Braasch Lab @ Michigan State University
@fishevodevogeno.bsky.social
Lobe-finned, gene hunting garfishionados & proud members of the tetrapod fishes.
Read books, repeat quotations, draw conclusions on the wall.
www.fishevodevogeno.org
Read books, repeat quotations, draw conclusions on the wall.
www.fishevodevogeno.org
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Motto for 2026: Yes, We coelaCANth! Thanks @drheathheckman.bsky.social for the nice Fishmas present!
December 29, 2025 at 4:02 PM
Motto for 2026: Yes, We coelaCANth! Thanks @drheathheckman.bsky.social for the nice Fishmas present!
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Charles Darwin's voyage on the Beagle began #OnThisDay in 1831. The five-year trek around the world profoundly shaped his ideas about the natural world; he later said the journey was "by far the most important event in my life." #histsci
December 27, 2025 at 5:51 PM
Charles Darwin's voyage on the Beagle began #OnThisDay in 1831. The five-year trek around the world profoundly shaped his ideas about the natural world; he later said the journey was "by far the most important event in my life." #histsci
Happy Holidays and Merry 🐟-mas from the Braasch @fishevodevogeno.bsky.social Ganz @brainyfishguts.bsky.social and Thompson @xtremo-devo-lab.bsky.social Labs!
December 25, 2025 at 3:20 PM
Happy Holidays and Merry 🐟-mas from the Braasch @fishevodevogeno.bsky.social Ganz @brainyfishguts.bsky.social and Thompson @xtremo-devo-lab.bsky.social Labs!
Happy Coelacanth Day!
Wishing a joyous Coelacanth Day to all! The “living fossil” known only from paleontology and long assumed to be extinct was found to be still among us on this day in 1938.
The 400-Million-Year-Old Fish Everyone Once Thought Was Extinct - Sciencing
The coelacanth was rediscovered off the coast of South Africa in 1938 after disappearing from the fossil record for over 60 million years.
www.sciencing.com
December 22, 2025 at 2:43 PM
Happy Coelacanth Day!
December 14, 2025 at 4:22 PM
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I was today years old when I learned that there is a superb (freely available) documentary from 1961 on early zebrafish development by J.V. Durden. collection.nfb.ca/film/embryon... (1/2)
December 13, 2025 at 11:48 AM
I was today years old when I learned that there is a superb (freely available) documentary from 1961 on early zebrafish development by J.V. Durden. collection.nfb.ca/film/embryon... (1/2)
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Germany hosts a world-leading fish research community, yet never had a Fish Meeting. That changes now 🐟
We are organizing the 1st German Fish Meeting to connect the community, support early-career scientists,discuss challenges facing basic research #2026GermanFishMeeting
👉 www.germanfishmeeting.org
We are organizing the 1st German Fish Meeting to connect the community, support early-career scientists,discuss challenges facing basic research #2026GermanFishMeeting
👉 www.germanfishmeeting.org
December 7, 2025 at 6:57 PM
Germany hosts a world-leading fish research community, yet never had a Fish Meeting. That changes now 🐟
We are organizing the 1st German Fish Meeting to connect the community, support early-career scientists,discuss challenges facing basic research #2026GermanFishMeeting
👉 www.germanfishmeeting.org
We are organizing the 1st German Fish Meeting to connect the community, support early-career scientists,discuss challenges facing basic research #2026GermanFishMeeting
👉 www.germanfishmeeting.org
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A unique feature of gars is those distinctive armor-like scales! Unlike a typical fish’s overlapping scales, gars have interlocking “ganoid” scales that are made up of a material similar to the enamel on our teeth. The name “Lepisosteus” even means “bony scale” 🦴 #25DaysofFishmas
December 3, 2025 at 2:10 PM
A unique feature of gars is those distinctive armor-like scales! Unlike a typical fish’s overlapping scales, gars have interlocking “ganoid” scales that are made up of a material similar to the enamel on our teeth. The name “Lepisosteus” even means “bony scale” 🦴 #25DaysofFishmas
Looking forward to my trip to @uoftcellsysbiol.bsky.social this week. Thanks to @maxshafer.bsky.social for the invitation!
