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Developmental Neurobiologist at Emory University - studies hair cells, planar polarity and the inner ear - upbeat Crystal Palace fan
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Big congratulations to new Dr Shubham Kale PhD who successfully defends his dissertation on Friday. See is efforts here: nam11.safelinks.protection.outlook.com?url=https%3A...

I really hate it when a vendor or sales rep asks to know my budget before giving us a quote. My budget is as low as possible - haven’t you read anything about the NIH lately?

Now that my lab has moved to Emory I want you to join us in Atlanta. We have an NIH-funded postdoc position available to study Planar Cell Polarity (PCP) signaling using vestibular hair cells of the mouse as a model. Please repost and/or DM for details

Who needs moss on a tree when the south side of your snowman always melts first

We have to do a better job writing the Project Narrative and Project Summary sections of our grants. Now more than ever these need to be clear and compelling - and written for the general public. I’m afraid these are the only sections RFK jr and friends might read when judging your worth. 😐

This might reveal a problem of mine - but doesn’t it look like he is wearing his semi-circular canals on the outside?

Our contribution to #FluorescenceFriday is a progress report. The scope made it to Emory and was reassembled with only one minor catastrophe. We’re calling it a win.

Frivolous sort-of-science question: What do you call male and female mice? Bucks and Does? Sires and Dams? Johns and Janes?

Happy #FluorescenceFriday It's like a cochlear sunset photo credit Satish Ghimire

I don’t know who did this first but my mother-in-law just sent it to me

Canadian Students Perform 'Blackbird' by The Beatles in the Indigenous First Nations Mi'kmaq Language

Happy #FluorescenceFriday. I captured this one myself.

I spoke to our moving company about packing the lab and their recommendation was bubble wrap. Lots of bubble wrap.

For our first #FluorescenceFriday post I’m sharing a lab favorite. Photo credit to Ellie Goodrich.

Here's a great opportunity for undergrads to apply for a summer internship at the NIH! Applications are due Jan. 8th. Follow link for more details and to apply: www.nibib.nih.gov/labs-at-nibi...

@genegirl007.bsky.social is already asking if Crystal Palace has been relegated yet

Today’s poem celebrates Fibonacci Day. It’s called ‘Word Crunching’.

Check out how #neuralcrest cells 🔬 migrate (animal= #zebrafish, white cells=sox10+, start=10 somites stage, anterior=top)

Sally Roesch Wagner, Ph.D., is a leading scholar of women's studies and the suffrage movement and, now in her 80s, is experiencing hearing loss: hearinghealthfoundation.org/blogs/the-ch... #relatable #candor #hearing #health #brain #loveyourears #keeplistening

please do not teach the goats italian

If you are early in your #synbio career, consider applying for this award! If you know of an awesome #synbio person early in their career (there are many!), please consider nominating them! Applications/nominations are due Dec 1! americanchemical.co1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...

Two weeks without looking/listening to any news, so much this

For a story: I'm looking to talk to current or recent PhD students who had at least one child during their PhD. Bonus points if you had one kid during your PhD and one later (eg during a postdoc) but not required. DMs open! Thanks, please RT!

It’s hard to concentrate when our new neighbor keeps peeping through the window

Re-posting for #MicroscopyMonday 👇 We've been sifting through our archive of 1960s histology sections. Here, the organ of Corti (auditory sensory epithelium of the cochlea) is viewed using Mallory's trichrome stain. The outer hair cells (centre right) are stained orange. 🔬🧪👂 #neuroskyence

For many junior faculty who’ve received the advice to submit a modular R01 (I did, when I was starting my lab), do NOT heed this advice. I ran my lab on $180k per yr for 5 yrs, since of course the institute cuts the budget down further, and it was painful.

E10.5 mouse spinal cord (neural tube), labeled with Sox2 (red, neural progenitors), nestin (green, radial fibers) and neurofilament (blue, axons). The ventral motor columns are the most developed structure at this early time point.