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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Helping this mood is our latest now out in its final form! @irfankathiriya.bsky.social leading the teams with me. Thanks to the editors and reviewers (incl. @wythelab.bsky.social)for a pleasant and productive journey. More to come when the full issue is out. www.nature.com/articles/s44...
A disrupted compartment boundary underlies abnormal cardiac patterning and congenital heart defects - Nature Cardiovascular Research
Kathiriya et al. identify a cardiac progenitor lineage with expression of Tbx5 and anterior heart field-specific expression of Mef2c that bisects the intraventricular septum during development and sho...
www.nature.com
December 29, 2025 at 4:03 PM
Helping this mood is our latest now out in its final form! @irfankathiriya.bsky.social leading the teams with me. Thanks to the editors and reviewers (incl. @wythelab.bsky.social)for a pleasant and productive journey. More to come when the full issue is out. www.nature.com/articles/s44...
December 29, 2025 at 1:45 PM
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My new year's resolution this year, as every year, is to be a more available, supportive friend as well as an increasingly looming, formidable enemy.
December 27, 2025 at 5:13 PM
My new year's resolution this year, as every year, is to be a more available, supportive friend as well as an increasingly looming, formidable enemy.
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And if I get to be an enemy of someone on behalf of my friends, best of both worlds 👏🏽👏🏽
My new year's resolution this year, as every year, is to be a more available, supportive friend as well as an increasingly looming, formidable enemy.
December 28, 2025 at 6:25 PM
And if I get to be an enemy of someone on behalf of my friends, best of both worlds 👏🏽👏🏽
Trying to do the impossible job to stop eating while eating multiple rounds of leftover !
#christmas #leftovers #holidays
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#christmas #leftovers #holidays
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December 27, 2025 at 11:53 PM
Trying to do the impossible job to stop eating while eating multiple rounds of leftover !
#christmas #leftovers #holidays
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#christmas #leftovers #holidays
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A balance of infection and harmony called endosymbiosis helps shape evolution. For the first time, biologists have reproduced this arrangement between microbes in a lab.
Scientists Re-Create the Microbial Dance That Sparked Complex Life | Quanta Magazine
Evolution was fueled by endosymbiosis, cellular alliances in which one microbe makes a permanent home inside another. For the first time, biologists made it happen in the lab.
www.quantamagazine.org
December 25, 2025 at 4:46 PM
A balance of infection and harmony called endosymbiosis helps shape evolution. For the first time, biologists have reproduced this arrangement between microbes in a lab.
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LMFAO
December 20, 2025 at 12:54 AM
LMFAO
Merry Christmas everyone !!!
And Happy #holidays 🎊
May we all take some time to rest, reflect,
learn and become the brightest and shiniest versions of ourselves ☺️
🎄🎈❤️🎁
And Happy #holidays 🎊
May we all take some time to rest, reflect,
learn and become the brightest and shiniest versions of ourselves ☺️
🎄🎈❤️🎁
December 25, 2025 at 5:13 AM
Merry Christmas everyone !!!
And Happy #holidays 🎊
May we all take some time to rest, reflect,
learn and become the brightest and shiniest versions of ourselves ☺️
🎄🎈❤️🎁
And Happy #holidays 🎊
May we all take some time to rest, reflect,
learn and become the brightest and shiniest versions of ourselves ☺️
🎄🎈❤️🎁
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Getting the seasonal depression special at the drug store rn
December 23, 2025 at 9:02 PM
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“When she sets her mind to something, nothing can get in her way. If she is like, ‘I’m not going to let the idea — the fear — of being perceived stop me from being who I am,’ then I believe she’s going to do that.”
In January, Rama Duwaji will step into the role of New York City’s first lady. But who is she, really? Duwaji introduces herself in this Cut special-issue cover.
Rama Duwaji, First Lady of New York City
In January, Rama Duwaji will step into the role of New York City’s first lady. But who is she, really? Duwaji introduces herself in this Cut special-issue cover.
www.thecut.com
December 23, 2025 at 4:38 PM
“When she sets her mind to something, nothing can get in her way. If she is like, ‘I’m not going to let the idea — the fear — of being perceived stop me from being who I am,’ then I believe she’s going to do that.”
