Rodrigo Fernandez-Gonzalez
@rodrigofg.bsky.social
Epithelial morphogenesis, microscopy and image analysis. Cytoskeleton and cell adhesion. Author of pyjamas.readthedocs.io and bitbucket.org/rfg_lab/junkie. Keeping a group of brilliant scientists entertained at www.quantmorph.ca. Also marathons and sushi.
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A quick re-intro: we are interested in the mechanisms of collective cell behaviour, particularly cell movement. We use fly embryos, quantitative microscopy, image analysis and computer-based modelling. One of the systems where we study collective cell movement is the wound healing response.
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Once it became clear that an ICE agent could commit murder in broad daylight with no consequences except the VPOTUS defending him with no heed to the facts and instead vilifying and prosecuting the victim, we opened the door to roving death squads.
But there is no statute of limitations for murder.
But there is no statute of limitations for murder.
January 24, 2026 at 6:01 PM
Once it became clear that an ICE agent could commit murder in broad daylight with no consequences except the VPOTUS defending him with no heed to the facts and instead vilifying and prosecuting the victim, we opened the door to roving death squads.
But there is no statute of limitations for murder.
But there is no statute of limitations for murder.
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The United States government is disarming and executing people. Are there any foreign leaders that can help us?
January 25, 2026 at 12:18 AM
The United States government is disarming and executing people. Are there any foreign leaders that can help us?
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From abandoning common sense public health principles to destroying decades-old federal institutions and old alliances to runaway inflation to brazenly shooting US citizens on the streets, is there any action taken by this administration that has actually improved things for average US citizens?
January 24, 2026 at 6:21 PM
From abandoning common sense public health principles to destroying decades-old federal institutions and old alliances to runaway inflation to brazenly shooting US citizens on the streets, is there any action taken by this administration that has actually improved things for average US citizens?
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We are not the first people, or the first country, to suffer under a tyrannical government that does not respect our lives, or our rights.
There is a method for how to effectively resist, and eventually topple, such a regime. We can learn from others who came before us.
This is my favorite guide.
There is a method for how to effectively resist, and eventually topple, such a regime. We can learn from others who came before us.
This is my favorite guide.
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January 24, 2026 at 7:54 PM
We are not the first people, or the first country, to suffer under a tyrannical government that does not respect our lives, or our rights.
There is a method for how to effectively resist, and eventually topple, such a regime. We can learn from others who came before us.
This is my favorite guide.
There is a method for how to effectively resist, and eventually topple, such a regime. We can learn from others who came before us.
This is my favorite guide.
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January 24, 2026 at 7:41 PM
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Buy Canadian!
Grocers and shopkeepers - we need your help, please stock your shelves with even more Canadian products, and get rid of some of those US products. Switch them with Canadian or anything-but-US products. Every little bit makes a difference. 🍁
Grocers and shopkeepers - we need your help, please stock your shelves with even more Canadian products, and get rid of some of those US products. Switch them with Canadian or anything-but-US products. Every little bit makes a difference. 🍁
January 24, 2026 at 9:27 PM
Buy Canadian!
Grocers and shopkeepers - we need your help, please stock your shelves with even more Canadian products, and get rid of some of those US products. Switch them with Canadian or anything-but-US products. Every little bit makes a difference. 🍁
Grocers and shopkeepers - we need your help, please stock your shelves with even more Canadian products, and get rid of some of those US products. Switch them with Canadian or anything-but-US products. Every little bit makes a difference. 🍁
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Van Hollen: "They really think the American people are stupid. I mean, we can all see the video. We saw the video with Renee Good. We saw the video with Alex Pretti. The real domestic terrorists are in the White House right now."
January 25, 2026 at 12:20 AM
Van Hollen: "They really think the American people are stupid. I mean, we can all see the video. We saw the video with Renee Good. We saw the video with Alex Pretti. The real domestic terrorists are in the White House right now."
