Happy #FluorescenceFriday 🔥 The title may be new, but the spectacular microscopy isn't! Congratulations to the newly minted DR @vanderspuy.bsky.social on a well-earned PhD! 🔬

Happy #FluorescenceFriday! 🔥🧪🔬 A blaze of neural crest cells migrates through a developing quail embryo on one of embryonic development's most epic journeys. Beautifully captured by @vanderspuy.bsky.social 👩‍🔬🐣 #Devbio

A day in the life of a Transgenic Quail lab Samara Ranie @samarar.bsky.social, PhD student in Melanie White's @melaniedwhite.bsky.social lab, reveals a day in the life of a transgenic quail lab. 🥚🔬 thenode.biologists.com/a-day-in-the...

A day in the life of a Transgenic Quail lab - the Node

Samara Ranie, PhD student in Melanie White's lab, takes us through a day in the life of a transgenic quail lab.

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Got 2 minutes? Australian research delivers medical breakthroughs, innovation, jobs, and the next generation of scientists. Yet we're investing less than many comparable nations. If science matters to you, please take a moment to tell your MP...🧪 restorescience.com.au

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The talent runs deep in our lab! Check out this article PhD student @samarar.bsky.social wrote for @aunz.theconversation.com about our new paper out in @natcomms.nature.com 🧪👩‍🔬🐣 #Devbio

Samara Ranie@samarar.bsky.social · 3mo ago

🧪 Following @wangjianxiong.bsky.social’s paper in Nature Comms published last night! I have written an article with @aunz.theconversation.com. Understand why on earth we would use quails to study the human spine and why the quails glow! theconversation.com/fluorescent-...

I'm SO excited to see this new paper from our lab's first PhD graduate @wangjianxiong.bsky.social. An outstanding student with a promising career ahead! A PCP-independent role for Prickle1 in junctional neural tube formation. 🧪🐣 Check it out: www.nature.com/articles/s41...

I'm so pleased to see this work on neural crest development out in Nature today! This was a truly fantastic collaboration with @gleesonlab.bsky.social, Keng loi (Harry) Vong and @xiaoxuyang.bsky.social. Huge thanks to everyone involved 👏 🧪🐣 #devbio www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Australia’s health & medical research system is at a critical turning point. Read & sign an open letter to govt calling for urgent action to: • Unlock the full capacity of the MRFF • Support sustainable research careers • Build a connected national innovation system www.ccrg.org.au/news/an-open...

Unlock the MRFF: An Open Letter from Australia’s Medical Research and Scientific Community — Critical Care Research Group

Join our Open Letter to Minister Mark Butler calling for the full capacity of the MRFF to be unlocked. Australia stands at a critical juncture for medical research and innovation. The decisions we ma...

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Neural crest cells beginning their long trek out of the neural tube in a quail embryo. Beautifully captured by the fantastic @siewzhuan.bsky.social 🧪🐣🔬

So depressing that this is the Australian research landscape early career researchers training in my lab are seeing. I hope we can turn it around before we lose all these talented young scientists.

Samara Ranie@samarar.bsky.social · 5mo ago

$350 million dollars every year that sits unused instead of supporting medical researchers who want nothing more than to find you answers. www.abc.net.au/news/2026-03...

This developing quail embryo looks like it's thinking fiery thoughts for #FluorescenceFriday 🐣🔥🧪. Imaged by the fantastic @vanderspuy.bsky.social

#NARF is on bluesky! 👉 if you’ve held a fellowship in the last 10 years, you should join.

NARF_AU@narfau.bsky.social · 6mo ago

The Australian Biomedical Research sector is in crisis due to years of chronic underfunding. We recently asked Australian researchers how they felt about their career prospects. This is a word cloud based on their responses 😢🧪

Right now, the Government is starving medical research of full funding, even as it claims that science and research are national priorities. If our leaders truly value science as much as they say, then they must back their words with action—and fund it properly. Join the campaign!

