Stephanie Woo

Lord help me, I thought these were RNA-seq peaks.

It’s been a pleasure hosting #NSF REU student Abigail Hart in our lab this summer! Abby and all the other summer students are truly our next generation of scientists. Here’s hoping these training programs continue to receive the support they deserve!

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Deadline to register for the West Coast Society for Developmental Biology is TONIGHT, 8:59 pm PDT! www.sdbonline.org/wcsdb2025_re...

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One day left to register!!! www.sdbonline.org/wcsdb2025

Last day to register for the 2025 West Coast SDB meeting is this Thursday, July 31! www.sdbonline.org/wcsdb2025 #wcsdb2025

Some journals are claiming that you need to pay big $$ for gold open access to comply with NIH's new public access policy. FYI that is total bs. You can comply by depositing the Accepted Manuscript into PubMed Central on the Date of Publication without embargo. Pass it on.

Yay congrats!!!!

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What is this anti-vertebrate propaganda?

Dear all, PLEASE add comments on the importance of model organism research at this link:

Are you interested in signaling? Imaging? Development and differentiation?

Please us Friday for our virtual seminar series and a talk by @siegenthalerlab.bsky.social from @cuanschutz.bsky.social! It will be fantastic! 11:30 AM PDT/1:30 PM CDT/2:30PM EDT. Register: scisoc.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

West Coast SDB update: Abstract deadline for short talks has been extended to Thursday, 7/10!!! #wcsdb2025 www.sdbonline.org/wcsdb2025_pr...

Excited to grow our team! The Tissue Morpho and Mechanics Lab at Hopkins is seeking a full-time Lab Technologist (50% lab tech + 20% lab manager + 30% scientist) to support our research in developmental biology and biomechanics 🐸🖖🔬🧪🫵. Great opportunity to be part of a vibrant and curious group.

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Just a reminder that the abstract deadline for a short talks at the West Coast SDB meeting is coming up next week! Links to abstract submission, registration, and the preliminary program can be found here: www.sdbonline.org/wcsdb2025 #wcsdb2025

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Dr. Gloria Ligunas standing next to a slide with the Lewis Wolpert quote “It is not birth, marriage, or death, but gastrulation which is truly the most important time of your life.”

On behalf of my social media-less husband: Congratulations to Dr. Gloria Ligunas, a first for the Materna Lab!!!

And many thanks to Panaderia Guadalajara for the custom cake!

Patty was on my thesis committee. Her feedback was always super insightful and so, so sharp. I am so grateful for the role she played in my training. She was a brilliant scientist and mentor and gone too soon.

Congrats, Natasha!!!

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Are you attending the #2025ICDB meeting in Puerto Rico? Please join us for “Workshop 1: Truth Matters: Strengthening Science Communication to Counter Misinformation” on 6/22/25. We will have two amazing speakers (see next posts) and an interactive session aimed at providing communication tools! 1/

Congrats! 🎉🥳

Twilight Zone. Miss you, Dad 🖤

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If you love Daniocell, but wish it could generate analyses specific to YOUR genes & cell types of interest, check out DaniocellDesktop - a new point-and-click app for Mac and Windows that enables reanalysis of the Daniocell data without programming: daniocell.nichd.nih.gov/desktop/ (1/4)

You should come! We do not regionally gate keep 🤗

Website is now open for registration and abstract submission! See you in beautiful SLO! 😎🏖️ www.sdbonline.org/wcsdb2025

Even more #wcsdb2025 speakers:
Richard Zayas (SDSU)
Sarah Bowling (Stanford)
Sunil Kenchanmane Raju @kenchanmane.bsky.social (UCR)
Thomas Lozito (USC)

And huge thanks to our sponsors @healthcare.nikon.com , @hcrimaging.bsky.social, @parse.bsky.social, and @socdevbio.bsky.social.

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#wcsdb2025 Confirmed speakers cont'd:
Erica Hutchins @drericabiophd.bsky.social
Helena Cantwell (UCB)
Jeff Long @plantpolarity.bsky.social (UCLA)
Kelly Tseng (UNLV)
Kevin Morimoto (UCD)
Patricia Lang @plantricia.bsky.social (UCB)
Pei Yun Lee (UCLA)

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#wcsdb2025 Keynote speaker will be the fabulous Debbie Yelon (UCSD)!

Other confirmed speakers are:
Ahmad Nabhan (UCB)
Alice Accorsi @accorsi-alice.bsky.social (UCD)
Ben Vincent (UCLA)
Dae Seok Eom (UCI)
Emily Kolenbrander Ho @emkolen.bsky.social (Claremont McKenna)

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Website and registration will open soon for the West Coast SDB meeting, Aug 14–17 at Cal-Poly SLO! Abstract deadline for talks is July 7. Final deadline for abstracts (posters) and registration is July 31. We will have prizes for best undergrad, grad, and post doc presentations! #wcsdb2025 1/4

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Today is commencement at UC Merced. Congratulations to Woo Lab undergrad Jaxson Ramirez! Jaxson has been our HCR Wunderkind. We will miss him but are excited for his next chapter. 🎉

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Our collaboration with Ben’s lab has been, dare I say…lovely?! Stay posted for a update hopefully soon 🤞

And read Ben’s full “bluetorial” for all the cool stuff coming from @thelovelylab.bsky.social

Unlawful grant terminations are harming young scientists and threatening innovation. ASCB joins leaders calling for immediate funding restoration.

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