Evan Bardot (he/him)
@ebardot.bsky.social
Senior Editor at Nature Communications handling Developmental Biology.
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My quote of the day
How many legs does a dog have if you call his tail a leg? Four. Saying that a tail is a leg doesn't make it a leg.
Abraham Lincoln
How many legs does a dog have if you call his tail a leg? Four. Saying that a tail is a leg doesn't make it a leg.
Abraham Lincoln
October 27, 2025 at 10:51 AM
My quote of the day
How many legs does a dog have if you call his tail a leg? Four. Saying that a tail is a leg doesn't make it a leg.
Abraham Lincoln
How many legs does a dog have if you call his tail a leg? Four. Saying that a tail is a leg doesn't make it a leg.
Abraham Lincoln
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I am absolutely delighted to share the invited speakers for our upcoming @bsdb.bsky.social "Molecules to Morphogenesis" meeting!
Registration and abstract submission is now open - join us!
bsdb.org/meetings/
March 23-26, 2026 - UK
Registration and abstract submission is now open - join us!
bsdb.org/meetings/
March 23-26, 2026 - UK
October 23, 2025 at 5:25 PM
I am absolutely delighted to share the invited speakers for our upcoming @bsdb.bsky.social "Molecules to Morphogenesis" meeting!
Registration and abstract submission is now open - join us!
bsdb.org/meetings/
March 23-26, 2026 - UK
Registration and abstract submission is now open - join us!
bsdb.org/meetings/
March 23-26, 2026 - UK
Amazing day at #GastrulationReloaded with thought provoking science and jaw dropping methods.
Also, for no reason at all, re-posting this open Collection: www.nature.com/collections/...
Don’t sweat the deadline, we’ll extend it and I’ll add relevant papers that come to me @natcomms.nature.com
Also, for no reason at all, re-posting this open Collection: www.nature.com/collections/...
Don’t sweat the deadline, we’ll extend it and I’ll add relevant papers that come to me @natcomms.nature.com
Organizers and self-organization in developmental biology
This collection highlights papers studying self-organization, symmetry breaking, and developmental organizers.
www.nature.com
October 15, 2025 at 7:25 PM
Amazing day at #GastrulationReloaded with thought provoking science and jaw dropping methods.
Also, for no reason at all, re-posting this open Collection: www.nature.com/collections/...
Don’t sweat the deadline, we’ll extend it and I’ll add relevant papers that come to me @natcomms.nature.com
Also, for no reason at all, re-posting this open Collection: www.nature.com/collections/...
Don’t sweat the deadline, we’ll extend it and I’ll add relevant papers that come to me @natcomms.nature.com
Lots of great discussion about developmental variability here at #GastrulationReloaded! Super important to consider, and current tools have the power for this.
Related to this recent paper showing that mild phenotypes are more variable than severe ones. www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Related to this recent paper showing that mild phenotypes are more variable than severe ones. www.nature.com/articles/s41...
A quadratic paradigm describes the relationship between phenotype severity and variation - Nature Communications
Phenotype variation is higher in mutants than wild types. Examining a range of mutant severities, this study unexpectedly found that variation decreases in severe conditions. A quadratic trend best fi...
www.nature.com
October 15, 2025 at 9:24 AM
Lots of great discussion about developmental variability here at #GastrulationReloaded! Super important to consider, and current tools have the power for this.
Related to this recent paper showing that mild phenotypes are more variable than severe ones. www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Related to this recent paper showing that mild phenotypes are more variable than severe ones. www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Statement from Post Guild Leadership: The Washington Post Guild condemns the unjust firing of columnist Karen Attiah
September 15, 2025 at 6:55 PM
Statement from Post Guild Leadership: The Washington Post Guild condemns the unjust firing of columnist Karen Attiah
Very excited to be headed to Paris next month for the #GastrulationReloaded meeting! An awesome lineup of speakers on my favorite #DevBio topic (don't tell the rest of my @natcomms.nature.com remit). www.gastrulation-reloaded.conferences-pasteur.org/home
Home - Gastrulation Reloaded - Developing, engineering and evolving the body plan
Gastrulation Reloaded - Developing, engineering and evolving the body plan
www.gastrulation-reloaded.conferences-pasteur.org
September 15, 2025 at 7:48 PM
Very excited to be headed to Paris next month for the #GastrulationReloaded meeting! An awesome lineup of speakers on my favorite #DevBio topic (don't tell the rest of my @natcomms.nature.com remit). www.gastrulation-reloaded.conferences-pasteur.org/home
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Registration is now open!
