Dr. Liz Haynes 🐟🔬
@drlizhaynes.bsky.social
Incoming Asst. Prof @ UW-Madison. I study the cell biology of the neuroimmune system using zebrafish. I make pretty pictures. #FirstGen
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Pleased to say that Jonas Hartmann (bs-less) and I have finally released DySTrack (“diss track”) - Dynamic Sample Tracking.
It’s a Python-based, modular tool that brings smart microscopy to everyday imaging on commercial systems.
Preprint: www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
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It’s a Python-based, modular tool that brings smart microscopy to everyday imaging on commercial systems.
Preprint: www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
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December 8, 2025 at 9:48 AM
Pleased to say that Jonas Hartmann (bs-less) and I have finally released DySTrack (“diss track”) - Dynamic Sample Tracking.
It’s a Python-based, modular tool that brings smart microscopy to everyday imaging on commercial systems.
Preprint: www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
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It’s a Python-based, modular tool that brings smart microscopy to everyday imaging on commercial systems.
Preprint: www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
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Hmmm on a test image I generated using Gemini, it even did a pretty good job of simulating gaussian noise.
November 22, 2025 at 7:45 PM
Hmmm on a test image I generated using Gemini, it even did a pretty good job of simulating gaussian noise.
Very cool work!
Check out our recent preprint, "Live longitudinal imaging of meningeal cerebrovascular injury and its sequelae in adult zebrafish."
lnkd.in/gN7z6th4
lnkd.in/gN7z6th4
November 18, 2025 at 3:49 PM
Very cool work!
Saving for my axon guidance lecture next year! Beautiful!
Axonal pathfinding of zebrafish retinal ganglion cells forms the optic nerve. Credit to Dr. Matthew Bostock @houartlab.bsky.social. #ZebrafishZunday 🧪
November 17, 2025 at 4:29 PM
Saving for my axon guidance lecture next year! Beautiful!
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So how did it go?
NIH made 43 DP2 awards, the lowest number in a decade.
I really wish Director Bhattacharya would spend doing his actual job rather than badmouthing the agency he is charged to lead and spouting platitudes on podcasts and elsewhere.
6/7
NIH made 43 DP2 awards, the lowest number in a decade.
I really wish Director Bhattacharya would spend doing his actual job rather than badmouthing the agency he is charged to lead and spouting platitudes on podcasts and elsewhere.
6/7
November 6, 2025 at 4:09 PM
So how did it go?
NIH made 43 DP2 awards, the lowest number in a decade.
I really wish Director Bhattacharya would spend doing his actual job rather than badmouthing the agency he is charged to lead and spouting platitudes on podcasts and elsewhere.
6/7
NIH made 43 DP2 awards, the lowest number in a decade.
I really wish Director Bhattacharya would spend doing his actual job rather than badmouthing the agency he is charged to lead and spouting platitudes on podcasts and elsewhere.
6/7
Zara was a star, a cherished friend, and an untiring advocate. I wish she had the chance to stay here with us and help create a brighter future, but she already gave us so much in her time here. I'm glad she will be honored in the next cohort of LE fellows ❤️
The Leading Edge Fellows gathered this week to celebrate Zara Weinberg, a beloved member of our community. Our 7th cohort of Leading Edge Fellows (2026) will be named in her honor.
The Zara Weinberg Leading Edge Cohort application is now open! Due Feb 2.
www.leadingedgesymposium.org/apply/
The Zara Weinberg Leading Edge Cohort application is now open! Due Feb 2.
www.leadingedgesymposium.org/apply/
November 6, 2025 at 4:03 AM
Zara was a star, a cherished friend, and an untiring advocate. I wish she had the chance to stay here with us and help create a brighter future, but she already gave us so much in her time here. I'm glad she will be honored in the next cohort of LE fellows ❤️
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Live visualization of extracellular matrix dynamics during development and regeneration in zebrafish https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.11.02.686082v1
November 3, 2025 at 9:31 PM
Live visualization of extracellular matrix dynamics during development and regeneration in zebrafish https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.11.02.686082v1
I need to get some better frames now that I'm a big kid (supposedly) but finally got my collection of Bob Goldstein prints in my office! There's a Clare Waterman one out of view too!
October 24, 2025 at 3:45 PM
I need to get some better frames now that I'm a big kid (supposedly) but finally got my collection of Bob Goldstein prints in my office! There's a Clare Waterman one out of view too!
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I'm very excited to announce that UNC Biology has 6 faculty positions open this year! The first is for an Asst Professor who studies organismal resilience using an integrative approach 1/n
unc.peopleadmin.com/postings/307...
unc.peopleadmin.com/postings/307...
October 12, 2025 at 2:20 PM
I'm very excited to announce that UNC Biology has 6 faculty positions open this year! The first is for an Asst Professor who studies organismal resilience using an integrative approach 1/n
unc.peopleadmin.com/postings/307...
unc.peopleadmin.com/postings/307...
