Reposted by Ivan FerreiraNeil Tsutsui @neiltsutsui.bsky.social · 06/10/2026Only 3 more days to apply for our Assistant Professor in Arthropod Biodiversity position! The application deadline is October 9, 11:59pm! aprecruit.berkeley.edu/JPF05523aprecruit.berkeley.eduAssistant Professor - Arthropod Biodiversity - Department of Environmental Science, Policy, and ManagementUniversity of California, Berkeley is hiring. Apply now! 02640
Reposted by Ivan FerreiraBarbara Mellone 🇺🇦 @centromellone.bsky.social · 05/10/2026An other example of the value and beauty of fundamental biology research: we don’t always know what kind of future applications will be made possible by a basic discovery. This work in a single-celled alga open the doors to optigenetics 💡🧬 14817
Reposted by Ivan FerreiraCasey Dunn @caseywdunn.bsky.social · 05/10/2026Interested in joining our lab (dunnlab.org) and YIBS as a postdoc? I'm looking for someone to work on siphonophores, diversity in the open ocean, or natural history. If that's you, please reach out this week to discuss a nomination for the Donnelley Postdoc Fellowship - yibs.yale.edu/donnelley-fe...dunnlab.orgThe Dunn LabCasey Dunn's laboratory in the Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology at Yale University. 02021
Reposted by Ivan FerreiraMwahahahahahadScientist @mads100tist.bsky.social · 05/10/2026static.klipy.comPatrick Stewart's Mild Shock ReactionAlt: Patrick Stewart's Mild Shock Reaction 0309
Reposted by Ivan FerreiraAndrew Iwaniuk @evoneuro.bsky.social · 05/10/2026The answer to this question is a very loud and resounding NO. And neurobiologists don't just consider the notion of a "lizard brain" in humans misleading. It is wrong. Very wrong. The only lizard brain is that found within lizards. #neuroethology #neuroskyence www.theguardian.com/science/2026...theguardian.comDo humans really have a ‘lizard brain’ lurking beneath our rational minds?It’s a powerful analogy that captured the popular imagination, but the biological reality is quite different 34714
Reposted by Ivan FerreiraBenoit Bruneau @benoitbruneau.bsky.social · 04/10/2026Happy Pluripotency Day! #Oct4 14916
Reposted by Ivan FerreiraPrashant Sharma @prashantpsharma.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Fluorescence Friday! Wish it were mine…this is from the inimitable Sophie Neu. 081
Ivan Ferreira @ptychodera.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Wohoooo! Congratulations Sumru, Jens, and everyone involved! 020
Reposted by Ivan FerreiraFlyBase @flybase.bsky.social · 20/08/2026Treat biological databases as infrastructure, not projects www.nature.com/articles/d41...nature.comTreat biological databases as infrastructure, not projectsLetter to the Editor 17645
Reposted by Ivan FerreiraCedric Feschotte @cedricfeschotte.bsky.social · 24/09/2026Thrilled to see this published today! Truly special because we made the initial discovery >15 yrs ago! We found two copies of a human gene called BC200 embedded in a human poxvirus. BC200 blurs the line between gene & transposon—both functional & mutagenic! www.science.org/doi/10.1126/... 🧵1/nscience.orgEscape of the BC200 gene to a human poxvirus reveals its persistent transposition in primatesTransposable elements mobilize within and occasionally between genomes, including from host to virus. We identified two insertions of the human BC200 noncoding RNA gene in the poxvirus molluscum conta... 216986
Reposted by Ivan FerreiraCurrent Biology @currentbiology.bsky.social · 17/09/2026The new Current Biology Cat is #1 on @bsky.app. The wonders of the natural world still triumph over man-made madness!😻🙏 www.cell.com/current-biol... 2357
Reposted by Ivan FerreiraCoral City Camera @coralcitycamera.bsky.social · 05/08/2026Serotonin maxxing w the CCC ☺️🔮🐠🐠🐠🐠🐠🐠🐠🐠 #sergeantmajor #fishparade #brainsaver #serotoninmaxxing #acosmosoffishes 535386
Reposted by Ivan FerreiraDr. Lucky Tran @luckytran.com · 02/06/2026Incredible! Scientists receive a rare standing ovation after announcing that a new treatment can double the survival time for pancreatic cancer, the deadliest cancer which was once considered “undruggable.” When we fund and support science, we can achieve anything! (Video: Dr. Wish Dhillon) 266147593496
Reposted by Ivan FerreiraLaurent Formery @laurentformery.bsky.social · 02/06/2026Satisfying or disturbing to watch? 🤓 2824961
Ivan Ferreira @ptychodera.bsky.social · 03/06/2026things are getting weirdly cool in the echinox lab 🔥 looks like France is not only about croissants after all... 150
Ivan Ferreira @ptychodera.bsky.social · 03/06/2026For all undergrad/grad students and postdocs going to the #embo #regeneration meeting in Austria this year: highly recommend joining the trainee pre-meeting co-organized by Giulia, Carlos and Salome in beautiful Vienna! Honestly - just the chance to visit the Vienna BioCenter is worth it 021
