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Rachel Roberts-Galbraith @awormwelcome.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Got to appear on a podcast hosted by my UGA colleagues to talk about planarians and my path! So fun! open.spotify.com/episode/3Elr...

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Regeneration Nation: Inside the Remarkable Biology of Planarians

People, Parasites, and Plagues · Episode

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Kendall Clay @kendallbclay.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

How does an organism capable of whole body regeneration make the right types of neurons in the correct ratios? The answer is a heavily coordinated suite of genes precisley timed to ensure the birth and maintenance of new neurons! www.nature.com/articles/s41...

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Combinatorial mechanisms specify cellular location and neurotransmitter identity during planarian neurogenesis - Nature Communications

During regeneration, new neurons need to be made in a way that reproduces both neuronal diversity and organization. Here the authors show that a combination of factors works cooperatively to direct ne...

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Drug Monkey @drugmonkey.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

Trying to convince myself that finally getting around to reading N.K. Jemisin is a better late than never scenario. Rather than the massive screwup that it is. Don’t make my mistake. Read. Now.

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Rachel Roberts-Galbraith @awormwelcome.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

Congrats Jazmine, for a job very well done on your qualifying exam! Yay for you!

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Sarah McAnulty, Ph.D. @sarahmackattack.bsky.social · 09/07/2026

Time for an Evening Update! We're just over 80% done the map. Help us bring these states home! givebutter.com/USS2026 West: CA 30 WA 12 NEast: NY 83 NJ 48 CT 18 Midwest to TX: TX 63 IL 38 MI 25 IN 15 OK 11 South: FL 99 GA 43 VA 33 SC 3

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United States of Science 2026

By Skype a Scientist

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Sarah McAnulty, Ph.D. @sarahmackattack.bsky.social · 06/07/2026

The 2026 United States of Science Challenge starts NOW! Each bubble represents classrooms we’ve matched with scientists this year. This a competition to fill bubbles with $10 donations to support @skypeascientist.bsky.social The first region to fill all bubbles wins. 👇🏻 givebutter.com/USS2026

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United States of Science 2026

By Skype a Scientist

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Rachel Roberts-Galbraith @awormwelcome.bsky.social · 16/06/2026

Congratulations Camila! So proud of you for completing your qualifying exam and passing to candidacy! You did it! 🤩

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Zebrafish Rock! @zebrafishrock.bsky.social · 03/06/2026

The Cigliola Lab @vanderbilt.edu (www.cigliola-lab.com) is recruiting a #Postdoc interested in spinal cord regeneration & neural repair. If you are a motivated individual who wants to develop independent research directions in a collaborative & supportive environment, please consider applying! 🧵⬇️

Longitudinal section of zebrafish spinal cord tissue at 4 weeks post injury, showing regeneration-associated gene expression (in green) at sites of tissue bridging (in purple).

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Rachel Roberts-Galbraith @awormwelcome.bsky.social · 15/04/2026

Don’t Use A.I. to Do This www.nytimes.com/2026/04/15/o... Love this take by one of my favorite writers. 🤣

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Opinion | Just Because I Wrote This Doesn’t Mean I’ll Be On Your Panel About A.I.

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Sarah Paramore, PhD @parahsaramore.bsky.social · 14/04/2026

Excited to share that @socdevbio.bsky.social has a new and improved merch store! Rep your fav model organism in one of the Society’s new original designs 🤗 sdb-official-merch.printify.me

Examples of the new model organism shirts for sale on the SDB merchandise website

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Liz Neeley @lizneeley.bsky.social · 20/03/2026

New @sloanfoundation.bsky.social grants: Exemplary Pathways to STEM Graduate Education. Up to $500,000 for orgs focused on helping remove obstacles for undergraduates who want to pursue advanced STEM degrees. Deadline is June 1. Please share & apply if this is you! sloan.org/programs/hig...

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Call for Letters of Inquiry: Exemplary Pathways to STEM Graduate Education | Alfred P. Sloan Foundation

Our mission is to make the world a better place through the advancement of scientific knowledge.

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Rachel Roberts-Galbraith @awormwelcome.bsky.social · 13/03/2026

Dev Bio Science Communication opportunity! The John Doctor Prize is open for 2026 (Deadline June 1). More info here below - Please share and encourage folks to submit videos! www.sdbonline.org/john_doctor_...

