Stephanie Woo
@itsthewoolab.bsky.social
Associate professor at the University of California Merced. Posts are my own. My lab uses zebrafish to study morphogenesis of the endoderm. It's offal-y interesting.
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🔬 🖥️ Applications are open for the CSHL course Quantitative Imaging: From Acquisition to Analysis (April 6–21, 2026)!
An intensive, hands-on course covering advanced fluorescence microscopy and quantitative image analysis using open-source tools.
🗓️ Apply online by Jan 30, 2026
An intensive, hands-on course covering advanced fluorescence microscopy and quantitative image analysis using open-source tools.
🗓️ Apply online by Jan 30, 2026
Quantitative Imaging: From Acquisition to Analysis
Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Meetings & Courses -- a private, non-profit institution with research programs in cancer, neuroscience, plant biology, genomics, bioinformatics.
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January 6, 2026 at 7:18 PM
🔬 🖥️ Applications are open for the CSHL course Quantitative Imaging: From Acquisition to Analysis (April 6–21, 2026)!
An intensive, hands-on course covering advanced fluorescence microscopy and quantitative image analysis using open-source tools.
🗓️ Apply online by Jan 30, 2026
An intensive, hands-on course covering advanced fluorescence microscopy and quantitative image analysis using open-source tools.
🗓️ Apply online by Jan 30, 2026
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🚨 Alarm!!! 🚨
AI/ML course for microscopy image analysis!!! 🧐
In 2026 at Janelia (@hhmijanelia.bsky.social), no tuition, housing and meals provided! Isn’t that borderline unbelievable?!?
20 students, ~14 TAs and lecturers
🗓️ June 4-18 2026
✍️ Jan 15 2026 ✍️
🔁 pls!!
www.janelia.org/you-janelia/...
AI/ML course for microscopy image analysis!!! 🧐
In 2026 at Janelia (@hhmijanelia.bsky.social), no tuition, housing and meals provided! Isn’t that borderline unbelievable?!?
20 students, ~14 TAs and lecturers
🗓️ June 4-18 2026
✍️ Jan 15 2026 ✍️
🔁 pls!!
www.janelia.org/you-janelia/...
Deep Learning for Microscopy Image Analysis
Topics The following will be covered extensively during lectures, exercises, and project work: Image denoising and restoration (fully supervised and self-supervised) Image translation (e.g.,
www.janelia.org
December 28, 2025 at 7:06 PM
🚨 Alarm!!! 🚨
AI/ML course for microscopy image analysis!!! 🧐
In 2026 at Janelia (@hhmijanelia.bsky.social), no tuition, housing and meals provided! Isn’t that borderline unbelievable?!?
20 students, ~14 TAs and lecturers
🗓️ June 4-18 2026
✍️ Jan 15 2026 ✍️
🔁 pls!!
www.janelia.org/you-janelia/...
AI/ML course for microscopy image analysis!!! 🧐
In 2026 at Janelia (@hhmijanelia.bsky.social), no tuition, housing and meals provided! Isn’t that borderline unbelievable?!?
20 students, ~14 TAs and lecturers
🗓️ June 4-18 2026
✍️ Jan 15 2026 ✍️
🔁 pls!!
www.janelia.org/you-janelia/...
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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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Big congrats to everyone who’s applied to grad school! 🥳🎉
It’s a huge milestone, and we’re so proud of all the hard work you’ve put in. Take a moment to celebrate—you deserve it! 🌟
Tag a friend who’s on this journey so we can cheer them on too! 🙌🎓
It’s a huge milestone, and we’re so proud of all the hard work you’ve put in. Take a moment to celebrate—you deserve it! 🌟
Tag a friend who’s on this journey so we can cheer them on too! 🙌🎓
December 16, 2025 at 4:52 PM
Big congrats to everyone who’s applied to grad school! 🥳🎉
It’s a huge milestone, and we’re so proud of all the hard work you’ve put in. Take a moment to celebrate—you deserve it! 🌟
Tag a friend who’s on this journey so we can cheer them on too! 🙌🎓
It’s a huge milestone, and we’re so proud of all the hard work you’ve put in. Take a moment to celebrate—you deserve it! 🌟
Tag a friend who’s on this journey so we can cheer them on too! 🙌🎓
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#onlywithHCR: LaBelle et al. reveal that cell–cell collisions are drivers of the dispersal of endodermal cells in zebrafish embryos. With #HCRtechnology, they observed epha2a expression, finding that endodermal cells undergo RhoA-dependent, active repulsion-type CIL.
Read more: tinyurl.com/mrx934sc
Read more: tinyurl.com/mrx934sc
December 12, 2025 at 6:50 PM
#onlywithHCR: LaBelle et al. reveal that cell–cell collisions are drivers of the dispersal of endodermal cells in zebrafish embryos. With #HCRtechnology, they observed epha2a expression, finding that endodermal cells undergo RhoA-dependent, active repulsion-type CIL.
