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Crystal Rogers, PhD @rogerslabucd.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

This is the first time I’ve seen one of these beauties on the UC Davis campus away from the arboretum. So pretty! I hope it’s a good omen for the day. I’m not sure what type of bird it is but it was about 3 feet tall!

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Crystal Rogers, PhD @rogerslabucd.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Kudos to the @isscr.org and @socdevbio.bsky.social organizers of the Early Career Symposium at the @alleninstitute.org. Just an amazing group of folks doing the coolest of science. This has been a fantastic meeting where I saw the future of #DevBio, #CellBio and #StemCellBio!

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Crystal Rogers, PhD @rogerslabucd.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

I’m so excited to be at the @alleninstitute.org Early Career Symposium-Stem Cell and Developmental Biology. While I’m not technically “early career” - I am just as excited about science as I was when I started! I truly appreciate the invite and am enjoying the amazing presentations!

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Crystal Rogers, PhD @rogerslabucd.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Congratulations to @ucdavis.bsky.social on this awesome achievement! Proud to be a part of it all! ❤️

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Crystal Rogers, PhD @rogerslabucd.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

I am “I threw my neck/back out while I was sleeping” years old.

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Crystal Rogers, PhD @rogerslabucd.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

It has begun… the fall quarter rush to crush. You know, crush my free time, back, eyes, mental health, and so on and so forth. 🫩🫠 See you in December when I can breathe again!

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Arnold Schwarzenegger: Guerra War

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Crystal Rogers, PhD @rogerslabucd.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Happy Friday from Roxie the Bulldog! Wishing you a restful weekend. Turn the sound on for the good stuff.

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Leslie B Vosshall PhD @leslievosshall.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Transformative opportunity for early career faculty @hhmi-science.bsky.social #FreemanHrabowski Scholars competition opens 11/3/2026 but you can get started NOW: view application components, establish eligibility, and unlock example applications and other resources www.hhmi.org/programs/fre...

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Crystal Rogers, PhD @rogerslabucd.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Someone stole my 12-year old son’s bike. And then the school called another mom of a kid with the same name who said he should walk home. So now my kid is distraught thinking I abandoned him to walk home alone with his bike tire after his bike was stolen. That’s how my Thursday is going.

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Inside Out Anger Character Screaming

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Crystal Rogers, PhD @rogerslabucd.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

I grew up in a paycheck-to-paycheck household that fell short of needed funds every month. My mom would look at her bank account and know that the $$ that was there would not cover our needs. This is exactly how it feels right now to look at our lab’s remaining funds. Pure dread.

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Banana Crisis: Stuffed Animal's Existential Woes

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Crystal Rogers, PhD @rogerslabucd.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

Dear “all of my students,” you know I’m basically a boomer so please just send me the Word doc to edit instead of a link to a Google doc. You know I’m going to download it and send you back the track-changed doc… 😂

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Billys O Gates Deletes 'My Computer' Icon

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Crystal Rogers, PhD @rogerslabucd.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

So to be clear, both the Idiocracy and Terminator movies were predictive documentaries then? Because we see absolutely in this and none of it is good.

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Crystal Rogers, PhD @rogerslabucd.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

It’s my 7 year anniversary @ucdavisvetmed.bsky.social and I have been a professor for 10.5 years total! It has been an amazing journey so far and I’m lucky to have such a wonderful team to work with. I started my @ucdavis.bsky.social journey on 9/1/2019 and here we are today!

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Crystal Rogers, PhD @rogerslabucd.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

Oooh! Check this out @socdevbio.bsky.social and @ascbiology.bsky.social folks! A job at an amazing university (UCSD) in one of the prettiest cities in California with fantastic colleagues! #DevBio

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Crystal Rogers, PhD @rogerslabucd.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

Oh my goodness! Thank you so much @diorkelley.bsky.social for inviting me to speak at the GDCB departmental seminar. I had a fantastic visit to Iowa State! Everyone was so nice and the science conversations were 🔥! So many cool ideas and hopeful future collaborations. 💫

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Crystal Rogers, PhD @rogerslabucd.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

I’m super excited to be giving a seminar at Iowa State today! I get to speak with several microtubule, cell cycle, and dev/cell bio folks and can’t wait for input and great conversations. I was not prepared for the humidity and heat here though. 😂

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Kid in Toy Car: Let's Go Bullish!