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this looks awesome
ICYMI - applications now open for our FREE #SciComm and #DataViz virtual workshop. Targeted towards grad students & postdocs!
Announcing our next #NSFfunded workshop on "Telling Stories Through Data", co-lead by myself + @vgwschutte.bsky.social! It’s half bioinformatics data viz & half #SciComm - this year’s focus is host-associated microbiome datasets. Apply here to join us (form closes 1/10) bit.ly/TSTD2026 #symbiosky
December 23, 2025 at 1:56 PM
this looks awesome
#ICYMI
As the year is ending, once again sharing my #MetabolismMondays articles for @the-node.bsky.social during my first year as one of #theNodeCorrespondents !
#devbio #stemcell #metabolism #cancerresearch #immunology #evodevo #viruses #evolution #adaptation #regeneration #cellbio #biochem
As the year is ending, once again sharing my #MetabolismMondays articles for @the-node.bsky.social during my first year as one of #theNodeCorrespondents !
#devbio #stemcell #metabolism #cancerresearch #immunology #evodevo #viruses #evolution #adaptation #regeneration #cellbio #biochem
December 23, 2025 at 2:36 AM
#ICYMI
As the year is ending, once again sharing my #MetabolismMondays articles for @the-node.bsky.social during my first year as one of #theNodeCorrespondents !
#devbio #stemcell #metabolism #cancerresearch #immunology #evodevo #viruses #evolution #adaptation #regeneration #cellbio #biochem
As the year is ending, once again sharing my #MetabolismMondays articles for @the-node.bsky.social during my first year as one of #theNodeCorrespondents !
#devbio #stemcell #metabolism #cancerresearch #immunology #evodevo #viruses #evolution #adaptation #regeneration #cellbio #biochem
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I'm on the Board of @biologists.bsky.social. Many know them as publishers of @dev-journal.bsky.social, @jcellsci.bsky.social, @jexpbiol.bsky.social , DMM, and @biologyopen.bsky.social --but they also are a major funder of small grants that empower young biologists and enable scientific meetings 🧪
We believe that, as our future leaders in biology, it is vital to provide #ECRs with the right support during the early stages of your academic career. We offer a number of practical ways to help you meet the unique needs and challenges you may encounter: www.biologists.com/about-us/ear...
Supporting early-career researchers
On these pages we highlight the range of resources that we offer to early-career researchers.
www.biologists.com
December 22, 2025 at 12:26 PM
I'm on the Board of @biologists.bsky.social. Many know them as publishers of @dev-journal.bsky.social, @jcellsci.bsky.social, @jexpbiol.bsky.social , DMM, and @biologyopen.bsky.social --but they also are a major funder of small grants that empower young biologists and enable scientific meetings 🧪
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This is why actual knowledge - not just Jeopardy-style recitation of flashcard facts - is collaborative. If I need to understand something so far outside of my realm of expertise that I can’t get far enough reading solo, I figure out who’d know more, and have *gasp* a conversation…with a human being
December 21, 2025 at 11:30 PM
This is why actual knowledge - not just Jeopardy-style recitation of flashcard facts - is collaborative. If I need to understand something so far outside of my realm of expertise that I can’t get far enough reading solo, I figure out who’d know more, and have *gasp* a conversation…with a human being
The urge to buy an insane amount of candy and chocolates for Christmas - it's so hard to resist, the way they are all decked up at every store !
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December 20, 2025 at 10:10 PM
The urge to buy an insane amount of candy and chocolates for Christmas - it's so hard to resist, the way they are all decked up at every store !
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“I’m always like, ‘How much is she speaking?...And what is she saying when she does speak? Because, I don’t know that you can tell a story if she’s silent only. We can all speak with our eyes, of course, and I love when we can, but conversation is conversation."
Actresses at this year’s ‘THR’ Roundtable discussed the value of the Bechdel Test. ‘I didn’t care,’ Cynthia Erivo revealed. ‘But now I do.’
The Actress Roundtable Discusses the Bechdel Test
Actresses at this year’s ‘THR’ Roundtable discussed the value of the Bechdel Test. ‘I didn’t care,’ Cynthia Erivo revealed. ‘But now I do.’
www.vulture.com
December 19, 2025 at 10:26 PM
“I’m always like, ‘How much is she speaking?...And what is she saying when she does speak? Because, I don’t know that you can tell a story if she’s silent only. We can all speak with our eyes, of course, and I love when we can, but conversation is conversation."