Read more: tinyurl.com/mrx934sc
Read more: tinyurl.com/mrx934sc
The Woo and Materna Labs have weighed in on the “Is Die Hard a Christmas Movie” debate
December 12, 2025 at 6:34 PM
The Woo and Materna Labs have weighed in on the “Is Die Hard a Christmas Movie” debate
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Calling all postdocs! Applications are open for Dept. of Molecular Biosciences 3rd Trailblazers Postdoctoral Symposium @utaustin.bsky.social. Come to Austin, meet your peers, showcase your work. Application is easy and all expenses are paid! Spread the word!
tinyurl.com/yw7ffjn9
tinyurl.com/yw7ffjn9
Microsoft Forms
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December 10, 2025 at 6:27 PM
Calling all postdocs! Applications are open for Dept. of Molecular Biosciences 3rd Trailblazers Postdoctoral Symposium @utaustin.bsky.social. Come to Austin, meet your peers, showcase your work. Application is easy and all expenses are paid! Spread the word!
tinyurl.com/yw7ffjn9
tinyurl.com/yw7ffjn9
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🔍 Seniors, thinking about going to STEM grad school or medical school?
A post-baccalaureate program can help you build research experience, take classes, and even earn a stipend along the way!
Learn what a postbac can do for your STEM path:
🔗 cientificolatino.com/why_postbac
A post-baccalaureate program can help you build research experience, take classes, and even earn a stipend along the way!
Learn what a postbac can do for your STEM path:
🔗 cientificolatino.com/why_postbac
December 8, 2025 at 11:24 PM
🔍 Seniors, thinking about going to STEM grad school or medical school?
A post-baccalaureate program can help you build research experience, take classes, and even earn a stipend along the way!
Learn what a postbac can do for your STEM path:
🔗 cientificolatino.com/why_postbac
A post-baccalaureate program can help you build research experience, take classes, and even earn a stipend along the way!
Learn what a postbac can do for your STEM path:
🔗 cientificolatino.com/why_postbac
Author spotlight thread!
This study was heroically led by @qsb-uc-merced.bsky.social grad student Jesselynn LaBelle who consistently pushed for our work to be quantitatively rigorous. She is looking for a postdoc position! Her interests are mathematical biology, image analysis, and microscopy. 1/6
This study was heroically led by @qsb-uc-merced.bsky.social grad student Jesselynn LaBelle who consistently pushed for our work to be quantitatively rigorous. She is looking for a postdoc position! Her interests are mathematical biology, image analysis, and microscopy. 1/6
New paper alert! We report that #zebrafish endodermal cells use contact inhibition of locomotion as a dispersal and spacing mechanism. It’s a neat example of large-scale patterns emerging from local interactions using a simple set of rules. Summary in the thread below 1/9
doi.org/10.1016/j.is...
doi.org/10.1016/j.is...
December 8, 2025 at 10:35 PM
Author spotlight thread!
This study was heroically led by @qsb-uc-merced.bsky.social grad student Jesselynn LaBelle who consistently pushed for our work to be quantitatively rigorous. She is looking for a postdoc position! Her interests are mathematical biology, image analysis, and microscopy. 1/6
This study was heroically led by @qsb-uc-merced.bsky.social grad student Jesselynn LaBelle who consistently pushed for our work to be quantitatively rigorous. She is looking for a postdoc position! Her interests are mathematical biology, image analysis, and microscopy. 1/6
New paper alert! We report that #zebrafish endodermal cells use contact inhibition of locomotion as a dispersal and spacing mechanism. It’s a neat example of large-scale patterns emerging from local interactions using a simple set of rules. Summary in the thread below 1/9
doi.org/10.1016/j.is...
doi.org/10.1016/j.is...
December 5, 2025 at 8:08 PM
New paper alert! We report that #zebrafish endodermal cells use contact inhibition of locomotion as a dispersal and spacing mechanism. It’s a neat example of large-scale patterns emerging from local interactions using a simple set of rules. Summary in the thread below 1/9
doi.org/10.1016/j.is...
doi.org/10.1016/j.is...
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***Important***
BIO will host a Virtual Office Hour (VOH) on Thurs, Dec 18th, 2025, 1 - 2 pm ET.
In this VOH, we’ll be joined by leadership to outline updates to NSF’s review process & share news relevant to all areas of research funded by BIO.
Register here: nsf.zoomgov.com/webinar/regi...
BIO will host a Virtual Office Hour (VOH) on Thurs, Dec 18th, 2025, 1 - 2 pm ET.
