Edan Foley @edanfoley.bsky.social · 29/08/2026 that’s such a good question - I’ll have to check when i go the next time. 010
Reposted by Edan FoleyMwahahahahahadScientist @mads100tist.bsky.social · 29/08/2026Do you work with microscopy images and segment to quantify or track? Do you study cell biology? development? Gather round! Let me tell you about FOCUS-3D, a segmentation algorithm that is fast, accurate and can be used on any model. We used it here to study zebrafish development. 🧪 (thread)biorxiv.orgFOCUS‑3D: Robust, generalizable volumetric cell segmentation for three‑dimensional fluorescence microscopyUnderstanding how cells establish spatial organization within tissues is a fundamental question in life sciences. While modern three-dimensional fluorescence microscopy captures large-volume tissue ar... 1526386
Reposted by Edan FoleyRichard Sever @richardsever.bsky.social · 27/08/2026$3.7 billion spent on APCs in 2025. That's ~1000X more than it costs to run bioRxiv/medRxiv. Worth thinking about as we consider how to fund infrastructure... arxiv.org/pdf/2608.16322arxiv.org 813379
Reposted by Edan FoleyBrian Stevenson Ph.D. spirochete lab @bstevensonlab.bsky.social · 20/08/2026Recent radio interview www.wuky.org/podcast/dr-g... #MicroSkywuky.orgTwo grant-funded research projects could help foster new preventive treatments for Lyme diseaseThere’s a virus within a bacterium within a parasite, and University of Kentucky researchers are figuring out how to make them kill each other. Dr. Greg talks with a UK researcher who has been studyin... 1359
Reposted by Edan FoleyKeri Martinowich @martinowk.bsky.social · 14/08/2026Sorry, I know I've posted enough #FluorescenceFriday images 🔬, but this is so frigging cool - 3D reconstruction from Xenium data of cell types across the nucleus accumbens in human 🧠. Credit to JHU Biostats PhD student Jianing Yao and @rphillips3.bsky.social who are leading this project 🤩 1274
Reposted by Edan FoleyNeedhi Bhalla 💅🏽 @needhibhalla.bsky.social · 13/08/2026“Fascism works not only by the passage of arbitrary, dehumanizing laws but by the arbitrary, dehumanizing enforcement of the laws.” 083
Edan Foley @edanfoley.bsky.social · 13/08/2026Bwahaha. how bad is it that my first thought was wnt? 020
Edan Foley @edanfoley.bsky.social · 13/08/2026As long as it doesn't interfere with my long game plan of getting a damehood! 130
Edan Foley @edanfoley.bsky.social · 13/08/2026At some stage, we'll deplete the national strategic reserve of "l"s with all this fancy spelling! 110
Edan Foley @edanfoley.bsky.social · 13/08/2026I can forgive their inability to write a good Eurovision song, but I'll never forgive them for insisting on two "l"s in signaling 😆 120
Reposted by Edan FoleyHarmit Singh Malik @harmitmalik.bsky.social · 12/08/2026Amid the rush to burn DEI infrastructure to the ground, it’s worth remembering that the goal was never favoritism. It was a fair shot for people long excluded by unconscious or real bias — prominent scientists, including Nobel laureates, openly argued some “races” were innately unsuited for science. 311027
Edan Foley @edanfoley.bsky.social · 12/08/2026Thanks, Izzy - it's been a very welcome improvement! 010
Reposted by Edan FoleyNeedhi Bhalla 💅🏽 @needhibhalla.bsky.social · 07/08/2026The last 2 years have been disturbingly clarifying, scientifically, politically and organizationally. I have had to focus on what I have control over: organizing at my uni, ensuring the success of trainees in my lab and acknowledging that my approach to research may not align with future funding 512329
Edan Foley @edanfoley.bsky.social · 07/08/2026Definitely! That Slack group is invaluable - it's part of how I found the job posting for here! 010
Reposted by Edan FoleyBrunetLab @brunetlab.bsky.social · 05/08/2026Excited about our new manuscript @elife.bsky.social: Engulfment by brain macrophages in a short-lived vertebrate doi.org/10.7554/eLif...! Huge congratulations to Rahul Nagvekar and the team!! ✨⭐🍾🐟 We generated a genetic model to identify engulfing macrophages in the #killifish aging brain!doi.orgEngulfment by brain macrophages in a short-lived vertebrate 0225
