Júlia Peloggia de Castro
@jupeloggia.bsky.social
Developmental biologist crazy about metabolism and microscopy. Postdoc at the Christofk lab at UCLA. PhD from the Stowers Institute for Medical Research
Congrats, Dr. Dani!! Always a joy to see friends defending their PhDs!
Our new PhD!! Congratulation Dr @dbmrl.bsky.social and thanks @aussiebiologist.bsky.social for Phd committee!!! @stowersgrad.bsky.social @stowersinstitute.bsky.social
November 11, 2025 at 3:43 AM
Congrats, Dr. Dani!! Always a joy to see friends defending their PhDs!
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Help us to promote this DevBiol course (in Spanish)
¡Nuevo curso gratuito de Biología del Desarrollo (en español)!
Aprende sobre los procesos que dan origen a la vida
Cupos limitados → forms.gle/sfSV1GTae2nC...
Detalles y programa: drive.google.com/file/d/1-9dd...
#BiologíaDelDesarrollo
¡Nuevo curso gratuito de Biología del Desarrollo (en español)!
Aprende sobre los procesos que dan origen a la vida
Cupos limitados → forms.gle/sfSV1GTae2nC...
Detalles y programa: drive.google.com/file/d/1-9dd...
#BiologíaDelDesarrollo
Registro "Biología del Desarrollo Sintética: Diseñando la Vida"
Curso Electivo de Verano, dirigido a estudiantes de pregrado
Programa: Link
Fechas: 5 al 15 de Enero de 2026
Lugar: Santiago de Chile, clases presenciales (Campus Manuel Montt, U. Mayor)
Para estudian...
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October 26, 2025 at 2:16 PM
Help us to promote this DevBiol course (in Spanish)
¡Nuevo curso gratuito de Biología del Desarrollo (en español)!
Aprende sobre los procesos que dan origen a la vida
Cupos limitados → forms.gle/sfSV1GTae2nC...
Detalles y programa: drive.google.com/file/d/1-9dd...
#BiologíaDelDesarrollo
¡Nuevo curso gratuito de Biología del Desarrollo (en español)!
Aprende sobre los procesos que dan origen a la vida
Cupos limitados → forms.gle/sfSV1GTae2nC...
Detalles y programa: drive.google.com/file/d/1-9dd...
#BiologíaDelDesarrollo
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At Stowers, #research spans many fields including #neuroscience, cell #biology, and #genetics. Interested in one of these? The Summer Scholars program might be your next step.
Apply now ➡️ bit.ly/3SDVdGo
Apply now ➡️ bit.ly/3SDVdGo
October 14, 2025 at 8:29 PM
At Stowers, #research spans many fields including #neuroscience, cell #biology, and #genetics. Interested in one of these? The Summer Scholars program might be your next step.
Apply now ➡️ bit.ly/3SDVdGo
Apply now ➡️ bit.ly/3SDVdGo
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As a Stowers Summer Scholar, you’ll:
🔬 Work on a research project under a PI
🧪 Use cutting-edge techniques and technologies
📚 Attend seminars, lunch talks, & present your #research
This immersive experience is designed to accelerate your growth as a scientist. Apply now: bit.ly/3SDVdGo
🔬 Work on a research project under a PI
🧪 Use cutting-edge techniques and technologies
📚 Attend seminars, lunch talks, & present your #research
This immersive experience is designed to accelerate your growth as a scientist. Apply now: bit.ly/3SDVdGo
October 8, 2025 at 6:51 PM
As a Stowers Summer Scholar, you’ll:
🔬 Work on a research project under a PI
🧪 Use cutting-edge techniques and technologies
📚 Attend seminars, lunch talks, & present your #research
This immersive experience is designed to accelerate your growth as a scientist. Apply now: bit.ly/3SDVdGo
🔬 Work on a research project under a PI
🧪 Use cutting-edge techniques and technologies
📚 Attend seminars, lunch talks, & present your #research
This immersive experience is designed to accelerate your growth as a scientist. Apply now: bit.ly/3SDVdGo
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Are digits modified fins, or evolutionary innovations? Read how we tackled this old question from a new angle🧪
A story with @chasebolt.bsky.social, @homeobox.bsky.social and myself, coordinated by @denisduboule.bsky.social from @college-de-france.fr and published in @nature.com today!
#InHoxWeTrust
A story with @chasebolt.bsky.social, @homeobox.bsky.social and myself, coordinated by @denisduboule.bsky.social from @college-de-france.fr and published in @nature.com today!
#InHoxWeTrust
September 17, 2025 at 5:26 PM
Are digits modified fins, or evolutionary innovations? Read how we tackled this old question from a new angle🧪
A story with @chasebolt.bsky.social, @homeobox.bsky.social and myself, coordinated by @denisduboule.bsky.social from @college-de-france.fr and published in @nature.com today!
