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Jordan Ward @gotworms.bsky.social · 28/05/2026

Great to see this beautiful work published!

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Javier Apfeld @javierapfeld.bsky.social · 27/05/2026

Worm friends, we need your help! For the next C. elegans Mentor Match cycle, we’re gathering testimonials from past mentors and mentees. One of our biggest challenges is recruiting new mentees, and hearing directly from past participants could really help. Please record a short video, and share!

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Jordan Ward @gotworms.bsky.social · 20/05/2026

Our local @ucscscience.bsky.social poison oak removal service hard at work

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Jordan Ward @gotworms.bsky.social · 10/04/2026

Sad to see that Don passed, he was a legend and a big part of why our community is so special. 🤯 20% of the collection?!!

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Jordan Ward @gotworms.bsky.social · 03/04/2026

Great to see this out. Practical guidance on how to use protein depletion systems in C. elegans

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Maureen Barr @barrlab.bsky.social · 02/04/2026

Congratulations to the legendary scientist Judith Kimble!!! We stand on the shoulders of giants. #womeninSTEM #celegans

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Maureen Barr @barrlab.bsky.social · 25/03/2026

Recombinant monoclonal antibodies to detect tubulin post-translational modifications work beautifully in #celegans neurons and cilia. @kjverhey1.bsky.social shared ONE ML of each rMAb! www.micropublication.org/journals/bio... Blasius...Verhey 2025 Cytoskeleton: 10.1002/cm.70011. PMID: 40650552

Representative immunostaining of anti-glutamylated tubulin (rMAb-GT335) in C. elegans hermaphrodites. Glutamylated tubulin is detected in labial and cephalic cilia (bracket) and the middle segments (MS) of amphid channel cilia. Scale bar=2μm.

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Harmit Singh Malik @harmitmalik.bsky.social · 19/03/2026

I am reviewing a simply amazing paper from a relatively young US-based lab, which is in danger of shutting its doors later this year. My emotions are all over the place. The fact that this does not uniquely identify the lab I’m referring to just deepens the tragedy of this moment in US science.

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David Katz @katzlab.bsky.social · 23/02/2026

Don’t forget to register for the C. elegans topic meeting June 10-14 in Madison, WI. Early bird registration deadline this Friday 2/27! uwmadison.eventsair.com/mapsdev26/

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Home - 2026 MAPSS + DevCell

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Jordan Ward @gotworms.bsky.social · 23/02/2026

Come join us! This meeting is going to be awesome!

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Jordan Ward @gotworms.bsky.social · 29/01/2026

Excited to see this out in the world. The CGC is launching a curated strains collection, the first being protein degradation systems and this is a pilot primer to pair with it authored by myself, Dave Reiner, Ann Rougvie, and Aric Daul. We review the state of the field and provide use guidance (1)

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Nick Stroustrup @nstroustrup.bsky.social · 16/12/2025

What tools do we need to start engineering #aging and #longevity ? A🧵about something we've been cooking up in lab with Jeremy Vicencio at the @crg.eu : technology that lets us reach inside living animals and precisely dial multiple proteins' levels up and down. 1/10

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Maureen Barr @barrlab.bsky.social · 19/11/2025

Time to vote for our GSA officers! Please repost

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The EMBO Journal @embojournal.org · 21/10/2025

Shared mechanisms across distinct biological clocks: Jordan Ward @gotworms.bsky.social , Helge Grosshans @labgrosshans.bsky.social & collaborators find the nematode homologs of mammalian circadian clock proteins PERIOD & CK1 to control developmental timing in worms www.embopress.org/doi/full/10....

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Jordan Ward @gotworms.bsky.social · 20/10/2025

So excited to see this work out! This was one of the first projects when I started my lab! An awesome collaboration with @labgrosshans.bsky.social and @partchlab.bsky.social!

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Jordan Ward @gotworms.bsky.social · 01/10/2025

Great opportunity and submissions are a little down so nominate your outstanding recent graduate, worm peeps!

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Piali Sengupta @senguptalab.bsky.social · 30/07/2025

For the life of me, I cannot fathom the rationale for any of this. Utter wanton destruction of one of the best research ecosystems in the world.

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Meera Sundaram @meera-sundaram.bsky.social · 17/07/2025

There is so much cool #aECM work going on but most of the researchers don’t know or talk to each other; this is an attempt to change that! Link below

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Jordan Ward @gotworms.bsky.social · 16/07/2025

Am so excited about this series. The virtual worm skin workshop was one of the best meetings for my lab and getting more model systems will be🔥

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Teresa Lee @snickclunk.bsky.social · 06/07/2025

Catching up with documenting #worm25! Here, the worm public eagerly awaits the Worm Show with beverages courtesy of genetics-friend S. cerevisiae. 🪱🍻 (including @gotworms.bsky.social, @jschisa.bsky.social, & @katzlab.bsky.social!)

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Jordan Ward @gotworms.bsky.social · 01/07/2025

Better late than never, made it to #Worm25 late last night. Such a great morning catching up with old friends and seeing some great science!

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Jordan Ward @gotworms.bsky.social · 17/05/2025

Thanks for the shout out @meera-sundaram.bsky.social ! This was such a fun project! 101 knock-ins and counting and they all had such cool and unique localization pattern and substructures!

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Jordan Ward @gotworms.bsky.social · 05/05/2025

J-E-T-S JETS JETS JETS!!! Crazy game. Can’t believe they scored two goals in final two min with goalie pulled and won it in double OT!

