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Susanna Brantley

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Assistant Professor of Biology at UNC-G | microscopy, insect embryos, & quantitative biology | susannabrantley.faculty.bio

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Susanna Brantley @drsusanna.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
The Brantley Lab is hiring a Research Technician/Lab Manager! Looking for someone with a strong foundation in molecular biology, a team player, and excited about basic science. If you know someone who would be a great fit, please share! spartantalent.uncg.edu/postings/35995
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Research Lab Technician
The Brantley Lab is seeking a Research Technician who is passionate about basic science and being a reliable, collaborative member of an academic research team. Research in the Brantley Lab uses quant...
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Susanna Brantley @drsusanna.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
UNCG Biology is hiring not one, not two, but three new faculty! Most exciting to me, a developmental biologist! 🐸🪰🪱🌱: spartantalent.uncg.edu/postings/35917 Physiologist: spartantalent.uncg.edu/postings/35919 Microbiologist: spartantalent.uncg.edu/postings/35918 Join our growing research community!
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Assistant Professor Developmental Biology
The Department of Biology at UNC Greensboro (UNCG) seeks an individual with a strong record of accomplishment in Developmental Biology broadly defined for a tenure-track faculty position at the rank o...
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Susanna Brantley @drsusanna.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
It's official! The first members of the Brantley Lab have arrived at UNCG. 🪰 Excited to start this next chapter! Many thanks to @ditalialab.bsky.social for the training and mentorship that got me here. Stay tuned for beautiful microscopy and the adventure of teaching students how to use my code...
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Stefano Di Talia @ditalialab.bsky.social · 26/05/2026
@drsusanna.bsky.social paper is now out in its final form. Relative to the original preprint, we now show additional mutant data and a better way to display heat maps of gene activation. www.cell.com/current-biol...
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Rapid transcriptional response to a dynamic morphogen by time integration
Using quantitative live imaging, Brantley et al. reveal that cells decode dynamic BMP signaling during dorsal patterning of the Drosophila embryo by integrating activity over time. These results advan...
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Susanna Brantley @drsusanna.bsky.social · 27/10/2025
Drosophila lab folks - does anyone have a recommendable software/system for storing information on your fly lines? I will (fingers crossed!) start my own lab fly collection next year and the Di Talia lab is currently trying to move from excel sheets with multiple tabs to something more searchable.
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Elisa Zhang, Ph.D. @elisazhang.bsky.social · 24/10/2025
🚨 We are recruiting postdocs! If you're interested in reproductive, stem cell/developmental biology, and/or women's health, please apply! 📝 Please repost! 🚩 More info here: hhmi.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/Extern...
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Postdoctoral Scientist - Zhang Lab
Primary Work Address: One Shields Avenue, Davis, CA, 95616 Current HHMI Employees, click here to apply via your Workday account. The Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI) advances the discovery and s...
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Susanna Brantley @drsusanna.bsky.social · 15/09/2025
As one of the many trainees influenced by Lucy Shapiro, congratulations and thank you for establishing the incredible Dev Bio department at Stanford. Thank you for being a role model, and thank you for your service to our field and the world.
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Adrienne Roeder Lab @roederlab.bsky.social · 02/08/2025
5 dynamical systems concepts every developmental biologist needs to know! This came out of the 2023 Morphogenesis Program. @pauformosa.bsky.social ‪@perez-carrasco.bsky.social‬ journals.biologists.com/dev/article/...
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From genes to patterns: five key dynamical systems concepts to decode developmental regulatory mechanisms
Summary: Dynamical systems theory provides a powerful quantitative and intuitive framework to understand developmental processes. This Primer brings key concepts of this framework to the ever-growing ...
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Science Magazine @science.org · 21/07/2025
"I can’t predict the next hiring cycle or the next election. But I can keep doing the science I love while I still have a bench." #ScienceWorkingLife scim.ag/4lXUwDa
An illustration of a woman standing at a dead end looking at different roads and buildings. Text reads: My academic job offer was rescinded. I’ll keep going—but U.S. researchers are running out of road.
