Jamie Harrison @DrMyc@qoto.org

I gotta admit, this one stings!

#ScienceSunday #ScienceMastodon

Ever wonder how flowers get their colors?

Anthocyanin pigments, stored in vacuoles of petal cells change color with pH (acidity). The Japanese Morning Glory Ipomoea tricolor var. Heavenly Blue, changes from purple-red to blue in the early hours of the morning. The pH change is caused by NHX1, a transport protein that replaces protons with sodium or potassium ions. Similar genes in humans are critical for function of neurons and other cells.

Ref: PMC3559195

Hello, #Mastodon! Greetings from my hospital bed.

This image depicts blood vessels in a pigeon’s head. It was captured by the veterinarian Scott Echols as part of an ongoing endeavour known as the Grey Parrot Anatomy Project, which aims to develop ways to aid diagnosis and treatment for a host of animals, from birds to humans. By understanding what is normal, doctors and scientists are better positioned to identify and ultimately treat the abnormal. #sciart #ScienceMastodon #medicalhistory

"[...] varying the duration of #BMP #signaling leads to either pluripotent, mesodermal, and extraembryonic states, while varying the concentration does not cause efficient mesodermal differentiation at any dose [...] appropriately timed pulse of BMP induces #hPSCs to a mesodermal fate more efficiently that sustained signaling at any concentration. [...] this effect is due to a combinatorial interpretation of the applied BMP signal and induced endogenous #Wnt signaling."
https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2022.11.11.516212v1?rss=1
#DevBio #CellFate #GermLayers #morphogens #Differentiation

Did you know?

Bumblebees used to be called Humblebees?

Back in Darwin's day and up to the early 20th century, they were mostly referred to as Humblebees due to the fact that they hummed while flying! But the lesser used named of Bumblebee existed on the fringes.

At some point between the two World Wars, there was a shift and Bumblebee became more popular and Humblebee was consigned to history.

This entry by A.W. Stelfox in the Irish Naturalist' Journal in 1921 still used the old name.

#Introduction Hello, I am a postdoctoral research associate at Robarts Research Institute, Canada.

I have been studying vascular biology, with a specialized focus on Aorta & muscle microvasculature, and broad interests in biomedical & biological sciences.

Currently writing up all viable projects in my generation Hopefully to be on the job market soon.

Nice to meet everyone on Mastodon

Hello #science Mastodon friends! I’m a postdoc at University of Geneva studying #membrane remodeling with #invitro #reconstitution cell biology tools. I love fluorescence #microscopy and #em. 
At the moment I’m actively studying #clathrin, #actin and #eisosome. I want to know more about membrane lipids and how they affect on membrane properties, protein functions and how membrane is deforming. #introduction

Greenfinch on my birdfeeder.

#greenfinch #birds #birdlovers #birdlife #BirdPhotography #birdwatching #birdsofMastodon
#naturephotography #nature_perfection #naturelover #naturegram #natureshots #naturebeauty
#canonphotography #canon #canonphotos #backgardenbirds
#canonSX50 #birdgram

I'm a photographer. Twitter, FB and Insta didn't appreciate me. Maybe I'll have better luck here! I photograph ordinary/extraordinary people who I meet. Alternating men and women; this person is Blanche Kommerell, an actor and poet in Berlin who I photographed for the TAZ, the left daily newspaper in Germany

See link for nice curated lists of academics on Mastodon, with subjects ranging from Astrophysics to History to Law to Medieval History to Neuroscience.

Thank you to @hendrikerz and @perspektivbrocken for maintaining it.

https://github.com/nathanlesage/academics-on-mastodon

#PhD students of #Mastodon, I have created a Mastadon group for sharing PhD-related posts using @phdstudents when posting a PhD student toot. Let's help the group to grow and share our PhD student experiences.

#Students #postgraduate #research #connectivity #PhDStudents

So, since I’m new here, my lab are interested in the links between alternative splicing and cellular senescence. And RNA processing. And small RNAs. And ….pretty much anything related to gene expression and disease. I also like puppies!

#introduction Hi everyone, I am a developmental biologist, working at the IBDM (Developmental Biology Institute of Marseille) (CNRS and Aix Marseille University). I study muscle development and regeneration, trying to decipher the dysfunctional mechanisms underlying muscle pathologies. I would post with any new equivalent of the very useful #MyoTwitter

First toot #ScienceMastodon

I am a #devbio Group Leader at the Babraham Institute. 🐭⌛️👤⏳

Likely to highlight papers on dev bio. Specially timing, stem cells and mammalian #development.

Sometimes I post about research culture, academic progression and women in science

Trying to keep up in SMM as twitter has been useful so far.

I am looking for two PhD students. Two very diverse PhDs, but both in the same project on inflammatory bowel disease.

The first will focus on real-world data, artificial intelligence and FAIR data infrastructure --> https://www.academictransfer.com/en/319737/phd-in-data-science-focusing-on-federated-learning-applied-to-healthcare-at-the-clinical-data-science-group/

The second will focus on both qualitative and quantitative research on clinical implementation of AI, clinical decision support or decision aids --> https://www.academictransfer.com/en/319734/phd-candidate-on-real-world-data-focusing-on-the-bridge-between-technology-and-medicine/

#AI #IBD #healthcare #FAIR #artificialintelligence #vacancy #PhD

Come be our colleague! Six open positions in the Department of Life Sciences at Imperial College London. Cell and Dev Biol, Infection and Immunity, Molecular Mechanisms of Disease, Plant Sciences, Biotech and Bioengineering, Chair in Microbiology. Great department, great students, great colleagues.
https://t.co/TmLndtliLD
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https://www.imperial.ac.uk/jobs/description/NAT01313/chair-microbiology/
#academicjobs

Happy #WorldRadiographyDay to all the amazing radiographers out there! Such an important part of any hospital but their skills and the crucial role they play so often goes unrecognised! #WRD2022 #Radiography #NHS