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Noelle Dwyer

@noelledwyerphd.bsky.social
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Neural Developmental and Cell Biologist. My lab studies how neural stem cells build the brain. Cell division, cilia, cytoskeleton, neurogenesis. Mom, feminist, curious person. Opinions are my own.

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Noelle Dwyer @noelledwyerphd.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Here is the NYT article : www.nytimes.com/2026/09/29/u... Here is Pope Leo's encyclical: www.vatican.va/content/leo-... He thinks technology should help people, that the welfare of people should take priority over machines and corporations, and a computer program is not a person. Voila.
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Religious Scholars Met With Anthropic. What They Heard Stunned Them.
In a series of private meetings, the company consulted religious scholars to help instill morality into its A.I. models — and make the case that Claude could be conscious.
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Noelle Dwyer @noelledwyerphd.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Virginians: Vote! Not just for Senate and Congress, but ALSO on constitutional amendments for liberty. @cvilletomorrow.bsky.social has explainers on the 3 amendments on the Virginia ballot. 1 reproductive health rights 2. marriage rights. 3. voting rights.
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Tim @timisstuck.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
And then publish your negative results! bsky.app/profile/timi...
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Mark Peifer (He, him) @peiferlabunc.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Please share--2 tenure track positions!
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George O'Toole (he/him/his) @geiselbiofilm.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Pls share: Two tenure-track positions in Molecular Microbiology at Virginia Tech. I had a great visit there a couple of years ago! jobs.apply.vt.edu/jobs/assista...
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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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James O’Loughlin @jamesoloughlin.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
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Olivia Goldman PhD @oliviagoldman.net · 25/09/2026
Postdocs across STEM: we’d love your advice! 👀 Did you apply for fellowships before starting your postdoc? If so, did you already have a formal or informal offer from your postdoc mentor? This is for @cientificolatino.com’s #NextLab program for senior grad students. Please share your experience!
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Noelle Dwyer @noelledwyerphd.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
“Is it ethical (for an AI company) to use their customer’s data to try to scoop their customer?” asked Dr. Buckmaster www.nytimes.com/2026/09/27/s...
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Did Anthropic’s A.I. Really Make a Scientific Discovery on Its Own? (Gift Article)
An expert at the University of Copenhagen said his team had been sharing its research with the company’s A.I. model, Claude, and that its new finding matched their work.
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Noelle Dwyer @noelledwyerphd.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
I recommend going to watch the livestreams of these Alaskan bears for relaxation! 😊🐻 On @explore.org webpage
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Carl Zimmer @carlzimmer.com · 25/09/2026
Anthropic's new biology lab released a technical report on using AI to discover new enzymes. Experts I talked to say "discover" is doing a lot of work here. Story: nyti.ms/4xOGWI7
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Anthropic’s A.I. Is Teaching Itself Biology. Now It’s Made Its First Discovery. (Gift Article)
Scientists at the company announced their first finding: a group of enzymes whose function is unknown.
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Noelle Dwyer @noelledwyerphd.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Examples of art inspired by science @artologica.net (I have a few of her pieces inspired by neurons and mitosis! )
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Noelle Dwyer @noelledwyerphd.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
#ciliagate story continues:
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Noelle Dwyer @noelledwyerphd.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Fire amoeba can build a mitotic spindle and midbody at 63°C??! Paper in Cell here: www.cell.com/cell/fulltex... 🧪🔥 #cellbio #cytokinesis #abscission
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Society for Neuroscience @sfn.org · 24/09/2026
The 2026 Neuroscience Meeting Planner is live! Search through abstracts, save the sessions you don't want to miss, and start building the itinerary that shapes your #SfN26 week. Start planning today. 🔗 vist.ly/5jqk8 #neurosky #neuroskyence #scisky
Neuroscience 2026 logo and a person using a meeting planner app on a smartphone.
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American Society for Cell Biology @ascbiology.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
A federal court has temporarily blocked a new rule limiting F-1 and J-1 students to four years in the U.S. ASCB previously submitted comments opposing the change. Read more: www.ascb.org/science-policy/court-b…
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Carrie Adler @carrieadler.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Come be my colleague here in Ithaca! We're looking for a colleague doing cool science in the realm of genome editing, structural biology, or pharmacology. Or all of the above. apps.hr.cornell.edu/recruiting/f...
