I'll be giving a talk on regeneration at Sunday Assembly San Diego tomorrow, September 20. Just wanted to share the details. I'm looking forward to the discussion! Consider joining us, either in person or virtually. www.meetup.com/sunday-assem... www.facebook.com/events/13206...

Sunday Assembly San Diego, Sun, Sep 20, 2026, 11:00 AM | Meetup

Sunday Assembly San Diego is an inclusive, non-religious community that meets to hear thoughtful talks, connect for service projects, sing songs, and generally celebrate li

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Come be my colleague!! 🎉 We’re hiring an Assistant Professor in Developmental Biology at UCSD! If you’re doing exciting work in development or regeneration, come join us!! Please spread the word and apply! apol-recruit.ucsd.edu/JPF04591

Assistant Professor of Developmental Biology

University of California, San Diego is hiring. Apply now!

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Congratulations to Arianna Farrar on completing her MS degree in Biology at SDSU! Her master’s project, “Elucidating Gene Regulatory Networks in Planarian Neurogenesis,” represents the culmination of her work and dedication. Congratulations, Arianna, on this superb achievement!

NSF just announced its GRFP solicitation due in October - deadline varies by field: www.nsf.gov/funding/oppo... Now for the bad news... * NSF estimates they will issue 1,500 awards, down from 2,500+ last year. * NSF removed STEM Education and Learning Research as a Major Field.

NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program (GRFP)

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Multiple tenure track positions at Grinnell College (original post by Vida Praitis on LinkedIn) African Diaspora Studies Biology Chemistry Classics/Philosophy joint position Computer Science Mathematics Psychology myjobs.adp.com/grinnellcoll... lnkd.in/p/eK9dXhvk

Hi All, Here is a list of tenure-track job searches at Grinnell this fall. Please check out our website and apply. It is a great place to work! African Diaspora… | Vida Praitis

Hi All, Here is a list of tenure-track job searches at Grinnell this fall. Please check out our website and apply. It is a great place to work! African Diaspora Studies  Biology   Chemistry  Classics...

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@jcellsci.bsky.social is looking to recruit an enthusiastic & motivated Reviews Editor. This is an exciting opportunity for a talented scientific editor to make a significant contribution to an important journal in the field of cell biology. Apply by 3 September. www.biologists.com/about-us/wor...

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Explore career opportunities at The Company of Biologists. Join a team passionate about science, publishing and community support.

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The US National Science Foundation will award about 30% fewer new research grants this fiscal year than in the last one, Nature has learnt. go.nature.com/3UcGoNW

Exclusive: NSF set to issue lowest number of new grants in four decades

The US science-funding agency is withholding $1 billion of its budget so that the money can go to a special White House project.

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Come be my colleague! We are hiring a structural biologist. I have thoroughly enjoyed starting my career here and both department(s) are full of exceptional scientists. apol-recruit.ucsd.edu/JPF04589

Assistant Professor in Structural Biochemistry

University of California, San Diego is hiring. Apply now!

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A new pharynx for #FluorescenceFriday. ✨ Hofstenia miamia are able to completely regenerate their pharynx after amputation, building new muscle (🟠, transgenic line) that surrounds an internal ciliated tube (🔵, b-tubulin).

How do adult tissues stay organized as they continually renew? Our new preprint shows that Eph-ephrin signaling maintains sensory neuron location and number in planarians. www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...

Ephrin Signaling Patterns Sensory Neurons During Tissue Homeostasis in Planarians

Eph and ephrin genes encode receptor-ligand pairs that mediate contact-dependent cell signaling and are essential for nervous system development. However, less is known about the role of Ephrin signal...

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I’m thrilled to share that our search for a tenure-track colleague in my *truly wonderful and collegial* Genetics, Genomics, Evolution and Development Division in the MCB Department at Berkeley @berkeleymcb.bsky.social is live! Please share this broad search widely: aprecruit.berkeley.edu/JPF05481

Assistant Professor -Genetics, Genomics, Evolution, and Development - Molecular and Cell Biology

University of California, Berkeley is hiring. Apply now!

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Day 2 #2026SDB #DevBiol Great talk by @hamdounlab.bsky.social on developing a more genetically favorable sea urchin. The winner is: Lytechinus pictus! (And dev bio!)

🪱✨ Join us at #2026SDB in Las Vegas to hear from Ricardo Zayas! 🎰 His lab uses freshwater planarians to study how entire organisms regenerate from tiny body fragments 🌱🧬, focusing on adult pluripotent stem cells (neoblasts) that drive tissue renewal and regeneration. 🔬 @zayaslab.bsky.social

A new study in #GENETICS from @zayaslab.bsky.social identifies the critical function of soxB1-2 in lineage specification in #planaria and offers a chromatin accessibility dataset for studying #regeneration in the species. buff.ly/nS57Kjo

I'm looking forward to reading this new pre-print from the Van Wolfswinkel Lab at Yale, which fills significant gaps in understanding how systemic RNAi works in planarians. www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...

