Data is not transparent! And that's why looking without bias is hard to do. We asked undergrads what correlation they expected between wealth & happiness, before showing them a fictitious dataset. Faced with an identical graph, those expecting a positive correlation were much more likely to see one!
OMG! I would have died to have these toys during my PhD ❤️ Nowadays I feel that my students are not spending enough time to get nice images from their experiments #newPI 🤷♀️
9pm Switzerland time, y'all! I'll be talking about how neurons are like onions. Tiny onions.
Sort of. Look, you'll have to be there 🧪🧅🐟
Excited to share our new paper online ahead of print in Genes & Development @genesdev.bsky.social. We show how HNF1A affects GLI3 processing and drives #pancreatic and #intestinal
development.
It’s been amazing to see it come together thanks to the team @cheralab.bsky.social.
Read it here:
📣 paper alert
We are happy to share our latest work on how HNF1A's involvement in GLI3 processing affects #pancreatic & intestinal #development
5 years of work is 🆕 ONLINE ahead of print 🆕 in @genesdev.bsky.social
I must say I'm really proud of my team! 👏
genesdev.cshlp.org/content/earl...
New Perspective form Rory Maizels & me: "Gene regulatory networks: from correlative models to causal explanations"
Gene regulatory networks are supposed to give us mechanistic explanations of development, so why are we drowning in 'hairballs' of statistical correlations?
rdcu.be/e7zx7
✨Crepidula fornicata (slipper snail) 🐚 A classic model for spiral cleavage! 🧬 Crepidula embryos reveal how early cell divisions shape body plans and establish left-right asymmetry in spiralian animals 📸 Image by Jake Leyhr #ModelMonday
Last day to send an abstract for the:
10th Meeting of the Study Group on Genetics of #Diabetes
#SGGD which will take place at the Solstrand Hotel in the magnificent landscape by the Bjørnafjord, just 30 km from the center of in Bergen, Norway.
#FluorescenceFriday
#devbio
pic credit: Ulrik Larsen
… qRT-PCR 😀 not T
I used once proteomics to validate NGS. It was called "creative" but still not an qRT-PCT…
I'm with you on this! 💯
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Congratulations 🎉 to @unger-lucas.bsky.social on successfully defending his PhD with the thesis “Dissecting HNF1A’s Role in Early Cell Fate Decisions and Their Impact on Pancreatic Islet”! 👏 🎓
#cellfate #devbio
Professor Emerita Birgitta Åsjø @unibergen.bsky.social is introducing Lucas @unger-lucas.bsky.social as he starts his PhD work presentation focused on the Dissecting HNF1A’s Role in Early #CellFate Decisions & their Impact on Pancreatic #Islet
@cheralab.bsky.social
#PhDLife #PhDdefense #devbio
The Elbe Program is offering positions for independent postdocs at the interface between theory (physics, maths, computing) and biology. Join us in Dresden! Deadline 13 March.
@unger-lucas.bsky.social will defend his PhD work 🎓@unibergen.bsky.social
🕒Tuesday, 24th of February at 12.15
📍Auditorium 2, BB-bygget, Jonas Lies vei 91
Trial Lecture at 10.15
“Transcriptional regulation in the developing pancreas: From genome architecture to phenotypes”
#UiB 🇳🇴 #devbio #PhDLife
🧪 Come work with us in Bergen! 🌊
Do you have a good understanding of paleoceanography & a masters degree in Geosciences, Marine Biology or similar - this might be your chance to become a researcher 💥
@i2b-erc.bsky.social
@polhavet2050.bsky.social
Read more and apply here: lnkd.in/e8KBAyPi
Promotional graphic announcing “Nominations for EASD Prizes 2026.” The left side features a dark blue background with the headline “Honouring excellence in diabetes research!” and text inviting nominations to recognise outstanding colleagues. The right side shows abstract blue light rays and curved white and light-blue graphic rings. The EASD logo appears at the bottom left, with the website link “easd.org/prizes” at the bottom right.
⌛ Few days left to #nominate a colleague who’s made an outstanding contribution to #diabetes #research & #care. Each year, EASD honours pioneers & leaders with 6 prestigious #prizes.
📅 Deadline: 15 Feb 2026 | 🕛 12:00 CET
Spread the word & nominate now 👉 www.easd.org/prizes/
Webinar alert
Learn how to generate 3D human multi-cell type neurospheres from iPSCs without necrotic core formation.
Featuring Stefan Wendt, PhD (UBC)
Date: March 25 | Time: 12:00 pm ET
Free for all
Register here: www.ascb.org/ascb-meetings/3d-human-m...
John Gurdon taught us that the beginning of life is never truly lost — only waiting to be reawakened. Long before his ideas were accepted, he showed that a cell remembers more than it appears to know: that within a differentiated nucleus lies the latent capacity to begin anew go.nature.com/3Mf8SD0
Rather proud that our mouse got its own official name 🐀
thanks @mousegenome.bsky.social
www.informatics.jax.org/allele/MGI:8...
Meet Skatt, my trusted grant advisor.
He has strong opinions. Mostly about who's the Chair Master.
#JellyBellyFriday
Professor Ville Hietakangas calls for patience from research funders: the time frame in basic research is long, and financial concerns undermine creativity. Read more in our article: sigridjuselius.fi/en/news/scie...
We are recruiting a postdoc to join a Wellcome Trust-funded project at LSI-Exeter, investigating the role of neural-pancreas dynamics in maintaining glucose homeostasis. 🐟🔬🧠
@lsiexeter.bsky.social #zebrafish #islet #postdocjobs
jobs.exeter.ac.uk/hrpr_webrecr...
Please repost 🙏
Studies in cells and mice reveal that the human GLP1R A316T variant exhibits characteristics of constitutive activation but dampened GLP-1RA responses www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Just discovered the wonderful covers of 'Genes to Cells', the journal of the Molecular Biology Society of Japan @mbsj-official.bsky.social – absolutely beautiful!
here some examples inspired by mitosis, CRISPR, the DNA helix, and plant pigments
Promotional graphic announcing that scientific submissions for EASD 2026 are open. Text highlights the dates “28 September-02 October” and the location “Milan, Italy.” A message invites researchers to submit abstracts to share their work with the global diabetes community. The design features red and white brush-stroke panels and a stylised skyline of Milan on the right, with “EASD 2026 Milan” and “easd.org” at the bottom.
🎯 Started preparing your #abstract submission for the 62nd EASD Annual Meeting? This is your sign to get started & share your #diabetes #research with the global community in Milan 🇮🇹 from 28 Sept - 02 Oct 2026.
🗓️ Deadline: 1 Apr 2026 | 🕛 18:00 CEST
Submit via MyEASD 👉 www.easd.org/annual-meeti...
Call for Applications graphic for the EFSD Rising Star Fellowship Programme and EASD Rising Star Symposium. Text encourages young researchers in Europe to develop innovative diabetes research. Supported by Novo Nordisk through a donation. Includes EFSD logo, website europeandiabetesfoundation.org, abstract blue and green shapes, and an image of a researcher using a microscope.
📢🚨 Don’t miss this: Apply for the #EASD Rising Star Symposium and #EFSD Rising Star Fellowship Programme!
Eligibility: EASD members, within 7 years of PhD/MSc/MD
⏰ Deadline: 17 Feb 2026 | 12:00 CET
👉 Apply: www.europeandiabetesfoundation.org/programmes/p...
Supported by Novo Nordisk
#diabetes
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