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· Sep 30
Pathway to Independence: a forecast for the future of developmental biology
ABSTRACT. In 2022, Development launched its Pathway to Independence (PI) programme, aimed at supporting postdocs as they transition to their first independent position. In 2025, we welcome our third c...
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It's online! In this series of perspectives @dev-journal.bsky.social, yours truly talks about the exciting open questions and many things to do in the field of dev bio and neuroscience #DevBio🧪 #PIsOfTomorrow journals.biologists.com/dev/article/...
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Disabled students belong in biological sciences spaces! Here is a thread of some tips and suggestions to make your spaces more inclusive.
December 5, 2025 at 5:50 PM
Disabled students belong in biological sciences spaces! Here is a thread of some tips and suggestions to make your spaces more inclusive.
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🐟 We’re looking for a zebrafish line similar to Tg(vasa:eGFP) that could potentially be shared with us in the UK. This would greatly support some exciting experiments we have planned. If anyone is able to help or point us in the right direction, we’d be very grateful! 🐟
@zebrafishrock.bsky.social
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December 5, 2025 at 1:39 PM
🐟 We’re looking for a zebrafish line similar to Tg(vasa:eGFP) that could potentially be shared with us in the UK. This would greatly support some exciting experiments we have planned. If anyone is able to help or point us in the right direction, we’d be very grateful! 🐟
@zebrafishrock.bsky.social
@zebrafishrock.bsky.social
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The USPS posting a NINE BILLION DOLLAR LOSS!!! sounds terrible. Certainly worse than if you said "USPS costs thirty dollars per person per year" even though that means the same thing and more accurately describes a government service
December 5, 2025 at 1:31 PM
The USPS posting a NINE BILLION DOLLAR LOSS!!! sounds terrible. Certainly worse than if you said "USPS costs thirty dollars per person per year" even though that means the same thing and more accurately describes a government service
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With more Danio species being described, the genus was split in 1916 with larger species into Danio & the smaller species (such as zebrafish) into Brachydanio. In 1991, the two genera were recombined & most larger species within genus Danio were reclassified into genus Devario. #ZebrafishFunFacts 🧪
December 5, 2025 at 12:47 PM
With more Danio species being described, the genus was split in 1916 with larger species into Danio & the smaller species (such as zebrafish) into Brachydanio. In 1991, the two genera were recombined & most larger species within genus Danio were reclassified into genus Devario. #ZebrafishFunFacts 🧪
Cloudfare down can't read papers
December 5, 2025 at 8:57 AM
Cloudfare down can't read papers
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We have just published a tribute to John Gurdon, reflecting on his scientific legacy and the profound influence he had on generations of developmental biologists.
The piece is available open access in Nature Communications:
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
The piece is available open access in Nature Communications:
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Reversibility, regulation, and the community of development: the legacy of Sir John B. Gurdon - Nature Communications
Nature Communications - Reversibility, regulation, and the community of development: the legacy of Sir John B. Gurdon
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December 5, 2025 at 8:05 AM
We have just published a tribute to John Gurdon, reflecting on his scientific legacy and the profound influence he had on generations of developmental biologists.
The piece is available open access in Nature Communications:
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
The piece is available open access in Nature Communications:
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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And for #ArtAdventCalendar day 2, some fishing lures 😅 Variations on this design have trended on social media for a while. I used creme polishes for the bases, some with gradients, and topped them all with a sheer holographic magnetic polish. Then I added details using more creme polishes.
December 4, 2025 at 6:41 PM
And for #ArtAdventCalendar day 2, some fishing lures 😅 Variations on this design have trended on social media for a while. I used creme polishes for the bases, some with gradients, and topped them all with a sheer holographic magnetic polish. Then I added details using more creme polishes.
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Your favorite day of the week has arrived! Let's play #GuessThatISH 🤪 How would you describe the expression (in purple) of this #zebrafish larva? You know the drill: WRONG ANSWERS ONLY! The person with the most likes gets a free zebrafish sticker from Redbubble 🤩 Happy guessing! #ThisseThursday 🧪
December 4, 2025 at 12:29 PM
Your favorite day of the week has arrived! Let's play #GuessThatISH 🤪 How would you describe the expression (in purple) of this #zebrafish larva? You know the drill: WRONG ANSWERS ONLY! The person with the most likes gets a free zebrafish sticker from Redbubble 🤩 Happy guessing! #ThisseThursday 🧪
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“A program with a 0.5% success rate is not elite. It’s wasteful. Thousands of highly trained scientists will sink dozens of hours into writing proposals with vanishing odds of success. This is not just inefficient — it’s disrespectful of scientific labour.” Very well said @kamounlab.bsky.social!👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼
I just published: ERC-Plus: jackpot science or missed chance to fix academia?
My reflections on ERC-Plus, Europe’s newest ultra-competitive research grant and what it tells us about the academic culture we’re building.
medium.com/p/erc-plus-j...