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Crystal Rogers, PhD @rogerslabucd.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

We have lived in Davis for 7 years and last night was the first time I have ever gone to watch the bats come out. We were gifted with an amazing sunset too! It was amazing! Huge props to Yolo Basin Foundation for a fantastic tour and event. 🦇 🌅 1/

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Crystal Rogers, PhD @rogerslabucd.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

Roxie the Bulldog was just showing out today. She’s so pretty! 😍 🤩 🥹

A bulldog with her bottom teeth everywhere and ears perked up

A bulldog smiling with her tongue out and ears perked up

A brown bulldog lounging in front of a purple and orange striped pillow

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salamandermeeting2026.bsky.social @salamander2026.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

We're on Bluesky! The Salamander Meeting 2026 — Regeneration & Development in Axolotls: From Xochimilco to the Lab — comes to Mexico City, Oct 6–8, hosted by UNAM. Follow along for speakers, science, and a bit of axolotl culture. Info: salamander2026.iibiomedicas.unam.mx #SalamanderMeeting2026

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Salamander meeting October 6-8, 2026 Mexico City, Mexico / Unidad de Seminarios “Dr. Ignacio Chávez” Cerro Zacatepetl S/N, C.U., Coyoacán, 04370 Ciudad de México, CDMX An international conference de...

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Andy Baxevanis @baxevanislab.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

📢 Applications are now open for the NIH Stadtman Tenure-Track Investigator Program! We're recruiting early-career scientists across all areas of biomedical research for tenure-track faculty positions in the NIH Intramural Research Program. Deadline: Sept 30, 2026. 🔗 tinyurl.com/stadtman26

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Crystal Rogers, PhD @rogerslabucd.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

Such a lovely gift from one of our graduating seniors… I can’t wait to hang it! 🥹❤️

Brad art that says “Rogers Lab ‘26” and has an axolotl.

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Crystal Rogers, PhD @rogerslabucd.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

Today was an amazing day filled with science! I went to the @ucdavis.bsky.social UC LEADS poster session where one of our students presented his summer work, then a packed lab meeting followed by our Rogers Lab Summer Student Research Symposium! My heart is full of pride and brain full of science!

Top left: Keith Benedict from SFSU presents his summer research in the Rogers Lab, top right: Rogers Lab lab meeting, middle: all of the summer and ongoing students in the Rogers lab, bottom left: lunch and science, bottom right: Dr. Rogers in her “because science” t shirt.

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Kamryn Gerner-Mauro, PhD @kamryngerner.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

Thank you Crystal for the kind words. 🥹 If you are studying metabolism, consider submitting to this @diffjournal.bsky.social special edition!

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Crystal Rogers, PhD @rogerslabucd.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

I just had a root canal and the dentist asked me, “how were you living like this?” Well doc, I’ve been gas lighting myself about this tooth and the ache in it for 12 years! ☹️ I grew up without dental insurance and the amount of time, money, and pain I have spent on my teeth as an adult is crazy.

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I Had Woot Canaw! Meme

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Crystal Rogers, PhD @rogerslabucd.bsky.social · 08/08/2026

This feels very accurate and absolutely reflects my personal experience with NIH grant submissions over the last 2 years.

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Johnathan Perkins @johnathanperk.bsky.social · 08/08/2026

Millennial Parenting™️ >>>>>>>>>

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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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Crystal Rogers, PhD @rogerslabucd.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

I was so excited I screenshot and cropped out an important part of the cover! 😂 Sorry @ascbiology.bsky.social! Here is the full MBoC cover.

Cover of August 1 MBoC journal- image by Rogers Lab at UC Davis

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Crystal Rogers, PhD @rogerslabucd.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

Yay! Just saw that we got the cover of the August 1 MBoC! Woot! 🎉 Please check out our paper if you are interested in it the tubulin code or early development. www.molbiolcell.org/doi/10.1091/...

Cover of the August 1 MBoC journal- image from the Rogers Lab at UC Davis

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Crystal Rogers, PhD @rogerslabucd.bsky.social · 02/08/2026

Dear “the journal of literally everything and the kitchen sink,” How did you get my email? I do not study kitchen sinks. I would unsubscribe but your hundreds of emails don’t have an unsubscribe button. Please stop emailing me.