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Emily Kolenbrander Ho @emkolen.bsky.social · 01/07/2025
Excited to share that our work building in vivo biosensors for receptor tyrosine kinases (pYtags!) is now out www.cell.com/cell-reports...
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Susanna Brantley @drsusanna.bsky.social · 13/06/2025
Inspired by many folks on here and the‬ #McClintockLetters @cornellasap.bsky.social I'm super excited that my op-ed is now available in The Summerville News in Chattooga, Co. GA!
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Susanna Brantley @drsusanna.bsky.social · 10/06/2025
Excited to share the bulk of my postdocotoral work from the @ditalialab.bsky.social on how cells interpret dynamic morphogen signaling during development! Many thanks to our collaborators & coauthors @shelbyflies.bsky.social, Massimo Vergassola, Jacqueline Janssen, and Anna Chao.
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Susanna Brantley @drsusanna.bsky.social · 03/06/2025
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Susanna Brantley @drsusanna.bsky.social · 03/06/2025
These are fantastic talks! What a fun and inspiring break from paper writing this week. Thank you for posting.
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Susanna Brantley @drsusanna.bsky.social · 15/05/2025
Check out all of our pretty images from another wonderful Dev Bio GRC/GRS! Thanks to @the-node.bsky.social for hosting our science art thenode.biologists.com/grs-developm...
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GRS Developmental Biology 2025 Image gallery - the Node
Browse the gallery of the entries for the GRS Developmental Biology 2025 image competition.
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Development @dev-journal.bsky.social · 02/05/2025
Optogenetic control of Nodal signaling patterns Read this Techniques & Resources Article by @harrymcnamara.bsky.social, @schierlab.bsky.social, Adam Cohen, Nathan Lord and colleagues: journals.biologists.com/dev/article/... 🎥Direct visualization of photopatterning of live zebrafish embryos
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Gladfelter Lab @gladfelterlab.bsky.social · 06/04/2025
🌍🔬 📣 Please spread the word! Join us! How can cell biology shape a more resilient planet? Virtual registration is still open for the EMBO Workshop on Cells 4 Climate Resilience → meetings.embo.org/event/25-cli... 🗓️ Deadline: April 11 🎥 Watch the teaser → youtu.be/8eMJ91udHDs @embo.org
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The Action Potential @youaretap.bsky.social · 20/02/2025
By providing evidence-based information, TAP aims to demystify complex scientific concepts, making them accessible to a wider audience. You are the action potential. Learn more about us at: www.theactionpotential.org
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Alt NIH Bluesky 🧪 @altnih4science.bsky.social · 13/03/2025
Schumer announces that he will vote to surrender to Trump and Musk. Horrible. This may well be the end of #NIH — and US science and universities as we know them. If you’re in New York, call @schumer.senate.gov now. If not, call your home state Senator.
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Mary Amme-Shiraef @maryshiraef.bsky.social · 09/03/2025
Since I moved to Germany from the US academic environment, people have asked me how Trump's attack on science has affected people here. I honestly wish I did not have a concrete, shocking example to share. I knew a Trump presidency would, again, have far-reaching impacts, but I didn't expect this.
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WUNC News @wunc.org · 07/03/2025
Scientists and graduate students from across the NC Triangle gathered for a "Stand Up for Science" rally today to protest federal funding cuts to their research. www.wunc.org/news/2025-03...
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Triangle researchers join "Stand up for Science" rally
Scientists and graduate students from across the NC Triangle gathered Friday to protest federal funding cuts to their research.
