It's official! The first members of the Brantley Lab have arrived at UNCG. 🪰 Excited to start this next chapter! Many thanks to @ditalialab.bsky.social for the training and mentorship that got me here. Stay tuned for beautiful microscopy and the adventure of teaching students how to use my code...

@drsusanna.bsky.social paper is now out in its final form. Relative to the original preprint, we now show additional mutant data and a better way to display heat maps of gene activation. www.cell.com/current-biol...

Rapid transcriptional response to a dynamic morphogen by time integration

Using quantitative live imaging, Brantley et al. reveal that cells decode dynamic BMP signaling during dorsal patterning of the Drosophila embryo by integrating activity over time. These results advan...

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Drosophila lab folks - does anyone have a recommendable software/system for storing information on your fly lines? I will (fingers crossed!) start my own lab fly collection next year and the Di Talia lab is currently trying to move from excel sheets with multiple tabs to something more searchable.

🚨 We are recruiting postdocs! If you're interested in reproductive, stem cell/developmental biology, and/or women's health, please apply! 📝 Please repost! 🚩 More info here: hhmi.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/Extern...

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As one of the many trainees influenced by Lucy Shapiro, congratulations and thank you for establishing the incredible Dev Bio department at Stanford. Thank you for being a role model, and thank you for your service to our field and the world.

Albert and Mary Lasker Foundation@laskerfdn.bsky.social · 11mo ago

2025 #LaskerAward winner Lucy Shapiro asked: How do living organisms translate information from a linear genetic code into three-dimensional structures? And with that, she broke open a new field. 🧪 @pnas.org #Lasker2025 #systemsbiology

5 dynamical systems concepts every developmental biologist needs to know! This came out of the 2023 Morphogenesis Program. @pauformosa.bsky.social ‪@perez-carrasco.bsky.social‬ journals.biologists.com/dev/article/...

From genes to patterns: five key dynamical systems concepts to decode developmental regulatory mechanisms

Summary: Dynamical systems theory provides a powerful quantitative and intuitive framework to understand developmental processes. This Primer brings key concepts of this framework to the ever-growing ...

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"I can’t predict the next hiring cycle or the next election. But I can keep doing the science I love while I still have a bench." #ScienceWorkingLife scim.ag/4lXUwDa

Excited to share that our work building in vivo biosensors for receptor tyrosine kinases (pYtags!) is now out www.cell.com/cell-reports...

Inspired by many folks on here and the‬ #McClintockLetters @cornellasap.bsky.social I'm super excited that my op-ed is now available in The Summerville News in Chattooga, Co. GA!

Excited to share the bulk of my postdocotoral work from the @ditalialab.bsky.social on how cells interpret dynamic morphogen signaling during development! Many thanks to our collaborators & coauthors @shelbyflies.bsky.social, Massimo Vergassola, Jacqueline Janssen, and Anna Chao.

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Dmitri Petrov@petrovadmitri.bsky.social · last yr.

Flybase lost all of the NIH support overnight - it is a disaster for the community. Please consider donating. I just did! www.philanthropy.cam.ac.uk/give-to-camb...

These are fantastic talks! What a fun and inspiring break from paper writing this week. Thank you for posting.

Thomas Lecuit@thomaslecuit.bsky.social · last yr.

The talks from the symposium on Information processing at the Collège de France are also available on the Youtube channel. Link to the 1st Talk here, others easy to find: tinyurl.com/2emnr8rh Talks were really inspirational and prompted exciting discussions among participants and speakers Enjoy 🤩

Check out all of our pretty images from another wonderful Dev Bio GRC/GRS! Thanks to @the-node.bsky.social for hosting our science art thenode.biologists.com/grs-developm...

GRS Developmental Biology 2025 Image gallery - the Node

Browse the gallery of the entries for the GRS Developmental Biology 2025 image competition.

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Optogenetic control of Nodal signaling patterns Read this Techniques & Resources Article by @harrymcnamara.bsky.social, @schierlab.bsky.social, Adam Cohen, Nathan Lord and colleagues: journals.biologists.com/dev/article/... 🎥Direct visualization of photopatterning of live zebrafish embryos

🌍🔬 📣 Please spread the word! Join us! How can cell biology shape a more resilient planet? Virtual registration is still open for the EMBO Workshop on Cells 4 Climate Resilience → meetings.embo.org/event/25-cli... 🗓️ Deadline: April 11 🎥 Watch the teaser → youtu.be/8eMJ91udHDs @embo.org

By providing evidence-based information, TAP aims to demystify complex scientific concepts, making them accessible to a wider audience. You are the action potential. Learn more about us at: www.theactionpotential.org

Schumer announces that he will vote to surrender to Trump and Musk. Horrible. This may well be the end of #NIH — and US science and universities as we know them. If you’re in New York, call @schumer.senate.gov now. If not, call your home state Senator.

