Shefali
@iamshef.bsky.social
PhD candidate | AHA Predoc Fellow | Grad student rep at Flyboard | Studying metabolism and development in the Tennessen Lab at IU Bloomington | She is into dancing and Drosophila 💃🏽🎶🎙️👩🏽🔬🔬
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Shefali
@iamshef.bsky.social
· Jul 21
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#FlyCROSS mentee surveys are open for #earlycareer #Drosophila scientists. If you're a #gradstudent #postdoc or pretenure faculty or equivalent - fill up the survey by Sept 1 to participate & be matched by #mentor of your preferences to gain guidance to your unique needs. @flybase.bsky.social
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Our take on a really interesting new study by the Franz lab at UCL, a version of epithelial polarity where you would not expect it! Read our Spotlight and the original paper!
Spotlight: Ball and Röper @pdncambridge.bsky.social discuss recent findings by Almasoud, Franz et al. (rupress.org/jcb/article/...) describing how apical–basal polarity regulates cell–cell adhesion in the #Drosophila fat body. rupress.org/jcb/article/...
#Adhesion #Cytoskeleton #Development
#Adhesion #Cytoskeleton #Development
February 11, 2026 at 5:54 PM
Our take on a really interesting new study by the Franz lab at UCL, a version of epithelial polarity where you would not expect it! Read our Spotlight and the original paper!
Me and papa secretly planning for maa's birthday next week 🎊🥳🧁🎂
February 13, 2026 at 6:22 AM
Me and papa secretly planning for maa's birthday next week 🎊🥳🧁🎂
Becoming more couch potato everyday !
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an elderly woman is laying on a couch with a bowl of popcorn .
ALT: an elderly woman is laying on a couch with a bowl of popcorn .
media.tenor.com
February 12, 2026 at 2:29 AM
Becoming more couch potato everyday !
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Very grateful to all the fierce and amazing #womeninstem who paved the way for so many of us to have a career in science. Happy International Day of Women & Girls in Science !May we continue to grow and empower each other for a phenomenal future💪🏽👩🏽🔬
February 12, 2026 at 12:33 AM
Very grateful to all the fierce and amazing #womeninstem who paved the way for so many of us to have a career in science. Happy International Day of Women & Girls in Science !May we continue to grow and empower each other for a phenomenal future💪🏽👩🏽🔬
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On International Day of Women & Girls in Science I want to recognize a few (I'll miss many) of the women who mentored, inspired & empowered my career. It starts with Dr. Alice Burton, the PUI professor who opened my eyes to the idea that cells are full of machines 1/n
www.unesco.org/en/days/wome...
www.unesco.org/en/days/wome...
International Day of Women and Girls in Science
11 February
www.unesco.org
February 11, 2026 at 6:16 PM
On International Day of Women & Girls in Science I want to recognize a few (I'll miss many) of the women who mentored, inspired & empowered my career. It starts with Dr. Alice Burton, the PUI professor who opened my eyes to the idea that cells are full of machines 1/n
www.unesco.org/en/days/wome...
www.unesco.org/en/days/wome...
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Today is the International Day of Women and Girls in Science. AWIS members are sharing the advice they wish they’d received at 13. What would you tell your 13-year-old self? https://awis.org/celebrating-women-and-girls-in-science/
#WomenInScience
#WomenInScience
February 11, 2026 at 5:02 PM
Today is the International Day of Women and Girls in Science. AWIS members are sharing the advice they wish they’d received at 13. What would you tell your 13-year-old self? https://awis.org/celebrating-women-and-girls-in-science/
#WomenInScience
#WomenInScience
BTown covered in a slurry and swamp of melting snow is all we need !
February 11, 2026 at 4:56 PM
BTown covered in a slurry and swamp of melting snow is all we need !
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Happy International Day of Women and Girls in Science! 🧪
The EMBO Women in Science Lectures address issues related to gender and diversity in science.
Find out more and apply here:
https://www.embo.org/funding/lecture-travel-and-childcare-grants/women-in-science-lectures/
The EMBO Women in Science Lectures address issues related to gender and diversity in science.
Find out more and apply here:
https://www.embo.org/funding/lecture-travel-and-childcare-grants/women-in-science-lectures/
February 11, 2026 at 6:25 AM
Happy International Day of Women and Girls in Science! 🧪
The EMBO Women in Science Lectures address issues related to gender and diversity in science.
Find out more and apply here:
https://www.embo.org/funding/lecture-travel-and-childcare-grants/women-in-science-lectures/
The EMBO Women in Science Lectures address issues related to gender and diversity in science.
