Courtney Babbitt
@cbabbitt.bsky.social
Professor of evolutionary genomics at UMass Amherst. Astrocytes and neurons from iPSCs across primates.
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Who is coming to #SfN2025?
Join our minisymposium on Monday at 2 pm 😍👇
@nereokalebic.bsky.social and I can't wait to chair this minisymposium bridging most of our dearest research interests!
#radialglia #astrocytes #evolution #Development
Join our minisymposium on Monday at 2 pm 😍👇
@nereokalebic.bsky.social and I can't wait to chair this minisymposium bridging most of our dearest research interests!
#radialglia #astrocytes #evolution #Development
November 13, 2025 at 1:12 AM
Who is coming to #SfN2025?
Join our minisymposium on Monday at 2 pm 😍👇
@nereokalebic.bsky.social and I can't wait to chair this minisymposium bridging most of our dearest research interests!
#radialglia #astrocytes #evolution #Development
Join our minisymposium on Monday at 2 pm 😍👇
@nereokalebic.bsky.social and I can't wait to chair this minisymposium bridging most of our dearest research interests!
#radialglia #astrocytes #evolution #Development
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Please share/repost widely: I have a postdoc position available. Please see ad below and reach out to apply.
academicpositions.harvard.edu/postings/15449
academicpositions.harvard.edu/postings/15449
Postdoctoral Fellow in the Capellini Laboratory of Developmental and Evolutionary Genetics
The Department of Human Evolutionary Biology at Harvard University invites applications for a Postdoctoral Fellow in the Evolutionary and Developmental Genetics Laboratory of Dr. Terence D. Capellini....
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October 24, 2025 at 3:39 PM
Please share/repost widely: I have a postdoc position available. Please see ad below and reach out to apply.
academicpositions.harvard.edu/postings/15449
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PhD or Master's position available for Fall 2026!
Interested in how actin drives cell crawling, eating, dividing, or osmoregulation? What about pathogenesis of a brain-eating amoeba? Or eukaryotic evolution? If so, apply through my website: katrinavelle.wixsite.com/science/cont...
Please share!
Interested in how actin drives cell crawling, eating, dividing, or osmoregulation? What about pathogenesis of a brain-eating amoeba? Or eukaryotic evolution? If so, apply through my website: katrinavelle.wixsite.com/science/cont...
Please share!
October 5, 2025 at 5:29 PM
PhD or Master's position available for Fall 2026!
Interested in how actin drives cell crawling, eating, dividing, or osmoregulation? What about pathogenesis of a brain-eating amoeba? Or eukaryotic evolution? If so, apply through my website: katrinavelle.wixsite.com/science/cont...
Please share!
Interested in how actin drives cell crawling, eating, dividing, or osmoregulation? What about pathogenesis of a brain-eating amoeba? Or eukaryotic evolution? If so, apply through my website: katrinavelle.wixsite.com/science/cont...
Please share!
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📣 Our department is hiring an Assistant Professor in Evolutionary Cell and Molecular Biology to join the @weillinstitute.bsky.social PLS spread the word!
academicjobsonline.org/ajo/jobs/30607
academicjobsonline.org/ajo/jobs/30607
Cornell University, Molecular Biology & Genetics
Job #AJO30607, WDR-00055221 Assistant Professor, Molecular Biology & Genetics, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, US
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September 23, 2025 at 12:50 PM
📣 Our department is hiring an Assistant Professor in Evolutionary Cell and Molecular Biology to join the @weillinstitute.bsky.social PLS spread the word!
academicjobsonline.org/ajo/jobs/30607
academicjobsonline.org/ajo/jobs/30607
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Tenure-track Assistant Professor in Computational Ecology and/or Evolution @columbiauniversity.bsky.social.
Deadline to apply September 30.
Reach out if you have questions.
apply.interfolio.com/172496
Deadline to apply September 30.
Reach out if you have questions.
apply.interfolio.com/172496
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September 20, 2025 at 3:20 PM
Tenure-track Assistant Professor in Computational Ecology and/or Evolution @columbiauniversity.bsky.social.
Deadline to apply September 30.
Reach out if you have questions.
apply.interfolio.com/172496
Deadline to apply September 30.
Reach out if you have questions.
apply.interfolio.com/172496
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The Dept. of BioSciences at #RiceUniversity, in Houston, Texas, invites applications for a tenure-track assistant professor position in Evolutionary Biology, with a preferred focus on organismal responses to environmental change. Please RT!
Apply: apply.interfolio.com/173889
Apply: apply.interfolio.com/173889
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September 12, 2025 at 6:45 PM
The Dept. of BioSciences at #RiceUniversity, in Houston, Texas, invites applications for a tenure-track assistant professor position in Evolutionary Biology, with a preferred focus on organismal responses to environmental change. Please RT!
Apply: apply.interfolio.com/173889
Apply: apply.interfolio.com/173889
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The GRFP lives!! (due end of October)
www.nsf.gov/funding/oppo...
www.nsf.gov/funding/oppo...
NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program (GRFP)
www.nsf.gov
September 8, 2025 at 6:23 PM
The GRFP lives!! (due end of October)
www.nsf.gov/funding/oppo...
www.nsf.gov/funding/oppo...
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Want to learn more about #astrocyte diversity across #mammals beyond Rodents and Primates?
My student and I dug the literature to find out what is known about astrocytes in non-rodent and non-primate species, I hope you will enjoy our review!
🤩👇👇👇
karger.com/bbe/article-...
My student and I dug the literature to find out what is known about astrocytes in non-rodent and non-primate species, I hope you will enjoy our review!
🤩👇👇👇
karger.com/bbe/article-...
Beyond Rodents and Primates: Uncovering Cortical Astrocyte Diversity across Mammals
Abstract. Astrocytes, a type of glial cell type in the brain, show remarkable morphological and functional diversity across mammalian species. This review explores astrocyte biology beyond the commonl...
karger.com
June 10, 2025 at 5:44 PM
Want to learn more about #astrocyte diversity across #mammals beyond Rodents and Primates?
My student and I dug the literature to find out what is known about astrocytes in non-rodent and non-primate species, I hope you will enjoy our review!
🤩👇👇👇
karger.com/bbe/article-...
My student and I dug the literature to find out what is known about astrocytes in non-rodent and non-primate species, I hope you will enjoy our review!
🤩👇👇👇
karger.com/bbe/article-...
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HAPPY 75th, NSF!
We’re celebrating this milestone by highlighting some of NSF’s most transformative accomplishments—innovations that have shaped our world and continue to drive progress in health, technology, the environment, and beyond.
Read on 🧵(1/11):
We’re celebrating this milestone by highlighting some of NSF’s most transformative accomplishments—innovations that have shaped our world and continue to drive progress in health, technology, the environment, and beyond.
Read on 🧵(1/11):
May 10, 2025 at 8:19 PM
HAPPY 75th, NSF!
We’re celebrating this milestone by highlighting some of NSF’s most transformative accomplishments—innovations that have shaped our world and continue to drive progress in health, technology, the environment, and beyond.
Read on 🧵(1/11):
We’re celebrating this milestone by highlighting some of NSF’s most transformative accomplishments—innovations that have shaped our world and continue to drive progress in health, technology, the environment, and beyond.
Read on 🧵(1/11):
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Thread with an email being sent to @asn-amnat.bsky.social @sse-evolution.bsky.social @systbiol.bsky.social members today calling for a Tri-society week of action for NSF:
Dear members:
The tri-societies (ASN, SSE,SSB) are running a ‘Week of Action for NSF’. Your engagement is crucial.
Dear members:
The tri-societies (ASN, SSE,SSB) are running a ‘Week of Action for NSF’. Your engagement is crucial.
May 5, 2025 at 11:59 AM
Thread with an email being sent to @asn-amnat.bsky.social @sse-evolution.bsky.social @systbiol.bsky.social members today calling for a Tri-society week of action for NSF:
Dear members:
The tri-societies (ASN, SSE,SSB) are running a ‘Week of Action for NSF’. Your engagement is crucial.
Dear members:
The tri-societies (ASN, SSE,SSB) are running a ‘Week of Action for NSF’. Your engagement is crucial.
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A project five years in the making, we've now published complete "T2T" genomes for six additional ape species! It turns out that finishing (and analyzing) six genomes is slightly more work than one... doi.org/10.1038/s415...
April 9, 2025 at 9:31 PM
A project five years in the making, we've now published complete "T2T" genomes for six additional ape species! It turns out that finishing (and analyzing) six genomes is slightly more work than one... doi.org/10.1038/s415...
Thank you @carmenfalcone.bsky.social !!!
Beautiful, beautiful talk by @katierickelton.bsky.social on #cerebellar differential gene expression between #primates 😮🙌
Kudos to Katie and to her PI, a fellow #astrocyte enthusiast, @cbabbitt.bsky.social for such an exciting research!!
#AABA2025
Kudos to Katie and to her PI, a fellow #astrocyte enthusiast, @cbabbitt.bsky.social for such an exciting research!!
#AABA2025
March 13, 2025 at 7:57 PM
Thank you @carmenfalcone.bsky.social !!!
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My latest review article on #astrocyte #evolution has been published! In this article, @cbabbitt.bsky.social and I explore how these glial cells have evolved to support the unique demands of the human brain compared with other primates. 🧠 🧫
You can check it out here! karger.com/bbe/article-...
You can check it out here! karger.com/bbe/article-...
Exploring the Expanded Role of Astrocytes in Primate Brain Evolution via Changes in Gene Expression
Abstract. Background: Astrocytes are a subtype of glial cells, which are non-neuronal cells that do not produce action potentials. Rather, astrocytes are involved in various functions vital to a funct...
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March 6, 2025 at 6:19 PM
My latest review article on #astrocyte #evolution has been published! In this article, @cbabbitt.bsky.social and I explore how these glial cells have evolved to support the unique demands of the human brain compared with other primates. 🧠 🧫
You can check it out here! karger.com/bbe/article-...