Josh Marshall@joshtpm.bsky.social · last yr.

Schumer Will Reportedly Vote To Invoke Cloture talkingpointsmemo.com/live-blog/se...

Since I moved to Germany from the US academic environment, people have asked me how Trump's attack on science has affected people here. I honestly wish I did not have a concrete, shocking example to share. I knew a Trump presidency would, again, have far-reaching impacts, but I didn't expect this.

Scientists and graduate students from across the NC Triangle gathered for a "Stand Up for Science" rally today to protest federal funding cuts to their research. www.wunc.org/news/2025-03...

Triangle researchers join "Stand up for Science" rally

Scientists and graduate students from across the NC Triangle gathered Friday to protest federal funding cuts to their research.

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Great crowd at the Stand Up For Science rally in Raleigh! 🧪 I had to cut the video short because my son wanted to use my phone to take pictures of the dogs in attendance (one had a sign that said "support labs" 😂). There were many more folks than I captured here. 👏🏼👏🏼 @standupforscience.bsky.social

Join us today, in Raleigh NC and around the nation, as we remind our communities what science brings to the nation--solutions to our toughest challenges, new cures for disease and good jobs that pay a living wage standupforscience2025.org

I like this perspective a lot. Perhaps the most useful things I learned in grad school were being unafraid to try something new and being ok with failure. If a group of scientists can't "troubleshoot" a movement, I don't know who can.

Alt NIH Bluesky 🧪@altnih4science.bsky.social · last yr.

This is very good advice for scientists who are now dipping their toes for the first time into organizing, or into speaking out. Many things you try will not work. You just have to keep trying things. The best resistance is positive persistence. 🧪

Has Trump's funding freeze or federal layoffs impacted you or a loved one? Your story matters and Democrats want to hear more. Share your experience through this new portal: democraticleader.house.gov/shareyourstory

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Since January 20, Donald Trump, Elon Musk and Republicans' actions — many of them unconstitutional and in violation of federal law — have led to the firing of essential civil servants with responsibil...

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Our paper, led by @argo-mkhrji.bsky.social and @woonyunghur.bsky.social, on cortical migration of nuclei in drosophila embryos came out today in @naturephysics.bsky.social. Argo wrote a comprehensive thread below. A great collaboration with Massimo Vergassola and @streichan.bsky.social.

Argo Mukherjee@argo-mkhrji.bsky.social · last yr.

1/n Wanted to share this latest piece of work that came online today on how Scale-independent and Topological interactions govern the spindle orientation and in turn the decision to become embryonic/yolk nuclei. Freely available to read here: rdcu.be/ebb0l

Outreach funding opportunity, sponsored by the Fly Board: Non-profit programs anywhere in the world that introduce middle school, high school, or college students to Drosophila research are eligible to apply! The number of students that this funding would impact and financial need will be considered

Triangle-area scientists! 📢 Rep. Foushee’s district is home to both Duke & UNC—let’s come together and ask how she plans to advocate for the diversity of scientists in our community on Capitol Hill. Here is a chance to show up and make our voices heard!

And now back to our regularly scheduled $hitshow The dismantling of NIH programs to increase diversity in the biomedical workforce and the abhorrent treatment of talented young scientists

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Have you ever wanted to *see* receptor activity in embryos? If so, our new preprint is for you! In it, we showcase a new live-cell biosensor for visualizing receptor tyrosine kinase activity in living embryos – pYtags! www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

As a current postdoc I give my 100% endorsement! I have learned so much, have awesome colleagues, and feel very prepared and supported for my career. Happy to chat with anyone interested.

Stefano Di Talia@ditalialab.bsky.social · 2y ago

Please spread the word! We are looking for postdoc(s) interested in quantitative problems in Development and Regeneration. Previous experience in quantitative biology is not required. We will support you and provide a great training environment if you are committed to learn new things.