In this VOH, we’ll be joined by leadership to outline updates to NSF’s review process & share news relevant to all areas of research funded by BIO.
Register here: nsf.zoomgov.com/webinar/regi...
Webinar Registration - Zoom
nsf.zoomgov.com
December 4, 2025 at 3:05 PM
***Important***
BIO will host a Virtual Office Hour (VOH) on Thurs, Dec 18th, 2025, 1 - 2 pm ET.
In this VOH, we’ll be joined by leadership to outline updates to NSF’s review process & share news relevant to all areas of research funded by BIO.
Register here: nsf.zoomgov.com/webinar/regi...
BIO will host a Virtual Office Hour (VOH) on Thurs, Dec 18th, 2025, 1 - 2 pm ET.
In this VOH, we’ll be joined by leadership to outline updates to NSF’s review process & share news relevant to all areas of research funded by BIO.
Register here: nsf.zoomgov.com/webinar/regi...
Why do the instructions for reviewing article proofs always sound like ransom notes?
Oh, also, good news coming soon....
Oh, also, good news coming soon....
November 26, 2025 at 5:25 PM
Why do the instructions for reviewing article proofs always sound like ransom notes?
Oh, also, good news coming soon....
Oh, also, good news coming soon....
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Here we go. Its ALL #NIHGrant applications. Dec 8 is the new deadline. And a one page prelim data update will be accepted for all May Council submissions. grants.nih.gov/grants/guide...
NOT-OD-26-012: Updated Guidance on Reopening of NIH Extramural Activities Following the October 1, 2025 - Lapse in Appropriations
NIH Funding Opportunities and Notices in the NIH Guide for Grants and Contracts: Updated Guidance on Reopening of NIH Extramural Activities Following the October 1, 2025 - Lapse in Appropriations NOT-...
grants.nih.gov
November 24, 2025 at 6:52 PM
Here we go. Its ALL #NIHGrant applications. Dec 8 is the new deadline. And a one page prelim data update will be accepted for all May Council submissions. grants.nih.gov/grants/guide...
About a year ago (before I knew better), I got a decently written email from an undergrad, so I invited them for an interview. But the person who showed up clearly had no idea what my lab does. So if you do use a chatbot to “help” you write an email, at the very least please read what it spits out!
I should also point out that some of you are starting to use AI-assisted emails, and we can tell. Use your own words, own thoughts, be honest, be real, dig a little deep and ask yourselves "what really excites me about this" and please stop with the cookie cutter, AI copy-paste emails. End of PSA.
November 24, 2025 at 9:42 PM
About a year ago (before I knew better), I got a decently written email from an undergrad, so I invited them for an interview. But the person who showed up clearly had no idea what my lab does. So if you do use a chatbot to “help” you write an email, at the very least please read what it spits out!
RIP Mani
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November 20, 2025 at 10:47 PM
RIP Mani
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2 positions up for grabs in the Buckley lab - join us for some fun with optogenetics, zebrafish, neural tubes, biomechanics and cake
November 19, 2025 at 4:26 PM
2 positions up for grabs in the Buckley lab - join us for some fun with optogenetics, zebrafish, neural tubes, biomechanics and cake
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SAVE THE DATE! Stoked to organize the 2026 Santa Cruz Developmental Biology Meeting with @rashmi-priya.bsky.social, @lowelab.bsky.social, and Shelbi Russell. Come learn about Biomedicine, Biomechanics, and the Biosphere, August 24-28, 2026. Registration dates, etc., coming soon! Please RT
November 19, 2025 at 8:23 PM
SAVE THE DATE! Stoked to organize the 2026 Santa Cruz Developmental Biology Meeting with @rashmi-priya.bsky.social, @lowelab.bsky.social, and Shelbi Russell. Come learn about Biomedicine, Biomechanics, and the Biosphere, August 24-28, 2026. Registration dates, etc., coming soon! Please RT
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Advanced grad students + postdocs: apply for the 2026 #kitpqbio summer course, "Physical Principles of Morphogenesis in Plants and Animals," at buff.ly/OXXMKEv. Apply by Feb. 1.
Course directors Adrienne Roeder (Cornell) and Sebastian Streichan (UCSB)
Course directors Adrienne Roeder (Cornell) and Sebastian Streichan (UCSB)
November 19, 2025 at 11:45 PM
Advanced grad students + postdocs: apply for the 2026 #kitpqbio summer course, "Physical Principles of Morphogenesis in Plants and Animals," at buff.ly/OXXMKEv. Apply by Feb. 1.
