Varsha Rajshekar
varshar.bsky.social
Varsha Rajshekar
@varshar.bsky.social
Reposted by Varsha Rajshekar
New preprint! Grad student Clover Stubbert and undergrad Cherry Soe worked out a serum-free media that sustains eggshell-less C. elegans embryos all the way through development, now making it possible to access any embryonic developmental stage with small molecules
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
Long-term ex ovo culture of Caenorhabditis elegans embryos
The genetic tractability, transparency and invariant development of the C. elegans embryo have led to its broad adoption as a model system for the study of cell and developmental biology. Its impermea...
www.biorxiv.org
June 27, 2025 at 8:21 PM
Reposted by Varsha Rajshekar
We are thrilled to announce the 2025 Leading Edge Fellows! 40 outstanding postdoctoral fellows doing pioneering research in a wide range of biological and biomedical disciplines.

Learn more about these exceptional scientists:

www.leadingedgesymposium.org/fellows
May 27, 2025 at 4:57 PM
Reposted by Varsha Rajshekar
Leading Edge is celebrating a milestone: 100 (actually 102!) new assistant professors!!! 🎉🥳🎊

Learn more about them:
www.leadingedgesymposium.org/fellows/

Applications are now open for the 2025 Leading Edge cohort! (Deadline Feb 3).

You do NOT need to be ready for the job market to apply.
January 6, 2025 at 5:56 PM
Reposted by Varsha Rajshekar
If you’re a federal govt employee targeted for leave or termination on the basis of your DEI work, please file an EEO (Equal Employment Opportunity) complaint & retain legal counsel.

I’m a former NIH PI. Happy to refer you to a law firm that has successfully sued the govt many times!

Pls repost 🙏❤️
January 24, 2025 at 10:02 AM