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Development @dev-journal.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

Alizarin Red perturbs skeletal patterning and biomineralization via catalase inhibition Read this Research Article from our special issue #DevSIextracellular by Abigail Descoteaux, Cynthia Bradham @cyndibradham.bsky.social and colleagues. journals.biologists.com/dev/article/...

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Lee Henry @henrylabsymbio.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

⭐Postdoc position available⭐ How do symbionts evolve new beneficial functions? Join the Henry Lab to investigate how horizontal gene transfer drives host–microbe symbioses. 🦠 Apply below Enquiries: l.henry@qmul.ac.uk Please share! #Postdoc #EvolutionaryBiology #Symbiosis henry-lab.co.uk

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Postdoctoral Research Associate in Evolution of Host–Microbe Symbioses - QMUL Jobs

ID: 10612. Title: Postdoctoral Research Associate in Evolution of Host–Microbe Symbioses. Application Deadline:

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Vicky & The Sleight Lab @vs-marine.bsky.social · 27/07/2026

Please share, I am hiring an evo devo postdoctoral research fellow! 📍: The Sleight Lab, University of Aberdeen, Scotland (5th oldest University in UK & English-speaking world) 📅: start after 1st December 2026 🐌: Evolution and Development (molluscs) ⌛: 3 year contract sleightlab.com/vacancies/

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Mike Piacentino @mikepiacentino.bsky.social · 21/07/2026

Come join us! 🔬🐣 The Piacentino Lab at Johns Hopkins @hopkinsmedicine.bsky.social is recruiting a postdoc to study membrane lipids, cell migration, and invasion in neural crest and embryonic models! @socdevbio.bsky.social @ascbiology.bsky.social #devbiol #cellbio #lipids

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Alexandra Lion, PhD @alexandralion.bsky.social · 08/07/2026

I'm grateful to have placed in the top 10 in this year's Young Embryologist Network Image Competition! Check out the link in the thread below to see some absolutely beautiful images of early development in a bunch of really cool models (chicken, octopus, COW!?). Congratulations to the winners! 🧪

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Marine Biological Laboratory @mblscience.bsky.social · 25/06/2026

New research reveals surprising similarities between sea star and human ovaries, including shared cell types, genes, and signaling pathways that may date back more than 500 million years. Read the full story here: go.mbl.edu/sea-star-ovary

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Young Embryologist Network @yen-network.bsky.social · 10/06/2026

We are excited to share with you the shortlisted image submissions for the YEN 2026 Image Competition! Public voting is now open, cast a vote for your favourite image here: forms.gle/dxx8SGj2LUtd...

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Lowe Lab @lowelab.bsky.social · 09/06/2026

Repost please !! We have extended the abstract deadline for the 2026 Santa Cruz Developmental Biology Conference to June 20. scdb2026.sites.ucsc.edu. Get those abstract in !

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Santa Cruz Developmental Biology Meeting

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Jacquelyn Gill @jacquelyngill.bsky.social · 29/05/2026

🧵 Public science in the US has taken some heavy hits over the last year, but the White House OMB is proposing a series of changes that will result in a TKO for science as we know it unless we fight back. Here's what's happening, and why it matters. 1/n

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Princess Vimentin PhD | Cancer Biologist @princess-vimentin.bsky.social · 01/06/2026

An important read. When you starve federal funding, next gen treatments are out of reach. Philanthropy won't replace an entire 80 yr old infrastructure. Only certain discoveries get press coverage. But the work leading up to them was quietly decades in the making. 🧪 www.ms.now/opinion/canc...

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Opinion | The U.S. is dangerously close to defunding miracles like the one that saved my life

Jenney Bitner: I'm not a scientist or policy expert. But I know that the drug that kept me alive for my children was built on a foundation of public investment.

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Dr Kathleen Millen @neurodevkathy.bsky.social · 20/05/2026

🚨🧪🧵URGENT INPUT NEEDED: NIH asks input for next strategic plan-including emphasis on non-animal models (NAMs) to replace animals. Per NIH insider, anti-animal responses now outnumber scientists 200-700x. Please please provide input. Deadline: May 26, 11:59 PM ET. grants.nih.gov/news-events/...