Medical Research Matters

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Apply for a PhD in Singapore at NUS! Deadline Jan 12. I'm recruiting: Here with Mechanobiology Institute: www.mbi.nus.edu.sg/education/gr... and Here with Biomedical Engineering dept: cde.nus.edu.sg/bme/

Every opportunity politicians provide for you to tell them about how chronic underfunding of research in Australia is affecting your particular fields, people, working conditions etc. is extremely important. Fill out the form here: lnkd.in/g8A_PAZG

A/Prof Sam Stehbens PhD (She/Her)@samstehbens.bsky.social · 8mo ago

@ginaravenscroft.bsky.social & #NARF are collecting impact statements from Australian researchers ‘ Please consider sharing your story about the impact of Australia's chronic underfunding of science and biomedical research.’ lnkd.in/g8A_PAZG 1/

Aussies, please consider signing this petition to show your support for Australian science. The sector is already on its knees. 🇦🇺 🧪 actionnetwork.org/petitions/cs...

CSIRO needs urgent support

CSIRO is under attack. Sign the petition calling on the Albanese Government to act now to secure the future of CSIRO’s world-leading science and research.

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Stephen Luntz@sluntz.bsky.social · 9mo ago

As an English speaking country (with nice beaches to boot) for the cost of a small tax on fossil fuel exports or high incomes Australia could invest in science, recruit researchers fleeing the US and become the knowledge powerhouse of the 21st Century. Instead we're doing this.

It must be spring! Every spring for at least the last 3yrs, these crows have collected and stashed their favourite sticks outside my 6th floor office window. They collect them for 1-2 months and then one day, they all vanish! 🐦‍⬛🪹🪺

Funders must recognise that great discoveries often come from studies that seeks to advance knowledge for its own sake go.nature.com/47zrzYZ

From MRI to Ozempic: breakthroughs that show why fundamental research must be protected

In these financially straitened times, funders must recognize that great discoveries often arise from work that was looking for something completely different.

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Hey Mechanobiologists! Come and join us in sunny Brisbane for #MechBio2025 Nov 5-7. Registration is now open. Enjoy world-class science, a stellar speaker line-up, and relaxed Queensland vibes. 🧪🔬🌴 ausmb.org/meetings_202...

Bird’s eye view, literally. 🐦👁️ Glowing quail embryo eye for #FluorescenceFriday, #DevBio 🧪🔬

Spring has sprung at the UQ Lakes! 😍

Register for the 12th Avian Model Systems Meeting www.stowers.org/events/avian.... We have now received funds from the @biologists.bsky.social to subsidise the travel/registration costs for students and early career researchers presenting their work from selected abstracts.

Research Organisms in Flight: Revealing the Roots of Vertebrate Form…

Organized by Tatjana Sauka-Spengler, Ph.D., and Ruth Williams, Ph.D.

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We've enjoyed having Marise and Samara from the lab of @melaniedwhite.bsky.social here to image quail embryos on our MOSAIC system. We wish them safe travels home and happy data analyzing!

Absolutely thrilled to be heading off soon to @stowersinstitute.bsky.social for this incredible meeting! The speaker lineup is stacked, and it’s all about the amazing potential of avian model systems. I’m travelling 25 hours to get there - can anyone top that? #devbio 🧪🐣✈️🔥

Stowers Institute@stowersinstitute.bsky.social · last yr.

The power of birds in science is taking center stage. 🧬🕊 Join leading scientists at #AvianModels25 to advance #research across disciplines—from stem cells to #evolution. Register and submit your abstract now: www.stowers.org/events/avian...

How long would you wait before contacting an editor to ask them to please either send your paper out for review or reject it so we can all move on with our lives? 1️⃣ 2 weeks 2️⃣ 3 weeks 3️⃣ 4+ weeks 4️⃣ Never - don't poke the bear! 📊 Show results

Night time in the lab

Sunset in the lab @aicjanelia.bsky.social 😍

Today was a super fun first day of imaging @aicjanelia.bsky.social with @vanderspuy.bsky.social and @samarar.bsky.social. All hail the quail!🧪🔬#DevBio

I’m so excited to wake up at Janelia @hhmijanelia.bsky.social this morning! Ready for some awesome quail imaging over the next few weeks #DevBio 🤗🔬🧪

12th Avian Model Systems Meeting bit.ly/3ZBw2qS @stowersinstitute.bsky.social. We will be joined by Marianne Bronner, Olivier Pourquié, Megan Davey, Julie Elie, @jeromegros.bsky.social, Carols Lois, Peter Lwigale, Alan Rodrigues, Marcos Simoes-Costa, @melaniedwhite.bsky.social and YOU!

Research Organisms in Flight: Revealing the Roots of Vertebrate Form…

Organized by Tatjana Sauka-Spengler, Ph.D., and Ruth Williams, Ph.D.

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