@balavoinelab.bsky.social
Animal evolution and development. Rock and Folk phylogeneticist in my spare time.
This surprisingly relaxing footage is from SIX MILES under the ocean β and itβs the deepest ecosystem yet discovered
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Sinocyclocheilus wanlanensis sp. nov., GXU2020000062, holotype, 86.74 mm SL. (A) Live specimen (not holotype); (B) lateral view of head in preserved specimen; (C) dorsal view of preserved specimen.
ππππππ¦ππππβππππ’π π€ππππππππ ππ , a new species of eyeless cavefish is described from Guizhou Province, China. ππ§ͺ
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Interesting. Despite the political backlash, societies continue to evolve towards more gender equality. www.lemonde.fr/societe/arti...
30.07.2025 10:13 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Don't use ChatGPT ok? It's not giving you accurate information.
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Our review on CRISPR-Cas9 based techniques is now out in BMC Frontiers in Zoology. Have a look if you are interested in applying genome editing in insects or other organisms!
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
High CO2 destroyed the Permian world in the biggest mass extinction in Earth history, and the die-off of tropical rainforests kept CO2 high, and the miserable planet sweltering, for some 5 million years afterwards.
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Confocal Images of the fruit fly Proventriculus
Confocal Images of the fruit fly Proventriculus
π¬New paper! This has been my personal favorite project Iβve ever done - also, the only one that the President has been relentlessly trying to destroy by 100% defunding our lab & institution. Please enjoy:
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
Figure 1 The study system: Botrylloides diegensis.
Single-cell transcriptomic profiling of the whole colony of Botrylloides diegensis: insights into tissue specialization and blastogenesis
Read this #LifelongDevSI Techniques and Resources Article by Berivan Temiz, Michael Meier and Megan Wilson @meganwilsonnz.bsky.social :
doi.org/10.1242/dev....
Their acclaimed 2000 album, also named Deltron 3030, tells a story set in the year .. 3030, based on the somewhat optimistic assumption that people are still around. <KEXP session: Mastermind> youtu.be/nyouLoKaoqc
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Sci-Fi is mainstream, but Sci-Fi Hip Hop? Next-level nerd stuff. #Deltron3030 <3030> youtu.be/WjSVYKMk-Zk
Deltron 3030 is a rap group made up of Dan the Automator, Del the Funky Homosapien, and Kid Koala. I believe those are stage names. #MusicForNerds #DystopiaDanceParty π
Cambrian echinoderm with (ancestral) bilateral symmetry. Nice.
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New research in @nature.com shows my favourite Australian moth - the bogong - navigates by the stars.
Bogongs used to migrate in huge numbers during spring and summer, with local people gathering for moth feasts in areas around modern Canberra (where I grew up). Theyβre now endangered π§ͺπ¦πΊβ¨
Students (Master's/PhD), do not miss this fantastic Developmental Biology course of @sorbonne-universite.fr and @institutcurie.bsky.social - It is FREE and open to international students, however, room and board + travel are not included.
training.institut-curie.org/courses/deve...
If ants aren't safe, what is? ππ
www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...
How do you make a scientific image more understandable?
To illustrate Γglantine Heude's research from @mnhn.fr , I used 3D reconstruction images to better visualise the mesodermal origins of the muscles connecting the neck to the head.
It's easier to visualise, don't you think?
ππ I'm starting my own lab @ HKU ! !
The lab will be investigating how cells build complex tissues β with a focus on tissue boundaries, niche establishment, and many open questions sparked by our recent work on trunk-organoids rdcu.be/eqsho π«‘π«‘
Did he take you higher, too?
youtu.be/tQ0PSpHFV_s
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Branching morphogenesis is fundamental to animal development, shaping complex organs like lungs, kidneys, and vascular networks. Gills are another highly branched organ. Yet, the developmental processes behind gill formation in zebrafish remain poorly understood.
#zebrafish #gills #microscopy
Nooon! Please pas JCVD!
L occident est foutu sans lui π
Let's get real.
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Quelle imposture, ce Vinci.
Le seul système qui marche:
A good summary of what's going on. If you have the means, you can donate already to the Cambridge side. If you can spread the word, please do. FlyBase touches every field of bio research: cancer, neurology, development, immunity, genetics, evolution, etc...
www.thetransmitter.org/community/fl...
Ancient poop yields worldβs oldest butterfly fossils | Science | AAAS www.science.org/content/arti...
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π¨ Weβre recruiting PhD students! π¨
Join the Stem Cell Biology and Evolution lab at @lsiexeter.bsky.social to study planarians, stem cells & evolution.
2 projects available - 1 week left to apply!
Interested and no PhD yet? Apply now. Or help us spread the word! π
www.exeter.ac.uk/research/ins...
From sonic violence to reflective brooding, the albums Precambrian (2007), Phanerozoic I: Paleozoic
(2018) and Holocene (2023) are my favorites. <Parabiosis> youtu.be/NjGQHsnuG8o
The Ocean is a German band led by composer Robin Staps. They create conceptual albums filled with fury and inspiration, linking Earth's geological eras to human emotions, hopes, misdeeds, and
excesses. GroΓartig!
This nerd wants to entertain you this June with a compelling mix of vengeful riffage,
screaming vocals, Earth science, and lofty philosophy. <Cambrian II: eternal recurrence>
youtu.be/Nt6IpvnGt4A #ProgMetal #TrilobiteTherapy #NietzscheWithDistortion #MusicForNerds
A Brown Argonaut (Argonauta hians) riding a red bell jellyfish. The argonaut is sitting on the bell of the jellyfish, and the jellyfish is swimming downward, so the whole thing is upsidedown. The jellyfish has a dark orange bell and light orange arms. The argonaut has a wavy, spiral egg case that it wears like a shell. The egg case is a off white with black or grey on the outer rim. The argonaut itself is mostly in the egg case but you can see its head and part of its arms sticking out of the egg case. Its arms are sucker side out, and it has a bright orange eye with a round black pupil.
A blackwater photograph of a Brown Argonaut (Argonauta hians) riding a jellyfish The jellyfish and argonaut are oriented to the right, The argonaut has a spiral "shell" that is actually an egg case. It is knobbly and curved like a spiral, with it being off white at the opening and become more yellowy light brown toward the end with a dark brown on the back edge. The argonaut has a dark purple eye and is holding onto the jellyfish with its suckers. The octopus is an off white colour and the jellyfish is translucent blue.
A male Brown Argonaut (Argonauta hians) riding a jellyfish in a blackwater photo. The argonaut has an orange colour and its arms are slightly raised. Its eye has a round black pupil with a yellow iris. The jellyfish is transparent and it has two long oral arms that almost look like legs or pants.
A juvenile Brown Argonaut (Argonauta hians) riding on top of a jellyfish. The argonaut is in a small, wavy "shell" with the ends of its arms in the "shell." Most of the arms are exposed with the sucker side out. The argonaut has a fairly large eye with a yellow iris.
It's time for your regular reminder that argonauts ride around on jellyfish.
30.05.2025 17:40 β π 72 π 25 π¬ 2 π 1Incredible morphological convergence!! #Evol2025
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