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It is time to recognize research software as a valuable scientific contribution in itself, beyond a tool — and to support it
go.nature.com/438X8qS
go.nature.com/438X8qS
Stop treating code like an afterthought: record, share and value it
Scientists, research institutions, funders, libraries and publishers must all improve software practices.
go.nature.com
October 7, 2025 at 1:22 PM
It is time to recognize research software as a valuable scientific contribution in itself, beyond a tool — and to support it
go.nature.com/438X8qS
go.nature.com/438X8qS
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Seventies Susumu Ohno vibes! Fashion goes in circles.
October 4, 2025 at 5:17 PM
Seventies Susumu Ohno vibes! Fashion goes in circles.
Here's a movie from the 3D neuroimaging paper - this is the telencephalon of a 19 month old tg(kdrl:mCherry, mpeg1:eGFP) fish. We use imaris to strip the top layer (the skin and skull) off the projection so we can see just the tissue beneath the skull. This was taken with a Bruker 2P+ multiphoton.
September 26, 2025 at 4:31 PM
Here's a movie from the 3D neuroimaging paper - this is the telencephalon of a 19 month old tg(kdrl:mCherry, mpeg1:eGFP) fish. We use imaris to strip the top layer (the skin and skull) off the projection so we can see just the tissue beneath the skull. This was taken with a Bruker 2P+ multiphoton.
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We are so excited to include these new Fellows-to-Faculty Fellows in the Simons Foundation fold!
Announcing our 9 new Fellows-to-Faculty Fellows! These awards help senior postdoctoral researchers with fresh perspectives on autism & neuroscience transition to tenure-track faculty positions: https://www.simonsfoundation.org/simons-foundation-announces-recipients-of-2025-fellows-to-faculty-awards/
Simons Foundation Announces Recipients of 2025 Fellows-to-Faculty Awards
The Simons Foundation is pleased to announce the 2025 class of Fellows-to-Faculty Fellows.
www.simonsfoundation.org
September 16, 2025 at 8:30 PM
We are so excited to include these new Fellows-to-Faculty Fellows in the Simons Foundation fold!
Want to image the adult zebrafish brain? Here's a nifty design that I made with the help of a talented master's student, Corey Steinhauser.
Supporting files here!
morgridge.org/research/lab...
Supporting files here!
morgridge.org/research/lab...
September 26, 2025 at 2:08 AM
Want to image the adult zebrafish brain? Here's a nifty design that I made with the help of a talented master's student, Corey Steinhauser.
Supporting files here!
morgridge.org/research/lab...
Supporting files here!
morgridge.org/research/lab...
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Whoa - neuronal ciliary proteome! Tons to dig into here - different from kidney cilia proteome (perhaps unsurprising) and enriched for many postsynaptic proteins, strengthening previous suggestions of cilia as postsynaptic signaling structures.
@nachury.bsky.social
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
@nachury.bsky.social
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
In situ Proteomics Unveils Specialized Domains for Extrasynaptic Signaling on Neuronal Cilia
Neuronal cilia have emerged as crucial signaling hubs, yet their molecular composition and integration with synaptic communication remain poorly understood. Using a newly developed Arl13b-TurboID mous...
www.biorxiv.org
September 13, 2025 at 6:49 PM
Whoa - neuronal ciliary proteome! Tons to dig into here - different from kidney cilia proteome (perhaps unsurprising) and enriched for many postsynaptic proteins, strengthening previous suggestions of cilia as postsynaptic signaling structures.
@nachury.bsky.social
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
@nachury.bsky.social
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
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Maximising imaging volumes of expanded tissues for inverted fluorescence microscopy https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.09.12.675899v1
September 13, 2025 at 3:48 AM
Maximising imaging volumes of expanded tissues for inverted fluorescence microscopy https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.09.12.675899v1
Trying to stay hopeful and see joy in these times, and I thought this was lovely.
Sometimes we’re unsatisfied with a thing we made because when it only existed in our head, we saw all the things it could have been and when it’s done we know all the things that it isn’t, but we can’t see the way it expands into a million new things when someone else unpacks it in their head. 🖊️🦑
August 31, 2025 at 3:59 PM
Trying to stay hopeful and see joy in these times, and I thought this was lovely.
This is so sad. I'm so sorry fly friends. Solidarity from team fish. 💔
I just got the notice that all the FlyBase people at Harvard, including me, will be laid off on October 12. I'm devastated.
August 11, 2025 at 9:11 PM
This is so sad. I'm so sorry fly friends. Solidarity from team fish. 💔
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It looks like as a signatory to the UN Florence Agreement, if you 1) buy an item as a nonprofit or educational institution, 2) from a signatory country, 3) can demonstrate it is for research purposes, and/or 4) the item is not made in the US in significant quantities, you can import duty-free!
