Natasha Shylo @shylonatasha.bsky.social · 03/10/2026What a gem inpreparation.substack.com/p/opinion-re...inpreparation.substack.comOpinion: I Miss When The NIH Payline Was 40% And We All Mouth-Pipetted PhenolBy Dr. Douglas R. Waverly, Professor Emeritus of Biochemistry, Yale University 000
Reposted by Natasha ShyloVirtual Gastrulation Zoom Talks @vgzt2021.bsky.social · 07/09/2026🌱 We’re delighted to have @the-node.bsky.social supporting VGZT Season 8. A huge thank-you for their generous sponsorship and commitment to connecting and supporting the developmental biology community! #theNode #companyofBiologists #devbio #gastrulation #science 062
Reposted by Natasha ShyloAnonymous Potato @anonymouspotato.bsky.social · 11/08/2026Also, new this year: MolCellDevBioJobs! docs.google.com/spreadsheets...docs.google.commolcelldevbiojobs 2026-27 01323
Reposted by Natasha ShyloTony Gamble @tonygamble.eurosky.social · 29/08/2026www.eurekalert.org/news-release...eurekalert.orgXY or ZW? Geckos reveal evolution's hidden playbookWhy do humans rely on XY chromosomes to determine sex, while birds use ZW — and many reptiles use neither, letting temperature decide instead? Sex determination is remarkably diverse across the ... 082
Reposted by Natasha ShyloScience X / Phys.org @sciencex.bsky.social · 27/08/2026Five gecko lineages began differentiating sex chromosomes within a narrow 7- to 12-million-year window around 9.6 million years ago, hinting at a climate-linked shift away from temperature-based sex determination.phys.orgXY or ZW? Gecko chromosomes reveal evolution's hidden playbookWhy do humans rely on XY chromosomes to determine sex, while birds use ZW—and many reptiles use neither, letting temperature decide instead? 085
Reposted by Natasha ShyloStottmann Lab @stottmannlab.bsky.social · 20/08/2026We’re recruiting a postdoc to follow up on an astonishing number of mutants with craniofacial phenotypes from our ENU mutagenesis screen. Great opportunity for someone interested in developmental genetics, craniofacial biology, mouse genetics & gene discovery. Please share! 146
Reposted by Natasha ShyloPatricia Nano @prnano9.bsky.social · 13/08/2026The Nano Lab is opening in the Dept. of BioSciences, Rice University, Oct 2026! 🧠🦉 We’ll be profiling and perturbing the molecular cues that shape the human brain using single-cell functional genomics and cortical organoids. 35216
Natasha Shylo @shylonatasha.bsky.social · 12/08/2026Model organism poker chips #SDB2026 on permanent display as a memento of an awesome meeting @rrbehringer.bsky.social @socdevbio.bsky.social 2174
Reposted by Natasha ShyloAntonia Weberling @a-weberling.bsky.social · 23/07/20261/2 chameleon & human embryos exhibit an epiblast lumen before #gastrulation initiates. However, they reach this stage via different mechanisms. Our new study @natcomms.nature.com explores early development & lumenogenesis in the veiled chameleon. #evodevo #devbio www.nature.com/articles/s41...nature.comEpiblast lumenogenesis is not a mammalian-specific trait - Nature CommunicationsWeberling et al. characterise veiled chameleon pre-oviposition development from fertilisation to the initiation of gastrulation and show that pre-gastrulation lumenogenesis occurs via a purse string m... 1227
Natasha Shylo @shylonatasha.bsky.social · 20/07/2026static.klipy.comOaken's Big Summer Blowout!ALT: Oaken's Big Summer Blowout! 000
Reposted by Natasha ShyloSociety for Developmental Biology @socdevbio.bsky.social · 11/06/2026✨ Looking forward to hearing from Paul Trainor at #2026SDB in Las Vegas! Paul’s work at the Stowers Institute on neural crest development in mammals (sometimes fish and chameleons) has helped bring attention to understudied craniofacial conditions. 🔬 #devbio #Stowers25 073
