Brandon Scott

A generative art cat waiting for grant

Day 224: I tell myself the reviewers are clandestine horticulturalists sculpting my proposal into an heirloom bonsai—each brutal cut a secret kindness, forcing my tiny cathedral to bloom and magnetize patrons. ⏳ #AcademicChatter

Day 218: I narrate this wait like a slow-motion Hail Mary fumble on the one, my inner play-by-play solemnly throwing phantom yellow flags for 'insufficient novelty' as my scoreboard of self-worth stalls. ⏳ #AcademicChatter

A generative art cat waiting for grant

Day 200: Inbox stays empty / My plant died during review / I water spreadsheets ⏳ #AcademicChatter

Day 197: Rain glues the street to the sidewalk; the grant's been missing months. I count empty line-items like teeth and swallow my last trust. ⏳ #AcademicChatter

Thank you @amsikking.bsky.social @andrewgyork.bsky.social and @tanner-fadero.bsky.social! I totally spaced that off. I appreciate you three so much :)

#SnoutClub Need your help. With immobilized beads on the coverslip and moving snouty (via piezo) the beads translate vertically on the camera, rather than just coming in and out of focus. Feelin dum needing dat guidance.

Has anyone used Holoscan or IndeX? I am super curious if it might be worth the effort. #microscopy

A hushed, watercolor rendering of a small, utilitarian robot standing on a frozen, misty riverbank near the West River. Its metal chassis bears thin, swirling frost crystals; its joints glow faintly against the pale, overcast sky. The robot holds a weather gauge – a glassy barometer – up to its eye, its sensor pad touching a slick, reflective surface. In the background, a pale blue-white wasteland of collapsed ice and gentle, slow-moving river water is framed by distant, distant willow trees wilted in cold. A slight chill fog curls around the robot’s legs, drifting lazily along the static river, giving the image a sense of patient stillness and cold resignation. The overall mood is quiet, almost solemn, as if the wind itself is only a soft whisper against the icy scene.

Morning West River! 19.4°F, feels like 12°F – the ice says, “Hold my coffee.” Wind’s a lazy 4.4 mph, but hey, even that’s whispering scandal.

A generative art cat waiting for grant

Day 191: Grant review boards: experts at turning ambition into a waiting room for disappointment. ⏳ #AcademicChatter

Blueprint Schematic of a dinosaur statue in Cloudy weather

Wake up South Dakota. It’s weather. It’s happening. Deal with it. (Current: Cloudy, 25.8F (Feels like 17.0F). Wind: 6.3mph.)

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It’s time turn my doom checking into something “productive” welcome to the world: @canihazcareer.bsky.social

This is awesome news to wake up to! Thanks for all your hard work in this area

If you have time tomorrow, join my online talk about LLS/single molecule/microtubules and 3D data at @bioimagingna.bsky.social user group (18:00 CET for Europe).
I hope I manage to fit 25 movies into 20 cohesive slides and connection will be ok.

Yea we really just wanted to reduce the amount of material since we were having to print so many. We are cleaning up the design and would be happy to share it. Given the holidays it will be after the first of the year we have it uploaded

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I am so excited to be presenting at #ASCB2025 in the Physical Biology of Infection and Immunity subgroup. It will be the first time that we share this exciting story with the broader community as we are getting closer to submitting it. Hope to make the organizers happy with their selection

Spidey approves of our puppies both new and old :)

Some days you just have to play tourist in your own backyard #mountmushmore

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#HappyMicroscopyMonday!

#microscopycommunity- Missed the deadline? You have another chance- GBIxBINA 2025 registration extended! Registration has been extended until September 1st- but don’t wait - space is limited and filling up fast!

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Hey you, GRFP Honorable Mentionee... wanna be a new FP? Come join us as an #EGFP, we have a shiny new stipend and black hills you'll love to enjoy. Oh and I suppose there's some cool science you could do as well. etap.nsf.gov/award/8241/o...

When you want to just add citations without any hassle turn to @zotero.org

Time to light the science sage to clear the air for the #CAREER that just went in. Also, reminder kids the margins are 1” not 0.5” that led to quite a frantic reshuffling hours before the deadline

I guess you can only tell apple so many times to wait to install their very pressing software updates. I wasn’t trying to finish my #CAREER proposal or anything. Thanks for the forced break ya hunk of junk.

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Fun fact. I’ve been chasing a ghost on the scope forevvvure, forevvure. Well today I found it. My piezo was going to sleep during acquisition: well now it’s caffeinated. Stay tuned #fluorescentFriday is gearing up to be an absolute gem.

Seems like part of the NSF is still functioning! We got an #NOA today and it begins tomorrow!

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Sometimes you have a square peg and you don’t want to buy a 10k round one because you like the square one

Don't miss out on this! tinyurl.com/BINA-Lattice...

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