Swathi Arur
Professor. Studies the impact of environmental cues and small RNA pathways on germ cell development and cancer metastasis. Editor @Development. Views are my own.
- Reposted by Swathi ArurA new issue of CSH Protocols is out! @cshlpress.bsky.social The cover image highlights the work by Gonzales, Cowling, and @diorkelley.bsky.social, who describe a rolled towel assay-based protocol to phenotype maize seedling responses to chemicals of interest. ⬇️Links below
- Reposted by Swathi ArurI am SO incredibly excited to announce the launch of a global list of Inspiring Black Scientists. You can use this list to nominate and connect with researchers. Please share and join us in highlighting these outstanding scientists for #BlackHistoryMonth and beyond! www.wiley.com/en-us/resear...
- Reposted by Swathi ArurIt is with deep sadness that we share that Michael J. Matunis, a professor in the Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, has passed away. (1/4)
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View full threadReposted by Swathi ArurMike was dedicated to BMB and people who make up the department and the broader BMB community, and will be deeply missed. A memorial for Mike will be held at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health on February 20. For more information about Mike and the memorial, please visit: (4/4)
- Reposted by Swathi ArurProfessors/PIs! Please donate on behalf of your labmates/ECRs #standupforscience
- Ok people!!! I believe we may be taking March 7th NATIONAL! This will require financial support. Last year, nationwide, the protests cost $75,000. We need all the help we can get! Help us fuel the fight here: www.standupforscience.net/donate @standupforscience.bsky.social #standupforscience
- Reposted by Swathi ArurExcited to see this out in the world. The CGC is launching a curated strains collection, the first being protein degradation systems and this is a pilot primer to pair with it authored by myself, Dave Reiner, Ann Rougvie, and Aric Daul. We review the state of the field and provide use guidance (1)
- The Caenorhabditis Genetics Center Curated Special Collections: a guide to protein degradation systems academic.oup.com/genetics/adv...
- Reposted by Swathi ArurI wrote this song on Saturday, recorded it yesterday and released it to you today in response to the state terror being visited on the city of Minneapolis. It’s dedicated to the people of Minneapolis, our innocent immigrant neighbors and in memory of Alex Pretti and Renee Good. Stay free
- Reposted by Swathi ArurUniversity of Cambridge is hiring: Group Leader in Stem Cell Science
- Reposted by Swathi ArurJob alert! Assistant professor position in the Department of Molecular Genetics (University of Toronto). Amazing department and city. jobs.utoronto.ca/job/Toronto-... Please share.
- Reposted by Swathi Arur@springernature.com can you please do something about this!? I have paid open access fees to your journal, and yet you cannot send papers to NCBI? The scientific community reviews for free, are editors, and now has to pay exorbitant open access fees while our grant dollars continue to decline!
- Reposted by Swathi ArurGreetings! I decided to make a YouTube video of my AlphaFold workshop that I've given a few times in the past year. Caveats aside, people seem to find this useful for thinking about how to model protein interactions and how to interpret various AF outputs 1/2 www.youtube.com/watch?v=u63o...
- Reposted by Swathi ArurThe "Hard Truth" about how hard it is to publish in Development. We wrote this to really drive the point that we are a discerning community journal, and we really want to publish your best developmental and stem cell biology contributions. journals.biologists.com/dev/article/...
- Reposted by Swathi ArurOur python workshop is returning! Undergraduate educators, join us on July 27-30 for "Coding with Allen Institute Data." No prior coding experience needed. Travel, meals, & stipend included. Apply by February 2 at: alleninstitute.org/events/educator-cod…
- Reposted by Swathi ArurHappy holidays from GSA! 🎁 We’re grateful for a community that champions evidence-based science, collaboration, and discovery. If you’re able, consider a year-end gift to support scientists driving research forward. Read about GSA's accomplishments in 2025: buff.ly/j3v3CmD
- Reposted by Swathi ArurI am very proud of folks in my lab or who I know well who are applying to graduate school. They include 4 current postbacs, 2 summer students from Ghana, & 2 students I know well as a research sponsor or professor. All are so talented & most/all already have interviews scheduled! Look for them!
- Reposted by Swathi ArurFlashbacks of ACeDB with accumulating C. elegans genome sequences and little/no tools; Paul Sternberg being frustrated and saying "we have to make this easier!" His solution was WormBase
- Reposted by Swathi ArurFly Friends: The Larry Sandler Award recognizes the PhD student with the most amazing these using Drosophila as a model. Just three days left to nominate someone. For more info on the process and the link to nominations, see: genetics-gsa.org/drosophila-2...
