Jen McKey
@jenmckey.bsky.social
Assistant Professor @ CU Anschutz // Reproductive and Developmental Biologist // Studies all things ovary // NewPI // Could stare at images of embryos and ovaries all day long
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Got stunning fluorescence microscopy images? 🌈🔬 SDB wants to feature YOUR work for #FluorescenceFriday! We highlight images from SDB members with a short description and the image creators 📸. Fill out the form to be featured: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
✨If Monet studied mouse ovaries 🎨 Stromal cells 💜 Follicular cells 🔵 and Fatty Cells 🟡. Together, they reveal the cellular architecture and functional zones of the ovary 🔬 Image provided by @shmimberly.bsky.social 🧪 #FluorescenceFriday #ReproductiveBiology
August 24, 2025 at 5:31 AM
Got stunning fluorescence microscopy images? 🌈🔬 SDB wants to feature YOUR work for #FluorescenceFriday! We highlight images from SDB members with a short description and the image creators 📸. Fill out the form to be featured: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
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Congratulations to Dr. Katie Ranard, postdoctoral fellow in the @bruceappel.bsky.social lab, on receiving a NINDS K99/R00 award for her proposal entitled, “Impact of nutritional status on mechanisms guiding brain development”! @cupediatrics.bsky.social #zebrafish #devbio
July 30, 2025 at 9:59 PM
Congratulations to Dr. Katie Ranard, postdoctoral fellow in the @bruceappel.bsky.social lab, on receiving a NINDS K99/R00 award for her proposal entitled, “Impact of nutritional status on mechanisms guiding brain development”! @cupediatrics.bsky.social #zebrafish #devbio
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1/n Very excited to share our recent paper published on
@ScienceAdvances
where we dissect the gene regulatory landscape guiding mouse sex determination!
science.org/doi/10.1126/...
A huge well done to @IsabelleStevant.genomic.social.ap.brid.gy, Meshi and Elisheva who spearhead this project!
@ScienceAdvances
where we dissect the gene regulatory landscape guiding mouse sex determination!
science.org/doi/10.1126/...
A huge well done to @IsabelleStevant.genomic.social.ap.brid.gy, Meshi and Elisheva who spearhead this project!
The gene regulatory landscape driving mouse gonadal supporting cell differentiation
Multiomics analysis revealed the regulatory elements and transcription factors responsible for gonadal sex determination.
science.org
July 27, 2025 at 6:04 AM
1/n Very excited to share our recent paper published on
@ScienceAdvances
where we dissect the gene regulatory landscape guiding mouse sex determination!
science.org/doi/10.1126/...
A huge well done to @IsabelleStevant.genomic.social.ap.brid.gy, Meshi and Elisheva who spearhead this project!
@ScienceAdvances
where we dissect the gene regulatory landscape guiding mouse sex determination!
science.org/doi/10.1126/...
A huge well done to @IsabelleStevant.genomic.social.ap.brid.gy, Meshi and Elisheva who spearhead this project!
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Excited to see this new review piece that we wrote together with Jennifer Garrison and Alison Kochersberger on the modern tools and approaches to study #ovarian #aging out this week at @genesdev.bsky.social!
genesdev.cshlp.org/content/earl... #GeroSky #WomensHealth 🧪🧬
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July 14, 2025 at 4:16 PM
Excited to see this new review piece that we wrote together with Jennifer Garrison and Alison Kochersberger on the modern tools and approaches to study #ovarian #aging out this week at @genesdev.bsky.social!
genesdev.cshlp.org/content/earl... #GeroSky #WomensHealth 🧪🧬
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genesdev.cshlp.org/content/earl... #GeroSky #WomensHealth 🧪🧬
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July 11, 2025 at 4:34 PM
Dear all, PLEASE add comments on the importance of model organism research at this link:
Only 3 days left to submit your #ReproBioArt images!!