Gastrulation Reloaded: Developing, engineering & evolving the body plan
📅 October 14–17, 2025
📍 Paris, France
🗓️ Abstract & early bird deadline: July 15, 2025
www.gastrulation-reloaded.conferences-pasteur.org/home
Exceptional lineup of speakers & many selected talks
Gastrulation Reloaded: Developing, engineering & evolving the body plan
📅 October 14–17, 2025
📍 Paris, France
🗓️ Abstract & early bird deadline: July 15, 2025
www.gastrulation-reloaded.conferences-pasteur.org/home
Exceptional lineup of speakers & many selected talks
April 15, 2025 at 9:37 PM
Registration is now open!
Gastrulation Reloaded: Developing, engineering & evolving the body plan
📅 October 14–17, 2025
📍 Paris, France
🗓️ Abstract & early bird deadline: July 15, 2025
www.gastrulation-reloaded.conferences-pasteur.org/home
Exceptional lineup of speakers & many selected talks
Gastrulation Reloaded: Developing, engineering & evolving the body plan
📅 October 14–17, 2025
📍 Paris, France
🗓️ Abstract & early bird deadline: July 15, 2025
www.gastrulation-reloaded.conferences-pasteur.org/home
Exceptional lineup of speakers & many selected talks
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Thrilled - and so honored - to be among the most recent additions to this incredible group of scientists!
We are thrilled to announce the 2025 Leading Edge Fellows! 40 outstanding postdoctoral fellows doing pioneering research in a wide range of biological and biomedical disciplines.
Learn more about these exceptional scientists:
www.leadingedgesymposium.org/fellows
Learn more about these exceptional scientists:
www.leadingedgesymposium.org/fellows
May 28, 2025 at 1:31 AM
Thrilled - and so honored - to be among the most recent additions to this incredible group of scientists!
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Extremely honored to receive this prize from @socdevbio.bsky.social, which recognizes not only my love for developmental biology, but the extremely online I am 🧪 (protect science, protect people, viva la dev bio!)
June 22, 2025 at 8:01 PM
Extremely honored to receive this prize from @socdevbio.bsky.social, which recognizes not only my love for developmental biology, but the extremely online I am 🧪 (protect science, protect people, viva la dev bio!)
Terrific rallying cry of an @socdevbio.bsky.social award lecture from @mads100tist.bsky.social at #icdb2025! Our work and community are important, #DevBio matters, and it’s up to us to tell everyone why. Don’t give the enshittifiers an inch!
June 22, 2025 at 6:30 PM
Terrific rallying cry of an @socdevbio.bsky.social award lecture from @mads100tist.bsky.social at #icdb2025! Our work and community are important, #DevBio matters, and it’s up to us to tell everyone why. Don’t give the enshittifiers an inch!
Hey #2025ICDB folks! Do you have questions about publishing with Nature Communications? Curious about editorial careers?
I’ll be outside the poster hall from ~3:45-4:15 today and tomorrow. Come find me, or drop me a message if this time doesn’t work for you!
I’ll be outside the poster hall from ~3:45-4:15 today and tomorrow. Come find me, or drop me a message if this time doesn’t work for you!
June 20, 2025 at 2:46 PM
Hey #2025ICDB folks! Do you have questions about publishing with Nature Communications? Curious about editorial careers?
I’ll be outside the poster hall from ~3:45-4:15 today and tomorrow. Come find me, or drop me a message if this time doesn’t work for you!
I’ll be outside the poster hall from ~3:45-4:15 today and tomorrow. Come find me, or drop me a message if this time doesn’t work for you!
Excited to be in #PuertoRico for the #2025sdb #2025icdb meeting! Got some sun today and am ready for the science.
June 18, 2025 at 11:08 PM
Excited to be in #PuertoRico for the #2025sdb #2025icdb meeting! Got some sun today and am ready for the science.
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Attending #2025SDB #2025ICDB this week?
Visit the @biologists.bsky.social booth (#4) to find out about writing for the Node, join the Node Network and pick up @dev-journal.bsky.social article collections, posters and the Node coasters (image credits: @ebardot.bsky.social & @gaparicio.bsky.social)!
Visit the @biologists.bsky.social booth (#4) to find out about writing for the Node, join the Node Network and pick up @dev-journal.bsky.social article collections, posters and the Node coasters (image credits: @ebardot.bsky.social & @gaparicio.bsky.social)!
June 18, 2025 at 7:32 AM
Attending #2025SDB #2025ICDB this week?