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NIH Seeks Input on Framework for Next NIH-Wide Strategic Plan | Grants & Funding

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James Gahan @jgahan.bsky.social · 20/05/2026

We are looking for a new colleague to join us in Galway. The position is in Biochemistry and if research focus lines up we hope the successful person will join us in the Centre for Chromosome biology (chromosome.ie). Reach out if you are interested in applying! tinyurl.com/2jy4rj3r

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Alexandra Lion, PhD @alexandralion.bsky.social · 28/04/2026

Film you've watched more than six times with a gif. Hard mode: no Star Trek, Star Wars, LOTR, DC, Marvel, Disney, Pixar, Spielberg, Cameron, Wachowskis, or Ghibli

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a close up of a man 's face with the words knives out below him

ALT: a close up of a man 's face with the words knives out below him

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John Wallingford @jbwallingford.bsky.social · 15/04/2026

Did you know the Santa Cruz Developmental Biology Meeting has an entire session just for NEW PI Talks? And a New PI Keynote Talk? It does! These will be chosen from the abstracts. New PIs, sign up! @socdevbio.bsky.social @rashmi-priya.bsky.social @lowelab.bsky.social scdb2026.sites.ucsc.edu

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Prakash Lab @ Miami @vprakashlab.bsky.social · 17/09/2025

Our new collaborative paper with Cyndi Bradham's lab at BU, led by first author @alexandralion.bsky.social is out in @devbiol.bsky.social & featured on the Sept 2025 cover! 😀🥳 PFAS (PFOA & GenX) disrupt sea urchin embryo development! Cover art: embryos + flow fields 👉 doi.org/10.1016/j.yd...

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John Wallingford @jbwallingford.bsky.social · 11/07/2025

The NIH is asking scientists and the public to comment on plans to drastically limit animal model research. If you think animal models remain important tools for basic and clinical research tell them! Click the link below and scroll down to send your comments! www.fda.gov/news-events/...

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FDA-NIH Workshop: Reducing Animal Testing

The FDA is hosting a workshop on reducing animal testing. The workshop is open to current FDA and NIH employees.

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Zebrafish Rock! 🎃 @zebrafishrock.bsky.social · 18/05/2025

Alcian blue staining of cartilage in a two-headed zebrafish embryo. Credit to @jakeleyhr.bsky.social. #ZebrafishZunday 🧪

Ventral view of a two-headed zebrafish stained with a dye that marks collagen. You can see the developed structure of the jaw and head.

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Randall Munroe @xkcd.com · 25/04/2025

PhD Timeline xkcd.com/3081

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James Gahan @jgahan.bsky.social · 08/04/2025

My group is hiring a new Postdoc to work on gene regulation and chromatin in Nematostella. Please RT! For more information see here: gahanlab.com tinyurl.com/34xke35d

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Alexa Fredston @afredston.bsky.social · 07/04/2025

it's a hard and sad time in science / higher ed in the US right now. on the other hand, lots of PhDs are looking for work, so I wanted to share— I'm hiring a postdoc! it's a two-year position at UCSC to do (preferably Bayesian) modeling of marine ecosystems: recruit.ucsc.edu/JPF01892

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Postdoctoral Scholar in Quantitative Marine Ecology

University of California, Santa Cruz is hiring. Apply now!

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Bill Wuest @wmwuest.bsky.social · 08/04/2025

NSF GRFP Awards by the Year: 2021 - 2074 2022 - 2193 2023 - 2555 2024 - 2036 2025 - 1000 Again, these funding cuts will have drastic longterm effects on the scientific future of the US....... @jeremymberg.bsky.social @altnih4science.bsky.social

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Itai Yanai @itaiyanai.bsky.social · 03/03/2025

When your kids ask you what you did to save US science in the crisis of ‘25, you will say that you showed up! Please spread the word and join us!! @standupforscience.bsky.social

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Dr. Wendy Bohon @drwendyrocks.bsky.social · 19/02/2025

Inside the lobby at NSF…

A table of books with a sign that says “each one of these books represents critical knowledge lost that would have driven US innovation and bolstered American security. 168 books and counting.

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Mariah Blake @mariahblake.bsky.social · 02/02/2025

A new analysis confirms links between early life #PFAS exposure and stunted “cognitive, motor, and language development” as well as “behavioral issues like hyperactivity.” #foreverchemicals appear to be damaging children’s brains, and not only highly exposed kids. pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/39888511/

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Effects of Early-life PFAS Exposure on Child Neurodevelopment: A Review of the Evidence and Research gaps - PubMed

Sixty-one studies in total were published from 2008 to March 2024, with 35 in the last five years. Findings primarily link early life PFAS exposure to reduced cognitive, motor, and language developmen...

