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Evan C. Brooks, Ph.D.

@ecbrooks96.bsky.social
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Postdoc at CU Anschutz studying RNA biology, cell signaling and facial development | he/him | Black in STEM | science + random musings | evancbrooks.owlstown.net

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Sarah Tuttle @niais.cryptoanarchy.network · 27/09/2026
This part, this part that has been the issue for so many minoritized folks for such a long fucking time is what just destroys me constantly: "I wish that 55% of my brain was not devoted to strategizing about the survival of me and of my friends." We just want to do our goofy little stuff.
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Evan C. Brooks, Ph.D. @ecbrooks96.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
We're looking for a postdoc in the Fantauzzo laboratory at CU Anschutz! If you're interested in cellular signaling and/or craniofacial developmental biology, then the project(s) in the job ad below might be a fit for you!
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Alexandra Weber @toedtoad.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
My first paper is officially out in @currentbiology.bsky.social ! We found that snake embryos coil due to a mismatch in growth rates between the gut and spine. This tight coil is one of the reasons why snakes are able to get so long. Read the paper here!
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molly conger @socialistdogmom.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
the guy who said he wanted to chair the harvard department of eugenics and race science??? people are signing a letter in support of his right to bully black men to death in pursuit of his dream of eliminating black people entirely?? just making sure i’m reading this right!!
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Evan C. Brooks, Ph.D. @ecbrooks96.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
We're looking for a postdoc in the Fantauzzo laboratory at CU Anschutz! If you're interested in cellular signaling and/or craniofacial developmental biology, then the project(s) in the job ad below might be a fit for you!
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Fantauzzo Lab @fantauzzolab.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
A NIH-funded postdoc position is available in our laboratory @cu-coms.bsky.social to study PDGFR dimer-specific dynamics in the mouse craniofacial mesenchyme. Please repost! Job description and how to apply: cu.taleo.net/careersectio...
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Post-Doctoral Fellow
Click the link provided to see the complete job description.
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Stottmann Lab @stottmannlab.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
We’re recruiting a postdoc to follow up on an astonishing number of mutants with craniofacial phenotypes from our ENU mutagenesis screen. Great opportunity for someone interested in developmental genetics, craniofacial biology, mouse genetics & gene discovery. Please share!
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Asher Elbein @asherelbein.bsky.social · 15/08/2026
One of the genuinely crazy things about modern crocodiles is that far from being a primordial relic, they're actually as specialized and distinct in their lifestyle compared to their ancestors as birds are, if not more so
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Evan C. Brooks, Ph.D. @ecbrooks96.bsky.social · 15/08/2026
Archosaurian evolution is so freaking cool omg (saying this as someone who did my PhD research on a naturally occurring avian embryo that developed teeth during its embryonic development)
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Jenna Norton @jenna-m-norton.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
Of course this RFI drops late on Friday. NIH proposes to stop providing specific scores and instead bin grants into 3 broad categories: most competitive, competitive, not discussed. A score would be calculated but not provided to the PI (or PO). grants.nih.gov/grants/guide...
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NOT-OD-26-088: Request for Information (RFI) on Proposed Changes to Reporting Outcomes from NIH Peer Review
NIH Funding Opportunities and Notices in the NIH Guide for Grants and Contracts: Request for Information (RFI) on Proposed Changes to Reporting Outcomes from NIH Peer Review NOT-OD-26-088. NIH
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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 15/08/2026
Another day, another impeachable offense: The White House ordered federal agencies to block resources to Colorado because it had punished an election denier. www.nytimes.com/2026/08/14/u...
As President Trump fumed late last year over Colorado's imprisonment of Tina Peters, a convicted election denier, a White House special assistant organized an urgent "brainstorm call."
The goal, outlined in an email sent to officials at five federal agencies, was to "prioritize Colorado for the purposes of ensuring grants and federal support are in line with administration priorities," the assistant, Emily Underwood, wrote on Dec.
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"Please come prepared to discuss immediate actions that your department or agency can take with respect to Colorado," Ms. Underwood added.
