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Kacy Gordon

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Javier Apfeld@javierapfeld.bsky.social · 8h ago

Mentee sign-ups are open for the 2026-2027 C. elegans Community Mentor Match Program! Choose: - One-to-one mentoring with an experienced mentor - A peer-mentoring group with people at your career stage Or sign up for both, it takes just 2-5 minutes. And please spread the word! 🧵

Mentee sign-up for the C. elegans Community Mentor Match program

The 2026 cycle of the C. elegans Community Mentor Match is open to graduate students, postdocs, and faculty at any career stage. ⏱️ This form takes only 2–5 minutes to complete depending on your choic...

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Kacy Gordon@kacylynn.bsky.social · last mo.

We had a great experience, from initial review to final proofing. And this is delightful! forest.biologists.com/landscape/?i...

Landscape - The Forest of Biologists

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The Company of Biologists@biologists.bsky.social · last mo.

Thank you Kacy Gordon @kacylynn.bsky.social for sharing your experience of fee-free #OA publishing @dev-journal.bsky.social via our #ReadAndPublish agreement at University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Read Kacy’s paper: tinyurl.com/mvtcvdeb Is your institution participating too? bit.ly/3O7BxGi

Development was our first choice to publish Fred Koitz’s dissertation research. UNC Chapel Hill’s Read & Publish agreement with The Company of Biologists allows our work to reach a broad audience of developmental biologists and satisfy our funder’s Open Access requirement, all at no additional cost to the lab. We are grateful for the opportunity!
Kacy Gordon@kacylynn.bsky.social · 6mo ago

Excited to share that GMB grad student Fred Koitz's paper is published @dev-journal.bsky.social Fred is graduating soon, and I am recruiting a postdoc to continue the work. Please reach out if you're interested, and share if you know folks who might be! journals.biologists.com/dev/article/...

Pre-dauer starvation rapidly and reversibly reduces niche proliferative signaling to the Caenorhabditis elegans germ line

Summary: Pre-dauer starvation arrests gonad growth, reduces presentation of the germline niche cue LAG-2, and diminishes future reproductive success. Dauer recovery rapidly restores LAG-2 ligand and g...

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Jordan Ward@gotworms.bsky.social · 6mo ago

Excited to see this out in the world. The CGC is launching a curated strains collection, the first being protein degradation systems and this is a pilot primer to pair with it authored by myself, Dave Reiner, Ann Rougvie, and Aric Daul. We review the state of the field and provide use guidance (1)

Surojit Sural@surojitsural.bsky.social · 6mo ago

The Caenorhabditis Genetics Center Curated Special Collections: a guide to protein degradation systems academic.oup.com/genetics/adv...

Jenn Coughlan@jenncoughlan.bsky.social · 11mo ago

This was a HUGE effort, taking years of diligent work. Hongfei was a true leader, and I'm really proud of this cool piece. We'd love any feedback y'all might have. www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

Unique genetic bases of repeated life-history divergence associated with high altitude adaptation in Mimulus perennials

Understanding evolutionary repeatability is a central question in biology, as it informs how predictably organisms respond to similar selection pressures. However, the extent to which phenotypic repea...

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Sarah McAnulty, Ph.D.@sarahmackattack.bsky.social · 12mo ago

Last year we sold 5x more advent calendars than we have this August. Advent calendars are the biggest thing that keep the lights on at Skype a Scientist so this makes me a bit nervous! These calendars are bright and cute and are full of really fun information about eels! Get one here: EelFacts.net

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Kacy Gordon@kacylynn.bsky.social · last yr.

I'm happy to share this preprint by first author Fred Koitz, a Genetics and Molecular Biology grad student in my lab! Fred came into the lab with an interest in dauer, and I am interested in gonad development, so we thought we'd start studying dauer gonad development.

bioRxiv Developmental Biology@biorxiv-devbio.bsky.social · last yr.

Pre-dauer starvation decouples somatic from germline development with lifelong reproductive consequences in C. elegans https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.05.23.655783v1

Jenn Coughlan@jenncoughlan.bsky.social · last yr.

We're hiring an assistant prof in global change ecology! Apply!!! We're vibrant, supportive, and interdisciplinary EEB community! Plz note the weird dates: We're reviewing applications beginning on ✨August 15th✨. I'm part of the SC and happy to answer questions! apply.interfolio.com/164677

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Needhi Bhalla 💅🏽@needhibhalla.bsky.social · last yr.

As a recipient of federal grants from #NIH (for now! 😭) that funds research in my lab, I'd like to sincerely thank American taxpayers on #TaxDay for investing in scientific research that lays the foundation for medical and technological innovation in this country and keeps us all safe and healthy

Tyler Kent@tylervkent.bsky.social · last yr.

Excited to see the final version of this paper with @samurscicop.bsky.social and Daniel Matute out in @genomebiolevol.bsky.social! We took a dive into the complicated demographic history of Aedes aegypti mosquitoes and its impact on the distribution of genetic diversity doi.org/10.1093/gbe/...

Demographic history, genetic load, and the efficacy of selection in the globally invasive mosquito Aedes aegypti

Abstract. Aedes aegypti is the main vector species of yellow fever, dengue, Zika and chikungunya. The species is originally from Africa but has experienced

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Kacy Gordon@kacylynn.bsky.social · last yr.

New preprint! First author Xin Li (QBio UNC) used a scRNA-seq study to find that mig-21 is highly and specifically expressed in the C. elegans germline stem cell niche, but it had no known function there. We found that it integrates Wnt and Netrin signaling to regulate A/P and D/V cell migration.

bioRxiv Developmental Biology@biorxiv-devbio.bsky.social · last yr.

MIG-21 is a novel regulator of Wnt and Netrin signaling in gonad migration identified from published scRNA-seq data and functionally validated in C. elegans https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.02.24.639896v1

Sarah McAnulty, Ph.D.@sarahmackattack.bsky.social · 2y ago

Every one of these cards has a fact about the animal on the front, *and* an action people can take to protect that animal. We’re looking at cute art. We’re learning about cool bugs. We’re caring for our wildlife. What are you waiting for?? Get this year’s valentines here squidfacts.net

4 cards opened to reveal the facts inside with full-color illustrations within. Each has two blocks of text, one with a fact and one with an action item. I can’t currently read them at this resolution. The insect of the card is also in there hanging out near the to: and from: space.z there’s also a space for notes
Sarah McAnulty, Ph.D.@sarahmackattack.bsky.social · 2y ago

Inject science into your Valentines Day with LOVE BUGS! Each card has a fact about the animal AND something you can do to help the animal. They come in packs of 20 😎 Art by Michele Scott! Supports @skypeascientist.bsky.social! Get 'em here 👇 squidfacts.bigcartel.com/product/love...

a picture of 4 insect valentines cards, including the cards up front with the rosy maple moth and the praying mantis. The rosy maple says "Are you a lamp because I wanna be around you" and the mantis says "You look good enough to eat". The image is superimposed with the words "Love bugs valentines" and then on the bottom, Skype a Scientist's logo and Michele's Logo and "Sales support Skype a Scientist"
Kacy Gordon@kacylynn.bsky.social · 3y ago

Exciting preprint led by GMB student Noor Singh t.co/WuKEWhksQI who found Rac1 mutants have gonad defects due to leader cell breaking apart during migration. Twist: the fragment without a nucleus can still lead outgrowth of a gonad branch! Please share and help me connect with ppl over here? Thx!

Getting there in one piece: The Rac pathway prevents cell fragmentation in a nonprotrusively migrati...

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