I'm so pleased to see this work on neural crest development out in Nature today! This was a truly fantastic collaboration with @gleesonlab.bsky.social, Keng loi (Harry) Vong and @xiaoxuyang.bsky.social. Huge thanks to everyone involved 👏 🧪🐣 #devbio
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Australia’s health & medical research system is at a critical turning point.
Read & sign an open letter to govt calling for urgent action to:
• Unlock the full capacity of the MRFF
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In theory they're meant to, but our live imaging suggests it's a bit more complex than that...
Neural crest cells beginning their long trek out of the neural tube in a quail embryo. Beautifully captured by the fantastic @siewzhuan.bsky.social 🧪🐣🔬
So depressing that this is the Australian research landscape early career researchers training in my lab are seeing. I hope we can turn it around before we lose all these talented young scientists.
This developing quail embryo looks like it's thinking fiery thoughts for #FluorescenceFriday 🐣🔥🧪. Imaged by the fantastic @vanderspuy.bsky.social
#NARF is on bluesky! 👉 if you’ve held a fellowship in the last 10 years, you should join.
Right now, the Government is starving medical research of full funding, even as it claims that science and research are national priorities. If our leaders truly value science as much as they say, then they must back their words with action—and fund it properly.
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It must be spring! Every spring for at least the last 3yrs, these crows have collected and stashed their favourite sticks outside my 6th floor office window. They collect them for 1-2 months and then one day, they all vanish! 🐦⬛🪹🪺
Funders must recognise that great discoveries often come from studies that seeks to advance knowledge for its own sake
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Hey Mechanobiologists! Come and join us in sunny Brisbane for #MechBio2025 Nov 5-7. Registration is now open. Enjoy world-class science, a stellar speaker line-up, and relaxed Queensland vibes. 🧪🔬🌴
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A microscope image showing a developing eye in a quail embryo. Actin is labelled in orange and nuclei are in cyan.
Bird’s eye view, literally. 🐦👁️ Glowing quail embryo eye for #FluorescenceFriday, #DevBio 🧪🔬
Spring has sprung at the UQ Lakes! 😍
Register for the 12th Avian Model Systems Meeting www.stowers.org/events/avian.... We have now received funds from the @biologists.bsky.social to subsidise the travel/registration costs for students and early career researchers presenting their work from selected abstracts.
A photo of a group of five people standing in a room filled with scientific equipment.
We've enjoyed having Marise and Samara from the lab of @melaniedwhite.bsky.social here to image quail embryos on our MOSAIC system. We wish them safe travels home and happy data analyzing!
Absolutely thrilled to be heading off soon to @stowersinstitute.bsky.social for this incredible meeting! The speaker lineup is stacked, and it’s all about the amazing potential of avian model systems. I’m travelling 25 hours to get there - can anyone top that? #devbio 🧪🐣✈️🔥
How long would you wait before contacting an editor to ask them to please either send your paper out for review or reject it so we can all move on with our lives?
1️⃣ 2 weeks
2️⃣ 3 weeks
3️⃣ 4+ weeks
4️⃣ Never - don't poke the bear!
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Night time in the lab
Sunset in the lab @aicjanelia.bsky.social 😍
Today was a super fun first day of imaging @aicjanelia.bsky.social with @vanderspuy.bsky.social and @samarar.bsky.social.
All hail the quail!🧪🔬#DevBio
I’m so excited to wake up at Janelia @hhmijanelia.bsky.social this morning! Ready for some awesome quail imaging over the next few weeks #DevBio 🤗🔬🧪
12th Avian Model Systems Meeting bit.ly/3ZBw2qS @stowersinstitute.bsky.social. We will be joined by Marianne Bronner, Olivier Pourquié, Megan Davey, Julie Elie, @jeromegros.bsky.social, Carols Lois, Peter Lwigale, Alan Rodrigues, Marcos Simoes-Costa, @melaniedwhite.bsky.social and YOU!
Love this power crew of UQ #ARC Future Fellows (former, current and the newly minted @vessel-integrity.bsky.social)!
My commiserations to those who missed out today. It’s a truly brutal system. Be kind to yourselves 💕
I’m excited for this! 🧪
In these turbulent times, beautiful microscopy always cheers me up 😍. Here's a quail neural tube just doing its thing for #FluorescenceFriday. Imaged by the very talented
@vanderspuy.bsky.social
#devbio 🧪🔬👩🔬
So sorry to hear this Jacob but very glad you and your team are safe! Take care.
Wonderful to watch @brettcollins.bsky.social giving his @anzscdb.bsky.social President’s Medal talk. So well deserved! #HunterMeetingOz 🧪