The 2025 edition of SSRepro #ReproBioArt image contest is live and the gallery is filling up with such beautiful images! Submit yours today!!
#ReproRocks
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#ReproRocks
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ReproBioArt 2025
#ReproBioArt: Where science becomes art. Explore incredible images from reproductive biology research and consider submitting your own to win free registration to SSR 2026! @SSRrepro
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June 14, 2025 at 3:11 AM
Only 3 days left to submit your #ReproBioArt images!!
The 2025 edition of SSRepro #ReproBioArt image contest is live and the gallery is filling up with such beautiful images! Submit yours today!!
#ReproRocks
woobox.com/2poyka/galle...
#ReproRocks
woobox.com/2poyka/galle...
ReproBioArt 2025
#ReproBioArt: Where science becomes art. Explore incredible images from reproductive biology research and consider submitting your own to win free registration to SSR 2026! @SSRrepro
woobox.com
June 8, 2025 at 9:30 PM
The 2025 edition of SSRepro #ReproBioArt image contest is live and the gallery is filling up with such beautiful images! Submit yours today!!
#ReproRocks
woobox.com/2poyka/galle...
#ReproRocks
woobox.com/2poyka/galle...
Hey #ReproSky don’t forget tot submit your beautiful images to the SSR #ReproBioArt contest!! Winners get free registration to the 2026 meeting and a beautiful showcase of their images!! Let’s show off how pretty #ReproBio can be!!
#ReproRocks @ssrwinrs.bsky.social
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#ReproRocks @ssrwinrs.bsky.social
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ReproBioArt 2025
#ReproBioArt: Where science becomes art. Explore incredible images from reproductive biology research and consider submitting your own to win free registration to SSR 2026! @SSRrepro
woobox.com
June 6, 2025 at 2:44 AM
Hey #ReproSky don’t forget tot submit your beautiful images to the SSR #ReproBioArt contest!! Winners get free registration to the 2026 meeting and a beautiful showcase of their images!! Let’s show off how pretty #ReproBio can be!!
#ReproRocks @ssrwinrs.bsky.social
woobox.com/2poyka/galle...
#ReproRocks @ssrwinrs.bsky.social
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What a nice set of papers- just as I’m beginning to think of our intro to developmental models course this fall @jenmckey.bsky.social !
Our special issue contains some very interesting articles on organiser biology, ranging from cnidarians to amphibian to mammals. Check them out.
Check out this collection of articles on organiser biology as part of our Spemann and Mangold centennial special issue.Part II: Self-Organization in Biology
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May 4, 2025 at 10:19 PM
What a nice set of papers- just as I’m beginning to think of our intro to developmental models course this fall @jenmckey.bsky.social !
Honored to received this distinction, and incredibly grateful to be leading a group that makes mentoring the most fun and rewarding part of my job! 🤩
And congrats to Lily for such outstanding community work!
#reprosky #ReproRocks #TeamOvary
And congrats to Lily for such outstanding community work!
#reprosky #ReproRocks #TeamOvary
Congratulations to our very own @jenmckey.bsky.social for winning the Outstanding Mentorship Award and Lily Folts for winning the Outstanding Community Service Award at the Annual WiSTEM Symposium! @cuanschutz.bsky.social @cudevbio.bsky.social 🤩⭐🔬 We're s'proud of all their hard work!
March 31, 2025 at 6:42 PM
Honored to received this distinction, and incredibly grateful to be leading a group that makes mentoring the most fun and rewarding part of my job! 🤩
And congrats to Lily for such outstanding community work!
#reprosky #ReproRocks #TeamOvary
And congrats to Lily for such outstanding community work!
#reprosky #ReproRocks #TeamOvary
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Ready for it???
To all the **sex determination lovers**
📢 Save the date to the 10th International Symposium on the Biology of Vertebrate Sex Determination (VSD) held in the beautiful Hawaii!!
