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Deeptha Vasudevan
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Ph.D.: Spinal cord regeneration in 🐟, Dorsky lab, UofUtah. Postdoc: Regional specialization of nerve cord circuits in 🪰, Moore Foundation Postdoc Fellow, Heckscher lab, UChicago. She/her. Outdoor enthusiast🏔️ and triathlete. 🏊‍♀️🚴🏾‍♀️🏃🏽‍♀️ On the faculty job market!
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neuroseq.bsky.social
Ph.D. Openings — Fall 2026!
If you are passionate about neuroscience, developmental biology, & working with fruit flies, our research group might be the perfect home for you.
You can apply using this link: forms.gle/Abt8gX7JhJaE...
See poster for more details.
Thanks
November 20, 2025 at 2:55 AM
deepthavasu.bsky.social
Happy birthday to the one and the only @blockintheback.bsky.social! 🎉Hope you have a day as wonderful as you are, Kristen!
November 19, 2025 at 3:17 PM
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giulia-boezio.bsky.social
Thrilled to share my main postdoc work with @jamesbriscoe.bsky.social

We used genomic barcoding + scRNAseq in chick & human embryos to reveal a lineage architecture that reshapes how we understand neural tube development & cell fate decisions
🧵👇

www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
Hierarchical lineage architecture of human and avian spinal cord revealed by single-cell genomic barcoding
The formation of neural circuits depends on the precise spatial and temporal organisation of neuronal populations during development. In the vertebrate spinal cord, progenitors are patterned into mole...
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October 26, 2025 at 5:15 PM
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natashaobrown.bsky.social
We are looking for a new technician to join our lab and gain some hands on #zebrafish and molecular biology experience. Interested parties should apply here: jobs.rutgers.edu/postings/259... Happy to answer any and all questions about the lab! #STEMJobs
Laboratory/Technical Assistant
Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey is seeking a Laboratory/Technical Assistant for the Department of Cell Biology and Neuroscience within the School of Arts and Sciences. Our mission is to un...
jobs.rutgers.edu
October 3, 2025 at 12:24 AM
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javierapfeld.bsky.social
New cures feel sudden, but the seeds were planted decades ago by basic scientists.

Which seeds will turn into cures? Unpredictable looking forward, a straight line looking back. 🧪🧬 🧵
Huntington's disease successfully treated for first time
One of the most devastating diseases finally has a treatment that can slow its progression and transform lives, tearful doctors tell BBC.
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September 25, 2025 at 1:39 AM
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bahome.bsky.social
Thomas Hunt Morgan, born 159 years ago #OTD in 1866.
Happy 1.59 centiMorgans.

