My student researchers carved this beauty of a zebrafish-themed pumpkin, complete with hidden “molecular biology” joke/message. Do you get it? There were power tools involved. It got messy. (I’m so proud!)
Dear all, PLEASE add comments on the importance of model organism research at this link:
Please comment on this! The complexity of living systems cannot be fully recapitulated by in vitro or computational approaches alone. While advances in non-animal model technologies offer complementary tools, they lack the full physiological and developmental context of a living organism.
Attention all NAVBO Members:
Check out “The Vascular Network” - NAVBO’s brand-new members only social media platform.
Launch Date: June 12th 2025
Use it to stay connected and engaged with the vascular biology community and all things NAVBO!
Get access here: navbo.junolive.com/main/home
DaniocellDesktop logo, depicting a fish on a laptop screen.
If you love Daniocell, but wish it could generate analyses specific to YOUR genes & cell types of interest, check out DaniocellDesktop - a new point-and-click app for Mac and Windows that enables reanalysis of the Daniocell data without programming: daniocell.nichd.nih.gov/desktop/ (1/4)
Image of Dr. Brant Weinstein standing in front of a wall of fish tanks
Special congrats to NIH Senior Investigator Brant Weinstein, Ph.D., who was named a fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science. Dr. Weinstein was honored for his contributions to vascular biology. Learn more at go.nih.gov/sl2B1ka. #zebrafish @izfs.bsky.social
Four transgenic #zebrafish embryos with blood vessels in green, blood cells in red, and angiography in magenta. You can see the front half of each fish with the head, brain and eyes.
Four transgenic #zebrafish embryos with fluorescent blood vessels and blood cells. Credit to @pillaylab.bsky.social & @zebrafish007.bsky.social. #ZebrafishZunday 🧪
The embryos are kdrl:EGFP (green) gata1:DsRed (red) double transgenics. The magenta in some embryos is from intravascular Qdot 705 injections.