Nicole Edwards

Logo for the Undiagnosed Diseases Network (UDN). It shows a the letter UDN is different colors that overlap to form the analogous colors.

Today is #RareDiseaseDay & we are celebrating by highlighting the invaluable work of the Undiagnosed Diseases Network (UDN)! Formed in 2020, it aims to solve the most challenging medical mysteries using advanced technologies. In this thread, we will highlight their use of the #zebrafish model. 1/5 🧪

Postdoc Preview

A bit of a last-minute post, UM has a fantastic opportunity for new or soon-to-be PhD grads looking for a postdoc opportunity.

Our postdoc preview funds a two-day visit to our campus.

The deadline to apply is February 28!

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For those on the job market, University of Toronto 🇨🇦 is hiring a tenure-track Assistant Professor in Zebrafish Models of Genetic and Metabolic Pathologies 🐟 Yes, they want #zebrafish!

🔗 jobs.utoronto.ca/job/Toronto-...

My lab is hiring a technician to manage our mouse colony and assist with mouse developmental biology experiments. Please RT and forward to anyone interested! careers.umich.edu/job_detail/2...

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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Ordered: slide warmer to dry out paraffin sections

Received: sewing kit to add LED lights to your clothes?

#NewPI

Postdoc position available!!! We are looking for a creative postdoc to develop independent research directions in tissue morphogenesis using embryos, stem cell/organoid systems, and quantitative imaging and/or biophysics. Here are the details: livejohnshopkins-my.sharepoint.com/:b:/g/person...

Second month as a new PI: fixed an old, stuck microtome motor by simply wiggling it a little bit? Same vibe as troubleshooting Nintendo cartridges. But now we can section paraffin blocks!

Animal caps are the original organoid!

Not shown: the 20 mins it took for me to connect to our data folder 🥴

Fourth week as a new PI: we have images! Repeated a routine protocol for immunostaining with my lab on some samples from my postdoc, and it worked well! 🎉🎉🎉

There are some good half-caffeine options that I drank to gradually lower my coffee intake. Now I’m down to just one in the morning and black or green tea later in the day.

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Second week as a new PI: lab space is starting to look like a lab! Becoming an expert in matching power cords to donated equipment.

25 Years Later, Xenbase Still Supporting Scientific Leaps - Research Horizons

Celebrating 25 years of Xenbase—the world’s largest database for African clawed frog (Xenopus laevis) and tadpole research. Learn how Aaron Zorn, PhD, and team are driving breakthroughs in genetics and regenerative medicine: scienceblog.cincinnatichildrens.org/25-years-lat...
@xenbase.bsky.social

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Our lab is growing: we will have openings for student and staff positions throughout the year. Please visit edwards-lab.org for the most up to date job positions. I am excited to work with the department and looking forward to the months ahead!

Microscopy image of a mouse embryo

I’m happy to announce that I joined @umich.edu Department of Cell & Developmental Biology as an Assistant Professor and I will open my lab this month! My lab will investigate the genetic and cellular mechanisms underlying digestive and respiratory organs with a focus on the trachea and esophagus 1/2

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In December's #EditorsChoice, Nayeli Reyes-Nava, @edwardmarcotte.bsky.social, @jbwallingford.bsky.social & co use #Xenopus model to study #Cilia motility disturbances in primary ciliary dyskinesia #PCD

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Calling all postdocs! Applications are open for Dept. of Molecular Biosciences 3rd Trailblazers Postdoctoral Symposium @utaustin.bsky.social. Come to Austin, meet your peers, showcase your work. Application is easy and all expenses are paid! Spread the word!

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I just finished their New Faculty Boot Camp: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️, would take again!

A nice write up of my experience with @socdevbio.bsky.social GetHired! workshop, which I highly recommend for any postdoc on the job market! www.sdbonline.org/resource?Res...

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Apply for our Pathway to Independence (PI) programme, supporting postdocs in #devbio and #stemcell research during the transition to their first group leader position: www.biologists.com/grants/devel...

Application deadline: 2 February 2026.

Things I currently think you should be considering in your proposals. Although this thread will be NIH-centric, my guess is that some of this applies to NSF, etc. Much is synthesized from public information. Much of this is what we've advised all along, just with, um, more emphasis.

Here we go:

Join us next week for another exciting VGZT session!

🗓️ Thursday, November 6th
⏰ 9:30 PDT / 12:30 EDT / 16:30 UTC / 17:30 BST / 18:30 CET

Our speakers are

👉 David Oriola (@davidoriola.bsky.social)
👉 Nicole Edwards (@nicoleedwds.bsky.social)

See you then! 👋

Faculty Position in Anatomy, Physiology & Cell Biology We are seeking an outstanding integrative physiologist (broadly defined) for the position of Assistant Professor (tenure track) to join our faculty in the Department of Anatomy, Physiology, and Cell Biology in the School of Veterinary Medicine (SVM), UC Davis. Our department is a highly integrated group of faculty studying molecular, cellular, physiological, and pathophysiological mechanisms of health and disease. The candidate should have an active research program that focuses on interdisciplinary physiology research using state-of- the-art approaches. We welcome research which diversifies our expertise, and/or that which complements existing strengths in gastrointestinal, neuroimmune, musculoskeletal, cardiorespiratory systems as well as developmental biology. Candidates are expected to expand access to education and provide opportunities in research for students, trainees, and the community across various life and professional experiences. • Candidates must possess a PhD and postdoctoral experience in physiology or a related field. • Aptitude/experience in teaching broad-based physiology or functional anatomy to professional or graduate students. • Experience with grant writing. • Excellent interpersonal and communication skills, and a demonstrated ability to work cooperatively and collegially within a diverse community.

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Our department @ucdavisvetmed.bsky.social @ucdavis.bsky.social is hiring! We welcome research that diversifies or complements existing strengths in gastrointestinal, neuroimmune, musculoskeletal, cardiorespiratory
systems and/or developmental biology. @socdevbio.bsky.social @ascbiology.bsky.social

Xenopus Conference 2025 YouTube video by IXC25

Xenopus Conference 2025 - Check out the video of the 20th International Xenopus Conference held at the Univeristy of Portsmouth August 17-21st, 2025. www.youtube.com/watch?v=plxx... #science #devbio #xenopus #frogs

A dark stain on a bow with the shape on some sort of embryo. You can see a head, the trunk, limb buds

This is the equivalent of Jesus on a toast for developmental biologists 🧪

A mechanical origin for implantation defects in embryos from aged females https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.09.29.679218v1

See this? This = implanting mouse embryo. Usually this happens inside its mother and is invisible to us, but we can actually watch implantation ex vivo with the hope of understanding why implantation goes awry in embryos of older women. A 🧵...

I wrote something on developmental biology and disability and put it up on the node last night:

thenode.biologists.com/developmenta...

I've been nervous to share because some of it veers a bit personal but they are thoughts that won't stay quiet. Would love to know what people think about it!