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Allan Carrillo-Baltodano
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Developmental biologist interested in marine embryos and larvae; postdoc at Queen Mary University of London; tico 🇨🇷 in London 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿; #embryo2019
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Allan Carrillo-Baltodano @allancarbal.bsky.social · Jun 2
It's finally here! Great start of the summer. We got our latest preprint from @chemamd.bsky.social in @qmulsbbs.bsky.social @qmulse.bsky.social, showing evidence of developmental system drift in the specification of dorsoventral (belly vs back) axis in annelids 🪱🪱🪱
#DevBio #EvoDevo
Image shows larvae of four different species of marine annelid worms, stained for muscle (magenta) and cilia (yellow). All with lateral views, with the mouth towards the left, and the future head pointing up. Images are to scale.
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doctorallisona.bsky.social
Happy partially muscled skeleton screaming before vanishing day to all those who celebrate.
A comic panel from Watchmen, showing a partially muscled skeleton (Dr Manhattan) screaming in pain in front of two horrified security guards. Text reads: “November 14th: a partially muscled skeleton stands by the perimeter fence and screams for thirty seconds before vanishing…”
November 14, 2025 at 6:56 AM
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jordisolana.bsky.social
I will be participating in this EvoDevo course in Madrid, organised by @patrialvarezcam.bsky.social and other colleagues.

sites.google.com/view/evodevo...

I will be covering scRNA-seq, other topics are transcriptomics, ATAC-seq, phylogenomics

Registration closes on Nov 20!

Dates: Dec 15-18
November 14, 2025 at 12:48 PM
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martaalvarez.bsky.social
Happy to share Jialin's first publication. She did a great job exploring the transition to land in animals. Co-supervised by the great Jordi Paps and me and in collaboration with Davide Pisani and @phil-donoghue.bsky.social
November 13, 2025 at 3:18 PM
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thembauk.bsky.social
The Marine Biological Association is now accepting applications for the Molly Spooner Studentship, a paid summer research opportunity for undergraduate students interested in hands-on marine biology.
November 13, 2025 at 10:23 AM
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federgeistchen.bsky.social
It is finally #WormWednesday again! 🪱
The perfect time to post my photo of this 40 cm long beast! :D

Scientific name: Phyllodoce lineata

↓ thread with more info ↓

#marinelife #polychaetes #invertebrates
Phyllodoce lineata against a black background. The head (top middle-left) has a bright yellow main colour, turning more muddy towards the tip. There are 4 short antennae located at the front as well as 4 pairs of long "tentacles" (tentacular cirri), 3 of which point backwards, and 1 forwards. In the front half, the back of the body, which is segmented as in all annelids, is also yellow with 3 brown spots per segment (one in the center, 2 on either side at the base of the parapodia). This gives the worm a stripy look. In the back half, the worm is entirely brown. The bottom side of the worm is a light turquoise colour and slightly iridescent. On each segment, the worm carries to leaf-shaped appendages, sometimes referred to as paddles.
November 12, 2025 at 5:27 PM
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drn-sheffield.bsky.social
Join us in Sheffield! We are keen to support early career researchers in applying for independent research fellowships (IRFs) to join our friendly and collaborative environment, in areas related to developmental biology, stem cells and regenerative biology, and neuroscience.
November 12, 2025 at 10:16 AM
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marinvmet.bsky.social
Interested in a #PhD with neuroendocrine and bioimaging focus? Check out our @swbiodtp.bsky.social project 'Creating a functional map for brain-gut signalling in a simple worm', with @alexdcorbett.bsky.social and CASE partner Cairn Research Ltd. Application deadline Wednesday 3rd December.
November 11, 2025 at 3:49 PM
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jrossibarra.bsky.social
¿Hiciste tu doctorado en México? ¿Quieres hacer un postdoc en California? ¿Te interesa la genética evolutiva? ¡Checa esta beca y mándame un mensaje! alianzamx.universityofcalifornia.edu/research-and...
Postdoctoral Research Fellowships - University of California Alianza MX
Submitting an Application Current Fellows 2025 Cohort Additional Information Humberger Toggle Menu Interested in applying for a Postdoctoral Research Fellowship? Eligibility The program seeks applican...
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November 7, 2025 at 10:47 PM
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ianzpotter.bsky.social
Happy There Is A Circulatory System Walking Through The Kitchen Day to all who celebrate.
It's an artistic representation of a circulatory system walking through a kitchen, as drawn by Dave Gibbons and written about by Alan Moore. It happens a lot 'round here.
November 10, 2025 at 10:54 AM
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gugunderwater.bsky.social
Finally downloaded the memory card from the past 8 days of shooting, and this is the very last frame, shot tonight while collecting my bonfire lights.

