Doug Menke
@dbmenke.bsky.social
Developmental geneticist working with reptiles. Comparative genomics & lizard gene editing.
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We have a bunch of new job ads out @arcadiascience.com. If you haven’t checked them out, take a look!
www.arcadiascience.com/careers
www.arcadiascience.com/careers
Careers | Arcadia Science
Evolve with Arcadia.
www.arcadiascience.com
October 16, 2025 at 2:45 AM
We have a bunch of new job ads out @arcadiascience.com. If you haven’t checked them out, take a look!
www.arcadiascience.com/careers
www.arcadiascience.com/careers
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🦎THREAD: We just published something wild in @asn-amnat.bsky.social - lizards missing entire limbs not only survive, but some appear to actually thrive in the wild?!
Let me tell you about the "three-legged pirate" lizards 🏴☠️
[Paper: www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/... ]
(1/n)
Let me tell you about the "three-legged pirate" lizards 🏴☠️
[Paper: www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/... ]
(1/n)
October 14, 2025 at 1:52 PM
🦎THREAD: We just published something wild in @asn-amnat.bsky.social - lizards missing entire limbs not only survive, but some appear to actually thrive in the wild?!
Let me tell you about the "three-legged pirate" lizards 🏴☠️
[Paper: www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/... ]
(1/n)
Let me tell you about the "three-legged pirate" lizards 🏴☠️
[Paper: www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/... ]
(1/n)
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As Editor’s Choice winner of the MBL Embryology course image competition, Arthur Boutillon’s image (‘Embryonic eye of Anole lizard’) features on this cover of Development.
Learn more about Arthur and his work in the interview now available on the Node ⬇️👀
thenode.biologists.com/interview-wi...
Learn more about Arthur and his work in the interview now available on the Node ⬇️👀
thenode.biologists.com/interview-wi...
October 13, 2025 at 11:20 AM
As Editor’s Choice winner of the MBL Embryology course image competition, Arthur Boutillon’s image (‘Embryonic eye of Anole lizard’) features on this cover of Development.
Learn more about Arthur and his work in the interview now available on the Node ⬇️👀
thenode.biologists.com/interview-wi...
Learn more about Arthur and his work in the interview now available on the Node ⬇️👀
thenode.biologists.com/interview-wi...
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To @dbmenke.bsky.social and other lizard colleagues, look what you have done. (Anolis pictures from PR.)
June 29, 2025 at 6:18 PM
To @dbmenke.bsky.social and other lizard colleagues, look what you have done. (Anolis pictures from PR.)
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One of the reasons I love this piece is that, in clearly showing why the administration’s attacks on medical research funding are so devastating, it also makes one of the clearest cases for why that funding has always mattered. unbreaking.org/issues/medic...
Medical Research Funding — Unbreaking
How the administration is breaking the government, and what that means for all of us.
unbreaking.org
May 30, 2025 at 9:40 PM
One of the reasons I love this piece is that, in clearly showing why the administration’s attacks on medical research funding are so devastating, it also makes one of the clearest cases for why that funding has always mattered. unbreaking.org/issues/medic...
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Vaccine scientists and medical leaders have announced they are launching an unprecedented initiative to react to vaccine misinformation and scientifically unfounded vaccine decisions by the U.S. government. scim.ag/3ES9r1Q
Vaccine experts band together to counter U.S. government misinformation
Vaccine Integrity Project intends to provide scientific responses to ill-founded vaccine moves
scim.ag
April 28, 2025 at 1:38 PM
Vaccine scientists and medical leaders have announced they are launching an unprecedented initiative to react to vaccine misinformation and scientifically unfounded vaccine decisions by the U.S. government. scim.ag/3ES9r1Q
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Breaking: a judge in GA ordered that the fed'l gov't CANNOT pull the visas of foreign students. The order applies ONLY to students who are part of the lawsuit. If you want to join the lawsuit, reach out to: ckuck@immigration.net and dclaffey@immigration.net youtu.be/FS6B8CM8uf4
April 19, 2025 at 4:04 PM
Breaking: a judge in GA ordered that the fed'l gov't CANNOT pull the visas of foreign students. The order applies ONLY to students who are part of the lawsuit. If you want to join the lawsuit, reach out to: ckuck@immigration.net and dclaffey@immigration.net youtu.be/FS6B8CM8uf4
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Together with fellow @biologists.bsky.social EiCs we've written about the unprecedented cuts & policy changes to research in the US
We stand with our US colleagues during this challenging time
Science transcends borders—setbacks in one nation affect us all
journals.biologists.com/dev/article/...
