Evan C. Brooks, Ph.D.

Applications are due this Friday to the 2026 CSHL Mouse Development, Stem Cells & Cancer course @cshlcourses.bsky.social!

I learned a lot as a teaching assistant for the course last year, so you're bound to learn lots as a course participant!

Call for Papers! Submit to the Splicing in Development and Disease special issue

Deadline extended: Submit your research on splicing in development and disease to the Differentiation special issue led by Guest Editors Natoya Peart and Karine Choquet by June 30, 2026. Learn more: https://www.sciencedirect.com/special-issue/322731/splicing-in-development-and-disease

SZA says she feels like she's "at war because of AI" and criticises the technology for "disproportionately" impacting Black music SZA says she feels like she's "at war because of AI" and criticises the technology for "disproportionately" impacting Black music

“I’m not up against the pop girls. I’m not up against the R&B girls. I’m up against anti-intellectualism and doing things easy." www.nme.com/news/music/s...

For the first time, we now know how many Black-owned bookstores exist in the U.S. The National Association of Black Bookstores has released the “first comprehensive national report” on the state of America’s Black-owned bookstores.

There has never been an official, comprehensive record of Black-owned bookstores across the United States — until now

When someone says „Scientists do not want you to know“ you can dismiss everything from there on. Scientists want you to know. They are desperate that you know. They can’t shut up about what they found out and want you to know.

Yes! We literally cannot shut up about our work.

Society for Developmental Biology 85th Annual Meeting poster Compilation of images of research organisms from the Marine Biological Laboratory Embryology Course make up the Las Vegas Sphere. Society for Developmental Biology 85th Annual Meeting Planet Hollywood Resort, Las Vegas, NV, July 23-26, 2026 SDB short logo

Registration and abstract submission are now open for the SDB 85th Annual Meeting being held July 23-26 in Las Vegas! Submit your abstract by April 15. Travel assistance is available. Free t-shirt to the first 250 registrants! Learn more: www.sdbonline.org/2026mtg #2026SDB

Save the date card featuring a skyline of the host city of Seattle for the SCGDB annual meeting Sept 28-30, 2026

We are excited to announce that the 49th Annual Meeting of the SCGDB will be held September 28th-30th, 2026 in Seattle! The meeting will be hosted by the University of Washington

Sweetness and Power: The Place of Sugar in Modern History The Place of Sugar in Modern History

For those interested in why Black & Caribbean people are going off about the sugar cane from last night's halftime show: sugar is a plantation commodity that fueled slavery & colonialism

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Still image from the Super Bowl halftime show of Bad Bunny looking serious, talking directly to the camera, pointing at us.

“If I’m here at Super Bowl LX, it’s because I never stopped believing in myself. You should never stop believing in yourself either. It’s worth more than you think.” —Bad Bunny

Congratulations to Departmental faculty Dr. Kristin Watt @wattlab.bsky.social on winning the H.W. Mossman Award in Developmental Biology through the American Association for Anatomy @anatomyorg.bsky.social!

Society for Developmental Biology logo Society for Developmental Biology 2026 Award Winners Edwin G. Conklin Medal Headshot of Lee Niswander Lee Niswander, University of Colorado Boulder Society for Developmental Biology Lifetime Achievement Award Headshot of Alexandra Joyner Alexandra Joyner, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center Viktor Hamburger Outstanding Educator Prize Headshot of Roberto Mayor Roberto Mayor, University College London Elizabeth D. Hay New Investigator Award Headshot of Jeffrey Farrell Jeffrey Farrell, National Institutes of Health Society for Developmental Biology Trainee Science Communication Award Headshot of Nicholas Desnoyer Nicholas Desnoyer, The Sainsbury Laboratory

Congrats to the 2026 SDB Award Winners!
Conklin Medal: Lee Niswander
SDB Lifetime Achievement Award: Alexandra Joyner
Hamburger Outstanding Educator Prize: Roberto Mayor
Hay New Investigator Award: Jeffrey Farrell
SDB Trainee SciComm Award: Nicholas Desnoyer
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Applications for the 2026 CSHL Mouse Development, Stem Cells & Cancer course @cshlcourses.bsky.social are due March 13th. Don't miss this great opportunity to learn all about the mouse model from leaders in the field!

