#DanioDigest (May 2025)
Posted by Kevin Thiessen, on 21 June 2025
An easily-consumable recap of the latest happenings in the #zebrafish community and beyond!
Use these links below to get to the section you want:
Link to Bluesky post: https://bsky.app/profile/zebrafishrock.bsky.social/post/3ls4uwx4pkv23
Community News:
Prof. Caren Norden (@nordenlab.bsky.social) appointed Darwin Professor of Animal Embryology in the Department of Physiology, Development, and Neuroscience at the University of Cambridge.
Prof. Elizabeth Chen (@echenlab.bsky.social) elected as President of American Society of Cell Biology (@ascbiology.bsky.social) for 2027.
Prof. Iain Couzin (@icouzin.bsky.social ) elected as a Fellow to the Royal Society.
Prof. Ken Poss (@kenposs.bsky.social) becomes a Full Editor at the Journal Development (@dev-journal.bsky.social).
Dr. Margarida C. Gomes (@cgmargarida.bsky.social) joins University of Warwick (@warwicklifesci.bsky.social) as an Assistant Professor.
Dr. Júlia Peloggia de Castro (@jupeloggia.bsky.social) awarded the Behrensen – Guzmán Palma Award for the most outstanding research paper by a predoctoral student at Stowers Institute for Medical Research.
Drs. Leanne Iannucci (@leanneiannucci.bsky.social) & Katie Martin selected as 2025 Leading Edge Fellows (@leadingedgeprogram.bsky.social).
PhDs awarded to:
Dr. Kaushik Chowdhury (@kcinc.bsky.social) of Lai Lab (@benlai-taiwan.bsky.social) at Academia Sinica.
Dr. Laura Childers of Bagnat Lab (@bagnatlab.bsky.social) at Duke University.
#ZebrafishCareers posted by:
@zfinmod.bsky.social 🇺🇸 (Software Developer)
@simoesfilipa.bsky.social 🇬🇧 (Researcher)
https://www.heartdevelopment.org
@zfinmod.bsky.social 🇺🇸 (Postdoc)
Joanna Thomas via online submission 🇺🇸 (Postdoc) https://zfin.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/jobs/blog/2025/06/09/6383075333/Postdoc+Fellow+Overcoming+the+Blood-Brain+Barrier+to+Treat+Brain+Cancer+Gottesman+Lab+National+Cancer+Institute+NIH+Bethesda+MD
@bertaverd.bsky.social (Cichlid) 🇬🇧 (Postdoc)– Contact Directly
https://www.biology.ox.ac.uk/people/berta-verd#tab-2779371
@sebgauvrit.bsky.social 🇨🇦 (MSc/PhD)
https://jobrxiv.org/job/university-of-saskatchewan-college-of-medicine-27778-msc-phd/
@bakkerslab.bsky.social 🇳🇱 (PhD)
https://www.hubrecht.eu/job/phd-student-drive-rm-38-hours-p-w
@yhcarolyang.bsky.social 🇬🇧 (PhD)
https://www.exeter.ac.uk/research/institutes/livingsystems/lsiphdprogramme
@zfinmod.bsky.social 🇺🇸 (Tech)
Helen Eachus via online submission 🇬🇧 (Research Assistant)
https://www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DND643/research-assistant-zebrafish-models-and-neuroendocrine-research
Publications:
Embryogenesis/ Development
@lovelessradio.bsky.social (Cell proliferation/ Mitotic events/ Kupffer’s vesicle)
Behaviour
@icouzin.bsky.social (Collective behaviour/ Schooling /Virtual reality)
doi.org/10.1126/scirobotics.adq6784
@noimthemary.bsky.social & #NelsonLab at CU-Anschutz (Behaviour/ Larvae startle response/ Cadherin-16)
doi.org/10.1371/journal.pbio.3003164
@wonglab.bsky.social (Learning/ Behaviour/ Conditioned place preference)
doi.org/10.1038/s41598-025-00423-6
@parkerlab.bsky.social (Husbandry/ Housing/ Novel Tank Test)
