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Ann C. Morris
@anncmorris.bsky.social
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Biologist studying retinal development and regeneration at the University of Kentucky. Books, baking, birds, bourbon.
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matthewwself.bsky.social
Our paper showing the first ever recordings of spiking activity from neurons in the human lateral geniculate nucleus has just been published in Nature Communications! Congrats to the whole team. #neuroskyence @nin-knaw.bsky.social @uofgpsychneuro.bsky.social
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Effects of eye closure on the spiking activity of human lateral geniculate neurons - Nature Communications
The LGN is a critical stage between the retina and visual cortex, but the properties of human LGN neurons are not fully understood. Here the authors report that they closely resemble those in monkeys ...
www.nature.com
November 25, 2025 at 9:13 AM
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heartywhite.bsky.social
Last night's show at Institute 193, Hearty White's The Map, was a hit! Grateful to everyone who came (some from far away!). Thanks to John Ferguson and Joe Watts, the modern day Vertov/Kaufman brothers. And Robert Beatty, the modern day Robert Beatty.
November 22, 2025 at 2:37 PM
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sashagusevposts.bsky.social
I wrote a little bit about the "missing heritability" question and several recent studies that have brought it to a close. A short 🧵
The missing heritability question is now (mostly) answered
Not with a bang but with a whimper
theinfinitesimal.substack.com
November 21, 2025 at 10:34 PM
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heartywhite.bsky.social
Vacationed one year in Big Rock Candy Mountains. You could do the Lake of Stew Canoe Adventure or the Lake of Whiskey canoe tour package. We opted for the whiskey lake, because honestly the one made of stew didn't look or smell right. Also found out I'm allergic to cigarette trees on that trip!
November 19, 2025 at 8:53 PM
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burgesslab.bsky.social
Folks, it is finally out! Our paper on T2T assemblies of the zebrafish genome is on BioRxiv:
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
www.biorxiv.org
November 17, 2025 at 11:22 PM
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heartywhite.bsky.social
Past presidental perfumes ranked:
1. NiXoN!
2. NiXoN! Intense
3. Obama Hope Extreme
4. Jimmy Carter Says YES
5. Bush Encore
6. Truman's Fleur de Feu
7. Calvin Coolidge's Cul lege
8. La Nuit de Johnson
November 12, 2025 at 3:28 PM
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ukybiology.bsky.social
Please join us on Thursday, November 13 in THM 116 at 2:00PM for our seminar featuring Dr. Afshin Beheshti of University of Pittsburgh.
November 10, 2025 at 3:47 PM
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rogerslabucd.bsky.social
Are you a postdoc or Asst. Prof on the job market? Check out our listing and consider applying! The search is very broad and it’s in a great department, location, university! Even with the crazy schedule that comes with being a PI- I love my job @ucdavis.bsky.social @ucdavisvetmed.bsky.social!
rogerslabucd.bsky.social Crystal Rogers, PhD @rogerslabucd.bsky.social · Oct 22
Our department @ucdavisvetmed.bsky.social @ucdavis.bsky.social is hiring! We welcome research that diversifies or complements existing strengths in gastrointestinal, neuroimmune, musculoskeletal, cardiorespiratory
systems and/or developmental biology. @socdevbio.bsky.social @ascbiology.bsky.social
Faculty Position in Anatomy, Physiology & Cell Biology We are seeking an outstanding integrative physiologist (broadly defined) for the position of Assistant Professor (tenure track) to join our faculty in the Department of Anatomy, Physiology, and Cell Biology in the School of Veterinary Medicine (SVM), UC Davis. Our department is a highly integrated group of faculty studying molecular, cellular, physiological, and pathophysiological mechanisms of health and disease. The candidate should have an active research program that focuses on interdisciplinary physiology research using state-of- the-art approaches. We welcome research which diversifies our expertise, and/or that which complements existing strengths in gastrointestinal, neuroimmune, musculoskeletal, cardiorespiratory systems as well as developmental biology. Candidates are expected to expand access to education and provide opportunities in research for students, trainees, and the community across various life and professional experiences. • Candidates must possess a PhD and postdoctoral experience in physiology or a related field. • Aptitude/experience in teaching broad-based physiology or functional anatomy to professional or graduate students. • Experience with grant writing. • Excellent interpersonal and communication skills, and a demonstrated ability to work cooperatively and collegially within a diverse community. Sunrise at UC Davis School of Veterinary Medicine Sunrise in Davis CA
November 12, 2025 at 6:54 PM
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hannahlong.bsky.social
📣 Paper alert!

I am delighted that our paper exploring the impact of Neanderthal-derived variants on the activity of a disease-associated craniofacial enhancer has been published in Development today!
journals.biologists.com/dev/article/...
November 10, 2025 at 11:11 AM
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heartywhite.bsky.social
If you're in the Lexington, KY, area at precisely the right time, please consider wandering in!
Close up picture of strikingly handsome 60 something man with white beard and round glasses. The picture was shot with a broken 90s video camera so has a weird green quality. The text reads Hearty White's The Map November 21st 8pm institute 193, 215 North Limestone
November 7, 2025 at 3:30 PM
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lecagle.bsky.social
Yesterday we hosted Vincent Stanley, the chief storyteller and executive leader at Patagonia for the last 50 years, at UKY.

