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Anne C. Hart @ach-ceneuro.bsky.social · 8h

Position available to work on Alternating Hemiplegia of Childhood; develop assays & test compounds using Hart lab #Celegans disease models. Ideal for scientist with Bachelors or Masters degree seeking mentorship, but previous at-the-bench experience is required. See REQ211438 on Brown Univ website.

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Nick Burton @nickburton.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Very excited to put out this new preprint from the lab that represents our 3rd paper now in the lab's move into the field of identifying bioactive molecules in bacteria using C. elegans and studying how they regulate animal physiology. Really excited about this space- www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...

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Ethan (Chee Kiang) Ewe @ethanewe.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Please sign up!!

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microPublication Biology @micropub7n.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

Call for Volunteers: C. elegans Managing Editors for microPublication Biology micropublication.org/news/0f62741...

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Michael Baym @baym.lol · 13/09/2026

Ten years ago Tami, Roy, and I released a movie we made of antibiotic resistance evolving in real time. I thought maybe a couple thousand people tops would see it. I couldn't have imagined it would be seen millions of times, and be taught from middle school through the graduate level worldwide

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Nick Stroustrup @nstroustrup.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

Did you know that the cells of old animals contain much less mRNA than the cells of young ones? Let me share with you some results from an ongoing project in the lab, where we are finding that a progressive depletion of total mRNA abundance is a crucial part of aging 1/22

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Max Heiman @heiman.bsky.social · 16/08/2026

For the last year, aECM Club seminars have brought together researchers working on apical ECM in diverse species and tissues - yeast cell wall, C. elegans cuticle, Drosophila lens, mammalian inner ear and pancreatic lumen, and many others. Sign up for 2026-27: forms.gle/DDJUxGLkcSRb...

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aECM Club 2026-27

Dear aECM researchers, Thank you for your interest in aECM Club! Feel free to forward this brief survey to any colleagues and trainees who may be interested.

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Javier Apfeld @javierapfeld.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

We need your help spreading the word about the C. elegans Community Mentor Match Program! Please talk about the program in your next lab meeting and share this slide with your lab: docs.google.com/presentation...

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Mentor match QR codes 2026

Join the C. elegans Community Mentor Match Program! sign up for mentors sign up for mentees and to join peer-mentoring groups https://forms.gle/nfNWQRnpymu6tCYC9 https://forms.gle/pZdwor7wERmQ4oMG8

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Sandhya Koushika @wormlockholmes.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

Fantastic initiative, trainees do sign up

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Jeffrey Ross-Ibarra @jrossibarra.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

UCD is one of the top universities globally in both evolutionary biology and plant sciences. The department is a gem full of great folks. It's hard to imagine a better place to do plant evolution! Position opens Aug. 17. Please spread the word! eve.ucdavis.edu/people?page=1

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Javier Apfeld @javierapfeld.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

Worm friends, sign up for 1-on-1 mentoring, peer mentoring, or both!!! 1-on-1 mentoring = someone with more experience who can offer advice and perspective as you navigate your career. Peer mentoring group = trusted peers who are on one another’s side and help each other figure things out.

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The 2026 cycle of the C. elegans Community Mentor Match is open to graduate students, postdocs, and faculty at any career stage. ⏱️ This form takes only 2–5 minutes to complete depending on your choic...

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Maureen Barr @barrlab.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

Tenure letter writing season! I am blown away by assistant professors who started their labs/teaching during the pandemic. You are amazing and inspiring and tough. Your students are so fortunate, so are your colleagues. Thank you!

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Javier Apfeld @javierapfeld.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

Mentee sign-ups are open for the 2026-2027 C. elegans Community Mentor Match Program! Choose: - One-to-one mentoring with an experienced mentor - A peer-mentoring group with people at your career stage Or sign up for both, it takes just 2-5 minutes. And please spread the word! 🧵

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callista yee @csybio.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

hiiii everyone! my department @zoology.ubc.ca is hiring an assistant professor in cell and developmental biology! deadline is october 1! academicjobsonline.org/ajo/jobs/32408 // please share!!!!!

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University of British Columbia, Department of Zoology

Job #AJO32408, Assistant Professor in Cell and Developmental Biology, Department of Zoology, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, CA

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Monika Scholz @monikakscholz.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

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Jordan Theriault-Brown @jtheriault.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

For those in New York, Northeastern is hiring a full time teaching assistant professor at the NYC campus (formerly Marymount Manhattan College) for General Biology, General Biology labs, and a ‘Biology and Society’ course. Please apply asap and spread the word to those interested!

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Assistant Professor - Biology in New York City, NY for Northeastern University

Exciting opportunity in New York City, NY for Northeastern University as a Assistant Professor - ...