Course directors Adrienne Roeder (Cornell) and Sebastian Streichan (UCSB)
Course directors Adrienne Roeder (Cornell) and Sebastian Streichan (UCSB)
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Announcing the Inaugural Fluorescence Advanced Imaging Research Workshop
sites.uci.edu/aimlfdworksh... A joint effort between UC Berkeley and UC Irvine, bringing together the cutting edge talks of AIM and the intensive hands-on experience of the LFD Workshop. #microscopy #fluorescence
sites.uci.edu/aimlfdworksh... A joint effort between UC Berkeley and UC Irvine, bringing together the cutting edge talks of AIM and the intensive hands-on experience of the LFD Workshop. #microscopy #fluorescence
LFD/AIM Workshop 2026
sites.uci.edu
November 18, 2025 at 9:45 PM
Announcing the Inaugural Fluorescence Advanced Imaging Research Workshop
sites.uci.edu/aimlfdworksh... A joint effort between UC Berkeley and UC Irvine, bringing together the cutting edge talks of AIM and the intensive hands-on experience of the LFD Workshop. #microscopy #fluorescence
sites.uci.edu/aimlfdworksh... A joint effort between UC Berkeley and UC Irvine, bringing together the cutting edge talks of AIM and the intensive hands-on experience of the LFD Workshop. #microscopy #fluorescence
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If you’re headed to #sfn25 come by our session on cilia in the brain! Our goal: convince you all cilia in the brain are as cool as we think they are!
Synapses may get all the glory, but join us cilia-philes for our @sfn.org Nanosymposium to learn about the role of cilia in modulating brain activity, behavior, and development.
Sunday November 16th 1-4pm SDCC Room 25A. Thrilled to chair with @konjikusicmia.bsky.social - we'll see you there!
Sunday November 16th 1-4pm SDCC Room 25A. Thrilled to chair with @konjikusicmia.bsky.social - we'll see you there!
November 15, 2025 at 6:37 PM
If you’re headed to #sfn25 come by our session on cilia in the brain! Our goal: convince you all cilia in the brain are as cool as we think they are!
As someone who used to study focal adhesions, I still get a thrill watching a handful of pixels scoot across my screen.
Tianwen-1 Mars orbiter successfully observed the interstellar object 3I/ATLAS in early October at a distance of ~29 million km, CNSA has just announced. www.cnsa.gov.cn/n6758823/n67...
November 6, 2025 at 6:14 AM
As someone who used to study focal adhesions, I still get a thrill watching a handful of pixels scoot across my screen.
Happy Halloween! My annual PSA to those who need a last minute, no effort costume:
Put on a cap and say you’re mRNA
Put on a cap and say you’re mRNA
October 31, 2025 at 3:14 PM
Happy Halloween! My annual PSA to those who need a last minute, no effort costume:
Put on a cap and say you’re mRNA
Put on a cap and say you’re mRNA
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Would aliens describe the Universe the same way we do? Many physicists think "obviously, yes!", but that confidence is built on lots of untested assumptions.
My book, "Do Aliens Speak Physics?" unpacks those assumptions and makes a lot of dad jokes.
Here's what Sean Carroll thought of it:
My book, "Do Aliens Speak Physics?" unpacks those assumptions and makes a lot of dad jokes.
Here's what Sean Carroll thought of it:
October 29, 2025 at 12:50 AM
Would aliens describe the Universe the same way we do? Many physicists think "obviously, yes!", but that confidence is built on lots of untested assumptions.
My book, "Do Aliens Speak Physics?" unpacks those assumptions and makes a lot of dad jokes.
Here's what Sean Carroll thought of it:
My book, "Do Aliens Speak Physics?" unpacks those assumptions and makes a lot of dad jokes.
Here's what Sean Carroll thought of it:
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Our department @ucdavisvetmed.bsky.social @ucdavis.bsky.social is hiring! We welcome research that diversifies or complements existing strengths in gastrointestinal, neuroimmune, musculoskeletal, cardiorespiratory
systems and/or developmental biology. @socdevbio.bsky.social @ascbiology.bsky.social
systems and/or developmental biology. @socdevbio.bsky.social @ascbiology.bsky.social
October 22, 2025 at 10:44 PM
Our department @ucdavisvetmed.bsky.social @ucdavis.bsky.social is hiring! We welcome research that diversifies or complements existing strengths in gastrointestinal, neuroimmune, musculoskeletal, cardiorespiratory
systems and/or developmental biology. @socdevbio.bsky.social @ascbiology.bsky.social
systems and/or developmental biology. @socdevbio.bsky.social @ascbiology.bsky.social
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Tenure-track faculty position at all levels in Data Science and Artificial Intelligence for Mechanical Engineering at Hopkins. APPLY :) apply.interfolio.com/175773
October 13, 2025 at 7:48 PM
Tenure-track faculty position at all levels in Data Science and Artificial Intelligence for Mechanical Engineering at Hopkins. APPLY :) apply.interfolio.com/175773