Linda Barlow

@mckey-lab.bsky.social

Lest we forget the heroism of Dorie Miller on December 7, 1941 at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii

Snow on Sumida River - Tsuchiya Koitsu

Development's Pathway to Independence Programme Our grants support and encourage the sharing of knowledge throughout the community by facilitating international collaboration, event attendance and the organisation of scientific meetings, conference...

Applications are open for @dev-journal.bsky.social 2026 Pathway to Independence (PI) programme, supporting postdocs applying for group leader positions:

Mentoring
Profile raising
Leadership training
Network building

Spread the word...

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Another one bites the dust Science of The Total Environment has been delisted by Web of Science. Scientific Reports is set to publish 45,000 articles this year, likely generating over $100 million in revenue. Could it be next?

"Scientific Reports likely to generate >$100M this year...When a journal publishes 45K articles...some bad papers will be published. The big unknown is whether [the now infamous “Factor Fexcetorn” paper] is the visible tip of a research integrity iceberg" newsletter.journalology.com/p/another-on...

Multiple sources have confirmed that ICE/Border Patrol is headed back to the Raleigh and Durham areas for undefined deportation actions. We've heard 50 ICE agents, charter flights and hotels booked for all of them in the Raleigh area.

Let us know what you hear.

When the data are so beautiful it hurts 💔

SAVE THE DATE! Stoked to organize the 2026 Santa Cruz Developmental Biology Meeting with @rashmi-priya.bsky.social, @lowelab.bsky.social, and Shelbi Russell. Come learn about Biomedicine, Biomechanics, and the Biosphere, August 24-28, 2026. Registration dates, etc., coming soon! Please RT

We missed you too!

@fantauzzolab.bsky.social you’re on a roll!!

Beautiful work! Congrats to all @siegenthalerlab.bsky.social @fantauzzolab.bsky.social @hejcell.bsky.social

Another developmental biology model systems short course is in the books. So immensely grateful i get to teach this fun class with @mckey-lab.bsky.social

Tim Hutton-actor, Steve Bernstein -Sex Mob, Peter Apfelbaum-Heiroglyphics

A bad thing is unfolding at NIH this week: It looks like the Trump administration is trying to replace key civil servant scientific leaders, the Institute Directors, with political hires. These directors control the NIH budget, tens of billions.

A bit of a video explainer here: 1/ 🧪

Guffaw!

Did you know that there’s only one lake in the world where you can find wild axolotls? Venture into the race to save them: buff.ly/noVVMWB

Neanderthal DNA enhances our understanding of face development

This Research Highlight showcases the work from Hannah Long @hannahlong.bsky.social, Kirsty Uttley @kirstyuttley.bsky.social, Hannah Jüllig @hannahjuellig.bsky.social and colleagues: journals.biologists.com/dev/article/...

a black cat is sitting at a desk with a laptop and the words sending you luck Alt: a black cat is sitting at a desk with a laptop and the words sending you luck

Good luck to all of the folks submitting NSF GRFP applications today! If you have been able to keep up with their constant changes and get all of your letters submitted, documents written, formatted, and uploaded on time you have already accomplished so much! Good luck to all.

Colorful printed scene of figures in line to vote

Jacob Lawrence, "The 1920s: The Migrants Arrive & Cast Their Ballots," screenprint, 1974 noma.org/election-day...

Don’t forget health insurance company shareholders…

Not. The. Onion.

Age and gender distortion in online media and large language models - Nature Stereotypes of age-related gender bias are socially distorted, as evidenced by the age gap in the representations of women and men across various media and algorithms, despite no systematic age differ...

When ChatGPT was asked to rate 40,000 résumés, it ranked the older male candidates as better quality than the younger female applicants.

Let’s talk about ICE. This post is long, but it’s worth reading to understand how to protect your right to privacy.

It might sound extreme, but everyday Americans may soon want to consider face coverings for reasons far beyond health or fashion.

Happy Halloween from the Barlow lab

It just keeps getting better.

This is so gorgeous

The Walton family (who own Walmart) are worth over $400 billion, yet many of their employees are on SNAP.

Bezos is worth over $400 billion, many Amazon employees require SNAP.

The people who need help are not the problem.

It’s corporate greed. It’s an unwillingness to pay a living wage.