eric lai

watching alysa liu having so much fun skating was just magical, what an incredible story 🏆

some astonishing and haunting things on view at Mass MoCA. art is in part pretty images and interesting objects. but it's also confronting ugly parts of humanity, documenting their existence and challenging us to make this world better. vincent valdez/alison pebworth/jeffey gibson/laurie anderson

split rock

was anyone else confused/amused by the "toast" and "butter" commentary with the big air ski jump comp?

one of my favorite places, always eye and mind opening.

thanks @lucksmith.bsky.social
15 years after your key paper with Nelson Lau showing the abundance & widespread nature of piRNAs from 3' UTRs, we now start to get the logic.

dissecting how the Yb protein reads out U-content, and talks to the Upf1-related SF2 helicase Armitage, will be interesting.

Video: The Powerful Speeches of Jesse Jackson The Rev. Jesse Jackson gave a master class in public speaking over several decades as a powerful orator. He died on Tuesday at 84.

i remember getting chills as a kid, when i first saw jesse jackson speak on tv. same, many decades later.

The Powerful Speeches of Jesse Jackson www.nytimes.com/video/us/100...

chaotic but not chaos

those were the days! there is still stuff to discover in small RNA libraries, but things were still wide open back then...

as always, beautiful mechanistic dissection by @86dominik.bsky.social @juliusbrennecke.bsky.social lab, taking advantage of genetics and genomics to get decisive insights into piRNAs! surprising how instructive U content is for piRNA biogenesis, but it makes total sense, the system is very clever! 🪰

hmmm, do you really appreciate my retort?!i'll think of one.

re·tort /rəˈtôrt/ a sharp, angry, or wittily incisive reply to a remark.

wires in bern.

(i used to photograph zillions of these in SF, then i stopped after moving, but i still enjoy a chaotic set of streetcar/tram cables).

the palm in my office (from maria jasin's yard!) has some viral infection it's never gotten over. nevertheless, every few months it gamely puts out a new set of shoots and keeps on keeping on. it's sort of a living metaphor for something...

Very sad news. Gail Martin (1944-2026) was a figure in developmental biology. She pioneered the field of ES cells.
A great colleague, a friend and a lovely person.

A passageway hidden below a dresser at the Merchant’s House Museum in New York City had long been a mystery. It was recently linked to the Underground Railroad. www.nytimes.com/2026/02/15/n...

Meet the Crew That Makes Dancing Lions for the Lunar New Year

Meet the Crew That Makes Dancing Lions for the Lunar New Year www.nytimes.com/2026/02/15/a...

valentine's dinner at home with my girls ❤️

the banana is mine!! - Pickles
#Caturday

A Landscape Artist in Winter In rural Scotland, Andy Goldsworthy, the sculptor famed for his use of natural materials, contemplates his own decay.

On a Scottish hilltop, the British artist Andy Goldsworthy, known for his use of outdoor materials, is completing a major new work involving thousands of stones dislodged by gravediggers. newyorkermag.visitlink.me/z_Bn0r

SDB Academy Headshots of 2025 SDB Academy Elected Members (William J. Anderson, Kara L. Cerveny, Judith S. Eisen, Anna-Katerina Hadjantonakis, Andrew P. McMahon, Michael O'Connor, Thomas Schilling, Nancy B. Schwartz, Karen E. Sears, David R. Sherwood)

Congrats to the 2025 elected members of the Society for Developmental Biology Academy! William J. Anderson, Kara L. Cerveny, Judith S. Eisen, Anna-Katerina Hadjantonakis, Andrew P. McMahon, Michael O'Connor, Thomas Schilling, Nancy B. Schwartz, Karen E. Sears & David R. Sherwood
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1st performance of my new band the Tenerals for V-day! looking for a bass player, more 🎸🥁to come...
@slewzeus.bsky.social @benoitbruneau.bsky.social @docdellaire.bsky.social @wbderry.bsky.social
@fish4walking.bsky.social @thelovelylab.bsky.social @chrmosimann.bsky.social @mads100tist.bsky.social

my head is still spinning from EMBO Selfish Genetic Elements this week! incredible gamut of mostly "non-model" species gives us appreciation and insights into diversity of unusual chromosome dynamics, selfish genes and weird sex. tx @lucasoldini.bsky.social @laurarossevo.bsky.social tanja schwander!

it has literally taken me 24 hrs of planes (3), trains and automobiles, as well as a healthy dose of footwork to get home.

teeny plane

the tin lining to the airline messing up my connection, again, (like my outbound), is that i again scored a whole row for my transatlantic leg. however, i have to do an extra leg + 7 hrs travel, so not really satisfactory overall...

bird and nest

sometimes you see unexpected things through the window

i surprised we haven't had faulty meetings scheduled before...

been intensely sciencing for 4 days straight. finally stepped outside for a little break to do some highly successful hunting for #SpaceInvaders!!

jill lepore's story is really beautifully written