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Erica Hutchins

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Assistant Prof @UCSF Dept of Cell & Tissue Biology studying #neuralcrest & #RNA in development & disease #NewPI Views my own #firstgen She/Her

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BWJones @bwjones.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Science peeps: Looks like SciENcv updated the digital certificate used to sign Biosketch and Current & Pending documents without notification. The old certificate expires Saturday, September 26, 2026. SciENcv docs before that date may fail validation in eRA Commons delaying or blocking submission.
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Chen @xenopuselegans.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
For those who might be interested, @hhmi-science.bsky.social is hiring a program manager to support science students at community colleges through transfer and bachelor's degree completion in the life sciences.
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Program Manager
Primary Work Address: 4000 Jones Bridge Road, Chevy Chase, MD, 20815 Current HHMI Employees, click here to apply via your Workday account. HHMI is focused on supporting and moving science forward in a...
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Needhi Bhalla 💅🏽 @needhibhalla.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
"I think we need to focus our critique on the question of who is doing the deciding and what is the basis for that decision."
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I-75 Scientist @flscitriguy.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
Updates to NIH K awards starting with October 2027 deadlines. The individual K awards are being consolidated into 4 awards. 🧪 grants.nih.gov/grants/guide...
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NOT-OD-26-098: Notice of NIH Updates to Career Development (K) Award Programs
NIH Funding Opportunities and Notices in the NIH Guide for Grants and Contracts: Notice of NIH Updates to Career Development (K) Award Programs NOT-OD-26-098. OD
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Stirling Churchman @stirlingchurchman.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
RNA-seq tells us how much RNA is present in the cell. But to understand gene regulation, we need to easily measure the synthesis and decay rates driving this abundance. We introduce AIR-seq: analog intrinsic recoding sequencing. (1/6) www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
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Analog intrinsic recoding measures RNA dynamics without chemical conversion
Steady-state RNA abundance measurements mask the synthesis and decay rates that shape gene expression. Analog intrinsic recoding sequencing (AIR-seq) repurposes the base-pairing properties of N4-hydro...
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Mike Piacentino @mikepiacentino.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
Come join us! 🔬🐣 The Piacentino Lab at Johns Hopkins @hopkinsmedicine.bsky.social is recruiting a postdoc to study membrane lipids, cell migration, and invasion in neural crest and embryonic models! @socdevbio.bsky.social @ascbiology.bsky.social #devbiol #cellbio #lipids
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I-75 Scientist @flscitriguy.bsky.social · 26/06/2026
NIH Director's New Innovator Award (DP2 Clinical Trial Optional) NOFO is posted. Applications due Aug 17th. files.simpler.grants.gov/opportunitie...
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RFA-RM-27-002: NIH Director’s New Innovator Award (DP2 Clinical Trial Optional)
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Chen @xenopuselegans.bsky.social · 23/06/2026
Truly honored to have this alongside my favorite articles on what it means to be a scientist! These thoughts have been with me for a few years, since we built the neurotransmitter atlas. A recent conversation with David on serving the scientific community gave me the courage to put them into words.
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Chen @xenopuselegans.bsky.social · 23/06/2026
Many thanks to David @wyomingwormboy.bsky.social, Ben Szaro (PhD advisor), and Oliver Hobert (postdoc advisor) for encouraging me to share it more widely. And if anyone is curious about the side project itself, here it is without the emotional backstory: elifesciences.org/articles/95402
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A neurotransmitter atlas of C. elegans males and hermaphrodites
Expression pattern analysis of neurotransmitter synthesis, secretion, and reuptake machinery reveals animal-wide usage of neurotransmitters in both sexes of Caenorhabditis elegans.
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Needhi Bhalla 💅🏽 @needhibhalla.bsky.social · 23/06/2026
“The side project was a two-and-a-half-year detour from my main project, but it clarified my identity as a scientist: I am a member of the scientific community, and the core of that is to serve the people in this community.”
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Michael D. Green, PhD @michaeldgreen.phd · 17/06/2026
At long last! The PhD students who have been waiting since the April ~forecasted~ due date can officially submit their proposals. May the odds be ever in your favor!
