Evan Bardot (he/him)

Thrilled - and so honored - to be among the most recent additions to this incredible group of scientists!

A plate made out of wood, with de society for dev bio logo, 2025 Trainee Science Communication Award, my name, and "In recognition of extraordinary science communication and outreach efforts as a trainee member of the Society"

Extremely honored to receive this prize from @socdevbio.bsky.social, which recognizes not only my love for developmental biology, but the extremely online I am 🧪 (protect science, protect people, viva la dev bio!)

Joaquín delivering a mental award lecture.

Terrific rallying cry of an @socdevbio.bsky.social award lecture from @mads100tist.bsky.social at #icdb2025! Our work and community are important, #DevBio matters, and it’s up to us to tell everyone why. Don’t give the enshittifiers an inch!

Hey #2025ICDB folks! Do you have questions about publishing with Nature Communications? Curious about editorial careers?

I’ll be outside the poster hall from ~3:45-4:15 today and tomorrow. Come find me, or drop me a message if this time doesn’t work for you!

If you have a #devbio or #stemcell story looking for a journal, I’ll be here all week and am happy to chat. DM me or message me in the meeting app and we can set up a time.

Excited to be in #PuertoRico for the #2025sdb #2025icdb meeting! Got some sun today and am ready for the science.

The two designs of the Node coasters. Image credits: Evan Bardot (mouse embryo) and Gonzalo Aparicio (zebrafish retina). Text reads: Visit The Company of Biologists booth at SDB 2025 to pick up some free goodies from us and find out about joining the Node Network. Email: thenode@biologists.com. X: @the_Node. Bluesky: @the-node.bsky.social

Attending #2025SDB #2025ICDB this week?

Visit the @biologists.bsky.social booth (#4) to find out about writing for the Node, join the Node Network and pick up @dev-journal.bsky.social article collections, posters and the Node coasters (image credits: @ebardot.bsky.social & @gaparicio.bsky.social‬)!

The two designs of the Node coasters. Image credits: Evan Bardot (mouse embryo) and Gonzalo Aparicio (zebrafish retina). Text reads: Visit The Company of Biologists booth at SDB 2025 to pick up some free goodies from us and find out about joining the Node Network. Email: thenode@biologists.com. X: @the_Node. Bluesky: @the-node.bsky.social

Attending #2025SDB #2025ICDB next week?

Visit the @biologists.bsky.social booth (#4) to find out about writing for the Node, join the Node Network and pick up @dev-journal.bsky.social article collections, posters and the Node coasters (image credits: @ebardot.bsky.social & @gaparicio.bsky.social‬)!

My teammate Mimmi is based in HK and at the #isscr2025 meeting looking for great #stemcell stories in need of a journal. Track her down or DM me if you want to be put in touch!

A year of stem cell and developmental biology In recent years, the field of stem cell and developmental biology has seen remarkable breakthroughs that have deepened our understanding of how organisms ...

Getting ready for the @isscr.org meeting this week? Editors across @natureportfolio.nature.com put together a Collection of highlights in #stemcell research from the past year. Get caught up before hitting the sessions!

www.nature.com/collections/...

Graphic from The NewsGuild-CWA. Bold headline reads: “Police are targeting journalists during the Los Angeles protests.” Below, text says: “Police have fired ‘less-lethal’ rounds on local, national and foreign reporters who were only doing their jobs. These actions by law enforcement are illegal. They violate California state law and are unconstitutional under the First Amendment.” The NewsGuild logo is at the top, featuring a red shield with the letters "TNG" and the phrase “The NewsGuild – Communications Workers of America” in a circular border.

Quote graphic featuring a statement from NewsGuild-CWA President Jon Schleuss. The quote reads: “Journalists play a crucial role in holding power to account, particularly during times of crisis and protest. When law enforcement targets reporters, it’s not just an attack on individuals; it’s an attack on every American’s right to a free press. The U.S. government must defend that freedom, not undermine it. Journalism is not a crime.” — Jon Schleuss, NewsGuild-CWA President At the bottom, bold red text reads: “Read the full statement on newsguild.org.”

RELEASE: Jon Schleuss, president of The NewsGuild-CWA, sounds the alarm on police violence against reporters during the LA protests.

“We demand that every law enforcement agency open investigations into any officer violating the rights of journalists doing their jobs.”

Journalism is NOT a crime.

If a writing task is unimportant enough to have AI do it, then it isn’t worth being written - or read!

We have a few exciting papers in the pipeline already and are taking submissions for the next 6 to 9 months (with flexibility if needed). My DMs are open for any questions, or you can email me. Please reach out and spread the word!

Organizers and self-organization in developmental biology This collection highlights papers studying self-organization, symmetry breaking, and developmental organizers.

Attention #devbio and #stemcell crew! @natcomms.nature.com is looking for submissions related to developmental organizers, self organization, and symmetry breaking. More details on the collection page. www.nature.com/collections/...

If you're a grad student or an undergrad interested in research I need to you listen to me very carefully.

You cannot learn to write good research papers if you do not read good research papers.

Stop asking LLMs to summarize papers for you.

