Van Andel Institute (VAI) Graduate School is hiring an Assistant Dean! Please share/send to those you think may be interested or those who may know someone interested. vai.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/VAICar...

Assistant Dean - Van Andel Graduate School

Van Andel Institute (VAI), a world-class biomedical research institute, located in Grand Rapids, Michigan, is dedicated to improving human health. We are pioneers in the fight against cancer, Parkinso...

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Here's your reminder that writing is a craft; working scientists need to practice it. I'm doing the work this evening. And oh yeah, the book is almost done! I'm writing about stem cells now. Stembryos next! (Alstadt lager and Old Overholt for those playing along at home). #devbiolwriteclub.

Van Andel Institute (VAI) Graduate School is hiring an Assistant Dean! Please share/send to those you think may be interested or those who may know someone interested. vai.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/VAICar...

Assistant Dean - Van Andel Graduate School

Van Andel Institute (VAI), a world-class biomedical research institute, located in Grand Rapids, Michigan, is dedicated to improving human health. We are pioneers in the fight against cancer, Parkinso...

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Please join us on Saturday at #2026SDB @socdevbio.bsky.social for the Special Interest Symposium, “Understanding the Spectrum of exposure impacts on development.” We will be joined by Drs. Ben Lovely, Krist Antunes Fernandes @kristantunes.bsky.social, and Clement Chow @clementychow.bsky.social. 🤩

Van Andel Institute (VAI) Graduate School is hiring an Assistant Dean! Please share/send to those you think may be interested or those who may know someone interested. vai.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/VAICar...

Assistant Dean - Van Andel Graduate School

Van Andel Institute (VAI), a world-class biomedical research institute, located in Grand Rapids, Michigan, is dedicated to improving human health. We are pioneers in the fight against cancer, Parkinso...

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For scientists, precision is everything. VAI recently installed a cryo-plasma-focused ion beam, a leading-edge technology that helps scientists see the innerworkings of cells and tissues in unprecedented detail. Read more: www.vai.org/article/cutt...

Cutting thinner, seeing deeper: The power of cryo-PFIB – Van Andel Institute

Read about Cutting thinner, seeing deeper: The power of cryo-PFIB on Van Andel Institute – Stay updated on the latest research and groundbreaking discoveries in science and health.

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Van Andel Institute ranks No. 3 on the 2026 Nature Index Research Leaders list of North American nonprofit research organizations for biological sciences. #NatureIndexResearchLeaders

ZebrafishRock @zebrafishrock.bsky.social over ten years and going strong 🧪🐟

Please join us in congratulating Drs. Ellen Stirtz, April Rickle, Sofia leleva, Thomas Goralski and Svetlana Djirackor, who recently earned their Ph.D.s in molecular and cellular biology from Van Andel Institute Graduate School.

Preliminary schedule is up for the Santa Cruz Dev Biol meeting! Check it out, and if you still want to register, we'll think about letting you! 😉😜 scdb2026.sites.ucsc.edu

Big weekend for the Nowinski lab! TWO new mtFAS preprints online!

bioRxivpreprint@biorxivpreprint.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Cells Engage Endogenous Malonate Synthesis to Drive Mitochondrial Metabolism https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/2026.05.22.727248v1

Please help us to promote the next version of the Developmental Biology course (Quintay Chile). More information in: biodesarrollo.unab.cl

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Postdoctoral Fellow

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✨ Excited to host invited speaker Clement Chow (@clementychow.bsky.social) at #2026SDB in Las Vegas! 🎰🃏 His research explores how genetic variation shapes disease outcomes and advances precision medicine. 🧬✨ #devbio

Did you know that fully half of the talks at the Santa Cruz Developmental Biology Meeting this year will be chosen from submitted abstracts? It's true! Great opportunities for trainees and PIs, too! @socdevbio.bsky.social @rashmi-priya.bsky.social @lowelab.bsky.social scdb2026.sites.ucsc.edu

✨ Excited to host invited speaker Leslie Babonis at #2026SDB in Las Vegas! 🎰🃏 Her research uncovers how evolutionary innovations shape developmental biology, with a focus on cell type diversity and the origins of complex traits. 🧬🌊🔬✨ #devbio

We are still accepting applications for an image analyst within the Optical Imaging Core at Van Andel Institute. If you know anyone that is looking for a career in image analysis, please encourage them to apply! vai.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/VAICar...