Reposted by Ivan FerreiraZamin Iqbal @zaminiqbal.bsky.social · 25/05/2026This is awful to hear, describing how Sean Eddy (HMMER, infernal, pfam, rfam) has been defunded. The letter said his work "had been determined to be of absolutely no value to the US taxpayer, and therefore it was being specifically terminated," www.npr.org/2026/05/21/n...npr.orgResearchers say the Trump administration is finding new ways to punish scienceEven with federal grants largely restored, scientists say the Trump administration is still preventing those funds from reaching them. The consequences, they say, are already becoming clear. 7144112
Reposted by Ivan Ferreirac0nc0rdance @c0nc0rdance.bsky.social · 25/05/2026This definitely forbidden gummy is in fact a moth larva of genus Olona (possibly Olona zolotuhini). It's *normal* to want to know what flavor it is, but the answer, unfortunately is "pain". Most species in this family are covered in tiny stinging spines connected to poison glands. (📷: Janice Ang) 721860424
Reposted by Ivan FerreiraSternberg Lab @sternberglab.bsky.social · 21/05/20261/8 🚨 New preprint from the @sternberglab.bsky.social & @martinjinek.bsky.social labs! CRISPR-associated transposases (CASTs) insert large DNA cargoes at precise genomic locations — no double-strand breaks needed. 47928
Reposted by Ivan FerreiraPawel Burkhardt @pawelburkhardt.bsky.social · 23/05/2026A fossil nervous system meets modern neurobiology. We found that a living comb jelly preserves neural architecture remarkably similar to those inferred from Cambrian fossils over 500 million years old 🤩. www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6... 521986
Reposted by Ivan FerreiraPLOS Biology @plosbiology.org · 22/05/2026Bilaterian BMP signaling gradients suggest an ancestral anti-neural role. Study of #cnidarians shows that #BMP signalling promotes neurogenesis; its "anti-neural" function is a side effect of its role in the DV axis @paulknabl.bsky.social @genikhovich.bsky.social @plosbiology.org 🧪 plos.io/4dJHoiR 03215
Reposted by Ivan FerreiraPhilip Ball @philipcball.bsky.social · 22/05/2026A phase 1 clinical trial of base editing to treat beta-thalassaemia looks promising. Wow, this genome-editing technique is moving fast! www.nature.com/articles/s41...nature.comClinical application of base editing for treating β-thalassaemia - NatureA clinical phase 1 trial of a single infusion of CS-101, CD34+ cells modified using a transformer base editor to reactivate fetal haemoglobin production, led to early and enduring transfusion independ... 2195
Reposted by Ivan FerreiraMelanie Mitchell @melaniemitchell.bsky.social · 21/05/2026"Science is not simply a sequence of tasks that can be optimized....The scientific system thrives on inefficiency: redundant efforts, failed attempts, and divergent paths. These are not costs to be eliminated but sources of discovery." Excellent essay! ⬇️ www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...science.orgProgression without progressProgress in the use of artificial intelligence (AI) to advance scientific discovery has made it increasingly realistic to envision automated “end-to-end science” (ETES) systems: integrated pipelines t... 1421150
Reposted by Ivan FerreiraMassimo (mirror) @rainmaker1973-m.bsky.social · 19/05/2026The Skeleton Panda Sea Squirt (Clavelina Ossipandae) is a translucent reef-dwelling creature whose rib-like structures and panda-like markings give it a spooky look. Found in Southeast Asia, it filters seawater and helps keep coral ecosystems healthy. Original post 782738522
Reposted by Ivan FerreiraDezene Huber 🍁 🌻 @dezene.me · 17/05/2026“…a past strong El Niño event wiped out 77 percent of the islands' penguins. In addition, the climate pattern destroyed 97 percent of shallow water coral.” If this El Niño turns out as predicted, it will have devastating effects on biodiversity across the globe. www.newsweek.com/super-el-nin...newsweek.comMost Galapagos penguins could be killed this year, here's whyMore than three-quarters of the penguins' population died during a separate strong El Niño event, fueling concerns for this year. 6180127
Reposted by Ivan FerreiraRoberto Mayor Lab @mayorlab.bsky.social · 16/05/2026PL retweet. Developmental Biology Course (Quintay). More information: biodesarrollo.unab.cl 06857
Reposted by Ivan FerreiraNature @nature.com · 15/05/2026Half of laboratory mice are not what scientists think they are go.nature.com/437pTDZgo.nature.comGenetic survey exposes flaws in widely used mouse modelsA survey of more than 300 mouse strains has found widespread discrepancies between how mutant mice are reported and their actual genetic make-up. 1309
Reposted by Ivan Ferreira💖 Birdhism Jen @birdhism.com · 15/05/2026Striped cuckoo (Tapera naevia) chicks utilize specialized, cryptic plumage that mimics the texture and color of pinecones for camouflage. #birds 176108952112
