I went back to community college at 26 knowing I wanted to pursue a PhD because I refused to accept that I was too old to pursue my dreams. I started my MS at 30 and my PhD at 32. Je ne regrette rien.

Last weekend I had the privilege of representing my country at the UCI Gravel World Championships. A proper race deserves a proper report. Tried to do just that. Long winded and still somehow not even close to capturing all of the feels following this incredible experience.

APPLY NOW The Grass Foundation is now accepting applications for the 2026 Grass Fellowship. Grass Fellowships support investigator-designed, independent research projects by scientists early in their career. Find out more https://t.co/7jGvRJcpIS

Making one final push to close the PMC donation gap before leaving for gravel worlds. See my bio for details 🫶❣️🫶

💯 this ❣️ I recently gave a department seminar and a few weeks later a prof in the dept complimented me on it. It was a brief exchange that lit up my tired little heart & motivated me to keep my head up in spite of everything else going on. A small act of kindness >>>>

Great opportunity here to have a great mentor and work on a very 🔥 emerging topic with some truly awesome tools.

#NewKitDay is perfectly timed with t-2 wks till Gravel World Championships in the Netherlands 😻 Want to support my journey? Donate to my PMC fundraiser before October 1 at this link: https://t.co/Om1CSTSXPt

This is a life-changing five year full fellowship for graduate students across the sciences and engineering. If you’re eligible, it’s worth looking into

Good luck out there and definitely feel free to reach out when in doubt. (6/6)

Lastly: Plan ahead & leave time to get feedback (give people at least one week & yourself at least a couple of days to integrate the critiques). It ALWAYS helps to get at least one outside perspective to help identify the gaps. Even at our best we can overlook simple needs (5/6)

Tip #3: Zoom out. If space allows, describe how the work that YOU did independently contributes to the greater mission of the lab. (4/6)

Tip #2: invest time in finding powerful action verbs. Bloom's Taxonomy of Measurable Verbs is a great resource for finding just the word that can succinctly and clearly communicate your meaning https://t.co/cGpE790YRa (3/6)

Tip #1: Reference "contributor role taxonomy." This guide breaks research down into it's different components and will help you identify where you contributed and learn how this component is commonly described in STEM (e.g., "data curation") https://t.co/gk64gGaoIW (2/6)

Tips for student researchers applying for awards: many apps will ask you to describe your research experience. Being able to clearly articulate YOUR role in the research is critical for success, but often there's little guidance on how this is best communicated (1/6)

Looking for mito genome help: can anyone provide a link to the full sequence for the CBA/J mitochondrial genome? I can find the one for C57's but I do need it to be mouse strain specific and I'm struggling to find an entry for CBA/J mice.

@MBIsg @ChaoyuF Mechanical forces shape cell fate, proliferation, and migration. But how do adhesion GPCRs (aGPCRs) turn physical cues into biochemical signals?

A truly beautiful preprint and scientific story. They set a high bar. Absolutely worth a download to at least checkout the incredible mastery of microscopy.

If you ever need a source of hope for mentorship in science and academia, give @neubadah a follow. Your generosity of spirit continues to inspire me, friend 🥹.

Happy #MicroscopyMonday! The Nikon Small World Exhibit showcases life's beauty and complexity as seen through the light microscope. 4th place went to Dr. Amy Engevik, who photographed a section of the small intestine of a mouse. Can you guess the magnification of the lens?

New cover photo. Lookup table triptych showing the inner hair cells that transduce sound information & the afferents that transmit that information from the cochlea to the brain. Micrographs from my immuno pilots greatest hits. 🔬 🧬 💗

Come join us in Toronto. @UofT is hiring a Professor of computational cognitive neuroscience. #neuroAI #compneuro