Congrats Mike. Im glad the twists and turns led to an exciting discovery.Thanks for taking the time to explain it so clearly. As someone interested in mechanisms that generate heterogenity, this is gold!

Yes I would like to be added too please.

These transparent fish turn rainbow with white light. Now, we know why Repeated structures in the ghost catfish’s muscles separate white light that passes through their bodies into different wavelengths.

“The collective diffraction of light produces an array of colors. When the fish contracts and relaxes its muscles to swim, the sarcomeres slightly change in length, causing a shifting rainbow effect.”

#scicomm
#animalcoloration
#iridescence
#fish

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Space-Grown Brain Organoids Help Advance New Neurological Treatment Did you know some viruses don’t cause illness and can instead be used to treat disease?

Ok, that's wild! Space grown human brain organoids! "The team co-cultured mature neurons and astrocytes on the ISS, and within 72 hours, the cells self-assembled into 3D brain organoids—a feat not possible on Earth"
issnationallab.org/press-releas...

This diagram was made by Christine Liu, PhD - creator of two photon art @christineliuart.bsky.social

I think you’ll love it :) @odedrechavi.bsky.social

I hear you. I'm not a PI (still working as a postdoc), but I can definitely relate to having to live with uncertainty. I can imagine it is a different challenge as you become responsible for more people too. I hope it works out for you!

Regulatory landscape of enhancer-mediated transcriptional activation Enhancers are noncoding regulatory elements that instruct spatial and temporal specificity of gene transcription in response to a variety of intrinsic and extrinsic signals during development. Althoug...

Check out our new review paper published in
Trends in Cell Biology ! We discuss new models of enhancer functions, including emerging 'transcription hub' model in gene regulation.

"Regulatory Landscape of Enhancer-mediated Transcriptional Activation." www.cell.com/trends/cell-...

Couldn’t find a dedicated stem cell biology starter pack, so started one here: go.bsky.app/UTW4d7b

Feel free to repost/share and let me know if you would like to be added. #stemcell #pluripotency

Thanks for setting this up! Would love to be added too, thanks

Thanks for organising this. Would love to be added too

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Will do now

Yes please

Can confirm that my most productive periods have overlapped with having this