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BWJones @bwjones.bsky.social · 15/06/2026
Science peeps, particularly trainees: When reviewing grants, it really, really helps if you have a Google Scholar page, an ORCID account, or a website that makes getting information about you, easy. Some sort of web presence. I'm begging you. Make it easier for study sections to give you money.
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Henry De Belly @henrydebelly.bsky.social · 10/06/2026
Very excited to be sharing our new paper, just out in Nature Cell Biology! The big question we investigate: How do migrating cells put their front 🔴 and back 🔵 in the right place?
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Maitreyi Das @daslabpombe.com · 09/06/2026
If you are an ASCB member, please consider nominating a junior colleague with a strong, promising research program who is already demonstrating leadership in their field, department, and the broader community for the WICB Junior Award for Excellence in Research. www.ascb.org/award/women-...
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I-75 Scientist @flscitriguy.bsky.social · 05/06/2026
NOFO for the K32 postdoc award is published. NCI, NIDCR, NIAID, NINDS, NIBIB are signed on. files.simpler.grants.gov/opportunitie...
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PAR-27-062: Academic Career Excellence (ACE) Award (K32 Independent Clinical Trial Not Allowed)
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Journal of Cell Biology @jcb.org · 01/06/2026
Our June issue is here! rupress.org/jcb/issue/22... The cover shows a maximum intensity projection from a confocal image stack showing an angiogenic sprout emerging from an engineered microvessel. From @lakynm.bsky.social et al. of the Matthew Kutys lab: rupress.org/jcb/article/... #Cytoskeleton
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bioRxiv Cell Biology @biorxiv-cellbio.bsky.social · 30/05/2026
FAM83H couples keratin organization to Notch signaling during epidermal morphogenesis www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/20…
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Dr Kathleen Millen @neurodevkathy.bsky.social · 20/05/2026
🚨🧪🧵URGENT INPUT NEEDED: NIH asks input for next strategic plan-including emphasis on non-animal models (NAMs) to replace animals. Per NIH insider, anti-animal responses now outnumber scientists 200-700x. Please please provide input. Deadline: May 26, 11:59 PM ET. grants.nih.gov/news-events/...
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NIH Seeks Input on Framework for Next NIH-Wide Strategic Plan | Grants & Funding
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Needhi Bhalla 💅🏽 @needhibhalla.bsky.social · 19/05/2026
Agree and I think this is why updating one's ORCID, both with papers AND a link to MyBibliography, may be useful here
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Needhi Bhalla 💅🏽 @needhibhalla.bsky.social · 19/05/2026
just a heads up! it looks like the guidance from these FAQs supersedes the NOFO: "The only hyperlinks currently allowable are the ones generate by SciENcv for the ORCID iD and the product citations of the Biographical Sketch Common Form." I am removing the link to MyBibliography from my biosketch
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Roberto Mayor Lab @mayorlab.bsky.social · 16/05/2026
PL retweet. Developmental Biology Course (Quintay). More information: biodesarrollo.unab.cl
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I-75 Scientist @flscitriguy.bsky.social · 12/05/2026
Please share widely. The new (simpler) MIRA R35 for Early Stage Investigators (ESI) NOFO is published. First due date is 10/2/2026. files.simpler.grants.gov/opportunitie...
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Christian Mosimann @chrmosimann.bsky.social · 06/05/2026
#WeinsteinConf2026🫀- first session in, every single talk has slides with red-green LUTs in fluorescent pictures. 6-8% of us face color vision issues, especially for red-green. Alternative, more visible color combos are easily implemented. As scientists, we can do better. #WeTheColorBlind #devbio
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Adventure Time: Fin & Jake's Red Gem Dilemma
ALT: Adventure Time: Fin & Jake's Red Gem Dilemma
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Journal of Cell Biology @jcb.org · 27/04/2026
Lakyn Mayo, Matthew L. Kutys et al. (UCSF) detail a new mechanism by which the morphogenic regulator Scrib directly organizes cortical #actomyosin architecture and dynamics to regulate endothelial #AdherensJunctions and ensure nascent sprout integrity during #angiogenesis rupress.org/jcb/article/...
