Alek Erickson

That is my current idea, though it is open to many 'beneficial mutations' driven by a strong and/or persuasive candidate. If this aligns with your interests, contact me by DM or email with your CV and a short statement of motivation. 4/4

Then, modelling 3D growth fields given a starting set of cells with defined GRN activation states. Predictions about GRN function on cell fate and tissue shape would then be reconstituted in the lab using in vitro or in vivo approaches.

Our group aims to study how GRNs drive clonal dynamics during facial morphogenesis. We will merge GRN inference (incl. enhancer target predictions) with developmental trajectory modeling, to understanding how GRNs evolve during cell diversification and patterning. 2/n

DDLS Research School Postdoc call 2026 Call for Academic and Industrial Postdoctoral Fellowships in Data-Driven Life Science 2026 Generic Description of the DDLS Postdoc Program The SciLifeLab and Wallenberg National Program for Data-Drive...

Have you recently (or nearly) defended your PhD and are interested in gene regulatory networks (GRNs), cell fate decisions, and the evolution of skeletal form? Let's apply together for the Wallenberg DDLS Postdoc Call 2026 (deadline for this is March 31). 1/n

www.scilifelab.se/data-driven/...

Thanks to both the Petrus och Augusta Hedlunds Stiftelse, and the Åke Wiberg Stiftelse, for their generous decisions in 2025 to support my group's research into molecular mechanisms of brain-face covariation and birth defects affecting the facial skeleton.

A Cooper's Hawk getting escorted out of the air space by a Barn Swallow.

In our latest #SETILive #podcast, artist Jennifer Willet talks about the experience of creating an artwork that represented the seemingly opposing viewpoints of biogenesis from our two 2025 Drake Award winners. Listen to the full podcast: www.seti.org/seti-live/ 🧪 👩‍🔬 🐡

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Superstable lipid vacuoles endow cartilage with its shape and biomechanics Conventionally, the size, shape, and biomechanics of cartilages are determined by their voluminous extracellular matrix. By contrast, we found that multiple murine cartilages consist of lipid-filled c...

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N-cadherin and β1 integrin coordinately regulate growth plate cartilage architecture - PubMed Spatial and temporal regulation of chondrocyte maturation in the growth plate drives growth of many bones. One essential event to generate the ordered cell array characterizing growth plate cartilage ...

pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/38294852/

Nkx2.7 is a conserved regulator of craniofacial development - Nature Communications Craniofacial malformations have been linked to congenital heart defects, as in 22q11.2 deletion syndrome, but the mechanisms linking these lineages remain unknown. Here they show that zebrafish nxk2.7...

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Solid phase transitions as a solution to the genome folding paradox - Nature In vitro reconstitution and in vivo live-cell imaging of LHX2–EBF1–LDB1 enhancer hubs in olfactory sensory neurons reveals that these transcription factors form condensates with solid, rathe...

www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Range extender mediates long-distance enhancer activity - Nature The REX element is associated with long-range enhancer–promoter interactions.

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MSCA Postdoctoral Fellowships 2025 MSCA Postdoctoral Fellowships enhance the creative and innovative potential of researchers holding a PhD and who wish to acquire new skills through advanced training, international, interdisciplinary ...

Are you interested in a postdoc studying the genetics of skeletal shaping in my lab at Stockholm University? Let's apply for this Marie Skłodowska-Curie postdoc fellowship (deadline: September 2025). Reach out!
marie-sklodowska-curie-actions.ec.europa.eu/calls/msca-p...

Agreed

If the question is whether anybody still thinks that, I would wager a guess the answer is yes, at least somebody probably thinks that

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“In an honest search for knowledge you quite often have to abide by ignorance for an indefinite period. … The steadfastness in standing up to [this], nay in appreciating it as a stimulus and a signpost to further quest, is a natural and indispensable disposition in the mind of a scientist.”

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i would like people to stop saying "you can't be serious" when I'm telling them something amazing. YES I CAN!

A tot is a tot is a totology

this post is dedicated to the NWW list

This month there was an important Chinese traditional festival, Qingming, during which we usually cherish the precious memory of the most significant people in our lives together.

I may be grotesquely thin, but that doesn’t stop me from enjoying a good meal from time to time!

o4-mini-high just one-shotted my favorite word puzzle.
All previous models had been unable to solve it.

The statute of limitations on insider trading is 5 years the more you know april 9 2030

Great!

@ppagella86.bsky.social thanks for the follow ! I was just recently thinking about your and Claudio’s expertise in DNA binding measurements. Would love to meet and discuss science this week or month if you’re free.