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Susana Wadgymar🌿🔬 @smwadgymar.bsky.social · 08/03/2025
Great crowd at the Stand Up For Science rally in Raleigh! 🧪 I had to cut the video short because my son wanted to use my phone to take pictures of the dogs in attendance (one had a sign that said "support labs" 😂). There were many more folks than I captured here. 👏🏼👏🏼 @standupforscience.bsky.social
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Mark Peifer (He, him) @peiferlabunc.bsky.social · 07/03/2025
Join us today, in Raleigh NC and around the nation, as we remind our communities what science brings to the nation--solutions to our toughest challenges, new cures for disease and good jobs that pay a living wage standupforscience2025.org
Poster for the rally at the state Capitol, Noon, Friday March 7
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Susanna Brantley @drsusanna.bsky.social · 01/03/2025
I like this perspective a lot. Perhaps the most useful things I learned in grad school were being unafraid to try something new and being ok with failure. If a group of scientists can't "troubleshoot" a movement, I don't know who can.
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Congresswoman Valerie Foushee @foushee.house.gov · 25/02/2025
Has Trump's funding freeze or federal layoffs impacted you or a loved one? Your story matters and Democrats want to hear more. Share your experience through this new portal: democraticleader.house.gov/shareyourstory
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Share Your Story
Since January 20, Donald Trump, Elon Musk and Republicans' actions — many of them unconstitutional and in violation of federal law — have led to the firing of essential civil servants with responsibil...
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Stefano Di Talia @ditalialab.bsky.social · 26/02/2025
Our paper, led by @argo-mkhrji.bsky.social and @woonyunghur.bsky.social, on cortical migration of nuclei in drosophila embryos came out today in @naturephysics.bsky.social. Argo wrote a comprehensive thread below. A great collaboration with Massimo Vergassola and @streichan.bsky.social.
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FlyBase @flybase.bsky.social · 21/02/2025
Outreach funding opportunity, sponsored by the Fly Board: Non-profit programs anywhere in the world that introduce middle school, high school, or college students to Drosophila research are eligible to apply! The number of students that this funding would impact and financial need will be considered
Please provide the following to Jessica.Treisman@med.nyu.edu:
Name and contact information
A 1-page summary of the program, including an explanation of how the program would broaden participation among Drosophila scientists
Budget justification of up to $2000
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Susanna Brantley @drsusanna.bsky.social · 12/02/2025
Triangle-area scientists! 📢 Rep. Foushee’s district is home to both Duke & UNC—let’s come together and ask how she plans to advocate for the diversity of scientists in our community on Capitol Hill. Here is a chance to show up and make our voices heard!
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Jeremy Berg @jeremymberg.bsky.social · 09/02/2025
And now back to our regularly scheduled $hitshow The dismantling of NIH programs to increase diversity in the biomedical workforce and the abhorrent treatment of talented young scientists
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Emily Kolenbrander Ho @emkolen.bsky.social · 07/01/2025
Have you ever wanted to *see* receptor activity in embryos? If so, our new preprint is for you! In it, we showcase a new live-cell biosensor for visualizing receptor tyrosine kinase activity in living embryos – pYtags! www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
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Susanna Brantley @drsusanna.bsky.social · 19/12/2024
As a current postdoc I give my 100% endorsement! I have learned so much, have awesome colleagues, and feel very prepared and supported for my career. Happy to chat with anyone interested.
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Shelby Blythe @shelbyflies.bsky.social · 12/12/2024
Very proud to share the latest preprint from my lab by Ellie Degen and co. Here Ellie shows that a concentration threshold in the Bcd morphogen gradient is determined by competition with nucleosomes. Great mix of math, imaging, and genomics!
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Duke University Postdoc Association @dukepostdocs.bsky.social · 11/12/2024
Follow our super cool postdocs! go.bsky.app/4odC3Wr
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Elisa Zhang, Ph.D. @elisazhang.bsky.social · 13/11/2024
Our lab is hiring a postdoc! We have multiple projects in uterine, placental, and pregnancy biology. Candidates with a background in stem cells, development, reproduction, or bioinformatics are welcome to apply. See the attached ad and visit zhang.faculty.ucdavis.edu for more info.
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Susanna Brantley @drsusanna.bsky.social · 12/02/2024
Using my first bsky post to say how excited I am about my future in Dev Bio! As a scientist at the start of my career I am eager to get involved in some of these ideas. Sign me up 🤚
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