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No science or nature today. ICE just murdered another person in my home state, an ICU nurse working with vets & now they're trying to frame him for the action . All because ICE is angry & afraid of the 50000 Minnesotans who marched yesterday. If you're not calling Congress you're letting them down
January 24, 2026 at 10:24 PM
No science or nature today. ICE just murdered another person in my home state, an ICU nurse working with vets & now they're trying to frame him for the action . All because ICE is angry & afraid of the 50000 Minnesotans who marched yesterday. If you're not calling Congress you're letting them down
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Getting asked about how academics can continue to do science & inspire trainees even in the midst of a continued (escalated) assault on science, reason, truth, & human rights. I don’t have great answers.
I would love to hear from mentors about advice they’re giving to trainees/ colleagues.
I would love to hear from mentors about advice they’re giving to trainees/ colleagues.
January 17, 2026 at 6:47 PM
Getting asked about how academics can continue to do science & inspire trainees even in the midst of a continued (escalated) assault on science, reason, truth, & human rights. I don’t have great answers.
I would love to hear from mentors about advice they’re giving to trainees/ colleagues.
I would love to hear from mentors about advice they’re giving to trainees/ colleagues.
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Mine are seeing me protest things on campus and nationally --actions speak loudly. I tell folks to take things one day at a time, that we're still doing great science. But I'm not going to pretend things are not hard for all of us and perhaps hardest for young folks. 1/2
January 17, 2026 at 9:49 PM
Mine are seeing me protest things on campus and nationally --actions speak loudly. I tell folks to take things one day at a time, that we're still doing great science. But I'm not going to pretend things are not hard for all of us and perhaps hardest for young folks. 1/2
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Great thread about one of my very favorite cellular structures! Also home to one of our labs favorite proteins, Canoe/Afadin
How can structures at the vertex of 3 cells have effects at the tissue level?
Join me, @laura-rustarazo.bsky.social, to explore how tricellular junctions (TCJs) act as local tension sensors and regulators of global tissue organization. 🧵⤵️ doi.org/10.1126/scie...
Join me, @laura-rustarazo.bsky.social, to explore how tricellular junctions (TCJs) act as local tension sensors and regulators of global tissue organization. 🧵⤵️ doi.org/10.1126/scie...
January 18, 2026 at 2:27 PM
Great thread about one of my very favorite cellular structures! Also home to one of our labs favorite proteins, Canoe/Afadin
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When review panels are forced to make distinctions between a large bolus of grants that are clearly good enough to be funded (but can't be because of gov't underfunding) then strange/arbitrary/stochastic things happen. The solution is more funding for science in Canada. cc @mark-carney.bsky.social
January 15, 2026 at 5:42 PM
When review panels are forced to make distinctions between a large bolus of grants that are clearly good enough to be funded (but can't be because of gov't underfunding) then strange/arbitrary/stochastic things happen. The solution is more funding for science in Canada. cc @mark-carney.bsky.social
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🚨 PhD Position Available 🚨
I’m recruiting a PhD student to join my lab at the Multiscale Imaging Centre (MIC), Münster, Germany.
www.bischofflab.com/jobs
Fully funded ✅
#Cellbio #Morphogenesis #Microscopy
#Drosophila #PhD
(Details Below)
Original Posting:
stellen.uni-muenster.de/jobposting/d...
I’m recruiting a PhD student to join my lab at the Multiscale Imaging Centre (MIC), Münster, Germany.
www.bischofflab.com/jobs
Fully funded ✅
#Cellbio #Morphogenesis #Microscopy
#Drosophila #PhD
(Details Below)
Original Posting:
stellen.uni-muenster.de/jobposting/d...
December 15, 2025 at 12:20 PM
🚨 PhD Position Available 🚨
I’m recruiting a PhD student to join my lab at the Multiscale Imaging Centre (MIC), Münster, Germany.
www.bischofflab.com/jobs
Fully funded ✅
#Cellbio #Morphogenesis #Microscopy
#Drosophila #PhD
(Details Below)
Original Posting:
stellen.uni-muenster.de/jobposting/d...