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Society for Developmental Biology | John Doctor Education Prize

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Petra Korlević @petrathepostdoc.bsky.social · 17/11/2025

the culmination of one year of collaborative work on a #SciArt zine discussing gynecological issues, finally in print form! from a lovely team from the @sangerinstitute.bsky.social with special thanks to Dr @talkswithdrsesay.bsky.social and Dr Gioia Canciani for reviewing the contents! 🥼🩸

cover of a zine that looks like a corkboard, with various gynaecological organ pictures connected by red string, some pills pinned to it, a callendar, a page saying gyn app
the title is Pelvic Matters A collaborative zine on gynaecological health

last page of the corkboard zine, with the various sponsors, a qr code for the zine website, a DO NOT SCRAPE anti AI sticker, the 5 artists involved, the 6 writers involved and the two reviewers involved
the artists
Antonio Garcia (Scientific illustrator and designer, Founder of Bio-Graphics. Explore his work at www.bio-graphics.es)
Petra Korlević (Staff scientist at the Wellcome Sanger Insitute. Find more of her silly doodles at petrathepostdoc.bsky.social, and SciArt and crafts at theintrovertebrates.etsy.com)
Megan Gozzard (Post-Doctoral Researcher in Human Genetics at Wellcome Sanger Insitute. Explore her portfolio at www.megangozzard.co.uk)
Lia Bote (PhD student at the Wellcome Sanger Insitute, Parasites and Microbes Programme. See more of her art and science at @liabote.bsky.social!)
Isabelle Zane (PhD student, Sanger Institute. Find scientific cartoons and live sketches of conferences @isabellease on X, @isabellease.bsky.social or isabellezane.bio)

The writers
Valentina Lorenzi
Charlotte Cassie
Marie Moullet
Ana Paredes Garcia
Christina Kim
Rina Sakata

The reviewers
Dr Gioia Canciani
Dr Aziza Sesay

cartoony page from the zine I drew, the colors are dark blue, light blue, yellow, orange, light pink and dark pink. the text is
When the uterus tissues go WILD! - ENDOMETRIOSIS-
endometrial-like tissue growing outside of the uterus
unclear origin (cells escaping fallopian tube at menstruation, immune dysfunction, local estrogen production, circulation, surgery, genetics)
Dr. Platypus fact: endometriotic lesions were even found in the brain, which caused neurological and psychiatric symptoms!
~8 years to get diagnosed
1/10 people
bleeding outside and inside
infertility
pelvic PAIN! during intercourse, bowel movement, urination, or for no good reason
nausea

the middle drawing is of an uterus, guts, kidneys ovaries and bladder covered in pink endometriotic lesions, none of the organs are happy about it, one ovary has a massive pink chocolate cyst on it (a cyst full of endometrial tissue and blood)

photo of seven of the eleven zine authors under a giant oak tree without any leaves (it is winter) each holding one zine.

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Rachel Roberts-Galbraith @awormwelcome.bsky.social · 23/02/2026

Five(+) women authors by whom I’ve read (and loved) at least five books: Margaret Atwood Octavia Butler NK Jemisin Barbara Kingsolver Nnedi Okorafor Martha Wells Zadie Smith (That was fun to look up and illustrates my reading preferences pretty well!)

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Isabel @isabelott.bsky.social · 31/01/2026

cognitive reframing ahead of quals: ❌ I will be stuck in a room with a firing squad of friends and allies whose eyes will go red like robots in the movies for 2 hours to grill me ✅ THEY will be stuck in there with ME while I talk a 2 hour blue streak about my very favorite stuff in the world 😌

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Chrystal Starbird @drstarbird.bsky.social · 13/02/2026

“Because it’s always been done that way” should never stand in the way of imagining and building a new system that aligns better with our core values. Sometimes the hard and even the nearly impossible possible is worth it to create the future we envision.