The next day, the Department of Transportation and the Department of Energy, whose representatives were invited to the brainstorm, announced they were canceling hundreds of millions of dollars in federal grants for Colorado projects.
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Kendra "Gloom is My Beat" Pierre-Louis @kendrawrites.com · 15/08/2026
There's actually research on this and it involves scrutiny. If you're Black people are going to look at your work looking for mistakes in a way they would never for white people.
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Black Workers Really Do Need to Be Twice as Good
African American employees tend to receive more scrutiny from their bosses than their white colleagues, meaning that small mistakes are more likely to be caught, which over time leads to worse perform...
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NIH Vigils @nihvigils.bsky.social · 08/08/2026
New Substack from @27unihted.bsky.social just dropped breaking down decreases in NIH funding by institute and PI race. TL;DR biggest decreases in funding between 2024-2025 are for Black and Latino scientists
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Disparities in success rates at NIH: inequality across institutes, race, and more
To date in FY26, awards by month for all extramural grants are following the same trajectory as in FY25 with only about two months remaining in the fiscal year
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MadScientist @mads100tist.bsky.social · 24/08/2023
The plot thickens
An X Y axis plot showing dots that get progressively thicker
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SCGDB @scgdb.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
Congratulations to Dr. Licia Selleri @sellerilab.bsky.social on the SCGDB 2026 David Bixler Distinguished Scientist in Craniofacial Research Award! Sponsored by Developmental Dynamics @devdynamics.bsky.social. Don't miss her award presentation - register for the meeting by Sept 8th at scgdb.org.
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SCGDB @scgdb.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
Congrats to Dr. Katherine Fantauzzo @fantauzzolab.bsky.social on the SCGDB 2026 Marylou Buyse Distinguished Scientist in Craniofacial Research Award! Sponsored by Developmental Dynamics @devdynamics.bsky.social. Don't miss her award presentation - register for the meeting by Sept 8th at scgdb.org.
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Evan C. Brooks, Ph.D. @ecbrooks96.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
Excited to be at #2026SDB in Las Vegas! I’ll be presenting one of my postdoc projects during the poster session TODAY. If you’re interested in learning about protein-protein interactions in the contexts of PDGFRalpha signaling and mammalian facial development, make sure to stop by!
Flyer describing a presentation given by Dr Evan Brooks entitled “Differential Srsf3 protein interactions upon PDGFRalpha signaling in mouse embryonic palatal mesenchyme” at the annual Society for Developmental Biology meeting
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CU Craniofacial, Oral and Materials Sciences @cu-coms.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
A $2.5M NIH grant positions @fantauzzolab.bsky.social to redefine PDGFR signaling in craniofacial development. news.cuanschutz.edu/dental/decod...
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Decoding Cellular Signals that Shape the Human Face
NIH-funded research at CU Anschutz Dental is redefining how cells communicate during facial development with implications for craniofacial birth defects.
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Fantauzzo Lab @fantauzzolab.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
Ninth annual Fantauzzo lab hike, this year at Lost Lake via Hessie Trail, followed by lunch at The Sink in Boulder. Another fun day in colorful Colorado! @ecbrooks96.bsky.social
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Stowers Grad School @stowersgrad.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
Please join us in congratulating #PhD student in the @aussiebiologist.bsky.social Lab, Roberta Fiorino, on successfully defending her thesis! 🎉🎓
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Alt-NIHscience4ALL @alt-nihscience4all.altgov.info · 08/07/2026
NIDCR invites comments for its strategic plan. grants.nih.gov/grants/guide...
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NOT-DE-26-015: Inviting Comments and Suggestions on Topic Areas for the NIDCR Strategic Plan for Fiscal Years 2027-2031
NIH Funding Opportunities and Notices in the NIH Guide for Grants and Contracts: Inviting Comments and Suggestions on Topic Areas for the NIDCR Strategic Plan for Fiscal Years 2027-2031 NOT-DE-26-015....
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Ben Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
Trans rights are human rights always and forever.