We are pleased to welcome Prof Ingo Braasch @fishevodevogeno.bsky.social on Friday, Dec 5 for a fascinating talk on “A Blast From the Past: ‘Living Fossils’ Bridge Gene Regulation Across Long Evolutionary Distances in Vertebrates”! Join us at 11am in RW432 csb.utoronto.ca/events/csb-s...
December 1, 2025 at 10:28 PM
Looking forward to my trip to @uoftcellsysbiol.bsky.social this week. Thanks to @maxshafer.bsky.social for the invitation!
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How do four-eyed fish see above & underwater? 🌤️🌊 Our new preprint reveals how Anableps rewired its retina for dual vision- evolution at work 👁️👁️ Kudos to @perezlouise.bsky.social @josanesousa.bsky.social @keylapruett.bsky.social + team!
🔗 tinyurl.com/3a8r9xy5
🔗 tinyurl.com/3a8r9xy5
November 4, 2025 at 3:56 PM
How do four-eyed fish see above & underwater? 🌤️🌊 Our new preprint reveals how Anableps rewired its retina for dual vision- evolution at work 👁️👁️ Kudos to @perezlouise.bsky.social @josanesousa.bsky.social @keylapruett.bsky.social + team!
🔗 tinyurl.com/3a8r9xy5
🔗 tinyurl.com/3a8r9xy5
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OTD in 1880, Charles Darwin published The Power of Movement in Plants. D believed that plants are active agents in the world: “A radicle may be compared with a burrowing animal such as a mole, which wishes to penetrate perpendicularly down into the ground.”
🧪🌱🐋 #philsci #HistSTM 🦋🦫
🧪🌱🐋 #philsci #HistSTM 🦋🦫
November 6, 2025 at 4:26 PM
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🚨 We're hiring! 🚨 Our lab at the University of Málaga, Spain🇪🇸 is looking for a bioinformatician researcher for a postdoc position (1+1 years). Check the ad, and if you're interested, get in touch!
📅 Starting date early 2026, with some flexibility.
🙏Please, RT!
📅 Starting date early 2026, with some flexibility.
🙏Please, RT!
October 30, 2025 at 5:50 PM
🚨 We're hiring! 🚨 Our lab at the University of Málaga, Spain🇪🇸 is looking for a bioinformatician researcher for a postdoc position (1+1 years). Check the ad, and if you're interested, get in touch!
📅 Starting date early 2026, with some flexibility.
🙏Please, RT!
📅 Starting date early 2026, with some flexibility.
🙏Please, RT!
The #zebrafish sex determination locus must be somewhere in there!
@jpostlethwait.bsky.social
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@jpostlethwait.bsky.social
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October 29, 2025 at 1:53 PM
The #zebrafish sex determination locus must be somewhere in there!
@jpostlethwait.bsky.social
academic.oup.com/genetics/art...
@jpostlethwait.bsky.social
academic.oup.com/genetics/art...
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Part 6: For decades, the zebrafish has helped scientists unlock the mysteries of genetics, development, & disease. But the fish that power most discoveries have spent generations inside lab tanks. This video captures footage of zebrafish in their natural environment in Nepal.
youtu.be/cCZhZpPALqw
youtu.be/cCZhZpPALqw
Zebrafish in the wild
YouTube video by John Rawls
youtu.be
October 28, 2025 at 2:09 PM
Part 6: For decades, the zebrafish has helped scientists unlock the mysteries of genetics, development, & disease. But the fish that power most discoveries have spent generations inside lab tanks. This video captures footage of zebrafish in their natural environment in Nepal.
youtu.be/cCZhZpPALqw
youtu.be/cCZhZpPALqw
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👻 G-g-ghost? Nope, s-s-snailfish! 🤍
Meet the mesmerizing new addition to our Into the Deep/En lo Profundo exhibit, rough snailfish! These ethereal charmers live in the benthic zone, a scientific term for the seafloor.
Meet the mesmerizing new addition to our Into the Deep/En lo Profundo exhibit, rough snailfish! These ethereal charmers live in the benthic zone, a scientific term for the seafloor.
October 20, 2025 at 8:57 PM
👻 G-g-ghost? Nope, s-s-snailfish! 🤍
Meet the mesmerizing new addition to our Into the Deep/En lo Profundo exhibit, rough snailfish! These ethereal charmers live in the benthic zone, a scientific term for the seafloor.
Meet the mesmerizing new addition to our Into the Deep/En lo Profundo exhibit, rough snailfish! These ethereal charmers live in the benthic zone, a scientific term for the seafloor.
