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Juliano Lab @julianolab.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Starting the journey to #Cnidofest2026 with my themed luggage tag! Excited to see so many friends and hear the exciting science!
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Development @dev-journal.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Pathway to Independence – an interview with Yamini Ravichandran In this interview, Yamini discusses her work focusing on understanding tissue-scale processes, regeneration and morphogenesis. doi.org/10.1242/dev....
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Angelo Forli @aforli89.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
Back from an unforgettable Whitman Fellowship at @mblscience.bsky.social - with neural recordings from the axolotl! 🧠🦎 We’re taking this forward in my lab, and I’m hiring. Interested? Get in touch! Thanks @thorlabs.bsky.social, Coherent and @open-ephys.org for loaning their equipment. More soon!
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cnidofest.bsky.social @cnidofest.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
By special request, we've added seven hats to the Cnidofest store! One for each of the cnidarians drawn by the talented Sara Shapiro! Get yours now!
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Juliano Lab @julianolab.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
This is your last chance, get yourself registered today! Share with your cnidophile friends!
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Development @dev-journal.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
Collagen remodeling supports Hydra vulgaris head regeneration and stem cell invasion Read this Research Article from our special issue #DevSIextracellular by Ben Cox, Celina E. Juliano and colleagues. journals.biologists.com/dev/article/...
Hydra vulgaris as a model for studying extracellular matrix function during regeneration. (A,B) Whole-mount image of a transgenic Hydra Tg(actin1:GFP)rs1-ec;(actin1:DsRed)rs1-en (also known as ‘Watermelon’) expressing GFP (green) in the ectodermal epithelium (A) and RFP (magenta) in the endodermal epithelium (B). The Hydra body plan consists of an oral end bearing the mouth and tentacles, an aboral end bearing the foot, and a body column connecting the two poles. The region outlined in A indicates the approximate location of the cryosection shown in D. Scale bar in A: 500 μm in A-C. (C) Image of the same Hydra stained with a monoclonal antibody raised against Collagen I (Sarras et al., 1993). Collagen I forms a continuous layer of fibrils along the entire body column. (D) Cryosection of a Watermelon strain Hydra stained with Collagen I antibody, demonstrating that Collagen I forms a distinct layer as part of the ECM that separates the two epithelial cell layers. Scale bar: 100 μm. (E)
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Christy Schnitzler @christyschnitz.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
#Cnidofest2026 merch store is HERE! Shop now! Fresh designs and so many options with your fav critters! Thank you for supporting the meeting!!
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Juliano Lab @julianolab.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
I want it all! Just grabbed a shirt, mug, tote bag, water bottle, and luggage tag from the Cnidofest store. If you love cnidarians, you need to visit this shop. Proceeds go to supporting this meeting and future ones.
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Darrin T. Schultz @dts.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
I'm thrilled to share that I've started as an Assistant Professor in Biological Sciences and the Oceans Research Center at Lehigh University! I'm building a group in evolutionary genomics to study the origin of animals, and to use those concepts to better understand human disease. More: evogeno.me
Darrin Schultz, a man with curly dark hair and tortoiseshell glasses, smiling at the camera in a brown blazer over a blue patterned shirt with sunglasses hooked on the collar, standing in front of a stone wall.
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Jeff Farrell @jeffreyafarrell.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
Super happy to see our work investigating best4+ cell development and function now out in Genes & Development, with some exciting new data! genesdev.cshlp.org/content/earl...
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A conserved Notch–Meis1–Pbx cascade specifies secretory progenitors into spatially diverse intestinal best4+ cells
A biweekly scientific journal publishing high-quality research in molecular biology and genetics, cancer biology, biochemistry, and related fields
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Inés Fournon Berodia @inesfournon.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
Very pleased to finally share the main story from my PhD, now published in @natcomms.nature.com ! 🎉 Using a sea anemone we discovered and characterised epithelial cell extrusion as the mechanism underlying starvation-induced cell loss. 🔗 Open-access article: www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Epithelial cell extrusion underlies starvation-induced cell loss in a sea anemone - Nature Communications
Epithelial cell extrusion in a sea anemone shares key hallmarks with bilaterians and is dynamically regulated by nutritional status. During starvation-induced body shrinkage, extrusion likely contribu...