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Thomas Hunt Morgan - Wikipedia
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September 25, 2025 at 5:33 PM
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jefferis.bsky.social
Neuronal diversity is written in transcriptional codes 🧬. But what is the logic of these codes that define cell types and wiring patterns?
To find out we built a #scRNAseq developmental atlas of the Drosophila nerve cord and linked it to the #connectome 🪰🧠
#preprint thread ⬇️1/8
ALT text: A UMAP representation of a single cell RNAseq dataset from the Drosophila ventral nerve cord as well as images of the Drosophila nerve cord connectome and different stages of fly development.
August 21, 2025 at 4:04 PM
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socdevbio.bsky.social
✨Not a rainbow trout… a rainbow zebrafish 🌈 🐟
The expression of 10 different genes simultaneously including Hox genes along the body axis, somites, brain regions, skeletal muscle, and heart 🔬Image by Alice Sherrard, Gabby Jerz & Nipam Patel 🧪 #FluorescenceFriday
August 15, 2025 at 6:00 PM
deepthavasu.bsky.social
We will be updating the GRS website and announcing our exciting keynote speaker in the coming weeks!
siegenthalerlab.bsky.social Siegenthaler Lab @siegenthalerlab.bsky.social · Jul 14
For all the #DevNeuro postdocs & graduate students...Neural Development GRS will be held right before - Aug 1-2, 2026 and is co-chaired by @deepthavasu.bsky.social & Aleksandra Recupero - we will post about this as well! Check out the website www.grc.org/neural-devel...
2026 Neural Development (GRS) Seminar GRC
The 2026 Gordon Research Seminar on Neural Development (GRS) will be held in Newport, Rhode Island. Apply today to reserve your spot.
www.grc.org
July 14, 2025 at 10:37 PM
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siegenthalerlab.bsky.social
Bassem Hassan @bassemh.bsky.social, Corey Harwell & yours truly are co-chairs for 2026 Neural Development #GRC August 2-7, 2026 in Newport, RI 🇺🇸 - if you are interested in updates on the conference & to hear about our 🤩 line-up of speakers...follow @neuraldevgrc.bsky.social!
🧠🪰🐭🐙🐸🦎🧒🏻🧫🧪🧠
image of web page for Neural Development GRC - go to https://www.grc.org/neural-development-conference/2026/
July 14, 2025 at 8:28 PM
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hansonmark.bsky.social
The #Drosophila community can donate to the European side to save FlyBase @flybase.bsky.social at the following link:
www.philanthropy.cam.ac.uk/give-to-camb...
We are writing to ask your help in saving FlyBase. We have lost the majority of funding for FlyBase from the US National Institute of Health (NIH), due to the turmoil of current US politics. We had successfully renewed FlyBase grant funding for another 5 years, however the main FlyBase Grant from NIH to Harvard, with its subawards to Indiana University and Cambridge UK, has been terminated at short notice. Furthermore, the user fees that have been so generously provided by Drosophila researchers are tied to the FlyBase grant so we are not permitted to use those either. As it stands, by the end of July, 2025, there will be no future updates to FlyBase, and in the worst case scenario access to the website will also be lost. We are therefore reaching out to the community to request emergency funding to maintain the FlyBase team until we can source alternative and sustainable grant support. We have assembled and trained an expert group of curators in Cambridge, and if they are lost, it is unlikely we would be able to restart FlyBase should funds became available later. If FlyBase is essential for your research, please do make a contribution, as you would pay for other essential reagents. We appreciate that research funds are tight for many of you, but ask you to take a moment to consider how your group would be able to pursue your research without FlyBase. We have divided our new fundraising efforts into a USA component to support Harvard and Indiana FlyBase teams, and this component within Europe to support the Cambridge UK team. Please note, in our fundraising we are not using the term FlyBase to ensure that there is no risk that NIH could freeze these funds too, but instead have used the name Drosophila Genetic Database. Please work with your administration to make your payments as soon as possible. ... If we get a rapid positive response from the community, we will be able to reassure our Cambridge curators that they still have a job ahead and retain them, rather than losing them to other jobs. There are two ways you can contribute: Method 1. If you are able to pay with lab funds, we have attached two requests for payments, aimed at smaller and larger labs, which we hope will be acceptable for your finance administrators. If you require a different kind of form, please reply with the details that you need. Similarly, if you wish to pay a different amount we can also adjust it for you. Please use the reference ‘Drosophila Genetic Database’ and add your name and institution to the requests. Method 2. If you want to make a personal donation or if it is easier to pay with a credit card, we have set up the following crowdfunding website: https://www.philanthropy.cam.ac.uk/give-to-cambridge/physiology-development-and-neuroscience/drosophila-genetic-database Thank you in advance for your help in saving our essential Drosophila Database. We will keep you updated. With best wishes, Nick Brown and Katja Röper Cambridge UK PIs of the Drosophila genetic curation team
June 3, 2025 at 5:56 PM
deepthavasu.bsky.social
Love this solidarity. Yes, calling on the beloved zebrafish community to walk (swim?) so we can fly! 🐟🪰
mads100tist.bsky.social MadScientist @mads100tist.bsky.social · Jun 3
#Zebrafish people, this is our time to shine. Let's help keep an important resource up so we can keep talking shit about flies for many many years
hansonmark.bsky.social Mark A. Hanson @hansonmark.bsky.social · Jun 3
The #Drosophila community can donate to the European side to save FlyBase @flybase.bsky.social at the following link:
www.philanthropy.cam.ac.uk/give-to-camb...
June 6, 2025 at 10:24 PM
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hansonmark.bsky.social
URGENT: FlyBase has lost practically all its funding overnight; even user fees are tied up in denied grant funding. 🤬🤯

Any lab using @flybase.bsky.social please donate using the link in post below.

This incredible community, on whose backs our #Drosophila labs depend, can't be left out to dry.
marcsdionne.bsky.social Marc Dionne @marcsdionne.bsky.social · Jun 3
My lab studies bacterial infections. We spend a lot of time looking at (or for) species-specific genetic and genomic databases for hosts and microbes. FlyBase is the best of all—there is literally no comparison. Its existence is under threat. Please donate.
www.philanthropy.cam.ac.uk/give-to-camb...
Drosophila Genetic Database
The Drosophila Genetic Database, FlyBase, is on the brink of collapse due to the sudden termination of the FlyBase NIH grant, which includes salaries for 5 literature curators based at the University ...
www.philanthropy.cam.ac.uk
June 3, 2025 at 5:20 PM
deepthavasu.bsky.social
@zebrafishrock.bsky.social Has anyone in the zebrafish community looked at the expression of temporal transcription factors (TTFs) in the developing spinal cord? If so, which ones? Asking as an ex-zf, now fly person reading mouse spinal cord TTF papers & currently doing an exciting fish experiment!
June 4, 2025 at 12:42 AM
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alleninstitute.org
We've launched the Armamentarium, a new toolkit for targeted gene delivery to the brain and spinal cord.

