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Jessica Bloom

@jessicarbloom.bsky.social

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 · 10/10/2026

Beautiful location, fascinating organisms, and great people! I can't wait to see future work on diverse protists. Huge thanks to the organizers for a great meeting! #cgue2026

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Jessica Bloom @jessicarbloom.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Had a great time volunteering at #OpenPRBB and sharing our research on centrosomes with the public in Barcelona! 🔬 Thanks to the MBD lab members @monicabettencourt.bsky.social and @seanamontgomery.bsky.social for making the day memorable. Looking forward to next year! @crg.eu #CellBio

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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

I also want to thank @monicabettencourt.bsky.social, the MBD lab, @odlab.bsky.social, @greenbeegreen.bsky.social, and the Rifkin Lab for their support and mentorship, which helped me obtain an EMBO fellowship to study evolution of centrosomes across fungi!

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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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