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Kevin Collins

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Practically a C. elegans neurobiologist. Views are my own and not my employer. collinslabmiami.com

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Kevin Collins @kevinemco.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
New paper from Han Wang's lab at PLOS Genetics: dx.plos.org/10.1371/jour...
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Forward genetics reveals a conserved CNBHD-CNBHD interface that restrains EAG channel activation to regulate sleep
Author summary KCNH voltage-gated potassium channels are key regulators of neuronal excitability, but how their gating is controlled to influence neural circuit activity and behavior remains unclear. ...
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BehavEcolPapers @behavecolpapers.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Whole-#brain chemosensory responses of both C. elegans sexes CurrentBiology
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Whole-#brain chemosensory responses of both C. elegans sexes
Seyedolmohadesin et al. record whole-brain activity with cellular resolution in both C. elegans sexes during broad chemosensory stimulation. They find that nearly every sensory neuron and many pharyngeal neurons respond in a sexually dimorphic manner and that these functional dimorphisms are distinct from known synaptic dimorphisms.
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Harmit Singh Malik @harmitmalik.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Tenure process in the age of Trump and Vought
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Miriam B. Goodman, PhD @wormsense.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
#bioscifacjobs
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Erin Hotchkiss @fluvialbenthos.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
We (Biological Sciences at Virginia Tech) are #hiring TWO tenure-track Molecular Microbiology professors! Review of applications starts 1 Nov. I'm happy to answer questions about the department, VT, life in Blacksburg, etc.! More info / to apply: jobs.apply.vt.edu/jobs/assista... 🧪👩‍🔬🦠 #academicjobs
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Assistant/Associate Professor - Blacksburg, Virginia, United States
Job Description The Department of Biological Sciences in the College of Science at Virginia Tech seeks applicants for two (2) tenure-track research and teaching positions at the Assistant/Associate ...
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Tiffany⸆⸉ @tiffanyclay.dev · 23/09/2026
lol here’s David Jolly’s next campaign ad
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Miriam B. Goodman, PhD @wormsense.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
#bioscifacjobs
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Matt Bracken @brackenlab.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Tenure-track assistant professor position in #ecology at Whitman College in Walla Walla, Washington: apply.interfolio.com/190454
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Miriam B. Goodman, PhD @wormsense.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
#bioscifacjobs
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Alex Merz 🇺🇸🇨🇦🇺🇦 @merz.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
Our new paper with @ckellison.bsky.social. is finally out! We identify an ancient and widely conserved mechanism that promotes initiation of fiber polymerization in type IV pili and type II secretion systems.
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β-strand addition within tip initiation complexes licenses assembly of diverse type IV filaments | PNAS
PilC/PilY1 proteins are tip-located adhesins of type IV pili (T4P) that are critical for T4P function in diverse behaviors including twitching moti...
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Miriam B. Goodman, PhD @wormsense.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
#bioscifacjobs
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emptywheel @emptywheel.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
The Kavanaugh Stop from Hell that Destroys Minnesota's Other Criminal Cases emptywheel.net/2026/08/23/t...
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The Kavanaugh Stop from Hell that Destroys Minnesota's Other Criminal Cases - emptywheel
The Mohamed Jama case in Minnesota -- one of almost 40 that have fallen apart -- provides evidence that Customs and Border Patrol agents conspired to do precisely what the MN-15 are accused of: illega...
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Miriam B. Goodman, PhD @wormsense.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
#bioscifacjobs
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Neuron @cp-neuron.bsky.social · 08/08/2026
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Early-life stress alters H3K4me1 in VTA to prime stress sensitivity
Kim, Geiger et al. report that early-life stress increases the chromatin modification H3K4me1 and its enzymatic writer, SETD7, in the ventral tegmental area. They show that this form of epigenetic priming is necessary and sufficient for early-life stress to sensitize transcriptional, physiological, and behavioral responses to subsequent stressors.
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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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Rebekah Rogers @evolscientist.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
Officially recruiting postdocs at GW. If you are interested in genetic novelty, structural variation, or evo genetics please get in touch! We have data sets on mulitple organisms with large population sizes (Drosophila, Megalonaias nervosa) and species in decline (fireflies, mussels, elephants).
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Niakan Lab @niakanlab.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
We have a postdoc position available in the lab and would like to spread the word. Please apply if you are interested! www.cam.ac.uk/jobs/researc...
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Research Associate (Fixed Term)
We seek a highly motivated Postdoctoral Research Associate to join the laboratory of Professor Kathy Niakan. We are based in the Loke Centre for Trophoblast Research (LCTR), in the Department of Physi...
