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#DanioDigest (March 2025)

Posted by , on 8 April 2025


An easily-consumable recap of the latest happenings in the #zebrafish community!

Use these links below to get to the section you want:

Community news

Zebrafish careers

Publications

Preprints

Reviews

Protocols and tools

Link to Bluesky post: https://bsky.app/profile/zebrafishrock.bsky.social/post/3lmfpzcvve42s

Community News:

Dr. Brant Weinstein at NIH named a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS). 

Prof. Robyn Tanguay at Oregon State University awarded the 2025 @sotoxicology.bsky.social‬ Leading Edge in Basic Science Award. 


PhDs awarded to:
Dr. Tom Rappol of Elisa Vilardo (@vilardoelisa.bsky.social‬) Lab. 

Dr. Phoebe Reynolds (@pheereynolds.bsky.social‬) of Robert Hindges Lab.

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#ZebrafishCareers posted by: 

@benjhogan.bsky.social‬ 🇦🇺 (Group Leader)– Deadline: May 9

https://careers.petermac.org/job/MELBOURNE-Group-Leader-VIC-3000/1062003466

‬@dvalenzano.bsky.social‬ 🇩🇪 (Postdoc) #Killifish – Deadline: April 30

https://jobs.leibniz-fli.de/jobposting/a7a7e53e0d339c74d9c64d73dab1332087b57f935

@bensimonbrito.bsky.social‬ 🇫🇷 (Two Postdocs)– See Images Below


#KrishnanLab at OMRF 🇺🇸 (Postdoc) #Cavefish

https://omrf.org/about-omrf/human-resources/?jobId=C13CA7EA-2C1B-4BBC-9EEA-818D866D8FEC

@rashmi-priya.bsky.social‬ 🇬🇧 (Postdoc)– Deadline: April 29

https://crick.wd3.myworkdayjobs.com/External/job/London/Postdoctoral-Fellow_R1957-1

‪@seiliez.bsky.social‬ 🇫🇷 (PhD)

https://jobs.inrae.fr/en/ot-25516

@nakamuralab.bsky.social‬ 🇺🇸 (Technician/ Fish Specialist)– Contact directly:

https://nakamuralab.com/

Publications:

Regeneration

#JianlongMaLab (Liver regeneration/ Transdifferentiation/ Sam68) 

10.1242/dev.204266

‪@rmarinjuez.bsky.social‬ (Heart regeneration/ Macrophages/ Gpnmb)

10.1016/j.ydbio.2025.02.011

Disease Models

#DowlingLab @sickkidsvs.bsky.social (Charcot-Marie-Tooth type 4B3/ MTMR5/ Disease model) 

10.1093/braincomms/fcaf077

Metabolism

@mennigenlab.bsky.social (Methylene blue/ Development/ Metabolism)

10.1038/s42003-025-07471-8

Embryogenesis

@heisenbergcplab.bsky.social @stetavano.bsky.social‬ (Cell migration/ BMP/ Lateral mesendoderm) 

10.1016/j.celrep.2025.115387

Toxicity

‪@alliancegenome.bsky.social‬ (ZFIN/ Toxicology data/ Gene-chemical interactions)

10.1093/genetics/iyaf021

#KaiserLab ‪@ceitec.eu‬ (Microplastics/ Tomography/ MicroCT)

10.1016/j.jhazmat.2025.137442

Transcriptomics

@mvargam.bsky.social‬ (snoRNAs/ Zebrafish snoRNAome/ Sequencing) 

10.1093/nargab/lqaf013

@immler.bsky.social @alicegodden.bsky.social (Sperm sRNAs/ Transposable elements)

10.1038/s41437-025-00752-2

Neuroscience

@bruceappel.bsky.social‬ @aineurolab.bsky.social‬ (Amyloid-β/ Brain aging/ Neurodegeneration)

10.1002/glia.70015

#MonkLab @volluminstitute.bsky.social (Schwann cells/ Rac1/ Myelin maintenance)

10.1083/jcb.202311041

@juliesemmelhack.bsky.social‬ (Visual stimulus/ Fear response/ Tectum) 

10.1073/pnas.2416215122

@grzoidl.bsky.social‬ (Pannexin-2/ Ocular defects/ Visual Perception)

10.1016/j.bbadis.2025.167807

Behavior

@mishaahrens.bsky.social (Predator recognition/ Learning/ Noradrenergic circuits)

10.1016/j.cub.2024.11.057

‪@ctudorache.bsky.social‬ (Coping styles/ Risk taking/ Heritability)

10.1186/s12868-025-00944-w

Physiology

@pcraig77.bsky.social‬ (Ectotherms/ Thermal agitation temperature/ Thermal tolerance)

10.1016/j.jtherbio.2025.104094

Vasculature

@sarahdv.bsky.social (Arterial endothelium/ Transcriptional regulators) 

https://elifesciences.org/articles/102440

Cell biology

@dparichy.bsky.social‬ (Chromatophores/ MITF/ Xanthophores)

10.1111/pcmr.70009

Evolution

#SalzburgerLab @unibas.ch @charlottehuyghe.bsky.social‬ (Metagenomics/ Dietary Diversity/ Adaptive Radiation)