July 1, 2025 at 4:09 PM
It looks like as a signatory to the UN Florence Agreement, if you 1) buy an item as a nonprofit or educational institution, 2) from a signatory country, 3) can demonstrate it is for research purposes, and/or 4) the item is not made in the US in significant quantities, you can import duty-free!
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The NIH’s 2024 budget of just under $37B generated $95B in economic activity in 2024 alone. 99.4% of new pharmaceuticals approved from 2010-2019 came from NIH-funded research. I’m hard pressed to think of anything that generates as much direct economic benefit as our NIH did before they destroyed it
TAPPER: 14 Republicans say you're risking undermining critical research by holding up NIH funding
VOUGHT: If they were a company, their stock price would in shambles. They in some respects caused the pandemic. You have an entire institute that does nothing more than DEI research at the NIH.
VOUGHT: If they were a company, their stock price would in shambles. They in some respects caused the pandemic. You have an entire institute that does nothing more than DEI research at the NIH.
July 27, 2025 at 10:49 PM
The NIH’s 2024 budget of just under $37B generated $95B in economic activity in 2024 alone. 99.4% of new pharmaceuticals approved from 2010-2019 came from NIH-funded research. I’m hard pressed to think of anything that generates as much direct economic benefit as our NIH did before they destroyed it
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From @aaas.org check-in with Sudip Parikh: a letter by 14 Republican senators urge the Office of Management and Budget to release NIH funding. If this includes your state (AL, ME, WV, SC, KY, KS, AR, PA, NC, IN, AK), Sudip recommends contacting & thanking them for being American science leaders.
July 26, 2025 at 2:52 PM
From @aaas.org check-in with Sudip Parikh: a letter by 14 Republican senators urge the Office of Management and Budget to release NIH funding. If this includes your state (AL, ME, WV, SC, KY, KS, AR, PA, NC, IN, AK), Sudip recommends contacting & thanking them for being American science leaders.
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This is an excellent article on the termination of all federal funding at Harvard.
This visualization shows all of the terminated programs that were supposed to train the next generation of scientists.
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
This visualization shows all of the terminated programs that were supposed to train the next generation of scientists.
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
June 23, 2025 at 9:19 PM
This is an excellent article on the termination of all federal funding at Harvard.
This visualization shows all of the terminated programs that were supposed to train the next generation of scientists.
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
This visualization shows all of the terminated programs that were supposed to train the next generation of scientists.
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
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The #SCIMaP team announces a major update: an analysis of the economic impacts of the White House's NIH FY26 budget.
Bottom-line, we estimate $46B in total economic loss, 202K lost jobs, and impacts in communities nationwide.
Interactive map and shareable report:
scienceimpacts.org/fy26
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Bottom-line, we estimate $46B in total economic loss, 202K lost jobs, and impacts in communities nationwide.
Interactive map and shareable report:
scienceimpacts.org/fy26
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June 23, 2025 at 7:10 PM
The #SCIMaP team announces a major update: an analysis of the economic impacts of the White House's NIH FY26 budget.
Bottom-line, we estimate $46B in total economic loss, 202K lost jobs, and impacts in communities nationwide.
Interactive map and shareable report:
scienceimpacts.org/fy26
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Bottom-line, we estimate $46B in total economic loss, 202K lost jobs, and impacts in communities nationwide.
Interactive map and shareable report:
scienceimpacts.org/fy26
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I've been a bit quiet lately because I've been working on a new project - I had a baby in May and am enjoying my maternity leave! 🐣 Baby and I are doing great! Lots to adjust to for us both, but we are learning!
June 13, 2025 at 9:13 PM
I've been a bit quiet lately because I've been working on a new project - I had a baby in May and am enjoying my maternity leave! 🐣 Baby and I are doing great! Lots to adjust to for us both, but we are learning!
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The Stephen Katz R01 has been expired early. This was a critical funding opportunities for early stage PIs to foster taking their talents to new, big, important problems. Why?
New NIH Notice "expiring" a large number of funding opportunities because
"We have identified a number of Notices of Funding Opportunities (NOFOs) that were not expired or reissued as indicated in the implementation plan outlined in NOT-OD-24-085."
grants.nih.gov/grants/guide...
"We have identified a number of Notices of Funding Opportunities (NOFOs) that were not expired or reissued as indicated in the implementation plan outlined in NOT-OD-24-085."
grants.nih.gov/grants/guide...
NOT-OD-25-113: Notice of Early Expiration of Notices of Funding Opportunities Related to the Simplified Review Framework for NIH Research Grant Applications
NIH Funding Opportunities and Notices in the NIH Guide for Grants and Contracts: Notice of Early Expiration of Notices of Funding Opportunities Related to the Simplified Review Framework for NIH Resea...
grants.nih.gov
May 16, 2025 at 2:56 PM
The Stephen Katz R01 has been expired early. This was a critical funding opportunities for early stage PIs to foster taking their talents to new, big, important problems. Why?