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Zebrafish Information Network (ZFIN) @zfinmod.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
[Job] Assistant Professor-Biology, Department of Biology, The College of New Jersey, Ewing Township, NJ #zebrafish
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Assistant Professor-Biology, Department of Biology, The College of New Jersey, Ewing Township, NJ - Jobs - Confluence
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Dr. Valentina Alaasam @vale-alaasam.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
I am looking for PhD students and postdocs to join my lab at the University of Pittsburgh in Fall 2027. Anyone excited about urban evolution, hummingbirds, & community engagement, please reach out! And/or find me at #AOS2026 this week! More info here: www.valentina-alaasam.com
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George O'Toole (he/him/his) @geiselbiofilm.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
Pls share. Assistant Professor of Biological Sciences - Genetics/Genomics at Smith College. apply.interfolio.com/190342
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Dr. Katharine Dickson @metaomicsnerd.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
This may be the biggest mistake I’ve ever heard of anyone making in an undergraduate microbiology laboratory - and it wasn’t the students’ fault. arstechnica.com/health/2026/...
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College lab class ends with 32 people on antibiotics for deadly germ exposure
Lab students were supposed to ID a mild germ. They all identified a deadly pathogen.
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Turlier lab @turlierlab.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
Very happy to have this work finally published! How do embryos sculpt their shape? We map the contractile & adhesive forces shaping early C. elegans embryos. With K. Yamamoto @ittoku04.bsky.social G. Charras' lab @gcharras.bsky.social & my team @turlierlab.bsky.social shorturl.at/xv7G5 1/6
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Mike Piacentino @mikepiacentino.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
Come join us! 🔬🐣 The Piacentino Lab at Johns Hopkins @hopkinsmedicine.bsky.social is recruiting a postdoc to study membrane lipids, cell migration, and invasion in neural crest and embryonic models! @socdevbio.bsky.social @ascbiology.bsky.social #devbiol #cellbio #lipids
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Tatiana Moiseeva @tat1anamoiseeva.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
Our lab at Pitt is looking to hire a technician. Ideal candidate would be a recent graduate with some cell biology skills, looking to expand their experience before applying to a PhD program in a couple of years. If you are this person, interested in DNA replication, please email me. moiseevalab.com
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Tatiana Moiseeva Lab
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John Tuthill @tuthill.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
My department, Neurobiology and Biophysics at the University of Washington (nbio.uw.edu), is hiring a new tenure-track Assistant Professor, application deadline 09/30/26. It's a broad search — molecular to organismal, all of neuroscience/physiology/biophysics welcome. apply.interfolio.com/187735
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Kevin Collins @kevinemco.bsky.social · 26/06/2026
Dem Party leaders: We need you to vote harder NYC primary voters: Okay Dem Party leaders: No, not like that
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Miriam B. Goodman, PhD @wormsense.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
#bioscifacjobs
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Adema Ribic @ademaribic.bsky.social · 13/06/2026
You can read all about it here while it's making it's rounds through review www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6... Comments and feedback are welcome, especially as we plan our next studies
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Robust learning-driven structural and functional plasticity of spines in the mature mouse cortex
Spines in the adult cortex are thought to be highly stable, and that their capacity for modest remodeling supports learning. Using a visual association task and a multilevel imaging approach in adult ...
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Alex Merz 🇺🇸🇨🇦🇺🇦 @merz.bsky.social · 11/06/2026
Reminder — UW #Microbiology has an open search for an Assistant Professor, focusing on fundamental problems in #bacteriology! If you or someone you know would be suitable, here's the ad: apply.interfolio.com/185622
Screenshot of the job listing linked in full above
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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 11/06/2026
I literally became the Stages of Vince McMahon Excitement meme watching this trailer.
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The Furious Trailer #1 (2026)
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Robert Kozol @cavefish.bsky.social · 04/06/2026
I am happy to announce that my penultimate post-doc paper (Erik Duboue lab/X) is finally out in Science Advances. This work stems from my first cavefish experiments, examining how dark-adapted cavefish larvae respond to changes in illumination. www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
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Evolution of a central dopamine circuit underlies adaptation of a light-evoked sensorimotor response in the blind cavefish
Evolution shifts dopamine neuron responses in cavefish, reversing how light drives their behavior.
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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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Joachim Goedhart @joachimgoedhart.bsky.social · 18/05/2026
Green genetically encoded IP3 biosensor for hierarchical analysis of its signaling network by Tetsuya Kitaguchi and team: www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
Figure 1. Schematic drawing of Green iPenguins.
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Waggoner Lab @labwaggoner.bsky.social · 13/05/2026
Lineage and organ signals sequentially build organ intrinsic nervous systems @nature.com @yalepress.bsky.social www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Surojit Sural @surojitsural.bsky.social · 17/05/2026
Nematode extracellular protein interactome expands connections between signaling pathways www.cell.com/cell-genomic...
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Nematode extracellular protein interactome expands connections between signaling pathways
Protein-protein interactions among cell-surface and secreted proteins are difficult to study and remain mostly hidden. Nawrocka et al. report the C. elegans extracellular interactome dataset for a div...
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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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Maureen Barr @barrlab.bsky.social · 12/05/2026
POSTDOC OPPORTUNITY!!! The Rutgers IRACDA program is phenomenal: 70% of postdoctoral fellows land faculty positions. Martha Soto (LinkedIn below) is the amazing director and leader of this program. Please apply or reach out if you have questions. www.linkedin.com/posts/martha...
