Susanna Brantley
@drsusanna.bsky.social
Di Talia Lab postdoc @ Duke Cell Bio | PhD @ Stanford Dev Bio | microscopy, fly embryos, dabbling in beetle embryogenesis, quant bio | posts, likes, views, and reposts are my own
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Susanna Brantley
@drsusanna.bsky.social
· Jun 10
Excited to share the bulk of my postdocotoral work from the @ditalialab.bsky.social on how cells interpret dynamic morphogen signaling during development! Many thanks to our collaborators & coauthors @shelbyflies.bsky.social, Massimo Vergassola, Jacqueline Janssen, and Anna Chao.
Drosophila lab folks - does anyone have a recommendable software/system for storing information on your fly lines? I will (fingers crossed!) start my own lab fly collection next year and the Di Talia lab is currently trying to move from excel sheets with multiple tabs to something more searchable.
October 27, 2025 at 3:48 PM
Drosophila lab folks - does anyone have a recommendable software/system for storing information on your fly lines? I will (fingers crossed!) start my own lab fly collection next year and the Di Talia lab is currently trying to move from excel sheets with multiple tabs to something more searchable.
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🚨 We are recruiting postdocs! If you're interested in reproductive, stem cell/developmental biology, and/or women's health, please apply! 📝 Please repost! 🚩
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Postdoctoral Scientist - Zhang Lab
Primary Work Address: One Shields Avenue, Davis, CA, 95616 Current HHMI Employees, click here to apply via your Workday account. The Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI) advances the discovery and s...
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October 24, 2025 at 4:23 PM
🚨 We are recruiting postdocs! If you're interested in reproductive, stem cell/developmental biology, and/or women's health, please apply! 📝 Please repost! 🚩
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As one of the many trainees influenced by Lucy Shapiro, congratulations and thank you for establishing the incredible Dev Bio department at Stanford. Thank you for being a role model, and thank you for your service to our field and the world.
2025 #LaskerAward winner Lucy Shapiro asked: How do living organisms translate information from a linear genetic code into three-dimensional structures?
And with that, she broke open a new field. 🧪
@pnas.org
#Lasker2025 #systemsbiology
And with that, she broke open a new field. 🧪
@pnas.org
#Lasker2025 #systemsbiology
The Lasker~Koshland Special Achievement Award in Medical Science awarded to Lucy Shapiro | PNAS
Scientists can contribute to society in numerous ways. Some scientists discover new biological principles and found entirely new fields. Some scien...
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September 15, 2025 at 7:08 PM
As one of the many trainees influenced by Lucy Shapiro, congratulations and thank you for establishing the incredible Dev Bio department at Stanford. Thank you for being a role model, and thank you for your service to our field and the world.
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5 dynamical systems concepts every developmental biologist needs to know! This came out of the 2023 Morphogenesis Program. @pauformosa.bsky.social @perez-carrasco.bsky.social
journals.biologists.com/dev/article/...
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From genes to patterns: five key dynamical systems concepts to decode developmental regulatory mechanisms
Summary: Dynamical systems theory provides a powerful quantitative and intuitive framework to understand developmental processes. This Primer brings key concepts of this framework to the ever-growing ...
journals.biologists.com
August 2, 2025 at 5:53 PM
5 dynamical systems concepts every developmental biologist needs to know! This came out of the 2023 Morphogenesis Program. @pauformosa.bsky.social @perez-carrasco.bsky.social
journals.biologists.com/dev/article/...
journals.biologists.com/dev/article/...
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"I can’t predict the next hiring cycle or the next election. But I can keep doing the science I love while I still have a bench." #ScienceWorkingLife scim.ag/4lXUwDa
July 21, 2025 at 4:19 PM
"I can’t predict the next hiring cycle or the next election. But I can keep doing the science I love while I still have a bench." #ScienceWorkingLife scim.ag/4lXUwDa
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Excited to share that our work building in vivo biosensors for receptor tyrosine kinases (pYtags!) is now out www.cell.com/cell-reports...
July 1, 2025 at 1:58 PM
Excited to share that our work building in vivo biosensors for receptor tyrosine kinases (pYtags!) is now out www.cell.com/cell-reports...
Inspired by many folks on here and the #McClintockLetters @cornellasap.bsky.social I'm super excited that my op-ed is now available in The Summerville News in Chattooga, Co. GA!
June 13, 2025 at 8:31 PM
Inspired by many folks on here and the #McClintockLetters @cornellasap.bsky.social I'm super excited that my op-ed is now available in The Summerville News in Chattooga, Co. GA!