doi.org/10.1038/s41684-025-01548-x
Cell Biology
@kkostova.bsky.social (Ribosome assembly/ Ubiquitin-proteasome system/ Ribosomopathy)
doi.org/10.1016/j.molcel.2025.04.017
DNA Elements
@miskalab.bsky.social (Cichlids/ Pangenome/ Transposable elements)
@migueldvalmeida.bsky.social (Transposable elements/ Genome evolution/ F-box genes)
doi.org/10.1093/molbev/msaf097
Organogenesis
@nordenlab.bsky.social (Organogenesis/ Psuedostratified epithelia/ Retinal development)
doi.org/10.1126/sciadv.adu6843
@wittbrodtlab.bsky.social & @ewanbirney.bsky.social (Heart development/ Medaka)
doi.org/10.1038/s41467-025-59425-7
Disease Models
#GiepmansLab at Uni-Groningen (Diabetes/ Endocrine System/ Pancreas)
doi.org/10.1007/s00125-025-06432-4
#LongZhengLab at UKMC (ANKRD26/ Thrombocytopenia/ Inflammation)
@labmoons.bsky.social (Optic neuropathies/ Retinal ganglion cell/ Killifish)
doi.org/10.3389/fnins.2025.1596464
Neuroscience
#LippmanBellLab at PCOM (Early-life seizures/ Memory/ Seizure susceptibility)
doi.org/10.1016/j.nbd.2025.106978
#HaroldBurgessLab at NIH (Alternative splicing/ Microexon/ Neural development)
doi.org/10.1093/g3journal/jkaf052
@lyons-lab.bsky.social (Myelination/ Oligodendrocytes/ mGluR5)
doi.org/10.1038/s41593-025-01956-9
@alexbchen.bsky.social & @mishaahrens@bsky.social (Diffusible neuromodulators/ Norepinephrine/ Behavioral suppression)
doi.org/10.1126/science.adq5233
Physiology
@jutfelt.bsky.social (Warming & cooling tolerance/ Climate change)
doi.org/10.1038/s41558-025-02332-y
@taphonomist.bsky.social (XCT/ Tissue decay)
Regeneration
@ejvillablanca.bsky.social (Genetic ablation/ Intestinal regeneration/ Barrier permeability)
doi.org/10.1016/j.mucimm.2025.04.004
Infection/ Immunity
#HallLab at @aucklanduni.bsky.social (circadian rhythmicity/ cellular antibacterial defense)
doi.org/10.1126/sciimmunol.adn3080
CRISPR
#LawsonLab at UMass (homology dependant repair, CRISPR parameters)
Preprints:
Regeneration
@balciunaslab.bsky.social & @kenposs.bsky.social (heart regeneration/ Epicardium/ tcf21)
doi.org/10.1101/2025.05.15.654216
Behaviour
@kherrera.bsky.social & Fishman Lab at @harvard.edu (Optomotor response/ behaviour/ heart rate)
doi.org/10.1101/2025.04.25.650721
Neuroscience
@lyons-lab.bsky.social (axon diameter/ Mauthner neuron/ discovery screen)
doi.org/10.1101/2025.04.29.651302
@nathaliejuya.bsky.social (cerebral spinal fluid/ motile cilia/ diffusion)
doi.org/10.1101/2025.04.15.648743
Evolution
@bertaverd.bsky.social (vertebrae, hox gene, African Cichlids)
doi.org/10.1101/2025.05.23.655800
@bertaverd.bsky.social (African Cichlids/ axial skeleton/ phylogenetic comparative analyses)
doi.org/10.1101/2025.05.13.653847
@ben-moran.bsky.social (swordtail fish/ reproductive isolation/ anthropogenic environmental disturbance)
doi.org/10.1101/2025.04.22.649978
@adrian-kalchhauser.bsky.social (Brown Trout/ scRNAseq/ non-traditional model organisms)
doi.org/10.1101/2025.05.04.652114
#KawamuraLab at Saitama University (Medaka/ Phenotypic Variation/ environmental influences/fin rays/ hox12a)
doi.org/10.1101/2025.04.28.651082
Vasculature
@karinayaniv.bsky.social (Inferiour vena cava/ venous remodeling)
doi.org/10.1101/2025.04.28.650985
Embryogenesis