A historic photo of the Greensboro 4.

Feb. 1, 1960, 4 NC A&T students sat-in at the “whites only” counter at Woolworths in Greensboro. Their defiance ignited a movement led to the birth of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee.

Young people fuel movements. It is inspiring to see that today they still do.

#BlackHistoryMonth

a woman in a long black dress is walking down a foggy street . ALT: a woman in a long black dress is walking down a foggy street .

The once-in-a-lifetime comedic queen Catherine O'Hara had situs inversus

#cilia #ciliopathy

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This program sparked my interest in developmental biology research and comes with an amazing support network. I will ALWAYS sing the praises of this program and how much it has benefitted me. PIs and mentees, APPLY!

Excited to share that my first, first-author article is out! 🎉

This topic is very dear to me and we must continue to call out the systems which have historically and continue to enact harm on Black youth.

The article is also open access and accessible through this link: shorturl.at/YMGSC

“I Am Fighting Every Single Day to Just Get Through the Day” “ I felt guilty that my mom was home alone. I felt guilty that my dad wasn’t going to be there, either. I didn’t want my dad to think that I didn’t care that he’s in there and I’m out here having…

NEW: A growing body of research shows that trauma caused by ICE and Trump's immigration policies can potentially cause long-term harm in the bodies and brains of Asian youth.

This story is the first part of an investigative series produced by @mindsitenews.bsky.social and co-published by The Xylom.

Microscopy image of a mouse embryo

I’m happy to announce that I joined @umich.edu Department of Cell & Developmental Biology as an Assistant Professor and I will open my lab this month! My lab will investigate the genetic and cellular mechanisms underlying digestive and respiratory organs with a focus on the trachea and esophagus 1/2

25 Years Later, Xenbase Still Supporting Scientific Leaps - Research Horizons

Celebrating 25 years of Xenbase—the world’s largest database for African clawed frog (Xenopus laevis) and tadpole research. Learn how Aaron Zorn, PhD, and team are driving breakthroughs in genetics and regenerative medicine: scienceblog.cincinnatichildrens.org/25-years-lat...
@xenbase.bsky.social

Trump administration cannot slash NIH research funding, court rules District Judge Angel Kelley last year blocked the cuts, and on Monday the appeals court agreed.

The district court injunction that prevented NIH from capping indirects at 15% was upheld today on appeal!

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Congrats Simon Han & @brugmannlab.bsky.social on your publication @cincyresearch.bsky.social

A dual role for GLI3 signaling in neural crest development
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suspect a big reason why many academics and others who work in areas where getting facts RIGHT is key are disinterested in using LLMs for research:

they’ve tried it, they keep noticing major errors in output, and they conclude that having to verify all that doesn’t actually save them time.

Looking for another 25-35 responses from PCOS patients to give this student at least 50 to analyze in their honors research. We've had no luck with physician/provider responses, it may be too tough out there in 2025, but the patient responses are interesting. #MedSky

Spotlight: Jeff Hardin highlights recent work from @xsciteng.bsky.social et al. of the @jeffbush.bsky.social lab (rupress.org/jcb/article/...), studying the function of p120-catenin and #cadherin-mediated #adhesion in upper lip fusion in mammalian embryos. rupress.org/jcb/article/...

#Development

Jim Hunt, governor who championed education, dies at 88 Former North Carolina Gov. Jim Hunt has died. The Wilson County native served the state for four terms as a Democrat, expanding the role of the governor and pushing for major education initiatives. Hu...

BREAKING: Four-term NC Gov. Jim Hunt has died at age 88. Here's my look back at the many legacies Hunt leaves behind in this state: www.wunc.org/2025-12-18/j... #ncpol

Also a beneficiary of Jim Hunt’s work - an NCSSM outreach program exposed me to research at the universities in RTP (as a middle schooler!), got me excited to apply and attend NCSSM in HS, and lead me to pursue a career in scientific research. A legend…

All the centers they’re cutting add up to less than $7 million in spending.

UNC athletics budget is $185.4 million for the 2025-26 fiscal year.

Behold: the first-ever list of news outlets that have banned generative AI in their reporting. As of today, this is literally information that you cannot find on Google.

My goal is to fill the starter pack, so please send over suggestions with supporting evidence!

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