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James Gagnon @james-gagnon.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
In a new (ish) preprint, we used CRISPR barcodes to label germline stem cell clones in zebrafish, then tracked their contributions to sperm production for 2 years. Instead of staying stable, individual clones rose, fell, and disappeared over time. www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
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Clonal dynamics deviate from neutral drift in zebrafish spermatogenesis
Spermatogonial stem cells (SSCs) maintain male fertility, but how their clonal dynamics change with age remains poorly understood. Here, we use in vivo CRISPR barcoding in zebrafish to label SSCs and ...
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Juliano Lab @julianolab.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
We are so lucky to have Ceri as our newest colleague in the DevBio community at UC Davis!
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cnidofest.bsky.social @cnidofest.bsky.social · 18/06/2026
Hi Cnidarian Enthusiasts! Friendly reminder that Cnidofest 2026 will take place at the Marine Biological Laboratory in Woods Hole, MA, September 23-27. The abstract submission deadline is July 1 and the registration deadline is September 2. Submit and find full details at www.cnidofest.org
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Cnidofest
Cnidofest is a biennial meeting of scientists interested in developing and using cnidarians as model systems to study molecular and cellular biology, developmental biology, neurobiology, and comparati...
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Ctenophores Rock! @ctenophoresrock.bsky.social · 21/05/2026
Ten years after the first gathering, #Ctenopalooza returns for Round Ctwo! Join #ctenophore enthusiasts & researchers from around the world at @mbarinews.bsky.social in Moss Landing, California, on August 24-25, 2026 🌊 For more details and how to register, visit: www.mbari.org/event/ctenop... 🦑 🧪
Promotional piece for Ctenopalooza Ctwo. It's a world map with various comb jellies from around the world migrating to California. Text reads "California Here WE come! cto Ctenopalooza Ctwo!"
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Society for Developmental Biology @socdevbio.bsky.social · 11/05/2026
Astrangia poculata is an ideal model for coral development. Astrangia can be collected and induced to spawn in the laboratory, producing an abundance of embryos for experimentation. 📸 Credit: Leslie Babonis and Jake Warner, MBL Whitman Fellow #ModelMonday #DevBio #Cnidarians 🪸
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Juliano Lab @julianolab.bsky.social · 07/05/2026
It is time for the fest cnidophiles, register today! 🎉
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Society for Developmental Biology @socdevbio.bsky.social · 21/04/2026
✨ Excited to host invited speaker Leslie Babonis at #2026SDB in Las Vegas! 🎰🃏 Her research uncovers how evolutionary innovations shape developmental biology, with a focus on cell type diversity and the origins of complex traits. 🧬🌊🔬✨ #devbio
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Anna La Torre @latorrelab.bsky.social · 21/04/2026
Our new paper is out! 🎉 Let-7 doesn’t act through a single pathway: it controls neocortical neuron fate and migration via distinct downstream mechanisms, with RBX2 dedicated to migration. A new layer of post-transcriptional control shaping cortical development www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
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Juliano Lab @julianolab.bsky.social · 28/02/2026
For those of you who Wordle, you know it was a big day for the Juliano lab 🤩
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Society for Developmental Biology @socdevbio.bsky.social · 05/02/2026
Congrats to the 2026 SDB Award Winners! Conklin Medal: Lee Niswander SDB Lifetime Achievement Award: Alexandra Joyner Hamburger Outstanding Educator Prize: Roberto Mayor Hay New Investigator Award: Jeffrey Farrell SDB Trainee SciComm Award: Nicholas Desnoyer bit.ly/4afnjiC
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Society for Developmental Biology 2026 Award Winners

Edwin G. Conklin Medal
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Lee Niswander, University of Colorado Boulder

Society for Developmental Biology Lifetime Achievement Award
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Alexandra Joyner, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center

Viktor Hamburger Outstanding Educator Prize
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Roberto Mayor, University College London

Elizabeth D. Hay New Investigator Award
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Jeffrey Farrell, National Institutes of Health
 
Society for Developmental Biology Trainee Science Communication Award
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Nicholas Desnoyer, The Sainsbury Laboratory
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Jeff Farrell @jeffreyafarrell.bsky.social · 29/01/2026
I’m recruiting new members to the Farrell Lab this summer. We will have space for 1 postdoc (since Abhinav is leaving to start his own lab at U Arizona!!) and 2 postbacs, since my current two will leave for PhD programs at the end of the summer. More details in thread:
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International Society for Regenerative Biology @isrbio.bsky.social · 06/01/2026
🚨 Join us this Friday for an exciting webinar on retina regeneration! Featuring Alice Accorsi @accorsi-alice.bsky.social of UC Davis and Jeff Mumm @jsmumm.bsky.social of Johns Hopkins. isrbio.org/event-6502506
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irisjuanico.bsky.social @irisjuanico.bsky.social · 28/12/2025
I'm excited to share this pre-print of my PhD research. Publication hopefully coming soon!
