Reposted by Maria BustilloMark Peifer (He, him) @peiferlabunc.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Are you looking for a postdoc exploring the cell biology of development, defining how cells change shape and move? Do you want to develop a research program & teaching skills preparing you for a position at a college or small University? Our new NIH grant will support those goals 1/n Please share 5105103
Reposted by Maria BustilloMeike van der Heijden @meikeesther.bsky.social · 17/06/2026The problem: most developmental circuits make more connections than are ultimately used. These connections compete with each other for selection in final circuits. Atypical circuit assembly arises when functional inputs are favored over dysfunctional ones. Is that good or bad? 131
Reposted by Maria BustilloMeike van der Heijden @meikeesther.bsky.social · 17/06/2026New Preprint: Competitive Olivocerebellar Input Selection Promotes Resilient Circuit Formation -- Join the ride for some developmental neuroscience, stay for some pretty pictures. doi.org/10.64898/202...doi.orgCompetitive Olivocerebellar Input Selection Promotes Resilient Circuit FormationMany neural circuits undergo competitive input selection, a process in which supernumerary connections compete for innervation territory on target cells. This process can create atypical circuits when... 32714
Reposted by Maria BustilloMwahahahahahadScientist @mads100tist.bsky.social · 17/09/2026We are at a critical point in which we need to decide whether we like our job and whether we like our colleagues, and whether we like our community, and what we can do to make it stronger. Otherwise, isolationism will lead to communities going the way of the Dodo 🧪 1539
Reposted by Maria BustilloMwahahahahahadScientist @mads100tist.bsky.social · 17/09/2026You know what's also interactive? Reading the paper. Talk to your colleagues about the paper you just read. Tell them why you loved it. Tell them why you hated it. And even better: invite the authors to talk about their paper 🧪 1621761
Reposted by Maria BustilloJane Rosenzweig @janerosenzweig.bsky.social · 17/09/2026Here's what I like about this: Instead of answering the question, what should we do about AI, these outcomes answer the question, what do we want our students to be able to do? Yes, implementation has new challenges now because of AI. And in some fields, what we want our students to be able to do/1 29125
Reposted by Maria BustilloSweta Agrawal @hokuba.bsky.social · 16/09/2026Towards this end, Wayne developed a novel behavioral assay, informally referred to as the "Hokie Pokie." Flies are tethered and flying in the dark, and then we raise a platform to contact their legs and see what happens. 153
Reposted by Maria BustilloSweta Agrawal @hokuba.bsky.social · 16/09/2026The Agrawal lab has published its first paper! "Sticking the landing: leg mechanosensory feedback coordinates the transition from flight to landing" www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6... This project was led by a technician in the lab, Tse-Wei (Wayne) Kuo. Brief 🧵on what we foundagrawal-lab-workspace.slack.comSlack 88228
Reposted by Maria BustilloDr. Jaye Gardiner @jayeperview.bsky.social · 17/09/2026An article was written up about me and my research for the Tufts newspaper! Check it out here: now.tufts.edu/2026/09/10/l... 3356
Reposted by Maria BustilloNoah Whiteman @nkwhiteman.bsky.social · 15/09/2026Fly people: please consider nominating your PhD student who completed their dissertation in any area of Drosophila research between July 2025 and December 2026 for the @genetics-gsa.bsky.social Larry Sandler Award. Nominations due by November 12: genetics-gsa.org/awards/larry...genetics-gsa.orgLarry Sandler Award - Genetics Society of AmericaThe Larry Sandler Award was established in 1988 by the colleagues, friends, and students of Dr. Larry Sandler after his untimely death in 1987. The award serves to honor Dr. Sandler for his many contr... 035
Reposted by Maria BustilloShefali @iamshef.bsky.social · 11/09/2026Hey #Drosophila folks - the #flycross #mentee survey is open for #grad students, #postdoc and #pretenure faculty. ~95 mentors from across the world, with diverse expertise. The co-chairs @shyama13.bsky.social and @jocmcdonald.bsky.social have done a phenomenal work in taking the program forward 🎉 22018
