Really excited to share our preprint on #Galvanotaxis! We identify Galvanin, a membrane protein acting as an electric field sensor that guides cell migration. Check it out: https://t.co/ejJ6uyYKMu #CellBiology #CRISPRi #Migration (Thanks for the support @JCChildsFund and @NIGMS)

https://t.co/e2v9nRlpJ8 I got to talk about our amateur radio seminar on... public radio! Thanks for having me, WESA. Ham radio lives on, and the field day was quite exciting this year (though still cold, in true Pittsburgh April fashion)!

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In the age of satellites, cell towers and web servers, CMU offers amateur radio course. https://t.co/zGofQZxu6A #amateurradio #hamradionews

One of the most rewarding things I get to do is run a week-long science storytelling workshop each summer with my friend @eucryphia of @OddSalon and (thanks @NSF and @PrincetonCST!). It's time for Lab Tales #4! Funding for 5 non-Princeton trainees. Apply: https://t.co/geaalZe9QX

Step aside muscle, our new work shows that kidney and intestine tissue can also change shape and function when electrically stimulated (movie)! We call this ‘electroinflation’! Long overdue hurrah for @GawoonS* /IsaacBreinyn*, @almcalvo, Sameeksha. https://t.co/JUlREYfUlK

How awesome that this is out! Although feeling a twinge of disappointment felt that "Pump it up" didn't make it into the final pub's title...

My final project during my PhD is out! We electrically stimulate 3D epithelial structures to inflate like a water balloon. Much thanks to @almcalvo , @Sameeksha Rao, @Isaac Breinyn, and the fearless leader @DJCohenEtAl ! https://t.co/cp3IiT2Xrm

A kind stranger captured us during totality on Lake Erie! Luna was not as excited by the corona.

Actin filaments that drive amnioserosa cell shape changes during dorsal closure in Drosophila, (i.e., cytoskeletal contractions during fruit fly development) as seen by grazing incidence structured illumination microscopy: https://t.co/IXrs0X7xMO

Eel-ectroporation!

A lot of undergraduates ask me "how do I learn more about batteries" so I decided to write my answer up:

Our signal propagation atlas of C. elegans is now out in @Nature! We measure the network’s response to optogenetic stimulation of each neuron in the head, one at a time-- over 23,000 neuron pairs. Congrats to @francescorandi @aksharma_118 & @DvaliSophie. https://t.co/DshzdEXz4P

Come talk to me at the ASEE poster session Monday morning about teaching circuits to non-majors! I'll be at board 88 (Impact of Electronics Design Experience on Non-majors' Self-efficacy and Identity) #asee

Cormac McCarthy died today, June 13, at his home in Santa Fe, NM. Nautilus couldn’t have been more flattered when the great novelist published his first work of nonfiction, “The Kekule Problem,” with us in 2016.  https://t.co/ZCNUVXCxyu

Grad students: attend this workshop if you can! Learn how to talk about your science from some skilled raconteurs!

Had a mini field day on Flagstaff Hill. Nabbed SP1DX in Slovenia on 10W sideband! Beautiful day for some amateur radio with the 18059 class :)

Congrats to our engineering faculty @CMUBuggy team on winning against @CmuScience!

Interested in Living Electronics? Check out our review and perspective on how cells and proteins can be used as electronic components including wires, capacitors, transistors, diodes, optoelectronic components, spin filters, sensors, logic processors, and bioactuators

I found this in the library today and I'm loving it! Will have to order a copy of my own. Such a neat collection!

Today is the last day of the ham class! We're building measuring tape Yagi-Uda antennas (based on N5DUX's excellent plans). A rite of passage! This was actually the first time I built one... Any tips for getting the reflector to lie flat on the PVC cross piece?