I’m recruiting a PhD student to join my lab at the Multiscale Imaging Centre (MIC), Münster, Germany.
www.bischofflab.com/jobs
Fully funded ✅
#Cellbio #Morphogenesis #Microscopy
#Drosophila #PhD
(Details Below)
Original Posting:
stellen.uni-muenster.de/jobposting/d...
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Great things still happen all around us. Each your UNC Biology's Bob Goldstein and Art's Beth Grabowski co-teach ARTS/BIOL 409, that brings together artists and scientists to explore an intersection of two disciplines. It culminated this year with a remarkable show Friday 1/n
January 11, 2026 at 11:04 PM
Great things still happen all around us. Each your UNC Biology's Bob Goldstein and Art's Beth Grabowski co-teach ARTS/BIOL 409, that brings together artists and scientists to explore an intersection of two disciplines. It culminated this year with a remarkable show Friday 1/n
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PP still thinks it's about drugs and many right wing Albertans will not realize that if Trump successfully steals Venezuela's oil, the US won't need Alberta's oil and it will hit Canada hard.
It's #ElbowsUp , Canada, more than ever!! Check labels when shopping, boycott of US products. #CdnPoli
It's #ElbowsUp , Canada, more than ever!! Check labels when shopping, boycott of US products. #CdnPoli
January 3, 2026 at 5:01 PM
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Marco Rubio is reportedly saying Maduro will stand trial in US courts.
Which means it’s now the US administration’s position that US courts can hold foreign presidents, but not the US president, accountable for crimes.
Which means it’s now the US administration’s position that US courts can hold foreign presidents, but not the US president, accountable for crimes.
January 3, 2026 at 10:52 AM
Marco Rubio is reportedly saying Maduro will stand trial in US courts.
Which means it’s now the US administration’s position that US courts can hold foreign presidents, but not the US president, accountable for crimes.
Which means it’s now the US administration’s position that US courts can hold foreign presidents, but not the US president, accountable for crimes.
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More reaction to Maduro’s “arrest”
January 3, 2026 at 4:16 PM
More reaction to Maduro’s “arrest”
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Mamdani has only been Mayor for a day & criminals are already fleeing New York
January 2, 2026 at 4:32 PM
Mamdani has only been Mayor for a day & criminals are already fleeing New York
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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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When I'm feeling particularly hopeless about the future of professoring as a profession, I try to remind myself: That's what they want. They want us to not want to be professors anymore.
December 19, 2025 at 8:57 PM
When I'm feeling particularly hopeless about the future of professoring as a profession, I try to remind myself: That's what they want. They want us to not want to be professors anymore.
Hey @oxfordinstruments.bsky.social, we know from experience that you have outstanding field engineers ... who are also a bit overworked, so if you ever need to hire, we have a few people in the lab who think they are ready ... :D. @willowp.bsky.social @qeenyra.bsky.social @anamcarmo.bsky.social
December 18, 2025 at 5:48 PM
Hey @oxfordinstruments.bsky.social, we know from experience that you have outstanding field engineers ... who are also a bit overworked, so if you ever need to hire, we have a few people in the lab who think they are ready ... :D. @willowp.bsky.social @qeenyra.bsky.social @anamcarmo.bsky.social
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This is the key: we could virtually eliminate shootings like these but we don't have the will or the leadership to take even the smallest steps
I encourage people to learn about what happened following the École Polytechnique massacre in Québec to see how much of this history repeating itself is very much preventable.
December 14, 2025 at 1:28 PM
This is the key: we could virtually eliminate shootings like these but we don't have the will or the leadership to take even the smallest steps
We won the @trogersresearch.bsky.social TBEP door decoration contest … by a landslide … @willowp.bsky.social @qeenyra.bsky.social Ji @anamcarmo.bsky.social @negberry.bsky.social Veronica & Rafa.
December 13, 2025 at 5:02 PM