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Kristina Killgrove @killgrove.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
Reminder that there is actual scientific research debunking the claim that trans women have any advantages in sports. But it’s not like SCOTUS cares; they just want to be hateful. 🧪
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'There's no reason to ban us from playing': Analysis debunks notion that transgender women have inherent physical advantages in sports
A meta-analysis of 52 studies that included over 5,000 transgender people suggests that transgender women's physical fitness after hormone therapy is comparable to that of cisgender women.
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Alex Ip 葉清霖 @alexip718.com · 30/06/2026
The fact that this was nowhere near an unanimous decision is further proof that America cannot have a multiracial, multicultural democracy if the United States Supreme Court is allowed to continue to exist in its current form
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Evan C. Brooks, Ph.D. @ecbrooks96.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
I just got back from serving as a course assistant for @cshlcourses.bsky.social "Mouse Development, Stem Cells & Cancer" course for the 2nd time. It's amazing how much I learned, even though I was in a "teaching" position - showing that there is always more to learn in mouse development!
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Fantauzzo Lab @fantauzzolab.bsky.social · 20/06/2026
Final student photos from the Mouse Development, Stem Cells & Cancer course @cshlcourses.bsky.social! IF of E14.5 skin (left) and face (right) stained with Col4 (yellow/green), phalloidin (magenta/orange), Ecad (green/pink). Images taken by students @negberry.bsky.social and @drmaolsz.bsky.social.
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Fantauzzo Lab @fantauzzolab.bsky.social · 20/06/2026
More student photos from the Mouse Development, Stem Cells & Cancer course @cshlcourses.bsky.social! Left: E9.5 labeled with Fgf8 (purple), Sox9 (green), Shh (red) using @hcrimaging.bsky.social. Right: lung organ culture from Sox9-CreER (orange). Images taken by student Jack Song.
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Fantauzzo Lab @fantauzzolab.bsky.social · 20/06/2026
Just wrapped up a fantastic three weeks at the Mouse Development, Stem Cells & Cancer course @cshlcourses.bsky.social! Excited to share some student photos. First up: E13.5 MEFs stained with phalloidin (magenta) and DAPI (cyan). Image taken by student @guangxin.bsky.social.
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Brugmann Lab @brugmannlab.bsky.social · 17/06/2026
www.midwestsdbincincy.org Join us for the Midwest SDB meeting in Cincinnati September 25-27.
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Midwest SDB 2026
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Adventurism Time @flow.blacksky.app · 29/05/2026
A lot of white people learned about the Tuskegee experiment during the pandemic and believe that is the reason Black people don't trust the medical establishment. This is not true. Black people don't trust the medical establishment because the Tuskegee experiment is not an outlier.
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Rep. Dr. Jasmine Clark @jasmineclarkforga.bsky.social · 22/05/2026
Thank you, @science.org!
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Microbiologist wins Georgia primary for U.S. House seat
Jasmine Clark is set to become the first Black congresswoman with a science Ph.D.
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Society for Developmental Biology @socdevbio.bsky.social · 20/05/2026
🚨 TODAY is the Early Registration Deadline! 🚨 Register by 11:59 PM ET (May 20) for the Society for Developmental Biology 2026 Annual Meeting in Las Vegas 🎰 First 250 registrants get a FREE t-shirt 👕Don’t miss it! 🔗 www.sdbonline.org/2026mtg_regi... #SDB2026 #DevBio
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Society for Developmental Biology | Abstract Submission
Late abstracts are being accepted for posters only.
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Differentiation Journal @diffjournal.bsky.social · 20/05/2026
Article from the "Splicing in Development and Disease" special issue: Evan C. Brooks, Charles W. Griffin, and Katherine A. Fantauzzo review the roles of RNA-bidning protein SRSF3 in development and cellular differentiation across a range of organisms: doi.org/10.1016/j.diff.2026.100958
Fig. 2. Roles of SRSF3 in RNA metabolism. SRSF3 (magenta) contributes to alternative RNA splicing, binding to m6A modifications, transcription termination, polyadenylation, transcript stability, nuclear export and miRNA biogenesis. Pol II, RNA polymerase II; YTHDC1, YTH domain-containing protein 1; NEXT, nuclear exosome targeting complex; NXF1, nuclear RNA export factor 1.
