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Developmental Dynamics: Vol 254, No 7 <em>Developmental Dynamics</em> is a developmental biology journal publishing novel discoveries that advance our understanding in development, morphology, evolution, and disease.

Proud of the undergraduate students in my lab that did this work. It made the cover of Developmental Dynamics! @simmonsuniversity.bsky.social @devdynamics.bsky.social anatomypubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/toc/10970177...

#nesdb has been a wonderful meeting, so welcoming and such exciting science. Looking forward to the next sessions!

thank you for keeping science going.

I just got tenured. A little light for me in the darkness surrounding us all.

I submitted an R15 today! Feeling good about #devbiowriteclub.

Submitted an R15 today to the NIH. Going to celebrate by calling my elected officials to remind them that they control government funding, not Elon Musk!

Pointy boot

You’ll get em next time!

Yes, important article

Congrats!! So well deserved!!

Ours at Simmons was too. No notice and the program was scrubbed from their website.
We will continue our work making every curious student feel welcome in STEM.

I have to say that even with the surmounting challenges with this administration, I still love my job. I will stay and do my best to learn and teach and make every curious student feel like they belong.

HHMI just cancelled our grant. We were in the second year of developing programs to retain students from all backgrounds in STEM. All that work, all that energy…..I am profoundly disappointed. Well-funded HHMI labs, what do you think of dismantling funding for these training programs?

Birth defects are the #1 cause of death in the first year of life (🧵). Birth defects kill more than twice as many children as cancer. Birth defects are diseases of developmental biology. Here are CDC statistics for 2021. 1/5

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So true! Though I have to say at this point I can't even remember which side of the argument I took. Good times.

I absolutely love this amazing original piece of art by my student Terry Wu. I missed the adult frog made from lab paper towels the first time I saw it. Such amazing talent and excited to see biology inspiring our students! Thank you Terry!

They ate his flannel shirt!

Helpful to hear when you’re writing a grant in these uncertain times.

Thanks, needed that. Writing one right now and having some of those thoughts.

Thank you SDB, proud to be a member.

Does it go:
kakistocracy-> kleptocracy -> idiocracy or
kleptocracy->Kakistocracy-> idiocracy?

Trying to determine where we are currently and where we're going.

Love this video!

恭喜发财 (with some help from Nikki :). Okay, back to writing!

Happy new year!

Submitting an NIH grant right now

Judge blocks Trump’s spending freeze U.S. District Judge Loren AliKhan blocked the Trump administration from implementing it for now.,

This is welcomed news! But the judiciary won't save us in the long run. Keep calling your elected officials!
www.politico.com/news/2025/01...

The frankness is surprising especially since the directives from the White House are so light on details.

Dear fellow scientists, Go talk to the press about what is going on. Talk to local news about how it will impact jobs. Be specific, but don't pity yourself. Instead focus on how your own situation affects local jobs, the national economy, beating the growing scientific race with China. Suggestions:

American science and medicine has been thrown into chaos and uncertainty over the past week. Here are some stories to get up to speed. 1/12

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