Reposted by Maria BustilloItai Yanai @itaiyanai.bsky.social · 09/09/2026PhD students: this is happening tomorrow so there is still time to sign up (already 90 participants registered!). 073
Reposted by Maria BustilloVirtual Gastrulation Zoom Talks @vgzt2021.bsky.social · 07/09/2026🧬✨ VGZT SEASON 8 IS HERE! ✨🧬 Calling all developmental biology enthusiasts 👀 A new season of Virtual Gastrulation Zoom Talks is officially underway, and we have an exciting speaker line-up coming your way! Check out the poster below for everything coming up in Season 8! 👇 #devbio#gastrulation#sci 12112
Reposted by Maria BustilloEle Willoughby @minouette.bsky.social · 05/09/2026This is an obvious choice for me. Lovely red Cuprite might be full of copper but Orpiment, which literally means gold pigment is a poisonous pigment used since antiquity! Vote Orpiment! #MinCup26 But, have I got a story for you… Orpiment is used by the deep-sea worm Paralvinella hessleri 🧵popsci.comDeep sea worm wears Rembrandt’s favorite toxic colorRembrandt painted with it. This worm survives on it. Say hello to orpiment. 19132
Reposted by Maria BustilloShyama Nandakumar @shyama13.bsky.social · 31/08/2026#drosophila folks, the Mentor survey for FlyCROSS closes soon! Please sign up using the link below, please RT and spread the word!! @flybase.bsky.social @fly-eds.bsky.social @fly-jedi.bsky.social @genetics-gsa.bsky.social @iamshef.bsky.social docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...docs.google.com2026 FlyCROSS Survey For MentorsWe appreciate you taking the time and volunteering to be a mentor! Add dmelcross@gmail.com to your email address book or safe sender list, so that you can receive our emails. To be a participating men... 035
Reposted by Maria BustilloEMILY WILSON @emilyrcwilson.bsky.social · 22/07/2026Odysseus repeatedly tells lies about coming from Crete. Crete is a land of a past that never happened. The Cretan cover says: As you read this Odyssey, think about lying, identity, story-telling, myth, and whether the past can ever be truly recaptured. 434627
Reposted by Maria BustilloAAUP @aaup.org · 22/07/2026The White House didn’t weigh scientific merit or alleged noncompliance of grant terms when they cut billions in life-saving research, they just looked for words they didn’t like. Blue states were specifically targeted for defunding. 015582
Reposted by Maria BustilloDevelopmental Biology @devbiol.bsky.social · 22/07/2026#DBfeature A tribute to Gail R Martin, mouse geneticist and mentor extraordinaire (April 12, 1944 - Feb 9, 2026) By Alexandra Joyner doi.org/10.1016/j.ydbio.2026.05.007 23519
Reposted by Maria BustilloAnna Kornbluh @annakornbluh.bsky.social · 20/07/2026the best day for the presidents of every R1 to hold a press conference screaming that higher ed is our second largest export and destroying it is economic sabotage and soft power detonation was Jan 21st 2025. the next best day is tomorrow. 7780257
Reposted by Maria BustilloMark Peifer (He, him) @peiferlabunc.bsky.social · 18/06/2026The array of organs in the animal body differ dramatically in their architecture, but cell-cell adhesion mediated by cadherins is a common principle. Our lab usually focuses on epithelia but cadherins are also active in migrating mesenchymal cells like these migrating testis myoblasts 1/n 🧪 315354
Reposted by Maria BustilloNature Cell Biology @natcellbio.nature.com · 15/06/2026🏳️🌈This June, we celebrate Pride by discussing with @gunawanlab.bsky.social about his personal and academic journey as an LGBTQIA+ immigrant. Happy Pride month! #PrideinSTEM #LGBT 👉https://rdcu.be/forCt www.nature.com/articles/s41...nature.comA scientist can come from anywhere - Nature Cell BiologyThis June, we celebrate Pride by discussing with Felix Gunawan, assistant professor at the University of Toronto and co-affiliate group leader at the University of Münster, about his personal and acad... 0399