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Academic Career Opportunities
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Noelle Dwyer @noelledwyerphd.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
Yes our department at UVA is looking for new faculty colleagues working in Cell & Developmental Biology. We work with a variety of cell types, tissues, systems, approaches. apply.interfolio.com/191024 Please re-post! #cellbio #devbio 🧪🧠🔬😄
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Drug Monkey @drugmonkey.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
#icymi
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Noelle Dwyer @noelledwyerphd.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
Yes our department at UVA is looking for new faculty colleagues working in Cell & Developmental Biology. We work with a variety of cell types, tissues, systems, approaches. apply.interfolio.com/191024 Please re-post! #cellbio #devbio 🧪🧠🔬😄
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Noelle Dwyer @noelledwyerphd.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
Important paper from Hippenmeyer Lab! Neural stem cells of embryonic cortex have different cell division outcomes in organoids versus in vivo. Factors in the intact brain stem cell niche are essential for temporal control of lineage progression. #neurodevelopment #cellbio #devbio 🧠🐭🧪
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Noelle Dwyer @noelledwyerphd.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
Are you going to have this peer-reviewed and published? Are you going to report them to the Better Business Bureau? Will some states attorneys general file for class action lawsuit and refunds?
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Noelle Dwyer @noelledwyerphd.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
Cool new paper about ESCRT-III assembling around lagging DNA in the #midbody during cytokinetic #abscission of HeLa cells! New role for ESCRTs and Chmp1B! #midbodies are amazing.
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Developmental 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
Gail Martin looking at the camera, sitting on a bench in front of a lily pad pond in her garden in Berkeley. Photo from Brigid Hogan.
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Noelle Dwyer @noelledwyerphd.bsky.social · 17/06/2026
Free access to our article through this link until July 29th, 2026: authors.elsevier.com/a/1nF5A2mzTo...
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Noelle Dwyer @noelledwyerphd.bsky.social · 17/06/2026
Postdoc position in a cool worm neurobiology lab! 👇
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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 14/06/2026
From @theathletic.com: After 53 years, the New York Knicks are NBA champions. With all due respect to Knicks greats like Patrick Ewing, Walt Frazier and Willis Reed, Jalen Brunson is now the greatest Knick of all time, our columnist writes. nyti.ms/4ovh6Wq
Jalen Brunson holds a trophy surrounded by his teammates. Headline: Jalen Brunson Is Officially The Greatest Knick Ever
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Noelle Dwyer @noelledwyerphd.bsky.social · 03/06/2026
Cool paper from Rebecca Heald lab! "Triploid brain cells are less proliferative but do not exhibit differences in transcription" (me: !!) www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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Ploidy and neuron size impact nervous system development and function in Xenopus
Neuron size varies significantly over evolution, contributing to diverse nervous systems of variable complexity, while aberrant neuron size is associa…
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Society for Neuroscience @sfn.org · 03/06/2026
One week left to submit your abstract! #SfN26 is where meaningful scientific exchange happens. Don’t miss your opportunity to be part of it. The deadline to submit is Wednesday, June 10. 🔗 vist.ly/56fwe
Promotional image for the Neuroscience 2026 conference in Washington, D.C. showcasing a group discussing research posters.
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Lerit Lab @lablerit.bsky.social · 03/06/2026
Heads up: Abstracts for @ascbiology.bsky.social annual meeting are due earlier this year. If you/your trainees want to be considered for a talk or early poster, submit by 9 June! You would save $75. Also... registration is not open until July
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Cell Bio 2026 - An ASCB|EMBO Meeting
Registration and attend Cell Bio 2026 - An ASCB|EMBO Meeting and network
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Markus Deserno @markusdeserno.bsky.social · 03/06/2026
In have made an effort to comment—more calmly and objectively that I through possible—on the proposed OMB changes. There are extremely strong non-partisan arguments that can be made. I urge my scientific friends to take the time and comment as well.
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Noelle Dwyer @noelledwyerphd.bsky.social · 03/06/2026
Our paper is out in Developmental Biology! It's part of a special issue on Forebrain Development. Mouse KO of Togaram1, a Joubert Syndrome gene, has defects in forebrain morphogenesis and neurogenesis. 🐭🧠🧪 #cilia #devbio #cellbio www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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Microtubule binding protein Togaram1 is required for proper development of mammalian forebrain and neural primary cilia
Proper forebrain development relies on precise spatial and temporal control of early neural stem cell (NSC) proliferation and later neurogenesis. Brai…