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samuel mehr @mehr.nz · 02/05/2026
Being a publicly funded scientist in 2026
This is fine dogThe dog saying "let's have a look at eRA Commons!"
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Evan C. Brooks, Ph.D. @ecbrooks96.bsky.social · 30/04/2026
Watermelon Dental Implant 💀
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MichaelMcMurray lab @mcmurraylab.bsky.social · 22/04/2026
Doing the periodic cleaning of used plasmid miniprep columns and realized in honor of Earth Day it may be worth reminding you molecular biologists: Plasmid miniprep columns can be cleaned and reused essentially indefinitely! Just add 1 M HCl, soak overnight and wash 3x w/ water. Save $ and plastic
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Developmental Biology @devbiol.bsky.social · 19/04/2026
#DBfeature Centriolar protein PIBF1 is required for craniofacial and forebrain development: its variants results in ciliopathies, craniofacial anomalies & semilobar holoprosencephaly by Lylyan Pimentel, Samantha Brugmann, et al @brugmannlab.bsky.social www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Pibf1m1Bei variant results in excision of exon9 resulting in loss of the coil-coiled domain in PIBF1 protein
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Crystal Rogers, PhD @rogerslabucd.bsky.social · 18/04/2026
To any that knew Ellen in the #DevBio community- you know she was so thoughtful and always willing to help. She cared about all of us and dedicated herself to improving the future of science and our community. She will be sorely missed. Sending my condolences to all that loved her.💔
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Halim Loukil @loukillab.bsky.social · 16/04/2026
If you work on #PrimaryCilia 🔬 & spend too much time on manual image analysis, this might help! We built Cilia SubQ — automated cilia detection with analytical pipelines for basal body, transition zone, ciliary tip, and more (~8x faster ⏱️). Free on OSF 🦾 Congrats Ellie Menzel! 🎉 osf.io/hm38f
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Society for Developmental Biology @socdevbio.bsky.social · 13/04/2026
🚨3 days left❗to submit your abstract for the Society for Developmental Biology Annual Meeting 2026 in Las Vegas! 🎰🃏 Don’t miss your chance to share your science, connect with the dev bio community, and join us in Vegas ➡️ www.sdbonline.org/2026mtg_abst... ✨ #SDB2026 #DevBio #DevelopmentalBiology
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Natasha Shylo @shylonatasha.bsky.social · 13/04/2026
I suppose it's better late than never to mention that this September I started an Assistant Professor position at Rowan University @rowancsm.bsky.social. We will be doing cool work with chameleons 🦎 to understand early development, especially left-right patterning view.rowan.edu/the-human-pu...
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The puzzle of human development by Rowan University
Rowan University biologist, Natasha Shylo studies human development and asymmetry.
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Sarah Paramore, PhD @parahsaramore.bsky.social · 14/04/2026
Excited to share that @socdevbio.bsky.social has a new and improved merch store! Rep your fav model organism in one of the Society’s new original designs 🤗 sdb-official-merch.printify.me
Examples of the new model organism shirts for sale on the SDB merchandise website
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c0nc0rdance @c0nc0rdance.bsky.social · 08/04/2026
This tweet is all of us.
2022 Tweet from Caroline Keroack:  "I have a whole PhD I whisper to myself, as I write C1V1 = C2V2 on a paper towel for the 8000th time."
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Valerie Tornini @valetornini.bsky.social · 31/03/2026
Happy to share our article on @cientificolatino.com's GSEC program: a national mentorship program for 1st-year STEM grad students, geared for those from underrepresented backgrounds. We review why programs like this are urgently needed & what we learned while running it 🧵 doi.org/10.64898/202...