Collage of the five different header images, shown from top to bottom. Image descriptions: 1. Zebrafish lymphatics by Daniel Castranova. Lymphatic vessels shown in blue and neutrophils shown in orange in the head of a double transgenic juvenile zebrafish. 2. Catshark by Rory Cooper. Cleared and alizarin and stained hatchling catshark embryo. 3. Preimplantation mouse embryos by Markus Schliffka. Different stages of mouse preimplantation development from the zygote to the blastocyst, with nuclei in cyan and actin in grey. 4. Zebrafish retina by Gonzalo Aparicio. Retina from a 72hpf zebrafish embryo. Photoreceptor marker shown in red, while gfap:eGFP (a Muller cell marker) is shown z-depth pseudo-coloured. 5. Mouse embryo by Evan Bardot. Cleared E12.5 embryo labelled with antibodies against Cntn2 (green) and ColIV (magenta). Generated in Collaboration with James Muller.

Have you noticed the rotating header images on our site? They're winners of a competition we ran in 2021. Thank you @gaparicio.bsky.social @rorylcooper.bsky.social @zebrafish007.bsky.social @ebardot.bsky.social & Markus Schliffka for the images!

Give us a visit: thenode.biologists.com

Evidence of US brain drain?

US scientists submitted 32% more applications for jobs abroad Jan-Mar 2025 than during same period in 2024.

US-based users browsing jobs abroad increased by 35%.

Data from Nature Careers global science jobs platform.
www.nature.com/articles/d41...

"AI work is just as good as human work" is a statement that *always* flows from the direction of power. Employers to workers, producers to consumers, but not the reverse.

Because it's not a thing people actually believe, but an argument: slop is good enough for you; you are slop.

#HandsOff protest in #NYC today. So many NYers showed up that we couldn’t move for 2 hrs—5th Ave was too packed the whole distance of the march. 120,000 people. Next time we’ll plan for a few dozen more blocks.

Proud of my city. But this is only the beginning—NYers will NEVER stop fighting 🗽🍎🥯🥡🍕💪

Wnt signaling restores evolutionary loss of regenerative potential in Hydra The regenerative potential of animals varies widely, even among closely-related species. In a comparative study of regeneration across the Hydra genus, we found that while most species exhibit robust ...

Amid chaos, some joy. Proud to share this study from @regen-bio-cie.bsky.social (Sergio Campos) surveying regeneration in diverse Hydra species, showing that Hydra oligactis lost foot regeneration ability, which can be rescued by a Wnt signaling pulse during injury. www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

Dear all, Because of your help shining light on this all 15 were reinstated today. This is a huge win for science - When We Fight We Win!!!

Collage of the five different header images, shown from top to bottom. Image descriptions: 1. Zebrafish lymphatics by Daniel Castranova. Lymphatic vessels shown in blue and neutrophils shown in orange in the head of a double transgenic juvenile zebrafish. 2. Catshark by Rory Cooper. Cleared and alizarin and stained hatchling catshark embryo. 3. Preimplantation mouse embryos by Markus Schliffka. Different stages of mouse preimplantation development from the zygote to the blastocyst, with nuclei in cyan and actin in grey. 4. Zebrafish retina by Gonzalo Aparicio. Retina from a 72hpf zebrafish embryo. Photoreceptor marker shown in red, while gfap:eGFP (a Muller cell marker) is shown z-depth pseudo-coloured. 5. Mouse embryo by Evan Bardot. Cleared E12.5 embryo labelled with antibodies against Cntn2 (green) and ColIV (magenta). Generated in Collaboration with James Muller.

Have you noticed the rotating header images on our site? They're winners of a competition we ran in 2021. Thank you @gaparicio.bsky.social @rorylcooper.bsky.social @zebrafish007.bsky.social @ebardot.bsky.social & Markus Schliffka for the images!

Give us a visit: thenode.biologists.com

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While there is a team at the portfolio who will identify potential authors to contact, I try to generate a list of labs that I know are doing relevant research. It's more work to get a targeted list, but not impossible and worth it if it means fewer spammy emails to you all!

We can justify a Collection topic multiple ways. We may look for a new (sub)field gaining traction or a string of high-profile papers on a similar topic. Maybe there's a notable anniversary in the field (watch this space). As long as we can identify interest and define the scope.

With this collection we launched last year, I was trying to foster a fundamental research community. The goal was to demonstrate our interest in their work, and based on my conversations we had some success!
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From a Publisher's perspective, Collections are a tool to increase submissions (and yes, market share and profit). However, as Editors, we have a lot of control over how these are implemented from topic selection and scope definition, to author invitation and promotion.

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Some Sunday musings related to how I approach Collections. These are based on my experience at @naturecomms.bsky.social and not about the explosion of Collections at scientific publishers more broadly.

This seems like a question your awesome team could tackle - what about the sunk costs of investment in STEM education to build a pipeline of future scientists? NIH/NSF/research cuts are squandering that effort and wasting that (successful!) investment.

Abrupt Dismissal of NIH and NSF Staff Undermines Government Efficiency