We stand with our US colleagues during this challenging time
Science transcends borders—setbacks in one nation affect us all
journals.biologists.com/dev/article/...
Science under siege: protecting scientific progress in turbulent times
As Editors-in-Chief of The Company of Biologists' journals, we have been watching with growing concern the policy changes in the United States of America (USA) and the challenges that these are creati...
journals.biologists.com
March 13, 2025 at 9:13 PM
Together with fellow @biologists.bsky.social EiCs we've written about the unprecedented cuts & policy changes to research in the US
We stand with our US colleagues during this challenging time
Science transcends borders—setbacks in one nation affect us all
journals.biologists.com/dev/article/...
We stand with our US colleagues during this challenging time
Science transcends borders—setbacks in one nation affect us all
journals.biologists.com/dev/article/...
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🐍 Do you talk about reptiles with strangers🦎
🧬 Do you lay awake thinking about N50 scores? Close your eyes and see Manhattan plots?🧬
Well, have I got the answer for you. Come check out the Open Consortium for Squamate Genomics (OCSG - that’s a mouthful).
Sign up here:
forms.gle/TTmTwAMUqzWJ...
🧬 Do you lay awake thinking about N50 scores? Close your eyes and see Manhattan plots?🧬
Well, have I got the answer for you. Come check out the Open Consortium for Squamate Genomics (OCSG - that’s a mouthful).
Sign up here:
forms.gle/TTmTwAMUqzWJ...
Open Consortium of Squamate Genomics (OCSG) Sign-up/Contact Form
The Open Consortium of Squamate Genomics (OCSG) is a new global initiative (2024) with an overarching goal of increasing both quality and quantity of lizard and snake genomic resources, as well as inc...
forms.gle
January 14, 2025 at 11:09 PM
🐍 Do you talk about reptiles with strangers🦎
🧬 Do you lay awake thinking about N50 scores? Close your eyes and see Manhattan plots?🧬
Well, have I got the answer for you. Come check out the Open Consortium for Squamate Genomics (OCSG - that’s a mouthful).
Sign up here:
forms.gle/TTmTwAMUqzWJ...
🧬 Do you lay awake thinking about N50 scores? Close your eyes and see Manhattan plots?🧬
Well, have I got the answer for you. Come check out the Open Consortium for Squamate Genomics (OCSG - that’s a mouthful).
Sign up here:
forms.gle/TTmTwAMUqzWJ...
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Anole Annals is now on bluesky! Follow us (and check out our blog anoleannals.org) for all anole research, news, and more!
Anole Annals
Your source for the latest on Anolis lizards.
anoleannals.org
December 1, 2024 at 7:55 PM
Anole Annals is now on bluesky! Follow us (and check out our blog anoleannals.org) for all anole research, news, and more!
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Has anyone had success with any of the Cas9 fusions to promote HDR efficiency?
November 22, 2024 at 2:40 PM
Has anyone had success with any of the Cas9 fusions to promote HDR efficiency?
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I want to share a #datahound analysis I have been working on for some time with this newly forming community.
The NIH Modular Cap: A Once-Sensible Policy Destroyed by Active Inaction
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The NIH Modular Cap: A Once-Sensible Policy Destroyed by Active Inaction
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November 17, 2024 at 5:20 PM
I want to share a #datahound analysis I have been working on for some time with this newly forming community.
The NIH Modular Cap: A Once-Sensible Policy Destroyed by Active Inaction
1/n
The NIH Modular Cap: A Once-Sensible Policy Destroyed by Active Inaction
1/n
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Welcome to our Bluesky account. With so many of our community members now present on Bluesky, we felt it was the right time to join. We will use this account to bring you news from the Company, our journals and our community sites.
November 12, 2024 at 2:22 PM
Welcome to our Bluesky account. With so many of our community members now present on Bluesky, we felt it was the right time to join. We will use this account to bring you news from the Company, our journals and our community sites.
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Reminder for newcomers that bioRxiv has Bluesky accounts in every subject category - great way to keep up (please re-skeet) connect.biorxiv.org/news/2023/09...
bioRxiv expands on Mastodon and Bluesky
bioRxiv - the preprint server for biology, operated by Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, a research and educational institution
connect.biorxiv.org
November 10, 2024 at 1:40 PM
Reminder for newcomers that bioRxiv has Bluesky accounts in every subject category - great way to keep up (please re-skeet) connect.biorxiv.org/news/2023/09...