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@LaBonneLaB @labonnelab.bsky.social · 22/01/2025

All study section and council meetings suspended until at least 2/2

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BU Biology @bu-biology.bsky.social · 20/12/2024

Our second post, and it's another successful defense! Congratulations, @alexandralion.bsky.social 🎉 🎊

Alexandra Lion standing behind a grey podium with a red "Boston University" sign. A projection of a title slide is behind her: "Sea Urchin Morphogenesis: Teratogenesis and P-bodies"

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cyndibradham.bsky.social @cyndibradham.bsky.social · 20/12/2024

Congratulations Dr. Alex Lion!! So proud of you and your fantastic thesis defense on Wednesday! Excited for what's next on your horizons!!

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Alexandra Lion, PhD @alexandralion.bsky.social · 19/12/2024

I'm very excited to announce that yesterday I successfully defended my dissertation "Sea Urchin Morphogenesis: Teratogenesis and P-bodies" at Boston University. I am extremely thankful for all of the love and support I have received, and am looking forward to this next phase of my career ❤️👩‍🔬🧪

A woman standing at a podium in front of a large screen. Projected on the screen is a slide titled "Per- and Polyfluorylalkyl Substances (PFAS)" with a description of PFAS and accompanying images of items PFAS are utilized in such as rain wear, Teflon, food can linings, cosmetics, and fire fighting foam.

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Developmental Biology @devbiol.bsky.social · 13/12/2024

#DBfeature #SeaUrchin🌊 Visualizing metabolic regulation using metabolic biosensors during sea urchin embryogenesis by Aidan Furze, Ashley Waldron, Mamiko Yajima www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

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Maik Bischoff @maikbischoff.bsky.social · 27/11/2024

There are so many #morphogenesis researchers here! My first starter pack is full! Here is Part 2: go.bsky.app/K6YYKeC #devbio #cellbio #science Tell me if I should add you but try to make sure, that you're not already in Part 1. I cannot cross-reference everyone 😅 Part 1: go.bsky.app/RzDD9or

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Adam Summers @fishguy.bsky.social · 22/11/2024

These Friday lab critiques are awesome fun. Here are some views from a ct scan of a sea urchin and its feeding apparatus, Aristotle's lantern. 🧪🐡

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Society for Developmental Biology @socdevbio.bsky.social · 06/01/2024

Deadline for applying to the Embryology Course at the MBL in Woods Hole, MA is near! 6 weeks of a unique hands-on experience. Substantial aid available. Due date: January 10. Apply here: www.mbl.edu/education/ad...

Flyer describing the topics and techniques at the Embryology course

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Alexandra Lion, PhD @alexandralion.bsky.social · 22/11/2024

Excited for my first post on Bluesky to be a new preprint announcement! Read about the effect of PFAS chemicals PFOA and Gen X on sea urchin larval development; we characterize defects to skeletal patterning, neural development and function and more. 🧪👩‍🔬🌊 www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

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PFAS Compounds PFOA and Gen X are Teratogenic to Sea Urchin Embryos

Per-and polyfluorinated substances (PFAS) are synthetic chemicals that are used to make fluoropolymer coatings found in many products, such as non-stick pans, clothing, cosmetics, and food packaging. ...

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The Company of Biologists @biologists.bsky.social · 20/11/2024

Development’s Special Issue 'Uncovering Developmental Diversity' is now complete. #DevSIDiversity Explore the full ToC, including review-type articles and research papers highlighting 32 different organisms from across the multicellular tree of life: journals.biologists.com/dev/issue/15...

Cover: Development of transgenic Lytechinus pictus, the first transgenic echinoderm lines, expressing cyan fluorescent protein fused to a nuclear marker (histone 2B) driven by a polyubiquitin promoter. Developmental stages expressing the transgene are depicted from blastula (12 h post-fertilisation) through the larval stages, to the competent larva (22 days post-fertilisation), and finally to the juvenile stage at center. The juvenile has an additional membrane stain (grey) for contrast. See Research article by Jackson et al. (dev202991). Image credit: Svenja Kling, Yoon Lee and Elliot Jackson; Hamdoun Laboratory.

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