Rikki Garner
@rikkigarner.bsky.social
Helen Hay Whitney Fellow with Sean Megason at HMS SysBio (PhD w/ Julie Theriot). Biophysicist and quantitative cell biologist, integrating theory and experiment.
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Rikki Garner
@rikkigarner.bsky.social
· Apr 24
In developing embryos, cells move a lot! Plenty of that movement is random. Is random cell mixing a feature or bug for tissue patterning? Turns out, it’s both! Excited to share the 1st preprint from my postdoc w/ Sean Megason @seanemcgeary.bsky.social and Allon Klein. 1/20 doi.org/10.1101/2025...
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Ten years ago, I saw a paper with some data that has bothered me ever since: B cells in a 0-100 ng/mL gradient of CCL19 are attracted to CCL19, but B cells in 0-500 ng/mL are repelled (see movie, ignoring the big clusters for now!). Why? Here's our model! doi.org/10.1101/2025...
October 30, 2025 at 5:32 PM
Ten years ago, I saw a paper with some data that has bothered me ever since: B cells in a 0-100 ng/mL gradient of CCL19 are attracted to CCL19, but B cells in 0-500 ng/mL are repelled (see movie, ignoring the big clusters for now!). Why? Here's our model! doi.org/10.1101/2025...
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Zara Weinberg passed away earlier this week. She joined my lab earlier this year when her postdoc lab formally closed.
She was a brilliant scientist, supportive mentor, dear friend, avid music fan, rabid believer in public transit, open science champion, and above all just an amazing human.
She was a brilliant scientist, supportive mentor, dear friend, avid music fan, rabid believer in public transit, open science champion, and above all just an amazing human.
October 31, 2025 at 1:18 PM
Zara Weinberg passed away earlier this week. She joined my lab earlier this year when her postdoc lab formally closed.
She was a brilliant scientist, supportive mentor, dear friend, avid music fan, rabid believer in public transit, open science champion, and above all just an amazing human.
She was a brilliant scientist, supportive mentor, dear friend, avid music fan, rabid believer in public transit, open science champion, and above all just an amazing human.
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@joann-trejo.bsky.social, @marymunson4.bsky.social and I have a commentary in @natcellbio.nature.com on recent attacks on DEI in biomedical research: "If scientific research, especially biomedical research, is meant to serve everyone, then it requires that everyone has an opportunity to participate"
Scaling back DEI programmes and the loss of scientific talent
Nature Cell Biology - Programmes that support diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) in science are under attack in the USA. Data indicate that diversity in the scientific workforce increases...
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October 23, 2025 at 4:36 PM
@joann-trejo.bsky.social, @marymunson4.bsky.social and I have a commentary in @natcellbio.nature.com on recent attacks on DEI in biomedical research: "If scientific research, especially biomedical research, is meant to serve everyone, then it requires that everyone has an opportunity to participate"
Happy to share that this work is now published in @biophysj.bsky.social! doi.org/10.1016/j.bp...
In developing embryos, cells move a lot! Plenty of that movement is random. Is random cell mixing a feature or bug for tissue patterning? Turns out, it’s both! Excited to share the 1st preprint from my postdoc w/ Sean Megason @seanemcgeary.bsky.social and Allon Klein. 1/20 doi.org/10.1101/2025...
October 23, 2025 at 4:30 PM
Happy to share that this work is now published in @biophysj.bsky.social! doi.org/10.1016/j.bp...
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TT faculty job opening in #Neuroscience!
We are looking for a colleague to join us in our fantastic Biology Department and Neuroscience Program at Brandeis. We are a group of *very* collaborative, supportive, and productive scientists (& humans!) so please apply
academicjobsonline.org/ajo/jobs/30961
We are looking for a colleague to join us in our fantastic Biology Department and Neuroscience Program at Brandeis. We are a group of *very* collaborative, supportive, and productive scientists (& humans!) so please apply
academicjobsonline.org/ajo/jobs/30961
Brandeis University, Biology Department
Job #AJO30961, Assistant Professor in Biology and Neuroscience Program, Biology Department, Brandeis University, Waltham, Massachusetts, US
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October 22, 2025 at 11:28 PM
TT faculty job opening in #Neuroscience!
