Evan C. Brooks, Ph.D.
@ecbrooks96.bsky.social
Postdoc at CU Anschutz studying RNA biology and facial development | he/him | Black in STEM | science + random musings | https://evancbrooks.owlstown.net
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Our work out in @devbiol.bsky.social, PDGFra is needed for 🧠 perivascular fibroblast development... ⬇️ perivascular fibroblast = ⬇️ perivascular macrophage...cross-talk? 👀
Led by Hannah Jones @hejcell.bsky.social w/ Kelsey Abrams, Sophia Kim, excited for more projects w/ @fantauzzolab.bsky.social!
Led by Hannah Jones @hejcell.bsky.social w/ Kelsey Abrams, Sophia Kim, excited for more projects w/ @fantauzzolab.bsky.social!
November 20, 2025 at 1:23 PM
Our work out in @devbiol.bsky.social, PDGFra is needed for 🧠 perivascular fibroblast development... ⬇️ perivascular fibroblast = ⬇️ perivascular macrophage...cross-talk? 👀
Led by Hannah Jones @hejcell.bsky.social w/ Kelsey Abrams, Sophia Kim, excited for more projects w/ @fantauzzolab.bsky.social!
Led by Hannah Jones @hejcell.bsky.social w/ Kelsey Abrams, Sophia Kim, excited for more projects w/ @fantauzzolab.bsky.social!
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New paper alert from the lab: "Additive effects on craniofacial development upon conditional ablation of PDGFRa and SHP2 in the mouse neural crest lineage" published in @devdynamics.bsky.social: anatomypubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/....
Additive effects on craniofacial development upon conditional ablation of PDGFRα and SHP2 in the mouse neural crest lineage
Background
Activity of the receptor tyrosine kinase PDGFRα and the tyrosine phosphatase SHP2 is critical for vertebrate craniofacial development. SHP2 has been shown to both positively and negativel.....
anatomypubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com
November 17, 2025 at 3:37 PM
New paper alert from the lab: "Additive effects on craniofacial development upon conditional ablation of PDGFRa and SHP2 in the mouse neural crest lineage" published in @devdynamics.bsky.social: anatomypubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/....
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Note for my academic friends- your University is almost certain to have a food pantry. They will make good use of your cash donation.
This, and also, create a food cupboard where you work to lower the barriers to accessing food. We just did this at our research center because, as illustrated in the thread below it's not just access to food, but efficient access to food. Having to wait in long lines makes the situation worse.
Friends, if you have the means to donate to a local food pantry financially via online giving, I highly encourage you to do that. But I don’t want to discount the importance of actually showing up at the pantry, even if it is just to drop off food. (1/5)
November 6, 2025 at 6:05 PM
Note for my academic friends- your University is almost certain to have a food pantry. They will make good use of your cash donation.
RE: this post below...
Go to a dental school. The private practice that I was going to when I first moved tried to swindle me and was not nice. The general practice dentistry and periodontist residents that I've been interacting with on this dental implant journey have been a godsend and amazing.
Go to a dental school. The private practice that I was going to when I first moved tried to swindle me and was not nice. The general practice dentistry and periodontist residents that I've been interacting with on this dental implant journey have been a godsend and amazing.
Real adulthood is asking for money for a new tooth (aka dental implant) for my birthday and Christmas this year lmao
18 year old me would’ve never thought that I’d be asking for that at 28 lol
18 year old me would’ve never thought that I’d be asking for that at 28 lol
November 4, 2025 at 4:15 AM
RE: this post below...
Go to a dental school. The private practice that I was going to when I first moved tried to swindle me and was not nice. The general practice dentistry and periodontist residents that I've been interacting with on this dental implant journey have been a godsend and amazing.
Go to a dental school. The private practice that I was going to when I first moved tried to swindle me and was not nice. The general practice dentistry and periodontist residents that I've been interacting with on this dental implant journey have been a godsend and amazing.
