Helen
@LaiL4b
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Somatosensory-motor researcher, spinal cord advocate, Mom (aka The Tooth Fairy), opinions are my own
Dallas, TX
Joined December 2016
More positions available. Research Scientist: Sr. Research Assoc: Research Asst I:
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Contribute to this fundamental resource for the spinal cord community and be at the forefront of research that will unlock further research growth opportunities! @UTSWPostdocs @UTSWNeurosci .
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🐭🔬Postdoc Opportunity! Join our BICAN project to generate transcriptomic/epigenomic atlases of the mouse developmental spinal cord! We are looking for a motivated postdoc to help lead this innovative initiative! @Allan_HPool @UTSW_WBMF @SSebastianChoi @UTSWBrain.Link in thread.
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Looking forward to mentoring and making discoveries with Sarah, PhD candidate (not on Twitter)! 🥳 Congrats Sarah!
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RT @Allan_HPool: First Pool Lab pre-print: We resolve a major pain with 3’ single-cell RNA-sequencing (10x Genomic….
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Droplet-based 3’ single-cell RNA-sequencing (scRNA-seq) methods have proved transformational in characterizing cellular diversity and generating valuable hypotheses throughout biology[1][1],[2][2]....
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RT @SSebastianChoi: Short introductions/interviews of this year’s UTSW Endowed Scholars @UTSWedu Center Times. I don’t have my faculty prof….
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Cervical Atoh1-lineage neurons make spino-olivary and spinal-LRt tracts. Thoracolumbar Atoh1-lineage neurons project intraspinally.
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We find the Clarke’s column axons branch extensively in the cerebellar cortex even crossing the midline with a synapse to soma ratio of ~72:1 suggesting parallel processing across several domains.
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So proud of Dora and the rest of the mostly Twitterless Lai lab for getting this over the finish line! Plus the cover to boot! ❤️ Thanks to all who helped make this happen! @kD3AN @CRISPRGuru @MarkLandy3 @SfNJournals @UTSWNeurosci @UTSWBrain
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Proprioception, the sense of limb and body position, generates a map of the body that is essential for proper motor control, yet we know little about precisely how neurons in proprioceptive pathways...
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RT @jadabird: I wrote about my grandmother, Chien-Shiung Wu — a pioneering nuclear physicist who’s on a 2021 USPS stamp — but also about lo….
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The world reveres Chien-Shiung Wu as a groundbreaking nuclear physicist who made a startling find 65 years ago. But to me, she was Grandma — and I long to know more about her.
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RT @SSebastianChoi: Choi lab opening in Summer 2022 in the Department of Psychiatry @UTSWNews! I am very excited to join the vibrant and gr….
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RT @decouvriez: I am really excited about this new work from our group, particularly @CharlesWarwick7 -- tons of potential to understand so….
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What a great day for somatosensory biology! ❤️🙏🏼🌶.
BREAKING NEWS:.The 2021 #NobelPrize in Physiology or Medicine has been awarded jointly to David Julius and Ardem Patapoutian “for their discoveries of receptors for temperature and touch.”
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RT @DrNadiaChaudhri: Now that I have 100K followers, I want to talk about #OvarianCancer. Specifically my gritty story. The goal is awarene….
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