John Cobb

Developmental Biologist

[John Cobb @CalgaryCobb]

@JenLawrence21 So you’re saying there is more than one God?

[John Cobb @CalgaryCobb]

@SocDevBio What about Canadian labs and/or students? Ineligible?

[John Cobb @CalgaryCobb]

@Smith_CraigA Beautiful pics Craig-I miss those colourful birds

[John Cobb @CalgaryCobb]

Big thanks to @carlyssullivan, Tabitha Festa-Daroux and Anja Itum for important contributions from our lab on the limb part of the story!

[John Cobb @CalgaryCobb]

Hard to believe this is finally out, made possible by the leadership of @m_osterwalder and wonderful collaboration with Marco and 26 other colleagues. Thanks to @LenPennacchio and @AxelVisel for being so supportive of the collaboration since 2017 (!).

[Marco Osterwalder @m_osterwalder]

It's a great pleasure that our study about the regulatory role of the Shox2 gene desert – a non-coding genomic region with multiple critical functions in embryogenesis - is finally out! #unibern #UCalgary #BerkeleyLab
https://t.co/La3Pq1sVUt
#devbio #enhancers #Shox2 #GeneDeserts

[John Cobb @CalgaryCobb]

Our part of this story began in 2011 when @AbassahOppong agreed to delete the LHB enhancer near the Shox2 gene as part of his PhD project. In those naive days, we thought this would explain how Shox2 expression is controlled in limbs. It turned out to be more complicated. . .

[Marco Osterwalder @m_osterwalder]

It's a great pleasure that our study about the regulatory role of the Shox2 gene desert – a non-coding genomic region with multiple critical functions in embryogenesis - is finally out! #unibern #UCalgary #BerkeleyLab
https://t.co/La3Pq1sVUt
#devbio #enhancers #Shox2 #GeneDeserts

[John Cobb @CalgaryCobb]

It’s been 13 years, so Brood XIX having a bit of a party near Elberton Georgia

[John Cobb @CalgaryCobb]

@Dr_ArshadAyyaz Congrats Arshad!

[Whitney Grenaway @WhitneyGrenaway]

@CNN Tell me more!

[Denis Duboule @Duboule]

Moving the lab to Paris in 2024, the following frozen (sperms) lines will soon be thrown away. Black, blue and red are different #InHoxWeTrust alleles. Anyone interested can contact [email protected] #NoFlowersByRequest 🙏RT
https://t.co/8ZTSO4CUfH

[John Cobb @CalgaryCobb]

@Duboule Congrats on the move Denis, that should be fun. Quite the collection of mice! And RIP Hoxd11-tauGFP

[John Cobb @CalgaryCobb]

Cold October night in Calgary, and the demon dogs are out.

[John Cobb @CalgaryCobb]

@_Josh_Currie I got like 10% defer for an exam today, 20 out of 200

[John Cobb @CalgaryCobb]

@JenniferSchole2 @randykearnes They were ambushed in their tent. Predatory attacks are rare but have happened many times.

[John Cobb @CalgaryCobb]

@randykearnes @BodyguardOne Two of the most recent fatal grizzly attacks in Alberta were on hunters with loaded rifles. Didn't help at all.https://t.co/jIln0Wf82P

[John Cobb @CalgaryCobb]

@HallamMary @CBCNews Driving to the parks is overwhelmingly much more risky than the bears.

[John Cobb @CalgaryCobb]

Christensen Point

[John Cobb @CalgaryCobb]

Midnight surprise appearance of aurora borealis from Christiansen Point on the North Coast Trail, Cape Scott Provincial Park, Vancouver Island.

[John Cobb @CalgaryCobb]

@RosinLab @CIHR_IRSC This is a big deal Jessica. Congratulations!