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A strong start for sustained success: inclusivity through a national group mentorship program for first-year graduate students
Sergio R. Labra1,2,*, Valerie A. Tornini3,4,5*, Maria Pia Rodriguez Salazar6, Daniela M. Cossio7, Rebekah A. Gelpí8,^, Bryan E. Rubio Perez9, Yanitza M. Rodríguez10, Gerardo Leana Sandoval11, Kimberly Hernandez12, Olivia V. Goldman13,*,#, Robert W. Fernandez14,#,†
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Evan C. Brooks, Ph.D. @ecbrooks96.bsky.social · 30/03/2026
Applications for the CSHL Mouse Course are due TODAY!
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Evan C. Brooks, Ph.D. @ecbrooks96.bsky.social · 25/03/2026
RNA-binding proteins have recently emerged as crucial regulators of embryonic development and cellular differentiation. We hope that our review on the roles of the RNA-binding protein SRSF3 in these contexts is useful for the dev/cell biology and RNA fields! www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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Roles of the RNA-binding protein SRSF3 in development and cellular differentiation
RNA-binding proteins have been established as essential regulators of embryonic development, cellular differentiation and tissue homeostasis. In this …
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Fantauzzo Lab @fantauzzolab.bsky.social · 25/03/2026
Evan Brooks @ecbrooks96.bsky.social, Charles Griffin and I wrote a review on the roles of the RNA-binding protein SRSF3 in development and cellular differentiation for @diffjournal.bsky.social: authors.elsevier.com/a/1mq8m14Yy4.... We hope that it's a useful resource for the field!
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Evan C. Brooks, Ph.D. @ecbrooks96.bsky.social · 18/03/2026
The deadline for the 2026 Mouse Course @cshlcourses.bsky.social has been EXTENDED until Mar 30! When asked what they liked most about the course, one participant said the course felt “all-inclusive” with “no expectation of previous knowledge.“ We welcome all experience levels! Apply today!
Flyer showing full details for the 2026 Mouse Development, Stem Cells & Cancer course hosted at Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory. The top picture shows the Cold Spring Harbor in New York. The course will be held from June 1 to June 21. Instructors for the course will be Danelle Davenport from Princeton University and Loydie Jerome-Majewska from McGill University in Canada. The co-instructors for the course will be Matthew Anderson from NCI-Frederick and Katherine Fantauzzo from the University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus. Experimental techniques to be taught during the course include CRISPR/Cas9 editing and allele design, zygote micro injection and embryo transfer, isolation culture and manipulation of pre and post-implantation embryos, zygote and embryo electroporation, in vivo electroporation for somatic cancer modeling, embryo roller bottle culture, in vitro fertilization, fluorescent RNA in situ hybridization, immunofluorescence, skeletal preparation, and live imaging and confocal microscopy. Speakers for the course include Ripla Arora from Michigan State, Richard Behringer from MD Anderson Cancer Center, Jeff Bush and Diana Laird from UC San Francisco, Katie Cockburn and Yojiro Yamanaka from McGill University, Anna-Katerina Hadjatonakis from the Sloan Kettering Institute, Ai Ing Lim and Eszter Posfai from Princeton, Francesca Mariani from the University of Southern California, Kate McDole from MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Steve Murray from Jackson Laboratory, Virginia Papaioannou from Columbia University, Pedro Rocha and Shyam Sharan from the NIH, Berna Sozen and Kaelyn Sumigray from Yale, Shankar Srinivas from the University of Oxford, Rolf Stottmann from Nationwide Children’s Hospital, Xin Sun from UC San Diego, Paul Trainor from the Stowers Institute, and Steve Vokes from the University of Texas at Austin. Pictures on the left show fluorescence images of a mouse embryo, a mouse brain slice, and mouse embryonic fibroblasts.
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Siegenthaler Lab @siegenthalerlab.bsky.social · 18/03/2026
In grad school, there was this old professor that sat in the 1st row & ALWAYS asked questions at EVERY talk, didn't matter the topic. Drove us students nuts but was also endearing, he just loved science. That's me, at EVERY talk...now with the title. Professor Siegenthaler, effective 7/1/2026.
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