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Yi Feng

@fengfishlab.bsky.social
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Want to prevent cancer through research, if I persist we may get there in the end or at least I will learn something along the way. Zebrafish lab in Edinburgh study tumour initiation. Favourite cell is neutrophils. I❤️fish! I paint to relax 🎨

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NordenLab @nordenlab.bsky.social · 03/07/2026
#2 Close collaboration with @rocha-lab.bsky.social across institutes. @catfigueiredo.bsky.social shows that neurogenic progenitors in the developing retina can respond to cell death with an unexpected self-renewing division. I am sure Mauricio has more to say :-). www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
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Apoptosis-induced self-renewal of neurogenic progenitors safeguards retinal development against extensive cell loss
Developing embryos have a striking ability to buffer external and internal perturbations. A key example of this phenomenon across developing systems is successful organ formation even after substantia...
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Yi Feng @fengfishlab.bsky.social · 29/06/2026
Neutrophils are my favourite immune cells, this new study brings a new amazement about these cells!! Could this be happening in more species?
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MadScientist @mads100tist.bsky.social · 26/06/2026
Don't use slop. Someone's trying to make money out of you and your colleagues and your friends. Do yourself a favor and read 100% human-crated content in @prelights.bsky.social Upload preprints. Read preprints. Cite preprints. Fuck AI 🧪
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Homepage - preLights
Welcome to preLights, the preprint highlights service run by the biological community and supported by The Company of Biologists. Here, a team of scientists regularly review, highlight and comment on ...
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Zebrafish Rock! @zebrafishrock.bsky.social · 19/06/2026
Summary of results showing correlation between Wnt/B-catenin pathway activity, optic nerve innervation, cell proliferation, and death in the optic tectum. Diagrammatic summary of changes in cell death (TUNEL, yellow) and proliferation (EdU incorporation, magenta) for boxed regions of optic tectum in wild-type, lakritz (atoh7-/-), and denervated (one-eye removed) larvae from 6 to 9 dpf.
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Yi Feng @fengfishlab.bsky.social · 09/06/2026
All zebrafish followers! @zdmsociety.bsky.social @ezsociety.bsky.social @zfinmod.bsky.social The ZDMS is running the first ever SciArt competition for art lovers and scientists alike! Cash prize for top picks! More details and how to entry in this link - www.zdmsociety.org/sci-art-comp...
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SciArt Competition — ZDMS
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Zebrafish Rock! @zebrafishrock.bsky.social · 27/05/2026
With nearly 1500 members (including 360+ PIs), the ZR! Slack Tankspace is the primary source for questions and queries for the #zebrafish community! This resource gives in-depth discussions with the benefits of Slack Pro (courtesy of @zfinmod.bsky.social). To sign-up, visit: linktr.ee/zebrafishrock
Image of Danny-O, our rockin’ zebrafish avatar playing an Orange guitar. Text reads, “Zebrafish Rock! On Slack. Sponsored by ZFIN. There is a QR Code for the Google form to sign-up for the Slack group.
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Zebrafish Disease Models Society (ZDMS) @zdmsociety.bsky.social · 26/05/2026
Lovely story by #ZDM19 invited speaker, @benlai-taiwan.bsky.social, about the journey behind the lab's new paper! Featured on @the-node.bsky.social 🐟 🔗 to original research ICYMI: www.pnas.org/doi/abs/10.1...
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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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MadScientist @mads100tist.bsky.social · 17/05/2026
I am hosting @jamesbriscoe.bsky.social on Thursday at the @biozentrum.unibas.ch and I can't be more excited
A poster with grey background. It says DYNAMICS of NEURAL TUBE DEVELOPMENT, with a cartoon cross section of a spinal cord separated in the RGB channels with a sort of stroboscopic effect. It's on the 21st of May 2026, at 12.15pm on U1.101 at the Biozentrum. Dr. James Briscoe from The Crick will be presenting.