Great community, amazing science, excellent speakers and superb location 🏝
📢 March 23-26, 2026 📢
To all the **sex determination lovers**
📢 Save the date to the 10th International Symposium on the Biology of Vertebrate Sex Determination (VSD) held in the beautiful Hawaii!!
Great community, amazing science, excellent speakers and superb location 🏝
📢 March 23-26, 2026 📢
March 25, 2025 at 5:45 AM
Ready for it???
To all the **sex determination lovers**
📢 Save the date to the 10th International Symposium on the Biology of Vertebrate Sex Determination (VSD) held in the beautiful Hawaii!!
Great community, amazing science, excellent speakers and superb location 🏝
📢 March 23-26, 2026 📢
To all the **sex determination lovers**
📢 Save the date to the 10th International Symposium on the Biology of Vertebrate Sex Determination (VSD) held in the beautiful Hawaii!!
Great community, amazing science, excellent speakers and superb location 🏝
📢 March 23-26, 2026 📢
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Excited to share that part of my PhD work is officially published in eLife! Couldn’t have done it without @jenmckey.bsky.social
elifesciences.org/articles/96662
elifesciences.org/articles/96662
Rediscovering the rete ovarii, a secreting auxiliary structure to the ovary
The rete ovarii is a complex secretory structure that may play an important role in ovarian homeostasis.
elifesciences.org
March 19, 2025 at 12:50 PM
Excited to share that part of my PhD work is officially published in eLife! Couldn’t have done it without @jenmckey.bsky.social
elifesciences.org/articles/96662
elifesciences.org/articles/96662
First first author research paper for Lily and first paper out of my lab!! Excited to see this out and so proud of the hard work my lab members put into it :)
Hoping OoCount will save others countless hours of manual follicle counting! @ssrwinrs.bsky.social #TeamOvary #ReproRocks
Hoping OoCount will save others countless hours of manual follicle counting! @ssrwinrs.bsky.social #TeamOvary #ReproRocks
Meet the author! Lily Folts, a graduate student in the @jenmckey.bsky.social lab, just published her manuscript detailing a deep-learning-based method to count and classify ovarian follicles called OoCount. When Lily isn't in the lab, she likes to hike, read, and listen to live music.
February 15, 2025 at 6:47 PM
First first author research paper for Lily and first paper out of my lab!! Excited to see this out and so proud of the hard work my lab members put into it :)
Hoping OoCount will save others countless hours of manual follicle counting! @ssrwinrs.bsky.social #TeamOvary #ReproRocks
Hoping OoCount will save others countless hours of manual follicle counting! @ssrwinrs.bsky.social #TeamOvary #ReproRocks
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It was so wonderful to work with Blanche’s colleagues and Capel Lab past and present to put together her nomination. Congrats Blanche!!! So well deserved!!
Congrats to the 2025 SDB Award Winners!
Conklin Medal: Blanche Capel
DB-SDB Lifetime Achievement Award: Billie Swalla
Hamburger Outstanding Educator Prize: Erica Crespi
Hay New Investigator Award: Mubarak Syed
SDB Trainee Science Communication Award: Joaquin Navajas Acedo
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Conklin Medal: Blanche Capel
DB-SDB Lifetime Achievement Award: Billie Swalla
Hamburger Outstanding Educator Prize: Erica Crespi
Hay New Investigator Award: Mubarak Syed
SDB Trainee Science Communication Award: Joaquin Navajas Acedo
bit.ly/4bcrFap
February 11, 2025 at 8:11 PM
It was so wonderful to work with Blanche’s colleagues and Capel Lab past and present to put together her nomination. Congrats Blanche!!! So well deserved!!
Such an incredible group of awardees!! 🤩 I’m so excited for my mentor Blanche Capel to be recognized this year with the Conklin Medal! Her contributions to the field and her dedication her trainees’ are so inspiring. I cannot wait to celebrate at the meeting! #devbio @socdevbio.bsky.social
Congrats to the 2025 SDB Award Winners!