Reposted by Natasha ShyloLeading 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 Natasha ShyloAmy Diehl, Ph.D. @amydiehl.bsky.social · 22/05/2026The lack of govt support for summer care is a relic of encouraging “traditional” single-earner families. Why would the govt subsidize summer care if moms can watch kids? As of 2024, 78% of moms w/ kids ages 6 - 17 & 68% of moms w/ kids under 6 worked outside the home. www.thepurse.co/why-isnt-sum...thepurse.coWhy isn’t summer camp free?Families are paying thousands of dollars every year for summer camp. Why is it so damn expensive? 0114
Reposted by Natasha ShyloDr Mark D. Scherz @markscherz.bsky.social · 21/05/2026I am searching for a monograph: Gislén, T., and H. Kauri. 1959. Zoogeography of the Swedish amphibians and reptiles with notes on their growth and ecology. Acta Vertebratica. Stockholm 1: 197–397. Anyone happen to have a copy of this issue of Acta Vertebratica? Probably no PDFs exist! 🧪 237
Natasha Shylo @shylonatasha.bsky.social · 13/05/2026Super excited for #2026MASDB this Friday - my 1st 🥹. Beware: I am now in your region! Excitedly read the program that told me that @evodevopanam.bsky.social meeting is at Cornell June 15-18, 2027. Saved the date - I am SO making it this time 🫡 Might come early for Cornell reunion too 🤔. #ScienceADHD 110
Reposted by Natasha ShyloEric Schuettpelz @ferncurator.bsky.social · 11/05/2026ATTENTION. This is NOT a 2024 repost. We are hiring NOW and the deadline for applying is fast approaching. 12128
Reposted by Natasha ShyloJess Calarco @jessicacalarco.com · 07/05/2026Kind of surprised that this hasn't been bigger news. It's finals week for a whole lot of universities, and yet, Canvas (a learning/grading platform used by ~9,000 schools globally) is currently inaccessible because of a pay-or-have-your-data-leaked hack. www.insidehighered.com/news/tech-in...insidehighered.com“PAY OR LEAK”: Hackers Target Big Higher Ed VendorThe criminal extortion group ShinyHunters breached Instructure last week. The hackers, who have also attacked individual universities, demanded the ed-tech giant pay up or face a data leak. 8620591028
Reposted by Natasha ShyloAaron Griffing @aaronhgriffing.bsky.social · 28/04/2026Reptile eggs come in all shapes and sizes. Here are two bird extremes in the @griffinlabpaleo.bsky.social right now: bobwhite quail and ostrich eggs. Most gecko species also make hard-shelled eggs and are tiny by comparison, like these Hemidactylus and Sphaerodactylus eggs. #BirdEvoDevo#GeckoEvoDevo 0267
Reposted by Natasha ShyloPam Herd @pamherd.bsky.social · 22/04/2026The number of NIH competitive awards is down 50% from 2025, and down ~70% from prior years. Even if they catch up by the end of the year, only wealthy institutions can bridge these huge funding gaps.They're killing science-and violating the constitution-by weaponizing the bureaucracy 8215157
Reposted by Natasha ShyloSociety for the Study of Evolution @sse-evolution.bsky.social · 22/04/2026Current grad students: Submit your research proposal by May 18th to be considered for a Graduate Research Excellence Grant! Learn more about how to craft a strong proposal on our website: www.evolutionsociety.org/content/soci... 03035
Natasha Shylo @shylonatasha.bsky.social · 13/04/2026I suppose it's better late than never to mention that this September I started an Assistant Professor position at Rowan University @rowancsm.bsky.social. We will be doing cool work with chameleons 🦎 to understand early development, especially left-right patterning view.rowan.edu/the-human-pu...view.rowan.eduThe puzzle of human development by Rowan UniversityRowan University biologist, Natasha Shylo studies human development and asymmetry. 2218
