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Dominique Bergmann @stanfordstomata.bsky.social · 9d

Thanks Marc!

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Kalika Prasad @kalikaprasad.bsky.social · 28d

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How plant roots rebuild their tips after injury

Geometry-driven cell divisions help restore shape.

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Senator Scott Wiener @scottwiener.bsky.social · Sep 1

Stand up for our country & against this authoritarian regime. Big SF protest saying hell no to Trump.

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mcyeemd @mcyeemd.bsky.social · Sep 1

17X17 Protest (17K people and 17 miles long) in Redwood City - here are our two 90+ y.o. protestors out there for all two hours!

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Natanella Illouz-Eliaz @natanellae.bsky.social · Aug 27

Congrats Gozde and team!! A plethora of new preprints from the Demirer lab @caltech.edu 📚

Gozde Demirer @prof-gozde.bsky.social · Aug 26

Big news from the Demirer lab: first 4 research papers are preprinted! Check them out, feedback welcomed:

eCIS for plant protein delivery: tinyurl.com/mrx4d878
R2 for targeted insertion: tinyurl.com/5n73za6h
Transient expression: tinyurl.com/38p2ud6w
Chemotaxis assay: tinyurl.com/3nw9haes

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Gretchen Goldman, PhD @gretchentg.bsky.social · Aug 14

My new @science.org editorial on the role of scientists in defending democracy is out today. As authoritarianism takes hold in the US, we must fight for the democratic principles that enable a free society and scientists have a key role. I hope you'll join us.
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

Scientists’ role in defending democracy

The United States’ democratic leadership, commitment to freedom of expression, and investment in the pursuit of knowledge have long enabled its preeminence in science and technology. Yet today we are ...

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Dominique Bergmann @stanfordstomata.bsky.social · Aug 15

One of my absolute favorite meetings! Attendees--please do ask me about CoB and the journal Development. Our community has strong advocates there.

Alex Eve @amjeve.bsky.social · Aug 14

The FASEB Mechanisms of Plant Development #PDevSRC meeting starts next weekend!

Sorry I can't be there, but please speak to @stanfordstomata.bsky.social if you're interested in submitting to @dev-journal.bsky.social.

Browse some of the #PlantDevelopment highlights in the collection:

Focus on plant development | Development | The Company of Biologists

Plant species are fantastic models for understanding how a single cell becomes a complex multicellular organism, providing opportunities to interrogate cel

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Stand Up for Science! @standupforscience.bsky.social · Aug 12

💊It’s Day 12 of #31Days Of Action! Attend our weekly Webinar to learn about our mission and how YOU can get involved!

Join #StandUpForScience and Special Guest Jeremy Berg, former director of the NIH & NIGMS, for our Tues Action Hour TONIGHT at 8pm ET/5pm PT!

Sign up here👉 zurl.co/OmG1N

Promotional graphic for “Action Hour with Special Guest Jeremy Berg” from Stand Up for Science, labeled as “Day 12.” The design features red, white, and blue colors with paint splatters, star outlines, a partial image of the Statue of Liberty, and a QR code. The website link www.standupforscience.net/31-days-of-action is displayed at the bottom.

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Jeremy Berg @jeremymberg.bsky.social · Aug 7

Well, this is a huge Executive Order power grab...

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Improving Oversight of Federal Grantmaking

By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, and to improve the process of Federal

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Development @dev-journal.bsky.social · Aug 6

Excited for the @faseborg.bsky.social's upcoming #PlantDevelopment conference in Massachusetts? #PDevSRC

To complement the meeting, we've curated a collection of review-type and Research Articles on this topic:
journals.biologists.com/dev/collecti...

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James Briscoe @jamesbriscoe.bsky.social · Aug 4

A Summer reading recommendation: new primer in @dev-journal.bsky.social explains how dynamical systems theory unlocks the logic of developmental patterning

Everything from bistable switches & oscillators to phase portraits & more with Python code to explore

journals.biologists.com/dev/article/...

From genes to patterns: five key dynamical systems concepts to decode developmental regulatory mechanisms

Summary: Dynamical systems theory provides a powerful quantitative and intuitive framework to understand developmental processes. This Primer brings key concepts of this framework to the ever-growing ...

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Dominique Bergmann @stanfordstomata.bsky.social · Aug 4

Wow, what a spectacular workshop! People, place and prospect of deep conversations that could guide the next decade of inquiry.

Michael Raissig @michaelraissig.bsky.social · Aug 3

Join us for a unique workshop that will give many diverse perspectives on how to approach experimental cell and developmental biology in the 21st century.

