirators won’t protect against hazardous chemical fumes.

DO NOT MIX THESE CLEANING PRODUCTS
BLEACH + VINEGAR
Bleach and vinegar mixture produces chlorine gas, which can cause coughing, breathing
problems, burning and watery eyes.
BLEACH + AMMONIA
Bleach and ammonia produce a toxic gas called chloramine. It causes shortness of breath and chest pain.
BLEACH + RUBBING ALCOHOL
Bleach and rubbing alcohol makes chloroform, which is highly toxic.
HYDROGEN PEROXIDE +
VINEGAR
This combination makes peracetic/peroxyacetic acid, which can be highly corrosive

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Yvonne Lam @yvonnezlam.bsky.social · Jul 11

TIL (on mastodon) that the US National Park Service has crochet patterns!

www.nps.gov/articles/000...

Halibut Crochet Pattern (U.S. National Park Service)

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METR @metr.org · Jul 10

We ran a randomized controlled trial to see how much AI coding tools speed up experienced open-source developers.

The results surprised us: Developers thought they were 20% faster with AI tools, but they were actually 19% slower when they had access to AI than when they didn't.

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Needhi Bhalla 💅🏽 @needhibhalla.bsky.social · Jul 10

🧪 After the workshop on 7/7, the FDA and NIH are asking for public comments on implementing novel methodologies and other strategies to reduce the use of animal testing by 7/14:

www.fda.gov/news-events/...

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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Steffi (she/her) @sillysciencelady.bsky.social · Jul 10

Oh no I didn’t! Gotta check it out, thanks! Haha I take it I wasn’t able to provide any new names though which is sad. I’ll have to ask my wife, she has a lot more time for reading than me

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Christian Mosimann @chrmosimann.bsky.social · Jul 10

Reposting this as the same issue continues at #IZFC2025: lots of red/green LUTs in talks.

Especially the #zebrafish crowd, with imaging as a key technique in our field, should be able to do better. And know how to.
#WeTheColorBlind #2025IZFC @izfs.bsky.social

Christian Mosimann @chrmosimann.bsky.social · Jun 19

PSA: around 5-8% of the population has a color vision impairment for red/green.

Many talks at #2025ICDB still use red-green LUTs on slides that are not accessible to everyone.

Changing to more accessible colors is doable and easy.

We can do better.
#devbio
#ICDB2025 #WeTheColorBlind

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Steffi (she/her) @sillysciencelady.bsky.social · Jul 10

Tamsyn Muir would be quite something different (unless you already read her books of course haha), I also really liked Malka Older’s “The mimicking of known successes” plus sequel

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Steffi (she/her) @sillysciencelady.bsky.social · Jun 14

Would love to hear any thoughts!

Steffi (she/her) @sillysciencelady.bsky.social · Jun 14

Drosophila melanogaster SC gene with that of a close relative. The data suggests that Corolla is directly involved in crossover formation. Extra fun: There is a temperature sensitive phenotype and we find very cool polycomplexes (aberrant structures consisting of SC proteins).

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Steffi (she/her) @sillysciencelady.bsky.social · Jun 14

In short: There is evidence that in many organisms the synaptonemal complex (SC) has a role in crossover formation during meiosis. Unfortunately, studying this role has been difficult because most SC mutants we have are null alleles. Here we made a partial-loss-of-function mutation by replacing the

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Steffi (she/her) @sillysciencelady.bsky.social · Jun 14

The preprint for my first first-author paper is up! www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

Using evolution as a tool: Replacing corolla in Drosophila melanogaster with its Drosophila mauritiana ortholog creates a novel hypomorphic allele

In Drosophila melanogaster females, as in most organisms, the segregation of meiotic chromosomes depends on the proper distribution of crossovers along paired maternal and paternal chromosomes. In mos...

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Steffi (she/her) @sillysciencelady.bsky.social · Apr 18

The diet Coke is a given

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Steffi (she/her) @sillysciencelady.bsky.social · Apr 18

This review has a special place in my heart. This will be the only part of my written PhD works that received direct feedback from Scott. Sadly, he never even got to see the (very nice) reviewer comments.

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Steffi (she/her) @sillysciencelady.bsky.social · Apr 18

In this review, I write about why it is important to study synaptonemal complex protein evolution and highlight this with a few key examples of conserved features and unique adaptations.

From conservation to adaptation: understanding the synaptonemal complex’s evolutionary dynamics

The synaptonemal complex (SC) is structurally conserved across eukaryotes and is essential for a proper progression of meiosis. Despite this conservat…

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Steffi (she/her) @sillysciencelady.bsky.social · Feb 6

Wrapping my PhD up much faster than initially planned to get my wife and I out of Missouri and into a blue state... Though right now, we're not sure that will be enough..

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Steffi (she/her) @sillysciencelady.bsky.social · Jan 31

He must have been an absolutely amazing undergrad advisor. Just as he was as a graduate advisor to me. He was a very special person. Wishing you well in recovering from this loss.

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Steffi (she/her) @sillysciencelady.bsky.social · Jan 31

No way!! He never mentioned it!

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Steffi (she/her) @sillysciencelady.bsky.social · Jan 31

That's an awesome story, sounds just like him

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Steffi (she/her) @sillysciencelady.bsky.social · Jan 31

It was an honor to be the last PhD student he took in. He was always excited about even the smallest progress I made. But he was truly more than just a scientific advisor and I will miss him deeply. Rest In Peace, Scott. And thank you for everything.

HunterLab.bsky.social @hunterlab.bsky.social · Jan 31

Sadly, our colleague and friend Scott Hawley passed away this morning. He was an irreplaceable presence and force for good in the meiosis an Drosophila communities and will be sorely missed.

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