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Applications are open for PREP Bio at the University of Oregon! A great opportunity for postbacs looking for additional research experience while preparing for graduate school. More here: cas.uoregon.edu/UO-PREP-Bio

UMass Boston Biology is hiring at the Assistant Professor level! Join our collegial department at our ocean front campus! nam10.safelinks.protection.outlook.com?url=https%3A...

Dear #izfc2025 participants, if anyone of you are interested in how transcription control defines mRNA fate and translation in zebrafish development, there are/will be several PhD and postdoctoral positions (funded by the Wellcome Trust) for this research. Please find me if interested.

Thank you to everyone who participated in the 2025 Boston Area Zebrafish Researchers Meeting! You all made this a fantastic meeting!

For those interested!

Trump officials take steps toward a radically different NSF Efforts to shrink staff, budget, and focus have alarmed members of Congress

Another scoop from Jeff Mervis (@policyhound.bsky.social): NSF's ~1400 grant terminations have disproportionately affected PIs from groups underrepresented in science: women, racial & ethnic minorities, & those with disabilities. 1/3
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Boston Area Zebrafish Researchers Boston Area Zebrafish Researchers Meeting @bazar-meeting.bsky.social

Don't forget to submit your abstract for the Boston Zebrafish Meeting! Abstract deadline for poster presentation is this Friday May 16. #zebrafish #zebrafishmeeting
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Boston Area Zebrafish Researchers Boston Area Zebrafish Researchers Meeting @bazar-meeting.bsky.social

Boston Zebrafish meeting abstracts are due this coming Friday, April 25, to be considered for a talk! #zebrafish #zebrafishmeeting
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NIH freezes all research grants to Columbia University Amid negotiations with Trump, the university could risk losing nearly $700 million

Exclusive: Weeks after President Donald Trump’s administration ordered NIH to pull $250 million in biomedical research grants to Columbia University, the agency is freezing all remaining grant money owed to the university until further notice. scim.ag/4if5Rg1

Boston Area Zebrafish Researchers Boston Area Zebrafish Researchers Meeting @bazar-meeting.bsky.social

Registration is open for the Boston Area Researchers Zebrafish Meeting! Abstract Deadlines are: April 25th to be considered for a talk, and May 16 for poster. #ZebrafishMeeting #Zebrafish

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Are terminations of NIH grants wasting billions of taxpayer dollars? DOGE argues killing grants saves money, but a Science analysis suggests more than $1.4 billion in sunk research costs may produce few results

"We spent all this money on this research and we’re not even going to be able to give taxpayers the outcomes." DOGE's cuts to NIH grants may save money on paper, but terminating studies without notice ultimately wastes money, our analysis shows. @science.org www.science.org/content/arti...

Are you affected by the HHS cuts and restructuring? HHS is set to cut 10,000 jobs and consolidate divisions — have you been affected? @statnews would like to hear from you.

#HHS isn't being transparent about the cuts occurring within the department or its agencies such as #CDC, #NIH, #FDA. If you've received a RIF notice today, @statnews.com wants to know. www.statnews.com/2025/03/27/h...

US map via scienceimpacts.org visualization of economic loss due to IDC cuts to 15% as part of Feb 7, 2025 executive order, with shading denoting intensity of cuts.

Working with an interdisciplinary team, we have developed a website to communicate how the White House's proposed cuts to health research would cause losses of $16B and 68,500 jobs.

Find out how your community may be impacted.

Explore more at SCIMaP: scienceimpacts.org

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Headshots of Richard Behringer and Carole LaBonne

SDB President-elect Richard Behringer and SDB President Carole LaBonne published an opinion piece in The Hill on how President Trump's executive order entitled "Defending Women from Gender Ideology Extremism and Restoring Biological Truth to the Federal Government" ignores science. bit.ly/41OM694

NIH is again throttling research funding in defiance of a federal court order A freeze on "new and continuation awards" will "remain in place" pending DEI review, states a new internal memo.