@flomarlow.bsky.social (Primordial germ cells/ Cre-based lineage tracing/ gonad development)
doi.org/10.1101/2025.04.30.651497
@bowmaniacs.bsky.social (embryogenesis/ hematopoietic stem cells / HSC-independent progenitor cells)
doi.org/10.1101/2025.05.12.653589
Organogenesis
#SquareLab at Uni-Florida (Organ initiation/ Teeth/ Ectodysplasin)
doi.org/10.1101/2025.05.01.651241
@vlecaudey.bsky.social (Organ size/ Development/ Hippo Signalling pathway/ Lateral line)
doi.org/10.1101/2025.05.08.652796
Infection/ Immunity
@oehlerslab.org (Tuberculosis mycobacterial granulomas)
doi.org/10.1101/2025.05.05.652332
#GaulkeLab at Uni-Illinois Urbana Champaign (Host-microbiome interactions/ microbiome variation/ housing strategy/ sampling location)
doi.org/10.1101/2025.05.08.652836
Disease Models
@chiaraman.bsky.social (genetic compensation/ phenotypic interpretation/ congenital muscular dystrophy)
doi.org/10.1101/2025.05.13.653769
@thomthum.bsky.social (hypomorphic mutations, glycosylation, congenital disorders of glycosylation)
doi.org/10.1101/2025.05.23.655727
Cell Biology
#ChitnisLab at NIH (Fgf signaling/ protoneuromasts/ Posterior Lateral Line primordium)
doi.org/10.1101/2025.05.17.650326
Physiology
#JonzLab at @uottawa.ca (oxygen sensing/ gills/ oxygen-chemoreceptive neuroepithelial cells)
doi.org/10.1101/2025.05.15.654070
Ageing
@miguelgf.bsky.social (progressive telomere shortening, telomere erosion, DNA damage response)
doi.org/10.1101/2025.05.23.655694
Reviews:
@tobinlab.bsky.social (Mycobacterium marinum)
doi.org/10.1128/jb.00047-25
@simoesfilipa.bsky.social (Heart/ Immune Cells/ Development/ Regeneration/ Cardiac Niche)
doi.org/10.1016/j.semcdb.2025.103613
@abeisaw.bsky.social (Cell-cell interaction/ Intercellular crosstalk/ Cardiac regeneration/ Zebrafish/ Mouse/ Inter-organ communication)
doi.org/10.1016/j.semcdb.2025.103619
#BruceLab at Uni-Toronto (epithelial spreading)
@ryosuketanaka.bsky.social (Visual systems/ Outside visual motion detection/ Visual structures)
doi.org/10.1038/s41583-025-00932-3
@yap-lab.bsky.social (Mechanobiology/ Cell-cell adhesion junctions/ Epithelia)
doi.org/10.1016/j.ceb.2025.102536
Protocols and Tools:
@adamezracohen.bsky.social (Nodal signaling/ Optogenetics/ Morphogen/ Mesendodermal patterning/ Gastrulation)
@scekker.bsky.social (Genotyping/ Mitochondrial DNA editing/ Heteroplasmy)
doi.org/10.1101/2025.04.30.651585
@nadlerlab.bsky.social (GEQO/ quantitative biosensors)
doi.org/10.1101/2025.05.05.652245
@burgesslab.bsky.social (Zebrafish reference sequence GRCz12tu)
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/refseq/annotation_euk/Danio_rerio/GCF_049306965.1-RS_2025_04/
@scekker.bsky.social (Zebrafishology, Study design guidelines for rigorous and reproducible data using zebrafish)
doi.org/10.1038/s42003-025-07496-z
@kurakulabmsm.bsky.social (MedakaBase)
doi.org/10.1101/2025.05.13.653297
@kevinthiessen.bsky.social (Bioinformatics Bootcamp)
thenode.biologists.com/bioinformatics-bootcamp-zebrafish-special-edition/education/
@benjulab.bsky.social (Warpfield/ Image Correction)
github.com/danionella/warpfield
@singhlab.bsky.social (Regeneration/ CellCousin2)
doi.org/10.1101/2025.05.23.655316
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