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Jessica Bloom

@jessicarbloom.bsky.social
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Postdoctoral Researcher @ Bettencourt-Dias Lab, the GIMM | USCD alumni | Evolutionary Cell Biologist | Outdoor Enthusiast | she/her

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Jessica Bloom @jessicarbloom.bsky.social · 15/06/2026
So excited to start my postdoc at @crg.eu with the Bettencourt-Dias lab! @monicabettencourt.bsky.social Thank you to everyone at the @gimminstitute.bsky.social who made me feel welcome during my time there. #postdoc #evobio #cellbio
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Jessica Bloom @jessicarbloom.bsky.social · 13/12/2025
(1/2) Thrilled to have arrived in Portugal 🇵🇹 this week for my postdoc at the @gimmfoundation.bsky.social with @monicabettencourt.bsky.social!
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Jessica Bloom @jessicarbloom.bsky.social · 19/08/2025
First flight after defending!
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Monica Bettencourt-Dias @monicabettencourt.bsky.social · 01/07/2025
Happy to be the next (and 1st female) @crg.eu director. The CRG always stood out to me, for its excellence in understanding life's principles, with implications for health and biodiversity, & its collaborative, open and innovative way of doing science. Thrilled to join its amazing community in 2026!
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Jessica Bloom @jessicarbloom.bsky.social · 03/07/2025
Our recent study exploring the mechanisms behind hybrid incompatibility in Caenorhabditis Elegans nematodes is now available at @currentbiology.bsky.social! Many thanks to my collaborators at UCSD - @odlab.bsky.social @greenbeegreen.bsky.social and the Rifkin Lab! www.cell.com/current-biol...
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Hybrid incompatibility emerges at the one-cell stage in interspecies Caenorhabditis embryos
Bloom et al. show that hybrid incompatibility between Caenorhabditis elegans group nematode species pairs arises immediately after fertilization, before zygotic gene expression. Primary defects in spe...
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Prof Gavin Yamey MD MPH @gavinyamey.bsky.social · 03/06/2025
This is truly BRILLIANT science communication—clear, compelling, & convincing while also fast, funny, & entertaining Like most of those working in science & public health, based on the best available evidence I believe Covid was zoonotic in origin—& this superb episode makes me even more convinced
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bioRxiv Developmental Biology @biorxiv-devbio.bsky.social · 23/01/2025
A sperm-oocyte protein partnership required for egg activation in Caenorhabditis elegans www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/202…
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Jessica Bloom @jessicarbloom.bsky.social · 12/03/2025
So happy to have defended my thesis last week! Looking forward to next steps! Thank you to the members of the Rifkin lab, OD lab @odlab.bsky.social , and especially Dr. Rebecca Green @greenbeegreen.bsky.social for mentorship and support throughout my degree!
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