Find out more and apply here:
https://www.embo.org/funding/lecture-travel-and-childcare-grants/women-in-science-lectures/
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'To John, these informal talks were the real work of science: listening, encouraging, connecting. He spoke not only with his own group but with anyone who passed through (...) Many of our conversations happened there, in that ordinary room that he made extraordinary, simply by how he inhabited it.'
John Gurdon 1933–2025 - Nature Biotechnology
Nature Biotechnology - John Gurdon 1933–2025
www.nature.com
February 10, 2026 at 10:43 AM
'To John, these informal talks were the real work of science: listening, encouraging, connecting. He spoke not only with his own group but with anyone who passed through (...) Many of our conversations happened there, in that ordinary room that he made extraordinary, simply by how he inhabited it.'
This 👇🏽👇🏽👇🏽👇🏽
Agree so much
Agree so much
I think that, like with art, papers offer an opportunity for you to tell the story your own way. Could another person research the same question? Yes. However, each person has the opportunity to do it and communicate it in their own way, and we must protect that 🧪
February 11, 2026 at 2:57 AM
This 👇🏽👇🏽👇🏽👇🏽
Agree so much
Agree so much
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A more out-there pairing for "seeing is believing would be this :)
yalebooks.yale.edu/2025/10/07/i...
yalebooks.yale.edu/2025/10/07/i...
In Defense of Incredulity - Yale University Press
Emily Katz Anhalt— “Oh, Odysseus, looking upon you, we do not in any way consider you to be like a deceiving, seductive man and a thievish rogue—such as the many... READ MORE
yalebooks.yale.edu
February 10, 2026 at 12:17 PM
A more out-there pairing for "seeing is believing would be this :)
yalebooks.yale.edu/2025/10/07/i...
yalebooks.yale.edu/2025/10/07/i...
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A perfect chance juxtaposition of posts emphasizing that variation is at the center of life, and we need approaches that highlight rather than average out that variation
February 10, 2026 at 12:10 PM
A perfect chance juxtaposition of posts emphasizing that variation is at the center of life, and we need approaches that highlight rather than average out that variation
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Why Seeing Still Matters in Biology
@helenajambor.bsky.social addresses why all biologists need data visualisation. Read and discuss this topic on the Node. ⬇️
#DataVis #BioVis
thenode.biologists.com/why-seeing-s...
@helenajambor.bsky.social addresses why all biologists need data visualisation. Read and discuss this topic on the Node. ⬇️
#DataVis #BioVis
thenode.biologists.com/why-seeing-s...
Why Seeing Still Matters in Biology - the Node
or, Why all biologists needs data visualization Biology probes form and function of Life. Form is easy to grasp: cells under a microscope, subcellular
thenode.biologists.com
February 10, 2026 at 11:14 AM
Why Seeing Still Matters in Biology
@helenajambor.bsky.social addresses why all biologists need data visualisation. Read and discuss this topic on the Node. ⬇️
#DataVis #BioVis
thenode.biologists.com/why-seeing-s...
@helenajambor.bsky.social addresses why all biologists need data visualisation. Read and discuss this topic on the Node. ⬇️
#DataVis #BioVis
thenode.biologists.com/why-seeing-s...
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Nivedita Mukherjee and Mateus de Oliveira Lisboa reflect on
@biologists.bsky.social Workshop titled ‘Decoding Whole Genome Doubling: Insights From Evolution, Development and Disease’. ⬇️
thenode.biologists.com/decoding-who...
@biologists.bsky.social Workshop titled ‘Decoding Whole Genome Doubling: Insights From Evolution, Development and Disease’. ⬇️
thenode.biologists.com/decoding-who...
Whole-Genome Doubling and Polyploidy: Cells, Cancer, and Evolution
Discover how whole-genome doubling and polyploidy drive cellular adaptations, shape cancer progression, and fuel evolutionary innovation across species.
thenode.biologists.com
February 9, 2026 at 3:47 PM
Nivedita Mukherjee and Mateus de Oliveira Lisboa reflect on
@biologists.bsky.social Workshop titled ‘Decoding Whole Genome Doubling: Insights From Evolution, Development and Disease’. ⬇️
thenode.biologists.com/decoding-who...
@biologists.bsky.social Workshop titled ‘Decoding Whole Genome Doubling: Insights From Evolution, Development and Disease’. ⬇️
thenode.biologists.com/decoding-who...
