Symposium honoring Distinguished Professor Emeritus Jeremy Thorner entitled “Saccharomyces cerevisiae: The Very Model of a Modern Model Organism”. Monday March 23, 2026 from 9a-6p in Berkeley #yeast #modelOrganism Registration still open! mcb.berkeley.edu/cdp-symposium

The fruit fly of plant science for #3DThursday! 🌱 #ModelOrganism

🔬: #microCT, Zeiss @zeiss-microscopy.bsky.social Versa 520 XRM (contrast-enhanced with OsO₄)
🌱: Arabidopsis thaliana
🥼: Keith Duncan @cygnusplantxray.bsky.social
🏛️: Danforth Center @danforthcenter.bsky.social
🎬: syGlass.io #syGlass

📢 Save the Date!
The 12th Aquatic Models for Human Disease Conference (AQMHD)
🗓 October 17–21, 2026
📍 Marine Biological Laboratory, Woods Hole, MA

Theme- Diving Deeper into Disease Biology: Emerging Models in Human Health

#AQMHD #ModelOrganism #MBL #DiseaseBiology

a headshot of David Botstein

We are deeply saddened to share the news of the passing of David Botstein, a towering figure in modern #genetics and a foundational force behind SGD.
www.yeastgenome.org/blog/in-memo... #yeast #modelOrganism

#Acarology #Mites #SoilBiology #SoilBiodiversity #Microfauna #Biomechanics #Evolution #ChemicalDefense #ModelOrganism #ScienceCommunication #Oribatida #SoilEcosystems #LatinAmericanAcarology

#KnockOutValidation is the best known way to validate #antibody specificity. #KnockOut your #gene of interest in a #CellLine or a #ModelOrganism and use an antibody to probe #ProteinExpression. A specific antibody should only recognize a product in the control sample and not in the knock out sample.

Two-time #LaskerLaureate Sydney Brenner was born #OTD. He made foundational discoveries about the genetic code, pioneered the roundworm #Celegans as a #modelorganism, and was a rational voice in the debate of recombinant DNA. 🧪
http://ow.ly/9ooS50Hrm0F
#genetics

🌟 Meet the AGE Board 🌟
Spotlight on Dr. Kristin Gribble (@MBLScience) — using rotifers to uncover aging mechanisms, maternal age effects, and transgenerational influences on lifespan.

#AgingResearch #Geroscience #ModelOrganism #HealthyAging #AGE2026 #MarineBiologicalLaboratory

COQ5-related primary #CoQ10 deficiency: #RareDisease of #mitochondria. S.cerevisiae #complementation tests #COQ5 variants, revealing CoQ intermediate buildup and impaired biosynthesis, speeding variant interpretation, informing CoQ10 therapy. #Yeast #modelOrganism www.yeastgenome.org/reference/41...

Happy birthday to #LaskerLaureate Victor R. Ambros! By studying the microscopic worm #Celegans, he discovered that tiny RNAs are key regulators of gene expression. 🧪@umasschan.bsky.social #modelorganism #RNAbiology ow.ly/Ak7150CsW9p

A Most Important Mustard On the origins of Arabidopsis thaliana, the premier model for plant biology.

#plant #modelorganism #labhistory

Asimov press hits us with another #mustread about the humble yet momentous role of a mustard plant Arabidopsis thaliana played in understanding plant #biology.

www.asimov.press/p/arabidopsi...

#modelorganism #drosophila #celegans #zebrafish

How a humble weed became a superstar of biology Arabidopsis thaliana was always an unlikely candidate for the limelight. But 25 years ago, the diminutive thale cress launched the botanical world into the molecular era.

"Today, that weed [Arabidopsis thaliana] is widely regarded as a botanical superstar. Arabidopsis has been the focus of some 100,000 research papers."

#Plants #Genetics #Biology #ModelOrganism

Exclusive: Harvard University lays off fly database team The layoffs jeopardize this resource, which has served more than 4,000 labs for about three decades.

Utterly devastating: FlyBase zapped.

www.thetransmitter.org/community/ha...

#modelOrganism

Pro tip for getting your data into SGD and other knowledgebases: don't hide the data in the supplemental info in PDF format. Put it in Excel with stable identifiers like SGDIDs and systematic_names (ex. YFL039C) in addition to gene names. #yeast #modelOrganism #getYourDataOutGetCited

Diverse prey capture strategies in teleost larvae The evolution of hunting behavior in fish larvae has arrived at different, species-specific solutions, recombining a shared repertoire of locomotor and eye movement motifs.

Diverse prey capture strategies in teleost larvae

#evolution #development #teleost #modelorganism #behavior 🧪

doi.org/10.7554/eLif...

Sunday Sketch: Nematode Caenorhabditis elegans is a nematode. It can survive extreme cold weather at -80°C by entering a state of suspended metabolism called cryptobiosis. A similar mechanism to survive extreme cold weath…

Check out this amazing drawing of C. elegans by Wenzhe Li @dustybutkindofnice on Instagram! It’s a model organism used in research to study mitosis, meiosis, and can survive extreme cold. 🧬❄️
#SciComm #ModelOrganism #Celegans #SciArt #Mitosis #Meiosis #Cryo #Biology #Worms #Research

Researchers give flies a taste for cocaine A new study has investigated cocaine addiction in fruit flies, while overcoming their aversion to its taste.

Can fruit flies get addicted to cocaine? Some researchers from the University of Utah decided to find out.

medium.com/insect-news/...

#insects #cocaine #flies #fly #drugs #addiction #neuroscience #sensorybiology #fruitfly #modelorganism

Can a soil-dwelling #amoeba help us understand human #disease?
🧬 Dictyostelium discoideum shares dozens of lysosomal enzyme homologs with humans 🦠 This review makes the case for reviving it as a model for lysosomal function and trafficking.
doi.org/10.1139/bcb-...
#ModelOrganism #MolecularBiology

#GRC Developmental Biology-bound for a few days of #devbio, #evodevo, #modelorganism fun! 🧬

Friendly reminder that community resources like SGD rely on your usage and citation for continued funding. Make sure to follow the citation guidelines and include in-text citations, not just links. #modelOrganism

#modelorganism

A. aurita juveniles happily swimming around their tanks.
#jellyfish #modelorganism
#ICEMEDUSA
@uvigo.bsky.social @depo-es-bot.bsky.social
#CryoLab

The internet seems to think this is some sexual thing, but any biologist can tell you what this is.

#dmelanogaster #brideofsevenless #genetics #modelorganism #thomashuntmorgan

Two-time #LaskerLaureate Sydney Brenner was born #OTD. He made foundational discoveries about the genetic code, pioneered the roundworm #Celegans as a #modelorganism, and was a rational voice in the debate of recombinant DNA. #genetics

Thank you #modelorganism #basicresearch

Remind me again, why are there no emojis for the fruity? 😟 #drosophila #modelorganism #Nobelprize

#ZebraFishRock #ModelOrganism #ZebraFish #Danio

Fish on acid? Micro-dosing zebra danios with LSD shows its potential benefits for humans!
#ModelOrganism #Microdsing #LSD #Danio #ZebraDanio