Stephanie Woo

@itsthewoolab.bsky.social

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Associate professor at the University of California Merced. Posts are my own. My lab uses zebrafish to study morphogenesis of the endoderm. It's offal-y interesting.

A bust of Hans Spemann
A presentation slide with a quote from Eric Davidson, “We are now in a position to answer questions that have bedeviled biologists since Spemann” and an illustration of Davidson as a Simpsons character.
Stefan Materna introducing his presentation titled “How the Endoderm Finds Its Form”
Photo of Dr. Po-Shu Tu standing in front of a screen introducing his PhD defense presentation
Screenshot from a zoom meeting showing Stephanie Woo wearing a burnt orange University of Texas sweatshirt with a background photo of the El Paso skyline behind her.
Dr. Raeden Gray is smiling and holding up a bottle of coconut rum.
The 2025 West Coast Society for Developmental Biology organizers, from left to right, Frank Macabenta, Jaimie Van Norman, and Stephanie Woo
Flyer for the 2025 West Coast Society for Developmental Biology meeting, held August 14-17 at Cal-Poly in San Luis Obispo, CA. The meeting was sponsored by the Society for Developmental Biology, Parse Biosciences, Molecular Instruments, and Nikon.
A group of people from UC Merced attending the 2025 West Coast Society for Developmental Biology meeting
Photo of a child standing in front of a sign saying “Butterfly Pavillion No Spines Open Hearts”
Flyer for the 2025 West Coast Society for Developmental Biology regional meeting, taking place August 14–17 at Cal Poly San Luis Obispo, California. Registration and more info: sdbonline.org/wcsdb2025. There is a QR code that links directly the to meeting website.
A cake with a schematic of DNA bar codes, a 1 cell-stage zebrafish embryo, and the message “Congratulations, Gloria!”
A person standing next to a research poster presentation.
A group of people at a Stand Up for Science rally under a sunny, blue sky