cell and developmental biologist and frog squeezer, oh and kids...I have some. he/him/his
Conway, AR
Joined January 2017
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My grad student AJ did a great job with his poster at #MASDB2026, followed by an excellent experience at PNC Park (Bucco’s blew a 6-0 lead, but we got extra innings and fireworks!) #devbio
It’s that time of year…Cell-O-ween!
I think Robert Hooke and his cork cells (2nd row) took the crown this year!
Dev Bio costume day: frogs, sperm, eggs, day 4 mammalian blastocyst, twinned (Spemann-Mangold) embryos, Blaschko lines, and some mutants.
Presented at our Science-Symphony cross over event with the theme of ‘origins’. Developmental Biology is the perfect fit ! Lots of great discussions with the local community (only one involving Alabama though).
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Don’t forget to tune in tonight for the show. NXR will be in the show. @MBLScience
Also this week, @SCampbellstaton visits the @XenopusNXR of @MBLScience to find out how the African Clawed Frog or Xenopus joined the ranks of the Replacements when a quirk of its biology made it indispensable. Learn more on #HumanFootprintPBS airing Wed, July 26 at 9/8c on @PBS!
We found a box of these things laying around the building, anyone know what they are (the cap not the tube).
my grad student did an awesome job at the #SDB2023 conference looking forward to 3 more days of dev bio!
Do any of the #xenopus researcher on here use WPI’s PV850, Upump or nanoliter2020 for injections? Looking for reviews before purchasing a new set up. Thanks!
Funded Master’s opportunity using #xenopus to study cell sorting behavior in the early embryo. Please RT and share with your undergrads!
Happy to announce that I received an Arkansas NIH-INBRE grant to support my research in #xenopus 🐸 for the next 2.5 years. Included is funding for one Master’s student, so I’ll post a separate announcement that I hope you all will retweet.
Skeletal staining of #xenopus 🐸 for Dev Bio lab turned out pretty well (especially for my first go at this protocol)! These things are amazing to look at!!
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Excited to be able to provide this for the community. Hope people take advantage of this. FYI there is a Xenopus cottage for people to stay in when they come to the NXR
The National Xenopus Resource (@XenopusNXR) at the MBL is at the center of a newly funded research project to build an atlas of cell types in frogs. mbl.edu/news/new-cell-atlas-…
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Interested in birth defects and developmental biology? Come lead our division!
The Department of Pediatrics @McGovernMed @UTHealthHouston is recruiting a Division Chief for the Pediatric Research Center. The position is highly competitive with regard to salary, start-up funds, and laboratory space. thenode.biologists.com/jobs/…
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How does an Allotetraploid embryo activate its two-ish genomes? Wes Phelps's doctoral magnum opus dissects Xenopus laevis #ZGA, up on @biorxivpreprint !
Hybridization led to a rewired pluripotency network in the allotetraploid Xenopus laevis biorxiv.org/cgi/content/shor… #bioRxiv
Prepping eyebrow knives and hair loops for some #xenopus work in Dev Bio this semester. Haven’t taught this in a while…looking forward to it!