Reposted by Natasha ShyloVolker Rudolf @volkerrudolf.bsky.social · 06/04/2026Post Doc position alert! Come work with us on the evolution of cannibalism. Full job description in link below. Salary starts at $58k plus benefits. (Please help spread the word) emdz.fa.us2.oraclecloud.com/hcmUI/Candid...emdz.fa.us2.oraclecloud.comPostdoctoral Associate - BioSciencesDr. Volker Rudolf’s group in the Department of BioSciences at Rice University is seeking a Postdoctoral Research Associate in the field of Evolution and Behavior. The ideal candidate will have strong ... 02540
Reposted by Natasha ShyloMeike 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
Natasha Shylo @shylonatasha.bsky.social · 01/04/2026I am not even a cat person, and I am excited about this! 010
Reposted by Natasha ShyloMwahahahahahadScientist @mads100tist.bsky.social · 16/09/2025This is the equivalent of Jesus on a toast for developmental biologists 🧪 619216
Reposted by Natasha ShyloKrista Koeller @kristalerista.bsky.social · 12/03/2026We tend not to think about lizards as exemplars of sexual dimorphism, but there are multiple examples from different clades of females having more vertebrae than males. It’s usually 1 or 2 more vertebrae in the torso. Probably so there’s more room for babies!🦎🧪 📷Podarcis bocagei by nachoperez 671827186
Reposted by Natasha ShyloAmerican Association for Anatomy @anatomyorg.bsky.social · 10/03/2026Looking for a starting faculty position in the Midwest? Check out this opportunity at the University of Kansas Medical Center! jobs.anatomy.org/job/assistan... #anatomy26 #science #research #education #AAA 001
Reposted by Natasha ShyloMeike van der Heijden @meikeesther.bsky.social · 01/03/2026My husband bought me pretty cool custom made cereballerina mugs. Studying the cerebellum so hopefully one day everyone can dance 🩰 #rarediseaseday 0201
Reposted by Natasha ShyloRachel Charlton-Dailey @rachelcdailey.bsky.social · 27/02/2026Regret to announce that we’ve reached Wrong Coat season. Every coat you wear from now til mid April will be The Wrong Coat for the weather 423324997
Reposted by Natasha ShyloSociety for Developmental Biology @socdevbio.bsky.social · 21/01/2026#Postdocs! Going on academic job market? Apply for SDB GetHIRED! Take stock of what you want, know your options, prepare an outstanding job packet, organize your research & chalk talks, perfect your interview. Deadline: March 5 sdbonline.org/gethired 01618
Reposted by Natasha ShyloWilliams Lab - Oxford 🦏 @swilliamslabox.bsky.social · 11/02/2026Congratulations to joint first authors @a-weberling.bsky.social and @holyanole.bsky.social for leading this incredible work published in @devdynamics.bsky.social! Read the full press release: www.wrh.ox.ac.uk/news/new-stu... #EvoDevo #DevBiowrh.ox.ac.ukNew Study reveals how egg cells mature in anolis lizardsResearchers from NDWRH and the MD Anderson Cancer Center shed light into the egg cell maturation in lizard ovaries by providing a detailed characterisation of the individual stages a reptile egg cell ... 075
Reposted by Natasha ShyloJohn Wallingford @jbwallingford.bsky.social · 03/02/2026Looking for an academic job? Check out GetHIRED! from @socdevbio.bsky.social! This course provides expert advice and stories from leading investigators and reading and writing assignments that guide you through preparing all your job packet materials. www.sdbonline.org/gethiredsdbonline.orgSociety for Developmental Biology | GetHIRED! 085
Reposted by Natasha ShyloNoam Ross @noamross.net · 02/02/2026NSF GRFP applicants (and mentors): Was your application Returned Without Review and deemed ineligible despite fitting in the allowed topics? 1) Write NSF 2) Write your Congressperson 3) CC us at grfp@grant-witness.us so we can compile + follow up Details and template at grant-witness.us/grfp-letter 6165200