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Jordan Ward @gotworms.bsky.social · 03/04/2025

Really excited about this collaborative work and a great experience with Review Commons

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Elinor Karlsson @elinork.bsky.social · 27/03/2025

How did Coati get their stripes? Not yet known ... but we know how another Carnivore loses them! 3 mutations in gene TAQPEP changes a cat from tabby striped to blotchy #RIP #2025MMM www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

(A) Allelic variation at Tabby controls color patterning—mackerel (Taᴹ) is dominant over blotched (Taᵇ). Diagrams show how the distribution of eumelanin (dark) and pheomelanin (light) within hairs contributes to coat patterns.
(B) Taqpep encodes a type II membrane aminopeptidase. The T139N variant, found in feral cats, is associated with swirled patterns (P = 0.0017) but shows incomplete penetrance.

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Jordan Ward @gotworms.bsky.social · 21/03/2025

Glad I could play a small part in this cool story!

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Jordan Ward @gotworms.bsky.social · 03/03/2025

Delighted to see Flow win best animated feature. Gorgeous, powerful film.

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Liz Marnik @sciencewhizliz.bsky.social · 27/02/2025

Tomorrow I’m having a conversation with Senator Murray about NIH on my public Instagram - @sciencewhizliz. The timing could shift a bit due to the senate floor schedule. So if that happens we will adjust and share the recording!

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Jordan Ward @gotworms.bsky.social · 27/02/2025

Exactly. My R35 council meeting has been cancelled without clear rescheduling. No idea when I know if I can keep lab funded. MRAC study section I reviewed for cancelled at last minute. So much wasted effort and anxiety for folks.

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Jordan Ward @gotworms.bsky.social · 27/02/2025

Welp the NIGMS MIRA MRAC study section scheduled to be in person this Monday and Tuesday was just canceled.

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Valerie Horsley @valeriejhorsley.bsky.social · 24/02/2025

Please share: @delauro.house.gov is cochair of the US House Congressional Rapid Response Task Force and Litigation Working Group. They are looking for instances where the impoundment and restriction of NIH/NSF funds is having a negative impact. Submit examples here delauro.house.gov/constituent-...

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2025 Federal Financial Assistance Freeze

On Monday, January 27th, 2025, President Trump issued an order to freeze virtually all of approved and legally required federal funding.

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Jordan Ward @gotworms.bsky.social · 21/02/2025

Oh Canada! 🇨🇦 Really needed that right now. WOW was Binnington clutch!

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Jordan Ward @gotworms.bsky.social · 19/02/2025

This is in effect still freezing grant review and funding. Need to keep making noise to our representatives about it!

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Needhi Bhalla 💅🏽 @needhibhalla.bsky.social · 13/02/2025

For decades, NIH funding has fueled breakthroughs in cancer, heart disease and more. But a new policy puts progress at risk. We need Congress to oppose this abrupt change. Join me in emailing lawmakers today! #SaveNIHresearch bit.ly/4hxmfsK

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Protect research funding

Federal funding for biomedical research is under threat.

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Ardem Patapoutian @ardemp.bskyverified.social · 10/02/2025

Petition to Reverse the NIH Indirect Cost Cap initiated by Tom Maniatis. Please amplify Sign the Petition: chng.it/kK2HMP5pGk "Share with Leadership & Faculty. Reach out to professional societies, biotech and pharma leaders, and philanthropic organizations to raise awareness and mobilize support."

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Needhi Bhalla 💅🏽 @needhibhalla.bsky.social · 06/02/2025

Hi all, I am in contact with a reporter at Science magazine who would like to talk with a trainee or mentor who successfully applied for an equity/DEI-related NIH training grant or a training supplement but have not received the Notice of Award and probably won't get the grant.

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Jordan Ward @gotworms.bsky.social · 03/02/2025

Really important development. I’ve got my MIRA app that should be discussed on Feb 6. Need this to keep the lab going.

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Needhi Bhalla 💅🏽 @needhibhalla.bsky.social · 31/01/2025

Several Graduate T32s (G-RISE, IMSD, Bridges to the Doctorate) and the MARC T34 (for undergraduates) training grants now have expiration dates of today, 1/30/2025.

Screenshot of Grants Notice for NIH G-RISE training grant with expiration date of January 30, 2025.

Screenshot of Grants Notice for NIH Bridges to Doctorate training grant with expiration date of January 30, 2025.

Screenshot of Grants Notice for NIH MARC training grant with expiration date of January 30, 2025.

Screenshot of Grants Notice for NIH IMSD training grant with expiration date of January 30, 2025.

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Annika Barber @annikabarber.bsky.social · 22/01/2025

If you are directly affected by a cancellation of a meeting you were scheduled to participate in or at which your grant may have been discussed, consider reaching out.

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Jordan Ward @gotworms.bsky.social · 26/12/2024

Die Hard IS a Christmas movie!

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Xantha Karp @xanthakarp.bsky.social · 27/11/2024

This is a lovely piece about the 2024 Nobel Prize to Victor Ambros and Gary Ruvkun, written by Bruce Wightman, the first author of one of the prize-winning papers. It emphasizes the importance of fundamental research and the beauty of heterochronic genes. #Celegans #devbio 🧪🧬 doi.org/10.1242/dmm....

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It's about time: the heterochronic background for the 2024 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine

Summary: The 2024 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine has been awarded for the discovery of miRNAs; the groundwork was laid by investigating the timing of developmental events in nematodes.

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