SCNAT @scnat.ch · Jul 23

🧪 The #RigiWorkshop is back - Apply now for 3 days of cell #biology in the Swiss Alps! Our guest speakers include @dudinlab.bsky.social, @michaelraissig.bsky.social, @annikaguse.bsky.social, @gautamdey.bsky.social & @jandevries.bsky.social. Details here 👉 biol.scnat.ch/rigiworkshop26

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Maizel lab @maizel-lab.org · Jul 17

We received 80 abstracts and have >100 registered participants for the Mech. of Plant Development FASEB (Aug 24-28 in Southbridge MA USA). Time for us to select ~20 talks from those 😱
It will be an exciting meeting!
FOMO? Still time to register! → tinyurl.com/24fsjq6a

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PLOS Biology @plosbiology.org · Jul 16

Measuring properties of individual cells in relation to their neighbors in 3D tissues is challenging. @cellysally.bsky.social &co develop a computational toolkit to facilitate this, analyzing developmental patterning in mouse, chick & #Drosophila #embryo @plosbiology.org 🧪 plos.io/4lQMeNu

Patterning of cell identities in the posterior E8.5 mouse embryo. Co-expression of mesoderm marker TBXT (blue) and neural marker SOX2 (green) identifies cells in the neuromesodermal (NMP) progenitor region at the intersection of their respective gene expression gradients. TBX6 (red) marks paraxial mesoderm and also marks sporadic mesoderm-committed cells emerging within the NMP region. LAMINB1 (white) marks the nuclear envelope of all cells. Credit: Matthew French.

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Marie-Cécile Caillaud @mc-caillaud.bsky.social · Jun 21

Congrats to the 3 poster prize winners at ICAR2025 ! But a particular highlight about Alexis Lebecq, alumini of the SICe group at RDP lyon @rdplab.bsky.social @ensdelyon.bsky.social
Which is now postdoc in the lab of @stanfordstomata.bsky.social 🤓🧪🌱🧬

👏👏👏 amazing project 😍

Moritz K. Nowack @moritznowack.bsky.social · Jun 21

#ICAR2025 Poster Prize winners are @aroessling.bsky.social from @elkebarbez.bsky.social lab @uni-freiburg.de, Wouter Smagge from @dejaegerlab.bsky.social @psb-vib.bsky.social @universiteitgent.bsky.social and Alexis Lebecq from @stanfordstomata.bsky.social @stanford.edu ! Congratulations!!

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Development @dev-journal.bsky.social · Jun 10

The Company of Biologists and the Woods Hole Embryology Course

We explore the association of Development and @biologists.bsky.social‬ with the Woods Hole Embryology Course @mblscience.bsky.social‬ and hear from former students about the impact the course has had on them:
doi.org/10.1242/dev....

Images taken during the Woods Hole Embryology Course that have been promoted by Development and the Node.

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Carl T. Bergstrom @carlbergstrom.com · Jun 6

Very smart, high ROI initiative from the Spencer Foundation.

Providing bridge funding for canceled NSF grants:

1) directs funds to projects already screened by a top-noch review process.
2) avoids imposing proposal prep costs on researchers.
3) ameliorates the disruption from GOP sabotage.

Rapid Response Bridge Funding Program

In the face of recent abrupt shifts in federal funding for education research, including large-scale terminations of National Science Foundation (NSF) research grant awards, we have developed a rap...

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Margot Smit @likeyoda1.bsky.social · Jun 5

We're looking for a new PhD candidate to join the lab. Please share 🌱😄

A PhD position (initially 3 years) is available in our laboratory in the Center for Plant Molecular Biology (ZMBP), at the University of Tübingen (Germany). The position is available with an intended start date starting January 2026.
Interested applicants should submit a single PDF comprising a motivation letter describing your research interests, an up-to-date CV, and the names and contact information for 2 references to timing.lab@zmbp.uni-tuebingen.de ideally before July 21st.

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the Node @the-node.bsky.social · Apr 15

As we turn 15, we want to collect feedback from you, our community, to ensure the Node is still relevant and useful. If you’ve ever visited the Node to read, write and interact with the #DevBio & #StemCell community, thank you!

Please spare 5min to take our survey:
www.surveymonkey.com/r/7QHYQCW

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James Briscoe @jamesbriscoe.bsky.social · May 7

Meet the 2025 @dev-journal.bsky.social Pathway to Independence (PI) fellows

Eight developmental and stem cell biologists transitioning from postdoc to principal investigator

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PI Fellows 2025 | Development | The Company of Biologists

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smartassredhead.bsky.social @smartassredhead.bsky.social · May 2

Redwood City CA. May day has at least 3k people here.
RESIST!!

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CatWoman @catwomanresists.bsky.social · Apr 19

San Francisco today

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Dominique Bergmann @stanfordstomata.bsky.social · Mar 20

So sorry that you are sick and that you are also missing the bio100 conference 🤕. Wishing you a speedy recovery

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Mark Peifer (He, him) @peiferlabunc.bsky.social · Mar 19

In honor of March Madness, enjoy this piece from last year about Botanical Team Mascots, from my spouse in UNC' Herbarium and the NC Botanical Garden. How can you resist the Fighting Okra or the UNC School of the Arts Fighting Pickles! 🧪
ncbg.unc.edu/2024/03/05/m...

March Madness: Botanical Sports Mascots - North Carolina Botanical Garden

By Carol Ann McCormick Curatrix, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Herbarium As we enter the Bracket Season, a.k.a. March Madness, I have been contemplating sports team names, colors,... Rea...

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Botanical Society of America @botsocamerica.bsky.social · Mar 18

BSA Member & 2024 Emerging Leader Award winner Joyce Onyenedum launches "Build a Plant", a free video series on plant anatomy!

A great resource for students, instructors, & scientists. Watch here: www.youtube.com/@joyceonyene...

Professor Joyce Onyenedum

Welcome! This channel is dedicated to sharing my love of plants with anyone who will listen. My name is Dr. Joyce G. Onyenedum, and I am a Botany Professor at New York University in New York City. ...

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