GetHIRED! REGISTRATION IS NOW OPEN - Application due Thursday, March 5 Ideal for Postdoctoral Researchers Academic Job Market Insight -Take stock of what you want -Know your options -Prepare outstanding job packet materials -Organize your research & chalk talks -Perfect your interview & avoid the pitfalls Course Features -Six asynchronous online modules -Virtual meetings with an experienced facilitator -Peer feedback, support, & expert advice Course Dates: April 14 – June 23, 2026 Course Fee: SDB Members: $499; Non-Members: $599 Deadline: March 5, 2025 Society for Developmental Biology logo QR Code for GetHIRED! website

#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

⭐ 👉 Job Alert! 👈 ⭐ repost

Assistant Professor of Environmental Biology and Public Health @UnionCollege

Seeking a candidate whose research explores interactions b/w biological systems & the environment - epidemiology and/or public health.

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Empathy matters as much as evidence. A new perspective in Development, co-authored by former MDI Bio Lab visiting scientist Nicole Theodosiou, PhD explores how scientists can better connect with the public and counter misinformation.

#researchmatters #researchpublishing 🧪 🤝 🐟🎸 🍎 👩‍🔬 🌎 🖥️ 🧬

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Speaking science in a fractured world: making truth land when facts alone cannot

A Perspective by @rebeccacalisi.bsky.social, @kaliceaphd.bsky.social, Jamy Peng, @spiraldoc.bsky.social & @rogerslabucd.bsky.social on how to combat scientific misinformation

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Excited to share our new article on #scicomm in Development! Truth does still matter! Have conversations with the people around you. Listen with curiosity and empathy. You don’t have to have all the facts, share in a conversation 🙏🏼🍁

Speaking science in a fractured world: making truth land when facts alone cannot ABSTRACT. Scientific misinformation is a defining challenge of our time. As public trust in science declines and falsehoods spread faster than facts, the scientific community must rethink its role in ...

An incredibly important article and increasingly relevant in modern political climates. Thank you to @rogerslabucd.bsky.social and colleagues for writing this for @dev-journal.bsky.social

"Speaking up can feel like walking a tightrope strung between conflict and silence."

#TruthMatters

⭐ Call to make STEM education relevant! ⭐
When we don't make our science relevant, we risk creating a society where facts lose meaning and expertise loses value. Creating learning experiences built around real-world issues, both teaching and learning are more engaging and fun!
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⭐ Truth Matters: Strengthening Science Communication to Counter Misinformation ⭐ at the 20th International Congress for Developmental Biology @SocDevBio. @ Kevin Alicea-Torres @rebeccacalisi.bsky.social
Connect with people, be curious, ask questions, empathize! 🙏🏼 participants & speakers!

Past, present, and future GetHIRED! course participants connecting in Puerto Rico at the 20th International Congress for Developmental Biology. Great to see everyone! @socdevbio.bsky.social

Thank you for joining us @snickclunk.bsky.social

As Trump Goes After Universities, Students Are Now on the Chopping Block Uncertainty about how much money colleges and universities stand to lose has led some schools to reduce the number of doctoral students, in some cases reneging on offers.

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Thanks @ucsdcooperlab.bsky.social for speaking up about the long term broad economics impacts of federal cuts in biomedical sciences

GetHIRED! @SocDevBio is back!!! Getting ready for the academic job market? Let us help you prep your materials and help you assess your readiness! Applications due March 21. DM with questions. You do not need to be an SDB member to take this course!
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Welcome to the Bluesky account for Stand Up for Science 2025!

Keep an eye on this space for updates, event information, and ways to get involved. We can't wait to see everyone #standupforscience2025 on March 7th, both in DC and locations nationwide!

#scienceforall #sciencenotsilence

We had such momentum at our institution for reforms and multiple layers of transformative projects underway..2.5 yrs into the 6 year grant with wind in our sails. It’s just unreal.

HHMI kills program aimed at boosting inclusivity in STEM education “Inclusive excellence” program had committed $60 million to 104 institutions

This is how my week has been. How’s yours?
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A flyer for the MBL's 2025 Gene Regulatory Networks for Development course. This year's course runs from April 6 to April 18, and financial assistance is available. A picture of a DNA strand is on the right side of the flyer.

Important update on the Gene Regulatory Networks for Development course ⤵️

Admissions are now rolling until filled and close on February 27, 2025, for U.S.-based applicants not requiring a visa to attend the course.

Read more: bit.ly/3Wi6LQE
#ScienceStartsHere

No words. Grateful to have connected with you through the grant.

Cryosectioning to dull the pain of having our institutional HHMI grant canceled. Not working. Crushed for my colleagues in #LCC6 who have worked so hard over the last 5 years.

Opportunity! Internship for GetHIRED! Course @socdevbio.bsky.social you’ll get to work ‘behind the scenes’ with me to deliver this amazing course and preview what the academic job market is like and how to prepare your materials. www.sdbonline.org/gethired_int...

I regret I watched it 🤢

Same here!

This year’s lab holiday lab ornament! I started this tradition during the pandemic- giving an ornament to each of my research students. Wish I had started this 20 years ago! #devbio #skates #devbio #PILife

JAX Postbac Program Information Session | LinkedIn Join JAX Genomic Education staff for an information session on December 5 to learn how you can strengthen your graduate school application with Postbac Training at JAX — a two-year training program wi...

#undergrads this is great opportunity if you are considering a career as a physician-scientist ! 👇👇👇
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Nominate an outstanding developmental biologist for a career award! Deadline Dec 15 #devbio www.sdbonline.org/career_awards

Stories from the Node are a great way to teach students about process - how science is done. #devbio #stemhighered

ASHG-NHGRI Post-Baccalaureate Genomics Analyst Fellowship This is a fellowship program designed for recent undergraduates to gain exposure to and training in multiple career paths that advance public service for human genetics and genomics

Are you a (or do you know a) recent college graduate who wants to work in human genetics and genomics? Applications are open for the ASHG-NHGRI Post-Baccalaureate Genomics Analyst Fellowship! Great chance to understand how grants and societies work AND get paid. www.ashg.org/careers-lear...