Alexa Burger, Ph.D.
@aburger2009.bsky.social
Associate Professor @cuorthopedics.bsky.social @cuanschutz.bsky.social
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We have a fully funded 3y postdoc position open!!!! Come join us @mpi-cbg.de and @poldresden.bsky.social to understand the role of Membranes in Controlling Biogenic Crystallization :) this is part of our #HFSP funded project with @noemijimenezrojo.bsky.social and @vmonje.bsky.social! Applications👇
The #MaxPlanckPostdocProgram offers a guaranteed contract of at least 3 years, targeted mentoring, and career workshops. The call for applications is open now! 🚀 Take advantage of this opportunity and browse the job vacancies. www.mpg.de/en/max-planc...
September 1, 2025 at 9:17 PM
We have a fully funded 3y postdoc position open!!!! Come join us @mpi-cbg.de and @poldresden.bsky.social to understand the role of Membranes in Controlling Biogenic Crystallization :) this is part of our #HFSP funded project with @noemijimenezrojo.bsky.social and @vmonje.bsky.social! Applications👇
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A welcome pick-me-up on any day:
"We are delighted to accept your manuscript..." - more tk! 🐟❤️🧬🐀
#collaborate #zebrafish #PILife #MesodermRocks @thelovelylab.bsky.social @aburger2009.bsky.social
"We are delighted to accept your manuscript..." - more tk! 🐟❤️🧬🐀
#collaborate #zebrafish #PILife #MesodermRocks @thelovelylab.bsky.social @aburger2009.bsky.social
two cartoon squirrels are sitting at a table drinking coffee and toasting .
ALT: two cartoon squirrels are sitting at a table drinking coffee and toasting .
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August 21, 2025 at 11:19 PM
A welcome pick-me-up on any day:
"We are delighted to accept your manuscript..." - more tk! 🐟❤️🧬🐀
#collaborate #zebrafish #PILife #MesodermRocks @thelovelylab.bsky.social @aburger2009.bsky.social
"We are delighted to accept your manuscript..." - more tk! 🐟❤️🧬🐀
#collaborate #zebrafish #PILife #MesodermRocks @thelovelylab.bsky.social @aburger2009.bsky.social
Looking for a postdoc? Please check out our lab cu.taleo.net/careersectio...
Post-Doctoral Fellow
Click the link provided to see the complete job description.
cu.taleo.net
August 26, 2025 at 4:04 PM
Looking for a postdoc? Please check out our lab cu.taleo.net/careersectio...
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🎉 Big news! 10 postdoc fellows from 5 Latin American countries have joined the 2025 class of #PewLatinAmericanFellows, and we’re proud to share that one is our own @mary-flores.bsky.social! Learn more: bit.ly/45rgN5L @cumedicalschool.bsky.social @cuanschutz.bsky.social @chrmosimann.bsky.social
Flores-Flores in 2025 Class of Pew Latin American Fellows Pursuing Scientific Advances
Pediatrics Postdoctoral Fellow Marycruz Flores-Flores, PhD, is one of 10 in the 2025 class of the Pew Latin American Fellows Program in the Biomedical Sciences announced today by The Pew Charitable Trusts.
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August 12, 2025 at 5:47 PM
🎉 Big news! 10 postdoc fellows from 5 Latin American countries have joined the 2025 class of #PewLatinAmericanFellows, and we’re proud to share that one is our own @mary-flores.bsky.social! Learn more: bit.ly/45rgN5L @cumedicalschool.bsky.social @cuanschutz.bsky.social @chrmosimann.bsky.social
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🔬 The next international Developmental Biology course, organized by Institut Curie with @sorbonne-universite.fr, will focus on "From stem #cells to #morphogenesis".
📅 Apply by:
• July 20 (3.5 weeks with hands-on workshop)
• Aug 31 (10 days of seminars)
🔗 training.institut-curie.org/courses/deve...
