Abby Bergman

@ScienceKyle @WallaceUcsf There are none that I’m aware of - often included in the definition of a placenta is that it is, by nature, a transient organ. Also, most definitions require there to be both a maternal + fetal component to make up the placenta. So, by that metric, no fetus = no placenta

@WallaceUcsf @5ajberg do you know the answer to this question?

Are there any mammals that always have a placenta. Ie that don’t have to build a new one each time? Hard to see how that would work but there’s so many weird things in biology….

@hej_cell @SiegenthalerLab Yay Dr. Jones!! Go meninges!!

@Larabeeee @eLife @BenSteventon2 @gserranonajera @SteventonLab Yay!!! Congrats 🎉🎉

Pleased to share my PhD work in its final form, published at @eLife! @BenSteventon2 @gserranonajera @SteventonLab elifesciences.org/articles/90499

@MorenoOnate @lougalfue @pmmargar @snardur @jjtenagu @JoseMSanPer @jlgomska CONGRATS MARTA!! 🎉🎉

Exited to share our research on the role of retinoic acid in gene regulation during embryonic development🧬🐠 beautiful teamwork @lougalfue @pmmargar @snardur @jjtenagu @JoseMSanPer and, of course, our dear @jlgomska, whose mind gave birth to this project academic.oup.com/nar/advance-ar…

@gattoni_giacomo Does it really have it all if it doesn’t have a placenta? 😤

This feather star has it all: beautifully colored body, 10 arms, great at regeneration. Plus, it’s a #crinoid, the sister group to other living #echinoderms (starfish, sea urchin..), making it an ideal comparative system to understand how the puzzling echinoderm body plan evolved

Very excited to share this new paper, fruit of a great collab with Silvia Mercurio, out in preprint! 🎉 We set up new methods for in vitro culture and gene/protein detection in the feather star A. mediterranea and used them to investigate its development. ⭐️ Tweetorial below!

@hadyniaks @BobbyJEyeGuy Congrats Sarah!!

IT'S FINALLY IN PRINT! Check out my paper from grad school in @BobbyJEyeGuy's lab! #PLOSBiology: Retinoic acid signaling regulates spatiotemporal specification of human green and red cones dx.plos.org/10.1371/journa…

@hej_cell Yes!! Congrats Hannah! Gonna have to read up so I can summarize it accurately as an ice breaker with 20 strangers 👀

And for those of you here, swing by my poster (P1.28) this evening to hear about my work on the co-option of transposable elements in the placenta! @IFPA_Official

It’s a dream within a dream to be literally running around here in New Zealand with many other placenta enthusiasts for #IFPA2023 Very grateful to have received an NIH New Investigator Travel Award to make this possible!

@peiferlabunc Thanks Mark!

Thrilled to have been recognized, especially amongst these talented #embryo22 friends

@corie_owen For! The! Ovaries!

LOVED reuniting with this awesome group at #2023SDB!! #embryo22

Having the best time at #2023SDB, and this afternoon it gets even better because we get to chat about the placenta! Swing by my poster this afternoon to hear about my work on transposons and placentation 🫄🧬 @SocDevBio

We won. ❤️✊

@Larabeeee @MeganMartikPhD Congrats Lara!!! So excited to welcome you to the bay 💛💛

✨Dr✨ Busby!!! Next stop 🇺🇸Berkeley, CA for all things neural crest evo-devo with @MeganMartikPhD

@MichelleItano So good to see you!!

@5ajberg 💗 so sorry it dropped you when I tried to tag everyone!

Back from a whirlwind launch to #embryo23! Amazing to be able be with Lisa and Paula in 3D, reconnect with amazing alumni, and meet the awesome cohort and new faces among this year’s students, course assistants, teaching assistants and faculty! #microscopymonday 🔬

@Vane_Barone @Stanford @HopkinsMarine Yes!!!! Congrats Vanessa! Can’t wait for you to get here :)

I am beyond thrilled to announce that I will be joining the Biology Department at @Stanford as Assistant Professor! The Barone lab will be based at @HopkinsMarine station and will open doors on March 1st, 2024. So there is still some time, but stay tuned: Cell-Evo-Devo is coming!

Alright folks, it’s about that time! Let’s get EXCITED for our official union election happening THIS WEEK on May 31st and June 1st! Make sure you’re checking your emails to see if you’re eligible, and check out our website for your voting location: sgwu.us

@FueyoRaquel @HHMIJanelia Congrats Raquel! Well deserved

Honored to have the opportunity to share my work and experiences with all the other fellows at @HHMIJanelia in June!