#InHoxWeTrust
A story with @chasebolt.bsky.social, @homeobox.bsky.social and myself, coordinated by @denisduboule.bsky.social from @college-de-france.fr and published in @nature.com today!
#InHoxWeTrust
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Applications for our #PhD program are NOW OPEN! Our independently fully funded program allows students to focus entirely on #research & growth, exploring their own questions while learning from top experts in the field. #GradSchool
Apply now: bit.ly/44VM6DI
Apply now: bit.ly/44VM6DI
September 8, 2025 at 2:27 PM
Applications for our #PhD program are NOW OPEN! Our independently fully funded program allows students to focus entirely on #research & growth, exploring their own questions while learning from top experts in the field. #GradSchool
Apply now: bit.ly/44VM6DI
Apply now: bit.ly/44VM6DI
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Evolution’s eye game is wild, but mollusks take it to another level
CRISPR in apple snails gives us a new model to dissect how nature rebuilds complex organs like the camera-type eyes we humans possess
It turns out Evolution doesn’t just innovate, it rewinds, remixes, & regenerates
rdcu.be/ezw0t
CRISPR in apple snails gives us a new model to dissect how nature rebuilds complex organs like the camera-type eyes we humans possess
It turns out Evolution doesn’t just innovate, it rewinds, remixes, & regenerates
rdcu.be/ezw0t
A genetically tractable non-vertebrate system to study complete camera-type eye regeneration
Nature Communications - Accorsi et al. show that the apple snail Pomacea canaliculata has eyes similar to humans and can fully regenerate them. They then developed genetic tools to establish these...
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August 6, 2025 at 11:21 AM
Evolution’s eye game is wild, but mollusks take it to another level
CRISPR in apple snails gives us a new model to dissect how nature rebuilds complex organs like the camera-type eyes we humans possess
It turns out Evolution doesn’t just innovate, it rewinds, remixes, & regenerates
rdcu.be/ezw0t
CRISPR in apple snails gives us a new model to dissect how nature rebuilds complex organs like the camera-type eyes we humans possess
It turns out Evolution doesn’t just innovate, it rewinds, remixes, & regenerates
rdcu.be/ezw0t
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Did you know? 🧪 "The Interactive Fly" is a wonderful website hosted by @socdevbio.bsky.social where you can learn about their development, the history of gene discovery/name, and it is full of super useful resources for the #DevBio community 🪰https://www.sdbonline.org/sites/fly/aimain/1aahome.htm
May 27, 2025 at 9:12 AM
Did you know? 🧪 "The Interactive Fly" is a wonderful website hosted by @socdevbio.bsky.social where you can learn about their development, the history of gene discovery/name, and it is full of super useful resources for the #DevBio community 🪰https://www.sdbonline.org/sites/fly/aimain/1aahome.htm
I’m honored to receive this award that honors the memory of Camila and Pablo. Thank you so much for the recognition!
Each year the Behrensen – Guzmán Palma Award recognizes excellence in graduate #research. This year’s award goes to @jupeloggia.bsky.social whose research sheds light on how environment and #genetics together guide sensory organ development. www.stowers.org/gradschool/n...
Former Stowers Predoc receives the Behrensen - Guzmán Palma Award
The annual award honors the memory of Stowers Predoctoral Researchers Camila Behrensen and Pablo Guzmán Palma.
www.stowers.org
May 21, 2025 at 4:05 PM
I’m honored to receive this award that honors the memory of Camila and Pablo. Thank you so much for the recognition!
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This issue has become more acute in recent years. A narrow view of "mechanistic" experiments holds us back.
"A case for broadening our view of mechanism in developmental biology"
journals.biologists.com/dev/article/...
"A case for broadening our view of mechanism in developmental biology"
journals.biologists.com/dev/article/...
A case for broadening our view of mechanism in developmental biology
ABSTRACT. Developmental biologists can perform studies that describe a phenomenon (descriptive work) and/or explain how the phenomenon works (mechanistic work). There is a prevalent perception that mo...
journals.biologists.com
May 1, 2025 at 8:10 PM
This issue has become more acute in recent years. A narrow view of "mechanistic" experiments holds us back.
"A case for broadening our view of mechanism in developmental biology"
journals.biologists.com/dev/article/...
"A case for broadening our view of mechanism in developmental biology"
journals.biologists.com/dev/article/...
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Congrats to my fabulous colleague @accorsi-alice.bsky.social !! biology.ucdavis.edu/news/snail-r...
