Alejandro Aguilera Castrejon
@AlejandroAgCa
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🇲🇽 Ex utero embryogenesis and stem-cell embryo models. 1st gen scientist. Group Leader at 4DCP, HHMI Janelia, USA.
Ashburn, VA
Joined March 2011
Thanks to MIT Technology Review for selecting me as one of the 35 innovators under 35 for 2024!
The Download: introducing our 35 Innovators Under 35 list for 2024
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I feel like crap. I didn’t get any grants this year, so I had to let go of my super talented postdoc—someone with a doctorate who’s now unemployed, without benefits or retirement, and still grinding away on a paper... Postdocs are the most unappreciated and undervalued positions
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Most researchers have nothing on Larry Richardson. Racking up more than 130 citations in 4 years, he seemed like a scientific superstar in the making. Except the studies were gibberish—and Larry is a cat. This “exercise in absurdity” is an eye-opening look at byzantine world of
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Join us at the 4DCP anual conference next year! This time the focus areas will be tissue mechanics and metabolism.
From single cells to whole organisms: explore the mechanics-metabolism interface driving #morphogenesis & #homeostasis through talks + methods + theory. 🧬⚙️🔬 #Mechanobiology 🛏️ Lodging + meals covered ➡️ Learn more and apply by Jan 8 @ https://t.co/eb8DhYFoHA
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Please help us to promote this DevBiol course (in Spanish) ¡Nuevo curso gratuito! / New free course! 🧬 Biología del Desarrollo (en español) 📅 Cupos limitados 👉 Regístrate: https://t.co/AesXfF0n4r 📘 Programa y detalles: https://t.co/q85W9cpAcE
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🏆 First Prize – DevBio Art Contest 🖼️ “A Model Meeting” by Karla Akari Garcia Inspired by The Quaker Meeting, this watercolor honors animal research models, from mouse to axolotl, that have advanced developmental biology 🎨 A tribute to science’s often unsung heroes. #DevBioArt
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Ready to explore the miracle of life? Join our MPhil Programme on Reproduction & Embryogenesis! Immerse yourself in groundbreaking research and unlock the secrets of human development. Scholarships available - apply now!
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CRISPR came from yogurt bacteria. GLP-1s came from Gila monster venom. Taq polymerase came from hot spring bacteria. As much as we like to think that progress in biotech is driven by human design, our biggest breakthroughs over the years have all originated from nature.
The ocean is one of the last great frontiers of biology. More than 90% of all marine life (an estimated 2M species) have not been discovered. Also, only ~10% of the seafloor has been mapped at 100m resolution, "as compared to 100% of...Mars and Venus." We should sequence
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📢 Applications are open! Join us to explore new tools, methods & theory at the intersection of mechanics & #metabolism across scales, from tissue microenvironments to morphogenesis. #mechanobiology 🛏️ Lodging & meals covered Apply by Jan 8 @ https://t.co/eb8DhYFoHA
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In the age of AI writing, it is more important than ever to emphasize this to the next generation. Writing is not a simple record of what you think---it is one of the best ways to learn. And it is a means to uncover what you didn't know you believed.
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🪱New research from the Wang Lab @mengwang939 shows how changes in a worm’s lysosomes promoting longevity are transmitted to its offspring through the epigenome, revealing how epigenetic modifications that help organisms cope with stress can be inherited.
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A tulip-shaped image of a worm shows the intestine on the left and the germline on the right. Green highlights histone H3 lysine 79 dimethylation, while magenta marks cell nuclei stained with DAPI.
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Our newest human kidney assembloid model features the formation of spatially-patterned human nephrons connected to a central collecting system. It exhibits a variety of kidney functions in vitro and in vivo. Online now in Cell Stem Cell: https://t.co/pOojmHNUnh
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🚀 Looking for a Bioinformatician / Data Scientist to join our crew and explore regeneration through single-cell genomics & evolutionary biology! 📩 Questions? Contact us ✉️ 🔗 Apply here:
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Job offers of the Max Planck Society and Institutes. You can combine the "jobtype" with either "research subjects" or "region". Confirm your choice with OK.
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Last days to apply!!!
Hi there! We are lookig for a highly motivated and talented postdoctoral researcher to join our dynamic team starting in 2026. Please see the call for more details! Come on join us! It will be fun! :)
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Associate Professor faculty search in Department of Molecular Genetics @OhioState
https://t.co/bvY1YWTwZj
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David Baltimore (March 7, 1938 – September 6, 2025). His discovery of reverse transcriptase, along with Howard Temin and Satoshi Mizutani, illuminated the retrovirus life cycle, led to the discovery of viral oncogenesis mechanisms and antiviral RT inhibitors, and enabled
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He was only 37 when he made a discovery that challenged the existing tenets of biology and led to an understanding of retroviruses and viruses, including H.I.V.
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📢 Announcing ChemTools 2026! This meeting will focus on: 🧪Platforms & tools for analyzing cell/tissue networks ⚡ Methods to perturb biological networks 🔍Applications that yield new insights 🛏️ Lodging + meals covered ➡️ Apply by Dec 5 @ https://t.co/GFwWeUERRR
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The Vienna BioCenter PhD program in Molecular BioSciences will offer 20+ fully-funded positions in the Autumn Call which is now open. Please RT. Further details: https://t.co/TjdAPUBkGR
@IMPvienna @IMBA_Vienna @gmivienna @MaxPerutzLabs @univienna @MedUni_Wien
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📢Conduct your PhD thesis research at Janelia 🎓Apply by Dec 3 for our joint graduate programs w/@HopkinsMedicine in neuroscience & cross-disciplinary biology 🌐Collaborate across disciplines 🛠️Work with tool builders 🤝Train in a supportive environment https://t.co/1D7PQBD5rk
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My department is hiring at Rice! Please send us your applications.
The Department of BioSciences at Rice U invites applications for an open rank tenure-track position to begin July 1, 2026. We seek candidates with research programs in theoretical and computational neuroscience, including candidates 1/2
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