Deeptha Vasudevan

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!
🧠🪰🐭🐙🐸🦎🧒🏻🧫🧪🧠

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 .

♥️♥️

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!

'Twas the night before grant deadline A scientist's holiday poem

"‘'Twas the night before grant deadline, 7:15.
Many creatures were stirring, thanks to caffeine.
The comments accepted, the references done,
In hopes someone might fund my first R01."

Congrats to you both! 🎉♥️

Become a Node correspondent! Are you passionate about developmental and stem cell biology, writing, and communicating science? Apply to join the team.

Are you a #DevBio/#StemCell researcher and keen to do more #SciComm? ✍️🎨

We're looking for new correspondents to work together with the Node team to develop and produce content over the coming year.

📅Apply by 20 January 2025

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Let your timeline shine with these outstanding #WomenInScience! 🧪 #zebrafish go.bsky.app/4BegEjv

Absolutely! Beyond networking and sharing my science, it helps
to see how PIs structure grant and paper writing, manage their labs, and handle administrative duties. These are all crucial for navigating the steep learning curve of starting an independent lab.