Visit the @biologists.bsky.social booth (#4) to find out about writing for the Node, join the Node Network and pick up @dev-journal.bsky.social article collections, posters and the Node coasters (image credits: @ebardot.bsky.social & @gaparicio.bsky.social)!
Visit the @biologists.bsky.social booth (#4) to find out about writing for the Node, join the Node Network and pick up @dev-journal.bsky.social article collections, posters and the Node coasters (image credits: @ebardot.bsky.social & @gaparicio.bsky.social)!
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Attending #2025SDB #2025ICDB next week?
Visit the @biologists.bsky.social booth (#4) to find out about writing for the Node, join the Node Network and pick up @dev-journal.bsky.social article collections, posters and the Node coasters (image credits: @ebardot.bsky.social & @gaparicio.bsky.social)!
Visit the @biologists.bsky.social booth (#4) to find out about writing for the Node, join the Node Network and pick up @dev-journal.bsky.social article collections, posters and the Node coasters (image credits: @ebardot.bsky.social & @gaparicio.bsky.social)!
June 14, 2025 at 8:05 AM
Attending #2025SDB #2025ICDB next week?
Visit the @biologists.bsky.social booth (#4) to find out about writing for the Node, join the Node Network and pick up @dev-journal.bsky.social article collections, posters and the Node coasters (image credits: @ebardot.bsky.social & @gaparicio.bsky.social)!
Visit the @biologists.bsky.social booth (#4) to find out about writing for the Node, join the Node Network and pick up @dev-journal.bsky.social article collections, posters and the Node coasters (image credits: @ebardot.bsky.social & @gaparicio.bsky.social)!
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Getting ready for the @isscr.org meeting this week? Editors across @natureportfolio.nature.com put together a Collection of highlights in #stemcell research from the past year. Get caught up before hitting the sessions!
www.nature.com/collections/...
www.nature.com/collections/...
A year of stem cell and developmental biology
In recent years, the field of stem cell and developmental biology has seen remarkable breakthroughs that have deepened our understanding of how organisms ...
www.nature.com
June 9, 2025 at 1:29 PM
Getting ready for the @isscr.org meeting this week? Editors across @natureportfolio.nature.com put together a Collection of highlights in #stemcell research from the past year. Get caught up before hitting the sessions!
www.nature.com/collections/...
www.nature.com/collections/...
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RELEASE: Jon Schleuss, president of The NewsGuild-CWA, sounds the alarm on police violence against reporters during the LA protests.
“We demand that every law enforcement agency open investigations into any officer violating the rights of journalists doing their jobs.”
Journalism is NOT a crime.
“We demand that every law enforcement agency open investigations into any officer violating the rights of journalists doing their jobs.”
Journalism is NOT a crime.
June 11, 2025 at 6:12 PM
RELEASE: Jon Schleuss, president of The NewsGuild-CWA, sounds the alarm on police violence against reporters during the LA protests.
“We demand that every law enforcement agency open investigations into any officer violating the rights of journalists doing their jobs.”
Journalism is NOT a crime.
“We demand that every law enforcement agency open investigations into any officer violating the rights of journalists doing their jobs.”
Journalism is NOT a crime.
Attention #devbio and #stemcell crew! @natcomms.nature.com is looking for submissions related to developmental organizers, self organization, and symmetry breaking. More details on the collection page. www.nature.com/collections/...
Organizers and self-organization in developmental biology
This collection highlights papers studying self-organization, symmetry breaking, and developmental organizers.
www.nature.com
May 8, 2025 at 10:44 AM
Attention #devbio and #stemcell crew! @natcomms.nature.com is looking for submissions related to developmental organizers, self organization, and symmetry breaking. More details on the collection page. www.nature.com/collections/...
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If you're a grad student or an undergrad interested in research I need to you listen to me very carefully.
You cannot learn to write good research papers if you do not read good research papers.
Stop asking LLMs to summarize papers for you.
You cannot learn to write good research papers if you do not read good research papers.
Stop asking LLMs to summarize papers for you.
May 3, 2025 at 8:25 PM
If you're a grad student or an undergrad interested in research I need to you listen to me very carefully.
You cannot learn to write good research papers if you do not read good research papers.
Stop asking LLMs to summarize papers for you.
You cannot learn to write good research papers if you do not read good research papers.
Stop asking LLMs to summarize papers for you.
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Have you noticed the rotating header images on our site? They're winners of a competition we ran in 2021. Thank you @gaparicio.bsky.social @rorylcooper.bsky.social @zebrafish007.bsky.social @ebardot.bsky.social & Markus Schliffka for the images!
