Still reeling from the most magical 6 weeks at MBL Embryology. Grateful for the camaraderie & community, a renewed appreciation for the power of observation, the courage to stop overthinking things & just try, and love for the diversity of beautiful, weird critters out there.

Marine Biological Laboratory@mblscience.bsky.social · 4w ago

The 2026 Embryology Course may have wrapped up last week, but the connections made here will last far beyond the summer. A course participant shares how networking with fellow scientists shaped her summer at the MBL. 🔗 go.mbl.edu/unrvo5

So proud of @spgatucsf.bsky.social for receiving 2026 University of California President’s Award for Outstanding Student Leadership! This recognized SPG’s commitment to empowering scientists to engage effectively with their communities and their advocacy efforts. www.linkedin.com/posts/congra...

Congratulations to the students and postdoctoral scholars of the Science Policy Group at UCSF(SPG), recipients of the University of California President's Award for Outstanding Student Leadership…...

Congratulations to the students and postdoctoral scholars of the Science Policy Group at UCSF(SPG), recipients of the University of California President's Award for Outstanding Student Leadership. P...

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Honored to receive the UC President's Award for Outstanding Student Leadership! tinyurl.com/spg-award Facing attacks against the research enterprise, SPG took action to advocate for current & future trainees. We’re proud of our impact so far & committed to bridging research & policy moving forward.

🚨 Do you know how your research will be affected by the OMB proposal? Want to respond but not sure where to start? Worried about being publicly named? We've got you! Sign on to our letter & use our collected resources to submit your own comment by July 13: linktr.ee/spgatucsf

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We’ve written a public comment opposing proposed changes to federal grants (NIH, NSF). Join us: sign on to our comment & submit your own before July 13th!

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We made the cover 🤩 !! Check out this incredible painting by @kahsage.bsky.social !!

What if you got to work with some of your best friends on a science project? I can't publish how fun this was, but I can show you the data (🧵)! Last week, we posted our second neutrophil swarming paper to bioRxiv and I wanted to post my favorite videos here~ www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...

Panelists from @snapcoalition.bsky.social ‘s mobilizing early career researchers panel today at @sciencetalkorg.bsky.social !!! #sciencecomm #SNAP @sneharao.bsky.social @alexlando.bsky.social @emmascales.bsky.social

Thrilled to share the preprint from my PhD! 🥳 Where I characterised epithelial cell extrusion in a sea anemone 🔗 www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6... Big thanks to my supervisor @prhsteinmetz.bsky.social and coauthors @noahbruderer.bsky.social @lionlchristiaen.bsky.social at🇳🇴 @msarscentre.bsky.social ⬇️🧵

So excited to present on a panel at SciTalk with my amazing fellow SNAPpers @alexlando.bsky.social David Ramotowski @eselland.bsky.social @emmascales.bsky.social! If you're attending, stop by the SNAP posters too! Cael Dant @disha-patel3.bsky.social @isakoditomassi.bsky.social @jpflores.rbind.io

Scientist Network for Advancing Policy@snapcoalition.org · 5mo ago

Check out the SNAP Panel at @sciencetalkorg.bsky.social #ScienceTalk26 at 2pm PT on March 26th! Members will share lessons from organizing national initiatives that connect policymakers, researchers, and communities. Stop by posters from additional SNAP members too! #SciComm #ECRs #SciPol

It’s #blog post day! SNAP members Brendon Davis (@bdavisbio.bsky.social) & Becca Blyn talk about the 🧪🔬 science programs 🔭🛰️ most impacted by the rollercoaster 🎢 of #FederalFunding in 2026, and wonder what awaits us in 2027. 🤔 Give it a read on Medium: medium.com/science-poli...

The Appropriations Rollercoaster: Which Sciences Won and Lost?

Written by SNAP members Brendon Davis and Becca Blyn

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🫰snaps🫰for @snapcoalition.bsky.social, the first group of grad students to join us on the plenary stage in almost 180 years!

For a panel this morning at the #aaasmtg, the other speakers and I will share ideas and examples for improving trust in science. Here are a few I'll mention if I get a chance (we have a LOT to talk about). I'd love to hear yours. (1/7)

Listen to #ECRs @mjarnett.bsky.social @erinmorrow.bsky.social @jpflores.rbind.io @isakoditomassi.bsky.social and Alex Rich about "Building a New Generation of Scientists Who Lead in Policy and Civic Engagement" Then join us at our reception to learn more! forms.gle/8AQkJAtHoqvC... #AAAS2026

NEW Science Policy in a SNAP just dropped! Learn more about members @ashyeneng.bsky.social @brycewedig.bsky.social and @bdavisbio.bsky.social, and why they do the amazing things they do. medium.com/science-poli...

Member SNAPshots: February 2026

Our Member SNAPshot series shines a spotlight on the early-career researchers who make up the Scientist Network for Advancing Policy. Each…

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Thrilled to be attending my first @aaas.org meeting with fellow members of @snapcoalition.bsky.social! Come say hi at the SNAP booth and be sure to catch the SNAP plenary panel with the incredible Miles Arnett, @isakoditomassi.bsky.social, @jpflores.rbind.io, @erinmorrow.bsky.social, & Alex Rich!! 🤩

Scientist Network for Advancing Policy@snapcoalition.org · 7mo ago

Spots remaining at Feb. 13 #AAASmtg SNAP reception, register here to join us with free drinks and good company! forms.gle/39RqqfK5FzF3... Don't forget to drop by Booth 605 to learn more about our #StanceOnScience initiative. #AAAS2026 #scipol #scicomm #EarlyCareerResearchers #EarlyCareerScientists

Who's ready for #AAAS2026? Come see SNAPpers at a plenary panel session on Friday, Feb. 13 at 1 p.m.!