Reposted by Maria BustilloLeading Edge Fellows Program @leadingedgeprogram.bsky.social · 09/06/2026We are thrilled to announce the 2026 Zara Weinberg Leading Edge Fellows! 40 remarkable postdocs pursuing transformative research in biological/biomedical sciences. This is the 7th Leading Edge cohort and we are so excited to welcome them! www.leadingedgesymposium.org/fellows/ 011855
Reposted by Maria BustilloMichalis Averof @michalis-averof.bsky.social · 19/04/2026These images show live embryos of animals (jellyfish, crustacean, worm, sea urchin, sea squirt, beetle) and one of animals closest single-celled relatives. They were captured taking advantage of fluorescent proteins localised on the outer membrane of cells, allowing us to observe cell outlines. 1/9 521060
Reposted by Maria BustilloSwapna Krishna @swapnakrishna.com · 07/04/2026Earthset from Artemis II. I am overcome. 4862421550
Reposted by Maria BustilloMark Peifer (He, him) @peiferlabunc.bsky.social · 06/04/2026If 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 312886
Reposted by Maria BustilloCaroline Bartman @cbartman.bsky.social · 07/04/2026New PI presenting to senior PIs at faculty mtg 05811
Reposted by Maria BustilloMeike van der Heijden @meikeesther.bsky.social · 01/04/2026What parents need, is to be able to actually work when we work (affordable, reliable childcare), and actually not work when we don’t work (no meetings or seminars after five). 2185
Reposted by Maria BustilloValerie Tornini @valetornini.bsky.social · 31/03/2026Happy to share our article on @cientificolatino.com's GSEC program: a national mentorship program for 1st-year STEM grad students, geared for those from underrepresented backgrounds. We review why programs like this are urgently needed & what we learned while running it 🧵 doi.org/10.64898/202... 11611
Reposted by Maria BustilloMark Peifer (He, him) @peiferlabunc.bsky.social · 16/03/2026Science professors and educators all have a role in combating this eugenics resurgence www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... 312952
Reposted by Maria BustilloEvan Bardot (he/him) @ebardot.bsky.social · 16/03/2026Once again shouting into the void to say that there is no excuse for using red/green for immunofluorescence images. Obviously 4+ color imaging is difficult to present, but any reason someone gives for using red/green in 2-3 color images is trash. 3107
Reposted by Maria BustilloKara McKinley @karalmckinley.bsky.social · 12/03/20261st McKinley Lab grad student’s 1st preprint! @claireang.bsky.social studied how the uterus safely excises massive amounts of tissue during menstruation and pregnancy. Come for her GORGEOUS images, stay for her incredible discoveries. www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6... w/ @akelleher1017.bsky.social 812732
Reposted by Maria BustilloBen Hopkins @brhopkins92.bsky.social · 06/03/2026Quick plug for our new resource, the Drosophila Species Stock Exchange. This is a database and mailing list that documents species currently in culture and the labs holding them. If you want to know more or sign up then please get in touch. See attached for more info and please share! 65358
Reposted by Maria BustilloMichelle Chicas @michellechicas.bsky.social · 05/03/2026I’ve had blue sky for a couple of years now, but it took #DROS26 to inspire me to debut my first post. If you see me around, say hi! I’d love to get to know more people in the community 🪰 052
Reposted by Maria BustilloTara M Finegan @tarafinegan.bsky.social · 06/03/2026Fly 🪰 people are the best people! 🔬🥼🧬 having a blast in Chicago #Dros26 (but missing Dan who is serving as super dad at home) @mbustill.bsky.social @rodrigofg.bsky.social @krothphd.bsky.social 1174
Reposted by Maria BustilloMax Kozlov @maxkozlov.bsky.social · 27/02/2026Congress rejected massive cuts to US science budgets for 2026, but much of the money still isn’t flowing to researchers. The culprit? The White House Office of Management and Budget (OMB) is quietly slow-walking the release of funds. 🧵👇nature.comWhite House stalls release of approved US science budgetsThe US Congress rejected sweeping cuts to science agencies. But the NIH, the NSF and NASA have had their spending slowed. 221131758