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INSPIRE is recruiting! Please share broadly with senior graduate students and beginning postdocs. INSPIRE, the NIH-funded Rutgers-IRACDA, offers postdoctoral training for individuals interested in… | ...
INSPIRE is recruiting! Please share broadly with senior graduate students and beginning postdocs. INSPIRE, the NIH-funded Rutgers-IRACDA, offers postdoctoral training for individuals interested in com...
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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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Dr. Cate Peña @cate-cholamine.bsky.social · 05/05/2026
I’m recruiting a new lab manger! Please pass on to anyone who might be interested, and have them reach out to me once they’ve applied. Photo proof of awesome lab to join research-princeton.icims.com/jobs/21793/r...
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Eliza Bliss-Moreau @eblissmoreau.bsky.social · 22/04/2026
Spread the word! We are recruiting for 6 new research professors at UC Davis' California National Primate Research Center. Open rank, open area, but must leverage 🐒 resources. recruit.ucdavis.edu/JPF07561
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6 Positions - Assistant, Associate, Full Professional Researcher
University of California, Davis is hiring. Apply now!
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Wyoming Wormboy @wyomingwormboy.bsky.social · 20/04/2026
I have a position open for a Research Associate - Postbac opportunity. For those with curiosity and tenacity, a chance to delve deeply into a project, learn new techniques, and publish papers, all in a friendly environment. Suited for recent college (BS) grads with prior relevant experience.
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Peiwei Chen @peiwei-chen.bsky.social · 17/04/2026
plz repost 🙏 we are looking for a technician to start this summer/fall for 1-2 years to work with me at Cornell in the labs of @cedricfeschotte.bsky.social and Andy Clark, in collaboration with @corriemoreau.bsky.social on flies & termites 🪰🐜🧬🔬 Ithaca is gorges! jobs.hr.cornell.edu/us/en/job/WD...
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CALS- Technician I- Molecular Biology and Genetics in Ithaca, New York, United States of America | Research & Instructional Support at Cornell University
Apply for CALS- Technician I- Molecular Biology and Genetics job with Cornell University in Ithaca, New York, United States of America. Research & Instructional Support at Cornell University
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MwahahahahahadScientist @mads100tist.bsky.social · 17/04/2026
HAHA SUCK A DICK CENTRAL DOGMA 🧪
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Harmit Singh Malik @harmitmalik.bsky.social · 16/04/2026
@hhmi-science.bsky.social's #FreemanHrabowski Scholars Program offers early career faculty up to $10M over 10 yrs, plus salary & benefits Stable, sustained support can transform your career: Senior Postdoc? This year's competition has a program for you too. Applications open 11/3! bit.ly/4vhC0LA
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Early Career Faculty Program | Freeman Hrabowski Scholars | HHMI
The Freeman Hrabowski Scholars Program offers comprehensive support to outstanding early career faculty committed to scientific excellence in their own research, and to fostering labs that expand the ...
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Dan Richards @dan-m-richards.bsky.social · 16/04/2026
Normally non-toxic bacteria, when induced to produce the bioplastic PHB, kill C. elegans! PHB has been in the microbiology text books for over a century — in this new study I co-authored with Gabrielle Giese in the Walhout lab we show this bioplastic is also relevant for host-microbe interactions!
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Daria Van Tyne @dariavantyne.bsky.social · 08/04/2026
My lab at Pitt is looking for a Research Scientist to help us make phage therapy for patients with antibiotic-resistant infections. Please share and apply! cfopitt.taleo.net/careersectio...
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Research Scientist
Click the link provided to see the complete job description.
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Mark Peifer (He, him) @peiferlabunc.bsky.social · 06/04/2026
If you know a graduating undergraduate looking for the chance to spend 1-2 years in a lab before graduate school, we're hiring! Our lab explores morphogenesis, defining how the cell adhesion & cytoskeletal machinery work together to allow cells to change shape & move tarheels.live/peiferlab/ 1/n RT
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Sylvie Callegari @sylviecallegari.bsky.social · 06/04/2026
Another postdoc position for my lab is now open. This one is for a biochemist/cell biologist who really likes mitochondria and ubiquitin. If this is you, please apply here: www.seek.com.au/job/91277535
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Biochemist/Cell Biologist Research Officer Job in Parkville, Melbourne VIC - SEEK
An excellent opportunity is available for a Research Officer / Senior Research Officer to join the Callegari Lab at WEHI.
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The Onion @theonion.com · 02/04/2026
Holy Shit, Man Walks On Fucking Moon
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Zita Carvalho-Santos Lab @zsantoslab.bsky.social · 25/03/2026
🚨🚨 New preprint 🚨🚨 We found that the ovary directly controls protein appetite in Drosophila. Yes — the ovary doesn’t just make eggs… it tells the fly what to eat! www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6... If you want all the details, click above ☝️ If you just want the fun, GIF-guided overview, keep reading 👇
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