We are looking for a colleague to join us in our fantastic Biology Department and Neuroscience Program at Brandeis. We are a group of *very* collaborative, supportive, and productive scientists (& humans!) so please apply
academicjobsonline.org/ajo/jobs/30961
We are looking for a colleague to join us in our fantastic Biology Department and Neuroscience Program at Brandeis. We are a group of *very* collaborative, supportive, and productive scientists (& humans!) so please apply
academicjobsonline.org/ajo/jobs/30961
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Our department @ucdavisvetmed.bsky.social @ucdavis.bsky.social is hiring! We welcome research that diversifies or complements existing strengths in gastrointestinal, neuroimmune, musculoskeletal, cardiorespiratory
systems and/or developmental biology. @socdevbio.bsky.social @ascbiology.bsky.social
systems and/or developmental biology. @socdevbio.bsky.social @ascbiology.bsky.social
October 22, 2025 at 10:44 PM
Our department @ucdavisvetmed.bsky.social @ucdavis.bsky.social is hiring! We welcome research that diversifies or complements existing strengths in gastrointestinal, neuroimmune, musculoskeletal, cardiorespiratory
systems and/or developmental biology. @socdevbio.bsky.social @ascbiology.bsky.social
systems and/or developmental biology. @socdevbio.bsky.social @ascbiology.bsky.social
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Dartmouth is OUT! Thank goodness... a friend at U of A and I have been playing "Who will be the last of the 9 standing?" and it's not gonna be us!
October 18, 2025 at 3:03 PM
Dartmouth is OUT! Thank goodness... a friend at U of A and I have been playing "Who will be the last of the 9 standing?" and it's not gonna be us!
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My fantastic department at CU Boulder is hiring a tenure-track Assistant Professor! This is a broad search spanning nearly all areas of biology. Applications are due Nov 13, 2025. Feel free to reach out to me with questions, and please share widely.
jobs.colorado.edu/jobs/JobDeta...
jobs.colorado.edu/jobs/JobDeta...
October 17, 2025 at 4:00 PM
My fantastic department at CU Boulder is hiring a tenure-track Assistant Professor! This is a broad search spanning nearly all areas of biology. Applications are due Nov 13, 2025. Feel free to reach out to me with questions, and please share widely.
jobs.colorado.edu/jobs/JobDeta...
jobs.colorado.edu/jobs/JobDeta...
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UVA becomes the first public university to reject the Compact. Bravo!🙌🏽
BREAKING: UVA rejects the Trump Administration's Compact.
October 17, 2025 at 11:48 PM
UVA becomes the first public university to reject the Compact. Bravo!🙌🏽
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Reminder for UT Austin AAUP colleagues ... please check your personal email account for a message from the AAUP Chapter at UT Austin from the address "noreply@electionrunner.com" which is an opportunity to vote on the AAUP Chapter at UT Austin Resolution on the Trump Administration “Compact”.
October 17, 2025 at 5:04 PM
Reminder for UT Austin AAUP colleagues ... please check your personal email account for a message from the AAUP Chapter at UT Austin from the address "noreply@electionrunner.com" which is an opportunity to vote on the AAUP Chapter at UT Austin Resolution on the Trump Administration “Compact”.
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We invite abstracts for “Physics of the Cytoskeleton” at the 2026 APS Global Summit in Denver. Join speakers Margaret Gardel @squishycell.bsky.social (Univ of Chicago) and Colm Kelleher (Syracuse)! This is @aps-dbio.bsky.social and @apsdsoft.bsky.social Session 04.01.03 with deadline Oct 23, 2025.
October 15, 2025 at 1:01 PM
We invite abstracts for “Physics of the Cytoskeleton” at the 2026 APS Global Summit in Denver. Join speakers Margaret Gardel @squishycell.bsky.social (Univ of Chicago) and Colm Kelleher (Syracuse)! This is @aps-dbio.bsky.social and @apsdsoft.bsky.social Session 04.01.03 with deadline Oct 23, 2025.
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See this? This = implanting mouse embryo. Usually this happens inside its mother and is invisible to us, but we can actually watch implantation ex vivo with the hope of understanding why implantation goes awry in embryos of older women. A 🧵...
October 1, 2025 at 6:21 PM
See this? This = implanting mouse embryo. Usually this happens inside its mother and is invisible to us, but we can actually watch implantation ex vivo with the hope of understanding why implantation goes awry in embryos of older women. A 🧵...