10.1111/mec.17743

#Preprints:

Inflammation/Infection

#SharptonLab @oregonstate.edu @gutmichaelbio.me (Gut microbiome/ Infection/ Parasites) 

https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.03.28.644597

#MadiganLab @ucsandiego.bsky.social (Tuberculosis Meningitis/ Vascular pathology)

https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.02.28.640927

Neuroscience

@mishaahrens.bsky.social (Gut interoception/ Whole-brain neuronal imaging) 

https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.03.26.645305

@sthyme.bsky.social (Trangene insertions/ Neurobehavior/ pIGLET) 

https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.02.28.640904

#KucenasLab at UVA (Microglia/ Neuronal cell death/ Optic tectum) 

https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.03.14.643334

@bahllab.bsky.social (Neural circuit structure/ Sensory accumulation) 

https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.03.14.643363

@arrenberglab.bsky.social (Optokinetic Response/ Vestibulo-Ocular Reflex) 

https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.03.21.644542

Embryogenesis/Organogenesis

‪@bertaverd.bsky.social‬ @jamesehammond.bsky.social (Somitogenesis/ Axial Skeleton/ Embryonic Development)

https://ecoevorxiv.org/repository/view/8740

@nicolettapetridou.bsky.social‬ @laura-rustarazo.bsky.social‬ (Phase Transitions/ Cell adhesion/ Morphogenesis)

https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.03.18.644006

‪@zkrna.bsky.social‬ (Germline development/ Germ plasm dynamics) 

https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.02.26.640298

@obog.bsky.social @anaburgos.bsky.social‬ (Spermatogenesis/ Multiomics/ Epigenetics)

https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.03.12.642371

DNA elements/ structure

@mvargam.bsky.social‬ (Ichabod/ B-catenin 2/ Transposon insertion) 

https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.02.28.640854

@smburgess.bsky.social (Meiotic checkpoints/ Chromosome synapsis) 

https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.03.18.644038

Disease Models

#MadelaineLab @mdibiolab.bsky.social (Neuromuscular degeneration/ Atrogin-1) 

https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.03.07.642048

#HaroldBurgessLab at NICHD (Timothy syndrome/ Arrhythmia/ Calcium channels)

https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.03.11.642683

Regeneration/ Wound Healing

@jraslab.bsky.social @errricpeterman.bsky.social‬ (Cell migration/ Injury response/ Macrophages) 

https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.03.13.642867

#DrummondLab @mdibiolab.bsky.social (Wnt signaling/ Kidney/ Regeneration)

https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.03.26.645545

Tools

@erezraz.bsky.social (Light-induced protein translation control) 

https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.02.17.638581

Physiology

@haesemeyerlab.bsky.social‬ (Thermoregulation/ Calcium imaging/ Markov models) 

https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.03.17.643749

Cancer

@robertkelsh.bsky.social (lncRNAs/ Melanoma/ DANCR/ Gene regulation)

https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.03.21.644561

Ageing

#TenaLab @cabd-upo-csic.bsky.social ‪@anaburgos.bsky.social‬ (Killifish/ scRNAseq/ Aging) 

https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.03.24.645095

Special Topics

@aburger2009.bsky.social (Data Reporting/ Metadata/ AI)

https://osf.io/preprints/osf/kvn2x


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#Reviews:

@gbdownes.bsky.social‬ (Neurogenetic disorders/ FERRY Complex) 

10.1242/bio.061808

@bbparis1984.bsky.social‬ (Sexual dimorphism/ Brain/ Aging) 

10.1016/j.tig.2025.02.001

@mirimiam.bsky.social‬ @fedemantica.bsky.social (Gene duplication/ Splicing/ Evolution)

10.1002/bies.202400202

@lkremer1.bsky.social‬ (Drug discovery/ Non-tuberculous mycobacteria)

https://perspectivesinmedicine.cshlp.org/content/early/2025/03/27/cshperspect.a041832

@nvastenhouw.bsky.social‬ (Transcription bodies/ Gene expression) 

10.1042/BST20240599

#Protocols and Tools:

‪@mauramcgrail.bsky.social‬ (CRISPR knock-ins/ Cre drivers/ Hand2 lineage) 

10.1101/2024.12.04.626907

#YunYangLab (Cycling Gal4-UAS/ Endodermal cell tracing) 

10.1242/dev.204289

@crisprscan.bsky.social‬ (CRISPR-Cas13d optimization/ RNA targeting)

10.1101/2024.10.08.617220

@varshneylab.social‬ @sheng-jia.bsky.social (gRNA selection/ Phenotypic penetrance/ Neurodevelopmental disorders)

10.1093/nar/gkaf180

‪@jutfelt.bsky.social Version 2 Husmorph (Image Analysis/ Landmarking) 

https://github.com/HenHus/Husmorph

Special thanks to Maddie Ryan, Charli Corcoran & Michaela Noskova Fairley for putting this digest together! If you would like to thank the Zebrafish Rock! team for their time & effort, you can buy us a strong cuppa at the link below. Every little bit keeps us caffeinated and motivated! We appreciate your support 🙂

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