Excited to share the bulk of my postdocotoral work from the @ditalialab.bsky.social on how cells interpret dynamic morphogen signaling during development! Many thanks to our collaborators & coauthors @shelbyflies.bsky.social, Massimo Vergassola, Jacqueline Janssen, and Anna Chao.
June 10, 2025 at 3:58 PM
Excited to share the bulk of my postdocotoral work from the @ditalialab.bsky.social on how cells interpret dynamic morphogen signaling during development! Many thanks to our collaborators & coauthors @shelbyflies.bsky.social, Massimo Vergassola, Jacqueline Janssen, and Anna Chao.
:( my favorite bookmarked webpage
Flybase lost all of the NIH support overnight - it is a disaster for the community. Please consider donating. I just did! www.philanthropy.cam.ac.uk/give-to-camb...
Drosophila Genetic Database
The Drosophila Genetic Database, FlyBase, is on the brink of collapse due to the sudden termination of the FlyBase NIH grant, which includes salaries for 5 literature curators based at the University ...
www.philanthropy.cam.ac.uk
June 3, 2025 at 7:33 PM
:( my favorite bookmarked webpage
These are fantastic talks! What a fun and inspiring break from paper writing this week. Thank you for posting.
The talks from the symposium on Information processing at the Collège de France are also available on the Youtube channel. Link to the 1st Talk here, others easy to find:
tinyurl.com/2emnr8rh
Talks were really inspirational and prompted exciting discussions among participants and speakers
Enjoy 🤩
tinyurl.com/2emnr8rh
Talks were really inspirational and prompted exciting discussions among participants and speakers
Enjoy 🤩
June 3, 2025 at 6:30 PM
These are fantastic talks! What a fun and inspiring break from paper writing this week. Thank you for posting.
Check out all of our pretty images from another wonderful Dev Bio GRC/GRS! Thanks to @the-node.bsky.social for hosting our science art thenode.biologists.com/grs-developm...
GRS Developmental Biology 2025 Image gallery - the Node
Browse the gallery of the entries for the GRS Developmental Biology 2025 image competition.
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May 15, 2025 at 4:46 PM
Check out all of our pretty images from another wonderful Dev Bio GRC/GRS! Thanks to @the-node.bsky.social for hosting our science art thenode.biologists.com/grs-developm...
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Optogenetic control of Nodal signaling patterns
Read this Techniques & Resources Article by @harrymcnamara.bsky.social, @schierlab.bsky.social, Adam Cohen, Nathan Lord and colleagues:
journals.biologists.com/dev/article/...
🎥Direct visualization of photopatterning of live zebrafish embryos
Read this Techniques & Resources Article by @harrymcnamara.bsky.social, @schierlab.bsky.social, Adam Cohen, Nathan Lord and colleagues:
journals.biologists.com/dev/article/...
🎥Direct visualization of photopatterning of live zebrafish embryos
May 2, 2025 at 2:08 PM
Optogenetic control of Nodal signaling patterns
Read this Techniques & Resources Article by @harrymcnamara.bsky.social, @schierlab.bsky.social, Adam Cohen, Nathan Lord and colleagues:
journals.biologists.com/dev/article/...
🎥Direct visualization of photopatterning of live zebrafish embryos
Read this Techniques & Resources Article by @harrymcnamara.bsky.social, @schierlab.bsky.social, Adam Cohen, Nathan Lord and colleagues:
journals.biologists.com/dev/article/...
🎥Direct visualization of photopatterning of live zebrafish embryos
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🌍🔬 📣 Please spread the word! Join us!
How can cell biology shape a more resilient planet?
Virtual registration is still open for the EMBO Workshop on Cells 4 Climate Resilience → meetings.embo.org/event/25-cli...
🗓️ Deadline: April 11
🎥 Watch the teaser → youtu.be/8eMJ91udHDs
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How can cell biology shape a more resilient planet?
Virtual registration is still open for the EMBO Workshop on Cells 4 Climate Resilience → meetings.embo.org/event/25-cli...
🗓️ Deadline: April 11
🎥 Watch the teaser → youtu.be/8eMJ91udHDs
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April 6, 2025 at 9:42 PM
🌍🔬 📣 Please spread the word! Join us!
How can cell biology shape a more resilient planet?
Virtual registration is still open for the EMBO Workshop on Cells 4 Climate Resilience → meetings.embo.org/event/25-cli...