Reposted by Natasha ShyloChristina Fitzsimmons @fitzsimmonscm.bsky.social · 22/01/2026Applications are open for the @leadingedgeprogram.bsky.social program! Link here: www.leadingedgesymposium.org/apply/ This group is fantastic and I would not be where I am today without their friendship, support, and mentorship. Apply!!leadingedgesymposium.orgApply | leadingedgesymposiumApply. The 2026 Leading Edge cohort application is now open! This cohort is named the Zara Weinberg Cohort, in honor of 2021 Leading Edge Fellow, Zara Weinberg. Applications are due February 2, 2026. 033
Reposted by Natasha ShyloJohn Garrison Marks @johngmarks.com · 23/01/2026I know I don't have a ton of media followers, but I'll put this out there anyway: if you need someone to comment/offer context on the removal of the slavery exhibit at the President's House site in Philly, get in touch. I just finished an entire book on Americans' fight over Washington and slavery. 352733866
Reposted by Natasha ShyloBonnie Kircher @holyanole.bsky.social · 16/01/2026Excited that our study on oogenesis and germinal bed morphology in the brown anole is published! Find it here: anatomypubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.... @stowersinstitute.bsky.social @mdandersn.bsk.social @oxfordwomenshealth.bsky.social @cambiochem.bsky.social @ox.ac.uk @cam.ac.ukanatomypubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.comOogenesis and germinal bed morphology of the brown anole (A. sagrei)Background The brown anole is a model species of the genus Anolis, a squamate (encompassing lizards and snakes) group widely studied in evolutionary, behavioral, and developmental biology. Full geno... 3158
Reposted by Natasha ShyloNicole Edwards @nicoleedwds.bsky.social · 07/01/2026I’m happy to announce that I joined @umich.edu Department of Cell & Developmental Biology as an Assistant Professor and I will open my lab this month! My lab will investigate the genetic and cellular mechanisms underlying digestive and respiratory organs with a focus on the trachea and esophagus 1/2 76612
Reposted by Natasha ShyloYour Local Epidemiologist @ylepidemiologist.bsky.social · 05/01/20261/ Well, he did it. He actually did it. RFK Jr. just issued a unilateral directive to overhaul the U.S. childhood vaccine schedule. This isn’t based on new data or new evidence, and he bypassed every scientific and clinical process we have, including not taking public comment. 5298152
Reposted by Natasha ShyloVirtual Gastrulation Zoom Talks @vgzt2021.bsky.social · 16/12/2025🎄 Final VGZT seminar before Christmas! 🎄 We’re excited to welcome keynote speaker Olivier Pourquié ✨ “Recapitulating human somitogenesis in vitro” 🗓️ Thursday, December 18th ⏰ 9:30 PST / 12:30 EST / 17:30 UTC / 17:30 GMT / 18:30 CET 0126
Reposted by Natasha ShyloGamerMomLuna ✨🌙 @gamermomluna.bsky.social · 11/12/2025This is your annual reminder that if you are in the US and have FSA funds that you won't use, Menstrual products are covered by FSA funds and can be donated to food pantries and shelters. 6886573
Reposted by Natasha ShyloZebrafish Rock! @zebrafishrock.bsky.social · 05/12/2025With more Danio species being described, the genus was split in 1916 with larger species into Danio & the smaller species (such as zebrafish) into Brachydanio. In 1991, the two genera were recombined & most larger species within genus Danio were reclassified into genus Devario. #ZebrafishFunFacts 🧪 0144
Reposted by Natasha ShyloDevelopment @dev-journal.bsky.social · 02/12/2025Apply for our Pathway to Independence (PI) programme, supporting postdocs in #devbio and #stemcell research during the transition to their first group leader position: www.biologists.com/grants/devel... Application deadline: 2 February 2026. 23836
Reposted by Natasha ShyloVirtual Gastrulation Zoom Talks @vgzt2021.bsky.social · 29/11/2025Join us next week for another round of inspiring VGZT talks! 🤩 🗓️ Thursday, December 4th ⏰ 9:30 PST / 12:30 EST / 17:30 UTC / 17:30 GMT / 18:30 CET Our speakers are 👉 Luca Braccioli (@bracciolilab.bsky.social) 👉 Komal Makwana (on X: @Komal_Makwana4) See you next week 👋 098
