Looking forward to seeing lots of people at this webinar.

International Society for Regenerative Biology@isrbio.bsky.social · 2mo ago

📢 New ISRB Webinar | Zone 2 (Europe, West Asia, Africa): 🗓 July 14, 2026 at 16:00 Europe/Berlin 🎤 Eric Röttinger, PhD 🎤 Ulrich Technau More info: isrbio.org/webinars

I can’t watch… Penalty shootout NED-MAR 🫣

One of the reasons I am so happy with our current roof top apartment is that it has Betonkerntemperierung. Without any air conditioning it has a very consistent temperature with a maximum of 23C even in the middle of summer.

Julia M. Rohrer@dingdingpeng.the100.ci · 3mo ago

TIL heat is really killing a lot of people in Europe. hannahritchie.substack.com/p/heat-guns-...

Join us on June 18 at ISTA for a day dedicated to developmental and stem cell biology, with talks, poster sessions, flash talks, and opportunities to connect across the Vienna life science community. More. 👇

🚨Can embryos regenerate their tails? A question I had. With support from @biologists.bsky.social, Val Wilson, Elly Tanaka and Wouter🙏, I visited Vienna to start by cutting axolotl embryo tail buds. The answer: Not always!😮...Sparking a fun and exciting collaboration that is only the beginning.

Wouter Masselink@woutermasselink.bsky.social · 4mo ago

🚨 New preprint 🚨 Massive shoutout to first author @abinagui.bsky.social !!! The common view is that regenerative competence declines with age. We challenge this idea by showing that axolotl tail regenerative competence is emerges during a defined embryonic window. www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...

Cargo bikes give you a chance to explore the area with your kids, stop for a picnic, and get a bit of exercise in.

🚨 New preprint 🚨 Massive shoutout to first author @abinagui.bsky.social !!! The common view is that regenerative competence declines with age. We challenge this idea by showing that axolotl tail regenerative competence is emerges during a defined embryonic window. www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...

So between a SC and TF antibody, which one would you choose?

Reese Richardson@reeserichardson.bsky.social · 4mo ago

@johanduchene.bsky.social @sholtodavid.bsky.social Spent the last hour looking, found ten more apparently manipulated Western blots in Thermo Fisher's antibody verification data (across eight different catalogued products). Thread below. www.thermofisher.com/antibody/pro...

Now that is a good way to spend a Sunday. 70 km ride with the kids loaded up in the cargo bike. Explore the local area, have a good chat, and get some exercise in.

Does the sadness you get after reviewing a paper that will probably get rejected ever go away? Asking for a friend.

Only 80 Km from Vienna. I could cycle to this meeting.

International Society for Regenerative Biology@isrbio.bsky.social · 4mo ago

The EMBO Regeneration Meeting is coming up this September! Don't miss the upcoming registration deadline: May 20. Program and registration: meetings.embo.org/event/26-tis.... #EMBORegeneration2026.

And the “de-extinction” grift continues. Your regular reminder that it's only a dire wolf if it comes from the Late Pleistocene epoch, otherwise it's just sparkling dog.

…This parrot is no more! He has ceased to be! 'E's expired and gone to meet 'is maker! 'E's a stiff! Bereft of life, 'e rests in peace! If you hadn't nailed 'im to the perch 'e'd be pushing up the daisies! 'Is metabolic processes are now 'istory! 'E's off the twig!…

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Carl T. Bergstrom@carlbergstrom.com · 4mo ago

More details on the firing of the National Science Board. The NSF now has no director, deputy director, or board. They have issued almost no new awards in 2026. The plan appears to be to completely destroyed the agency. The details are horrifying and have Russ Vought written all over them.

Seriously?🙃

Film you've watched more than six times with a gif. Hard mode: no Star Trek, Star Wars, LOTR, DC, Marvel, Disney, Pixar, Spielberg, Cameron, Wachowskis, or Ghibli:

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Shawn Burgess @burgesslab.bsky.social · 5mo ago

Film you've watched more than six times with a gif. Hard mode: no Star Trek, Star Wars, LOTR, DC, Marvel, Disney, Pixar, Spielberg, Cameron, Wachowskis, or Ghibli:

Physicists have now uncovered the hidden math behind these satisfying can-crushing videos. Learn more: https://scim.ag/4cxjozU

I made a map of 3.4 million Bluesky users - see if you can find yourself! bluesky-map.theo.io I've seen some similar projects, but IMO this seems to better capture some of the fine-grained detail

Bluesky Map

Interactive map of 3.4 million Bluesky users, visualised by their follower pattern.

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Previously we had shown that axolotl tail regeneration occurs in the absence of somitogenesis. In the updated manuscript we propose that vertebral segmentation during tail regeneration occurs through a process of buckling instability. www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

Murawala Lab at MDI Bio Lab@murawalalab.bsky.social · 7mo ago

Checkout this updated preprint-a tour de force and truly globe-spanning collaboration with an exceptional group of scientists.

He is indeed dead.

Richard Sever@richardsever.bsky.social · 10mo ago

James Watson has died www.nytimes.com/2025/11/07/s...

I tried something today and finished applying for a fellowship. Now I can just forget about it for another 7 months while we wait. 🤞

Somebody is channelling their inner Herr Flick.

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Mr. Spock 🖖@spockresists.bsky.social · 11mo ago

Here is Gregory Bovino, the man in charge of ICE agents in Chicago.

Here I was still hung up on wether it should be Ambystoma or Amblystoma www.science.org/doi/10.1126/... www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

Amblystoma Not Ambystoma

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Claire Zagorski, PhD, MSc, EMT-P@clairezagorski.bsky.social · 11mo ago

Hi! Did you know that you aren’t pronouncing axolotl correctly? Suppression of indigenous languages by the Spanish is one of the Four Wounds of Colonization. This is a small subversion of colonial power you can use! Axolotl is a Nahuatl word, and it sounds like this:

Are there any folks on here who hold or have previously held an ARC Future Fellowship and wouldn't mind sharing there application documents?

I’m looking forward to reading the first abstract translated into Klingon.

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The Company of Biologists@biologists.bsky.social · 12mo ago

Authors can now include a translation of their submitted manuscript’s abstract in their chosen language, which will be published directly following the English language abstract. We also enable the display of non-Western character author names. Read more: journals.biologists.com/dmm/pages/news

The Vienna BioCenter PhD program in Molecular BioSciences will offer 20+ fully-funded positions in the Autumn Call which is now open. Have a look at what our campus has to offer: www.vbcphd.at

Vienna is upping the price of its yearly public transport pass from €365 to €467. The financial argument used to justify the price increase shows a fundamental misunderstanding of how public services should be run. www.thelocal.at/20250901/end...

End of €1-a-day travel: Vienna announces €467 annual pass from January 2026

Vienna will raise the price of its annual public transport ticket to €467 on January 1st 2026, ending the long-running €365 offer. Single journey as well as time-limited tickets are also becoming more...

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The autumn call for the VBC PhD program is currently open. training.vbc.ac.at/phd-program

On my way back to Vienna after a fantastic #ISRB2025. I got placed on standby so currently I am waiting at the gate hoping to catch my flight.

I just finished setting home assistant so our espresso machine and a bunch of light can be remotely controlled and automated. Feeling very fancy and futuristic right about now

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