📅 Apply by:
• July 20 (3.5 weeks with hands-on workshop)
• Aug 31 (10 days of seminars)
🔗 training.institut-curie.org/courses/deve...
July 11, 2025 at 4:00 PM
🔬 The next international Developmental Biology course, organized by Institut Curie with @sorbonne-universite.fr, will focus on "From stem #cells to #morphogenesis".
📅 Apply by:
• July 20 (3.5 weeks with hands-on workshop)
• Aug 31 (10 days of seminars)
🔗 training.institut-curie.org/courses/deve...
📅 Apply by:
• July 20 (3.5 weeks with hands-on workshop)
• Aug 31 (10 days of seminars)
🔗 training.institut-curie.org/courses/deve...
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Grateful to receive an R24 NOA from NIH/ORIP to advance phiC31-based transgenesis tools in #zebrafish. 🐟
Collab with @aburger2009.bsky.social & Breuss labs @cuanschutz.bsky.social. 🧬
...and: big THX to everyone who already helped w/ sharing #pIGLET reagents! 🐽
#ShareYourTools #MakeMoreTransgenics
Collab with @aburger2009.bsky.social & Breuss labs @cuanschutz.bsky.social. 🧬
...and: big THX to everyone who already helped w/ sharing #pIGLET reagents! 🐽
#ShareYourTools #MakeMoreTransgenics
piglet from winnie the pooh says thank you
ALT: piglet from winnie the pooh says thank you
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July 16, 2025 at 7:22 PM
Grateful to receive an R24 NOA from NIH/ORIP to advance phiC31-based transgenesis tools in #zebrafish. 🐟
Collab with @aburger2009.bsky.social & Breuss labs @cuanschutz.bsky.social. 🧬
...and: big THX to everyone who already helped w/ sharing #pIGLET reagents! 🐽
#ShareYourTools #MakeMoreTransgenics
Collab with @aburger2009.bsky.social & Breuss labs @cuanschutz.bsky.social. 🧬
...and: big THX to everyone who already helped w/ sharing #pIGLET reagents! 🐽
#ShareYourTools #MakeMoreTransgenics
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Reunion while chairing the cell bio session at #IZFC2025:
@aburger2009.bsky.social & my Zon lab time's lab spouse Chuck Kaufman!
#PILife #zebrafish #zerbafish
@aburger2009.bsky.social & my Zon lab time's lab spouse Chuck Kaufman!
#PILife #zebrafish #zerbafish
July 10, 2025 at 4:13 PM
Reunion while chairing the cell bio session at #IZFC2025:
@aburger2009.bsky.social & my Zon lab time's lab spouse Chuck Kaufman!
#PILife #zebrafish #zerbafish
@aburger2009.bsky.social & my Zon lab time's lab spouse Chuck Kaufman!
#PILife #zebrafish #zerbafish
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The one and only @mads100tist.bsky.social taking the stage at #ICDB2025 to deliver his award lecture!
#devbio #PisoMuchado #zebrafish #2025ICDB #FlamingElmo \m/
#devbio #PisoMuchado #zebrafish #2025ICDB #FlamingElmo \m/
June 22, 2025 at 6:12 PM
The one and only @mads100tist.bsky.social taking the stage at #ICDB2025 to deliver his award lecture!
#devbio #PisoMuchado #zebrafish #2025ICDB #FlamingElmo \m/
#devbio #PisoMuchado #zebrafish #2025ICDB #FlamingElmo \m/
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Congratulations to @mads100tist.bsky.social on his Trainee Science Communication Award!! This is so well-deserved! #2025ICDB @socdevbio.bsky.social
June 22, 2025 at 6:07 PM
Congratulations to @mads100tist.bsky.social on his Trainee Science Communication Award!! This is so well-deserved! #2025ICDB @socdevbio.bsky.social
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PSA: around 5-8% of the population has a color vision impairment for red/green.
Many talks at #2025ICDB still use red-green LUTs on slides that are not accessible to everyone.
Changing to more accessible colors is doable and easy.