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Alice Accorsi @accorsi-alice.bsky.social · 26/12/2025
I am very excited to share the first Accorsi lab publication: a collection of detailed protocols to maintain an apple snail 🐌 colony and generate stable mutant lines. The video is coming soon @ JoVE! We hope this will be a valuable resource for the community. app.jove.com/t/69267/the-...
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The Golden Apple Snail Pomacea canaliculata: From Zygotes to Stable Mutant Lines
University of California, Davis. This study developed a workflow for the generation and maintenance of stable mutant lines for the freshwater apple snail, Pomacea canaliculata. The protocols include ...
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Prakash Lab @ Miami @vprakashlab.bsky.social · 23/12/2025
🚨 POSTDOC OPENING 🚨 NIH-funded Bio-Fluid Mechanics Postdoc in my lab @univmiami.bsky.social Hofstenia miamia | cilia-driven flows | behavior & neuroscience Collab w/ Mansi Srivastava @harvard.edu 🕒 Start: Jan–Feb 2026 ⏳ 1 yr, renewable | Email me ASAP! #Postdoc #Biophysics #FluidDynamics
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Inés Fournon Berodia @inesfournon.bsky.social · 16/12/2025
Thrilled to share the preprint from my PhD! 🥳 Where I characterised epithelial cell extrusion in a sea anemone 🔗 www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6... Big thanks to my supervisor @prhsteinmetz.bsky.social and coauthors @noahbruderer.bsky.social @lionlchristiaen.bsky.social at🇳🇴 @msarscentre.bsky.social ⬇️🧵
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irisjuanico.bsky.social @irisjuanico.bsky.social · 03/12/2025
Who's going to #cellbio2025 in Philly? I am a PhD candidate and molecular biologist studying regeneration in Hydra vulgaris, an animal that can grow back its entire body. Looking to transition to industry next year. Let's connect!
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Andy Baxevanis @baxevanislab.bsky.social · 25/11/2025
We've updated our Hydractinia Genome Project Portal! The site includes genomic, transcriptomic, and proteomic datasets, genome browsers, an interactive single-cell gene expression atlas, proteome-scale structure predictions, a custom BLAST interface, and more. Check it out! tinyurl.com/hydractinia
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The Hydractinia Genome Project Portal: multi-omic annotation and visualization of Hydractinia genomic datasets
AbstractMotivation. The colonial hydroid Hydractinia exhibits several unique biological properties, including its remarkable regenerative capacity and the
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Development @dev-journal.bsky.social · 03/11/2025
Our Special Issue on Lifelong Development #LifelongDevSI is now complete! Guest edited by Meri Huch and Mansi Srivastava, it contains 26 research and review-type articles. On the cover: the dorsal vasculature of an adult zebrafish's first gill arch. See Preußner et al. doi.org/10.1242/dev....