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Lynne U. Sneddon @lynneusneddon.bsky.social · 20/05/2026
Zebrafish <5 days post fertilisation are used in large numbers in experiments. The impact of a range of anaesthetics was investigated so researchers can make scientifically informed anaesthesia choices. Thanks to lead author Sylvia Dimitriadou #3Rs #fishsci onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
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Evaluating Anesthetics for Improving Scientific Research and Welfare Using Larval Zebrafish
Using physiological and behavioral assays, we quantified the effectiveness and appropriateness of six commonly used fish anesthetics on zebrafish embryos. Different anesthetics performed better under...
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Christian Mosimann @chrmosimann.bsky.social · 08/05/2026
Open-rank search: 2 (!) PI positions in Pulmonary Biology at @cuanschutz.bsky.social 🌄 We are looking for new colleagues @cupediatrics.bsky.social, working in lung fibrosis, focusing on #devbio, stem cell, & regen.biology of the lung 🫁🫀. Please help spread the word! cu.taleo.net/careersectio...
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Open Rank- Assistant Professor, Associate Professor, or Professor
Click the link provided to see the complete job description.
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Zebrafish Disease Models Society (ZDMS) @zdmsociety.bsky.social · 07/05/2026
🎨Calling all artists and scientists!🐟🧬 The Zebrafish Disease Models Society (ZDMS) is launching its first #SciArt Competition. We are looking for creative work that illustrates how zebrafish research is transforming human health. And there’s cash prizes for the winners! 💰🐟 See thread for details⬇️
Poster announcing ZDMS SciArt Competition. The ZDMS logo is in the top left. Text reads “ZDMS presents SciArt Competition 2026. Prizes 1st $300 / 2nd $150 / 3rd $50. Accepting illustrations or short film formats. Submission deadline: August 1, 2026. The background is a watercolor of an underwater scene depicting a zebrafish. Credit artwork to Yuval Segal.
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Zebrafish Disease Models Society (ZDMS) @zdmsociety.bsky.social · 08/05/2026
Introducing our first set of invited speakers at #ZDM19! Join Drs. Megan Insco, Miguel Moreno-Mateos & Prof. Ferenc Mueller and the rest of the #ZDMS community in Oxford 🐟 ⌛ And don't forget to submit an abstract! Deadline: May 15th Stay updated on conference developments: www.zdmsociety.org/zdm19
Banner for the speakers at the Zebrafish Disease Models Society Annual Conference, ZDM19, which will be held September 28-30, 2026 at the Mathematics Institute at the University of Oxford. Invited speakers include Megan Insco at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute (USA), Miguel Moreno-Mateos at CABD (Spain) and Ferenc Mueller at University of Birmingham (UK). Extended abstract submission deadline: May 15th.
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Yi Feng @fengfishlab.bsky.social · 08/05/2026
Want to have a taster session of both discovery and translational cancer research using #zebrafishlarval models? Here are some first hand research insights! Credit also going to organiser @zebrafishrock.bsky.social 👇👇
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Yi Feng @fengfishlab.bsky.social · 01/05/2026
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Our Cancer technology Webinar will kick off Zebrafish Disease Models Society (ZDMS) RIG meet Ups 2026 on the 4th May, at 3pm GMT, featuring three cutting edge zebrafish technology advancement… | Yi F...
Our Cancer technology Webinar will kick off Zebrafish Disease Models Society (ZDMS) RIG meet Ups 2026 on the 4th May, at 3pm GMT, featuring three cutting edge zebrafish technology advancement, presen...
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Maggie Chasse, PhD @maggiechasse.bsky.social · 30/04/2026
How is technology transforming zebrafish cancer research? 🐟🔬 The first @zdmsociety.bsky.social Cancer RIG is ✨diving✨ into just that and we'd love to see you there! 📅 Monday, May 4th | 10–11:30 AM EST
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Zebrafish Disease Models Society (ZDMS) @zdmsociety.bsky.social · 24/04/2026
🚨 One week left to submit abstracts for #ZDM19! With plenty of talks available (to be selected based on abstracts), don't miss your chance to present in front of the cordial #ZDMS community 😊 For more details, visit: www.zdmsociety.org/zdm19-abstra.... Please share with your colleagues & labmates!
