Deeptha Vasudevan

We are looking for a new technician to join our lab and gain some hands on #zebrafish and molecular biology experience. Interested parties should apply here: jobs.rutgers.edu/postings/259... Happy to answer any and all questions about the lab! #STEMJobs

Huntington's disease successfully treated for first time One of the most devastating diseases finally has a treatment that can slow its progression and transform lives, tearful doctors tell BBC.

New cures feel sudden, but the seeds were planted decades ago by basic scientists.

Which seeds will turn into cures? Unpredictable looking forward, a straight line looking back. 🧪🧬 🧵

Thomas Hunt Morgan - Wikipedia

Thomas Hunt Morgan, born 159 years ago #OTD in 1866.
Happy 1.59 centiMorgans.

en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_...

ALT text: A UMAP representation of a single cell RNAseq dataset from the Drosophila ventral nerve cord as well as images of the Drosophila nerve cord connectome and different stages of fly development.

Neuronal diversity is written in transcriptional codes 🧬. But what is the logic of these codes that define cell types and wiring patterns?
To find out we built a #scRNAseq developmental atlas of the Drosophila nerve cord and linked it to the #connectome 🪰🧠
#preprint thread ⬇️1/8

✨Not a rainbow trout… a rainbow zebrafish 🌈 🐟
The expression of 10 different genes simultaneously including Hox genes along the body axis, somites, brain regions, skeletal muscle, and heart 🔬Image by Alice Sherrard, Gabby Jerz & Nipam Patel 🧪 #FluorescenceFriday

Same, Julie— we’re so excited!

We will be updating the GRS website and announcing our exciting keynote speaker in the coming weeks!

image of web page for Neural Development GRC - go to https://www.grc.org/neural-development-conference/2026/

Bassem Hassan @bassemh.bsky.social, Corey Harwell & yours truly are co-chairs for 2026 Neural Development #GRC August 2-7, 2026 in Newport, RI 🇺🇸 - if you are interested in updates on the conference & to hear about our 🤩 line-up of speakers...follow @neuraldevgrc.bsky.social!
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Ohmygosh congrats, Kristen! 🎉 This is so well-deserved and I’m so thrilled for you! As one of the many trainees whose lives you’ve touched, I am so grateful for all that you do! ♥️

Ohmygosh congratulations! 🎉

Congrats, and so well-deserved, Tim! 🎉

The #Drosophila community can donate to the European side to save FlyBase @flybase.bsky.social at the following link:
www.philanthropy.cam.ac.uk/give-to-camb...

Love this solidarity. Yes, calling on the beloved zebrafish community to walk (swim?) so we can fly! 🐟🪰

🤣 I’m intrigued and have many follow-up questions that I will be DM-ing you.

Thank you for this!

URGENT: FlyBase has lost practically all its funding overnight; even user fees are tied up in denied grant funding. 🤬🤯

Any lab using @flybase.bsky.social please donate using the link in post below.

This incredible community, on whose backs our #Drosophila labs depend, can't be left out to dry.

@zebrafishrock.bsky.social Has anyone in the zebrafish community looked at the expression of temporal transcription factors (TTFs) in the developing spinal cord? If so, which ones? Asking as an ex-zf, now fly person reading mouse spinal cord TTF papers & currently doing an exciting fish experiment!

Scientists design gene delivery systems for cells in the brain and spinal cord NIH-funded breakthrough could enable targeted therapies for many neurological disorders.

We've launched the Armamentarium, a new toolkit for targeted gene delivery to the brain and spinal cord.

This #OpenScience resource was made possible thanks to support from the NIH BRAIN Initiative and teamwork with our collaborators.

🧠📈 www.nih.gov/news-events/...

Wanna grow organoids to understand human retinal development as a research assistant?

Wanna help run the lab as a lab manager?

The Johnston lab is hiring a research assistant/lab manager.

If you are interested, please apply (also please share!):

jobs.jhu.edu/job/Baltimor...

I am deeply grateful to the extremely hard-working and dedicated staff at the NIH and NSF. Thank you to all of the Program Officers, Scientific Review Officers, Grants Management Specialists, and so many more, who have made the engine of US science and innovation run.

PLEASE SHARE 💜 With uncertainty in federal research funding & hiring, we are offering *FREE* resume/CV reviews for early-career scientists in the US who have rescinded job offers or who risk layoffs.

If you feel this support would benefit you, submit resume/CV here: forms.gle/CCbbu2X5GJwH...

a man with glasses and a black shirt says " it 's a small step that really goes a long way " ALT: a man with glasses and a black shirt says " it 's a small step that really goes a long way "

SOME GOOD NEWS ABOUT NIH FUNDING

Closed sessions of institute and center Advisory Counsel meetings are now permitted. This is where grant applications are discussed and approved for potential funding.

Open sessions where there are public presentations and discussions are still not allowed.

Once more with feeling!

Hey!
Are you using a script to scrape FlyBase?
Just stop.
NOW.
You're crashing the site for everyone.
Yes, we mean YOU.

a brown and white dog is sitting on the floor next to a couch and a chair . ALT: a brown and white dog is sitting on the floor next to a couch and a chair .

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A couple of weeks left to apply to join Development's *Pathway to Independence* programme

Support & mentoring for post-docs on the academic job market

Deadline: January 31

journals.biologists.com/dev/pages/pi...

Congrats, Sarah! 🎉 It’s such a beautiful image 😍

two more days to submit for consideration in this workshop! looking forward to hearing about all your amazing science :)

A new study finds ants best humans at tests of collective intelligence.

Learn more: scim.ag/4h2K0ID

I’m a huge fan of the baby pictures too! ♥️ Such a fun read with Easter eggs!

Such a cool paper and a fantastic bluetorial!