Kevin Thiessen, PhD

Image of a macrophage from a single Z plane that looks suspiciously human

"Don't mind me, just strolling by" 🤣

Caption this (oddly human-like) cell:

I've met a lot of amazing people through my work with the account & I will try to remember them when I reflect on my time with ZR! I'm excited to try new things and even pick up a hobby. Thanks again for everyone's help. I remain your biggest fan, just from the sidelines this time. #RockOn 4/4

I wanted to thank my team @madeline-ryan.bsky.social @charlicorcoran.bsky.social @michaelanosfairley.bsky.social @mads100tist.bsky.social & prev. @amberchiodini.bsky.social for their help & support during the last few years. They've given me reprieve from social media when I needed it the most. 3/4

I've realized for my own mental health, it's just not worth it anymore. The Slack tankspace will be our only venture moving forward as social media has shown to have a decreased role for questions & queries. I will continue to be involved w/ the Slack account but our social media will go silent. 2/4

After 7 years and a lot of memories, I've finally decided to retire Zebrafish Rock! on social media. I really want to say it was always positive but I've had a tumultuous experience with the account. Those that make the community more toxic continue to be promoted to positions of power. 1/4

Congrats and good luck 🤞

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Congrats, Jack! It was fantastic work 👏

Image of the 2023 scicomm award given to Kevin Thiessen for Zebrafish Rock

Now we are twinning 😊 So proud of you!

You shouldn’t text and fly 😉

Some errors in here but slowly learning how to use BlueThread app for these mega-posts. (e.g. Need to use https:// rather than www.)

Here’s a link if it’s helpful to others: bluethread.pythonanywhere.com

Absolutely love this! I went with the blue embellishments and put it in a silver frame. It looks fantastic 😍

Congrats, Natasha! Super excited for you 😊

Welcome to the world, little one! Glad you two are doing well. 😊

I often get reminded of my pitfalls as a scientist. Papers hardly cited, overlooked for awards, called ‘Only an influencer’. But for the last week I had some really long imaging sessions with good results and I felt like a proper Scientist. Those moments are few and far between but it felt great 😊

Image of a hybrid human/snake. Credit unknown but pretty sure they were high.

Human serpent 🐍

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Congrats, Victoria! I had a hunch it would be you this year ☺️ Really glad you got it! Cheers 🥂

Thrilled that my blog post was the most-read hit on the Node for the month of May ☺️ It acts as an intro to the amazing tools that are (freely) available to #zebrafish researchers. Do check it out if you haven’t yet.

🔗 thenode.biologists.com/bioinformati...

Congrats, @stednitz.bsky.social! I’m thrilled to see this out in the wild ☺️

Congrats to @stednitz.bsky.social and Andrew Lesak on their @currentbiology.bsky.social paper! They use HMM to identify two interaction states in #zebrafish: one visual for long-range interactions and one lateral line for quick, close interactions.

Free link: authors.elsevier.com/a/1lCYh3QW8S...

Didn’t realize this was made and shipped from Bristol 🤣 I love this #zebrafish print even more now! I got it with the blue embellishments 🤩 The artist @thewildprintstudio.bsky.social is still selling the rest of the edition, for those interested.

Working link here: www.thewildprintstudio.com/shop

Congrats, @kaguelab.bsky.social 🎉

Time! Yeah I don’t have it…

It’s already got a community name. I’ve got over 1k emails, a Slack forum, nearly 20k followers across social media. Why not?

That urge to start a new society is growing by the day 😵‍💫

I had a lot of fun putting this together 😃 If you want to know all the cool (and free!) resources available to #zebrafish researchers, check it out!

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*Was

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I should know better but the only context I had said it was the CNS.

⬆️ Reasons I’m not a neuroscientist

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This is gorgeous!

Thanks! Post updated with this beaut added!