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🐸 Xenopus laevis 💚 The frog that shaped modern developmental biology! ✨ Xenopus embryos have revealed how the body axis forms, cells choose their fate, and tissues self-organize during early development 📹 Video by Bioquest Sudio and Xenbase #ModelMonday #DevBio
November 3, 2025 at 8:01 PM
🐸 Xenopus laevis 💚 The frog that shaped modern developmental biology! ✨ Xenopus embryos have revealed how the body axis forms, cells choose their fate, and tissues self-organize during early development 📹 Video by Bioquest Sudio and Xenbase #ModelMonday #DevBio
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So much of what’s wrong with our society is grounded in anti-Blackness—the governing ideology of this thing we’ve called democracy.
Let’s be clear, most EBT users are white. The reason he’s specifically lying about “weaves” and we’ve seen so many AI fakes of Black women ranting about food stamps is they need to make BW the face EBT because they know many Americans don’t care if Black people suffer, and some actually wish for it.
ROB SCHMITT: People are using SNAP benefits to get their nails done, to get their weaves and their hair. This is a really ugly program.
SEN. RON JOHNSON: That program needs to be dramatically reformed.
SEN. RON JOHNSON: That program needs to be dramatically reformed.
November 1, 2025 at 5:53 PM
So much of what’s wrong with our society is grounded in anti-Blackness—the governing ideology of this thing we’ve called democracy.
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One tactic these data guys use online is to dismiss academic work they don’t like by calling it “overly complex” or “disconnected from reality.” I call this anti-rigor propaganda. It’s a move to sour people on serious scholarship when you don’t have better evidence.
Adam addresses it in the piece.
Adam addresses it in the piece.
October 24, 2025 at 3:01 PM
One tactic these data guys use online is to dismiss academic work they don’t like by calling it “overly complex” or “disconnected from reality.” I call this anti-rigor propaganda. It’s a move to sour people on serious scholarship when you don’t have better evidence.
Adam addresses it in the piece.
Adam addresses it in the piece.
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Dismantling the Institutional Review Board (IRB), that oversees all human subjects research, is bad. Really bad.
The entire HR department at the CDC is gone. Everyone at the IRB, which makes sure studies are conducted ethically and rigorously, and the ethics office, which oversee conflicts of interest for CDC leaders and advisory committee members, were also let go.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
‘Instability and confusion’ as CDC slashes 1,300 jobs before reinstating half
Trump administration says 700 notices were sent in error, while top CDC officer says ‘they didn’t think through what they were doing’
www.theguardian.com
October 19, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Dismantling the Institutional Review Board (IRB), that oversees all human subjects research, is bad. Really bad.
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October 18, 2025 at 10:57 PM
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“Epithets like “f----t,” “retarded” and “n--ga” appeared more than 251 times combined”
If you ever had any doubt that the youth wing of the GOP is fully radicalized and proudly racist these days:
If you ever had any doubt that the youth wing of the GOP is fully radicalized and proudly racist these days:
‘I love Hitler’: Leaked messages expose Young Republicans’ racist chat
Thousands of private messages reveal young GOP leaders joking about gas chambers, slavery and rape.
www.politico.com
October 14, 2025 at 5:51 PM
“Epithets like “f----t,” “retarded” and “n--ga” appeared more than 251 times combined”
If you ever had any doubt that the youth wing of the GOP is fully radicalized and proudly racist these days:
If you ever had any doubt that the youth wing of the GOP is fully radicalized and proudly racist these days:
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Just here to remind everyone that while the federal government is shutdown, all study sections at the NIH are currently on hold. Another blow to science and to early career scientists like myself with young labs and research groups. Very hard to remain positive about this career path.
October 14, 2025 at 3:34 PM
Just here to remind everyone that while the federal government is shutdown, all study sections at the NIH are currently on hold. Another blow to science and to early career scientists like myself with young labs and research groups. Very hard to remain positive about this career path.
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What’s especially wild (legally) about this is that NSBP, NSHP, and SACNAS have always welcomed people of all backgrounds, including white people. NSHP has had a white president, my SACNAS leadership institute class has several white members, and NSBP has a sizable white membership.