Logo for ZDM19 in Oxford, UK 2026. There is a silhouette of two fish swimming (one blue and one grey). Text reads: "Abstract Categories
Ageing & Adult Disease Models | Cancer Bio | Cardiovascular Development and Disease | Drug Discovery | GI & Metabolic Disease | Hematopoiesis & Blood Disorders | Infection and Immunity | Neurobiology and Neurologic Disorders | Organogenesis and Pathophysiology | Regeneration and Stem Cells | Skeletal Disease | Technology and Emerging AI Tools | Other

ABSTRACT SUBMISSION DEADLINE: 1st May, 2026
For more details, visit: www.zdmsociety.org/zdm19-abstract-submission
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MadScientist @mads100tist.bsky.social · 21/04/2026
Reminder that on Thursday, I will be talking about zebrafish, neurons, genes, transcriptomics, patterning, stochasticity, and everything in between! 🧪🐟 B.Y.O.F
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MadScientist @mads100tist.bsky.social · 20/03/2026
Let me post a spicy take here: most people don't read or cite other model organisms' work. Because of this, they keep rediscovering things and, most importantly, re-writing the timeline in favor of fewer and fewer models. That, plus an artificial limit of citations per paper equals this 🧪
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MadScientist @mads100tist.bsky.social · 08/04/2026
9pm Switzerland time, y'all! I'll be talking about how neurons are like onions. Tiny onions. Sort of. Look, you'll have to be there 🧪🧅🐟
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Richard Sever @richardsever.bsky.social · 04/04/2026
CRUK goes green [OA] news.cancerresearchuk.org/2026/04/01/w...
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Why we won’t be funding open access publishing any more - Cancer Research UK - Cancer News
The open access movement was bold and promising, but ultimately disappointing. Now is the time to stop and call for a new way to make publishing work…
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Jacky Goetz @goetzjacky.bsky.social · 04/04/2026
💥 We made the COVER 🤩 of @natmater.nature.com ! CELL VISCOSITY 🎈 IN METASTATIC EXTRAVASATION Check the entire issue here : lnkd.in/e9USS44n @inserm.fr @unistra.fr #zebrafish #mouse #metastasis #mechanobiology #imaging #materials Note : Image's credit is V.Gensbittel (PAA bead in a ZF ISV)
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Christian Mosimann @chrmosimann.bsky.social · 03/04/2026
Annual pic of my 🇬🇷 mom's 🇨🇭 traditional Easter eggs, dyed with onion peel and herbs. #SwissAbroad #HomeAwayFromHome #PILife
Basket of Easter eggs dyed using an infusion of yellow onion peel and herbs tied to the eggs using panty hose, leaving a masked imprint of the herbs on the final brownish eggs.
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Yi Feng @fengfishlab.bsky.social · 03/04/2026
Makes you wonder how many cell types are capable of self-generating gradients?
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Kevin Thiessen, PhD @kevinthiessen.bsky.social · 28/03/2026
Want to make your images/videos more inclusive? Avoid Red-Blind LUTs! 🫷 While single-color red images are accessible, multi-color LUTs with red can be confusing for a small proportion of the population with Protanopia. I'll give a quick example from a paper I covered in journal club. 1/2
Text reads 'Avoiding Red-Blind LUTs: High frequency of Protanopia among general population" On the left a figure using a Red/Grey LUTs as it appears for people with normal vision. On the right a figure as seen by people with Protanopia.
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Erika Kague @kaguelab.bsky.social · 12/03/2026
🦴🐟 I’ve step into the role of Senior Leader for the Skeletal Diseases Research Interest Group (RIG) within the Zebrafish Disease Models Society (ZDMS). 🐟🐟🦴🦴I’ll be reaching out soon to discuss our roadmap for the year, upcoming webinars, and collaborative initiatives. #ZebrafishResearch #ZDMS
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Yi Feng @fengfishlab.bsky.social · 28/03/2026
The added bonus for join the #ZDM19 in Oxford is you can join an additional one day UK ZII meeting in partnership with the ZDM19, co-registration discount applies www.zebrafishinfection.co.uk in the beautiful Worcester college!