- Reposted by Swathi ArurCan't believe it's that time of year - registration already open for next year's Transcription & Chromatin meeting. Almost half the talks are selected from the abstracts, so register soon before it fills up. This is a very lively meeting, with plenty of time to discuss over dinner & at the bar
- Are you ready for the 17th edition of 'Transcription and chromatin'? Our conference remains a must-attend event for anyone engaged in the forefront of transcription research and we hope you can join us! 🧬 25 – 28 August 2026 Submit your abstract by 25 May: s.embl.org/trm26-01-bl #EMBLTranscript
- Reposted by Swathi ArurJoin us in welcoming GSA’s newest Board members: VP David Greenstein, Treasurer @marymullins.bsky.social, & Directors Monica Colaiacovo (@colaiacovolab.bsky.social), Tania Reis, & @jrossibarra.bsky.social. We’re grateful for their leadership & excited for what’s ahead. Learn more: buff.ly/7LZjkoP
- Reposted by Swathi ArurI think some folks might be happy to see this. NIGMS MIRA R35 for EI/NI has been published. PAR-26-121 files.simpler.grants.gov/opportunitie...
- Reposted by Swathi ArurRead more about the inaugural 2023 Pathway to Independence Programme cohort here: doi.org/10.1242/dev....
- Reposted by Swathi Arur#aECM at #CellBio2025 On Sunday, the Sundaram lab will have 2 posters on #Celegans aECM - boards 223 and 225
- Reposted by Swathi ArurWormTagDB: A Systematic Survey of Endogenously Tagged Proteins in C. elegans and Roadmap Towards the Tagged Proteome biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/20…
- Reposted by Swathi ArurApply! It's a great experience and you get to meet very cool people. Let me know if you want to know more 🧪
- Apply for our Pathway to Independence (PI) programme, supporting postdocs in #devbio and #stemcell research during the transition to their first group leader position: www.biologists.com/grants/devel... Application deadline: 2 February 2026.
- Reposted by Swathi ArurApplications are open for @dev-journal.bsky.social 2026 Pathway to Independence (PI) programme, supporting postdocs applying for group leader positions: Mentoring Profile raising Leadership training Network building Spread the word... www.biologists.com/grants/devel...
- Reposted by Swathi ArurWe are opening a FACULTY POSITION (tenure track, permanent) in the University of Cambridge at the interface of control and biology, interpreted broadly. Theorists and wet lab quantitative biologists with backgrounds in control, EE, applied math, ... apply by Jan 28! www.cam.ac.uk/jobs/univers...
- Reposted by Swathi ArurLooking for another 25-35 responses from PCOS patients to give this student at least 50 to analyze in their honors research. We've had no luck with physician/provider responses, it may be too tough out there in 2025, but the patient responses are interesting. #MedSky
- Reposted by Swathi Arur🎉 Congratulations to Yu Deng, winner of the 2025 Norton B. Gilula Travel Award! Yu is a PhD student from Dr. Peter Devreotes’ lab at @jhu.edu. Be sure to catch Yu’s talk during #CellBio2025! Read about this year's winners 👉 rupress.org/jcb/pages/al...
- Reposted by Swathi Arur🎉 Congratulations to Justus Francis (@justusfrancis.bsky.social), winner of the 2025 Alan Hall Travel Award! Justus is a graduate student in @sc-lab.bsky.social. Be sure to catch Justus’s talk during #CellBio2025! Read about this year's winners 👉 rupress.org/jcb/pages/al...
- Reposted by Swathi ArurMy colleagues in Biological Sciences are searching for a tenure track assistant professor. Info here: explore.msujobs.msstate.edu/cw/en-us/job... #AcademicJobs #Biology
- Reposted by Swathi ArurSuper excited for the upcoming #cellbio2025 @ascbiology.bsky.social @embo.org meeting in Philadelphia! Check out the Special President's session on "The Rising Tide of Science Denial" on Saturday at 1pm!
- Reposted by Swathi ArurNew paper is out! A super fun collab with @akw-lab.bsky.social We started with a pilot grant from UW Nathan Shock Center, ended up describing how different S-adenosylmethionine synthases (sams) have distinct functional roles
- Reposted by Swathi Arur#FREECOURSE-announcement Want to learn about microRNA annotation and differential expression analyses? Within the Oslo Bioinformatics week 2025, we will be teaching a two-day course on the 9th and 10th of December at the University of Oslo. 1/2
- Reposted by Swathi ArurDon't miss your chance to contribute to Development's next special issue, which takes a non-cell-centric approach to devbio, stem cells & regeneration. We hope to capture papers that discuss how secreted factors, external forces and the shape of spaces instruct development. #DevSIextracellular
- Reposted by Swathi ArurRead this inspiring perspectives coauthored by the Worm Resource directors and worm Nobel Laureates! 4 Nobel Prizes and how they were enabled by major NIH-supported research resources (the Caenorhabditis Genetics Center, WormBase, and WormAtlas) www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
- Reposted by Swathi ArurThe FlyBoard is happy to announce the call for nominations for the Drosophila Community Service Award. Please submit your nomination by 01/16/2026 by email to: drosophilaserviceaward@gmail.com. Please repost.