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Development @dev-journal.bsky.social · 03/11/2025
A molecular, spatial and regulatory atlas of the Hydra vulgaris nervous system Read this #LifelongDevSI #OA Techniques and Resources Article by Hannah Morris Little, Abby S. Primack, Jennifer Tsverov, Celina E. Juliano (@julianolab.bsky.social) and colleagues: doi.org/10.1242/dev....
Figure 3 - Neuropeptide expression delineates distinct neural circuits in H. vulgaris. Panels D and F - Top and middle: Immunostaining using an antibody against GLWa (green) reveals the RP1 circuit extending from the basal disk to the tentacles. Bottom: GLWa immunostaining in body column rings shows endodermal en1 neurons of the RP2 circuit.
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Rachel Zwick @rkzwick.bsky.social · 16/10/2025
The Zwick Lab website is live! 🔬🌀🌈
Check out our research and team at www.zwicklab.org
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Our organs don’t just grow once – they grow with us. While some are more adaptable than others, many remodel throughout life to meet the body’s changing needs, from daily challenges to the extraordina...
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Governor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · 30/09/2025
People of Illinois, we need your help. Get your cell phones out – record what you see. Put it on social media. Peacefully ask for badge numbers and identification. Speak up for your neighbors. We need to let the world know this is happening – and that we won’t stand for it.
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ulrichtechnau.bsky.social @ulrichtechnau.bsky.social · 27/09/2025
Just came back from a great meeting in Tutzing on the biology of basal Metazoa. Excellent talks, fantastic posters and very kind and vital community. Thanks also to our keynote speaker, Cassandra Extavour. She was the highlight of the meeting. Thanks everyone for contributing.
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Josh Currie @joshcurrie.bsky.social · 18/09/2025
💥OUR LAB IS HIRING!!💥 We are hiring a research assistant/lab manager to assist with managing our axolotl colony and enabling some kick-ass science! Looking for high levels of organization, collaboration, problem solving and curiosity. Application link: tinyurl.com/3tpvphpm #SciJob #JobAlert
One of your future coworkers in the Currie Lab, an adorable axolotl.
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Dr. B. Duygu Özpolat (she/her) @biyolokum.bsky.social · 17/09/2025
This Friday! PS: the QR code isn't working, so find the zoom details at: isrbio.org/event-6324623
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Development @dev-journal.bsky.social · 16/09/2025
Hydra body axis balance: a fight between two transcription factors This Research Highlight showcases the work from Jaroslav Ferenc, Marylène Bonvin, Panagiotis Papasaikas, Jacqueline Ferralli, Clara Nuninger and Charisios D. Tsiairis: journals.biologists.com/dev/article/...
Phenotype rescue upon Zic4 and Gata3 double knockdown. (A,B) Maximum projection confocal images of oral (A) and aboral (B) ends of animals after GFP RNAi (control), Zic4 or Gata3 RNAi, and Zic4+Gata3 RNAi. DNA in cyan, peroxidase activity in magenta and Nematocilin in orange. Panels on the right show magnifications of boxed areas on the left. Scale bars: 100μm. Note the ectopic peroxidase staining in tentacle tips upon Zic4 RNAi, and ectopic Nematocilin staining adjacent to the foot upon Gata3 RNAi, as well as rescue of both phenotypes in the double knockdown. (C) Percentage of animals with ectopic peroxidase staining in tentacles upon Zic4 KD and double KD. (D) Percentage of animals with ectopic Nematocilin staining adjacent to the foot in Gata3 KD and double KD. For examples of strong and partial phenotypes refer to Fig. S6. Data in G and H shown for n animals pooled from at least two independent replicates. ***P<0.001 (Fisher's exact test). (E,F) Schematic of proposed model for controlling the choice between basal disk and battery cell fate in Hydra. At the oral pole, Wnt signaling (black dot) activates Zic4 (orange) expression and thus basal disk identity. Without it, Gata3 dominates at the opposite end, leading to basal disk fate establishment (E). Experimentally depleting one of the factors results in ectopic cell fate acquisition at the opposite body end (F).
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the Node @the-node.bsky.social · 29/08/2025
For #FluorescenceFriday, vote in our image competition with the 2025 @mblscience.bsky.social Embryology course by 3 September! thenode.biologists.com/vote-for-you...