So awesome.
🧵1/14 Preprint thread! Can we predict a cell’s fate based on its dynamics? 🔮 Our new study unveils a framework for watching development unfold in real-time, revealing how a cell's shape and movement encode info about its future fate. 🔬📄 Preprint: tinyurl.com/4shf8v4x
September 24, 2025 at 1:58 AM
So awesome.
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(1/14) I’m happy and proud to introduce: SpinePy – a framework to detect the "spine" of gastruloids and measure biological and physical signals in a local dynamic 3D coordinate system. www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
September 12, 2025 at 12:44 PM
(1/14) I’m happy and proud to introduce: SpinePy – a framework to detect the "spine" of gastruloids and measure biological and physical signals in a local dynamic 3D coordinate system. www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
So honored to be speaking today at the Stanford.Berkeley.UCSF Next Generation Faculty Symposium! Hope to see you there! (Zoom registration link below)
Incredibly excited for this year's iteration of the Next Generation Faculty Symposium on 9/10/25! This is a fantastic opportunity to hear 10 minute talks describing fantastic cutting-edge science from researchers preparing to launch a faculty search. Please register (link below) & forward widely :)
🗓️Join us for the 4th Stanford.Berkeley.UCSF Next Generation Faculty Symposium on 9/10/25!
We highlight the work of 18 exceptional early-career scientists across biomedical sciences.
Register and more information below:
www.berkeleystanfordnextgensymposium.com/speakersalumni
We highlight the work of 18 exceptional early-career scientists across biomedical sciences.
Register and more information below:
www.berkeleystanfordnextgensymposium.com/speakersalumni
September 10, 2025 at 2:01 PM
So honored to be speaking today at the Stanford.Berkeley.UCSF Next Generation Faculty Symposium! Hope to see you there! (Zoom registration link below)
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Incredibly excited for this year's iteration of the Next Generation Faculty Symposium on 9/10/25! This is a fantastic opportunity to hear 10 minute talks describing fantastic cutting-edge science from researchers preparing to launch a faculty search. Please register (link below) & forward widely :)
🗓️Join us for the 4th Stanford.Berkeley.UCSF Next Generation Faculty Symposium on 9/10/25!
We highlight the work of 18 exceptional early-career scientists across biomedical sciences.
Register and more information below:
www.berkeleystanfordnextgensymposium.com/speakersalumni
We highlight the work of 18 exceptional early-career scientists across biomedical sciences.
Register and more information below:
www.berkeleystanfordnextgensymposium.com/speakersalumni
September 5, 2025 at 7:27 PM
Incredibly excited for this year's iteration of the Next Generation Faculty Symposium on 9/10/25! This is a fantastic opportunity to hear 10 minute talks describing fantastic cutting-edge science from researchers preparing to launch a faculty search. Please register (link below) & forward widely :)
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Now published in @natcomms.nature.com! 🥳
👉 rdcu.be/eATn3
We developed image analysis tools to capture the nematic orientation field of 3D tissue surfaces. Tested on epithelial aggregates, zebrafish hearts, myoblasts on spheres & micro-vessels, we combined soft matter physics with exp. biology.
👉 rdcu.be/eATn3
We developed image analysis tools to capture the nematic orientation field of 3D tissue surfaces. Tested on epithelial aggregates, zebrafish hearts, myoblasts on spheres & micro-vessels, we combined soft matter physics with exp. biology.
August 15, 2025 at 12:13 PM
Now published in @natcomms.nature.com! 🥳
👉 rdcu.be/eATn3
We developed image analysis tools to capture the nematic orientation field of 3D tissue surfaces. Tested on epithelial aggregates, zebrafish hearts, myoblasts on spheres & micro-vessels, we combined soft matter physics with exp. biology.
👉 rdcu.be/eATn3
We developed image analysis tools to capture the nematic orientation field of 3D tissue surfaces. Tested on epithelial aggregates, zebrafish hearts, myoblasts on spheres & micro-vessels, we combined soft matter physics with exp. biology.
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The thing about living in a human society is you either decide that everyone (except those for whom it would be medically dangerous) has to take VACCINES into their bodies or everyone (with no exceptions at all) has to take VIRULENT PATHOGENS in from those around them and, look, the first is better.
