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Vengamanaidu Modepalli @venky-vnm.bsky.social · 13d

Many thanks Alex🙏

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Rebecca R Helm @rebeccarhelm.bsky.social · 14d

I get that the news cycle is packed right now, but I just heard from a colleague at the Smithsonian that this is fully a GIANT SQUID BEING EATEN BY A SPERM WHALE and it’s possibly the first ever confirmed video according to a friend at NOAA

10 YEAR OLD ME IS LOSING HER MIND (a thread 🧵)

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Sanjay Narayanaswamy @sanjay-n.bsky.social · 13d

Happy to be presenting our story on Nematostella self-organization :) tune in if you like to hear what organizes the organizer in cnidarian gastruloids!

www.biorxiv.org/cgi/content/...

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Pawel Burkhardt @pawelburkhardt.bsky.social · Aug 7

Ctenophores possess a unique aboral organ that acts as a multisensory center, controlling complex behaviors. We’ve now created a ctenophore model integrated with our 3D volume EM data. Puts it into perspective.

Check out our recent work here: www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

#ctenophores #volumeEM

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Vengamanaidu Modepalli @venky-vnm.bsky.social · 21d

Thank you 😊🙏

Vengamanaidu Modepalli @venky-vnm.bsky.social · 22d

Thanks you Grisha 🙏

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Vengamanaidu Modepalli @venky-vnm.bsky.social · 23d

Thanks Yehu 🙂🙏

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Vengamanaidu Modepalli @venky-vnm.bsky.social · 23d

Thank you Filippo👍

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Vengamanaidu Modepalli @venky-vnm.bsky.social · 23d

Exciting news to share! I have started my new role as a Lecturer in Evolutionary Biology / Director of MSc Bioinformatics program at the School of Biological Sciences, University of Bristol @bristolbiosci.bsky.social

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Pawel Burkhardt @pawelburkhardt.bsky.social · Aug 4

Marine biodiversity: Gone with the wind? Our dispatch out now in @currentbiology.bsky.social

New research shows that wind and currents act as invisible barriers, reshaping our view of ocean connectivity. 🌊🪼

authors.elsevier.com/a/1lYLj3QW8S...
@iramaegele.bsky.social @msarscentre.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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The Marine Biological Association @thembauk.bsky.social · Jul 16

🔬 We're Hiring: Become the next MBA Anne Warner Research Fellow

You’ll be at the forefront of groundbreaking research, leading a team of scientists to unlock new insights in the realms of cell and molecular biology.

Apply by 17th September 2025

mymba.mba.ac.uk/job/mba-anne...

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Gaspar Jekely @jekely.biologists.social.ap.brid.gy · Jul 16

Happy to be involved in UNICIL, our new Wellcome Trust Discovery project coordinated by @micromotility.bsky.social

We will study ciliary dynamics across scales and organisms. A long-term #postdoc position will be available at Heidelberg University […]

[Original post on biologists.social]

scanning electron micrograph of a Platynereis larva showing a close-up of the prototroch ciliary band

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James Gahan @jgahan.bsky.social · Jul 16

We are looking for new colleagues to come join us in Galway as group leaders (Junior and Senior). The Centre for Chromosome Biology is a great place and it is a good time to join. Please reach out if you want to chat about the opportunity!
www.nature.com/naturecareer...

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MBA Library @nmbluk.bsky.social · Jul 20

It's #InternationalMoonDay so we're celebrating with a marine-themed post. Aurelia aurita, also known as the moon jellyfish, can be found in coastal regions around the globe. This illustration was taken from Sir Alister Hardy's 'The Open Sea', 1956. A signed copy of which we have in the library.

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Arnau Sebé-Pedrós @arnausebe.bsky.social · Jul 15

We are looking for a student to continue our work on chromatin evolution:
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

The project with @seanamontgomery.bsky.social will focus on chromatin state readers across eukaryotes.

More info: recruitment.crg.eu/content/jobs...

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Terry Hughes @profterryhughes.bsky.social · May 1

The fourth global coral bleaching event since 1998:

Nobody should be surprised that temperatures are rising, or that bleaching events are now stronger, more frequent and more widespread.

Scientist have documented these trends for decades. johnmenadue.com/post/2025/04...

Fossil fuels blamed as 84% of world's coral reefs hit by worst bleaching event ever recorded

The magnitude and extent of the heat stress is shocking, said one marine scientist.

johnmenadue.com

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Development @dev-journal.bsky.social · Apr 30

Skin T cells form stable blebs to move

Read this Research Highlight showcasing work from Tanner Robertson, Anna Huttenlocher and colleagues:
journals.biologists.com/dev/article/...
🎥T cells migrate with F-actin-poor leading edges in the epidermis of scale explants

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The Company of Biologists @biologists.bsky.social · Apr 25

We've just released another set of peer reviewer trees. Each digital tree represents a real-life tree in Great Knott Wood that is being protected, thanks to the important work of our peer reviewers. Check out the full #forestofbiologists on forest.biologists.com/landscape

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Human Frontier Science Program @hfspo.bsky.social · Apr 29

Got a radical idea that doesn’t fit the mold?
#HFSP supports bold, high-risk postdoctoral research in #LifeSciences 🧪
Challenge the norm. Go international. Think beyond disciplines 💪
Apply now!
💥 Deadline May 15 | Initiate LOI by May 7
🔗zurl.co/gtbWu
#sts

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Shashank Shekhar lab @sshekhr.bsky.social · Apr 26

🎉🎉We’re on the cover of Nature Physics! @natphys.nature.com

Here is the original paper www.nature.com/articles/s41...

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Terry Hughes @profterryhughes.bsky.social · Apr 27

“Major barriers include the small scale of restoration programs, high costs per hectare, and the …. vulnerability (of corals) to future heat stresses. phys.org/news/2025-04...

Coral restoration projects failing: One-third ineffective and unlikely to scale, study finds

As coral bleaching and deaths become more widespread globally, experts are re-evaluating the benefits of restoration missions to reverse damage and protect some of the world's most species-rich ecosys...

phys.org

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Ariel Chipman @chipman-lab.bsky.social · Apr 15

I was interviewed on the IOB blog @sicbjournals.bsky.social about my textbook.
What? You haven't bought it yet?
Now is the time to think about integrating it into your teaching for next year.
iobopen.com/2025/04/15/a...

An interview with IOB author,Ariel Chipman on his Organismic Animal Biology

At IOB, we endeavor to highlight all the work our authors are involved in. Co author Ariel D. Chipman of Serial Homology and Segment Identity in the Arthropod Head Oren Lev, Gregory D Edgeco…

iobopen.com

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Vengamanaidu Modepalli @venky-vnm.bsky.social · Apr 16

Awesome congratulations 👏

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Yehu Moran @yehumoran.bsky.social · Jan 28

1/4 🚨 a brand new @biorxiv preprint from the lab! We charcterized both transcriptionally, morphologically and functionally (phagocytosis) immune cells from #Nematostella! We are convinced that our data supports the existence of such specialized cells! www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
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https://biorxiv.org/content/10.110…

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