Jessica Bloom
@jessicarbloom.bsky.social
PhD Candidate @UCSD | Evolutionary Cell Biologist | Outdoor Enthusiast | she/her
First flight after defending!
August 19, 2025 at 1:55 AM
First flight after defending!
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Happy to be the next (and 1st female) @crg.eu director. The CRG always stood out to me, for its excellence in understanding life's principles, with implications for health and biodiversity, & its collaborative, open and innovative way of doing science. Thrilled to join its amazing community in 2026!
July 1, 2025 at 5:30 PM
Happy to be the next (and 1st female) @crg.eu director. The CRG always stood out to me, for its excellence in understanding life's principles, with implications for health and biodiversity, & its collaborative, open and innovative way of doing science. Thrilled to join its amazing community in 2026!
Our recent study exploring the mechanisms behind hybrid incompatibility in Caenorhabditis Elegans nematodes is now available at @currentbiology.bsky.social!
Many thanks to my collaborators at UCSD - @odlab.bsky.social @greenbeegreen.bsky.social and the Rifkin Lab!
www.cell.com/current-biol...
Many thanks to my collaborators at UCSD - @odlab.bsky.social @greenbeegreen.bsky.social and the Rifkin Lab!
www.cell.com/current-biol...
Hybrid incompatibility emerges at the one-cell stage in interspecies Caenorhabditis embryos
Bloom et al. show that hybrid incompatibility between Caenorhabditis elegans group
nematode species pairs arises immediately after fertilization, before zygotic gene
expression. Primary defects in spe...
www.cell.com
July 3, 2025 at 12:10 AM
Our recent study exploring the mechanisms behind hybrid incompatibility in Caenorhabditis Elegans nematodes is now available at @currentbiology.bsky.social!
Many thanks to my collaborators at UCSD - @odlab.bsky.social @greenbeegreen.bsky.social and the Rifkin Lab!
www.cell.com/current-biol...
Many thanks to my collaborators at UCSD - @odlab.bsky.social @greenbeegreen.bsky.social and the Rifkin Lab!
www.cell.com/current-biol...
Reposted by Jessica Bloom
This is truly BRILLIANT science communication—clear, compelling, & convincing while also fast, funny, & entertaining
Like most of those working in science & public health, based on the best available evidence I believe Covid was zoonotic in origin—& this superb episode makes me even more convinced
Like most of those working in science & public health, based on the best available evidence I believe Covid was zoonotic in origin—& this superb episode makes me even more convinced
This month's bonus episode is about the rise of the lab leak theory from an unfounded theory promoted by right-wing cranks to an unfounded theory promoted by prominent liberal journalists.
The Lab Leak Goes Mainstream | If Books Could Kill
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June 3, 2025 at 7:22 PM
This is truly BRILLIANT science communication—clear, compelling, & convincing while also fast, funny, & entertaining
Like most of those working in science & public health, based on the best available evidence I believe Covid was zoonotic in origin—& this superb episode makes me even more convinced
Like most of those working in science & public health, based on the best available evidence I believe Covid was zoonotic in origin—& this superb episode makes me even more convinced
Reposted by Jessica Bloom
A sperm-oocyte protein partnership required for egg activation in Caenorhabditis elegans https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.01.23.634539v1
January 23, 2025 at 11:31 PM
A sperm-oocyte protein partnership required for egg activation in Caenorhabditis elegans https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.01.23.634539v1
So happy to have defended my thesis last week! Looking forward to next steps! Thank you to the members of the Rifkin lab, OD lab @odlab.bsky.social , and especially Dr. Rebecca Green @greenbeegreen.bsky.social for mentorship and support throughout my degree!
March 12, 2025 at 10:45 PM
So happy to have defended my thesis last week! Looking forward to next steps! Thank you to the members of the Rifkin lab, OD lab @odlab.bsky.social , and especially Dr. Rebecca Green @greenbeegreen.bsky.social for mentorship and support throughout my degree!