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Javier Apfeld @javierapfeld.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

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Wyoming Wormboy @wyomingwormboy.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

With most 1st-year PhD students starting graduate programs this month, it seemed like a good time to address the most important dilemma faced by many incoming PhD students—how to choose rotation labs. Although perhaps obvious to those with experience, many of the key factors are often overlooked.

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Choosing rotations and a dissertation lab - Help, I'm a Scientist!

By David Fay Choosing a lab in which to carry out your PhD is admittedly one of the more important decisions you’ll make in your early scientific career. But it’s important to have some perspective. F...

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Xantha Karp @xanthakarp.bsky.social · 22/07/2026

How do developmental pathways adjust when harsh environments cause delays or interruptions in development? 🧪🧬 C. elegans can enter the stress-resistant and developmentally arrested dauer diapause stage. Progenitor cells actively maintain multipotency during dauer. 🧵

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Javier Apfeld @javierapfeld.bsky.social · 16/07/2026

Yesterday we said goodbye to our technician and former undergrad Dante Ashih. He'll be starting his Biology PhD at the University of Wisconsin at Madison this fall. Dante developed the Wormtrails package for viewing C. elegans movement, and we can't wait to see the great science he explores next!

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Jorge Iván Castillo-Quan @castilloquan-ji.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

Excited to share that in mid-August I'll be opening the Castillo–Quan Laboratory (CORA Lab) as a tenure-track Assistant Professor at Ohio University! We study stress responses, homeostasis & healthy aging in C. elegans. Recruiting two PhD students for Aug 2027. Join us @ohiouniversity.bsky.social!

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Javier Apfeld @javierapfeld.bsky.social · 06/07/2026

Worm friends 🪱 We need your video! Our C. elegans Mentor Match website has short videos from mentors and mentees sharing their experiences. Check it out, record your own video, and please share!

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Javier Apfeld @javierapfeld.bsky.social · 09/07/2026

Bittersweet day in the lab as we say goodbye to our technician and former undergrad, Meha Macwan. She’ll be starting her Biology PhD at Drexel University this fall, and I can’t wait to see all the wonderful things she does next.

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Ethan (Chee Kiang) Ewe @ethanewe.bsky.social · 06/07/2026

This paper is now online at @currentbiology.bsky.social. This marks the end of my postdoc and I’ll be joining @imperiallifesci.bsky.social as Imperial College Research Fellow in October! 🎊 🥳🍾 www.cell.com/action/showP...

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Kacy Gordon @kacylynn.bsky.social · 06/07/2026

Mike and I recommend having a check-in with your Match and recording a testimonial together!

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Javier Apfeld @javierapfeld.bsky.social · 06/07/2026

Worm friends 🪱 We need your video! Our C. elegans Mentor Match website has short videos from mentors and mentees sharing their experiences. Check it out, record your own video, and please share!

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Javier Apfeld @javierapfeld.bsky.social · 01/07/2026

Do you want to support the next generation of C. elegans researchers? We are looking for mentors with C. elegans experience, including postdocs, faculty, and scientists outside academia, to share their knowledge and career advice with early career researchers. Sign up to become a mentor!

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Thanks for volunteering to be a Mentor! The 2026 cycle of the C. elegans Community Mentor Match is open to graduate students, postdocs and faculty at any career stage. This survey collects information...

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Max Heiman @heiman.bsky.social · 18/06/2026

well put! "...while Development's IF is modest, researchers in our field trust papers published in our journal as interesting, valuable and robust science that stands the test of time... It is our Academic Editors and the Development name that define our standards, not a number."

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Anne C. Hart @ach-ceneuro.bsky.social · 17/06/2026

Postdoctoral position available, focused on Alternating Hemiplegia of Childhood! Join the awesome Brown Univ. neuroscience community. Background in genetics (like C. elegans) and/or neuroscience is welcome, but not required. Contact Anne Hart for details and apply via apply.interfolio.com/188268

Cover image from Dis Model Mech (2026) Volume 19, Issue 5 showing C. elegans population on a Petri dish, associated with article: https://doi.org/10.1242/dmm.052809

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Monika Scholz @monikakscholz.bsky.social · 16/06/2026

Want to follow your favorite small animal around? Maybe you'd like to also see it's environment at the same time? Or you'd want to see muscle activity but your commercial microscope doesn't have a large enough field-of-view? Meet Glowtracker! scholz-lab.github.io/GlowTracker/ Paper: rdcu.be/foISQ

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Javier Apfeld @javierapfeld.bsky.social · 16/06/2026

My former undergad Juli Stanley gave an awesome PhD dissertation talk on how E. coli translates mRNAs that do not have a leader sequence (no Shine-Dalgarno 🤯)! It was such a joy to see them shine so brightly! We had a mini lab reunion too, with Juli and former grad student Jodie Schiffer.

