Finally out! We studied the retinas of the longest-living vertebrate, the Greenland shark, and found that the retinas remain remarkably healthy in animals around 150 years old. What is the mechanism? It may be a highly efficient DNA repair system. Enjoy!
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Dr Patrick Hwu and Dr Katie Thompson-Peer right after Patrick's thesis defense.
So so proud of the new Dr Hwu!
Was smiling so much that my face hurt.
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My UCI colleague Dr. Sydney Prange (@sciencey-syd.bsky.social) & I recently published an article on LGBTQ+ persons, queer bioethics, & the importance of diversity, equity, & inclusivity in stem cell research, regenerative medicine, & other "STEM" fields. OA link: www.tandfonline.com/eprint/SHJBX...
I can't find a bsky account for the journal, so I guess @ascbiology.bsky.social is the closest I can come to tagging CBE-Life Sciences Education.
I was happy to participate in this study, and thank my students for filling out the survey. This is now a regular practice in my undergraduate teaching.
I'm delighted to see this come out: "Nine Undergraduate Biology Instructors Revealing their LGBTQ+ Identities in Class Resulted in Benefits for their LGBTQ+ Students and Students with Other Marginalized Identities" from Carly Busch and Sara Brownell and colleagues www.lifescied.org/doi/10.1187/...
I was a UC PPFP fellow when I was a postdoc at UCSD. This program is invaluable--aside from support for two years of my postdoc, I received excellent mentoring from faculty at the UCs. This fellowship set me up for success and gave me a cohort of fellow postdocs who are now UC faculty. 1/2
The President's Postdoctoral Fellowship Program is one of the most coveted & prestigious positions for UC graduates. It gives a hiring incentive to campuses who hire recipients for a tenure track position. What a DAMN travesty.
This is capitulation to Trump's demand letter & anti-diversity agenda.
The Kim Lab (sskimlab.org) at UC Irvine is recruiting motivated grad students interested in uncovering how transcriptional regulators direct cell fates. We accept students through the CMB (cmb.uci.edu) and MCSB (ccbs.uci.edu/education/mcsb/) PhD programs. Please share with prospective grad students!
@joann-trejo.bsky.social, @marymunson4.bsky.social and I have a commentary in @natcellbio.nature.com on recent attacks on DEI in biomedical research: "If scientific research, especially biomedical research, is meant to serve everyone, then it requires that everyone has an opportunity to participate"
Survey for neuroscience PhD students:
If you're a neuroscience or neuro-related PhD student, and you're so inclined, please take this short survey from a colleague of mine.
uci.questionpro.com/NeuroIFESgra...
And/or pass it on to other neuro PhD students.
Thanks for sharing the updates on FlyBase!
Figure from the preprint showing sensory neuron morphology with different levels of Cas9 expression.
High levels of Cas9 are toxic in sensory neurons. Reducing Cas9 levels with uORFs avoids toxicity and is compatible with efficient editing. From @thompsonpeerlab.bsky.social. Fly lines @vdrc-flies.bsky.social
#CRISPR #Drosophila
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
They're going to send out the slides, I think. Not sure about a recording. But there are 4 of 5 sessions coming up, over the next 4 weeks, if you have time!
Just sat through the 1st of 5 webinars on "Raising a Resilient Scientist" from NIH OITE (Office of Intramural Training and Education).
I've done lots of mentorship training. This one, on communication skills, was a step above.
Highly recommended for PIs. www.training.nih.gov/raising-a-re...
That sounds like what NewPISlack is already doing, in case you want to join an established community.
We cannot scicomm our way out of this, part …I-don’t-know-I’m-tired-of-counting
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🗓️ June 18 | 6:00–7:30 PM | Zoom
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🔗 Register here loom.ly/2rR_Uxo
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From fruit flies to human memory, join us for a behind-the-scenes look at how brain science happens — straight from the experts at UC Irvine! 🔬✨
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I'm looking forward to participating in this interactive, family-friendly panel designed to make neuroscience accessible and exciting for all:
URGENT: FlyBase has lost practically all its funding overnight; even user fees are tied up in denied grant funding. 🤬🤯
Any lab using @flybase.bsky.social please donate using the link in post below.
This incredible community, on whose backs our #Drosophila labs depend, can't be left out to dry.
A screencapture of the page dedicated to the transcription factor isl1/tailup. There is information about the flybase ID, function, classification, keywords, and a very long wall of text under BIOLOGICAL OVERVIEW. Fly people rock tbh
The Interactive Fly logo, showing a cartoon of two adult Drosophila melanogaster on a yellow background. There's subtext that reads "A cyberspace guide to Drosophila development and metazoan evolution".
Did you know? 🧪 "The Interactive Fly" is a wonderful website hosted by @socdevbio.bsky.social where you can learn about their development, the history of gene discovery/name, and it is full of super useful resources for the #DevBio community 🪰https://www.sdbonline.org/sites/fly/aimain/1aahome.htm
Fantastic visit from @marthabhattacharya.bsky.social to UC Irvine’s Dept of Developmental and Cell Biology yesterday.
Beautiful science, studying the role of a transmembrane protein across many model systems.
Thanks for visiting!
It makes me sad every week.
Katie and Belén at the Dynamic Women Awards.
Today I received the 'Committee Spotlight Award' from the @ucirvine.bsky.social Women's Center for Success at the Dynamic Women Awards. What an honor! Thank you to the people who nominated me for this recognition, including Belén Torrado.
I loved training as part of the Boston C elegans research community. The generosity and curiosity were infectious.
One of three sets of poster presenters at the UC Irvine Bren center
Things giving me hope these days: seeing all the undergrads presenting their research. Our lab has 4 undergrads presenting today. I’m proud of them and their grad student mentors. @ucirvine.bsky.social @ucibiosci.bsky.social Happy UROP day.
