Kevin Thiessen, PhD

🚨 Looking for a PhD position? 🚨

Are you interested in reproduction biology, cool imaging, and zebrafish? 🔬 🎏 🐟 Join us in my new lab at ICB Münster (Germany) as a PhD student. #zebrafishrock #newPI

Apply here: jobs-sf.ukmuenster.de/job/UKM-PhD-...

Just realized that in doing this I basically agreed to do the whole Zebrafish Rock! bit for another 3 years 😲

Say ‘Hi’ to Amelia Glazier at JCS for me!

I discovered this artist on X awhile back and instantly bookmarked their work. Glad to finally purchase the last Danio rerio singlet in stock and will report back on the quality!

Look out for more from this space in the coming months! In the meantime, you can stay updated by following @zdmsociety.bsky.social 🐟 🧪

Also say ‘Hello’ to Becky Burdine @rburdine1.bsky.social and Kandice Tanner!

Super thrilled to be invited as a member of the newly-formed @zdmsociety.bsky.social Communication Committee. We will seek to expand the reach of the society over the next three years. 😊 #zebrafish

Wonderful news! Congrats, Anna 🎉

Congrats, Dave! So happy you are part of this community now 😊

Molecular basis for de novo thymus regeneration in a vertebrate, the axolotl The molecular, cellular, and functional restoration of the axolotl thymus after de novo regeneration is described.

Can't believe my postdoc paper is finally out. Christmas came early this year, holy moly 🎄

Molecular basis for de novo thymus regeneration in a vertebrate, the axolotl | Science Immunology www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

Definitely saving this in situ for #GuessThatISH

#KnowYourZDM was my (albeit failed) attempt at a collaboration with ZDMS. As a result of my insistence that @zebrafishrock.bsky.social be a pan-zebrafish society forum, most of the societies stay clear of us. 🤷

So sorry for your loss, Maddie. Losing a pet that’s been a constant in your life for that long is the toughest 😔

This is gorgeous, Daniel 😍 You continue to be the most preeminent microscopist in the community 💪

Here’s the first day. Could use ALT text but no AI. We shouldn’t discount the whole series yet bsky.app/profile/socd...

The way you are going about this is not OK

I find this to be really fun! AI or not. They have obviously put a lot of effort into each post every day (which definitely don't contain AI). Put down your pitchforks

If it is AI (which fooled me), it's for a promotional piece for a fun holiday series that they obviously put a lot of effort into generating each post (which don't contain AI). This piece doesn't really have any serious flaws as they are highly stylized. Surely, there must be times when this is OK

Congrats on the publication! The live imaging is amazing 🤩

I’m embarrassed to say I haven’t met a lot of the #zebrafish community in-person. When I do, I often feel like I’ve known them for ages (while trying not to sound creepy for following them online 😅). Social media makes networking so much easier, even if I’ve only e-met people.

Here’s the selfie!! 😂 It was lovely to meet Kirsten and hear about her personal journey through science (and around the world), in addition to some cool #zebrafish data on hepatocellular carcinomas!

I immediately thought of you when I saw this article 😆

I previously had a targeted ad on Instagram and nearly spent money on a (what I thought was a legitimate) Lego gift bag before it redirected me to a random website to send money to a sketchy account. Their ads are notoriously suspect!

Yo quiero escribir mas posts en español en el futuro. Si tiene un artículo o una noticia para difundir, haga "Ping" @zebrafishrock.bsky.social

I encourage puns but not using acronyms stems from my retail days. No one understands them without context, which is difficult to do in a short intro post.

Some of it stems from the Cloudflare issues from the last week. But yes it’s awfully slow to load (if it does).

If I had a do’s and dont’s of social media publication announcements, this first post (of a longer thread) would tick all the positive boxes!

✅ Working link to paper
✅ Acknowledge first-author with correct handle
✅ Introduce the most important finding
✅ Thread counter (eg 1/n)
✅ No cheesy acronyms

I used to get imposter syndrome when sharing other people’s stuff for #ZebrafishZunday. I got over it by thinking that if more people (whether it be a friend, family member or even a grant reviewer) see an awesome image and think zebrafish are cool, it collectively makes our lives/research easier.

😂 Definitely can relate

Some interactions I’ve had since returning make me remember why I retired it. I do all of this in my free time. At this point, it’s half “I deeply care about community” and half “I do this out of spite”. Some days it’s one or the other.