Conklin Medal: Blanche Capel
DB-SDB Lifetime Achievement Award: Billie Swalla
Hamburger Outstanding Educator Prize: Erica Crespi
Hay New Investigator Award: Mubarak Syed
SDB Trainee Science Communication Award: Joaquin Navajas Acedo
bit.ly/4bcrFap
Conklin Medal: Blanche Capel
DB-SDB Lifetime Achievement Award: Billie Swalla
Hamburger Outstanding Educator Prize: Erica Crespi
Hay New Investigator Award: Mubarak Syed
SDB Trainee Science Communication Award: Joaquin Navajas Acedo
bit.ly/4bcrFap
February 12, 2025 at 4:00 AM
Such an incredible group of awardees!! 🤩 I’m so excited for my mentor Blanche Capel to be recognized this year with the Conklin Medal! Her contributions to the field and her dedication her trainees’ are so inspiring. I cannot wait to celebrate at the meeting! #devbio @socdevbio.bsky.social
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Big congrats to this year's awardees!
Basic science matters more than ever - the awardees represent key aspects of what makes #devbio a central biomedical research endeavor of widespread impact. Applause!
Basic science matters more than ever - the awardees represent key aspects of what makes #devbio a central biomedical research endeavor of widespread impact. Applause!
Congrats to the 2025 SDB Award Winners!
Conklin Medal: Blanche Capel
DB-SDB Lifetime Achievement Award: Billie Swalla
Hamburger Outstanding Educator Prize: Erica Crespi
Hay New Investigator Award: Mubarak Syed
SDB Trainee Science Communication Award: Joaquin Navajas Acedo
bit.ly/4bcrFap
Conklin Medal: Blanche Capel
DB-SDB Lifetime Achievement Award: Billie Swalla
Hamburger Outstanding Educator Prize: Erica Crespi
Hay New Investigator Award: Mubarak Syed
SDB Trainee Science Communication Award: Joaquin Navajas Acedo
bit.ly/4bcrFap
February 11, 2025 at 5:49 PM
Big congrats to this year's awardees!
Basic science matters more than ever - the awardees represent key aspects of what makes #devbio a central biomedical research endeavor of widespread impact. Applause!
Basic science matters more than ever - the awardees represent key aspects of what makes #devbio a central biomedical research endeavor of widespread impact. Applause!
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Our values and resolve are only strengthened by recent events.
February 11, 2025 at 10:51 PM
Our values and resolve are only strengthened by recent events.
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Congratulations to our very own graduate student, Lily Folts, for her recent publication; "OoCount: A Machine-Learning Based Approach to Mouse Ovarian Follicle Counting and Classification". 🔬🥼🤗 academic.oup.com/biolreprod/a...
OoCount: A Machine-Learning Based Approach to Mouse Ovarian Follicle Counting and Classification
Summary Sentence: This protocol introduces OoCount, a high-throughput, open-source method for automatic oocyte segmentation and classification from fluores
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February 10, 2025 at 8:50 PM
Congratulations to our very own graduate student, Lily Folts, for her recent publication; "OoCount: A Machine-Learning Based Approach to Mouse Ovarian Follicle Counting and Classification". 🔬🥼🤗 academic.oup.com/biolreprod/a...
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Listen to 2024 Roger V Short Medal Awardee, Dr. Francesca Duncan, discuss ovarian aging and give trainees a bit of her wisdom on the latest SSR podcast! 👏👏👏
#womeninSTEM #reprorocks
Listen to the full episode here 👇https://www.buzzsprout.com/1786803/episodes/16143433
#womeninSTEM #reprorocks
Listen to the full episode here 👇https://www.buzzsprout.com/1786803/episodes/16143433
January 16, 2025 at 4:41 PM
Listen to 2024 Roger V Short Medal Awardee, Dr. Francesca Duncan, discuss ovarian aging and give trainees a bit of her wisdom on the latest SSR podcast! 👏👏👏
#womeninSTEM #reprorocks
Listen to the full episode here 👇https://www.buzzsprout.com/1786803/episodes/16143433
#womeninSTEM #reprorocks
Listen to the full episode here 👇https://www.buzzsprout.com/1786803/episodes/16143433
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Congrats to a fabulous collaborator who is not on social media!