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November 9, 2024 at 11:49 PM
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Hard to beat baby knight anoles (Anolis equestris) - they'll lose these white stripes down their body as they grow into adults
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November 7, 2024 at 5:08 PM
Hard to beat baby knight anoles (Anolis equestris) - they'll lose these white stripes down their body as they grow into adults
🦎🦎🦎
🦎🦎🦎
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Please share broadly! We (Molecular Genetics, University of Toronto) are looking for a new faculty member! Deadline Dec 19. Those working on model organisms and using genomics, computational and systems approaches are strongly encouraged to apply! Reach out w/ Qs!
jobs.utoronto.ca/job/Toronto-...
jobs.utoronto.ca/job/Toronto-...
Assistant Professor - Molecular Biology and Genetics
Assistant Professor - Molecular Biology and Genetics
jobs.utoronto.ca
October 29, 2024 at 9:14 PM
Please share broadly! We (Molecular Genetics, University of Toronto) are looking for a new faculty member! Deadline Dec 19. Those working on model organisms and using genomics, computational and systems approaches are strongly encouraged to apply! Reach out w/ Qs!
jobs.utoronto.ca/job/Toronto-...
jobs.utoronto.ca/job/Toronto-...
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Great list! I hope everyone on it shares with their colleagues the fact that there are THREE Asst Professor openings in Plant Biology at UNC-Chapel Hill this year, two in Plant Molecular Biology viewed broadly & one in Plant Evolution-review will begin soon
www.esacareercenter.org/job/2002229/...
www.esacareercenter.org/job/2002229/...
October 25, 2024 at 10:36 AM
Great list! I hope everyone on it shares with their colleagues the fact that there are THREE Asst Professor openings in Plant Biology at UNC-Chapel Hill this year, two in Plant Molecular Biology viewed broadly & one in Plant Evolution-review will begin soon
www.esacareercenter.org/job/2002229/...
www.esacareercenter.org/job/2002229/...
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The ability of the animal body to self-assemble based on the information encoded in our genomes is one of the most remarkable miracles of the living world. We now take for granted the idea that shared cellular machinery mediates this and read textbooks laying things out in molecular detail. 1/n 🧪
October 21, 2024 at 4:06 PM
The ability of the animal body to self-assemble based on the information encoded in our genomes is one of the most remarkable miracles of the living world. We now take for granted the idea that shared cellular machinery mediates this and read textbooks laying things out in molecular detail. 1/n 🧪
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This short graphic novel about Fish Sex Determination from Sophia Breslin, John Postlethwait, & Thomas Desvignes @notothentoma.bsky.social is AMAZING!
blogs.uoregon.edu/fishsexdeter...
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blogs.uoregon.edu/fishsexdeter...
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June 10, 2024 at 4:38 PM
This short graphic novel about Fish Sex Determination from Sophia Breslin, John Postlethwait, & Thomas Desvignes @notothentoma.bsky.social is AMAZING!
blogs.uoregon.edu/fishsexdeter...
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blogs.uoregon.edu/fishsexdeter...
🧪🐠🧬
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I’m excited for the upcoming publication of our paper summarizing the lessons learned from seven years of specimen digitization. The oVert project has produced tens of thousands of datasets and is changing the way people view and use collections.
February 4, 2024 at 5:12 PM
I’m excited for the upcoming publication of our paper summarizing the lessons learned from seven years of specimen digitization. The oVert project has produced tens of thousands of datasets and is changing the way people view and use collections.
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Duke Flags Lowered: Philip Benfey, Plant Biologist Who Studied Roots as a Window to Development, Dies
today.duke.edu/2023/10/duke...
#PlantScience
today.duke.edu/2023/10/duke...
#PlantScience
Duke Flags Lowered: Philip Benfey, Plant Biologist Who Studied Roots as a Window to Development, Die...
today.duke.edu
October 3, 2023 at 3:54 PM
Duke Flags Lowered: Philip Benfey, Plant Biologist Who Studied Roots as a Window to Development, Dies
today.duke.edu/2023/10/duke...
#PlantScience
today.duke.edu/2023/10/duke...
#PlantScience
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Excited to share that I will be starting my lab as faculty at Boston Children’s Hospital and Harvard Medical School
in July 2024! We will seek a quantitative understanding of gene expression control in development and resulting “tipping points” in disease. Please reach out if interested!
in July 2024! We will seek a quantitative understanding of gene expression control in development and resulting “tipping points” in disease. Please reach out if interested!
September 22, 2023 at 9:38 PM
Excited to share that I will be starting my lab as faculty at Boston Children’s Hospital and Harvard Medical School
in July 2024! We will seek a quantitative understanding of gene expression control in development and resulting “tipping points” in disease. Please reach out if interested!
in July 2024! We will seek a quantitative understanding of gene expression control in development and resulting “tipping points” in disease. Please reach out if interested!