In the mood to be amazed? Here's the immune cell response to a scratch in the zebrafish epidermis. bit.ly/3Rr11SL Photo Cred: Dr. Eric Peterman

World map according to fish

TT Assistant Prof opportunities in my department in "environmental microbiology or natural product interactions between host and microbe". UF Ft. Lauderdale campus. Mid February application deadline. Will post more soon. In the meantime, feel free to contact me if interested.

Primordial gumby soup

There is still time to apply for the 2024 U.S. National Science Foundation-funded #REU Summer undergrad program: Accessible Sharks! Applications due Jan 19th. Interested in sharks, evodevo, paleontology, and bio-inspired design? Apply to work with labs from @harvard Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI) and FLORIDA #NSF #disabledinSTEM 🦈🦈🦈

Multi-coloured ‘zebrabow’ blood. Credit to Jonathan Henninger. #ZebrafishZunday

The Square Lab UF Microbiology is hiring a lab tech! Come help me finish some cool projects on tooth and bone development, start some new experiments, and have a hand in getting my fresh lab up off the ground! DM me if you have any questions. Apply here: explore.jobs.ufl.edu/en-us/job/5300…

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OPS Lab Technician: Square Lab Duties will include performing research on the genetic control of tooth and bone development, as well as general lab setup, upkeep, and organization. Apply by Feb 6: explore.jobs.ufl.edu/en-us/job/5300…

This advice rings true for academia as well. We are NOT all going to be Nobel Prize winning scientists who only publish in Nature and have $15,000 speaking fees, and that’s OK. You can be a good, working, successful scientist by participating and engaging in the process. 🤓

The skeletal biology equivalent of that one plastic Tupperware container that is permanently tinted orange by pasta sauce…

A round of applause is needed for ZFIN as they have curated expression data for over 15,000 genes now! This includes 85,102 images from Thisse et al and other direct submissions and research publications. Cheers ZFIN 🥂 Thanks for all you do for the community! #RockOn

The Square Lab UF Microbiology is seeking a postdoc! How is bone size controlled? Which signaling cascades position the dentition? Why do some skin organs regenerate, but not others? Come help me answer these questions!! Apply here: explore.jobs.ufl.edu/en-us/job/5310…

Time to ditch BioRender? I had no idea they were claiming copyright to the figures we make with it, even after we pay for use of the service.

How does the saying go? ‘If you don’t have something nice to say, then insist on saying it in a CNS journal so that you’ll probably never say anything at all’ ? Close enough