- Reposted by Swathi Arur☑️ GSA Board Elections are open—we're calling our members to make their voice heard! Help shape the future of our Society by voting for the next Vice President, Treasurer, and three Directors. Cast your ballot by November 30, 2025: buff.ly/TAENAkq
- Reposted by Swathi ArurDevelopment Editor Peter Rugg-Gunn will be attending the upcoming Westlake x Nature Stem Cell 2025 conference, 'Stem cells across the lifespan Embryogenesis | Aging | Therapy,' which starts next week in Hangzhou, China. Speak to Peter about your next Development paper.
- Development's academic and in-house team regularly attends conferences in the fields of #DevBio and #StemCells. Use our conference calendar to see our plans and reach out to us if you want to discuss your research or journal news. journals.biologists.com/dev/pages/co...
- Reposted by Swathi Arur🌿 Join us next week, on November 18, at 2 p.m. EST, for a special seminar honoring 2025 Thomas Hunt Morgan Medal recipient Joanne Chory. Jennifer Nemhauser reflects on her mentor’s legacy—from plant photobiology to climate solutions. Register now: buff.ly/oArHihE
- Reposted by Swathi ArurChoose Development! An amazing program for undergrads to do research in the summer. www.youtube.com/watch?v=l6Do...
- Reposted by Swathi ArurNov 7th is the birthday of both Lise Meitner & Marie Curie. Of the 13 chemical elements named directly after real people (not mythological figures) only two are named after women: meitnerium and curium (the latter of which is named in honour of both Marie & her husband) #chemsky 🧪
- Reposted by Swathi Arur🌿🌱 We’re hiring a tenure-track Assistant Professor (potentially open rank) at the Institute of Plant Sciences @unibe.ch in Plant Population Ecology 🌻🌳 Be our colleague and join us in beautiful Bern, Switzerland Apply by Jan 23 2026 👉 ohws.prospective.ch/public/v1/jo...
- Reposted by Swathi ArurFantastic opportunity at The Hospital for Sick Children. Please repost. www.nature.com/naturecareer...
- Reposted by Swathi ArurThe UNC Department of Biology is seeking a Director of Biology Teaching Labs, a key leadership role overseeing our undergraduate laboratory program. 1/n Learn more and apply here: unc.peopleadmin.com/postings/308...
- Reposted by Swathi Arur@joann-trejo.bsky.social, @marymunson4.bsky.social and I have a commentary in @natcellbio.nature.com on recent attacks on DEI in biomedical research: "If scientific research, especially biomedical research, is meant to serve everyone, then it requires that everyone has an opportunity to participate"
- Reposted by Swathi ArurAnyone looking for an undergrad research assistant this coming summer? I have a truly phenomenal undergrad with expertise in genetic mapping, long read sequencing & bioinformatics who wants experience in another lab before grad school. She has been in our lab for 3 years & writing her first paper!
- Reposted by Swathi ArurOur department @ucdavisvetmed.bsky.social @ucdavis.bsky.social is hiring! We welcome research that diversifies or complements existing strengths in gastrointestinal, neuroimmune, musculoskeletal, cardiorespiratory systems and/or developmental biology. @socdevbio.bsky.social @ascbiology.bsky.social
- Reposted by Swathi ArurWe have exciting research projects led by group leaders including @jloke1.bsky.social, @giampazolias.bsky.social, @turajliclab.bsky.social, @sylvaindelaunay.bsky.social and @santiagozelenay.bsky.social See full details of all #PhD opportunities here: www.cruk.manchester.ac.uk/phd-student-...
- Reposted by Swathi ArurWe have a bunch of new job ads out @arcadiascience.com. If you haven’t checked them out, take a look! www.arcadiascience.com/careers
- Reposted by Swathi ArurSpeaking science in a fractured world: making truth land when facts alone cannot A Perspective by @rebeccacalisi.bsky.social, @kaliceaphd.bsky.social, Jamy Peng, @spiraldoc.bsky.social & @rogerslabucd.bsky.social on how to combat scientific misinformation journals.biologists.com/dev/article/...
