Do I know any people who are well connected in the Pittsburgh, PA art scene?

Had such a wonderful time back in my happy place @mblscience.bsky.social attending #cnidofest2026. Great science, great people and great fun. (T-shirt art credit @stoilovamarina.bsky.social)

#Hype4Hydrozoa!

Lisa@tuexplorer1.bsky.social · last wk.

Clip of Ctenophore when it had the feeding tentacles out & then schlurped them in. @noncompliantcyborg.bsky.social @schmidtocean.bsky.social dive 963 #samplinggap #MarineLife

Got my awesome @cnidofest.bsky.social merch, and excited to share what I have been up to the last few years at @mgstowers.bsky.social lab! I may be working with Stella for my postdoc but I remain #Hype4Hydrozoa🪼 @stowersinstitute.bsky.social

Very happy to share that my lab has been awarded an NIH MIRA! And we will soon be hiring a postdoc to do evodevo + functional genomics 🧬 🧪 news.ucsc.edu/2026/09/jell...

Understanding how jellyfish eyes first form and regenerate to reveal paths for new human therapies

National Institutes of Health awards just over $2 million to UC Santa Cruz evolutionary biologist Aide Macias-Muñoz for a five-year study of the genetic mechanisms that lead to complex traits like eye...

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This is the last day to register for Cnidofest! We already have a record number of registrants for this meeting, taking place @mblscience.bsky.social September 23-27th! Don't miss out! Come learn about the biology of these amazing animals in a perfect location! www.eventsquid.com/event.cfm?id...

The Natural History Museum of LA is hiring a Curator of Marine Invertebrates! Come join an amazing team and contribute to stewarding the largest marine invert collection in the Western US. 🐙🪼🦐 workforcenow.adp.com/mascsr/defau...

Also, new this year: MolCellDevBioJobs! docs.google.com/spreadsheets...

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EcoEvoJobs 2026-27 just opened for business and we've already got 79 faculty / permanent jobs listed. Please repost! ecoevojobs.net

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#SICB Pittsburgh Abstract submission is open for SICB 2027! www.xcdsystem.com/sicb/abstrac... Come share your research and learn about the most exciting areas of integrative, comparative, & organismal #biology in Pittsburgh, PA on January 3-7, 2027. The deadline is August 28 at 11:59 PM HST.

#Hype4Hydrozoa!

Mike Connelly@michaeltconnelly.bsky.social · 2mo ago

At the Jersey shore this week spending some quality time with family, and was stoked to find some Hydractinia while beach combing near the bridge from Longport to Ocean City! Looking forward to sharing recent work on the population genomics of these critters at @cnidofest.bsky.social next month 🪸🐚🪼

🪼Jellyfish and anemones sting using some of the most complex cell-based venom systems in the animal kingdom. @mgstowers.bsky.social Lab postdoc @gelatinoussting.bsky.social is decoding how these stinging cells form, work rooted in 500+ million years of #evolution. 🔗Read more: bit.ly/3SsB74n

This is one of my favorite HCR images, not only because it is beautiful but because it was one of the first 6 color HCR FISH experiments we imaged. It showed me what was possible for studying stinging cell biology, and has led to several ongoing projects! #StunningStella #ToxinTuesday

Stowers Institute@stowersinstitute.bsky.social · 2mo ago

This week's #MicroscopyMonday shows the expression pattern of 6 members of an important family of structural genes in stinging cells. These are shown in different colors across the larvae from the sea anemone Nematostella.(@mgstowers.bsky.social Lab)

📢 Applications are now open for the NIH Stadtman Tenure-Track Investigator Program! We're recruiting early-career scientists across all areas of biomedical research for tenure-track faculty positions in the NIH Intramural Research Program. Deadline: Sept 30, 2026. 🔗 tinyurl.com/stadtman26

It's that time! Abstract submission is open for #SICB 2027! Come share your research and learn about the most exciting areas #scientific research in Pittsburgh, PA on January 3-7, 2027. abstract deadline is August 28 at 11:59 PM HST. Questions go to Matt McHenry: ProgramOfficer@sicb.org.

#Hype4Hydrozoa!

Mike Connelly@michaeltconnelly.bsky.social · 3mo ago

Happy to share that our manuscript "A chromosome-level reference genome for the colonial marine hydrozoan Podocoryna americana" is now available at G3: doi.org/10.1093/g3jo... Many thanks to @baxevanislab.bsky.social, @pcart.bsky.social, @amkatzer.bsky.social and all the co-authors!

We are super excited to see this published. Podocoryna is a wonderful jellyfish model. Closely related to the model organism Hydractinia, easy to culture in the lab, and now a high quality genome!