My reflections on ERC-Plus, Europe’s newest ultra-competitive research grant and what it tells us about the academic culture we’re building.
medium.com/p/erc-plus-j...
ERC-Plus: jackpot science or missed chance to fix academia?
My reflections on ERC-Plus, Europe’s newest ultra-competitive research grant and what it tells us about the academic culture we’re…
medium.com
December 3, 2025 at 10:15 PM
“A program with a 0.5% success rate is not elite. It’s wasteful. Thousands of highly trained scientists will sink dozens of hours into writing proposals with vanishing odds of success. This is not just inefficient — it’s disrespectful of scientific labour.” Very well said @kamounlab.bsky.social!👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼
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All 2025 #IZFS #Webinars are now available online! Webinars are available to members for FREE, and are $25 each for non-members. Click here to see all of the 2025 #zebrafish webinars!
Webinars Archive | IZFS - International Zebrafish Society
Ken Poss will discuss his group’s study of tissue regeneration in zebrafish over the past 20-plus years, including recent work on regulatory elements that provide instructions for regeneration…
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December 3, 2025 at 3:54 PM
All 2025 #IZFS #Webinars are now available online! Webinars are available to members for FREE, and are $25 each for non-members. Click here to see all of the 2025 #zebrafish webinars!
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#KnowYourZDM or ‘Know Your Zebrafish Disease Model’ features ways the miniature fish is helping doctors and researchers fight human diseases. Follow along for more from this series!
December 3, 2025 at 10:27 AM
#KnowYourZDM or ‘Know Your Zebrafish Disease Model’ features ways the miniature fish is helping doctors and researchers fight human diseases. Follow along for more from this series!
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#KnowYourZDM: ~1 out of 15 infants born worldwide will be affected by a rare hereditary disease during their lifetime. #Zebrafish are uniquely suited for studying these diseases as there is a high level of genetic conservation. Learn more in this open-access review 👉 jmg.bmj.com/content/55/1... 🧪
December 3, 2025 at 10:23 AM
#KnowYourZDM: ~1 out of 15 infants born worldwide will be affected by a rare hereditary disease during their lifetime. #Zebrafish are uniquely suited for studying these diseases as there is a high level of genetic conservation. Learn more in this open-access review 👉 jmg.bmj.com/content/55/1... 🧪
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As a tribute to our founding member and president, Antonio Garcia Bellido, we have gathered the testimony of some of his closest collaborators. Thank you Antonio for your legacy youtu.be/AXlqTx5wYPE?...
Homenaje Antonio García Bellido (1936-2005)
YouTube video by Sociedad Española de Biología del Desarrollo
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December 3, 2025 at 7:34 AM
As a tribute to our founding member and president, Antonio Garcia Bellido, we have gathered the testimony of some of his closest collaborators. Thank you Antonio for your legacy youtu.be/AXlqTx5wYPE?...
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Scientists if you’re like “man I wish more people knew about X” then I humbly suggest hiring an artist to make a thing that communicates X and then put it into the world because it’s so fun, extremely “hell yeah” inducing, you gotta try it.
December 3, 2025 at 3:26 AM
Scientists if you’re like “man I wish more people knew about X” then I humbly suggest hiring an artist to make a thing that communicates X and then put it into the world because it’s so fun, extremely “hell yeah” inducing, you gotta try it.
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Even if you ignore the insane power usage, and the IP theft, and the workforce damage, the amount of fraud and abuse that gen ai enables is inexcusable and inextricable from the technology as long as it exists.
December 3, 2025 at 4:47 AM
Even if you ignore the insane power usage, and the IP theft, and the workforce damage, the amount of fraud and abuse that gen ai enables is inexcusable and inextricable from the technology as long as it exists.
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Exciting new #Zebrafish research from the #WeinsteinLab, led by Jong Park!
“Specialized gas-exchange endothelium of the zebrafish gill” —
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
Amazing to see red blood cells moving through the gills! Don’t forget to check out the supplemental movies ;-)
“Specialized gas-exchange endothelium of the zebrafish gill” —
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
Amazing to see red blood cells moving through the gills! Don’t forget to check out the supplemental movies ;-)
December 2, 2025 at 10:48 PM
Exciting new #Zebrafish research from the #WeinsteinLab, led by Jong Park!
“Specialized gas-exchange endothelium of the zebrafish gill” —
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
Amazing to see red blood cells moving through the gills! Don’t forget to check out the supplemental movies ;-)
“Specialized gas-exchange endothelium of the zebrafish gill” —
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
Amazing to see red blood cells moving through the gills! Don’t forget to check out the supplemental movies ;-)
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This paper was written by my WormAtlas colleagues, Dave and Nate, in addition to 5 Nobel Prize winners. Hopefully more attention and funding will find its way to the invaluable C. elegans resources described in the paper.
A new paper, co-authored by WormAtlas directors Dave Hall and Nate Schroeder, describes how C. elegans community research resources, including WormAtlas, provide the infrastructure that supports nematode research around the world.
www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
PNAS
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS), a peer reviewed journal of the National Academy of Sciences (NAS) - an authoritative source of high-impact, original research that broadly spans...
