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bertaverd.bsky.social
Evolution of developmental processes. Associate Professor @OxfordBiology & Fellow @JesusOxford. @SteventonLab, @CRGenomica & #embryo17 alumna. Working mother.
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Please help me circulate this job ad. Thanks! @the-node.bsky.social

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Experimental embryology postdoc available in my lab at the @biology.ox.ac.uk @ox.ac.uk working on the evolution of vertebral counts. Reach out if you’re passionate about EvoDevo, enjoy lab work and microscopy and are into or could get into cichlid fishes. Deadline on the 16th June. Please share!

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Latest from the lab! @callumbucklow.bsky.social's beautiful paper on the dynamics of morphological evolution using African cichlids & showing that evolution repeats itself. Congrats Callum and co-authors. Check out the tutorial below.

submitted 4 days ago • 1 comment

Come and join us! We’re hiring a new Group Leader in Generative Biology at the @sangerinstitute.bsky.social Building AI models or the data to train them? Core funding of >$130M a year for a faculty of ~30. www.nature.com/naturecareer... acrobat.adobe.com/id/urn:aaid:... pls RT!

submitted 14 days ago • 1 comment

Can using synthetic approaches to build biology help teach us the design principles of how embryos build themselves? 👷‍♀️🔧 If this is a question that interests you, come and share your thoughts at this Royal Society Workshop on Generative Biology www.royalsoc.ac.uk/science-even...

submitted 21 days ago • 2 comments

Segmentation clock & tissue development are decoupled - explanation for evolution of flexible body plans? #EvoDevo #SegmentationClock Study from Verd Lab @bertaverd.bsky.social @oxfordmathematics.bsky.social 🆕 #preprintpeerreview @biorxivpreprint.bsky.social --> doi: doi.org/10.1101/2024...

submitted 20 days ago • 1 comment

The Natural History Museum Denmark is hiring a new Tenure-Track Assistant Professor and Curator of (Vertebrate) Palaeontology! Could it be you or someone you know‽ spread the word! Really excited to have a new colleague to work on our amazing collections! 🧪🏛️ candidate.hr-manager.net/ApplicationI...

submitted 41 days ago • 1 comment

Interested in biological research beyond the standard? Join us in Edinburgh for the EMBO Workshop exploring how unconventional vertebrate models are becoming engines for biomedical research! 🦇 🐿️ 🦌 🐒 🦍 🐹🧍‍♀️ 🚨 Abstract submission deadline: 11 April 2025 🚨 meetings.embo.org/event/25-ver...

submitted 53 days ago • 1 comment

🚨Registration for the UK #EvoDevo meeting is open! Join us on July 11th in London to enjoy an exciting day of talks, posters, friends, and superb science! -Registration (only £5!): shorturl.at/9cQGL -More info: londonevodevo.ac.uk

submitted 56 days ago • 5 comments

Latest from the lab: a review led by @jamesehammond.bsky.social on the evolvability of vertebral counts and the developmental processes that make it possible.

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"Developmental Timing Across Species" @embo.org Workshop organised by @trayon.bsky.social @bassemh.bsky.social @mdiazcuadros.bsky.social @vanderhaeghenp2.bsky.social 📅6-9 May 2025 📍Paris Submit abstract and register by 1 April: thenode.biologists.com/developmenta... #EvoDevoTempo

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"Genes are... the easy part" @philipcball.bsky.social argues biologists need to embrace complexity from the start, rather than beginning with oversimplified "one gene, one trait" models +1 www.cell.com/cell-systems...

submitted 89 days ago • 3 comments

Just saw the latest from Berta's lab, apply now for this very exciting postdoc opportunity on fish, vertebrae and evolution! 🐟🐠🐡

submitted 99 days ago • 0 comments

I am recruiting an #ERC funded PostDoc to work on the evolution of vertebral counts in cichlids. This is an experimental project & will be looking for candidates with experience generating reporter lines, live-imaging and experimental embryology. Application deadline: 25th Feb. tinyurl.com/33jbu8fa

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Transitions in development – an interview with Maria Almuedo-Castillo In this interview, Maria Almuedo-Castillo talks about her research career so far, her transition into being a group leader, and her insights into navigating the academic profession: https://doi.org/10.1242/dev.204551

submitted 132 days ago • 0 comments

🔔Apply now!🔔 January 22 is the last day to apply to the MBL's 2025 Embryology course! This comprehensive overview of modern developmental biology is open to graduate students, postdoctoral fellows, and senior researchers. Learn more: bit.ly/3DKPMjH #ScienceStartsHere

submitted 132 days ago • 0 comments

Please RT: Associate Professor position in my department at the University of Oxford. Broad search in molecular and cellular biology: my.corehr.com/pls/uoxrecru...

submitted 155 days ago • 1 comment

🚨 Tenure-track jobs at NYU Biology!! We're going to hire two new assistant professors working in ecological and evolutionary genetics and genomics. Live and work in Greenwich Village, with friendly colleagues invested in your success. Apply! apply.interfolio.com/155792

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