Reposted by Edan FoleyJohn F. Rawls @jfrawls.bsky.social · 04/08/2026The Rawls Lab is hiring! We are seeking a motivated research technician to support cutting-edge studies in gastrointestinal physiology using zebrafish & mice. To learn more about this hands-on & in-person position at Duke University in Durham NC, click here: careers.duke.edu/job/Durham-R... 01932
Edan Foley @edanfoley.bsky.social · 04/08/2026Too much gas-lighting?static.klipy.comFozzie Bear Sings on StageALT: Fozzie Bear Sings on Stage 011
Reposted by Edan FoleyMaureen Barr @barrlab.bsky.social · 02/08/2026“You’re not seen as middle age, you’re seen as old, whereas your comparable male counterpart is seen as in his prime time,” @amydiehl.bsky.social said about the gendered ageism that women ages 40-60 can face. 041
Reposted by Edan FoleyKristen Kwan @blockintheback.bsky.social · 03/08/2026I am sincerely honored and excited to be named the Vice Chair for Vision Research at the @moraneyecenter.bsky.social at @utah.edu. I am thrilled to work with everyone to build upon the Moran's rich history in vision research. Stay tuned for much more to come - we will be growing!healthcare.utah.eduMoran Eye Center Names Kristen M. Kwan, PhD, Vice Chair for Vision ResearchThe John A. Moran Eye Center at the University of Utah has named Kristen M. Kwan, PhD, Vice Chair for Vision Research. In this leadership role, she will help guide the strategic direction of the Moran... 77812
Edan Foley @edanfoley.bsky.social · 31/07/2026thanks! we find the lcp1 antibody works very well too. To look at macrophages, we used anti-GFP on sections from mpeg:gfp fish and that worked reasonably well (at least in adults) 010
Reposted by Edan FoleyPetros Ligoxygakis @petrosligoxygakis.bsky.social · 31/07/2026The “fruit” of my sabbatical year at Chongqing University: how an insect discriminates between pathogenic vs. commensal fungi and how we can manipulate that interaction to generate biological insecticides for eliminating insect pests and recover crops. www.nature.com/articles/s41...nature.comImmune surveillance on the insect body surface recognizes a pathogen-derived fungal protease to activate defenses - Nature CommunicationsEarly immune surveillance promotes effective antifungal defense. Here, the authors show that a secreted lectin, IML1, binds diverse fungal spores on the cuticle, but immunity is triggered only upon cl... 064
Reposted by Edan FoleyVeronica @vfarm15.bsky.social · 28/07/2026Honored and delighted to share this piece — every scientist really does have a role to play in advocacy, even if it doesn't look like what you'd expect. I hope this encourages others to find their own way to advocate, whatever form that takes. 🔬💛 1186
Edan Foley @edanfoley.bsky.social · 27/07/2026Jingle all the way is a love song to socialism masquerading as a slapstick Christmas movie. 100
Reposted by Edan FoleyMayor of London, Sadiq Khan @london.gov.uk · 25/07/2026To every trans Londoner: this city is yours too. Today we celebrate London Trans+ Pride and reaffirm a simple truth: you should be free to live as yourself, without fear or prejudice. You are loved. You are wanted. You belong here. 04446871
Reposted by Edan FoleyPaleogenomics - María Ávila Arcos @paleogenomics.bsky.social · 21/07/2026New idea: Students interested in joining a lab get reference letters about the PI by former trainees. 0164
Edan Foley @edanfoley.bsky.social · 21/07/2026 it’s a hill just outside Bath with some gorgeous views of the surrounding country. 020
Edan Foley @edanfoley.bsky.social · 20/07/2026Thanks - that's my favourite tattoo! I'm doing everything I can to soak up all this gorgeous weather while it's here! 010