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New preprint up with collaborators Jianguo Lu, @mpodobnik.bsky.social, Uwe Irion, Braedan McCluskey, John Postlethwait and others. New Danio genomes, evolution and pigment pattern variation. Long time in the making www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
October 19, 2025 at 10:28 PM
New preprint up with collaborators Jianguo Lu, @mpodobnik.bsky.social, Uwe Irion, Braedan McCluskey, John Postlethwait and others. New Danio genomes, evolution and pigment pattern variation. Long time in the making www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
October 17, 2025 at 3:33 AM
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October 12, 2025 at 9:25 AM
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OTD in 1881, Charles Darwin published his last book, on earthworms.
It reflected a long interest in animal minds: “One alternative alone is left, namely, that worms, although standing low in the scale of organization, possess some degree of intelligence.”
🧪 🌱🐋🦋🦫 #HistSTM #philsci #pschsky #cogsci
It reflected a long interest in animal minds: “One alternative alone is left, namely, that worms, although standing low in the scale of organization, possess some degree of intelligence.”
🧪 🌱🐋🦋🦫 #HistSTM #philsci #pschsky #cogsci
October 10, 2025 at 3:01 PM
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Very sad news, John Gurdon has died.
A developmental biologist's developmental biologist, Nobel prize winner
His work is the foundation of much of today's dev & stem cell bio.
An inspiration to many, including me. Always asking questions & wanting the answers
www.magd.cam.ac.uk/news/profess...
A developmental biologist's developmental biologist, Nobel prize winner
His work is the foundation of much of today's dev & stem cell bio.
An inspiration to many, including me. Always asking questions & wanting the answers
www.magd.cam.ac.uk/news/profess...
Professor Sir John Gurdon FRS (1933-2025) | Magdalene College
Magdalene College is deeply saddened to announce the death of Professor Sir John Gurdon FRS, who served as Master of the College from 1995 to 2002.
www.magd.cam.ac.uk
October 7, 2025 at 4:02 PM
Very sad news, John Gurdon has died.
A developmental biologist's developmental biologist, Nobel prize winner
His work is the foundation of much of today's dev & stem cell bio.
An inspiration to many, including me. Always asking questions & wanting the answers
www.magd.cam.ac.uk/news/profess...
A developmental biologist's developmental biologist, Nobel prize winner
His work is the foundation of much of today's dev & stem cell bio.
An inspiration to many, including me. Always asking questions & wanting the answers
www.magd.cam.ac.uk/news/profess...
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This week, we hosted over 100 scientists at Rockefeller University in New York City for our 2025 in-person conference.
October 2, 2025 at 6:39 PM
This week, we hosted over 100 scientists at Rockefeller University in New York City for our 2025 in-person conference.
Seventies Susumu Ohno vibes! Fashion goes in circles.
October 4, 2025 at 5:17 PM
Seventies Susumu Ohno vibes! Fashion goes in circles.
One Battle After Another is a great movie, but the paternity test scene is comically, outrageously ridiculous! #facepalmemoji
Come on, PT Anderson, genetics can be better represented on the big screen!
Come on, PT Anderson, genetics can be better represented on the big screen!
October 4, 2025 at 2:42 PM
One Battle After Another is a great movie, but the paternity test scene is comically, outrageously ridiculous! #facepalmemoji
Come on, PT Anderson, genetics can be better represented on the big screen!
Come on, PT Anderson, genetics can be better represented on the big screen!
Congrats @liujuan.bsky.social, our very own @zzhou32.bsky.social and all co-authors! Fintastic work!
New in @science.org, meet Acronichthys maccagnoi, a new species from Late Creatacous Canada that changes what we know about the origins and evolution of one of the most successful fish groups on Earth.
October 2, 2025 at 8:11 PM
Congrats @liujuan.bsky.social, our very own @zzhou32.bsky.social and all co-authors! Fintastic work!
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New in @science.org, meet Acronichthys maccagnoi, a new species from Late Creatacous Canada that changes what we know about the origins and evolution of one of the most successful fish groups on Earth.
October 2, 2025 at 6:18 PM
New in @science.org, meet Acronichthys maccagnoi, a new species from Late Creatacous Canada that changes what we know about the origins and evolution of one of the most successful fish groups on Earth.