Let me post a spicy take here: most people don't read or cite other model organisms' work. Because of this, they keep rediscovering things and, most importantly, re-writing the timeline in favor of fewer and fewer models. That, plus an artificial limit of citations per paper equals this 🧪
Big smiles from Philippines!! 🇵🇭❤️
Had a pretty cool time this past weekend, personally
Drafting a grant. Genuine question. If I use em-dashes will reviewers think I used AI (I am a gen AI luddite tbh so I am firmly not doing so.... Not to mention NIH policy)
Out today at @cellpress.bsky.social from @zernickagoetz.bsky.social and @slavov-n.bsky.social
www.cell.com/cell/fulltex...
I watched Lisa Iwamoto-Stohl lead this project over several years with incredible resilience. Some of the most technically challenging experiments I've ever seen!
Saddened about the loss of Alice Wong
If you haven't before, do take some time to read or listen to Disability Visibility at some point and/or engage with other aspects of her work and life
disabilityvisibilityproject.com/book/
open.spotify.com/show/49KKNf0...
I am delighted to announce that I will be starting as an Assistant Professor at the University of Arizona in Spring 2026. Our lab will study intestinal best4+ cells in zebrafish. We are seeking a lab manager with previous zebrafish experience – come build with us.
surlab-gastro.my.canva.site
Xenopus Conference 2025 - Check out the video of the 20th International Xenopus Conference held at the Univeristy of Portsmouth August 17-21st, 2025. www.youtube.com/watch?v=plxx... #science #devbio #xenopus #frogs
On the ground impacts from the loss of USAID.
As a child of peace corps & niece of a USAID employee, watching US aid crumble is heartbreaking. Aid investments have always been in our national self-interest, but nonetheless have been essential for uplifting millions globally.
shorturl.at/kU5Eu
Speaker presenting slides from a podium
@mariamikedis.bsky.social is closing out Midwest SDB with our final talk of the conference!
Great weekend of science and lovely colleagues here at @cincyresearch.bsky.social
@socdevbio.bsky.social
#MWSDB25
Dr Lovely presenting a slide with a picture of a humorous sign advising “warning: alcohol impairs judgement” with a person kissing a fish underwater
An important reminder from @thelovelylab.bsky.social after an amazing talk at #MWSDB25
Conference participants on a tour of a microscopy facility
Image of a fluorescent mouse brain on an imaging computer
The #MWSDB25 tour of the Nikon Center of Excellence at Cincinnati Children’s Research Foundation ✨
Speaker on stage presenting slides
Fantastic interactive plenary talk at #MWSDB25 on from Jason Organ on the importance of changing our communication styles as scientists to more effectively communicate with the general public
@socdevbio.bsky.social
Seated crowd watching speaker at podium present slides in an auditorium conference room
Going strong on day 2 of Midwest SDB #MWSDB25 @socdevbio.bsky.social @cincyresearch.bsky.social
Presentation with person at podium to the left
Kicking it off at #MWSDB25 with a keynote from Paul Trainor @aussiebiologist.bsky.social!
@socdevbio.bsky.social @cincyresearch.bsky.social
Meeting poster for the Midwest SDB
Meeting policies and code of conduct slide
Midwest SDB starting now @cincyresearch.bsky.social @socdevbio.bsky.social
#MWSDB25
Harvard victory leaves scientists feeling vindicated but uncertain @science.org
www.science.org/content/arti...
Shootings on campus are always bad.
PhD student from @cincychildrens.bsky.social leaving the US for more fertile ground in Europe
The uncertainty and devastation of NIH cuts will either destroy the academic careers of trainees, stamp them out before they begin, or push them to places they never thought under duress
Flash talk slide presented in lecture theater
2 Poster prize winners holding certificates
Blow up frog
Slide announcing new lab opening
Zorn lab & @xenbase.bsky.social team had a great time at #IXC25 in portsmouth! Including (finally!!!) key good news shared by @nicoleedwds.bsky.social 😉
Thank you to everyone who organized and made it possible!!
Photo of a slide showing an ironic summary of the 2006 Xenopus meeting during which seemingly every talk was about Wnt signaling
New Xenopus community lore unlocked at the #IXC25 @frogwranglers.bsky.social
"With debate growing around whether the “14-day rule” on human embryo research remains fit for purpose, the need for inclusive public dialogue is more important than ever".
www.nuffieldbioethics.org/news-blog/if...
🤩 Very excited to share our new work! We have derived euploid and aneuploid trophoblast organoids and extra-embryonic mesoderm cell lines from early human embryos. In doing so, we have characterised the tissue requirements for their specification. If you want to know more, continue reading….
Dachshund with a pink axolotl dog toy
Added an axolotl to his model organism collection.
Pupper is pleased. The axolotl both has crinkle and squeaking features. He wishes to find out if he gets a limb off, will it regenerate.
9. I simply cannot ethically hire anyone on federal funds under these new conditions, and I will not do so going forward.
That hamstrings my research, but worse it prevents the development of brilliant, talented researchers like my former students who are professors, startup founders, and more.
7. Training, meanwhile, becomes impossible.
In the US, earning a PhD takes 5 years or more. Every student I have ever trained has been supported on federal funds that they were directly awarded or from grants that I won.
If I can't guarantee to pay, I can't take students. It's that simple.
Per a question to the chair from Senator Durbin: $400 M increase in the bill.
Here is the bill (I haven't had time to read it)
www.appropriations.senate.gov/imo/media/do...
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