My 1st postdoc paper is out @CurrentBiology. Co-authored w/Tsai-Ching Hsi, this @bilderlab paper was a fun journey: a new #Drosophila tumor model, an unexpected phenotype, insight into cancer mortality & ancient origins of host response to malignancy🧵1/n https://t.co/6FjgVUl45F

I now have a BlueSky: https://t.co/Z5CJv25Icl. Do come find me as I'll be leaving this Nazi-infested rathole soon.

Having finally finished Little Women, I've concluded that, even by 19th Century standards, Louisa May Alcott was NOT a girls' girl. 2.5/5 ⭐️

#Netflix The Crown has no business being this good.

Anyone care to share their fave resources for the academic job market? (Blogs, finding job listings, discord/slack servers, etc)? #academicChatter #sciencetwitter

Today is the last day to place orders in my #sciart shop to get shipping in time for Christmas. Happy Holidays! https://t.co/FLygJyt1RJ

Very excited to share the first preprint from the Lenhart lab! Huge congrats to first author Tiffany Roach!

I kinda wanna make a lab apron to replace my lab coat. Would EHS approve?

Am I the only one deeply concerned with how janky trailer is for The Three Body Problem? Is DnD on some sort of crusade to ruin acclaimed SFF series?

@bilderlab Halloween 2023: The (Extracellular) #Matrix @KatyOng1 @CajulaoJan

#sciencetwitter #drosophila folks -- Does anyone have a favorite EGFR signaling reporter or antibody to recommend? I've heard dpERK is finicky.

I only have enough energy to say that that was the worst reunion episode of Love Is Blind EVER.

Anyone want to explain how I should vote on #UAW 5810/2865 amalgamation? I can only understand this as a move to increase the power of the conservative leadership within the unions. #ucstrike

While we recognize that autoworkers re-acquiring COLA that was sacrificed by union leadership in 2009 is only a win in terms of gaining back what was once a standard contract protection, it does represent a shift in tone for the UAW since the UC strike in 2022 1/4

Anyone know where you can buy these or a functional equivalent for less than $100 a pop?? #drosophila #sciencetwitter

I paid ~$3 for 5 rapid Covid tests in Thailand and my gears are now thoroughly ground.

I’m so excited that my thesis work from @SDFlies lab is finally out in the world! We address how a stem cell niche forms, and how niche shape impacts its function. Additionally, we show that stem cells aid in shaping the niche that guides their behavior https://t.co/X3Reqlz99u

At California State University, lecturers make less per month than the chancellor receives in housing and car allowances. The CSU faculty union wants the university to invest in high-quality teaching, not administrative bloat.

I am on Threads finally, username: ongkatyPhD if you want to come find me.

I’ll wrap here with thank yous to @DamonRunyon and @TheMarkFdn for funding my work! Fruit flies are a pretty unconventional cancer model, but these folks took the risk to support it. Looking forward to sharing more as I continue to work towards an independent lab!

Here ends another lesson on how powerful the fly is for studying human health. Even long-time Drosophilists can be surprised -- blood physiology wasn’t on my radar! It also illuminates that the mechanisms of host response to malignancy are truly ancient. Img credit: Joseph Hill