iiinova — where your digital self keeps evolving

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Micah @rincewind.run · 07/10/2026

rip to one of the coolest software engineers who ever lived

Margaret Hamilton standing next to a printout of code she and her team wrote for the Apollo program, which is as tall as she is

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c0nc0rdance @c0nc0rdance.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Most bats eat insects, some fruit, a few meat, 3 dine on blood. Two species of bat primarily eat FISH. 🐟 Let's learn about one of the LOUDEST ANIMALS IN THE WORLD & how they hunt by STEALTH. Meet the bulldog bats in family Noctilionidae. 🦇🧪

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Anna Merlan @annamerlan.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

As a society, we have forgotten that the phone still works when you hold it up to your ear

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Genetics Society of America @genetics-gsa.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Applications are open for the Drosophila Trainee Award! Graduate students and postdocs can request up to $1,000 in travel support to attend #Dros27. GSA membership required. Apply by October 29: buff.ly/Ceok9ob

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International Zebrafish Society @izfs.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

🚨DEADLINE EXTENDED: Submit your Abstracts & Workshop Proposals for the 12th SCZI! Closing Oct 15: Don't miss this chance to share your research. Read more and submit here: www.izfs.org/education/20... #IZFS #SCZI2027 #Workshop #Abstract #MeridaMexico #Zebrafish

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Zebrafish Disease Models Society (ZDMS) @zdmsociety.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

The ZDMS Early Career Investigator (ECI) Committee is excited to invite trainees, graduate students, postdocs, and early career PIs to submit abstracts for our upcoming ZDMS ECI Webinar! 📅 Webinar: November 5, 2026 ⏰ 10:00-11:00 AM ET 📝 Abstract submission deadline: October 8, 2026 (11:59 PM ET)

Poster for ZDMS early career investigator committee webinar. Selected talks will be picked from the submitted abstracts. Link in QR code and thread

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Christian Mosimann @chrmosimann.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Very cool. How do regular mortals like myself get our hands/eyes on such approaches so we can figure out the biolgy we study?

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Elizabeth Anne, PhD @lacksauthority.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

never the wrong time for this classic

Screenshot of a tweet by @RobbtKraft reading “scientist: "does everyone here know what Watson and Crick discovered?"
me from back of room: "Rosalind Franklin's notes"”

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Karl Deisseroth @deisseroth.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Thank you to everyone sharing in this moment! I’m so grateful to all my trainees & collaborators… dlab.stanford.edu/group-members (pic: Peter and I together in 2017) Reading for all those asking: for technical details: dlab.stanford.edu for everyone: deisseroth.org/projections

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Science Magazine @science.org · 05/10/2026

Exclusive: A new analysis refutes James Watson’s claim that he was the first to recognize the significance of the famed photograph 51. scim.ag/4rTKck8

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How did Rosalind Franklin miss the helix in her iconic DNA image? She didn’t

New analysis refutes James Watson’s claim he was first to recognize significance of famed photograph 51

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Emily @emilydawn.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

@hockeyviz.com I found some beautiful data viz for you

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Joanna🌱 @rainbowofcrazy.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

I always miss out on the okra flowers so today was a nice treat. I didn't know they'd be this pretty! 🌱

okra flower. pretty white petals with a dark red center.

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UNR Biology Buzz @unr-biologybuzz.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

We are hiring! 🧪 Tenure-track position in Evolutionary Biology at the University of Nevada, Reno. Great colleagues, nearby mountains, and of course a certain lake... Application info: nshe.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/UNR-external... www.unr.edu/biology #evolution #EEB #ecoevo #evolsky #academicjobs

A winter view of Lake Tahoe and the Sierra Nevada mountains with snow on the ground and trees

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David @crookedknight.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Rarely has this XKCD been more on point

Stick-figure comic of a man in a lab coat standing on a chair, pointing a pistol at a desk that has a tray and a microscope on it.

"When you see a claim that a common drug or vitamin 'kills cancer cells in a petri dish,' keep in mind: So does a handgun."

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Desplan Lab @desplanlab.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

New paper from the lab! 🚨 Congratulations to Amanda A. G. Ferreira and Sergio Córdoba 🎉

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Jeremy Berg @jeremymberg.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

From a discussion of updating a department website...

A photo with baby Yoda and adult Yoda with the caption "Could it be time for a new photo?"

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Çağrı Çevrim @cagricevrim.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Your favorite website for illustrations of almost all organisms is looking for donations to help cover its running costs! Please consider donating to help keep this open-source platform running: www.phylopic.org/images

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All Silhouette Images on PhyloPic

Browse all the free silhouette images in PhyloPic.

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Alejandro Montenegro @aemonten.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

A new issue of CSH Protocols is out! @cshlpress.bsky.social The cover image highlights the work by Zimina et al., who summarize various approaches for examining meiosis & meiotic recombination in maize, & introduce a set of accompanying protocols to study meiosis in this species🌽 ⬇️Links below

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Vijay G. Sankaran @bloodgenes.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

🩸🧬 Delighted to share our new @nature.com paper! Genetic studies of >28,000 people reveal a BACH2-NRF2 pathway for activating fetal hemoglobin, suggesting new tx avenues for sickle cell disease & β-thalassemia. Led by the amazing Chun-Jie Guo & co! www.nature.com/articles/s41...

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Human genetics implicates a BACH2–NRF2 axis in fetal haemoglobin activation - Nature

BACH2 restrains activation of the fetal-haemoglobin-encoding γ-globin genes, while loss of BACH2 enhances NRF2 chromatin occupancy and promotes the formation of activation foci at the γ-globin genes.