It was a major collab among a bunch of folks, particularly the Office of Sustainability and my unit, the Tracy Farmer Institute for Sustainability and the Environment.
Photo of a white woman in a floral dress at a podium in front of a large projection of her headshot and surrounded by lush green foliage.
November 7, 2025 at 11:43 PM
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mito-oncogene.bsky.social
Excited to share our latest work in collaboration with the @edreznik.bsky.social lab @mskcancercenter.bsky.social, where we describe functionally dominant mitochondrial DNA mutations in patient tumors. So, what is functional dominance in mitochondrial genetics, I hear you ask?

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Functionally dominant hotspot mutations of mitochondrial ribosomal RNA genes in cancer
Nature Genetics - Analysis of 14,106 tumor genomes highlights recurrent mutations in mitochondrial ribosomal RNA encoded within the mitochondrial genome. Mutations occur at hotspot positions and...
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November 3, 2025 at 11:15 AM
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pracheeac.bsky.social
We have a bunch of new job ads out @arcadiascience.com. If you haven’t checked them out, take a look!

www.arcadiascience.com/careers
Careers | Arcadia Science
Evolve with Arcadia.
www.arcadiascience.com
October 16, 2025 at 2:45 AM
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heartywhite.bsky.social
My show reached its WFMU hellraiser goal! Thank you all so much. Let's keep the light burning!
November 1, 2025 at 9:26 PM
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lacefieldlab.bsky.social
My department at Dartmouth Medical School is hiring a tenure-track Assistant Professor. We are looking broadly for a biochemist or cell biologist. Please share this add! apply.interfolio.com/171438
@dartmouthbcb.bsky.social @futurepislack.bsky.social
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August 27, 2025 at 8:50 PM
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michelcayouette.bsky.social
Our latest paper is out! While the circadian photoentrainment circuit has been extensively studied, the mechanisms regulating its development remain poorly understood. Here we show that retinal Müller glia play a key role in this process. Check it out! www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Retinal glia regulate development of the circadian photoentrainment circuit
Circadian photoentrainment depends on intrinsically photosensitive retinal ganglion cells (ipRGCs), which convey environmental light information to th…
www.sciencedirect.com
October 29, 2025 at 2:27 PM
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daumlab.bsky.social
We are looking for an enthusiastic postdoc to investigate cellular dormancy and ribosome hibernation across plants, fungi, and mammals using #cryoET. If you are interested, apply here: careers.exeter.ac.uk/vacancies/66....
October 29, 2025 at 4:40 PM
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johriparul.bsky.social
The Johri Lab has an open postdoc position. Please send me an email, if interested. Start date is flexible. Please do share! Thank you in advance.
October 28, 2025 at 9:31 PM
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jbm0.bsky.social
The 11 Oct 2025 evening performance/showing of The Map by @heartywhite.bsky.social and friends, presented at @wfmu.bsky.social 's venue, Monty Hall.

Full set of photos at Flickr:
www.flickr.com/photos/jbm0/...

#HeartyWhite #MontyHall #WFMU #multimedia #monologist #TheMap
A bearded man with eyeglasses wearing a lounge suit stands and speaks with his hands raised and eyes closed while a colorful projection plays to his right (the viewer's left). A bearded man with eyeglasses wearing a lounge suit stands and speaks while a colorful projection plays to his right (the viewer's left). A bearded man with eyeglasses wearing a lounge suit stands and speaks while a colorful projection plays to his right (the viewer's left). A bearded man with eyeglasses wearing a lounge suit stands and speaks while a projection plays to his right (the viewer's left). The projected image reads: Starring Dorothy K. Berryman Brittany Peel Harrison Rebekah Reynolds Chris Reynolds
October 26, 2025 at 11:18 PM
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cyrilpedia.bsky.social
'The device helped 81 per cent of trial participants suffering from advanced age-related macular degeneration (AMD) to achieve clinically meaningful improvements in their vision, according to research published in the New England Journal of Medicine on Monday.'
www.ft.com/content/c2e8...
Scientists invent eye implant that helps blind patients see again
Device helps restore vision to people suffering from advanced macular degeneration
www.ft.com
October 20, 2025 at 1:28 PM
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rogerslabucd.bsky.social
Today for #FluorescenceFriday I’m sharing a 👻Halloween-themed🎃 neural crest explant “web of cells” from Julia Godinez, a 4th year @ucdavis.bsky.social graduate student in the lab. She is studying mechanisms driving conserved and divergent cranial neural crest migration and differentiation. #DevBio
A chicken neural crest explant with neural crest marker sox9 in green, e-cadherin in orange, filamentous actin in magenta, and nuclei in gray.
October 17, 2025 at 8:21 PM
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heartywhite.bsky.social
For almost 14 years Ive been doing a show described as southern inspirational dada. And it's on again tonight. Fightin the good fight for years. Join me now wont you?
October 16, 2025 at 10:47 AM
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siegenthalerlab.bsky.social
👇 Article w/ my PhD student Danae Mitchell @danaenm.bsky.social on 🤩 work in @nature.com by @arimolofskylab.bsky.social & Tom Arnold led by Nathan Ewing-Crystal @nathanec.bsky.social on the complex response of 🧠 fibroblasts to injury.

🧠 fibroblasts form scars but are not 'scary'...they help out! 👻
October 15, 2025 at 12:22 PM
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shumpeim.bsky.social
We're excited to share with everyone a preprint of our manuscript that resolves the cellular origins of the symbiosome in cnidarian-algal symbiosis through proteomics of the symbiosome, RNAi, and CRISPR/Cas9 experiments. ⬇️
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

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October 13, 2025 at 10:00 PM
anncmorris.bsky.social
Come be our colleague -- review of applications starts tomorrow!
October 12, 2025 at 9:08 PM