We started a blog for @snapcoalition.bsky.social and I was excited to write our introductory post! Check it out on #Medium medium.com/@snapscipolo... More long- and short-winded thoughts in the #science-policy space coming soon

Thrilled to announce the launch of my lab @cri-utsw.bsky.social at UTSW this January! We will explore how cells sense and respond to mechanical forces, focusing on membrane mechanics to reveal how tension and signaling work together to shape cell behavior.

Children's Research Institute at UT Southwestern@cri-utsw.bsky.social · 10mo ago

We're growing! Our newest Investigator @henrydebelly.bsky.social will join the CRI Tissue #Regeneration Program in January 2026. Learn more about Henry ➡️ cri.utsw.edu/faculty/henr... and 📌apply to research in his lab cri.utsw.edu/careers

Model organisms as platforms for training scientific minds www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Alejandro Montenegro@aemonten.bsky.social · 10mo ago

PREACH! www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Thanks @mildobserver.bsky.social for taking the time to chat with me, superstar @erinmorrow.bsky.social & others. Our convo was inspired by the McClintock Letters, run by @cornellasap.bsky.social & @snapcoalition.bsky.social, w/ the mission of reconnecting scientists with their hometown communities.

San Francisco Public Press@sfpublicpress.bsky.social · 10mo ago

What happens when science funding disappears? At UCSF and the SF VA, labs are laying off staff, trials are paused, and patients are left waiting. Our new Civic episode breaks down how federal cuts — and now a shutdown — are reshaping science in the Bay Area. 🎧

“I will miss the creativity of teaching.” On #WorldTeachersDay, check out this #ScienceWorkingLife essay from a retired professor emeritus on how she challenged students to think beyond facts—and how she learned to teach like a scientist. https://scim.ag/4nvwosR

Dialogue is so important in science engagement. “Our responsibility is … to speak with humility, to listen with care, and to earn the trust of those we hope to reach… To change what people believe, we must first understand why they believe it and what purpose that belief serves in their lives.”

Alex Eve@amjeve.uk · 11mo ago

An incredibly important article and increasingly relevant in modern political climates. Thank you to @rogerslabucd.bsky.social and colleagues for writing this for @dev-journal.bsky.social "Speaking up can feel like walking a tightrope strung between conflict and silence." #TruthMatters

The best group!!! Now is a great time to join us if you’re interested in learning about how to engage in advocacy and policy as a scientist!

Science Policy Group at UCSF@spgatucsf.bsky.social · 11mo ago

SPG hosted our annual Welcome Picnic last week - what an energizing start to the new year! Our group brainstorm/jam board of policy issues and ideas shows a teaser of some of our upcoming events… 👀 Watch this space to check out the new initiatives our members cook up this year!

Very lucky to be at UCSF with such great microscopy facilities. These instruments are definitely pushing the limits of what we thought feasible in live imaging! Excited to keep exploring how these single cells organize and secrete such precise morphologies.

Tanner Fadero@tanner-fadero.bsky.social · last yr.

If you've ever wanted to know what the actin filaments on the scales in a developing moth wing look like in 3D, here you go! Kyle DeMarr from @mullinslab.bsky.social acquired these beautiful data on the single objective light sheet at the UCSF Center for Advanced Light Microscopy. #snouty

Science is under unprecedented threat in the US, and we need to speak out to save it. If you are an early-career researcher, please consider signing our open letter calling to preserve the future of American science: tinyurl.com/mcclintockle.... Our futures, and our country's future, depend on it.

Open Letter: A Call to Preserve the Future of American Science

The Scientist Network for Advancing Policy (SNAP) invites early-career scientists (e.g., student, post-bacc, PhD candidate, post-doctoral researcher, early-career faculty) in the United States to join...

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We all know scientists who are also musicians In fact, one of my favorites just dropped a new album last month. I was surprised me, though, since she died over 800 years ago. Turns out she might also be the first woman to ever write about developmental biology. 🧵 1/16

There's still time to write a McClintock Letter in support of federal funding of research! Interested and don't know where to start? Join this workshop tomorrow, June 6th, at 12 ET ☀️ docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

As citizens concerned about the future #STEM #workforce, we want to hear stories and impacts of #federal #funding cuts on early career #scientists. Take the surveys by June 6! @scienceforgood.bsky.social @jpflores.rbind.io Impacts survey: bit.ly/3Z1aFPj Stories survey: bit.ly/3Sghx7R #savescience

Excellent article, big thnx #McClintockLetters collaborators @mjarnett.bsky.social @bdavisbio.bsky.social @erinmorrow.bsky.social @jpflores.rbind.io @emmalovesscience.bsky.social @kassstem.bsky.social @sneharao.bsky.social @eselland.bsky.social @rosemalb.bsky.social @viv-cc.bsky.social + others

Shalin Jyotishi@shalinjyotishi.bsky.social · last yr.

🆕From me in @forbes.com: NSF, NIH Funding Cuts Spur Student-Led Science Communication Campaign @cornellasap.bsky.social's McClintock letter campaign aims to help federallyfunded students and early career researchers share their work in local media. www.forbes.com/sites/shalin... #scipol #scicomm

🚨📣 New preprint alert! Excited to share my new postdoc work on direct force and mechanical properties measurements in live embryos! A great team effort with A. Chamolly (theory), under the supervision of F. Corson and @jeromegros.bsky.social 📄 www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1... #devbio #mechanics

Direct measurements of active forces and material properties unveil the active mechanics of early embryogenesis

Despite progress in probing tissue mechanics, direct long-term measurements in live embryonic epithelia are lacking. This limits our understanding of amniote embryonic morphogenesis, which takes place...

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