Give us a visit: thenode.biologists.com
Give us a visit: thenode.biologists.com
April 27, 2025 at 2:28 PM
Have you noticed the rotating header images on our site? They're winners of a competition we ran in 2021. Thank you @gaparicio.bsky.social @rorylcooper.bsky.social @zebrafish007.bsky.social @ebardot.bsky.social & Markus Schliffka for the images!
Give us a visit: thenode.biologists.com
Give us a visit: thenode.biologists.com
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Evidence of US brain drain?
US scientists submitted 32% more applications for jobs abroad Jan-Mar 2025 than during same period in 2024.
US-based users browsing jobs abroad increased by 35%.
Data from Nature Careers global science jobs platform.
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
US scientists submitted 32% more applications for jobs abroad Jan-Mar 2025 than during same period in 2024.
US-based users browsing jobs abroad increased by 35%.
Data from Nature Careers global science jobs platform.
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
April 22, 2025 at 10:05 AM
Evidence of US brain drain?
US scientists submitted 32% more applications for jobs abroad Jan-Mar 2025 than during same period in 2024.
US-based users browsing jobs abroad increased by 35%.
Data from Nature Careers global science jobs platform.
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
US scientists submitted 32% more applications for jobs abroad Jan-Mar 2025 than during same period in 2024.
US-based users browsing jobs abroad increased by 35%.
Data from Nature Careers global science jobs platform.
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
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"AI work is just as good as human work" is a statement that *always* flows from the direction of power. Employers to workers, producers to consumers, but not the reverse.
Because it's not a thing people actually believe, but an argument: slop is good enough for you; you are slop.
Because it's not a thing people actually believe, but an argument: slop is good enough for you; you are slop.
April 15, 2025 at 2:47 PM
"AI work is just as good as human work" is a statement that *always* flows from the direction of power. Employers to workers, producers to consumers, but not the reverse.
Because it's not a thing people actually believe, but an argument: slop is good enough for you; you are slop.
Because it's not a thing people actually believe, but an argument: slop is good enough for you; you are slop.
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#HandsOff protest in #NYC today. So many NYers showed up that we couldn’t move for 2 hrs—5th Ave was too packed the whole distance of the march. 120,000 people. Next time we’ll plan for a few dozen more blocks.
Proud of my city. But this is only the beginning—NYers will NEVER stop fighting 🗽🍎🥯🥡🍕💪
Proud of my city. But this is only the beginning—NYers will NEVER stop fighting 🗽🍎🥯🥡🍕💪
April 5, 2025 at 10:14 PM
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Amid chaos, some joy. Proud to share this study from @regen-bio-cie.bsky.social (Sergio Campos) surveying regeneration in diverse Hydra species, showing that Hydra oligactis lost foot regeneration ability, which can be rescued by a Wnt signaling pulse during injury. www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
Wnt signaling restores evolutionary loss of regenerative potential in Hydra
The regenerative potential of animals varies widely, even among closely-related species. In a comparative study of regeneration across the Hydra genus, we found that while most species exhibit robust ...
www.biorxiv.org
March 19, 2025 at 2:17 PM
Amid chaos, some joy. Proud to share this study from @regen-bio-cie.bsky.social (Sergio Campos) surveying regeneration in diverse Hydra species, showing that Hydra oligactis lost foot regeneration ability, which can be rescued by a Wnt signaling pulse during injury. www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
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Dear all, Because of your help shining light on this all 15 were reinstated today. This is a huge win for science - When We Fight We Win!!!
On Valentine’s day, 15 Assistant Professors at NIH who had started their research labs in the last 2 years were fired. Their scientific expertise was built over 10-12 years of training, most if not all of which was supported by NIH. The start up funds for their laboratories were paid by NIH
March 13, 2025 at 1:26 AM
Dear all, Because of your help shining light on this all 15 were reinstated today. This is a huge win for science - When We Fight We Win!!!
Reposted by Evan Bardot (he/him)
Have you noticed the rotating header images on our site? They're winners of a competition we ran in 2021. Thank you @gaparicio.bsky.social @rorylcooper.bsky.social @zebrafish007.bsky.social @ebardot.bsky.social & Markus Schliffka for the images!
Give us a visit: thenode.biologists.com
Give us a visit: thenode.biologists.com
March 9, 2025 at 9:05 AM
Have you noticed the rotating header images on our site? They're winners of a competition we ran in 2021. Thank you @gaparicio.bsky.social @rorylcooper.bsky.social @zebrafish007.bsky.social @ebardot.bsky.social & Markus Schliffka for the images!
Give us a visit: thenode.biologists.com
Give us a visit: thenode.biologists.com