Reposted by Maria BustilloNaomi Oreskes @naomioreskes.bsky.social · 26/02/2026My latest: www.science.org/doi/10.1126/... Next column will address needed guardrails for private funding of science, esp. in light of #Epstein/ #Summers etc.science.orgPrivate money cannot replace public funding of scienceWho should pay for American science? In the current political climate, many are looking to the private sector to compensate for cuts in public funding. At the Harvard School of Public Health—particula... 212849
Reposted by Maria BustilloEric Topol @erictopol.bsky.social · 26/02/2026This week's cover @thelancet.com 4131031441
Reposted by Maria Bustillolatinxdb.bsky.social @latinxdb.bsky.social · 20/02/2026We’re launching our Latinx DevBio interview series 🌎🧬 Our first inspiring conversation features Dr. Rosa Navarro: Leading Developmental Biology research in Mexico. Read here: sites.google.com/view/latinxi... Thanks, Dr. Navarro, for sharing your journey and insights with us! #LatinxInSciencesites.google.comLatinxDB - Interviews“The only limit is your imagination”-Dr. Rosa Navarro. 01511
Reposted by Maria BustilloUniversity of Iowa Department of Biology @uiowabiology.bsky.social · 17/02/2026Congratulations to the @dshb-antibodies.bsky.social on receiving a $3.4 million NIH grant to renovate its labs and offices! dailyiowan.com/2026/02/08/u...dailyiowan.comUI received $3.4 million grant to renovate hybrid cell labUI’s Developmental Studies Hybridoma Bank will use a $3.4 million grant from the National Institutes of Health to consolidate its various labs and offices into a lab twice as large on the north wing o... 1134
Reposted by Maria BustilloAnnika Barber @annikabarber.bsky.social · 13/02/2026The collapse of curiosity driven research has occurred in STEM too. Everything has to be outcomes focused - cure disease, grow better crops, etc. But so much of what humanity has discovered is from "basic" curiosity-driven science. I'm hugely in favor of funding curiosity in every discipline. 335361
Reposted by Maria BustilloHarmit Singh Malik @harmitmalik.bsky.social · 13/02/2026Are you a Drosophila researcher & member of @genetics-gsa.bsky.social (at any level of training)? Please vote in the Flyboard elections (we have an amazing slate of candidates) before Feb 20, 2026. Please check your email or go to this website to vote: genetics-gsa.org/2026-fly-boa... Pl repost. 13328
Reposted by Maria BustilloCarolyn Bertozzi @carolynbertozzi.bskyverified.social · 14/02/2026Can confirm 610321
Reposted by Maria BustilloAlejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 10/02/2026The United States is purposefully blockading Cuba from accessing fuel that powers everything from grocery stores to hospitals. People will die. Children will die. What's being done to the people of Cuba is monstrous. The people in power were ok with it in Gaza and now they're doing it to Cuba. 4027641141
Reposted by Maria BustilloMicah @rincewind.run · 11/02/2026the rollout of the mRNA vaccines was one of the greatest public health triumphs in history and the end result has been the all-around triumph of the antivax movement and I will never get over it 303409939
Maria Bustillo @mbustill.bsky.social · 10/02/2026Into it. (ATTN fly eye folks - very cool resource! Add it to the list of tools that make the optic lobe such a phenomenal system...) 020
Maria Bustillo @mbustill.bsky.social · 09/02/2026Co-authored by one of the coolest #wellesley profe’s around! 0174
Reposted by Maria BustilloInstitut Jacques Monod @ijmonod.bsky.social · 09/02/2026✍️The Konstantinides Lab ( @nkonst4.bsky.social ) published a new article 📖 @devbiol.bsky.social 📃 Gene expression cartography of a developing neuronal structure 🔗 www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... 044
Reposted by Maria BustilloArtButMakeItSports @artbutmakeitsports.bsky.social · 09/02/2026The Sermon on the Mount, by Beryl Lewis, before 1965, 📸 by @ScottStrazzante 55119032621
Reposted by Maria BustilloChrystal Starbird @drstarbird.bsky.social · 05/02/2026I am SO incredibly excited to announce the launch of a global list of Inspiring Black Scientists. You can use this list to nominate and connect with researchers. Please share and join us in highlighting these outstanding scientists for #BlackHistoryMonth and beyond! www.wiley.com/en-us/resear... 313678