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So weβre just supposed to try to go about our lives today.
You'd have thought he would have noticed something didn't smell quite right.
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New letter from BIO leadership...
www.nsf.gov/bio/updates/...
Information on the conference on vascular development and maintenance held in Bavaria, Germany in September 2026. Conference is held in a historical monastery on a lake in beautiful Bavaria. Registration is now open! Lots of great speakers that are leaders in the field. We will pick a large number of talks from abstracts to elevate early career investigators. Join us!
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SEEON ANGIOSCIENCE! Fantastic, long-running meeting on Development & Maintenance of the Vasculature.
ποΈ Sept 2026
π Bavaria, Germany
Registration open! Join us!
vwfb.de/start/regist...
You might also consider supporting Las Americas Immigrant Advocacy Center (www.las-americas.org). They provide low cost legal services for immigrants. And they have a merch shop! www.bonfire.com/store/mercad...
Annunciation House has also been the target of lawsuits by Ken Paxton: elpasomatters.org/2025/05/30/s...
El Paso is my hometown, and my birthday happens to be this week. Please join me in donating to Annunciation House (annunciationhouse.org). They help migrants, immigrants, and refugees in El Paso. More recently, they've sheltered people released from ICE detention: www.elpasotimes.com/story/news/i...
Job alert! π£ Iβm looking for a research assistant to join my new team @idrm.ox.ac.uk
Were using #zebrafish to understand gene-environment interactions that shape the heart π«generate natural diversity πΈπ and contribute to congenital defects β€οΈβπ©Ή
Full info below, and please share! π«Άπ»
bit.ly/467TO0M
Iβm recruiting new members to the Farrell Lab this summer. We will have space for 1 postdoc (since Abhinav is leaving to start his own lab at U Arizona!!) and 2 postbacs, since my current two will leave for PhD programs at the end of the summer. More details in thread:
Applications are open for PREP Bio at the University of Oregon! A great opportunity for postbacs looking for additional research experience while preparing for graduate school. More here: cas.uoregon.edu/UO-PREP-Bio
If you like your #zebrafish with a side of fluid dynamics, check out Susieβs talk!
Ha! Just yesterday I was at the farmers market and my husband said βthe stand over there has the fractal vegetableβ
The Cambridge Morphogenesis Seminar Series is back! π
Check out the flyer for a great lineup of speakers for Lent Term 2026!
Don't forget to subscribe to our mailing list to get all the information, including the Zoom link. We are excited to see you again soon π
Thatβs my hometown! I βοΈ EPTX
Feb 1 deadline approaching for our @kitp-ucsb.bsky.social QBio summer course on Physical Principles of Morphogenesis in Plants and Animals. @streichan.bsky.social
@maurazimmermann.bsky.social @maizel-lab.org @yusuke-mori.bsky.social @akankshi.bsky.social @nicolettapetridou.bsky.social
John Cage, submitting the sheet music for "4'33"" to his publisher: What do you think?
Publisher: No notes.
π¬ π₯οΈ Applications are open for the CSHL course Quantitative Imaging: From Acquisition to Analysis (April 6β21, 2026)!
An intensive, hands-on course covering advanced fluorescence microscopy and quantitative image analysis using open-source tools.
ποΈ Apply online by Jan 30, 2026
π¨ Alarm!!! π¨
AI/ML course for microscopy image analysis!!! π§
In 2026 at Janelia (@hhmijanelia.bsky.social), no tuition, housing and meals provided! Isnβt that borderline unbelievable?!?
20 students, ~14 TAs and lecturers
ποΈ June 4-18 2026
βοΈ Jan 15 2026 βοΈ
π pls!!
www.janelia.org/you-janelia/...
The 2026 Santa Cruz Developmental Biology Meeting website is LIVE!!! Go see the incredible list of scientists who will be speaking at the meeting next summer! (...and check the site early next year for info on registration and abstract submission.)
scdb2026.sites.ucsc.edu
Congratulations, Franck!
I had to adjust the blinds in my office! I forgot I have blinds!
Big congrats to everyone whoβs applied to grad school! π₯³π
Itβs a huge milestone, and weβre so proud of all the hard work youβve put in. Take a moment to celebrateβyou deserve it! π
Tag a friend whoβs on this journey so we can cheer them on too! ππ
Judges were on our side!
#onlywithHCR: LaBelle et al. reveal that cellβcell collisions are drivers of the dispersal of endodermal cells in zebrafish embryos. With #HCRtechnology, they observed epha2a expression, finding that endodermal cells undergo RhoA-dependent, active repulsion-type CIL.
Read more: tinyurl.com/mrx934sc
The Woo and Materna Labs have weighed in on the βIs Die Hard a Christmas Movieβ debate
Thanks Vishank! Hope things are going well at Duke!
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!
tinyurl.com/yw7ffjn9
π Seniors, thinking about going to STEM grad school or medical school?
A post-baccalaureate program can help you build research experience, take classes, and even earn a stipend along the way!
Learn what a postbac can do for your STEM path:
π cientificolatino.com/why_postbac
And new QSB grad student German Paniagua will examine how CIL changes (or doesnβt???) as endodermal cells transition from dispersal to convergence movements. 6/6