#DanioDigest (March 2025)
Posted by Kevin Thiessen, on 8 April 2025
An easily-consumable recap of the latest happenings in the #zebrafish community!
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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:
Publications:
Regeneration
#JianlongMaLab (Liver regeneration/ Transdifferentiation/ Sam68)
@rmarinjuez.bsky.social (Heart regeneration/ Macrophages/ Gpnmb)
Disease Models
#DowlingLab @sickkidsvs.bsky.social (Charcot-Marie-Tooth type 4B3/ MTMR5/ Disease model)
Metabolism
@mennigenlab.bsky.social (Methylene blue/ Development/ Metabolism)
Embryogenesis
@heisenbergcplab.bsky.social @stetavano.bsky.social (Cell migration/ BMP/ Lateral mesendoderm)
Toxicity
@alliancegenome.bsky.social (ZFIN/ Toxicology data/ Gene-chemical interactions)
#KaiserLab @ceitec.eu (Microplastics/ Tomography/ MicroCT)
Transcriptomics
@mvargam.bsky.social (snoRNAs/ Zebrafish snoRNAome/ Sequencing)
@immler.bsky.social @alicegodden.bsky.social (Sperm sRNAs/ Transposable elements)
Neuroscience
@bruceappel.bsky.social @aineurolab.bsky.social (Amyloid-β/ Brain aging/ Neurodegeneration)
#MonkLab @volluminstitute.bsky.social (Schwann cells/ Rac1/ Myelin maintenance)
@juliesemmelhack.bsky.social (Visual stimulus/ Fear response/ Tectum)
@grzoidl.bsky.social (Pannexin-2/ Ocular defects/ Visual Perception)
Behavior
@mishaahrens.bsky.social (Predator recognition/ Learning/ Noradrenergic circuits)
@ctudorache.bsky.social (Coping styles/ Risk taking/ Heritability)
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)
Evolution
#SalzburgerLab @unibas.ch @charlottehuyghe.bsky.social (Metagenomics/ Dietary Diversity/ Adaptive Radiation)
#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
#Reviews:
@gbdownes.bsky.social (Neurogenetic disorders/ FERRY Complex)
@bbparis1984.bsky.social (Sexual dimorphism/ Brain/ Aging)
@mirimiam.bsky.social @fedemantica.bsky.social (Gene duplication/ Splicing/ Evolution)
@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)
#Protocols and Tools:
@mauramcgrail.bsky.social (CRISPR knock-ins/ Cre drivers/ Hand2 lineage)
#YunYangLab (Cycling Gal4-UAS/ Endodermal cell tracing)
@crisprscan.bsky.social (CRISPR-Cas13d optimization/ RNA targeting)
@varshneylab.social @sheng-jia.bsky.social (gRNA selection/ Phenotypic penetrance/ Neurodevelopmental disorders)
@jutfelt.bsky.social Version 2 Husmorph (Image Analysis/ Landmarking)
https://github.com/HenHus/Husmorph
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