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Yi Feng @fengfishlab.bsky.social · 28/03/2026
As part of the ZDMS cancer RIG 2026 meet up webinars, we want to encourage ECR participants to apply for the opportunity to share their research with our community, if you are doing cool cancer research using #zebrafish please apply here eur02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com?url=https%3A...
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Zebrafish Disease Models Society (ZDMS) @zdmsociety.bsky.social · 23/03/2026
Registration & Abstract submissions are now open for #ZDM19 in Oxford 🤩 Please share with your colleagues! 📅When: 28th-30th September, 2026 🌍Where: Mathematics Institute at University of Oxford, UK Find more details (including deadlines) at the official conference website: www.zdmsociety.org/zdm19
Logo for the upcoming Zebrafish Disease Models 19 (ZDM19) conference in Oxford, UK. There are two silhouettes of fish that are swimming (one grey and one blue).
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Ausiàs Tsel @ausiastsel.com · 09/03/2026
I spent 4 months trying to answer a simple question: has this book been translated into my language? Turns out no one tracks this. Not ISBN registries. Not Amazon. Not Google. Not libraries. So I built a tool that crosses four databases to piece it together. zenodot.app
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Zenodot — Find book translations across languages
Discover book translations across languages. A documentary tool for readers worldwide.
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Zebrafish Rock! @zebrafishrock.bsky.social · 10/03/2026
Fin-omenal webinar, for those interested! 16:00-17:00 CET | 20:30-21:30 IST Free for IZFS members ($25 for non-members). More details here: www.izfs.org/education/we...
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European Zebrafish Society (EZS) @ezsociety.bsky.social · 13/02/2026
🌟 Meet the Scientific Committee: @filodelbene.bsky.social 🌟 Filippo del Bene is a member of the Scientific Committee of #EZM2026, and we are thrilled to have him join us in Vienna! Stay tuned as we continue to introduce the outstanding scientists of EZM2026! 🐟🧬
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Kai Kupferschmidt @kakape.bsky.social · 12/02/2026
Ok, I know promised a thread on the fascinating and important new research explaining what happened with the rare, serious side effects of AstraZeneca's and Johnson&Johnson's Covid-19 vaccines. So, @science.org story is here and 🧪🧵 is coming: www.science.org/content/arti...
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Rare, dangerous side effects of some COVID-19 vaccines explained
“Groundbreaking” study uncovers why adenovirus-based shots caused life-threatening blood clots and bleeding in some people
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Yi Feng @fengfishlab.bsky.social · 13/02/2026
Time to use your skills to make a big splash Kevin!! Great to have you on board to aid advocating zebrafish for modelling human diseases with ZDMS!
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Zebrafish Rock! @zebrafishrock.bsky.social · 11/02/2026
Enhance your timeline on #InternationalDayOfWomenAndGirlsInScience by following our two(!) Starter Packs of outstanding Group Leaders and Senior Scientists from the #zebrafish community! 🐟 🧪 #WomenInScience Volume 1: go.bsky.app/4BegEjv #WomenInScience Volume 2: go.bsky.app/VoebYrt
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Katja Röper @katjaroeper.bsky.social · 11/02/2026
Our take on a really interesting new study by the Franz lab at UCL, a version of epithelial polarity where you would not expect it! Read our Spotlight and the original paper!
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David Tobin @tobinlab.bsky.social · 22/01/2026
Excited to share work led by the wonderful Gopi Viswanathan examining roles of granuloma neutrophils &defining bacterial transcriptional profiles within mycobacterial granulomas. Cool collab with Qingyun Liu at UNC for evolutionary analysis of granuloma-specific genes www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
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Granuloma dual RNA-seq reveals composite transcriptional programs driven by neutrophils and necrosis within tuberculous granulomas
Dual host-pathogen transcriptional profiling defines granuloma-specific programs during mycobacterial infection.
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Yi Feng @fengfishlab.bsky.social · 23/01/2026
Wow! 🤩 this is amazing! What will be the master controllers for these structural dynamics?