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Stop Oh Stop

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Crystal Rogers, PhD @rogerslabucd.bsky.social · 02/08/2026

Dear Google, why is the region under my eye twitching? Google: It’s either stress, fatigue, caffeine OR you are having several strokes. Good luck. 🤨🤪

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Doctor Says I'll Google Your Symptoms

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Crystal Rogers, PhD @rogerslabucd.bsky.social · 01/08/2026

Love science, teaching genetics, and mentoring? There are some great students and faculty at @smithcollege.bsky.social and they are hiring a tenure track assistant professor! Some of my favorite folks in #DevBio are there! www.smith.edu/people/cagne... www.smith.edu/people/micha...

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Crystal Rogers, PhD @rogerslabucd.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

Congratulations to @mayorlab.bsky.social on this well-deserved award! He gave a wonderful talk and I spotted some Vegas themes represented in his talk too! Placodes and fireballs!🤩

A pic of the society for developmental biology meeting, a screenshot of a talk showing placodes, and screenshot of a slot machine

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Crystal Rogers, PhD @rogerslabucd.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

I want to thank the @socdevbio.bsky.social Engagment and Outreach committee members! You all are amazing! And huge thanks to all of our special symposium speakers and our theme table facilitators over the last few years. It takes a village to create community! See you all next year! #DevBio ❤️

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Crystal Rogers, PhD @rogerslabucd.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

It was an honor to serve on the @socdevbio.bsky.social Engagement and Outreach committee as Chair for the last 3 years. Alas, my term is up and the new Chair of the EOC will be @valetornini.bsky.social from UCLA. Huge thanks to the #DevBio community! Also- thanks for the swag SDB! Love it! 😍

A wooden clock that says society for developmental biology

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Crystal Rogers, PhD @rogerslabucd.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

Someone ate a bunch of delicious and unhealthy food in Vegas and now someone is having a rough time fitting into their pants. Someone is me. 😒😬

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Time For A Diet...

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Crystal Rogers, PhD @rogerslabucd.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

We attended #2026SDB in Vegas and 7 students from our lab presented their work to the #DevBio community. We represented @ucdavis.bsky.social and @ucdavisvetmed.bsky.social with 6 SDB first-timers: 4 BMCDB PhD candidates, 1 GGIP DVM/PhD candidate, and 2 recently graduated undergrads. I am so proud! 🤩

8 scientists at the society for developmental biology meeting

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Crystal Rogers, PhD @rogerslabucd.bsky.social · 27/07/2026

Huge thank you to the organizers of the #2026SDB meeting! It was a fantastic conference. I really enjoyed all of the wide-ranging scientific topics, excellent talks, and I think you all know how I feel about the venue. Safe travels to all and hope to see you next year. ❤️🙏🏽 😍@socdevbio.bsky.social

A view of the Las Vegas strip from planet Hollywood

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Crystal Rogers, PhD @rogerslabucd.bsky.social · 26/07/2026

If you are at #2026SDB, please join us at the networking theme tables today from 1:30-2:30! Today you can meet officers from the NSF and NIH or find community with folks who would love to chat about the topics below! @socdevbio.bsky.social

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Crystal Rogers, PhD @rogerslabucd.bsky.social · 26/07/2026

Wonderful talk by @kamryngerner.bsky.social at #2026SDB focused on neural crest cell lineages and novel control of the choice between Schwann cells and melanocytes! Kamryn also promoted our @diffjournal.bsky.social special issue “Metabolic Control of Cell Fate and Tissue Patterning.” Please submit!

Metabolic Control of Cell Fate and Tissue Patterning special issue: https://www.sciencedirect.com/special-issue/334203/metabolic-control-of-cell-fate-and-tissue-patterning

Kamryn ending her excellent talk at SDB and promoting the metabolism and development special issue at Differentiation Journal.

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Crystal Rogers, PhD @rogerslabucd.bsky.social · 26/07/2026

Loving the venue for #2026SDB! Great science all day and lively city at night with amazing people - followed by getting up early to do it all again! 🤩☕️ @socdevbio.bsky.social

Fireworks over Caesars Palace in Las Vegas.

Three women posing in front of the Bellagio

Four people at a restaurant getting literally blown away by the high powered fan next to them

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