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VERY excited that @harmitmalik.bsky.social will be giving the UNC Biology seminar tomorrow, and is featured in one of Bob Goldstein's gig posters. I missed him the last time he cams through (I was away giving a talk) and thus have never heard him speak
February 9, 2026 at 4:38 PM
VERY excited that @harmitmalik.bsky.social will be giving the UNC Biology seminar tomorrow, and is featured in one of Bob Goldstein's gig posters. I missed him the last time he cams through (I was away giving a talk) and thus have never heard him speak
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”This will fix me,“ I say as I press play for the 20th time 🥹🥹
February 9, 2026 at 5:37 PM
”This will fix me,“ I say as I press play for the 20th time 🥹🥹
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A decline in follicle cell function is a major driver of Drosophila ovarian aging https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/2026.02.05.704044v1
February 9, 2026 at 3:30 AM
A decline in follicle cell function is a major driver of Drosophila ovarian aging https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/2026.02.05.704044v1
The day after the #Superbowl should be an official holiday - just sayin 🤷🏽♀️
February 9, 2026 at 3:27 AM
The day after the #Superbowl should be an official holiday - just sayin 🤷🏽♀️
Pre-gaming for #superbowl
4 hours to go !
4 hours to go !
February 8, 2026 at 8:42 PM
Pre-gaming for #superbowl
4 hours to go !
4 hours to go !
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Congrats to the 2026 SDB Award Winners!
Conklin Medal: Lee Niswander
SDB Lifetime Achievement Award: Alexandra Joyner
Hamburger Outstanding Educator Prize: Roberto Mayor
Hay New Investigator Award: Jeffrey Farrell
SDB Trainee SciComm Award: Nicholas Desnoyer
bit.ly/4afnjiC
Conklin Medal: Lee Niswander
SDB Lifetime Achievement Award: Alexandra Joyner
Hamburger Outstanding Educator Prize: Roberto Mayor
Hay New Investigator Award: Jeffrey Farrell
SDB Trainee SciComm Award: Nicholas Desnoyer
bit.ly/4afnjiC
February 5, 2026 at 5:34 PM
Congrats to the 2026 SDB Award Winners!
Conklin Medal: Lee Niswander
SDB Lifetime Achievement Award: Alexandra Joyner
Hamburger Outstanding Educator Prize: Roberto Mayor
Hay New Investigator Award: Jeffrey Farrell
SDB Trainee SciComm Award: Nicholas Desnoyer
bit.ly/4afnjiC
Conklin Medal: Lee Niswander
SDB Lifetime Achievement Award: Alexandra Joyner
Hamburger Outstanding Educator Prize: Roberto Mayor
Hay New Investigator Award: Jeffrey Farrell
SDB Trainee SciComm Award: Nicholas Desnoyer
bit.ly/4afnjiC
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It’s a real honour to receive the Viktor Hamburger Outstanding Educator Prize from the SDB. Teaching is one of the most rewarding parts of my life. Thanks to the SDB and the hundreds of students and faculty at the Quintay course who have made it such a joy.
Congrats to the 2026 SDB Award Winners!
Conklin Medal: Lee Niswander
SDB Lifetime Achievement Award: Alexandra Joyner
Hamburger Outstanding Educator Prize: Roberto Mayor
Hay New Investigator Award: Jeffrey Farrell
SDB Trainee SciComm Award: Nicholas Desnoyer
bit.ly/4afnjiC
Conklin Medal: Lee Niswander
SDB Lifetime Achievement Award: Alexandra Joyner
Hamburger Outstanding Educator Prize: Roberto Mayor
Hay New Investigator Award: Jeffrey Farrell
SDB Trainee SciComm Award: Nicholas Desnoyer
bit.ly/4afnjiC
February 8, 2026 at 4:26 PM
It’s a real honour to receive the Viktor Hamburger Outstanding Educator Prize from the SDB. Teaching is one of the most rewarding parts of my life. Thanks to the SDB and the hundreds of students and faculty at the Quintay course who have made it such a joy.
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Stress cooking again. Salmon with coconut cashew sauce, curried chicken pastries, garlic mango shrimp, coconut turmeric cabbage.
February 8, 2026 at 1:56 PM
Stress cooking again. Salmon with coconut cashew sauce, curried chicken pastries, garlic mango shrimp, coconut turmeric cabbage.
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Always a treat to see a Kingfisher. This one at East Cottingwith seeking breakfast in the Pocklington Canal. @ldvnnr.bsky.social @yorkbirding.bsky.social
February 8, 2026 at 1:49 PM
Always a treat to see a Kingfisher. This one at East Cottingwith seeking breakfast in the Pocklington Canal. @ldvnnr.bsky.social @yorkbirding.bsky.social
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Where is there still snow on the ground in Indiana? A visible satellite loop has the answer. And the answer is of course... lots of places.
February 7, 2026 at 7:58 PM
Where is there still snow on the ground in Indiana? A visible satellite loop has the answer. And the answer is of course... lots of places.