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Savage-Dunn lab @cswormlab.bsky.social · 14/06/2026

Posing with doctoral student Allen Sun at his poster #Celegans #wormtopicmeeting2026

Student and mentor stand in front of a poster at a scientific conference

Savage-Dunn lab @cswormlab.bsky.social · 13/06/2026

Doctoral student Fatema presented her first conference poster at #wormtopicmeeting2026 ! So grateful for the supportive #Celegans community!

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Savage-Dunn lab @cswormlab.bsky.social · 12/06/2026

It’s CSD lab T-shirt day at #wormtopicmeeting2026 at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Such a wonderful venue for a conference, with lovely weather today! #Celegans

Three individuals with matching Tshirts and name tags stand in front of a lake

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Savage-Dunn lab @cswormlab.bsky.social · 09/06/2026

We had a wonderful visit from former doctoral student Kat Yamamoto and her husband and baby on Friday!

Large group of diverse individuals gather by a window

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Savage-Dunn lab @cswormlab.bsky.social · 22/01/2026

And the crew came in their lab T-shirts

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Savage-Dunn lab @cswormlab.bsky.social · 21/01/2026

Allen Sun representing the Savage-Dunn lab at Biology Department Symposium! ~~~ #Celegans

Graduate student at a podium giving presentation

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Savage-Dunn lab @cswormlab.bsky.social · 15/01/2026

Savage-Dunn lab returning to #NYAWM after lunch - looking forward to second half!

PI and four students in lobby of NYU building

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Savage-Dunn lab @cswormlab.bsky.social · 15/01/2026

David Miller kicks off #NYAWM with intriguing talk about molecular mechanisms of neuronal remodeling in #Celegans

Acknowledgement slide with lab photo collaborators and funding listed

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Savage-Dunn lab @cswormlab.bsky.social · 16/12/2025

@cswormlab.bsky.social took time with Meléndez and DuBuc labs for a holiday gift exchange! Grateful for this wonderful community.

Group of individuals holding gifts in front of window

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Savage-Dunn lab @cswormlab.bsky.social · 02/07/2025

Great to see old and new friends at #worm25 -TGFbeta enthusiasts!

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Savage-Dunn lab @cswormlab.bsky.social · 01/07/2025

Getting ready for Support of the Genetics Community session beginning in less than 15 min in Mondavi!! #worm25

Support of the Genetics Community
Chair- Aimee Jaramillo-Lambert

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Savage-Dunn lab @cswormlab.bsky.social · 01/07/2025

To vote for the IWN27 organizers use this QR code

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Savage-Dunn lab @cswormlab.bsky.social · 01/07/2025

Zach Wing is a postbac who’s become a TGFbeta ligand aficionado- stop by to see his insights into ligand activation! #worm25

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Savage-Dunn lab @cswormlab.bsky.social · 01/07/2025

Allen Sun is a new doctoral student working on lipid metabolism regulation by DBL-1/BMP signaling via lipid binding proteins #worm25

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Savage-Dunn lab @cswormlab.bsky.social · 01/07/2025

Krishna presenting his poster at #worm25 338B

Krishna presenting to other worm researchers

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Savage-Dunn lab @cswormlab.bsky.social · 30/06/2025

Ready for Plenary 3, to be followed by our Keynote Address by Anne Villeneuve! #worm25

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Savage-Dunn lab @cswormlab.bsky.social · 30/06/2025

First poster from the Savage-Dunn lab is postdoc Krishna tonight. Some surprises in TGFbeta signaling for host-pathogen response! 338B #worm25

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Savage-Dunn lab @cswormlab.bsky.social · 29/06/2025

Paul Sternberg with important WormBase news #worm25

WormBase site will be frozen and migration to Genome Alliance

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Savage-Dunn lab @cswormlab.bsky.social · 29/06/2025

Aric Daul and the CGC 👏🏼 👏🏼👏🏼 #worm25

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Savage-Dunn lab @cswormlab.bsky.social · 29/06/2025

Really looking forward to the Opening Plenary session at #worm25 ! I think there is something for everyone!

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Savage-Dunn lab @cswormlab.bsky.social · 29/05/2025

CUNY and SUNY colleagues - join us in signing this open letter to the NY State Congressional Delegation! docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

Summary of key points in open letter to NY Congressional Delegation to defend federal funding of research at CUNY and SUNY.

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Savage-Dunn lab @cswormlab.bsky.social · 07/05/2025

Thanks it’s tomorrow but my kids were in town last weekend! They did the Great Saunter (32+ miles around the perimeter of Manhattan!)

Selfie of three young hikers with certificates of completion

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Savage-Dunn lab @cswormlab.bsky.social · 07/05/2025

If you see this, post the most recent photo of yourself from your camera roll. No cheating!

