Mostly harmless. Developmental biologist studying regeneration and epilepsy in Xenopus tadpoles 🐸🐸🐸. A/Prof at University of Otago, New Zealand.
Caroline Beck
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Pioneer of shotgun sequencing, synthetic biology and meta genomics J. Craig Venter leaves an impressive science legacy. Controversial, yes, but his unrelenting, curiosity driven science leaves me much to admire. 🧪 🧬
David Attenborough just turned 100 years old and is now officially too old to play with Lego
Fintastic meeting as always, for those interested! #ZebrafishMeeting
Neurod2 knockdown in Xenopus laevis tadpole brain retains cells in a proliferating, progenitor-like state doi.org/10.17912/mic... - I invite you to read the Beck lab's first ever micropublication! @zoologyotago.bsky.social and @otagobiochemist.bsky.social 🐸🧪 @micropub7n.bsky.social thank you!
Fully funded PhD post, UK/Home student, starting 01/06/26. Interested in working at the interface of dev bio, biophysics and cell biology? Great collaboration with Amy Beedle and @leonerossetti.bsky.social Informal enquiries welcome. Deadline 15/03 #neuralcrest
www.kcl.ac.uk/study-legacy...
@zoologyotago.bsky.social will have some new captive reared juvenile Southern Bell Frogs on display soon. Today they had a physical, and this one was especially grumpy about it. 🧪🐸
J. Craig Venter, a scientist and entrepreneur who decoded the human genome, has died at 79.
The New York Times
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The 12th Aquatic Models for Human Disease Conference (AQMHD)
🗓 October 17–21, 2026
📍 Marine Biological Laboratory, Woods Hole, MA
Theme- Diving Deeper into Disease Biology: Emerging Models in Human Health
#AQMHD #ModelOrganism #MBL #DiseaseBiology
aqmhd2026.bsky.social
A risk-taking outsider, he brought speed, competition and controversy to one of science’s biggest races.