Edan Foley @edanfoley.bsky.social · 20/07/2026The final version of our paper looking at effects of RANK deficiency on gut function in zebrafish is now online!nature.comRank-dependent control of tuft and BEST4 cell development in the intestine - Nature CommunicationsHere they provide evidence that RANK signaling contributes to specification of intestinal epithelial tuft and BEST4 cells, and that loss of RANK impairs the ability of the host to navigate infections ... 2164
Reposted by Edan FoleyMelanie D. White @melaniedwhite.bsky.social · 17/07/2026Happy #FluorescenceFriday! 🔥🧪🔬 A blaze of neural crest cells migrates through a developing quail embryo on one of embryonic development's most epic journeys. Beautifully captured by @vanderspuy.bsky.social 👩🔬🐣 #Devbio 213035
Edan Foley @edanfoley.bsky.social · 13/07/2026Thanks. The students and instructors have made the whole experience quite memorable 010
Reposted by Edan FoleyLouisa @louisathelast.bsky.social · 12/07/2026Woke up to pee, saw Lindsey Graham died, immediately jumped on Bluesky to see the good posting. Have fun, everyone, but please steer away from the homophobia. Maybe this dude would have been less of a massive piece of shit if he hadn’t been steeped in self-loathing. Dunk responsibly 522562329
Reposted by Edan FoleyKeri Martinowich @martinowk.bsky.social · 10/07/2026For #FluorescenceFriday - human induced pluripotent stem cells trying to differentiate into locus coeruleus-like neurons... pretty pink one on their way and stained for tyrosine hydroxylase 🔬🤩🧠. Image credits to @lieberinstitute.bsky.social Stem Cell core and Imaging Development team. So excited! 1425
Reposted by Edan FoleyNichole Broderick, PhD @nabroderick.bsky.social · 10/07/2026This is a great meeting and I’m looking forward to attending and catching up with all the great symbiosis science. I’ll also be there in my role as EiC of the new @isme-microbes.bsky.social journal ISME Host Microbe. Happy to discuss about your next manuscript! 0105
Reposted by Edan FoleyNichole Broderick, PhD @nabroderick.bsky.social · 07/07/2026Let’s fill these remaining states and support a great program, connecting classrooms with real scientists! 0197
Edan Foley @edanfoley.bsky.social · 05/07/2026I’m still waiting on the perfect moment. Recently I’ve been learning the different pubs. There are some lovely ones here 130
Edan Foley @edanfoley.bsky.social · 01/07/2026I once found the perfect pair of jeans at Anthropologie for $8 and it remains the finest moment in my life! 130
Reposted by Edan FoleyTristan A.F. Long @thelonglab.bsky.social · 30/06/2026My contribution to the ongoing "1%" science discourse is this picture you can send to your favourite preprint author(s) after reading their papers to tell them you liked their work! #SciArt #PawReview 29023
Edan Foley @edanfoley.bsky.social · 25/06/2026Thanks. I can see that this happens outside of your control, but to me it feels like a cynical manipulation of my work by qed. I’m afraid to say that I’ll have to consider this when we approach future lab papers 000
Edan Foley @edanfoley.bsky.social · 25/06/2026I'm trying to follow these threads and am getting a little confused. Can you please clarify: when I submitted my preprints to BioRxiv last year, did you know qed were ranking them? 110
Reposted by Edan FoleyMaxim Greenberg @maxvcg.bsky.social · 25/06/2026@biorxivpreprint.bsky.social is this amazing democratizer of science, and @qedscience.bsky.social is now creating an "elite/other" classification. I find it so off-putting, it makes me never want to use the service. This technology is being grossly misused, in my opinion... 241
Edan Foley @edanfoley.bsky.social · 24/06/2026Wonderful news. Congrats! The research plan sounds very exciting! 110
Reposted by Edan FoleyNeedhi Bhalla 💅🏽 @needhibhalla.bsky.social · 24/06/2026the name is unfortunate and some of the analysis is striking. however, it’s interesting that they perform some analysis (where the “top-ranked” preprints originate from or are funded by) but not other analysis (gender of authors), given some AI agents’ bias 2142