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Noelle Dwyer @noelledwyerphd.bsky.social · 19/05/2026
ASCB provides a script to make it easy: Call the U.S. Capitol Switchboard at (202) 224-3121 and ask to be connected to your Representative or Senators’ offices.
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Noelle Dwyer @noelledwyerphd.bsky.social · 19/05/2026
Our article in MBoC is now available in full text as HTML or formatted PDF! Lots of data added since the preprint! Double KO of Cep55 and p53 disrupts epithelial structure with "frankenstein" undead cells: www.molbiolcell.org/doi/full/10....
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Molecular Biology of the Cell (MBoC)
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Sandy Kawano, PhD @sandyk.bsky.social · 12/05/2026
Job Alert! I am recruiting a postdoc (and soon a lab tech) to study the functional morphology and biomechanics of walking-like behaviors in fishes at the University of Virginia. Details at: jobs.virginia.edu/us/en/job/R0.... Ads for postdoc+lab tech on salamander locomotion grant coming soon! 🧪🐟🦎
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Research Associate in Biology in Charlottesville, Virginia, United States of America | Research at University of Virginia
Apply for Research Associate in Biology job with University of Virginia in Charlottesville, Virginia, United States of America. Research at University of Virginia
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Noelle Dwyer @noelledwyerphd.bsky.social · 12/05/2026
Interviewer: What do you think are the biggest problems science as a whole is facing today? Linda responds: "... I believe attempts at gaming the scientific publication system will get progressively worse over time. ..." And she didn't even mention AI-generated fake papers!
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Carl Zimmer @carlzimmer.com · 23/04/2026
Spending on new medical research by the National Institutes of Health has fallen roughly $1 billion behind the pace of years past, delaying thousands of scientific projects. Story by Ben Mueller & @irenatfh.bsky.social Gift link: nyti.ms/4ctOSqM
Graph showing NIH awards by year. 2026 lags far behind 2021-2024 average.
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Noelle Dwyer @noelledwyerphd.bsky.social · 21/04/2026
Polls are open until 7pm for the VA referendum today 4/21. Find your polling place here, and dont forget to bring your ID! #vote www.elections.virginia.gov/casting-a-ba...
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Search for your polling place in Virginia, and find out what's on the ballot for the next upcoming election.
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Drug Monkey @drugmonkey.bsky.social · 19/04/2026
A nice depiction of the problem.
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Christos Argyropoulos MD, PhD, FASN 🇺🇸 0kale/acc @christosargyrop.bsky.social · 20/04/2026
#oopsie Anthropic secretly installs spyware when you install Claude Desktop www.thatprivacyguy.com/blog/anthrop...
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Anthropic secretly installs spyware when you install Claude Desktop — That Privacy Guy!
Anthropic's Claude Desktop silently installs a Native Messaging bridge into seven Chromium browsers, including browsers Anthropic's own documentation says it does not support, and browsers the user ha...
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Noelle Dwyer @noelledwyerphd.bsky.social · 17/04/2026
Our latest #abscission paper is online at MBoC www.molbiolcell.org/doi/10.1091/... . We looked at what happens when there are stochastic abscission failures in a polarized epithelium in vivo. 1/6
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Cytokinetic abscission failures in a polarized epithelium affect apical membrane size and cilia | Molecular Biology of the Cell
Cytokinetic abscission genes are linked to cancers and developmental disorders, but the consequences of disrupted abscission in vivo remain under-explored. Previously we showed that in the forebrain o...
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Noelle Dwyer @noelledwyerphd.bsky.social · 17/04/2026
Reposting today since Bluesky was weird yesterday. Also for #fluorescencefriday image of green cilia on apical membranes of neural stem cells. See our new preprint for details! www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
a sheet of epithelial cells outlined in red in a honeycomb pattern, and primary cilia labeled in green
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Noelle Dwyer @noelledwyerphd.bsky.social · 16/04/2026
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American Society for Cell Biology @ascbiology.bsky.social · 16/04/2026
From MBoC… Now accepting submissions for the Cell Biology of the Nervous System special issue. Share your research on nervous system cell biology with the community: www.molbiolcell.org/nervous-system
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Noelle Dwyer @noelledwyerphd.bsky.social · 16/04/2026
Our preprint about Togaram1 mouse knockout brain phenotypes is on bioRxiv! This is a model of Joubert Syndrome ciliopathy caused by loss of Togaram1 (aka Crescerin1 aka FAM179B). Primary #cilia defects in neural stem cells. Neurogenesis, mitotis, apoptosis, morphogenesis phenotypes! #cellbio
mouse embryo with small brain and small eye
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Mark Peifer (He, him) @peiferlabunc.bsky.social · 05/03/2026
Another Society journal doing the right thing! @socdevbio.bsky.social confirms that upon acceptance in @devbiol.bsky.social authors can upload the accepted and unformatted version of your manuscript to the NIH Manuscript Submission system, satisfying NIH and making it available to all
Dear SDB Members,
 