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Furqan Fazal @furqanmfazal.bsky.social · 02/04/2026
Excited to share our @natprot.nature.com paper on using RNA proximity labeling to map subcellular RNA transcriptomes. We’ve been working in this area for a while and wanted to create a resource paper to guide the uninitiated reader. rdcu.be/fblvI
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APEX-seq maps transcriptome-wide subcellular RNA localization in living cells
Nature Protocols - This Protocol describes the transcriptome-wide labeling of RNAs in a particular subcellular compartment using proximity biotinylation by localized APEX2 enzyme and subsequent...
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Crystal Rogers, PhD @rogerslabucd.bsky.social · 01/04/2026
I’m excited to be on the leadership ballot for an @ascbiology.bsky.social Council position. The past and present Council members are amazing scientists, mentors, and community members, so thank you to whoever suggested that I might be a good fit! It’s honestly an honor even to be nominated. ❤️
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a woman in a neon yellow dress says it 's such an honor to be here on snl
Alt: a woman in a neon yellow dress says it 's such an honor to be here on snl
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Colin Conine @colinconine.bsky.social · 19/03/2026
There is accumulating evidence that sperm miRNAs function to regulate embryonic gene expression and transmit inherited phenotypes to offspring but how does this work since sperm cargo is massively diluted in the egg upon fertilization. Here we directly address this ? www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
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Crystal Rogers, PhD @rogerslabucd.bsky.social · 07/03/2026
Please check out our new preprint! Using single cell analysis paired with HCR to visualize transcript localization we have identified cell and tissue-specific expression of various genes encoding tubulins, kifs, and dyneins during neural crest development!
A transverse section of a developing chicken embryo with tubb6 (orange), tubb3 (magenta) and sox9 (green) expression with DAPI.
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Differentiation Journal @diffjournal.bsky.social · 09/03/2026
Deadline extended: Submit your research on splicing in development and disease to the Differentiation special issue led by Guest Editors Natoya Peart and Karine Choquet by June 30, 2026. Learn more: www.sciencedirect.com/special-issue…
Call for Papers! Submit to the Splicing in Development and Disease special issue
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Robin Pranter @robinpranter.bsky.social · 19/02/2026
Collect #NeuralCrest Cells for #SingleCell #RNAseq from any vertebrate. Our new paper, present an antibody-guided #FACS method to collect NCCs. No trans-genesis or in ovo manipulation required. Demonstrated in wall #lizard #embryos using #microscopy, #RTqPCR and #scRNAseq. doi.org/10.1111/ede....
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Journal of Cell Biology @jcb.org · 18/02/2026
Two ways to move together: force coordination in collective #chemotaxis. Jessica Pacheco & Erica Hutchins @drericabiophd.bsky.social @ctbatucsf.bsky.social discuss study from @jorgediazfuentes.bsky.social & @mayorlab.bsky.social (rupress.org/jcb/article/...) in Spotlight rupress.org/jcb/article/...
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Bertrand Benazeraf @bertrandbenazeraf.bsky.social · 17/02/2026
Group Leader Call at the @cbitoulouse.bsky.social in Genome biology, projects at the interface with devbio will be given particular attention. please share :) cbi-toulouse.fr/wp-content/u...
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Rockefeller University Press @rupress.org · 11/02/2026
In @jcb.org Spotlight, Pacheco and @drericabiophd.bsky.social discuss new study from @mayorlab.bsky.social (rupress.org/jcb/article/...) which reveals the distinct force-generating mechanisms used by epithelial and mesenchymal cells during collective cell migration rupress.org/jcb/article/...
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Journal of Cell Biology @jcb.org · 11/02/2026
Pacheco & @drericabiophd.bsky.social discuss new study from @jorgediazfuentes.bsky.social & @mayorlab.bsky.social (rupress.org/jcb/article/...) which reveals the distinct force-generating mechanisms used by epithelial and mesenchymal cells during collective cell migration rupress.org/jcb/article/...
