These images show live embryos of animals (jellyfish, crustacean, worm, sea urchin, sea squirt, beetle) and one of animals closest single-celled relatives. They were captured taking advantage of fluorescent proteins localised on the outer membrane of cells, allowing us to observe cell outlines. 1/9

Earthset from Artemis II. I am overcome.

If you know a graduating undergraduate looking for the chance to spend 1-2 years in a lab before graduate school, we're hiring! Our lab explores morphogenesis, defining how the cell adhesion & cytoskeletal machinery work together to allow cells to change shape & move tarheels.live/peiferlab/ 1/n RT

New PI presenting to senior PIs at faculty mtg

What 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).

Screenshot of title and author list: A strong start for sustained success: inclusivity through a national group mentorship program for first-year graduate students Sergio R. Labra1,2,*, Valerie A. Tornini3,4,5*, Maria Pia Rodriguez Salazar6, Daniela M. Cossio7, Rebekah A. Gelpí8,^, Bryan E. Rubio Perez9, Yanitza M. Rodríguez10, Gerardo Leana Sandoval11, Kimberly Hernandez12, Olivia V. Goldman13,*,#, Robert W. Fernandez14,#,†

Happy to share our article on @cientificolatino.com's GSEC program: a national mentorship program for 1st-year STEM grad students, geared for those from underrepresented backgrounds.

We review why programs like this are urgently needed & what we learned while running it 🧵

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Science professors and educators all have a role in combating this eugenics resurgence
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Once again shouting into the void to say that there is no excuse for using red/green for immunofluorescence images. Obviously 4+ color imaging is difficult to present, but any reason someone gives for using red/green in 2-3 color images is trash.

1st McKinley Lab grad student’s 1st preprint!
@claireang.bsky.social studied how the uterus safely excises massive amounts of tissue during menstruation and pregnancy.

Come for her GORGEOUS images, stay for her incredible discoveries.
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w/ @akelleher1017.bsky.social

Quick plug for our new resource, the Drosophila Species Stock Exchange. This is a database and mailing list that documents species currently in culture and the labs holding them. If you want to know more or sign up then please get in touch. See attached for more info and please share!

I’ve had blue sky for a couple of years now, but it took #DROS26 to inspire me to debut my first post. If you see me around, say hi! I’d love to get to know more people in the community 🪰

Maik! Incredible news, and so richly deserved! Bravo bravo bravo!

Fly 🪰 people are the best people! 🔬🥼🧬 having a blast in Chicago #Dros26 (but missing Dan who is serving as super dad at home) @mbustill.bsky.social @rodrigofg.bsky.social @krothphd.bsky.social

so excited to see you!

White House stalls release of approved US science budgets The US Congress rejected sweeping cuts to science agencies. But the NIH, the NSF and NASA have had their spending slowed.

Congress rejected massive cuts to US science budgets for 2026, but much of the money still isn’t flowing to researchers.

The culprit? The White House Office of Management and Budget (OMB) is quietly slow-walking the release of funds. 🧵👇

Private money cannot replace public funding of science Who should pay for American science? In the current political climate, many are looking to the private sector to compensate for cuts in public funding. At the Harvard School of Public Health—particula...

My latest:

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Next column will address needed guardrails for private funding of science, esp. in light of #Epstein/ #Summers etc.

This week's cover @thelancet.com

LatinxDB - Interviews “The only limit is your imagination”-Dr. Rosa Navarro.

We’re launching our Latinx DevBio interview series 🌎🧬

Our first inspiring conversation features Dr. Rosa Navarro: Leading Developmental Biology research in Mexico.

Read here: sites.google.com/view/latinxi...

Thanks, Dr. Navarro, for sharing your journey and insights with us! #LatinxInScience

UI received $3.4 million grant to renovate hybrid cell lab UI’s Developmental Studies Hybridoma Bank will use a $3.4 million grant from the National Institutes of Health to consolidate its various labs and offices into a lab twice as large on the north wing o...

Congratulations to the @dshb-antibodies.bsky.social on receiving a $3.4 million NIH grant to renovate its labs and offices!
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The collapse of curiosity driven research has occurred in STEM too. Everything has to be outcomes focused - cure disease, grow better crops, etc. But so much of what humanity has discovered is from "basic" curiosity-driven science. I'm hugely in favor of funding curiosity in every discipline.

Are you a Drosophila researcher & member of @genetics-gsa.bsky.social (at any level of training)?

Please vote in the Flyboard elections (we have an amazing slate of candidates) before Feb 20, 2026. Please check your email or go to this website to vote: genetics-gsa.org/2026-fly-boa...

Pl repost.

Can confirm

​A screenshot of a post from the account Acyn featuring a video of Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (AOC). The text of the post quotes AOC speaking about the humanitarian crisis in Cuba, drawing parallels to Gaza. ​She describes a "new era of depravity" where innocent civilians are starved or deprived because their political regimes are found "objectionable." She emphasizes the need to defend human rights, mentioning the risk of hospitals running out of fuel and children being put in harm's way. The video thumbnail shows AOC walking through a hallway while being interviewed by a reporter holding a microphone. ​Would you like me to help you draft more QRTs based on these specific images or provide a deeper summary of the AOC video?

The United States is purposefully blockading Cuba from accessing fuel that powers everything from grocery stores to hospitals. People will die. Children will die. What's being done to the people of Cuba is monstrous.

The people in power were ok with it in Gaza and now they're doing it to Cuba.

the rollout of the mRNA vaccines was one of the greatest public health triumphs in history and the end result has been the all-around triumph of the antivax movement and I will never get over it

Into it.

(ATTN fly eye folks - very cool resource! Add it to the list of tools that make the optic lobe such a phenomenal system...)

Co-authored by one of the coolest #wellesley profe’s around!

✍️The Konstantinides Lab ( @nkonst4.bsky.social ) published a new article

📖 @devbiol.bsky.social
📃 Gene expression cartography of a developing neuronal structure
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The Sermon on the Mount, by Beryl Lewis, before 1965, 📸 by @ScottStrazzante

It was transforming the biggest NFL stage in the world into a sugar cane plantation that did it for me.

Like, the multiple layers of turning an American icon into a plantation and highlighting the history of exploitation of Black and Brown bodies by the NFL and American colonialism simultaneously?

I am SO incredibly excited to announce the launch of a global list of Inspiring Black Scientists. You can use this list to nominate and connect with researchers. Please share and join us in highlighting these outstanding scientists for #BlackHistoryMonth and beyond!

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