Jenn Kong

Come join us at @stanford-chemh.bsky.social! I feel incredibly lucky to have launched my career here -- it is a fantastic place to do bold interdisciplinary science surrounded by creative & supportive colleagues. Applications are due 10/15/2025 -- DM me if you have questions about the search!

Cool work to design phospho-tyrosine binder by the Baker lab. They show it works but success rate is low (<0.1%) and binders are not super strong (>500nM, likely related to cost of desolvating the phosphate) .
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Delays, uncertainty plague NSF fellowship for graduate students After an unusual award process this year, applicants for next year are waiting for overdue guidelines

One of the premier U.S. graduate fellowships is mired in uncertainty as would-be applicants await overdue details about how to apply for the upcoming year’s awards. https://scim.ag/4nlRhqc

UCLA researchers find how epilepsy genes disrupt different brain regions using stem cell models For families of children with severe epilepsy, controlling seizures is often just the beginning of their challenges. Even in cases where powerful medications can reduce seizures, many children continu...

Researchers at @uclastemcell.bsky.social & @dgsomucla.bsky.social created the first human hippocampal #assembloid model, which can be used to study epilepsy as well as neurodevelopmental, neurodegenerative, and other brain disorders.

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#devbio #neuroskyence 🧪

😂 omg, same

A phenotypic brain organoid atlas for neurodevelopmental disorders https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.09.12.675864v1

✅ out this opportunity to learn more about biomedical careers at St. Jude! 🧪

We're hiring new faculty! Looking for talented scientists that are interested in pushing the boundaries of Cell Biology. Please spread the word!

Photo of Jaye Gardiner, a Black woman with long curly black hair, wearing dark green glasses and a coral colored sleeveless top, holding an iPad with the words “Jaye’s 1st day” written largely. Underneath it’s written “as an assistant professor 9/2/2025” although that doesn’t come out as clear in the photo.

Hello world! Today’s officially the first day of the lab! It’s an empty space currently only filled with ideas (that I don’t have card access to yet 😂) but I’m excited for the science that will happen here! -JCG

Yayayayayyayayayayayaya!!!!!! 🎉🎉🎉🎉 This totally made my day!!!! Woohooo Jaye!!!!

Investigating morphogen and patterning dynamics with optogenetic control of morphogen production Morphogen gradients provide the patterning cues that instruct cell fate decisions during development. Here, we establish an optogenetic system for the…

Our latest: We developed a chemo-optogenetic system for precise spatiotemporal control of morphogen production. Using dual light + small molecule control of Sonic Hedgehog production, we recapitulated neural tube patterning in vitro & measured spread of Shh

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Woohoo!!! 🎉🎉🎉

These are the most challenging times for early-career scientists and engineers.

My team is doing its bit to help by maintaining and even expanding our database of funding opportunities for early-career researchers.

We found 437 of them.

Download it freely here: research.jhu.edu/rdt/funding-...

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BSCB GenSoc UK Cilia and Centrosome Network e-Symposia Series BSCB GenSoc UK Cilia and Centrosome Network e-Symposia Series

Peak #SummerFun- our amazing line-up for our 52nd @bscb-official.bsky.social @gensocuk.bsky.social @ukcilianetwork.bsky.social e-symposium 19/08/2025 15:00-17:45 is now live! Join us for all things #cilia & #centrosomes- free & open to all. Register for here- www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/1220921258...

Love it! Congrats! Excited to give this a read :)

JSCBB Biotech Building in Boulder, CO

Are you bravely deciding to do a postdoc in the US? And also interested in some combination of genomics, immunology, and transposons? If so, consider applying to my lab at the BioFrontiers Institute in Boulder, Colorado!

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🧪🧬 #TESky #interferosky

I was obsessed with this show. It gets weird in the middle… but just keep going. It’s a fun ride.

Omg! Congrats!!!!!

Know any great developmental neurobiologists looking for a post doc position?
Are you looking for an adventure with cerebral organoids in New York City?
We are looking for an enthusiastic new team member!
Feel free to DM or email me 🧪 🧠 🍎
#science #neurodev #neurobiology #neuroscience #devbio

Omg, that looks amazing!

Wooo!!!! Congrats Semil!!!

The Laursen Lab (U. of Washington) is recruiting all career stages!

We use genetic tools to understand how mosquitoes and other pests sense the world and how this influences their behavior. We welcome applicants from a wide range of backgrounds. The lab (and mosquitoes) can’t wait to meet you!

Social media postcard that says: Are you an early-career researcher within five years of your first appointment to a faculty position? You could be eligible for our new grants for junior faculty staff. The Journal of Experimental Biology logo is in the bottom left corner. The Kickstart grant logo, two hands shaking, is in the bottom right corner.

If you're a new PI within 5 years of your first faculty position, here are two fantastic grants to help develop your research: the Kickstart Travel Grant and ECR Visiting Fellowships. The next deadline is 6 June

Find out more at biologists.com/grants/#jeb

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Image of the TV series The Magic School Bus accompanied by the following text: Airing on PBS in the mid-1990s, this NSF-funded animated TV show follows Ms. Frizzle and her class as they set off on field trips out of this world, including careening across the solar system, traveling through the human body or visiting the late Cretaceous period.

I was today years old when I learned that the Magic Schoolbus was an NSF-funded project.

Fascinating. Yeah… I don’t have any memories from my baby years.

We were blown away by the public response to our findings that the infant brain can store memories. Many people wrote to share with us their first memories. To help us capture these reports, we created a short, anonymous survey. We hope you might also consider taking it. Please share with others! 🧠🧪

🚨The new CSH Asia #Cilia and #Centrosome conference program just dropped 👇

Gah, I’m so sorry. Hope she’s on the mend soon.

My university (a regional PUI in Washington State) is holding Give Day today! Do you support research and mentorship for undergraduate students? Consider supporting our Summer Undergraduate Research program!