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Erica Hutchins @drericabiophd.bsky.social · 11/02/2026
We had the privilege of contributing a @jcb.org Spotlight about the exciting new work from @mayorlab.bsky.social ! Check them out! Spotlight: rupress.org/jcb/article/... Featured article: rupress.org/jcb/article/...
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Two ways to move together: Force coordination in collective chemotaxis
Pacheco and Hutchins preview a new study from Diaz and Mayor, which reveals the distinct force-generating mechanisms used by epithelial and mesenchymal cel
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Kurianlab @kurianlab.bsky.social · 07/02/2026
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RBPscan: A quantitative in vivo tool for profiling RNA-binding protein interactions
Kretov et al. introduce RBPscan, an RNA-editing-based platform that measures how RNA-binding proteins engage their targets in living cells. This approach quantifies the binding strength of protein-RNA...
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felicia-p.bsky.social @felicia-p.bsky.social · 05/02/2026
The latest preprint from @drericabiophd.bsky.social lab is now out! Chick out (check out) my lab mate Arvind's preprint for his single-cell atlas of the developing chick trigeminal ganglion!! www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
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FaceBase @facebase.bsky.social · 21/01/2026
New data release: Justin Cotney’s lab - @justincotney.bsky.social - generated a single-nucleus RNA sequencing (snRNA-seq) atlas of critical time points during human and mouse craniofacial development, now openly available through FaceBase. Read all about it here: www.facebase.org/2026/01/20/r...
Figure from Manchel et al 2026
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Erica Hutchins @drericabiophd.bsky.social · 19/12/2025
#fluorescencefriday
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Scott Forth @stforth.bsky.social · 15/10/2025
Our department at RPI is hiring an Assistant Professor in the field of Cell/Neuro Biology. Come join our collaborative and highly interdisciplinary department! careers.rpi.edu/en-us/job/49...
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Details - Assistant Professor, Cellular Neuroscience - RPI Jobs
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EMBL Events @events.embl.org · 14/11/2025
Come discuss recent breakthroughs in RNA biology, from molecules to organisms, at the EMBO | EMBL Symposium 'The complex life of RNA'! 👉 s.embl.org/ees26-12-bl Submit your abstract by 7 July and present your research at #EESRNA 🥼
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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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Claire Deo @clairedeo.bsky.social · 13/11/2025
New preprint 🥳! We made photoclickable HaloTag ligands to precisely control protein labeling on living cells. With it, we can do some cool multicolor stuff. Huge congrats to Franzi and all co-authors! Check it out 👇 www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
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ISSCR @isscr.org · 13/11/2025
For the first time, ISSCR, Society for Developmental Biology and Allen Institute are collaborating to present a three-day scientific symposium led by early-career scientists. Learn more: ow.ly/bBQ250XrhtO
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UCSF PROPEL @ucsf-propel.bsky.social · 06/11/2025
PROPEL builds community in science! Hear directly from our scholars at our 5th annual PROPEL Symposium!
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Erica Hutchins @drericabiophd.bsky.social · 05/11/2025
Join us at #BARC2025 @sfbayrna.bsky.social BARC.ucsf.edu Register by 11/14! Trainee presentation awards will be handed out and generously supported by @rnasociety.bsky.social
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Home | Bay Area RNA Club
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Leading Edge Fellows Program @leadingedgeprogram.bsky.social · 05/11/2025
The Leading Edge Fellows gathered this week to celebrate Zara Weinberg, a beloved member of our community. Our 7th cohort of Leading Edge Fellows (2026) will be named in her honor. The Zara Weinberg Leading Edge Cohort application is now open! Due Feb 2. www.leadingedgesymposium.org/apply/
Candid photo of Zara Weinberg. She has short red hair, bangs and glasses. She is laughing.
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Dan Starr @danstarrucdavis.bsky.social · 04/11/2025
Warning. ⚠️ If you are writing an NSF GRFP, new this year, you need official transcripts to apply. Beware. They will not review applications without official transcripts. ‼️
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Stowers Institute @stowersinstitute.bsky.social · 29/10/2025
Applications to the @stowersgrad.bsky.social #PhD in #Biology are open! Apply now: bit.ly/44VM6DI
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