Very bad: OSU unilaterally cancelled the registration of grad students attending the joint conference of the National Society of Black Physicists and the National Society of Hispanic Physicists. And OSU won't fund recruiting at the Society for Advancement of Chicanos and Native Americans in Science.
Ohio State changes policy on group conferences after Trump administration threats
A federal investigation into potentially discriminatory practices at Ohio State prompted the university to change its policies regarding conferences.
www.dispatch.com
October 14, 2025 at 1:13 PM
What’s especially wild (legally) about this is that NSBP, NSHP, and SACNAS have always welcomed people of all backgrounds, including white people. NSHP has had a white president, my SACNAS leadership institute class has several white members, and NSBP has a sizable white membership.
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Half of the lab attended #SCGDB2025 and had a great time! @ecbrooks96.bsky.social
October 1, 2025 at 10:53 PM
Half of the lab attended #SCGDB2025 and had a great time! @ecbrooks96.bsky.social
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A recent report from Louisiana shows us what we already know: noncitizens voting is not a problem. Election safeguards work.
September 23, 2025 at 12:39 PM
A recent report from Louisiana shows us what we already know: noncitizens voting is not a problem. Election safeguards work.
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CALL FOR PAPERS! 🧪
DB Special Issue highlights new insights into receptor tyrosine kinase signaling during development, with a focus on cell-cell interactions & signal transduction in the regulation of cell growth and division, differentiation & morphogenesis.
Submit here: tinyurl.com/RTKDevBio
DB Special Issue highlights new insights into receptor tyrosine kinase signaling during development, with a focus on cell-cell interactions & signal transduction in the regulation of cell growth and division, differentiation & morphogenesis.
Submit here: tinyurl.com/RTKDevBio
September 17, 2025 at 6:25 PM
CALL FOR PAPERS! 🧪
DB Special Issue highlights new insights into receptor tyrosine kinase signaling during development, with a focus on cell-cell interactions & signal transduction in the regulation of cell growth and division, differentiation & morphogenesis.
Submit here: tinyurl.com/RTKDevBio
DB Special Issue highlights new insights into receptor tyrosine kinase signaling during development, with a focus on cell-cell interactions & signal transduction in the regulation of cell growth and division, differentiation & morphogenesis.
Submit here: tinyurl.com/RTKDevBio
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Breaking News: In a win for Harvard University, a judge said that the government broke the law by freezing billions of dollars in research funds.
Judge Issues Ruling Helpful to Harvard in Case Against Trump
Harvard had sued the Trump administration in an effort to restore billions in research funds that the government canceled this spring.
nyti.ms
September 3, 2025 at 8:42 PM
Breaking News: In a win for Harvard University, a judge said that the government broke the law by freezing billions of dollars in research funds.
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A dual role for GLI3 signaling in neural crest development https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.08.31.673339v1
September 1, 2025 at 6:31 AM
A dual role for GLI3 signaling in neural crest development https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.08.31.673339v1
Me, currently writing a paper on a topic that I’m still learning about while on a healthier diet plan (aka less amounts of my usual cheat snacks that helped me write my dissertation)
August 31, 2025 at 11:40 PM
Me, currently writing a paper on a topic that I’m still learning about while on a healthier diet plan (aka less amounts of my usual cheat snacks that helped me write my dissertation)
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🎉 The Midwest SDB Regional Meeting is happening soon! Join at Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center for exciting developmental biology from across the Midwest. 🧬 Registration deadline: September 2nd ✨. More information here: www.midwestsdbincincy.org #MIDWESTSDB25
August 27, 2025 at 7:06 PM
🎉 The Midwest SDB Regional Meeting is happening soon! Join at Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center for exciting developmental biology from across the Midwest. 🧬 Registration deadline: September 2nd ✨. More information here: www.midwestsdbincincy.org #MIDWESTSDB25
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For my next story with @thexylom.com, I'm looking to interview researchers and science professionals who have left the U.S. for Asia due to Trump. They can be Asian nationals who returned to their home countries, or Americans who are seeking greener pastures overseas.
Please email or DM me!
Please email or DM me!