Snail Researcher Wins UC Davis Award for Innovation and Creative Vision
Developmental biologist Alice Accorsi, an assistant professor in the Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology, is the recipient of the 2025 UC Davis Early Career Faculty Award for Creativity and I...
biology.ucdavis.edu
April 29, 2025 at 10:15 PM
Congrats to my fabulous colleague @accorsi-alice.bsky.social !! biology.ucdavis.edu/news/snail-r...
Thank you @the-node.bsky.social for the feature!
Featured image with Julia Peloggia de Castro
Taken late at night by @jupeloggia.bsky.social, the image depicts a zebrafish embryo with active mitochondria labelled. Find out about Julia and the story behind the image from the Node-FocalPlane image competition:
thenode.biologists.com/featured-ima...
Taken late at night by @jupeloggia.bsky.social, the image depicts a zebrafish embryo with active mitochondria labelled. Find out about Julia and the story behind the image from the Node-FocalPlane image competition:
thenode.biologists.com/featured-ima...
April 4, 2025 at 5:25 PM
Thank you @the-node.bsky.social for the feature!
Thank you to everyone who voted for my image! And huge congrats to @oozguc.bsky.social and @allancarbal.bsky.social!
🎉Congratulations to the Top 3 images from the Node–FocalPlane image competition!
1️⃣"Cell-estial bloom" by @oozguc.bsky.social
2️⃣"Dancing actinotroch" by @allancarbal.bsky.social
3️⃣"Who’s active?" by @jupeloggia.bsky.social
thenode.biologists.com/results-from...
@focalplane.bsky.social #biologists100
1️⃣"Cell-estial bloom" by @oozguc.bsky.social
2️⃣"Dancing actinotroch" by @allancarbal.bsky.social
3️⃣"Who’s active?" by @jupeloggia.bsky.social
thenode.biologists.com/results-from...
@focalplane.bsky.social #biologists100
March 27, 2025 at 6:02 PM
Thank you to everyone who voted for my image! And huge congrats to @oozguc.bsky.social and @allancarbal.bsky.social!
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Together with @focalplane.bsky.social, we're having an image competition to accompany the #Biologists100 conference.
Thank you everyone who submitted their images. Shortlisting only 15 was tough!
Browse through the gallery and vote for your favourite image:
thenode.biologists.com/vote-for-you...
Thank you everyone who submitted their images. Shortlisting only 15 was tough!
Browse through the gallery and vote for your favourite image:
thenode.biologists.com/vote-for-you...
Vote for your favourite image in the Node–FocalPlane image competition - the Node
Browse through the gallery of the 15 shortlisted images and vote for your favourite image by Wednesday 26 March.
thenode.biologists.com
March 11, 2025 at 1:39 PM
Together with @focalplane.bsky.social, we're having an image competition to accompany the #Biologists100 conference.
Thank you everyone who submitted their images. Shortlisting only 15 was tough!
Browse through the gallery and vote for your favourite image:
thenode.biologists.com/vote-for-you...
Thank you everyone who submitted their images. Shortlisting only 15 was tough!
Browse through the gallery and vote for your favourite image:
thenode.biologists.com/vote-for-you...
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The Institute mourns the loss of R. Scott Hawley, PhD. A brilliant scientist, cherished colleague, and true mentor. Scott's contributions to our understanding of genetics and passion for training the next generation of scientists will forever be remembered. bit.ly/3WPqqYG
Remembering R. Scott Hawley, Ph.D.
A Legacy of Scientific Excellence and Mentorship
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February 4, 2025 at 6:12 PM
The Institute mourns the loss of R. Scott Hawley, PhD. A brilliant scientist, cherished colleague, and true mentor. Scott's contributions to our understanding of genetics and passion for training the next generation of scientists will forever be remembered. bit.ly/3WPqqYG
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We're growing and recruiting! Please share this open position in our lab at University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) (www.torninilab.org) for a Staff Research Associate I (SRA I) position - jobs.ucla.edu/jobs/6546
Tornini Lab | UCLA
Tornini Lab @ UCLA - Genetics of vertebrate neurodevelopment
www.torninilab.org
February 3, 2025 at 6:00 PM
We're growing and recruiting! Please share this open position in our lab at University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) (www.torninilab.org) for a Staff Research Associate I (SRA I) position - jobs.ucla.edu/jobs/6546
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Registration and abstract submissions are open for the Third Annual SoCal Metabolism Symposium at USC. Go to gero.usc.edu/event/third-... The abstract and early bird price deadlines are Feb 28th
February 3, 2025 at 11:03 PM
Registration and abstract submissions are open for the Third Annual SoCal Metabolism Symposium at USC. Go to gero.usc.edu/event/third-... The abstract and early bird price deadlines are Feb 28th
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Here is the 2025 embryo alphabet from alligator to zebrafish. Developmental biology is stunning & leads to important discoveries for human medicine.
