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Assist prof — Biochem @UW! Interested in morphogen signaling — in the context of development, regeneration, and cancer. ❤️🦔 www.thekonglab.org/

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06.03.2026 17:31 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

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05.03.2026 20:48 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Another preprint is out from the Neal Lab! 🎉

Excited to share the first systematic side-by-side comparison of ERAD Derlin paralogs, revealing distinct cellular functions for Derlin-1, Derlin-2, and Derlin-3.
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...

04.03.2026 14:55 👍 22 🔁 10 💬 2 📌 0

Congrats!!!!

05.03.2026 17:06 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center Fred Hutch is dedicated to the elimination of cancer and related diseases as causes of human suffering and death.

My awesome colleague, @yarimura.bsky.social, is recruiting a postdoc to start at the end of 2026 or early 2027! His lab uses cryo-EM to uncover structural basis of key chromatin events using native complexes isolated from human cells or Xenopus egg extracts!

careers-fhcrc.icims.com/jobs/30706/p...

03.03.2026 04:33 👍 32 🔁 21 💬 1 📌 0

Some shit is about to go down with NIH study sections, friends. Keep your eyes peeled for change that may affect your grant submissions.

03.03.2026 02:30 👍 80 🔁 39 💬 7 📌 7
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It’s FREE to publish in Journal of Cell Science – there are no page charges, colour charges or hidden fees. And if your institution has a Read & Publish agreement, you can publish immediate OA free of charge.

Find out more: journals.biologists.com/jcs/pages/re...

#forscientists
#notforprofit

25.02.2026 16:19 👍 24 🔁 18 💬 0 📌 2
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Ten Black Scientists That Science Teachers Should Know About Help your students see the possibilities of careers in STEM fields by providing them with diverse role models.

STEM Black History Fact 22/28

Dr. Louis Sullivan founded Morehouse School of Medicine to address healthcare inequities and diversify the biomedical workforce.
www.pbs.org/education/bl...

23.02.2026 03:11 👍 22 🔁 9 💬 0 📌 0
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Let's get this hashtag started! The 2026 Santa Cruz Developmental Biology Meeting is happen this August! We will share updates using #SCDB26.

Can't wait!

scdb2026.sites.ucsc.edu

18.02.2026 18:37 👍 38 🔁 23 💬 1 📌 2

One of my best UW colleagues.

18.02.2026 01:27 👍 6 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0

❤️🐴 my horse is a hedgehog.

12.02.2026 19:17 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

So much more fun than working on my grant application. My horse is a worm

12.02.2026 15:52 👍 6 🔁 1 💬 1 📌 0

Pleased to share the final version of this behemoth of a paper, now finally published. I guess I can retire now?
www.nature.com/articles/s41...

More functional data, many thousands of words removed, and a few other updates from last year's preprint.

12.02.2026 11:22 👍 134 🔁 57 💬 7 📌 5

Excited for this!!!! 🤩🤩🤩

11.02.2026 03:04 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

As Fran was nice enough to highlight this, I thought I'd put up a brief thread. 3 in 10 proteins that our cells make are either embedded in membranes (ion channels, adhesion molecules, etc.) or secreted (insulin, antibodies). They move through the secretory pathway.
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06.02.2026 18:39 👍 94 🔁 41 💬 2 📌 6

Exciting preprint from the @merz.bsky.social lab proposing how fidelity of membrane fusion is achieved #membranes #trafficking

05.02.2026 16:41 👍 22 🔁 11 💬 3 📌 1
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I am looking forward to visiting the Dept of Chemical Engineering at the University of Washington.

My seminar on CODA and new CAR T cells for solid tumors will be this Tuesday, 4 – 5 p.m in the PAA

www.cheme.washington.edu/calendar?tru...

07.02.2026 14:48 👍 13 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0
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I am SO incredibly excited to announce the launch of a global list of Inspiring Black Scientists. You can use this list to nominate and connect with researchers. Please share and join us in highlighting these outstanding scientists for #BlackHistoryMonth and beyond!

www.wiley.com/en-us/resear...

05.02.2026 17:36 👍 135 🔁 79 💬 3 📌 8
Society for Developmental Biology | GetHIRED!