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Dr. Tati @drtati.bsky.social · 02/02/2026

We wrote this piece as a call to action before what has been happening in MN. The myth of neutrality is a luxury scientists can no longer afford— we all have a role to play. Please repost w/ links to local orgs to help connect scientists to existing collectives they can join. rdcu.be/e1Tvv

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Political action is now crucial for US scientists

Nature Human Behaviour - Political action is now crucial for US scientists

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Rachel Roberts-Galbraith @awormwelcome.bsky.social · 29/12/2025

A few other highlights: We were joined by three awesome undergrads this semester - Kathleen, Zoe, and Ella. They have contributed to the lab intellectually, scientifically, and socially - such a great team. Here they are at their end-of-term presentations. 1/4

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Rachel Roberts-Galbraith @awormwelcome.bsky.social · 29/12/2025

I got behind in posting updates this fall, but want to make sure I highlight some of the fun and amazing things that we (mostly my trainees) have been doing this fall and winter! Let's start off with our semester's high point - @taylormlanier.bsky.social's defense and graduation! 1/5

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Richard Sever @richardsever.bsky.social · 06/12/2025

ASCB President Mary Munson awards Francis Collins the ASCB Public Service award, noting this is the first time it’s been awarded for defense of science #cellbio2025

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Harmit Singh Malik @harmitmalik.bsky.social · 07/11/2025

When people celebrate the individual genius of folks in science, they should also mourn the collective loss of genius of folks who were actively discouraged or disadvantaged from a career in science because of the same person(s)

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Prachee Avasthi @pracheeac.bsky.social · 16/10/2025

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

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Careers | Arcadia Science

Evolve with Arcadia.

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Development @dev-journal.bsky.social · 13/10/2025

Speaking science in a fractured world: making truth land when facts alone cannot A Perspective by @rebeccacalisi.bsky.social, @kaliceaphd.bsky.social, Jamy Peng, @spiraldoc.bsky.social & @rogerslabucd.bsky.social on how to combat scientific misinformation journals.biologists.com/dev/article/...

Picture of Perspective title and authors from article PDF

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Alyssa Johnson @alyssajohnson.bsky.social · 27/09/2025

In our newest paper, we show that expression of a familial natural short sleep mutation in flies extends lifespan through enhanced mitochondrial physiology. First first-author paper for former graduate student Pritika Pandey! @pritika26.bsky.social @lsuscience.bsky.social @lsu.bsky.social

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A familial natural short sleep mutation in dec2 extends healthspan and lifespan in Drosophila

Biological sciences; Genetics; Neuroscience

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Dr Madeleine Pownall @maddipow.bsky.social · 04/09/2025

So jealous that I'm not at #PRC10 (because I haven't yet figured out how to clone myself and be in two places at once) but the programme looks so brilliant. I really hope there's some discussion about how framing peer review as pedagogy may be a useful way forward too wonkhe.com/blogs/peer-r...

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Peer review is broken, and pedagogical research has a fix

The lessons of decades of research into assessment and feedback haven’t tracked across into the practice of peer review. Madeleine Pownall wonders why not The lessons of decades of research into asses...

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Ginger Hunter @flysci.bsky.social · 02/09/2025

🧪🪰We are hiring, please help us get the word out! The official ads will be up very soon & I'll link to them later. My lab is looking to recruit/hire at all levels: 1. A technician/post-bacc researcher to start ~fall 2026 2. A postdoc to start sometime in 2026 3. At least one graduate student (RA)

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Development @dev-journal.bsky.social · 01/09/2025

📢Call for papers. Submit your latest research to our upcoming special issue – The Extracellular Environment in Development, Regeneration and Stem Cells Guest Editors: Alex Hughes and Rashmi Priya 📅 Deadline: 1 March 2026 journals.biologists.com/dev/pages/ex... #DevBio

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Rachel Roberts-Galbraith @awormwelcome.bsky.social · 21/08/2025

Happy to highlight our recent preprint by the amazing Skylar Settles, with her undergrad student, Kathleen. Skylar started with the goal of carefully (& tediously) describing the in vivo cellular environment of planarian stem cells, unusual for their adult pluripotency. 1/6 doi.org/10.1101/2025...

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A parenchymal niche regulates pluripotent stem cell function in planarians

Harnessing the extraordinary potential of stem cells requires exquisite control in vitro , in vivo , and in the context of potential therapies. Adult stem cells are commonly housed within a microenvir...

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Rachel Roberts-Galbraith @awormwelcome.bsky.social · 10/08/2025

Last CBIO retreat and departmental presentation (until defense) for Taylor! Bittersweet! @taylormlanier.bsky.social

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Rachel Roberts-Galbraith @awormwelcome.bsky.social · 28/07/2025

Spicebush swallowtail for our 3rd challenging swallowtail ID of the week!