Mike Connelly@michaeltconnelly.bsky.social · 3mo ago

Happy to share that our manuscript "A chromosome-level reference genome for the colonial marine hydrozoan Podocoryna americana" is now available at G3: doi.org/10.1093/g3jo... Many thanks to @baxevanislab.bsky.social, @pcart.bsky.social, @amkatzer.bsky.social and all the co-authors!

The Podocoryna americana genome assembly and annotation (PodAmV1.0) is also available on NCBI GenBank under the accession GCA_059054395.1: www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/datasets/gen... We hope that this will be a useful resource for studies of hydrozoan evolution and life cycle variation!

Given it is #ToxinTuesday and I am seeing many alerts about recent jellyfish blooms, I just want say: Do NOT pee on a jellyfish sting. Please. Do not. Thanks to @factsmachinepod.bsky.social for helping me share this message several years ago! 🪼🧪🪼

And #ToxinTuesday!

Chris Mah@echinoblog.bsky.social · 3mo ago

oh okay. here's more jellyfish plates from whatever book this was! #Taxonomytuesday

It's almost East Coast bedtime on Day 1 of the United States of Science 2026! You all absolutely killed it today. We filled 1268 bubbles today!! 23 States are DONE, & 8 are within 10 bubbles. You are all incredible!! Keep the momentum going here. Fill bubbles here givebutter.com/USS2026

Sarah McAnulty, Ph.D.@sarahmackattack.bsky.social · 3mo ago

The 2026 United States of Science Challenge starts NOW! Each bubble represents classrooms we’ve matched with scientists this year. This a competition to fill bubbles with $10 donations to support @skypeascientist.bsky.social The first region to fill all bubbles wins. 👇🏻 givebutter.com/USS2026

First postdoc paper and first Nematostella project! By using the dynamic expression pattern of minicollagens, we describe the transcriptional profile during biogenesis for two major stinging cell types: nematocytes and spirocytes www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6... #StunningStella

Minicollagen expression dynamics reveal a transcriptional program for cnidogenesis in the sea anemone Nematostella vectensis

Cnidae are explosive harpoon-like organelles localized within stinging cells, or cnidocytes, of the phylum Cnidaria (jellyfish, hydroids, sea anemones, and corals). These unique Golgi-derived vesicula...

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Minicollagen expression dynamics reveal a transcriptional program for cnidogenesis in the sea anemone Nematostella vectensis https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/2026.06.23.733813v1

Smiling faces after an exciting week of Big Data Phylogeny and Comparative Analyses! 🧬 A big thank you to @martaalvarez.bsky.social , @meleonora-rossi.bsky.social & everyone who joined us for this week of learning, discussions, and hands-on analyses

🎉 Congrats to @mgstowers.bsky.social postdoc @hrhorkan.bsky.social on receiving a prestigious @wellcometrust.bsky.social Early-Career Award! The award will support Helen as she takes the first steps toward launching her independent research program at @uniofexeternews.bsky.social: bit.ly/3SkKEtZ

Stowers Postdoc honored with Wellcome Early-Career Award

The highly competitive award will help Helen R. Horkan, Ph.D., a Stowers Institute postdoctoral researcher, take the first steps to launch her independent…

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🎉 Congrats to @mgstowers.bsky.social postdoctoral researcher Kira Marshall, Ph.D., on receiving a prestigious @jcchildsfund.bsky.social Fellowship! Her #research explores coral reproduction and how reproductive systems evolve across species. 🪸 Learn more: bit.ly/4vZCOEk

Stowers Postdoc honored with prestigious Jane Coffin Childs Fellowship

The award will support Kira Marshall, Ph.D., a Stowers postdoctoral Researcher, as she investigates coral reproduction and how reproductive systems evolve…

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New week = New course Very happy to kick off the first edition of the course on Big Data Phylogeny and Comparative Methods with @martaalvarez.bsky.social & @meleonora-rossi.bsky.social www.physalia-courses.org/courses-work...

Hi Cnidarian Enthusiasts! Friendly reminder that Cnidofest 2026 will take place at the Marine Biological Laboratory in Woods Hole, MA, September 23-27. The abstract submission deadline is July 1 and the registration deadline is September 2. Submit and find full details at www.cnidofest.org

#Hype4Hydrozoa!

Noll@nollthere.bsky.social · 2y ago

#InsertAnInvert blobfest week 3: blobchain Physophora hydrostatica, the hula skirt siphonophore! #SciArt #Art

When I bring starlet sea anemones to events, I ask kids what these animals look like under the microscope. Often I get told: sea monster! Looking at the mouth of this reporter animal, I can see why. 🟢= stinging cells in adult Nematostella #StunningStella @stowersinstitute.bsky.social