Looking for an academic job? Check out GetHIRED! from @socdevbio.bsky.social! This course provides expert advice and stories from leading investigators and reading and writing assignments that guide you through preparing all your job packet materials.

www.sdbonline.org/gethired

03.02.2026 17:07 👍 8 🔁 5 💬 0 📌 0

Very cool!!!! 🤩🤩🤩

30.01.2026 23:53 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 1

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30.01.2026 22:27 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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A protein complex in the extreme distal tip of vertebrate motile cilia controls their organization, length, and function - Nature Communications Here they combine in vivo imaging with proteomics to characterize a protein complex comprised of Ccdc78 and Ccdc33 that acts at the extreme distal tip of 9 + 2 motile cilia to control tip architecture...

Cilia alert! Stoked to have the new paper from Juyeon Hong about a new domain at the extreme distal tip of motile cilia! (The EDT, y'all!) It's out now @natcomms.nature.com.
Check it out!
#cilia

www.nature.com/articles/s41...

29.01.2026 01:23 👍 64 🔁 20 💬 1 📌 0

the original language in the Senate appropriations bill kept the MYF policy to 2024 levels

ask your congressional representatives for the current language in the funding bill to be replaced with this language: keep MYF at 2024 levels, NOT 2025 levels 🧪

20.01.2026 23:41 👍 22 🔁 12 💬 0 📌 1
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We Want to Hear From Parents and Doctors About Vaccines

I'm still welcoming submissions through this form if you're a parent or medical provider and want to share how the new vaccine schedule and decline in vax rates is affecting you.

For my first story, I'm especially interested in hearing from parents trying to navigate all of this. (See next post)

16.01.2026 22:56 👍 39 🔁 14 💬 3 📌 0
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The tortoise wins: How slowing down saved my Ph.D. Graduate student Amy Bounds reflects on how slowing down in the lab not only improved her relationship with work but also made her a more productive scientist.

A grad student in my lab wrote this article sharing her growth in grad school. Amy is fantastic and I am lucky to work with her. www.asbmb.org/asbmb-today/...

13.01.2026 18:30 👍 8 🔁 5 💬 0 📌 0

Very excited to share I’ll be starting my own group at University of Utah in the Department of Human Genetics in the new year! Reach out if you are interested! vollgerlab.com

05.06.2025 14:15 👍 66 🔁 13 💬 9 📌 4
The image is a screenshot from https://artsci.washington.edu/csb. That website is titled "Chemical Science Building" and discusses how "The new Chemical Sciences Building will unit modern labs, shared instrumentation, and flexible spaces into an integrated research hub that accelerates innovation across disciplines." I'm extremely proud of the research that has come out of Bagley Hall, including from my own lab, but imagine how much more we could do if we weren't distracted by the periodic flooding and constant power outages characteristic of our old building!

The image is a screenshot from https://artsci.washington.edu/csb. That website is titled "Chemical Science Building" and discusses how "The new Chemical Sciences Building will unit modern labs, shared instrumentation, and flexible spaces into an integrated research hub that accelerates innovation across disciplines." I'm extremely proud of the research that has come out of Bagley Hall, including from my own lab, but imagine how much more we could do if we weren't distracted by the periodic flooding and constant power outages characteristic of our old building!

Exciting news! @uwchemistry has approval to build a new lab building…if we raise the remaining funds. Washington State and generous donors have made significant contributions, but we aren’t all the way there yet. If you’d like to know more about the great things we do, please see chem.washington.edu

11.01.2026 05:19 👍 3 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
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Cover of "When Trees Testify: Science, Wisdom, History, and America's Black Botanical Legacy"!!! published by @henryholtbooks.bsky.social.
I can't tell you all adequately how proud of & eager I am to share this with the world!!!
Coming January 20, 2026
Pre-order NOW: bookshop.org/p/books/when...

08.09.2025 18:32 👍 243 🔁 81 💬 16 📌 16
The brand new website of the Bischoff lab

The brand new website of the Bischoff lab

... together with my SciArt Gallery :)

... together with my SciArt Gallery :)

So excited to share this as a new junior PI:

My brand-new lab website! 🎉🪰🌀
www.bischofflab.com

Please pass it on to young, motivated researchers looking for PhD positions 😊

And for the #FluorescenceFriday community: don’t miss the SciArt Gallery!

#CellBio #DevBio #PhDjob #PhDposition #Science

27.11.2025 08:26 👍 192 🔁 58 💬 12 📌 4
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#StemCell and #DevBio communities, mark your calendars for Sept. 23-25!

Together with @isscr.org and @socdevbio.bsky.social, we're presenting a scientific symposium led by the next generation. Researchers at all stages are invited to be a part of this collaborative event

🔗 https://bit.ly/4rO7xTy

10.12.2025 18:11 👍 15 🔁 8 💬 0 📌 0