🗓️ Deadline: April 11
🎥 Watch the teaser → youtu.be/8eMJ91udHDs
@embo.org
How can cell biology shape a more resilient planet?
Virtual registration is still open for the EMBO Workshop on Cells 4 Climate Resilience → meetings.embo.org/event/25-cli...
🗓️ Deadline: April 11
🎥 Watch the teaser → youtu.be/8eMJ91udHDs
@embo.org
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By providing evidence-based information, TAP aims to demystify complex scientific concepts, making them accessible to a wider audience.
You are the action potential. Learn more about us at: www.theactionpotential.org
You are the action potential. Learn more about us at: www.theactionpotential.org
February 20, 2025 at 1:47 AM
By providing evidence-based information, TAP aims to demystify complex scientific concepts, making them accessible to a wider audience.
You are the action potential. Learn more about us at: www.theactionpotential.org
You are the action potential. Learn more about us at: www.theactionpotential.org
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Schumer announces that he will vote to surrender to Trump and Musk. Horrible.
This may well be the end of #NIH — and US science and universities as we know them.
If you’re in New York, call @schumer.senate.gov now.
If not, call your home state Senator.
This may well be the end of #NIH — and US science and universities as we know them.
If you’re in New York, call @schumer.senate.gov now.
If not, call your home state Senator.
March 13, 2025 at 10:25 PM
Schumer announces that he will vote to surrender to Trump and Musk. Horrible.
This may well be the end of #NIH — and US science and universities as we know them.
If you’re in New York, call @schumer.senate.gov now.
If not, call your home state Senator.
This may well be the end of #NIH — and US science and universities as we know them.
If you’re in New York, call @schumer.senate.gov now.
If not, call your home state Senator.
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Since I moved to Germany from the US academic environment, people have asked me how Trump's attack on science has affected people here. I honestly wish I did not have a concrete, shocking example to share. I knew a Trump presidency would, again, have far-reaching impacts, but I didn't expect this.
March 9, 2025 at 7:24 PM
Since I moved to Germany from the US academic environment, people have asked me how Trump's attack on science has affected people here. I honestly wish I did not have a concrete, shocking example to share. I knew a Trump presidency would, again, have far-reaching impacts, but I didn't expect this.
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Scientists and graduate students from across the NC Triangle gathered for a "Stand Up for Science" rally today to protest federal funding cuts to their research.
www.wunc.org/news/2025-03...
www.wunc.org/news/2025-03...
Triangle researchers join "Stand up for Science" rally
Scientists and graduate students from across the NC Triangle gathered Friday to protest federal funding cuts to their research.
www.wunc.org
March 7, 2025 at 10:53 PM
Scientists and graduate students from across the NC Triangle gathered for a "Stand Up for Science" rally today to protest federal funding cuts to their research.
www.wunc.org/news/2025-03...
www.wunc.org/news/2025-03...
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Great crowd at the Stand Up For Science rally in Raleigh! 🧪
I had to cut the video short because my son wanted to use my phone to take pictures of the dogs in attendance (one had a sign that said "support labs" 😂). There were many more folks than I captured here. 👏🏼👏🏼
@standupforscience.bsky.social
I had to cut the video short because my son wanted to use my phone to take pictures of the dogs in attendance (one had a sign that said "support labs" 😂). There were many more folks than I captured here. 👏🏼👏🏼
@standupforscience.bsky.social
March 8, 2025 at 12:11 AM
Great crowd at the Stand Up For Science rally in Raleigh! 🧪
I had to cut the video short because my son wanted to use my phone to take pictures of the dogs in attendance (one had a sign that said "support labs" 😂). There were many more folks than I captured here. 👏🏼👏🏼
@standupforscience.bsky.social
I had to cut the video short because my son wanted to use my phone to take pictures of the dogs in attendance (one had a sign that said "support labs" 😂). There were many more folks than I captured here. 👏🏼👏🏼
@standupforscience.bsky.social
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Join us today, in Raleigh NC and around the nation, as we remind our communities what science brings to the nation--solutions to our toughest challenges, new cures for disease and good jobs that pay a living wage
standupforscience2025.org
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March 7, 2025 at 11:43 AM
Join us today, in Raleigh NC and around the nation, as we remind our communities what science brings to the nation--solutions to our toughest challenges, new cures for disease and good jobs that pay a living wage
standupforscience2025.org
standupforscience2025.org
I like this perspective a lot. Perhaps the most useful things I learned in grad school were being unafraid to try something new and being ok with failure. If a group of scientists can't "troubleshoot" a movement, I don't know who can.