Reposted by Ivan FerreiraNatalie Bennett @nataliegreenpeer.bsky.social · 14/05/2026How little we know of the amazing #biodiversity on this planet that we are fast trashing phys.org/news/2026-05...phys.orgHairy new fish species discovered in the Great Barrier ReefSwimming among the corals of the Great Barrier Reef is a fish that could be a doppelganger for the famous Sesame Street character Mr. Snuffleupagus. This bright orange-red, hairy, long-snouted ghost p... 225360
Ivan Ferreira @ptychodera.bsky.social · 14/05/2026Very cool! Do you have a recommendation/a favorite single cell dataset of adult quiescent satellite cells, nicely capturing cell cycle rentry, activation, all the way to differentiation? 000
Reposted by Ivan FerreiraTschopp Lab @tschopplab.bsky.social · 14/05/2026One of my dream projects, ever since joining here in Basel, out now in @nature.com : single-cells 🤝 eco-morphological proxies rdcu.be/fiyso How cells and tissues adapt to dietary niches... Thanks and congrats to Antoine, Walter, and all the other co-authors for this great collaboration!! 🙏🥳rdcu.beAdaptive cellular evolution in the intestine of hyperdiverse cichlid fishesNature - Single-cell transcriptomics combined with morphological and ecological data show that the rapid evolutionary radiation of cichlid fishes in Lake Tanganyika was accompanied by dietary... 38532
Reposted by Ivan FerreiraMark Peifer (He, him) @peiferlabunc.bsky.social · 13/05/2026While BioNtech & Moderna become household names because of their Covid vaccines, those emerged from different projects: finding ways to treat the most challenging cancers. They hypothesized that we could vaccinate patients against their own tumors, & evidence is mounting that they were right! 1/n 🧪 5354150
Reposted by Ivan FerreiraStowers Institute @stowersinstitute.bsky.social · 11/05/2026(2/2) Learn more about the new @cellpress.bsky.social study on Stowers.org: bit.ly/42t1Uik 032
Reposted by Ivan FerreiraStowers Institute @stowersinstitute.bsky.social · 11/05/2026(1/2) 🧵 What tells a cell what to become? New #research from @saukaspengler.bsky.social & @fabiantheis.bsky.social @helmholtzmunich.bsky.social @ox.ac.uk published in Cell explores how gene regulatory networks guide cell fate — using a new #AI framework the team developed called RegVelo. 083
Ivan Ferreira @ptychodera.bsky.social · 10/05/2026Thank you! Hope the aquarium was fun, safe way home! 000
Reposted by Ivan FerreiraAlexis Verger 🧬🧫🧪 @alexis-verger.cpesr.fr · 08/05/2026 Did you know that Pierre Chambon's laboratory was the first to use the term "nucleosome" in 1975 ? www.cell.com/cell/fulltex... 17630
Reposted by Ivan FerreiraPalma Polyak @palmapolyak.bsky.social · 09/05/2026Truly historic & moving scenes from the inaugural session of the Hungarian Parliament. A children’s tambura band from a tiny village playing a folk song often described as the unofficial Roma anthem. MPs were tearing up & so were many more of us watching. After all those years of hate. 🎥 telex.hu 151239360
Ivan Ferreira @ptychodera.bsky.social · 09/05/2026We @lowelab.bsky.social had a blast hosting @ostratodd.bsky.social at the Hopkins Marine Station! A fantastic day talking all things bioluminescence, ostracods, chitons, repeatability, contigency, phylogeny, courtship, mentoring, surfing, baseball, brewing and all The first of many visits I hope! 151
Reposted by Ivan FerreiraJenna Norton @jenna-m-norton.bsky.social · 08/05/2026If you are a member of the scientific community wondering how to meet this moment, check out this excellent discussion between @holdenthorp.bsky.social and @timothysnyder.bsky.social. youtu.be/IWNDMwimUP0?...youtu.beLessons in resistance for the scientific communityYouTube video by Science Magazine Podcasts 311362
Reposted by Ivan FerreiraNature @nature.com · 08/05/2026Iconic British naturalist David Attenborough, whose work has shaped science for decades, turns 100 today go.nature.com/4dbRFUBgo.nature.comA life in pictures: Celebrating Attenborough at 100 As the British naturalist celebrates a milestone birthday, we take a look at how his work has shaped science. 116054
Ivan Ferreira @ptychodera.bsky.social · 07/05/2026I didnt know the extent of his contributions beyond sv40 enhancers. What a life, thank you 010
Reposted by Ivan FerreiraAlexis Verger 🧬🧫🧪 @alexis-verger.cpesr.fr · 07/05/2026#RIP Pierre Chambon (1931-2026) 1963 PARP 1970 RNA Pol II 1975 Nucleosome 1977 Split genes 1980 Promoter 1983 enhancer 1986 Nuclear receptor 27531
Reposted by Ivan FerreiraBob Kopp @bobkopp.net · 07/05/2026In retrospect, forcing the entire campus to move from our locally hosted, open source LMS to a commercial, single point of failure LMS that also happens to be owned by a company that wants to turn all our labor into AI training data may not have been a good idea. 2368