We can do better.
#devbio
#ICDB2025 #WeTheColorBlind
Many talks at #2025ICDB still use red-green LUTs on slides that are not accessible to everyone.
Changing to more accessible colors is doable and easy.
We can do better.
#devbio
#ICDB2025 #WeTheColorBlind
June 19, 2025 at 3:40 PM
PSA: around 5-8% of the population has a color vision impairment for red/green.
Many talks at #2025ICDB still use red-green LUTs on slides that are not accessible to everyone.
Changing to more accessible colors is doable and easy.
We can do better.
#devbio
#ICDB2025 #WeTheColorBlind
Many talks at #2025ICDB still use red-green LUTs on slides that are not accessible to everyone.
Changing to more accessible colors is doable and easy.
We can do better.
#devbio
#ICDB2025 #WeTheColorBlind
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So happy to see all of my #DevBio folks at the #2025ICDB joint meeting with @socdevbio.bsky.social @isdb.bsky.social and the Latin American Society for DevBio in San Juan Puerto Rico! More pics to come! @chrmosimann.bsky.social @mads100tist.bsky.social
June 18, 2025 at 11:00 PM
So happy to see all of my #DevBio folks at the #2025ICDB joint meeting with @socdevbio.bsky.social @isdb.bsky.social and the Latin American Society for DevBio in San Juan Puerto Rico! More pics to come! @chrmosimann.bsky.social @mads100tist.bsky.social
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Small #SWSDB2025 post-session get-together with co-organizers Marycruz Flores Flores & @aburger2009.bsky.social, invited speakers Margot Williams & Rowan Karvas, plus Rosa E. Navarro Gonzalezpresident of the Sociedad Mexicana de Biologia del Desarrollo!
#devbio #collaborate
#devbio #collaborate
May 5, 2025 at 5:55 PM
Small #SWSDB2025 post-session get-together with co-organizers Marycruz Flores Flores & @aburger2009.bsky.social, invited speakers Margot Williams & Rowan Karvas, plus Rosa E. Navarro Gonzalezpresident of the Sociedad Mexicana de Biologia del Desarrollo!
#devbio #collaborate
#devbio #collaborate
Thank you to our sponsors, especially @cuorthopedics.bsky.social
May 3, 2025 at 1:04 AM
Thank you to our sponsors, especially @cuorthopedics.bsky.social
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Ageing
#TenaLab @cabd-upo-csic.bsky.social @anaburgos.bsky.social (Killifish/ scRNAseq/ Aging)
https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.03.24.645095
Special Topics
@aburger2009.bsky.social (Data Reporting/ Metadata/ AI)
https://osf.io/preprints/osf/kvn2x (27/34)
#TenaLab @cabd-upo-csic.bsky.social @anaburgos.bsky.social (Killifish/ scRNAseq/ Aging)
https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.03.24.645095
Special Topics
@aburger2009.bsky.social (Data Reporting/ Metadata/ AI)
https://osf.io/preprints/osf/kvn2x (27/34)
April 9, 2025 at 7:30 PM
Ageing
#TenaLab @cabd-upo-csic.bsky.social @anaburgos.bsky.social (Killifish/ scRNAseq/ Aging)
https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.03.24.645095
Special Topics
@aburger2009.bsky.social (Data Reporting/ Metadata/ AI)
https://osf.io/preprints/osf/kvn2x (27/34)
#TenaLab @cabd-upo-csic.bsky.social @anaburgos.bsky.social (Killifish/ scRNAseq/ Aging)
https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.03.24.645095
Special Topics
@aburger2009.bsky.social (Data Reporting/ Metadata/ AI)
https://osf.io/preprints/osf/kvn2x (27/34)
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Such a privilege to have organized GRC DB as Chair. I loved working with the GRS chairs, Ana Hernandez @analiahr.bsky.social and Anastasia. Congratulations Vice Chairs, Christian Mosimann @chrmosimann.bsky.social and Kat Hadjantonakis, and Chairs, Kathy Cheah and Ani Kicheva! Join GRC DB in 2027!