A new mechanism for “RNA memory”! This time in Planaria! (Here's a video of a Planarian with mulitple heads, one of the heritable phenotypes we studied). This work summarizes >10 years of research and is an amazing collaboration with the labs of Jochen Rink and Omri Wurtzel labs. Read thrad below👇

Three cycles. One offer declined. And finally—the right fit. In our “Landing a faculty position” series, Ben Vincent (Cal State, LA) shares candid advice on the academic job market, teaching-focused roles, and building a lab. 🔗 Read more: buff.ly/ripDccg

Check out the published version of Mallory Cathell's doctoral work. SoxB1-Mediated Chromatin Remodeling Promotes Sensory Neuron Differentiation in Planarians academic.oup.com/genetics/art...

SoxB1-Mediated Chromatin Remodeling Promotes Sensory Neuron Differentiation in Planarians

Abstract. Understanding how adult stem cells generate neurons is critical for advancing regenerative medicine. However, few in vivo models enable studying

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🚨 POSTDOC OPENING 🚨 NIH-funded Bio-Fluid Mechanics Postdoc in my lab @univmiami.bsky.social Hofstenia miamia | cilia-driven flows | behavior & neuroscience Collab w/ Mansi Srivastava @harvard.edu 🕒 Start: Jan–Feb 2026 ⏳ 1 yr, renewable | Email me ASAP! #Postdoc #Biophysics #FluidDynamics

Learn more about @dev-journal.bsky.social Pathway to Independence Programme - supporting the transition of postdocs to group leaders Catch up on where the 2022 PI fellows are now Apply to become a 2026 PI fellow journals.biologists.com/dev/article/...

A path to success: Development's Pathway to Independence programme

ABSTRACT. For post-docs pursuing an academic career, the transition to a group leader position can be a notoriously difficult one, not least because the availability of necessary support and training ...

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We have posted the revised version of our preprint, which now also includes the reviews. Our work provides mechanistic insight into how the SoxB1 transcription factor regulates chromatin dynamics and transcriptional programs during adult neurogenesis in planarians. www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

SoxB1-Mediated Chromatin Remodeling Promotes Sensory Neuron Differentiation in Planarians

Understanding how adult stem cells generate neurons is critical for advancing regenerative medicine. However, few in vivo models enable studying how stem cell fates are specified as neurons in an adul...

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Apply! It's a great experience and you get to meet very cool people. Let me know if you want to know more 🧪

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Apply for our Pathway to Independence (PI) programme, supporting postdocs in #devbio and #stemcell research during the transition to their first group leader position: www.biologists.com/grants/devel... Application deadline: 2 February 2026.

Our study on the role of the Pou4 gene in planarian neural regeneration has been published. Congratulations to the trainees and team members who led this work! doi.org/10.7554/eLif...

Smed-pou4-2 regulates mechanosensory neuron regeneration and function in planarians

A conserved POU4-dependent developmental program underlies mechanosensory neuron regeneration in adult planarians.

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Even as the anti-vax lobby erodes public trust, new evidence confirms that "immunizations against Covid-19, RSV, and influenza have shown consistent effectiveness & safety and are associated with a substantially reduced risk of hospitalization & severe disease" www.nejm.org/doi/full/10....

CREATE Scholars is now accepting applications for our 2026-2027 cohort! Please check out createscholars.sdsu.edu to access our application portal and review our program's benefits and eligibility criteria: Application deadline: January 16, 2026, at 5:00 pm PST

Please help distribute this announcement for the Ph.D. in Biology Program @stowersinstitute.bsky.social

Despite the mess, we are grateful to be funded, have exciting science happening, and have an opening for a postdoc! If you are interested in sensory biology and esp in cilia, thermosensation, or interoception, and would like to join an interactive & supportive group - please email. Please RT 🙏

Our postdoc ad is up on the SDB website! Come to Portland and study regenerative neurogenesis in planarians and zebrafish: www.sdbonline.org/resource?Res...

Overdue congratulations to Mallory Cathell, who successfully defended her doctoral dissertation back in June! Since then, she has been hard at work preparing a manuscript based on her thesis. www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

Check out our new lab preprint, which provides mechanistic insights into how the SoxB1 transcription factor influences chromatin dynamics and transcriptional programs during adult neurogenesis in planarians. www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

SoxB1-Mediated Chromatin Remodeling Promotes Sensory Neuron Differentiation in Planarians

Understanding how adult stem cells generate neurons is critical for advancing regenerative medicine. However, few in vivo models enable studying how stem cell fates are specified as neurons in an adul...

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