This is very good advice for scientists who are now dipping their toes for the first time into organizing, or into speaking out.
Many things you try will not work. You just have to keep trying things.
The best resistance is positive persistence. 🧪
Many things you try will not work. You just have to keep trying things.
The best resistance is positive persistence. 🧪
None of us can be sure what will “work.” You try multiple things and find your way in. Read some histories of the Civil Rights Movement by those who participated. They were never “sure” of what would work. Some campaigns fizzled out. But persistence, creativity, determination, and focus were key.
March 1, 2025 at 1:55 PM
I like this perspective a lot. Perhaps the most useful things I learned in grad school were being unafraid to try something new and being ok with failure. If a group of scientists can't "troubleshoot" a movement, I don't know who can.
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Has Trump's funding freeze or federal layoffs impacted you or a loved one? Your story matters and Democrats want to hear more. Share your experience through this new portal: democraticleader.house.gov/shareyourstory
Share Your Story
Since January 20, Donald Trump, Elon Musk and Republicans' actions — many of them unconstitutional and in violation of federal law — have led to the firing of essential civil servants with responsibil...
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February 25, 2025 at 10:20 PM
Has Trump's funding freeze or federal layoffs impacted you or a loved one? Your story matters and Democrats want to hear more. Share your experience through this new portal: democraticleader.house.gov/shareyourstory
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Our paper, led by @argo-mkhrji.bsky.social and @woonyunghur.bsky.social, on cortical migration of nuclei in drosophila embryos came out today in @naturephysics.bsky.social. Argo wrote a comprehensive thread below. A great collaboration with Massimo Vergassola and @streichan.bsky.social.
1/n Wanted to share this latest piece of work that came online today on how Scale-independent and Topological interactions govern the spindle orientation and in turn the decision to become embryonic/yolk nuclei.
Freely available to read here:
rdcu.be/ebb0l
Freely available to read here:
rdcu.be/ebb0l
Topological interactions drive the first fate decision in the Drosophila embryo
Nature Physics - Early positioning of the embryo nuclei is not well understood. Now, experiments show that the orientation of the mitotic spindle is controlled by topological interactions, which...
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February 26, 2025 at 12:15 AM
Our paper, led by @argo-mkhrji.bsky.social and @woonyunghur.bsky.social, on cortical migration of nuclei in drosophila embryos came out today in @naturephysics.bsky.social. Argo wrote a comprehensive thread below. A great collaboration with Massimo Vergassola and @streichan.bsky.social.
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Outreach funding opportunity, sponsored by the Fly Board:
Non-profit programs anywhere in the world that introduce middle school, high school, or college students to Drosophila research are eligible to apply! The number of students that this funding would impact and financial need will be considered
Non-profit programs anywhere in the world that introduce middle school, high school, or college students to Drosophila research are eligible to apply! The number of students that this funding would impact and financial need will be considered
February 21, 2025 at 5:33 PM
Outreach funding opportunity, sponsored by the Fly Board:
Non-profit programs anywhere in the world that introduce middle school, high school, or college students to Drosophila research are eligible to apply! The number of students that this funding would impact and financial need will be considered
Non-profit programs anywhere in the world that introduce middle school, high school, or college students to Drosophila research are eligible to apply! The number of students that this funding would impact and financial need will be considered
Triangle-area scientists! 📢 Rep. Foushee’s district is home to both Duke & UNC—let’s come together and ask how she plans to advocate for the diversity of scientists in our community on Capitol Hill. Here is a chance to show up and make our voices heard!
February 12, 2025 at 12:51 AM
Triangle-area scientists! 📢 Rep. Foushee’s district is home to both Duke & UNC—let’s come together and ask how she plans to advocate for the diversity of scientists in our community on Capitol Hill. Here is a chance to show up and make our voices heard!
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And now back to our regularly scheduled $hitshow
The dismantling of NIH programs to increase diversity in the biomedical workforce and the abhorrent treatment of talented young scientists
The dismantling of NIH programs to increase diversity in the biomedical workforce and the abhorrent treatment of talented young scientists
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February 9, 2025 at 12:51 PM
And now back to our regularly scheduled $hitshow
The dismantling of NIH programs to increase diversity in the biomedical workforce and the abhorrent treatment of talented young scientists
The dismantling of NIH programs to increase diversity in the biomedical workforce and the abhorrent treatment of talented young scientists