Caroline Beck @Frogsquisher@qoto.org
Developmental biologist, mostly harmless. #DevBio #Xenopus #Regeneration #Epilepsy research
At some point around 535 million years ago, a new group of animals evolved into what we know called the Chordates group, which include humans and all other vertebrates. But after that, the genome of what would become the vertebrates evolved in a significant way.
Very interesting paper by Clauset and colleagues about the key drivers of scientific productivity.
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https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/sciadv.abq7056
From an extensive analysis of the US academic system, the authors conclude that "The disproportionate scientific productivity of elite researchers can be largely explained by their substantial labor advantage rather than inherent differences in talent."
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Essentially, productivity is not a matter of talent when "rich-get-richer" grants are accounted for.
First manuscript of the TBX4Life consortium out:
"Molecular Function and Contribution of TBX4 in Development and Disease"
https://www.atsjournals.org/doi/abs/10.1164/rccm.202206-1039TR
Fantastic collab with an international group of clinicians, patient advocates, & bench scientists inc. #devbio!
Congrats all, and more tk!..
An #introduction to eLife's new Mastodon page!
We're an #OpenAccess not-for-profit journal that publishes and reviews #research in the life and biomedical sciences.
We want to improve the way research is practised and shared in part by working with early-career researchers #ECR and supporting #OpenSource technology.
We also just announced our new publishing model that we hope will tackle an overreliance on journal titles and publishing decisions as quality measures for science and scientists.
Calling #genetics people. Faculty post a York University in Toronto. Great department. Send me a message if you want information. https://www.academicwork.ca/jobs/assistant-professor-genetics-york-university. molecular, cellular, and/or #EvolutionaryGenetics #genetics or #Genomics feel free to retoot to spread it further.
Before twitter implodes, apply for #PhD fellowships @MRC_CNDD@twitter.com to understand neurodevelopmental disorders like #autism #epilepsy #schizophrenia. We have projects too😀.First year of 3 lab rotations (1+3), enhanced stipend. Deadline 2 Jan! Apply https://bit.ly/3TwraOl. Please RT!
I don’t really squish frogs. One of the fun parts of my job at #otagozoology is giving these #frogs a quick check and a mist of water each morning. Today I discovered that frogs don’t register as people on the portrait function of my phone camera.
Hello from the #otagozoology department’s chonkiest Bell #Frog.
Nice view of the #lunareclipse tonight from my sofa in #Dunedin #newzealand. About half way shadowed now.
Honestly just low key enjoying figuring this out; maybe I’m weird that way. But anyone looking to add more historians, I’m a historian of disability #DisHist medicine #histmed, public health #histPublicHealth and South Asia. I also post #dogs, #animalhistory, #doghistory, #epilepsy.
#Histodons #histodons
For anyone in Aotearoa, the total lunar eclipse starts at 10.09pm tomorrow and will reach its maximum just before midnight - fingers crossed for clear skies https://theconversation.com/a-total-lunar-eclipse-is-set-to-dazzle-tomorrow-along-with-some-other-stellar-sights-192734
How developing tissues know what size they should be, even when growth is perturbed, is still deeply mysterious (at least to me)
This preprint shows JNK,
JAK/STAT, Wg are not required to restore normal size & shape of wing disc after 1/3 cells are killed
#introduction Kia Ora! I am a New Zealand based scientist using the #xenopus tadpole model to study regeneration and rare genetic #epilepsy.
Developmental biologist, mostly harmless. #DevBio #Xenopus #Regeneration #Epilepsy research