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Javier Apfeld @javierapfeld.bsky.social · 16/06/2026

C. elegans friends: If you participated in the mentor match program last year, we want your feedback on what worked, what didn't, and how to make the program better! Please fill out this survey: forms.gle/xYCF19saFfoj...

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C. elegans Community Mentor Match 2025 feedback survey

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Irini Topalidou @irinakitop.bsky.social · 09/06/2026

The GSA gave me the opportunity to write an article in GENETICS reflecting on my journey as an immigrant in the USA and how those experiences have shaped my life and career. Thank you to all of my mentees, friends, and family who have supported me along the way 🙏 academic.oup.com/genetics/adv...

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A second life

Abstract. The Genetics Society of America Mentorship Award recognizes members of the scientific community for exceptional mentoring of geneticists at any c

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Javier Apfeld @javierapfeld.bsky.social · 07/06/2026

wormtagdb.rc.duke.edu is such a useful tool! 😍 I searched a few genes we are studying and found 3 strains that are going to be super useful for various projects in the lab. Already ordered these strains from the #Celegans Strain Center @cgc-worms.bsky.social.

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Javier Apfeld @javierapfeld.bsky.social · 04/06/2026

82-0! www.82-0.com/share?id=MjB...

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Andy Fraser @andyfraser.bsky.social · 03/06/2026

It is also genuinely thrilling and exciting to discover something new. Every time when it happens, when you can feel all the fog clearing and the insight emerge is magic, like everything clicks into place. That pure feeling keeps me wanting to do research more than anything else. It’s the best.

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Javier Apfeld @javierapfeld.bsky.social · 02/06/2026

What do I hope to accomplish by being a curiosity-driven scientist? To paraphrase the poet A. E. Housman: The purpose of science, art, and law is to set back the frontier of darkness.

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Javier Apfeld @javierapfeld.bsky.social · 01/06/2026

Major lab website update: my profile picture is no longer from a previous geological era.

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Max Heiman @heiman.bsky.social · 31/05/2026

Fun read! Another classic example is Cynthia Kenyon's discovery that loss of the insulin receptor DAF-2 extends lifespan in C. elegans, which came out of the control for a clever mutant screen in which progeny of single F2s are sent into dauer with daf-2(ts) to track lifespan of the parent.

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Javier Apfeld @javierapfeld.bsky.social · 28/05/2026

Hey worm people, if you have been a mentor or mentee in the C. elegans Mentor Match program, can you record a short video with advice to future participants? So far we have 3 videos, it would be nice to get to >20. Click on the link below to help us out!

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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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Teresa Lee @snickclunk.bsky.social · 20/05/2026

One last piece of news to cap off the year.... the Lee lab is now funded by an ✨NSF CAREER✨!!! We'll explore how transgenerational inheritance affects the earliest decisions in C. elegans embryos AND build new CUREs for our first-gen students. 🪱🧬 This is how we feel about being funded! 👇

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Andrew Leifer @andrewleifer.bsky.social · 18/05/2026

We're hiring a postdoc to develop and use custom optical instruments for measuring and manipulating neural activity in worms and flies. Please apply via interfolio: apply.interfolio.com/186001

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Maureen Barr @barrlab.bsky.social · 14/05/2026

The International C. elegans meeting #worm27 is going to Kobe, Japan in 2027! genetics-gsa.org/celegans/ Organizers: Erik Andersen @erikandersen.bsky.social, Johns Hopkins University Kavita Babu @kavita-babu.bsky.social, IISc Bangalore Suhong Xu, Zhejiang University @genetics-gsa.bsky.social

Genetics Society of America. 26th International Worm Meeting
July 18-22, 2027
Kobe, Japan
Kobe Convention Center

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Surojit Sural @surojitsural.bsky.social · 14/05/2026

The 26th International Worm Meeting will be held in Kobe, Japan from July 18 to 22, 2027. Save the date! #Worm27

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Nick Burton @nickburton.bsky.social · 07/05/2026

As one of the postdocs in my lab will be leaving to take a faculty position soon I will likely be placing a new ad in the coming week for someone with experience mapping C. elegans mutants from screens or doing bacterial genetics. If anyone knows/has candidates #Celegans #worms #bacteria #genetics

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Needhi Bhalla 💅🏽 @needhibhalla.bsky.social · 15/04/2026

As a recipient of federal grants from #NIH (for now! 😭) that funds research in my lab, I'd like to sincerely thank American taxpayers on #TaxDay for investing in scientific research that lays the foundation for medical and technological innovation in this country and keeps us ALL safe and healthy

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