@socdevbio.bsky.social
@socdevbio.bsky.social
February 1, 2025 at 3:03 PM
Here is the 2025 embryo alphabet from alligator to zebrafish. Developmental biology is stunning & leads to important discoveries for human medicine.
@socdevbio.bsky.social
@socdevbio.bsky.social
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Applications for our Quantitative Imaging: From Acquisition to Analysis 2025 course (Mar 24-Apr 8) are due on Jan 31! Come immerse yourself in microscopy and image analysis with me, @talleylambert.bsky.social, @bethcimini.bsky.social, @florianjug.bsky.social & Hunter Elliott! Please RT
January 21, 2025 at 7:09 PM
Applications for our Quantitative Imaging: From Acquisition to Analysis 2025 course (Mar 24-Apr 8) are due on Jan 31! Come immerse yourself in microscopy and image analysis with me, @talleylambert.bsky.social, @bethcimini.bsky.social, @florianjug.bsky.social & Hunter Elliott! Please RT
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🔬 Are you eager to dive into the world of light microscopy & learn from top-notch microscopists about its essential techniques for life science applications? If that sounds exciting, don’t miss out on this free, in-depth iBiology series! 👉 www.ibiology.org/online-biolo...
November 16, 2024 at 5:19 PM
🔬 Are you eager to dive into the world of light microscopy & learn from top-notch microscopists about its essential techniques for life science applications? If that sounds exciting, don’t miss out on this free, in-depth iBiology series! 👉 www.ibiology.org/online-biolo...
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Hello there 👋 I’m a postdoc @ UCLA and incoming Asst Prof @ Roswell Park interested in #cancermetabolism and #tumorinitiation
Not a frequent poster, but determined to engage more here.
Not a frequent poster, but determined to engage more here.
November 13, 2024 at 10:19 PM
Hello there 👋 I’m a postdoc @ UCLA and incoming Asst Prof @ Roswell Park interested in #cancermetabolism and #tumorinitiation
Not a frequent poster, but determined to engage more here.
Not a frequent poster, but determined to engage more here.
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New Development SI 'Uncovering Developmental Diversity'
Studying diverse organisms crucial for understanding development & biodiversity
Dev bio has been central to biomed research & will be key to understanding & addressing climate change
journals.biologists.com/dev/issue/15...
Studying diverse organisms crucial for understanding development & biodiversity
Dev bio has been central to biomed research & will be key to understanding & addressing climate change
journals.biologists.com/dev/issue/15...
Volume 151 Issue 20 | Development | The Company of Biologists
journals.biologists.com
November 11, 2024 at 7:19 AM
New Development SI 'Uncovering Developmental Diversity'
Studying diverse organisms crucial for understanding development & biodiversity
Dev bio has been central to biomed research & will be key to understanding & addressing climate change
journals.biologists.com/dev/issue/15...
Studying diverse organisms crucial for understanding development & biodiversity
Dev bio has been central to biomed research & will be key to understanding & addressing climate change
journals.biologists.com/dev/issue/15...
Happy to share our latest work! A fruitful and fun collaboration between the Piotrowski, Whitfield and Jesuthasan labs.
Paired and solitary ionocytes in the zebrafish olfactory epithelium https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2024.11.08.620918v1
Paired and solitary ionocytes in the zebrafish olfactory epithelium https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2024.11.08.620918v1
The sense of smell is generated by electrical currents that are influenced by the concentration of i
www.biorxiv.org
November 9, 2024 at 7:27 AM
Happy to share our latest work! A fruitful and fun collaboration between the Piotrowski, Whitfield and Jesuthasan labs.
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A new genetically tractable non-vertebrate system to study complete camera-type eye regeneration https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2024.01.26.577494v1
A new genetically tractable non-vertebrate system to study complete camera-type eye regeneration https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2024.01.26.577494v1
Camera-type eyes are complex sensory organs susceptible to irreversible damage. Their repair is diff
www.biorxiv.org
January 27, 2024 at 6:31 PM
A new genetically tractable non-vertebrate system to study complete camera-type eye regeneration https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2024.01.26.577494v1
Super excited to share the latest preprint from the Piotrowski lab! Curious how sensory organs maintain their function in different environments? Check out our work about adaptive differentiation of tissue-specific ionocytes in zebrafish.
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
January 14, 2024 at 7:56 PM
Super excited to share the latest preprint from the Piotrowski lab! Curious how sensory organs maintain their function in different environments? Check out our work about adaptive differentiation of tissue-specific ionocytes in zebrafish.
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...