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Rachel Roberts-Galbraith @awormwelcome.bsky.social · 27/07/2025

Up at the parents’ farm for Poppy/Deedee camp (M) and a pre-semester meditative/writing trip (me). Today I spent a while making sure I can tell apart pipevine swallowtails and dark female eastern tiger swallowtails.

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Anny Chung (鍾彥儀) @yyachung.bsky.social · 22/07/2025

Cluster hire in ecosystem ecology at UGA! Come join us! 🌎🌱

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Needhi Bhalla 💅🏽 @needhibhalla.bsky.social · 18/07/2025

"As the demographics of our Nation evolve, ensuring individuals from underrepresented communities across the country can enter and sustain a career as part of the STEM workforce is essential to securing the workforce going forward...

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Rachel Roberts-Galbraith @awormwelcome.bsky.social · 14/07/2025

Sounds super fun - GRC in Neural Dev is one of my favorites and I need to bookmark this for next year!

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@LaBonneLaB @labonnelab.bsky.social · 11/07/2025

Dear all, PLEASE add comments on the importance of model organism research at this link:

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Mark Niesse @markniesse.bsky.social · 10/07/2025

One of the largest voter registration cancellations in history began Thursday with 478,000 letters mailed to Georgia voters whose registrations will be removed unless they respond within 40 days. #gapol www.ajc.com/politics/202...

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Nearly 500,000 inactive Georgia voter registrations planned for cancellation

Georgia is notifying 478,000 people their inactive voter registrations could soon be canceled. It will be one of the largest mass removals in U.S. history.

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Amy Diehl, Ph.D. @amydiehl.bsky.social · 07/07/2025

In a study of professors, women got 378 new work requests over 4 weeks vs 118 for men. Women spent more time on service, advising & teaching; men on research. Orgs should track who is taking extra duties & ensure they are rewarded and distributed fairly. www.forbes.com/sites/kimels...

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Being Too Helpful At Work Can Hurt Your Career—Here’s How To Say No

Women are more likely to take on behind-the-scenes duties at work—extra tasks like onboarding or event planning—and it's hurting their careers. Here's how to say no.

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Rachel Roberts-Galbraith @awormwelcome.bsky.social · 07/07/2025

I had SOOO much fun writing this Dispatch on the Davies Lab's latest paper for @currentbiology.bsky.social! It was so enjoyable to dive into the literature and I had such a fun paper to highlight! Thanks Current Biology for the invitation! www.cell.com/current-biol...

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Development: Growing up to become a regenerative powerhouse

Adult planarian flatworms respond to nearly any injury with a robust, whole-body regenerative response. Recent results demonstrate that planarians develop their regenerative prowess late in embryogene...

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John Wares @johnwares.bsky.social · 29/06/2025

UGA science folks need to remember these decisions literally affect the USFS building on our campus only ~100m from your office and with lots of great, terrified, science colleagues. Make your calls!!

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Rachel Roberts-Galbraith @awormwelcome.bsky.social · 29/06/2025

To @dbmenke.bsky.social and other lizard colleagues, look what you have done. (Anolis pictures from PR.)

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Rachel Roberts-Galbraith @awormwelcome.bsky.social · 29/06/2025

The highlight of my @socdevbio.bsky.social meeting was attending with post-bacc student Saraí Rivera, who is a brilliant researcher with unlimited potential. Our post-bacc program was lost to NIH cuts and it has been heartbreaking, since our outcomes and participants have been so very extraordinary.

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Rachel Roberts-Galbraith @awormwelcome.bsky.social · 29/06/2025

Had a great trip to Puerto Rico with my family before the SDB meeting last week! PR was beautiful and it was so special to explore it with my favorite people!!

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Christian Mosimann @chrmosimann.bsky.social · 19/06/2025

PSA: around 5-8% of the population has a color vision impairment for red/green. Many talks at #2025ICDB still use red-green LUTs on slides that are not accessible to everyone. Changing to more accessible colors is doable and easy. We can do better. #devbio #ICDB2025 #WeTheColorBlind

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@LaBonneLaB @labonnelab.bsky.social · 18/06/2025

Excited to welcome everyone to San Juan for #ICDB25

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Indie Book Spotlight @bookspotlight.bsky.social · 14/06/2025

i'd rather ask ursula from the little mermaid for a favour and life advice than ask chatgpt anything

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