@sdissel.bsky.social
Associate Professor at UMKC. I study sleep, memory and decision-making using the Drosophila model. Also, Pink Floyd is the best band in the history of music, period. https://research.umkc.edu/dissel/research
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It’s the never ending story. Fail, fail, fail, succeed, enjoy success for one day, get back to failing some more, and so on….
It’s tiring tbh…. I know that I would never get away with this kind of stuff. Heck I would not even try….
Since I know about them and it was mostly before my time on this planet…
So I have found that the “I thought everybody knew this” approach is not always the best option. So I’m careful about saying that even if obviously I can’t understand how they would not know about Led Zeppelin or Pink Floyd….
Just a Monday night thought of course….the joy of academia
Oh I have been in this situation so many times. “Why should I know about this? I was not even born” is the usual response I get…. I don’t understand this kind of thinking
Well, the data clearly demonstrates that these VNC neurons are much more potent regulator of sleep. So I would argue that the dFB neurons are the contaminating cells in that « dFB-specific » driver….#drosophila #Sleep
So I came back from the Gordon sleep conference and it took me a while to integrate this but a famous researcher described sleep-promoting neurons located in the VNC that are present in the most widely used « dFB-specific » GAL4 driver as contaminating cell…
3.30h to go through security. But by some miracle I made my flight.
Fun times touring the Hobby Airport. Some TSA strike. Southwest could have told me about this much earlier. I may not get my flight. Good times
Nope
Nope…a bottle of Alsace wine. Typical shape for the bottle
On my way to my favorite meeting. The Gordon sleep conference
If you know anything about wine you should know where this is from just based on the shape of the bottle…
Channeling the slash in me. Bourbon, guitar. Friday night. What else?
Why do we feel an irresistible drive to sleep after being awake for too long? A recent study led by Prof. Anissa Kempf has revealed that, in fruit flies, a small set of neurons can sense when the fly needs rest. Learn more 👉
www.biozentrum.unibas.ch/news/detail/... @erc.europa.eu @snsf.ch #sleep
Congratulations to my friend Anissa Kempf for this paper emphasizing the need to use the proper genetic tools when linking sleep effects to specific neurons. This was needed. Well done
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Go Annika. You will get a lot of pushback from students. But I agree that it seems students these days don’t know how to study anymore. It’s unbelievable, how did we get there? And AI is an absolute disaster. Last semester, I have had a lot of AI generated assignments that were totally wrong.
Been there, done that. When I tell this to my students they think I’m joking or I’m crazy….
Cool
Can PIs take it?? I’m joking but I wish I could have done this as a postdoc or PhD student. I know the course is awesome.
Yes yes yes
This list is full of truth. As a recently tenured faculty I agree 100% with all of these advices.
Sorry to hear.
Good luck
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Feliz Navidad
Unbelievably nice weather for this time of year. Merry Xmas to all
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