I am writing to clarify how to fully comply with the 2024 NIH Public Access Policy without paying the current $3,910 Article Processing Fee for Open Access for your paper accepted in Developmental Biology.
 
Attached is a diagram showing the process.
 
Once you receive the letter of acceptance for your paper in Developmental Biology, upload the accepted and unformatted version of your manuscript to the NIH Manuscript Submission system, NIHMS (nihms.nih.gov).
 
Select “0 months” for the embargo.
 
Once approved, you will receive a PCMID number for your manuscript. Your manuscript will then be publicly accessible, satisfying the NIH Public Access Policy requirement.
 
If you choose the “Open Access” option, you will pay the $3,910 Article Processing Fee. If you choose the “Subscription” option, you do not pay any fee. Developmental Biology has traditionally not charged authors for any fees as it was subsidized by institutional subscriptions. Royalties from Developmental Biology's institutional subscriptions also support SDB’s programs. SDB encourages you to ask your library to subscribe to Developmental Biology. Save your funds and support the SDB, while also fully complying with the NIH Public Access Policy!
 
Yours truly,
 
Richard Behringer, PhD
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Sophie G Martin @sophiemartinlab.bsky.social · 03/03/2026
You are finishing your PhD and looking to continue in science? The Martin lab @biology-unige.bsky.social has an open postdoctoral position in cell biology to study cell-cell fusion. For more information, please consult mocel.unige.ch/research-gro.... Thanks for reposting!
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Contact/Job - Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology - UNIGE
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Parichy Lab | Dave Parichy @dparichy.bsky.social · 23/02/2026
We have a postdoc position available. Please forward to anyone who may be interested.
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Society for Developmental Biology @socdevbio.bsky.social · 17/02/2026
SDB is sad to announce the passing of Gail R. Martin (1944-2026) after a short illness in San Francisco. Martin served as SDB President in 2007 and was the recipient the Conklin Medal in 2002 and the @FASEBorg Excellence in Science Award in 2011. bit.ly/4aIfu5d
Photo of Gail R. Martin
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Noelle Dwyer @noelledwyerphd.bsky.social · 20/02/2026
Amen. So many non-specific antibodies, so much wasted money and time.
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Noelle Dwyer @noelledwyerphd.bsky.social · 17/02/2026
Worth reading for possible explanations and their suggested experiments in Discussion. Note that peer review time was defined as the time from submission to acceptance, so includes time spent on revisions. Would have liked to see that separated out.
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