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December 2, 2025 at 7:06 PM
This paper was written by my WormAtlas colleagues, Dave and Nate, in addition to 5 Nobel Prize winners. Hopefully more attention and funding will find its way to the invaluable C. elegans resources described in the paper.
Apply! It's a great experience and you get to meet very cool people. Let me know if you want to know more 🧪
Apply for our Pathway to Independence (PI) programme, supporting postdocs in #devbio and #stemcell research during the transition to their first group leader position: www.biologists.com/grants/devel...
Application deadline: 2 February 2026.
Application deadline: 2 February 2026.
December 2, 2025 at 6:02 PM
Apply! It's a great experience and you get to meet very cool people. Let me know if you want to know more 🧪
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Preview of the German Fish Meeting webpage www.germanfishmeeting.org. Please repost!!!!! #EZRC #EZS #ZFIN
1st German Fish Meeting - Heidelberg University - September 16-18, 2026
The 7th European Zebrafish PI Meeting will be held in Paris, France - April 2 to 5, 2025. Principal investigators in zebrafish research will share their discoveries
www.germanfishmeeting.org
December 2, 2025 at 1:00 PM
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They were 8 and 11 years old
December 2, 2025 at 6:50 AM
They were 8 and 11 years old
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✨Please join us! Bristol Zebrafish Teams Talks (previously Zoom Talks) returns for a double-feature and a new format on 12th of December at 2PM CET (1PM GMT / 8AM EST / 6:30 IST! Featuring two fintastic speakers 🤩 More details on how to join live and view recordings on our Slack tankspace ✨ 1/2
December 2, 2025 at 5:50 AM
✨Please join us! Bristol Zebrafish Teams Talks (previously Zoom Talks) returns for a double-feature and a new format on 12th of December at 2PM CET (1PM GMT / 8AM EST / 6:30 IST! Featuring two fintastic speakers 🤩 More details on how to join live and view recordings on our Slack tankspace ✨ 1/2
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I love paying human artists and I hate gen AI 🩵
I'm not here to fight about whether or not AI is ethical (I've made my decision and I doubt I'm gonna change yours.) I'm just here to talk about what I and many other artists have been dealing with as we adjust to a new media landscape.
I'm not here to fight about whether or not AI is ethical (I've made my decision and I doubt I'm gonna change yours.) I'm just here to talk about what I and many other artists have been dealing with as we adjust to a new media landscape.
December 1, 2025 at 7:31 PM
I love paying human artists and I hate gen AI 🩵
I'm not here to fight about whether or not AI is ethical (I've made my decision and I doubt I'm gonna change yours.) I'm just here to talk about what I and many other artists have been dealing with as we adjust to a new media landscape.
I'm not here to fight about whether or not AI is ethical (I've made my decision and I doubt I'm gonna change yours.) I'm just here to talk about what I and many other artists have been dealing with as we adjust to a new media landscape.
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If you run across a gen A.I. slop 🤖💩 diagram in an academic journal, I’d love to know about it! Please fill out this form:
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
Slop in journals is illuminating about journals’ quality control. And journals would like you to forget their mistakes.
#AcademicChatter
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
Slop in journals is illuminating about journals’ quality control. And journals would like you to forget their mistakes.
#AcademicChatter
Slop graphics in academic journals
Use this form to share graphics (e.g., figures, covers, graphical abstracts) made using generative A.I. that have appeared in academic journals.
The plan is to compile these slop graphics in an ope...
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December 1, 2025 at 6:36 PM
If you run across a gen A.I. slop 🤖💩 diagram in an academic journal, I’d love to know about it! Please fill out this form:
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
Slop in journals is illuminating about journals’ quality control. And journals would like you to forget their mistakes.
#AcademicChatter
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
Slop in journals is illuminating about journals’ quality control. And journals would like you to forget their mistakes.
#AcademicChatter
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We built this site to allow you to probe our single-nucleus RNA-seq data for adult #Celegans neurons (wt & daf-2 herms, and wt males v herms): cestaan.princeton.edu
and a microPub about how to use it: www.micropublication.org/journals/bio...
We hope the #Celegans community finds it useful! 🧪
and a microPub about how to use it: www.micropublication.org/journals/bio...
We hope the #Celegans community finds it useful! 🧪
CeSTAAN: An atlas of C. elegans adult neurons for fast queries of single-nucleus RNA sequencing data | microPublication
www.micropublication.org
December 1, 2025 at 3:44 PM
We built this site to allow you to probe our single-nucleus RNA-seq data for adult #Celegans neurons (wt & daf-2 herms, and wt males v herms): cestaan.princeton.edu
and a microPub about how to use it: www.micropublication.org/journals/bio...
We hope the #Celegans community finds it useful! 🧪
and a microPub about how to use it: www.micropublication.org/journals/bio...
We hope the #Celegans community finds it useful! 🧪