This #OpenScience resource was made possible thanks to support from the NIH BRAIN Initiative and teamwork with our collaborators.

🧠📈 www.nih.gov/news-events/...
Scientists design gene delivery systems for cells in the brain and spinal cord
NIH-funded breakthrough could enable targeted therapies for many neurological disorders.
www.nih.gov
May 21, 2025 at 6:25 PM
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bobbyjeyeguy.bsky.social
Wanna grow organoids to understand human retinal development as a research assistant?

Wanna help run the lab as a lab manager?

The Johnston lab is hiring a research assistant/lab manager.

If you are interested, please apply (also please share!):

jobs.jhu.edu/job/Baltimor...
Research Technologist
Research Technologist
jobs.jhu.edu
April 22, 2025 at 2:06 PM
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blockintheback.bsky.social
I am deeply grateful to the extremely hard-working and dedicated staff at the NIH and NSF. Thank you to all of the Program Officers, Scientific Review Officers, Grants Management Specialists, and so many more, who have made the engine of US science and innovation run.
jeremymberg.bsky.social Jeremy Berg @jeremymberg.bsky.social · Feb 15
Some of the positions of folks at NIH who were terminated (mostly by virtue of timing)

At least 1 institute deputy director
At least 1 institute director of extramural activities
At least 1 program officer (and I am sure many more)
At least 1 SRO (and I am sure many more)

1/2
February 15, 2025 at 4:19 PM
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stellatecomms.bsky.social
PLEASE SHARE 💜 With uncertainty in federal research funding & hiring, we are offering *FREE* resume/CV reviews for early-career scientists in the US who have rescinded job offers or who risk layoffs.

If you feel this support would benefit you, submit resume/CV here: forms.gle/CCbbu2X5GJwH...
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February 6, 2025 at 1:43 PM
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jeremymberg.bsky.social
SOME GOOD NEWS ABOUT NIH FUNDING

Closed sessions of institute and center Advisory Counsel meetings are now permitted. This is where grant applications are discussed and approved for potential funding.

Open sessions where there are public presentations and discussions are still not allowed.
a man with glasses and a black shirt says " it 's a small step that really goes a long way "
ALT: a man with glasses and a black shirt says " it 's a small step that really goes a long way "
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February 3, 2025 at 6:35 PM
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flybase.bsky.social
Once more with feeling!

Hey!
Are you using a script to scrape FlyBase?
Just stop.
NOW.
You're crashing the site for everyone.
Yes, we mean YOU.
January 21, 2025 at 8:26 PM
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jamesbriscoe.bsky.social
A couple of weeks left to apply to join Development's *Pathway to Independence* programme

Support & mentoring for post-docs on the academic job market

Deadline: January 31

journals.biologists.com/dev/pages/pi...
Development PI Programme | Development | The Company of Biologists
Development PI Programme | Development | The Company of Biologists Development's Pathway to Independence programme Development is excited to announce our second call for our Pathway to I...
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January 17, 2025 at 9:21 AM
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lydiagrmai.bsky.social
two more days to submit for consideration in this workshop! looking forward to hearing about all your amazing science :)
lydiagrmai.bsky.social Lydia Grmai, Ph.D. @lydiagrmai.bsky.social · Dec 9
Calling all fly biologists: submit your research for consideration in the “Everything you ever wanted to know about sex” workshop at #Dros25! We hope to highlight diverse science, researchers, and career stages. Email submission to [email protected] by Wed, Jan 15.
January 13, 2025 at 8:10 PM
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science.org
A new study finds ants best humans at tests of collective intelligence.

Learn more: scim.ag/4h2K0ID
January 3, 2025 at 2:25 PM
deepthavasu.bsky.social
Such a cool paper and a fantastic bluetorial!
schoppik.com David Schoppik @schoppik.com · Jan 2
Big paper from @paigel.bsky.social in our lab:

Sensory feedback is always crucial for proper development, right? Wrong!

Crazier still, the motor system is the slowest part of a developing reflex circuit!

Surprises abound in this bluetorial c’mon along….

www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

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Sensation is dispensable for the maturation of the vestibulo-ocular reflex
Vertebrates stabilize gaze using a neural circuit that transforms sensed instability into compensatory counterrotation of the eyes. Sensory feedback tunes this vestibulo-ocular reflex throughout life....
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January 2, 2025 at 11:32 PM
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science.org
"‘'Twas the night before grant deadline, 7:15.
Many creatures were stirring, thanks to caffeine.
The comments accepted, the references done,
In hopes someone might fund my first R01."
'Twas the night before grant deadline
A scientist's holiday poem
scim.ag
December 24, 2024 at 3:07 PM