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The McMenamin Lab in the Boston College Biology. We study patterning and regeneration in the vertebrate skeleton. We love fish!

Boston, MA
Joined April 2018
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Shhaping the caudal fin: @McmenaminLab describes how shha overexpression induces a novel fin shape in zebrafish @isabellaclsci discusses a #preprint from Eric Surette, @skmcmena & team investigating the role of shha in regulating fin shape Check it out👇👀 prelights.biologists.com/hig…
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We have an amazing PhD program here at Boston College combining R1 research with liberal arts training in communication and critical thought. Grad stipend starts at $40k! Applications due Dec 1 bc.edu/content/bc-web/school…
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I am so proud of @theheelygirl @FishgirlJoan @hellostaceface @McmenaminLab Yinan, Ben, Flora, Jenny, Julianna, Lee and Hoa for all their work on this paper! It has been a long road pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.22…
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What a joy to host the inaugural BAZaR meeting of zebrafish researchers! Amazing talks and posters from fish labs across the (much!) broader Boston area. Can't wait for next year @CifuentesLab! #BAZaR2023
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Just a few hours left! Registration for #BAZaR2023 will close today at NOON. Let us know if you plan to join us on the #BostonCollege campus on March 18 for some Boston #zebrafish! sites.google.com/bc.edu/baza…
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ISRB Webinars November Zone 2, Nov 8, 4pm Central European Time - mailchi.mp/6f9b0066a082/isrb…
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Preprints (cont.) by @BbParis1984 (Gonadal homeostasis/Killifish) biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/… @McmenaminLab (Thyroid ablation/Kinematic swimming) biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/… @emiliapsantos @evomorpholab @marconi_aleks (Interspecific variation/Cichlid) biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/… 24/35
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TT faculty position in our department! Please R/T! apply.interfolio.com/114124
Boston College is hiring a Developmental Biology colleague (assistant/associate/full) 🔬🧑‍🎓🦎🧬🧫🐟👩‍🔬 Our scientifically diverse, collegial R1 Biology Department has fantastic resources and outstanding PhD & UG students. Come join us! #academicjobs #facultyjobs #biologyjobs
Boston College is hiring a Developmental Biology colleague (assistant/associate/full) 🔬🧑‍🎓🦎🧬🧫🐟👩‍🔬 Our scientifically diverse, collegial R1 Biology Department has fantastic resources and outstanding PhD & UG students. Come join us! #academicjobs #facultyjobs #biologyjobs
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Please join the Center for Human Rights & International Justice on October 6-7, 2022 for their Structural Racism in the US: Engaging the Interstices of Migration, Indigenous Peoples’ Rights, & the Legacies of Settler Colonialism symposium! Register here: bit.ly/3xAMuJH
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Our priority is to make the Biology department a welcoming environment. As a step towards making our BC Biology community more inclusive and equitable, we are thrilled to announce the upcoming Brain, Bias & Being workshop, hosted by the Biology Department and the VPR Office.
*Four* new undergrads in lab!! It's so great to be able to take new students in person again! Welcome to Julianna, Tommy, Jenny and Stephanie!
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If you or someone you know is looking for a PhD program dedicated to training students for all types of careers, located in a hub of scientific research, check out BC biology. Apps due in 1 month.
Biology at Boston College is recruiting graduate students. The application deadline is December 3: bc.edu/gsas for details and application Departments website: bc.edu/bc-web/schools/mcas/d…
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One week until registration deadline for #DBTW2019 thenode.biologists.com/event… (see last year: #DBTW2018)
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Congratulations to @McMenaminLab postdoc Yinan Hu for winning the SDB award for best Postdoc flash talk and poster!! #NESDB2019
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Happy Valentine’s Day, from our lab to yours ❤️ @McmenaminLab – at Newton, MA
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We love it when an awesome rotation student wants to stay in the lab! Welcome, Melody Harper!!!
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We had so much fun this weekend in the Living Laboratory at the Boston Museum of Science! We talked to more than 70 people, toddlers to grandparents, about zebrafish research and skeleton development! @museumofscience @hellostaceface @evodevomay @McmenaminLab
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