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Vote for your favourite image from the MBL Embryology course - the Node
Browse through the gallery of the 20 images and vote for your favourite by Wednesday 3 September.
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Samuel Church @shchurch.bsky.social · 19/06/2025
Excited to share our study on sailing siphonophores, AKA bluebottles or man-o'-war! 🌊 we received hundreds of samples from scientists around the world, part of a huge effort to sequence genomes and test for multiple species 🧬 out today in @currentbiology.bsky.social doi.org/10.1016/j.cu... 🦑🧪📌
Physalia megalista, a cnidiran with a gas filled float, raised sail, and long blue tentacles hanging below. Image credit: Dalila Destanović
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Casey Dunn @caseywdunn.bsky.social · 28/08/2025
I hope to take a PhD student in 2026 to study siphonophores. Please reach out if you are interested in applying this fall. For examples of recent lab projects see www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... and academic.oup.com/gbe/article/...
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Population genomics of a sailing siphonophore reveals genetic structure in the open ocean
The open ocean is a vast, highly connected environment, and the organisms found there have been hypothesized to represent massive, well-mixed populati…
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Development @dev-journal.bsky.social · 28/07/2025
Transitions in development – an interview with Jeffrey Farrell @jeffreyafarrell.bsky.social talks about becoming a group leader, his insights on advocacy for developmental biology and his belief in unifying single-cell biology with classical approaches. journals.biologists.com/dev/article/...
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James Gahan @jgahan.bsky.social · 16/07/2025
We are looking for new colleagues to come join us in Galway as group leaders (Junior and Senior). The Centre for Chromosome Biology is a great place and it is a good time to join. Please reach out if you want to chat about the opportunity! www.nature.com/naturecareer...
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Rebecca Pompano @pompanolab.bsky.social · 29/06/2025
It seems that only the science community is noticing that NIH and NSF budgets are cut 40% and 55% in the budget bill, respectively. If you live in Maine, West Va, Pennsylvania, Alabama, or Louisiana, CALL YOUR SENATOR as they could make a difference. See below. prospect.org/politics/202...
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Will the Senate Save NIH?
Rescuing biomedical research is every bit as important as saving Medicaid.
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EvoDevo PanAm @evodevopanam.bsky.social · 17/06/2025
Calling all lovers of Non-bilaterian EvoDevo!! 🪸😍 We have amazing speakers for the Non-Bilaterian Satellite symposia at the #PASEDB2025 @pcart.bsky.social @jacobmusser.bsky.social @jlmah.bsky.social Organizers: Organizers: Drs. Athula Wikramanayake, Bill Browne & @natclarke.bsky.social
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International Society for Regenerative Biology @isrbio.bsky.social · 15/06/2025
Conference Reminder. Early bird deadline for registration to the ISRB Biennial Meeting is today 15 June, 2025. Secure your spot at a discounted rate! (uwmadison.eventsair.com/isrb25/fees-...)
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Jeff Farrell @jeffreyafarrell.bsky.social · 13/06/2025
If you love Daniocell, but wish it could generate analyses specific to YOUR genes & cell types of interest, check out DaniocellDesktop - a new point-and-click app for Mac and Windows that enables reanalysis of the Daniocell data without programming: daniocell.nichd.nih.gov/desktop/ (1/4)
DaniocellDesktop logo, depicting a fish on a laptop screen.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 12/06/2025
Senator Padilla was forcibly removed from DHS Secretary Kristi Noem’s press conference in Los Angeles while attempting to ask a question. Padilla was thrown down and handcuffed. A senator in his own state! (He has since been released.) The Trump regime is out of control.
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BWJones @bwjones.bsky.social · 08/06/2025
Almost all Nobel Prizes are awarded for work that is exploratory, or absolutely basic science with no obvious commercial or medical benefit. You cannot predict where advancements come from, so you have to invest in science and scientists. Targeted (corporate) science investment will never do this.
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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 05/06/2025
I’m not sure if you can overdose on schadenfreude but we’re about to find out
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