Sara Parker
@ratherbecloning
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Microscopist, plasmid enthusiast, Advanced Imaging Specialist @Nikoninst. Posts are my own.
Tucson, Arizona
Joined April 2018
RT @JCellBiol: Parker @ratherbecloning et al. @mouneimnelab @UArizonaCMM show that the Ena/VASP protein, EVL, complexes with the I-BAR prot….
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Pro tip: in a pinch, a barrel cactus makes an excellent tripod. Happy New Year all!
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#Microscopy and #CellBiology tweeps. Thinking of getting a tattoo on my shoulder of an epithelial monolayer with cells migrating away, actin stain for sure. Share your best actin images for inspiration!!.
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When you don’t fully understand how Dronpa works the first time you use it 😝.
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My second office, for those rare times when I only need one monitor!
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Learning SO MUCH about JOBS and GA3 in my first week at @NikonInst. @mouneimnelab can I get a redo on my postdoc? No more manual tracking for me!.
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Last day @mouneimnelab, and I’ve already done a transfection for a weekend IP, plated neurons, probed a WB, done mini preps, ran a PCR, digested said PCRs, collected lentivirus, and it’s not even lunchtime! And I might never do these bench activities again. Kinda crazy!
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Recombination was the bane of my existence for my first year of post-dockin’, don’t let it happen to you! #molecularbiology
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Tying up loose ends at the @UAZCancer microscopy core before I head to @NikonInst next week! I'll miss my scope love logo
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thinking person I am today, and to have made so many amazing friends from all over the world! 💚❤️💚 This position puts me in the middle of the future of microscopy - quantitative biology, AI-enhanced image analysis, software development. I could not be more excited 🔬 7.
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Academic research and our training selects for people who can run the gauntlet again and again and again, and having run this gauntlet countless times, and only seeing more gauntlets on the horizon, I’m calling it. In spite of my gripes, I’m extremely grateful to be the…6.
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I’m feeling pretty damaged on the other side. Moving to this house has been wonderful. The proximity to nature is a constant reminder that working myself to death really doesn’t matter, the planet goes on. I am soooo looking forward to having a semi-normal professional life…5.
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passed at a snail’s pace but also the blink of an eye. Research becomes the entirety of one’s life. There is no part time, there’s not even full time. There’s holidays spent in the lab, plans cancelled, promises broken, and everyone, including myself, coming in second…4.
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practice, how to think, how to ask testable questions, how to exhaust all lines of reasoning. I’ve engineered hundreds and hundreds of innovative molecular tools. I’ve made cell biology into my playground. I’ve become an expert microscopist and experimentalist. And ten years…3.
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able to start a new career and not uproot me and Marco from the city we love. Ten years ago, I came to U of A for grad school, and I never left! I got my PhD in Cellular and Molecular Medicine, did a postdoc, and became an assistant professor. I learned, through all-consuming…2.
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This week, I had what would be (unless I pick up some freaky hobbies) almost certainly the last dissection of my life. I am super-excited to say that I am starting a position with Nikon Instruments, and leaving research behind. The job is remote, so I’m extremely lucky to be… 1.
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