April 4, 2025 at 3:26 AM
Such a privilege to have organized GRC DB as Chair. I loved working with the GRS chairs, Ana Hernandez @analiahr.bsky.social and Anastasia. Congratulations Vice Chairs, Christian Mosimann @chrmosimann.bsky.social and Kat Hadjantonakis, and Chairs, Kathy Cheah and Ani Kicheva! Join GRC DB in 2027!
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The 2025 Call for Nominations for the IZFS Board of Directors is open! Submit your nominations before Monday, April 7th, in order for them to be considered: forms.gle/tnTQYbGF5qAW...
Nominations for the 2025 International Zebrafish Society (IZFS) Officers and Directors Election
Please use this form to nominate individuals for the following IZFS Board of Director positions: Officer: President-elect, Directors: Africa (1), Australia & Southeast Asia (1), Central & South Asia (...
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March 25, 2025 at 2:48 PM
The 2025 Call for Nominations for the IZFS Board of Directors is open! Submit your nominations before Monday, April 7th, in order for them to be considered: forms.gle/tnTQYbGF5qAW...
Please join us May 2-4 in enchanting Albuquerque, NM www.swsdb2025.org! Info for abstract submission and registration on the website.
SWSDB 2025
www.swsdb2025.org
April 2, 2025 at 4:08 AM
Please join us May 2-4 in enchanting Albuquerque, NM www.swsdb2025.org! Info for abstract submission and registration on the website.
This one's for the zebrafish community! We'd like your input! 👇👇👇👇👇
New preprint from @aburger2009.bsky.social et al. 🔥
“Building a Framework for Reproducibility: The Case for Standardized Data Reporting and Metadata Integration in Zebrafish Research”
🔗 osf.io/preprints/os...
“Building a Framework for Reproducibility: The Case for Standardized Data Reporting and Metadata Integration in Zebrafish Research”
🔗 osf.io/preprints/os...
March 15, 2025 at 2:34 PM
This one's for the zebrafish community! We'd like your input! 👇👇👇👇👇
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Feeling ready now for @standupforscience.bsky.social with my #fish inspired sign. Thanks @shcarroll.bsky.social for the suggestion!
March 6, 2025 at 7:21 PM
Feeling ready now for @standupforscience.bsky.social with my #fish inspired sign. Thanks @shcarroll.bsky.social for the suggestion!
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[Meeting]
18th Zebrafish Disease Models Society Annual Conference (ZDM18), October 13 - 15, 2025, Boston University, Boston, MA
#zebrafish
18th Zebrafish Disease Models Society Annual Conference (ZDM18), October 13 - 15, 2025, Boston University, Boston, MA
#zebrafish
18th Zebrafish Disease Models Society Annual Conference (ZDM18), October 13 - 15, 2025, Boston University, Boston, MA - Meetings - Confluence
zfin.atlassian.net
February 27, 2025 at 7:39 PM
[Meeting]
18th Zebrafish Disease Models Society Annual Conference (ZDM18), October 13 - 15, 2025, Boston University, Boston, MA
#zebrafish
18th Zebrafish Disease Models Society Annual Conference (ZDM18), October 13 - 15, 2025, Boston University, Boston, MA
#zebrafish
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February 26, 2025 at 2:44 PM
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Time to register and join us in beautiful NM! 👇👇👇
Time for Developmental Biologists to convene @unm.edu in New Mexico for this exciting SouthWest Dev Bio meeting www.swsdb2025.org. We have a fantastic panel of scientists and educators. Register for this exciting conference, and see you soon! NM is very pleasant in spring.
SWSDB 2025
www.swsdb2025.org
February 26, 2025 at 2:44 PM
Time to register and join us in beautiful NM! 👇👇👇
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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
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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 7:02 PM
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👇👇 So exciting and 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
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 6:24 PM
👇👇 So exciting and well deserved! 👇👇