Despite court order, NIH grants remain frozen. Newly awarded grants, grants with fundable scores, & funds for a new budget cycle of a current project are all *FROZEN*🥶 and not being released. US research is being choked to death & is on life support right now www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

Poster for the Northeast Society for Developmental Biology Conference in Woods Hole. There's lots of animals represented such as the axolotl, zebrafish, squid, octopus, planarians, drosophila and sea anenomes.

Check out the upcoming Northeast Regional Society for Developmental Biology Conference at the Marine Biological Laboratory, Woods Hole, MA. April 25 – 27, 2025. Lots of cool models will be represented! REGISTER & SEE PRELIM PROGRAM at sdbonline.org/nesdb2025 #ZebrafishMeeting @socdevbio.bsky.social

If you are an enthusiastic, motivated and team-oriented life science researcher-in-spé, we are looking for you! We offer excellent science and working conditions. For more info on projects please see. Please help me spread this🙏

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Hi all, I am in contact with a reporter at Science magazine who would like to talk with a trainee or mentor who successfully applied for an equity/DEI-related NIH training grant or a training supplement but have not received the Notice of Award and probably won't get the grant.

Society for Developmental Biology Logo - Choose Development Paid Summer Undergraduate Research Training Mission To broaden the scientific workforce by preparing undergraduate students to enter doctoral programs in developmental biology with enriched mentored research experiences for two summers. Overview Two 10-week summer research internships in the lab of an SDB member Receive $5500 stipend each summer Receive guidance and support from a team of mentors Network with the developmental biology community Present summer research at the next SDB annual meeting Eligibility Undergraduate student from underrepresented group(s), first generation college student, veteran, or undergraduate student with a disability U.S. citizen or permanent resident Interest to pursue a doctoral degree Photo of woman in lab coat pipetting a solution QR Code to Choose Development website Application Deadline Extended: February 5, 2025, 11:59 PM ET www.sdbonline.org/choose_development

We are extending the #ChooseDevelopment application deadline to Wednesday, February 5, 11:59 PM ET. Undergrads from underrepresented racial or ethnic groups, first-generation college students, veterans & students with a disability are eligible. bit.ly/3FwHqYp #devbio

Trump hits NIH with ‘devastating’ freezes on meetings, travel, communications, and hiring Researchers facing

“The impact of the collective executive orders and directives appears devastating.” scim.ag/40ureTO

Society for Developmental Biology Logo - Choose Development Paid Summer Undergraduate Research Training Mission To broaden the scientific workforce by preparing undergraduate students to enter doctoral programs in developmental biology with enriched mentored research experiences for two summers. Overview Two 10-week summer research internships in the lab of an SDB member Receive $5500 stipend each summer Receive guidance and support from a team of mentors Network with the developmental biology community Present summer research at the next SDB annual meeting Eligibility Undergraduate student from underrepresented group(s), first generation college student, veteran, or undergraduate student with a disability U.S. citizen or permanent resident Interest to pursue a doctoral degree Photo of woman in lab coat pipetting a solution QR Code to Choose Development website Application Deadline: February 1, 2025 www.sdbonline.org/choose_development

There are two weeks left to apply for the #ChooseDevelopment! Summer Undergraduate Research Program. Undergrads from underrepresented racial or ethnic group, first-generation college students, veterans & students with a disability are eligible. bit.ly/3FwHqYp Deadline: February 1, 2025 #devbio

#ZebrafishCareers 🇮🇱 (PhD/Postdoc)

An illustration of some cartoon fish and their varying sex-determining genes (SDGs). Header test says, "Strangely, fish have a variety of different SDGs rather than a single gene, like in all mammals or in all birds." The text on the bottom right continues, "But sometimes, even closely related fish have different SDGs like these three ricefishes." The illustrated fish species and their associated sex-determining genes (SDMs) include: Striped catfish & amhr2; Northern pike & amh; Herring & bmpr1b; rainbow trout & irf9; Mexican blind cavefish & gdf6; Greater amberjack & hsd17b1; Senegalese sole & fshr; Japanese ricefish & dmy; Luzon ricefish & gsdf; and Indian ricefish & sox3.

This short graphic novel about Fish Sex Determination from Sophia Breslin, John Postlethwait, & Thomas Desvignes @notothentoma.bsky.social is AMAZING!
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