August 18, 2025 at 4:01 PM
For my next story with @thexylom.com, I'm looking to interview researchers and science professionals who have left the U.S. for Asia due to Trump. They can be Asian nationals who returned to their home countries, or Americans who are seeking greener pastures overseas.
Please email or DM me!
Please email or DM me!
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They recovered over 180 bullet shells at the CDC. Debris from shattered glass is still being cleaned up. I am completely stunned at how quickly the news cycle has moved on. This was an act of terrorism targeting public health experts, and the response seems to be a collective shrug.
August 12, 2025 at 4:51 PM
They recovered over 180 bullet shells at the CDC. Debris from shattered glass is still being cleaned up. I am completely stunned at how quickly the news cycle has moved on. This was an act of terrorism targeting public health experts, and the response seems to be a collective shrug.
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🐣Chick embryo (Gallus gallus domesticus): a window into vertebrate development. From heart and limb formation to neural crest migration and axis patterning, this model has been cracking the developmental code for over a century. Image by Vincent Pasque #ModelMonday #DevBio
August 11, 2025 at 3:59 PM
🐣Chick embryo (Gallus gallus domesticus): a window into vertebrate development. From heart and limb formation to neural crest migration and axis patterning, this model has been cracking the developmental code for over a century. Image by Vincent Pasque #ModelMonday #DevBio
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ChatGPT is not a PhD-level expert because it coughs up fake citations and frequently doesn’t know what the hell it’s talking about to the extent that I’d expect a PhD-level expert to.
OpenAI releases the newest version of the AI model that powers its popular ChatGPT chatbot, with CEO Sam Altman promoting it as like having a “team of Ph.D. level experts in your pocket.”
OpenAI releases GPT-5, calling it a ‘team of Ph.D. level experts in your pocket’
OpenAI says its latest version of the popular AI model is better at coding, more accurate and less deceptive than previous versions.
nbcnews.to
August 7, 2025 at 7:55 PM
ChatGPT is not a PhD-level expert because it coughs up fake citations and frequently doesn’t know what the hell it’s talking about to the extent that I’d expect a PhD-level expert to.
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I’m excited to share our new article in AJPH exploring how perceived authenticity is a protective mechanism against the negative impacts of racial discrimination, depressive symptoms and suicidal ideation, among young Black men.
Access the article here: ajph.aphapublications.org/doi/10.2105/... 🙂
Access the article here: ajph.aphapublications.org/doi/10.2105/... 🙂
Authenticity, Racial Discrimination, Depression, and Suicidal Ideation Among Young Black Men, United States, 2024 | AJPH | Vol. 115 Issue 9
Objectives. To examine how perceived authenticity may buffer the impact of racial discrimination on depressive symptoms and suicidal ideation among young Black/African American men. Methods. In 2024, ...
ajph.aphapublications.org
August 6, 2025 at 9:56 PM
I’m excited to share our new article in AJPH exploring how perceived authenticity is a protective mechanism against the negative impacts of racial discrimination, depressive symptoms and suicidal ideation, among young Black men.
Access the article here: ajph.aphapublications.org/doi/10.2105/... 🙂
Access the article here: ajph.aphapublications.org/doi/10.2105/... 🙂
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Dev biologists! 3-yr postdoc position at King's, collaboration with Trizzino lab @marcotrizzino.bsky.social modelling CHD3 neural crest. We are looking for postdocs with mad embryology skills @the-node.bsky.social #developmental @ccrb27.bsky.social
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Postdoctoral Research Associate: Modelling Neural Crest Anomalies (mouse/human) - the Node
The Liu lab is looking for a postdoc with a love of embryos and developmental biology! This post is part of an MRC-funded collaboration between Karen Liu’s lab at King’s College London and Marco Trizz...
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August 5, 2025 at 10:15 AM
Dev biologists! 3-yr postdoc position at King's, collaboration with Trizzino lab @marcotrizzino.bsky.social modelling CHD3 neural crest. We are looking for postdocs with mad embryology skills @the-node.bsky.social #developmental @ccrb27.bsky.social
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