Woman acting surprised in front of ice cream dessert with birthday candle

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Savage-Dunn lab @cswormlab.bsky.social · 11/04/2025

Undergraduate student Alan Cantos presented his research at today’s Queens- wide CUNY Undergraduate Research Day at @queenscollegecuny.bsky.social . Nice job as always Alan! #proudPI #celegans #undergradinthelab

Undergraduate student standing next to his poster

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Savage-Dunn lab @cswormlab.bsky.social · 01/04/2025

Today doctoral student Kat Yamamoto successfully defended her thesis! Congratulations Dr. Yamamoto! 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼 #celegans #womeninstem

Kat Yamamoto with cake inscribed “Congratulations Dr. Yamamoto”

Kat Yamamoto giving her thesis talk. Slide shows cartoon of immune system as a defender

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Savage-Dunn lab @cswormlab.bsky.social · 12/03/2025

Dr. Jennifer Alexander from @upenn.edu gave an inspiring talk at @queenscollegecuny.bsky.social Biology Colloquium! From model organisms to human organoids to address health disparities in cancer 🧪

Seminar speaker posing in front of title slide

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Savage-Dunn lab @cswormlab.bsky.social · 21/02/2025

Our summer high school students visited yesterday while on midwinter break. It is so inspiring to see the future! What can we do to ensure that they have the same opportunities we did? #celegans #womeninstem 🧪

Selfie of 4 students and PI posing in hallway of science building

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Savage-Dunn lab @cswormlab.bsky.social · 03/02/2025

Finally, we analyzed target genes for their roles in body size regulation, and showed that not only are cuticle collagen genes regulated at the level of transcription, but that BMP signaling also regulates the secretion of collagen into the cuticle. 5/5

A series of z-stacks showing the secretory pathway (endoplasmic reticulum) and cuticle collagen in different colors

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Savage-Dunn lab @cswormlab.bsky.social · 21/01/2025

And it was a great reason to wear our lab T-shirts! #celegans ~~~~~

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Savage-Dunn lab @cswormlab.bsky.social · 21/01/2025

Thanks to graduate students Taylor Rubin and Robert Kinobe for organizing

Student organizers giving closing comments

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Savage-Dunn lab @cswormlab.bsky.social · 21/01/2025

Postbac Zach Wing did a great job representing the Savage-Dunn lab T the Biology Symposium at Queens College!

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Savage-Dunn lab @cswormlab.bsky.social · 16/01/2025

Savage-Dunn group (including lab alum Jun Liang) really enjoyed the NYAWM at NYU on Jan 15. Great talks and great community! Keynote speaker Jane Hubbard reminded us to tell people where the knowledge came from whenever we can! #celegans

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Savage-Dunn lab @cswormlab.bsky.social · 29/12/2024

And receiving the R35 allowed us to recruit a new postdoc, Krishna Lappasi Mohanram, who joined the lab at the end of August! Krishna has previous experience with #Celegans immunity and proteomics, and he will learn more about #genetics and #signaling in our group! 7/n

Postdoc Krishna and PI Cathy wearing lab T-shirts in front of the Science Building at Queens College

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Savage-Dunn lab @cswormlab.bsky.social · 29/12/2024

Cathy was co-organizer of the FASEB SRC TGF-beta Superfamily Conference, which was held at Niagara Falls in July. Huge shout-out to co-organizers @mythreye.bsky.social and Tom Thompson! 5/n

FASEB TGF-beta conference co-organizers on the Maid of the Mist at Niagara Falls - very wet!

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Savage-Dunn lab @cswormlab.bsky.social · 29/12/2024

We had a mini lab reunion in June to celebrate the papers; to congratulate lab alumni who had babies; and to acknowledge a new job for former doctoral student James Acosta-Clark, on the in vivo team at the Allen Institute Seattle Hub for Synthetic Biology! alleninstitute.org/person/james... 4/n

Lab members and alumni posing in the conference room.

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Savage-Dunn lab @cswormlab.bsky.social · 29/12/2024

Year's end thoughts: Amidst the challenges, 2024 has been a year of growth for the Savage-Dunn lab. #celegans #tgfbeta #genetics 1/n

Lab members holding gifts from holiday party

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Savage-Dunn lab @cswormlab.bsky.social · 12/12/2024

White elephant/grab bag gift exchange with the @wormautophagy.bsky.social lab! Happy Holidays! #celegans #lifeinSTEM

Lab members in the corridor holding their gifts

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Savage-Dunn lab @cswormlab.bsky.social · 28/11/2024

Post a photo of yourself from a different era - college yearbook photo, didn’t know it was called a mullet then!

Pic from 1985 college yearbook page - mullet haircut, pearls, black and white photo

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Savage-Dunn lab @cswormlab.bsky.social · 09/11/2024

I’m glad to see the Bluesky community growing. We are here to connect with others in #signaling #genetics #celegans and related topics and to support diversity and inclusion. Word cloud by scholargoggler.com

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Savage-Dunn lab @cswormlab.bsky.social · 01/11/2024

Dressing up for Departmental Halloween party with #celegans colleague @wormautophagy.bsky.social !

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Savage-Dunn lab @cswormlab.bsky.social · 17/09/2024

Bluesky now has over 10 million users, and I was #842,901!

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Savage-Dunn lab @cswormlab.bsky.social · 02/09/2024

4 And last but not least, welcome to new postdoc Venkata Krishna! #celegans

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Savage-Dunn lab @cswormlab.bsky.social · 02/09/2024

3 Lab members modeling lab T-shirts outside the Science Building!

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