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Mike Deans @deandeans.bsky.social · 20/03/2026

Postdoc @ Emory Univ. The Deans lab is recruiting postdocs to work on inner ear development, hair cells and innervation. We use mouse genetics, imaging, and dev bio to understand how the machinery for hearing + balance is built. Email a CV and brief statement of interests. 🔁 Boosts appreciated

Fluorescent image of a mouse organ of Corti. Teal and pink labeling shows N-cadherin and E-cadherin in the inner and outer compartments respectively. Yellow labels the hair cells and their stereociliary bundles.

Contact me about postdoc opportunities related to this work!

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Mike Deans @deandeans.bsky.social · 08/01/2026

Let me introduce you to Dr. Jennie Nelson who just defended her PhD in the UofUtah Neuroscience program.

Dr Jennie Nelson PhD posing with her advisor Michael Deans

A pair of images showing Jennie during her defense seminar and an immunofluorescent image of the cochlear nucleus projected onto the seminar room screen

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Mike Deans @deandeans.bsky.social · 24/12/2025

I was just sent for eggs and Xmas cheer/beer 🤞

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John Wallingford @jbwallingford.bsky.social · 19/11/2025

SAVE THE DATE! Stoked to organize the 2026 Santa Cruz Developmental Biology Meeting with @rashmi-priya.bsky.social, @lowelab.bsky.social, and Shelbi Russell. Come learn about Biomedicine, Biomechanics, and the Biosphere, August 24-28, 2026. Registration dates, etc., coming soon! Please RT

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Institute for Neuroscience, Neurotechnology, and Society @gt-neuro.bsky.social · 30/10/2025

“Strengthened by the launch of the Neuroscience and Neurotechnology Ph.D. program, Georgia Tech takes another big step forward as a top-tier destination for neuroscience,” says Tim Cope. Meet the inaugural cohort: neuro.gatech.edu/georgia-tech...

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Georgia Tech’s First Neuroscience and Neurotechnology Ph.D. Cohort Arrives on Campus | Institute for Neuroscience, Neurotechnology, and Society

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Harmit Singh Malik @harmitmalik.bsky.social · 06/08/2025

To have this paper appear the same day that RFK Jr is canceling all mRNA vaccine funding is further indication that irony is not dead, even though we might all be soon.

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Mike Deans @deandeans.bsky.social · 26/07/2025

Hope so - I tried this last week but PubMed Central wouldn’t let me change the embargo period - 12 months was the only option

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Lerit Lab @lablerit.bsky.social · 24/07/2025

Our lab is looking to recruit a new postdoc to join our team. You can visit us at leritlab.org to learn more and submit applications here: faculty-emory.icims.com/jobs/149999/... (or scan the QR in the ad below!) Review will commence in early August.

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Mike Deans @deandeans.bsky.social · 22/07/2025

Another congratulations to Shubham Kale whose paper about cochlear development and innervation just came out in Developmental Biology. See the details in person here: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Graphical abstract for our paper in Developmental Biology describing the normal (left side) and Prox1 mutant (right side) innervation of the mouse organ of Corti. Findings are also summarized in the Haiku format.

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Mike Deans @deandeans.bsky.social · 20/07/2025

It wasn’t for Crystal Palace but I still saw Wilfried Zaha score at the Benz

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Mike Deans @deandeans.bsky.social · 18/07/2025

How’s that rear suspension holding up? Looks like she’s packed pretty full.

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Mike Deans @deandeans.bsky.social · 05/06/2025

Congrats Bryan - I am so excited for you

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BWJones @bwjones.bsky.social · 05/06/2025

BWJoneslab Moving To The University of Pittsburgh I can now officially reveal that we are moving the BWJoneslab from the University of Utah, Moran Eye Center to the University of Pittsburgh, Department of Ophthalmology, effective August 1st, 2025. bryanwjones.com/2025/06/bwjo...

An abstract, colorful and pretty image of spatial metabolomic retinal ganglion cells imaged for amino acid metabolism, arranged in 8 blocks of values.

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Mike Deans @deandeans.bsky.social · 21/04/2025

You sound hangry. Maybe try GrubHub instead?

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Mike Deans @deandeans.bsky.social · 20/04/2025

Big congratulations to new Dr Shubham Kale PhD who successfully defends his dissertation on Friday. See is efforts here: nam11.safelinks.protection.outlook.com?url=https%3A...

A collection of images showing Dr Kale during his research presentation, a key data slide and my photo op with him after the defense

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Mike Deans @deandeans.bsky.social · 07/02/2025

I did tell you that there is a faculty search here …

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Mike Deans @deandeans.bsky.social · 07/02/2025

The other reason to join us is for the Southern comfort food

A plate of deep fried macaroni n’ cheese with pork bbq, onion rings and sauce

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Mike Deans @deandeans.bsky.social · 06/02/2025

There is some sort of joke in there Like .. “you would think they could have seen that coming” I just can’t get the delivery right

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Mike Deans @deandeans.bsky.social · 06/02/2025

I really hate it when a vendor or sales rep asks to know my budget before giving us a quote. My budget is as low as possible - haven’t you read anything about the NIH lately?

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Mike Deans @deandeans.bsky.social · 04/02/2025

Now that my lab has moved to Emory I want you to join us in Atlanta. We have an NIH-funded postdoc position available to study Planar Cell Polarity (PCP) signaling using vestibular hair cells of the mouse as a model. Please repost and/or DM for details

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Mike Deans @deandeans.bsky.social · 30/01/2025

Who needs moss on a tree when the south side of your snowman always melts first

A snowman wearing a black cap is melting asymmetrically with greater loss on its south facing side

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Mike Deans @deandeans.bsky.social · 30/01/2025

Just one more reason to hate the Yankees

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Mike Deans @deandeans.bsky.social · 28/01/2025

I went to a 730am meeting and was the only one there

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Mike Deans @deandeans.bsky.social · 26/01/2025

Only if the PI was Tony Soprano … I wonder what his biosketch would look like

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Mike Deans @deandeans.bsky.social · 26/01/2025

We have to do a better job writing the Project Narrative and Project Summary sections of our grants. Now more than ever these need to be clear and compelling - and written for the general public. I’m afraid these are the only sections RFK jr and friends might read when judging your worth. 😐

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Mike Deans @deandeans.bsky.social · 21/01/2025

This might reveal a problem of mine - but doesn’t it look like he is wearing his semi-circular canals on the outside?

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Mike Deans @deandeans.bsky.social · 17/01/2025

Our contribution to #FluorescenceFriday is a progress report. The scope made it to Emory and was reassembled with only one minor catastrophe. We’re calling it a win.