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Adam Phillippy @aphillippy.bsky.social · 26/11/2025
With @burgesslab.bsky.social, not one, but TWO freshly caught T2T zebrafish reference genomes for the Tübingen and AB strains 🎣 🎣 🎉
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Developmental Biology @devbiol.bsky.social · 25/11/2025
#DBfeature 🐠 A new powerful live imaging platform tracks Erk signalling dynamics in developing zebrafish hepatocytes at single-cell resolution. By Faraz Ahmed Butt, Alessandro De Simone, Stefano Di Talia, Kenneth Poss tinyurl.com/ve5vzp6c
A. Schematic of imaging experiment, with drawings of zebrafish larvae at 3dpf and 7dpf underneath a timeline of imaging every 8 hours.
B. (Top) Heatmap of Erk activity at single cell resolution; (Bottom) Raw images of Erk-KTR-mCerulean signal. Scale bar: 100 μm.
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Zebrafish Rock! @zebrafishrock.bsky.social · 01/11/2025
For those interested, we’ve got two #WomenInScience lists, a list of resource and society accounts that support #zebrafish and lists of Senior Scientists & Group Leaders that work with our favorite fish. If you’re not on a list and want to be added (or just want to double-check), please reach out! 🧪
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Cathy Abbott @cathyabbott.bsky.social · 02/11/2025
However long I live here I will never get used to how utterly beautiful the views from Princes St are. This was last night 😍
Edinburgh castle glowing in moonlight framed by treesMoonlit view of old buildings above Princes Sr gardens
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Zebrafish Rock! @zebrafishrock.bsky.social · 01/11/2025
Inject some #zebrafish into your timeline with our updated Starter Packs! 🧪 WomenInScience v1: go.bsky.app/4BegEjv "" v2: go.bsky.app/VoebYrt Resources: go.bsky.app/JcC5df3 Sr. Scientists & PIs v1: go.bsky.app/2cHYybY "" v2: go.bsky.app/4zBuxAF "" v3: go.bsky.app/JvjuSZg "" v4: go.bsky.app/2c4WLQK
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Zebrafish Rock! @zebrafishrock.bsky.social · 01/11/2025
The first international workshop that focused on #zebrafish was convened in 1990 in Eugene, Oregon. Sponsored by NIH and NSF, the gathering of ∼40 scientists sought to evaluate the research potential of the tiny fish. Today, nearly 1,800+ zebrafish labs exist worldwide. #ZebrafishFunFacts 🧪
Rumoured photo from the first international workshop on zebrafish at the university of oregon. Image credit to Cecilia Moens. How many people can you spot?
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Yi Feng @fengfishlab.bsky.social · 29/10/2025
Hot off the press, after years of work by many PG and undergrads and collaborators, we present you wilth a detailed analysis of oncogenic RAS driven cellular plasticity and host immune response within 24 hours of oncogene activation in a #zebrafish model www.cell.com/cell-reports...
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Oncogenic Ras activation in permissive somatic cells triggers rapid-onset phenotypic plasticity and elicits a tumor-promoting neutrophil response
Ras mutations drive tumorigenesis yet persist in normal tissues. Elliot et al. explore this paradox, finding that HRASG12V induces bifurcating cell fates in the zebrafish larval epidermis, with lamc2+...
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Institute for Regeneration and Repair @edinuni-irr.bsky.social · 29/10/2025
The @fengfishlab.bsky.social lab have found that mutation in the Ras gene can change normal cells and trigger an immune response that promotes cancer formation - all within 24 hours. This may offer new ways to detect or prevent cancer before it becomes established. edin.ac/47h6bZq
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Yi Feng @fengfishlab.bsky.social · 29/10/2025
Wondered what my daughter was up to during half-term? She presented these carefully crafted B-day gifts to me this morning! 😊😊
Hand crafted birthday card and presents
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Christos C. Ioannou @ccioannou.bsky.social · 29/10/2025
Chinese national interested in a PhD using fish? Fully-funded scholarships @bristolbiosci.bsky.social from the China Scholarship Council-University of Bristol Success rates are high, check out the details here and get in touch: www.bristol.ac.uk/students/sup... Please circulate widely!
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Zebrafish Rock! @zebrafishrock.bsky.social · 19/10/2025
Anyone still using these? We should be able to do an update, if there’s interest. #zebrafish
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