#squid #cephalopod #tulamben #bali #gug
November 10, 2025 at 1:57 PM
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mariasachkova.bsky.social
🪸 Two weeks to go! Please apply for this Postdoc position! 🪸
mariasachkova.bsky.social Maria Sachkova @mariasachkova.bsky.social · 19d
🪸 🪸 🪸 Postdoc position in my group at Bristol to study the role of venom in surviving environmental stress in corals! 🪸 Interested in venom biochemistry and coral ecology?Please apply by November 24!
@bristolbiosci.bsky.social
www.bristol.ac.uk/jobs/find/de...
November 10, 2025 at 9:55 AM
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baxevanislab.bsky.social
"Saving Science by the Sea" – a piece on the importance of marine laboratories in advancing biomedical science, including the beginning of the Meselson-Stahl collaboration that ultimately elucidated the process of DNA replication:

www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Saving science by the sea
As funding for science tightens across the United States, attention has turned to pressures faced by universities and biomedical research institutions. An often overlooked part of the nation’s science...
www.science.org
November 10, 2025 at 1:17 AM
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meadekrosby.bsky.social
Thinking only of Rosalind Franklin today, and what was stolen from her (and so many other female scientists alongside her).
Rosalind Franklin and the damage of gender harassment
Spurred by a recent report on sexual harassment in academia, our columnist revisits a historical case and reflects on what has changed—and what hasn’t
www.science.org
November 7, 2025 at 7:58 PM
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yjluo.bsky.social
Pleased to share our latest paper led by @tomlewin.bsky.social, now out in @currentbiology.bsky.social! We present the first chromosome-level genome of a phoronid and show that shared chromosomal fusions unite phoronids and bryozoans as sister groups.
www.cell.com/current-biol...
November 7, 2025 at 4:21 PM
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paulbump.bsky.social
Excited to share our recent work from @lowelab.bsky.social on the intersection of life history and cell type evolution: www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
www.biorxiv.org
November 6, 2025 at 10:03 PM
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perievodevo.bsky.social
I am beyond excited to share that my postdoc project @szndohrn.bsky.social and the @arnonelab.bsky.social is now available in #ScienceAdvances @science.org. www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
November 5, 2025 at 7:02 PM
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arnonelab.bsky.social
Our study, just published in #ScienceAdvances and funded by @hfspo.bsky.social, explores the post metamorphic cell composition of the sea urchin juvenile, revealing that its body is head-like. Long considered brainless creatures, they’re all brain instead!
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Single-nucleus profiling highlights the all-brain echinoderm nervous system
A sea urchin is a head with a brain-like organization and a vertebrate-type retinal signature.
www.science.org
November 5, 2025 at 7:03 PM
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beetlemoses.bsky.social
November 4, 2025 at 8:04 PM
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mauriceelphick.bsky.social
The website for the 12th European Conference on #Echinoderms (London, July 2026) has gone live today. I am pleased to be involved as a member of the organising committee. Please spread the word: www.euroechino.net
12th European Echinoderm Meeting 2026
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November 4, 2025 at 5:45 PM
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biorxivpreprint.bsky.social
A chromosome-level assembly and functional genomic resources for the model annelid Capitella teleta https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.10.31.685816v1
November 3, 2025 at 6:33 PM
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biorxiv-devbio.bsky.social
Major cell type differences between larval and adult hemichordate body plans https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.10.31.685866v1
November 3, 2025 at 7:31 PM
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rorylcooper.bsky.social
🚨 Come join us @sheffielduni.bsky.social for a PhD on the evolution and development of feathers and flight! 🐣🔬

This project is supervised by @matt-towers.bsky.social & @alexgfletcher.bsky.social, and I'm excited to be involved as a project advisor. Please share!

www.findaphd.com/phds/project... 🧪
November 3, 2025 at 2:46 PM
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joanjsoto.bsky.social
Happy #worldjellyfishday, everyone 🪼🪼🪼!

Jellyfish (and their blooms) are a fundamental part of marine ecosystems, significantly contributing to carbon transport and storage. An ocean without jellyfish would not be a healthy ocean.

@universitetsmuseet.bsky.social @unibergen.bsky.social
November 3, 2025 at 4:44 PM
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cilialab.bsky.social
Everything you wanted to know about #cilia & #signaling in one big beautiful poster format from field thought leaders @wachtenlab.bsky.social & @sorentc.bsky.social- from our just live @jcellsci.bsky.social Special Issue… 🤩🤩🤩
sorentc.bsky.social Soren Tvorup Christensen @sorentc.bsky.social · 16d
I’m excited to share this collaborative work with Prof. Dagmar Wachten (@wachtenlab.bsky.social), providing an accessible overview of primary cilia signalling and recent advances in cellular signaling in health and disease. Many thanks to Dagmar for a fantastic collaboration! doi.org/10.1242/jcs....
Primary cilia signalling at a glance
Summary: We explore the primary cilium as a master regulator of cellular communication that integrates diverse signalling pathways to guide development and maintain homeostasis. Its dysfunction trigge...
doi.org
October 30, 2025 at 1:11 PM
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elizabethbeston.bsky.social
This Spionidae worm has Saturday night disco fever! What a gorgeous wiggle!
#marineplankton 🦑
November 1, 2025 at 8:30 PM