You can check it out here! karger.com/bbe/article-...
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More research updates! The second chapter of my dissertation is now available as a preprint - looking at the evolution of the primate cerebellum using transcriptomics.
For cerebellum fans: new preprint by @cbabbitt.bsky.social:
Transcriptomic changes across subregions of the primate cerebellum support the evolution of uniquely human behaviors 🧪🧠🧬
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
Transcriptomic changes across subregions of the primate cerebellum support the evolution of uniquely human behaviors 🧪🧠🧬
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
Transcriptomic changes across subregions of the primate cerebellum support the evolution of uniquely human behaviors
Compared to other primates, humans display unique behaviors including language and complex tool use. These abilities are made possible in part by the cerebellum. This region of the hindbrain, comprisi...
www.biorxiv.org
March 6, 2025 at 6:21 PM
More research updates! The second chapter of my dissertation is now available as a preprint - looking at the evolution of the primate cerebellum using transcriptomics.
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Interested in discovering the genetic changes that made us human? Our lab is looking for students and postdocs! 👩🔬👨🔬 gokhmanlab.com
please RT!
please RT!
November 27, 2024 at 11:40 AM
Interested in discovering the genetic changes that made us human? Our lab is looking for students and postdocs! 👩🔬👨🔬 gokhmanlab.com
please RT!
please RT!
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For cerebellum fans: new preprint by @cbabbitt.bsky.social:
Transcriptomic changes across subregions of the primate cerebellum support the evolution of uniquely human behaviors 🧪🧠🧬
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
Transcriptomic changes across subregions of the primate cerebellum support the evolution of uniquely human behaviors 🧪🧠🧬
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
Transcriptomic changes across subregions of the primate cerebellum support the evolution of uniquely human behaviors
Compared to other primates, humans display unique behaviors including language and complex tool use. These abilities are made possible in part by the cerebellum. This region of the hindbrain, comprisi...
www.biorxiv.org
March 6, 2025 at 11:07 AM
For cerebellum fans: new preprint by @cbabbitt.bsky.social:
Transcriptomic changes across subregions of the primate cerebellum support the evolution of uniquely human behaviors 🧪🧠🧬
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
Transcriptomic changes across subregions of the primate cerebellum support the evolution of uniquely human behaviors 🧪🧠🧬
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
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Here’s what’s what at UChicago. Not good.
January 28, 2025 at 3:55 PM
Here’s what’s what at UChicago. Not good.
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I am recruiting master students to join my lab at Towson University in the fall 2025 💪
If you are interested in studying #astrocyte evolution, development & pathology, reach out to me via email [email protected] or DM!
Deadline: Jan 15
More info below👇
If you are interested in studying #astrocyte evolution, development & pathology, reach out to me via email [email protected] or DM!
Deadline: Jan 15
More info below👇
January 3, 2025 at 4:37 PM
I am recruiting master students to join my lab at Towson University in the fall 2025 💪
If you are interested in studying #astrocyte evolution, development & pathology, reach out to me via email [email protected] or DM!
Deadline: Jan 15
More info below👇
If you are interested in studying #astrocyte evolution, development & pathology, reach out to me via email [email protected] or DM!
Deadline: Jan 15
More info below👇
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Ok, I don't think an #EvolutionaryNeuroscience starter pack existed already...so I have started one!
This is not nearly as exhaustive as it should be, so drop your name (or the names of your colleagues) in the comments if you want to be added!🤩🙌
go.bsky.app/Q2UW2Sn
This is not nearly as exhaustive as it should be, so drop your name (or the names of your colleagues) in the comments if you want to be added!🤩🙌
go.bsky.app/Q2UW2Sn
November 25, 2024 at 10:08 PM
Ok, I don't think an #EvolutionaryNeuroscience starter pack existed already...so I have started one!
This is not nearly as exhaustive as it should be, so drop your name (or the names of your colleagues) in the comments if you want to be added!🤩🙌
go.bsky.app/Q2UW2Sn
This is not nearly as exhaustive as it should be, so drop your name (or the names of your colleagues) in the comments if you want to be added!🤩🙌
go.bsky.app/Q2UW2Sn
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go.bsky.app/Lyzro3M
!WELCOME!
thought we might need a starter pack for all those coming over from the birdhouse - here's a GliaSky list.
apologies for missing many of you - please do reply to get added
and remember to repost so the newbies can find us!
!WELCOME!
thought we might need a starter pack for all those coming over from the birdhouse - here's a GliaSky list.
apologies for missing many of you - please do reply to get added
and remember to repost so the newbies can find us!
November 14, 2024 at 3:21 AM
go.bsky.app/Lyzro3M
!WELCOME!
thought we might need a starter pack for all those coming over from the birdhouse - here's a GliaSky list.
apologies for missing many of you - please do reply to get added
and remember to repost so the newbies can find us!
!WELCOME!
thought we might need a starter pack for all those coming over from the birdhouse - here's a GliaSky list.
apologies for missing many of you - please do reply to get added
and remember to repost so the newbies can find us!