September 3, 2025 at 9:49 PM
The thing about living in a human society is you either decide that everyone (except those for whom it would be medically dangerous) has to take VACCINES into their bodies or everyone (with no exceptions at all) has to take VIRULENT PATHOGENS in from those around them and, look, the first is better.
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Massachusetts will not be bullied.
September 3, 2025 at 9:46 PM
Massachusetts will not be bullied.
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The Trump administration"used antisemitism as a smokescreen for a targeted, ideologically-motivated assault on this country’s premier universities.” --Judge Allison Burroughs in a ruling finding the administration illegally withheld money from @harvard.edu www.nytimes.com/2025/09/03/u...
Harvard Secures a Court Victory in Its Fight With Trump
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September 3, 2025 at 9:47 PM
The Trump administration"used antisemitism as a smokescreen for a targeted, ideologically-motivated assault on this country’s premier universities.” --Judge Allison Burroughs in a ruling finding the administration illegally withheld money from @harvard.edu www.nytimes.com/2025/09/03/u...
What an incredible win for American freedom, democracy, and the pursuit of knowledge. www.nytimes.com/2025/09/03/u...
Harvard Secures a Court Victory in Its Fight With Trump
www.nytimes.com
September 3, 2025 at 10:24 PM
What an incredible win for American freedom, democracy, and the pursuit of knowledge. www.nytimes.com/2025/09/03/u...
Friendly reminder that the deadline to submit an abstract for talk at #cellbio2025 is TOMORROW, Wednesday, September 3, 2025 at 9 PM ET! Please consider submitting to our minisymposia "Physical Cell Biology from Molecules to Organisms (more details in the repost)
Excited to announce our minisymp. “Physical Cell Biology from Molecules to Organisms” #CellBio2025 w/ Hernan Garcia and @atmolines.bsky.social! Have an interesting story on how physical cell properties are controlled, coordinated across scales, or contribute to development and disease? (1/3)
September 2, 2025 at 7:51 PM
Friendly reminder that the deadline to submit an abstract for talk at #cellbio2025 is TOMORROW, Wednesday, September 3, 2025 at 9 PM ET! Please consider submitting to our minisymposia "Physical Cell Biology from Molecules to Organisms (more details in the repost)
Check out this really cool work on how developing embryos respond to the temperature of their environment!
Many years in the making but now finally online! What determines the temperature scaling and thermal limits of cell cycle duration in embryos? We tackled the question using a combination of dynamical systems analysis and experimental measurements in embryos and in cycling Xenopus extracts.
September 2, 2025 at 7:18 PM
Check out this really cool work on how developing embryos respond to the temperature of their environment!
Friendly reminder that the deadline to submit an abstract for talk at #cellbio2025 is next Wednesday, September 3, 2025 at 9 PM ET!
Excited to announce our minisymp. “Physical Cell Biology from Molecules to Organisms” #CellBio2025 w/ Hernan Garcia and @atmolines.bsky.social! Have an interesting story on how physical cell properties are controlled, coordinated across scales, or contribute to development and disease? (1/3)
August 27, 2025 at 3:55 PM
Friendly reminder that the deadline to submit an abstract for talk at #cellbio2025 is next Wednesday, September 3, 2025 at 9 PM ET!
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EMBL is an amazing place to start a lab and bring new direction to your research program (ask me how I know) - come join us in Heidelberg !
To all post-docs: The Genome Biology dept @embl.org
has an Independent faculty position. Fantastic place to set up your lab –great package: core funding, fantastic Ph.D. students, cutting edge core facilities & great colleagues. Closing date Sept 19th
embl.wd103.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/EMBL/j...
has an Independent faculty position. Fantastic place to set up your lab –great package: core funding, fantastic Ph.D. students, cutting edge core facilities & great colleagues. Closing date Sept 19th
embl.wd103.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/EMBL/j...
Group Leader - Genome Biology Unit
Are you ready to lead groundbreaking research in Genome Biology? Join us at EMBL! We are seeking a motivated scientist to lead an independent research group addressing exciting and original biological...
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August 13, 2025 at 7:01 AM
EMBL is an amazing place to start a lab and bring new direction to your research program (ask me how I know) - come join us in Heidelberg !