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Jolyon Troscianko @jtroscianko.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

🦋 Butterfly wing patterns create motion illusions that protect them from predators! Our new study (8 years in the making) is out in Nature today doi.org/10.1038/s415... @grahancock.bsky.social @esbriolat.bsky.social @scienceanna.bsky.social @lauraakelley.bsky.social @uniexecec.bsky.social

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Ellen Leffler @ellenleffler.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

My department at University of Utah is recruiting new faculty, with "Human" and "Genetics" broadly defined. It is a fantastic place to start a lab, with collaboration, creativity and conviviality encouraged. Applications due Oct 16. Please share and apply! utah.peopleadmin.com/postings/208...

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Christian Mosimann @chrmosimann.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

He was shy going to the front row - but when we did, the band noticed him right away as he was among the youngest in the crowd. That got him the guitar pic. Don't think my parents would have come to a metal gig with me...

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Rob Klose @robklose.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Come join us April 2027 for the next instalment of the EMBL Chromatin and Epigenetics meeting. Great invited speakers and lots of talks selected from abstracts! It will be a fantastic meeting (despite the egregious nucleosome images...)

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Mark Peifer (He, him) @peiferlabunc.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

For the last 34 years I have been on the faculty of the UNC-Chapel Hill Department of Biology and have never regretted that decision. This year we are hiring TWO new Assistant Professors in the broad area of Molecular, Cell, Developmental Biology 1/n bio.unc.edu

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Christian Mosimann @chrmosimann.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

** also available as set of 5 and in yellow for early-bird backers.

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Christian Mosimann @chrmosimann.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Why are Kickstarter campaigns always like: "Still using grandpa's screw driver? What if you had one made from ARCHAEOLOGY-GRADE **TITANIUM**?!"

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Mia Konjikusic, PhD @konjikusicmia.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Got delayed out of Seattle and to kill time ended up at the Exquisite Creatures exhibit. They have a paddlefish skull on display (along with many other beautiful creatures). But can anyone tell me how the hell this bone pattern depositing happens?! WILD!

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Mike Sowden @mikeachim.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

I know there is a hell of a lot going on right now. But not all of it is bad. Some is astonishingly good - like the results of this study from June. Cervical cancer is a terribly cruel thing. This might, at long last, be the beginning of the end of it. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

BBC News headline "Young women now have 'close to zero' risk of cervical cancer death after HPV jab"

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Christian Mosimann @chrmosimann.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

F1's first test outing around the 'hood with his new ride. #cyclocross #MobileOfficeView #Colorado

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Benoit Bruneau @benoitbruneau.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

really important article. Are we feeding our discoveries (unpublished) to AI companies? Featuring our @gladstoneinst.bsky.social colleague Seth Shipman.

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Marc A. Marti-Renom @mamartirenom.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Join us!! International PhD call 👇🏻👇🏻👇🏻 www.crg.eu/en/content/t...

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In Otter News @in-otter-news.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

After a long day at the aquarium, the otters help tidy their toys away. Payment is made promptly and entirely in ice cubes.

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Christian Mosimann @chrmosimann.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

It's beautiful - thx for sharing and enjoy!

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David Burbach 🇺🇸 @dburbach.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

This shop seems more Cambridge than Portland but damn this hits

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Vaughn Cooper @vscooper.micropopbio.org · 25/09/2026

FYI to everyone submitting this October NIH cycle You need to re-certify your ScienCV AFTER Sept 26 (tomorrow) for your application or it may not be accepted. Great timing!

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Christian Mosimann @chrmosimann.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

...ok but now back to finishing up Aim 2A, the collabs are waiting on the draft. Did I have lunch yet? Oh, another meeting in 5... @cuanschutz.bsky.social @cudevbio.bsky.social @cupediatrics.bsky.social #PILife #devbio #OnwardsAlways

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Christophe 🔬 Leterrier @christlet.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Here's a balanced account of where the microscopy community stands on AI use by this year's Small World in Motion winner. My main issue is that no one seems to have seen the original data despite requests (no mention of it being reviewed by the organizers) www.the-scientist.com/allegations-...

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Allegations of AI Use in Nikon Competition Spark Controversy | The Scientist

Microscopists raise concerns about inappropriate AI usage in Nikon's microscopy contest-winning video. Nikon stands their ground, citing no policy breach.

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Kate Baker @ksbakes.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

We have an open Assistant/Associate Professor position in Pathogen Biology at the Department of Genetics - come and join us! 🦠 🧫 🧬https://www.cam.ac.uk/jobs/assistantassociate-professor-in-pathogen-genetics-pc51175

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Assistant/Associate Professor in Pathogen Genetics

Applications are invited for an Assistant or Associate Professorship in Pathogen Genetics to be held in the Department of Genetics. We are searching for a talented individual with a track record of fu...

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Hao Yin @haoyin.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Cilia - AI champion show🏆 Credit: GPT6-Astra Inspired by @christlet.bsky.social

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Marion Baraban @marionbaraban.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

A funded postdoctoral position is available at the IBPS, Sorbonne University/CNRS/INSERM in Paris, to investigate the formation of the olfactory organ in zebrafish. We are looking for an postdoctoral researcher with expertise in transcriptomics and bioinformatics, (scRNAseq analysis).

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Christian Mosimann @chrmosimann.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Big congrats to our postdoc Marycruz Flores Flores @mary-flores.bsky.social on receiving our campus' 2026 Graduate School Dean’s Postdoctoral Service Award @cuanschutz.bsky.social! @cupediatrics.bsky.social @cudevbio.bsky.social #zebrafish #devbio

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Christian Mosimann @chrmosimann.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Everyone makes mistakes, yes. Or again, choices. Unfortunately, a common theme reading mouse papers with findings that have clearly been reported before in models that fly or swim. YMMV.

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