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Dave Matus

@davematus.bsky.social
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Researcher @ UC Berkeley Advanced BioImaging Center, MCB Department, Evo-devo-cell biologist, 🎷👨‍🍳🐕🐈‍⬛

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Dave Matus @davematus.bsky.social · 10/06/2026
🎷🎶 Going to @socdevbio.bsky.social meeting in Vegas? Do you also play jazz? If you’re interested in playing some live jazz with fellow SDB members in Vegas, DM me here. 🎹🎺
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Will Ferrell's Jazz Flute Solo
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Gavin Woodruff @weirdworms.bsky.social · 08/05/2026
WormTagDB: a systematic survey of endogenously tagged proteins in Caenorhabditis elegans and roadmap toward the tagged proteome academic.oup.com/g3journal/ad...
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WormTagDB: a systematic survey of endogenously tagged proteins in Caenorhabditis elegans and roadmap toward the tagged proteome
Abstract. Endogenous protein tagging in Caenorhabditis elegans enables the direct visualization and manipulation of proteins in vivo, providing native read
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shaharbrr.bsky.social @handle.invalid · 06/02/2026
New preprint out! www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6... One of the most salient lessons I learned in all my adventures with screening and protein engineering is the importance of context. The context in which you test a gene or protein determines what function it has.
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Paul Maddox @maddoxfornc.bsky.social · 24/01/2026
Another life has been lost at the hands of Trump’s masked agents. Their violence is unacceptable and un-American. Our leaders must put an end to ICE’s reign of terror and its cruelty.
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Casey Dunn @caseywdunn.bsky.social · 09/01/2026
Our eLetter github.com/caseywdunn/s... responding to a recent Science paper was just posted. The paper found more genes with consistent support for sponge-sister than ctenophore-sister. We found several technical issues that, when corrected, reverse the conclusions and recover ctenophore-sister.
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Dave Matus @davematus.bsky.social · 03/01/2026
Stoked to have helped get this out the door! If you want to inject lots of mRNA into your embryos for higher SnR or to multiplex or to have it last longer… this is the way!
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Swinburne Lab @swinburnelab.bsky.social · 06/12/2025
Any zebrafish people at ASCB interested in chatting about staygold or in vivo live imaging talk to Aline at her poster at P1238, and additional Swinburne lab posters as at P1238 (Maria) and P1229 on Tuesday
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Dave Matus @davematus.bsky.social · 05/12/2025
So excited to post my first official #zebrafish paper in my new gig at UC Berkeley with my amazing co-authors @swinburnelab.bsky.social @alinetschanz.bsky.social The TL;DR is that monomeric StayGolds are game changers for in vivo imaging in zebrafish 1/7 micropublication.org/journals/bio...
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Systematic comparison of mStayGold and mGold2 variants for live imaging in zebrafish | microPublication
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Dave Matus @davematus.bsky.social · 02/07/2025
Had such an amazing time at #Worm25 catching up with old friends and making new ones! Love this community - and remember #justdogenetics!
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Dave Matus @davematus.bsky.social · 25/06/2025
Don’t miss your chance to join an awesome new lab!
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Daniel Gorelick @danielgorelick.bsky.social · 12/04/2025
Maybe I won the internet today 😄
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Dave Matus @davematus.bsky.social · 11/04/2025
#hiring! come join us at the Advanced BioImaging Center at UC Berkeley to help us build the #CellObservatory! 1/2 aprecruit.berkeley.edu/JPF04858
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Dave Matus @davematus.bsky.social · 07/03/2025
Hello SF! #StandUpForScience2025
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Governor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · 23/02/2025
Freezing out the NIH's funding means freezing out American innovation. Research into curing cancer, Alzheimer's, and Parkinson's all delayed. And ultimately it won't just cost us advancements in life-saving research, it will cost us lives.
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NIH funding cuts could have ‘devastating impact’ on medical advancements, Chicago researchers say
The National Institutes of Health under President Donald Trump announced this month that it was cutting payments covering overhead costs for research institutions that receive its grants.
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Miguel Reina-Campos @reinacampos.bsky.social · 10/02/2025
Press release by the appropriations subcommittee on NIH budget slashing by @delauro.house.gov 🙏
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Trump Team Dismantles Efforts to Find a Cure for Cancer and Other Deadly Disorders and Diseases
President Trump’s Administration is imposing a new policy to cap indirect costs for National Institutes of Health (NIH) research grants at 15 percent, which would cut billions of dollars in funding fo...
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Daniel Gorelick @danielgorelick.bsky.social · 10/02/2025
Trainees who applied for an NIH diversity fellowship whose applications were withdrawn/not being reviewed, there's a NYTimes reporter who wants to talk, especially interested in applicants with disabilities. DM me & I'll put you in touch, will keep all contact confidential. Please amplify
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Dave Matus @davematus.bsky.social · 17/01/2025
Hi Bluesky friends! My 85 year old dad is a finalist in a graphic arts contest to design a wine bottle label for his local Maryland winery - if you think his art worthy it would be awesome if you voted for Bernard! Vote here: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
An artistic image of a wine glass and grapes for a wine label contest
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Dave Matus @davematus.bsky.social · 02/01/2025
Happy 2025!
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Dave Matus @davematus.bsky.social · 29/12/2024
Continuing the tour from Faction to HumbleSea
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Dave Matus @davematus.bsky.social · 29/12/2024
Alameda beer night!
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Dave Matus @davematus.bsky.social · 19/12/2024
Gig playing with the @ucberkeleyofficial.bsky.social Cal alumni jazz sextet (I know I’m not at alum!)
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Dave Matus @davematus.bsky.social · 17/12/2024
Yesterday we had a lab bake off (citrus themed) It was close but my “elevated key lime pie” took home the title! So many key limes gave up their juice for this cause…
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Dave Matus @davematus.bsky.social · 28/11/2024
Happy turkey day to all who celebrate! We started the day out with a Pie in the Sky inspired brunch!
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Dave Matus @davematus.bsky.social · 15/11/2024
Feel like I’m stuck in the darkest timeline with these league of super villain govt appointments
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a man is looking at his phone with a caption that says of all the timelines , this is clearly the darkest
ALT: a man is looking at his phone with a caption that says of all the timelines , this is clearly the darkest
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Dave Matus @davematus.bsky.social · 10/11/2024
Hello science friends! Excited that Bluesky is taking off for #science though less excited for the root cause of it! Hope this place can be a haven for the next 4 years! #DevBio #EvoDevo #microscopy
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Buck Samuel 🪱🦠🧬🔬 @microbeminded.bsky.social · 05/09/2023
🧵 of #CeleganSky / worm researchers to connect with. Pls tag yourself/others in replies. 1/n @senguptalab.bsky.social @snickclunk.bsky.social @needhibhalla.bsky.social @ahnaskop.bsky.social @rnareylab.bsky.social @millerlab.bsky.social @javierapfeld.bsky.social @wyomingwormboy.bsky.social
Abstract cartoon of nematode coiled on clouds in the sky with the setting sun. (AI generated)
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