Congratulations to Dr. Peter Dempsey, Professor in the Section of Developmental Biology, for recieving the 2025 Pediatric Gastroenterology & Developmental Biology Section Research Mentor Award from the American Gastroenterological Association! #devbio 🧪
January 16, 2025 at 2:04 AM
Congrats to a fabulous collaborator who is not on social media!
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Our first manuscript on maternal nutrition and development, which was driven entirely by postdoc Katie Ranard, is now out. @cudevbio.bsky.social #devbio doi.org/10.1016/j.jl...
December 30, 2024 at 6:15 PM
Our first manuscript on maternal nutrition and development, which was driven entirely by postdoc Katie Ranard, is now out. @cudevbio.bsky.social #devbio doi.org/10.1016/j.jl...
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To learn more, please check out my youtube tutorials at www.youtube.com/@oanegros which shows, among others, how to make this video!
The data here is a dinoflagellate from Mocaer et al. 2023, hosted publicly at EMPIAR-11399 (also shown in the first post here).
The data here is a dinoflagellate from Mocaer et al. 2023, hosted publicly at EMPIAR-11399 (also shown in the first post here).
January 15, 2025 at 1:39 PM
To learn more, please check out my youtube tutorials at www.youtube.com/@oanegros which shows, among others, how to make this video!
The data here is a dinoflagellate from Mocaer et al. 2023, hosted publicly at EMPIAR-11399 (also shown in the first post here).
The data here is a dinoflagellate from Mocaer et al. 2023, hosted publicly at EMPIAR-11399 (also shown in the first post here).
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Microscopy Nodes is now up on bioRxiv! 🚀
This is a Blender extension that seamlessly integrates and visualizes 3D microscopy data (TIF & @zarr.dev).
High-quality volume rendering for anyone, in both EM and fluorescence, regardless of computational expertise! 🔬
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
This is a Blender extension that seamlessly integrates and visualizes 3D microscopy data (TIF & @zarr.dev).
High-quality volume rendering for anyone, in both EM and fluorescence, regardless of computational expertise! 🔬
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
January 15, 2025 at 1:39 PM
Microscopy Nodes is now up on bioRxiv! 🚀
This is a Blender extension that seamlessly integrates and visualizes 3D microscopy data (TIF & @zarr.dev).
High-quality volume rendering for anyone, in both EM and fluorescence, regardless of computational expertise! 🔬
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
This is a Blender extension that seamlessly integrates and visualizes 3D microscopy data (TIF & @zarr.dev).
High-quality volume rendering for anyone, in both EM and fluorescence, regardless of computational expertise! 🔬
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
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So Excited to share the newest @biorxivpreprint preprint from the #Nicholaslab Congrats Naveena my 1st #gradstudent on this work. T cells are necessary for development of PCOS reproductive symptoms in a letrozole-induced mouse model of PCOS | bioRxiv www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
T cells are necessary for development of PCOS reproductive symptoms in a letrozole-induced mouse model of PCOS
Polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) is a complex condition with clear genetic susceptibilities that impact the heterogeneous clinical presentation of symptoms and severity through unknown mechanisms. Chr...
www.biorxiv.org
January 14, 2025 at 1:33 AM
So Excited to share the newest @biorxivpreprint preprint from the #Nicholaslab Congrats Naveena my 1st #gradstudent on this work. T cells are necessary for development of PCOS reproductive symptoms in a letrozole-induced mouse model of PCOS | bioRxiv www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...