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The 2026 Santa Cruz Developmental Biology Meeting website is LIVE!!! Go see the incredible list of scientists who will be speaking at the meeting next summer! (...and check the site early next year for info on registration and abstract submission.)
scdb2026.sites.ucsc.edu
scdb2026.sites.ucsc.edu
Santa Cruz Developmental Biology Meeting
scdb2026.sites.ucsc.edu
December 19, 2025 at 8:38 PM
The 2026 Santa Cruz Developmental Biology Meeting website is LIVE!!! Go see the incredible list of scientists who will be speaking at the meeting next summer! (...and check the site early next year for info on registration and abstract submission.)
scdb2026.sites.ucsc.edu
scdb2026.sites.ucsc.edu
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Hey all, I reached out to the PO of my NIGMS MIRA to ask if the gov't shut down, and rescheduling of study sections, might allow for some accommodation to the standard rule that PIs cannot resubmit a MIRA while their MIRA (or other RPG) is under review (waiting in scores or summary statements) 🧪
December 19, 2025 at 7:17 PM
Hey all, I reached out to the PO of my NIGMS MIRA to ask if the gov't shut down, and rescheduling of study sections, might allow for some accommodation to the standard rule that PIs cannot resubmit a MIRA while their MIRA (or other RPG) is under review (waiting in scores or summary statements) 🧪
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Doing a PhD is - at heart - one long discussion with your mentor. The discussion changes over time - with unexpected turns and ups & downs - but through it all is a pair of people discussing a topic endlessly to make sense of it.
PhD students: choose someone you like to talk to!
PhD students: choose someone you like to talk to!
December 19, 2025 at 4:35 PM
Doing a PhD is - at heart - one long discussion with your mentor. The discussion changes over time - with unexpected turns and ups & downs - but through it all is a pair of people discussing a topic endlessly to make sense of it.
PhD students: choose someone you like to talk to!
PhD students: choose someone you like to talk to!
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HAPPY HOLIDAYS TO ALL OF YOU!🎄✨
December 19, 2025 at 6:08 PM
HAPPY HOLIDAYS TO ALL OF YOU!🎄✨
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During the #biologists100 conference, the Node's conference reporter @jens-cells.bsky.social spoke with Clare Benson, Luke Simpson and @m-stower.bsky.social. Here, each researcher tells us more about the work that they presented at the conference.👇
thenode.biologists.com/throwback-to...
thenode.biologists.com/throwback-to...
Throwback to Biologists @ 100: Interviews from Liverpool - the Node
Earlier this year, The Company of Biologists celebrated its 100-year anniversary with the Biologists @ 100 conference in Liverpool - bringing together
thenode.biologists.com
December 19, 2025 at 6:01 PM
During the #biologists100 conference, the Node's conference reporter @jens-cells.bsky.social spoke with Clare Benson, Luke Simpson and @m-stower.bsky.social. Here, each researcher tells us more about the work that they presented at the conference.👇
thenode.biologists.com/throwback-to...
thenode.biologists.com/throwback-to...
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🧪 This will blow your mind
“A process which led from the amoeba to man appeared to the philosophers to be obviously a progress - though whether the amoeba would agree with this opinion is not known"
- Bertrand Russell, 1976.
Time-lapse video of Vampyrella lateritia eating Spirogyra algae from Science Source/Oliver Skibbe. 🦠
- Bertrand Russell, 1976.
Time-lapse video of Vampyrella lateritia eating Spirogyra algae from Science Source/Oliver Skibbe. 🦠
December 19, 2025 at 1:32 AM
🧪 This will blow your mind
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All I ever wanted was an Oscars cocktail bar experience the way sports fans get sports bars…
December 17, 2025 at 7:06 PM
All I ever wanted was an Oscars cocktail bar experience the way sports fans get sports bars…
This 👇🏽👇🏽👇🏽👇🏽👇🏽
The SPEED with which I would RUN to this bar on awards’ nights 🏃🏽♀️
All I ever wanted was an Oscars cocktail bar experience the way sports fans get sports bars…
December 18, 2025 at 9:45 PM
This 👇🏽👇🏽👇🏽👇🏽👇🏽