Reposted by Matthew HarrisSCGDB @scgdb.bsky.social · 16/02/2026We are excited to announce that the 49th Annual Meeting of the SCGDB will be held September 28th-30th, 2026 in Seattle! The meeting will be hosted by the University of Washington 014
Reposted by Matthew HarrisParichy Lab | Dave Parichy @dparichy.bsky.social · 19/10/2025New preprint up with collaborators Jianguo Lu, @mpodobnik.bsky.social, Uwe Irion, Braedan McCluskey, John Postlethwait and others. New Danio genomes, evolution and pigment pattern variation. Long time in the making www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1... 03918
Reposted by Matthew HarrisDan Killam @dantheclamman.blog · 16/10/2025True theonion.com/biologists-a...theonion.comBiologists Announce There Absolutely Nothing We Can Learn From ClamsWOODS HOLE, MA—Saying they saw no conceivable reason to bother with the bivalve mollusks, biologists at the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution announced Thursday that there was absolutely nothing to... 99917
Reposted by Matthew HarrisSCGDB @scgdb.bsky.social · 30/09/2025We kicked off #SCGDB2025 with exciting award talks from Dr. Timothy Cox @craniofacialprof.bsky.social and Dr. Jennifer Fish, pictured here with SCGDB President Dr. Matthew Harris @fish4walking.bsky.social and local meeting host Dr. Kristin Artinger @artingerlab.bsky.social. 063
Reposted by Matthew HarrisKellee Siegfried @kelleesiegfriedlab.bsky.social · 25/09/2025UMass Boston Biology is hiring at the Assistant Professor level! Join our collegial department at our ocean front campus! nam10.safelinks.protection.outlook.com?url=https%3A...nam10.safelinks.protection.outlook.comPage Up - UMass Boston 046
Reposted by Matthew HarrisSilvia Vicenzi @silviavicenzi.bsky.social · 05/08/2025That time I bonded with some long-lived clams to uncover their anti-aging secrets 🐚🧬 #BiologyOfAging #MyMBLMoment #BoA @fish4walking.bsky.social 011
Reposted by Matthew Harrishilzoy @hilzoy.bsky.social · 04/08/2025This is a really, really important story, which is why I provided a gift link. Many people, when they think of higher education, think of elite universities. But most higher education is nonselective (i.e., they admit everyone), and a lot of it is community colleges. 7585276
Reposted by Matthew HarrisSCGDB @scgdb.bsky.social · 21/07/2025Registration and abstract submission are open for the SCGDB annual meeting in Minneapolis! Deadlines: 8/25 abstract for short talk, 9/7 abstract for poster, 9/7 registration. More information at scgdb.org. 003
Matthew Harris @fish4walking.bsky.social · 13/07/2025Evo Devo is obviously the closing act! Nothing better than to go out with a bang. 030
Reposted by Matthew HarrisFerenc Mueller @ferencmueller.bsky.social · 11/07/2025Dear #izfc2025 participants, if anyone of you are interested in how transcription control defines mRNA fate and translation in zebrafish development, there are/will be several PhD and postdoctoral positions (funded by the Wellcome Trust) for this research. Please find me if interested. 078
Reposted by Matthew HarrisM. Brent Hawkins @homeobox.bsky.social · 07/07/2025We take for granted that our hands have two sides and can articulate in an endless number of ways. But what about a fish’s fin? Can a fish know something “like the back of its fin,” or have its future told with a fin palm reading? Check out this bluetorial to find out 👇🧪🧬🐟 doi.org/10.1101/2025... 118241
Reposted by Matthew HarrisVincent J Lynch 🐘🦣🦥 🦇🐋🐢🐍 @devoevomed.bsky.social · 13/05/2025I've written a Substack about the #ColossalBioSci #DeExtinction #DisInformation campaign; it's focused on polluting the information landscape, rather than the underlying science (except for species concepts, I talk about them) open.substack.com/pub/devoevom...open.substack.comThe Extinction of TruthOr, a Colossal Pile of Bullshit 27032
Reposted by Matthew HarrisBoston Area Zebrafish Meeting @bazar-meeting.bsky.social · 07/04/2025Registration is open for the Boston Area Researchers Zebrafish Meeting! Abstract Deadlines are: April 25th to be considered for a talk, and May 16 for poster. #ZebrafishMeeting #Zebrafish sites.google.com/bc.edu/bazar... sites.google.com/bc.edu/bazar...sites.google.comBoston Area Zebrafish ResearchersBoston Area Zebrafish Researchers Meeting @bazar-meeting.bsky.social 032
Matthew Harris @fish4walking.bsky.social · 25/03/2025media.tenor.coma black and white photo of a man holding a guitar and saying " but rock is about the passion , man " .ALT: a black and white photo of a man holding a guitar and saying " but rock is about the passion , man " . 110
Matthew Harris @fish4walking.bsky.social · 25/03/2025I can't even look at that web page without uncontrolled need. Almost bought at 3,500$ guitar for tenure but stopped short of divorce. It is also why I cannot let myself walk into used record stores anymore. 010
Matthew Harris @fish4walking.bsky.social · 20/03/2025Should we crowd source for our NIH brothers and sisters? Save our fish 2025!! 240
Matthew Harris @fish4walking.bsky.social · 04/03/2025going to be a fantastic meeting...believe me 020
Reposted by Matthew HarrisVaughn Cooper @vscooper.micropopbio.org · 21/10/2023The hacked the @nanopore sequencer to read amino acids and PTMs along protein strands. This opens up the possibility for barcode sequencing at the protein level for highly multiplexed assays, PTM monitoring, and protein identification 🧬🧪🤯 www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...biorxiv.orgMulti-pass, single-molecule nanopore reading of long protein strands with single-amino acid sensitiv...bioRxiv - the preprint server for biology, operated by Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, a research and educational institution 210458