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Don’t forget to register for cbidofest 2024 Aug 14-17 Lehigh university. Abstract deadline is June cnidofest.org/meetings/cnido…

Spread the word and mark your calendars! Cnidofest 2024 will happen August 14-17th at Lehigh University in Bethlehem, PA! We have kicked planning into high gear and we look forward to seeing everyone in 6 months!

Check out our new publication! Whitney Leach collaborated with @LaydenLab @Layla_Al_Shaer on this project: Environmental and molecular regulation of asexual reproduction in the sea anemone Nematostella vectensis royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/rs…

The #Aiptasia life cycle is closed! A prerequisite to settlement of larvae is actively hunting prey, not #symbiosis. Thus, carnivory likely is an ancestral feature in the cnidarian gastrula life stage: biorxiv.org/content/10.110…

Fist graduate student’s final 1st author paper is out. Nice work @DrDylanFaltz nature.com/articles/s4159…

The @biorxivpreprint has been weaponized by many labs who use it to plant priority flags, not to accelerate research (accomplished by withholding methods and/or data). This does not serve the interests of either the scientific community, or the public.

PhD position available in our group. The PhD candidate will explore single cell genomics data, generate transgenic and CRISPR lines to understand neuronal and muscular interactions in the cnidarian @Nematostella vectensis. Send your applications to ulrich.technau@univie.ac.at

Michael Layden @laydenbio @lehigU will explain their work on Nematostella nervous system evo-development and the pathways that make it possible #2022SDB #EvoDevo2022

Nervous systems are complex organs that consist of many - possibly thousands- different neuron types. But how complex is the nervous system in Cnidarians? What do we already know and what remains unexplored? "Neural Cell Type Diversity in Cnidaria" frontiersin.org/articles/10.33…

@LehighBiology Undergrad Caroline Pritchard @FLPingFRTflies from @WareLabLehigh won first place for her presentation at the Mid-Atlantic @SocDevBio regional meeting. Great Job Caroline.

#2022MASDB speaker Dr. Dylan Faltine-Gonzalez from the @LaydenLab studies the evolution of nervous systems and neuronal patterning. He uses Nematostella to investigate whether mechanisms of neuronal patterning are conserved between cnidarians and bilaterians. 1/2

.@SocDevBio 2022 hybrid Mid-Atlantic regional meeting @LehighU is a go! Test, mask up, and get ready to science hard with us tomorrow morning! Thanks to @LaydenLab for hosting us. #2022MASDB

#2022MASDB @SocDevBio Mid-Atlantic Regional Meeting Abstract deadline is April 3, 11:59 PM ET Short talks and posters. Submit today! sdbonline.org/abstract_submi…

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The #2022MASDB tee shirt shop has launched: bonfire.com/2022-masdb160-… Several styles and colors are available, in adult and youth sizes. Artwork by the fabulously talented @S_Nowotarski. Proceeds benefit @SocDevBio. Check it out and order yours today!

Sign up for the hybrid Mid-Atlantic SDB meeting being hosted at Lehigh May 2nd and 3rd by @laydenbio and @eldavies03 abstracts due April 1st. sites.google.com/lehigh.edu/leh…

📢 2022 Mid-Atlantic Society for Developmental Biology meeting launch is a go! #2022MASDB @SocDevBio Visit our meeting website with all the details: sites.google.com/lehigh.edu/leh…

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Co-organizer @laydenbio are happy to announce that the 2022 Mid-Atlantic @___SDB___ Regional Meeting will be held on Monday, May 2 - Tuesday, May 3. On-site at @LehighU in Bethlehem, PA, with virtual options available. sdbonline.org/meeting?Resour… #2022MASDB 1/2

Congrats to ⁦@pashucklab⁩ on receiving an @NIH⁩ grant to develop technologies to visualize protease activity in cancer models! 🎉🍾🔬🧫⁦@LehighBioE⁩ ⁦@lehighengineers⁩ ⁦@LehighResearch⁩ ⁦@LehighU⁩ 😎🤩🥳 www2.lehigh.edu/news/nih-funds…