Image Analyst (Core Bioinformatician)

Van Andel Institute (VAI), a world-class biomedical research institute, located in Grand Rapids, Michigan, is dedicated to improving human health. We are pioneers in the fight against cancer, Parkinso...

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Excited to share that @socdevbio.bsky.social has a new and improved merch store! Rep your fav model organism in one of the Society’s new original designs 🤗 sdb-official-merch.printify.me

New #ZebrafishGear just dropped 😍

Sarah Paramore, PhD@parahsaramore.bsky.social · 4mo ago

Excited to share that @socdevbio.bsky.social has a new and improved merch store! Rep your fav model organism in one of the Society’s new original designs 🤗 sdb-official-merch.printify.me

If cell diversity and developmental biology are your thing, my talk will extremely be your jam. Come for the whole-mount spatial transcriptomics and 14Tb light-sheet videos, stay for the humble RNA in situs. Everyone loves in situs 🧪🐟🧅

Society for Developmental Biology@socdevbio.bsky.social · 4mo ago

The next the Ethel Browne Harvey Postdoc Seminar will be held this Friday, April 10 at 3 pm Eastern Time with Joaquín Navajas Acedo @mads100tist.bsky.social @biozentrum.unibas.ch and Yiqun Wang @ucsandiego.bsky.social. Register today and join us. bit.ly/42xUhYh #SDBPostdocSeminar

Ahem. Also faculty positions.

Michael Baym@baym.lol · 5mo ago

Annual reminder: if you’ve been accepted to multiple graduate programs and are still deciding, please let the ones you’re definitely not going to know as soon as possible! -Someone who got into his PhD off the waitlist the day after the deadline

Please check out our new preprint! Using single cell analysis paired with HCR to visualize transcript localization we have identified cell and tissue-specific expression of various genes encoding tubulins, kifs, and dyneins during neural crest development!

bioRxiv Developmental Biology@biorxiv-devbio.bsky.social · 5mo ago

A spatial and temporal atlas of tubulin isotype expression during neural crest EMT https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/2026.03.04.709627v1

Reminder that we are still running a free 1 day Midwest worm meeting this year for all students/labs that either can’t go to MAPSS/DevCell or want a smaller audience (~100 last year) to present to. www.vai.org/event/2026-m...

2026 Midwest C. elegans Meeting

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Registration and abstract submission are now open for the SDB 85th Annual Meeting being held July 23-26 in Las Vegas! Submit your abstract by April 15. Travel assistance is available. Free t-shirt to the first 250 registrants! Learn more: www.sdbonline.org/2026mtg #2026SDB

Registration is OPEN for the 2026 Santa Cruz Meeting on Developmental Biology!!! Please spread the word! @mads100tist.bsky.social @socdevbio.bsky.social @bsdb.bsky.social @xenbase.bsky.social @isdb.bsky.social @devbiol.bsky.social @the-node.bsky.social scdb2026.sites.ucsc.edu

I always wanted to attend this conference while I was in Nebraska but I always had another conflict. Do try to attend if you are in the region or even outside of it! Midwesterners really are a friendly bunch 😊 You won’t regret it!

Zebrafish Rock!@zebrafishrock.bsky.social · 6mo ago

Save the date! The organizers of the Midwest Zebrafish Meeting would like to personally invite you to attend their next gathering, which will be held June 24–26, 2026, at the Van Andel Institute in Grand Rapids, Michigan. Check out this thread for more details about the conference!👇 #zebrafish 🧪

In the most recent episode of the Epigenetics Podcast, we talked with Peggy Farnham from the @keck.usc.edu about her work on establishing the ChIP Method in mammalian cells. #podcast #chromatin #podcast Listen here: activemotif.com/podcasts-peg...

Van Andel Institute PhD program 4 weeks until application deadline!! youtu.be/o79eqd1Ui0s?...

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Van Andel Institute PhD program- App Deadline soon Innovative curriculum/personalized academic support/generous financial support: $44,635 stipend, tuition waiver, health insurance coverage, laptop computer, $2,500/year for scientific conferences, relocation allowance. www.vai.org/graduate-sch...

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Van Andel Institute PhD program - application deadline soon!! 14-18 students enrolled each year: personalized graduate education through Problem Based Learning, a student-centered active learning strategy that trains students to conduct high-caliber, rigorous science. www.vai.org/graduate-sch...

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