Paul Donlin-Asp

Fair.

I need to invest in a birdseed subscription service.

Family bonding time in front of the telly.

Trigger warning: a cotton ball growling is a terrifying thing.

Enjoying a morning in York.

Late summer in the burbs of Chicago has its charms.

*Walking around thinking about turning 40 in a few years*

The universe:

Horrid awful morning in Central Park

On Wednesday I had to say goodbye to my loving George after 13 years. He was sweet, needy, dumb as a rock, and an all around amazing loaf of orange fur. I’m going to miss this bestest dude.

I’m thrilled to announce that I will start a postdoc at
@pdaphd.bsky.social 's Laboratory at the University of Edinburgh in Scotland 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 I’m beyond honored and excited about this opportunity 🙌😊Stay tuned for cool microscopy and data! (pic I took back in 2019 secretly wishing to come back)

DIV21 hippocampal neurons grown on filters (3um pore size) to enrich for dendrites and axons away from cell bodies. Magenta- DAPI. Cyan- MAP2. Orange- PSD95.

My 13 year old chonkmonster has discovered gabapentin makes his 1 year old sister remarkably more tolerable.

Saturday morning Arthur’s Seat views.

Casual morning stroll.

My shadow undersecretary while I’m reading a pile of grant proposals.

Her devotion is due to payment in the form of laser pointer chase time each time I read a proposal.

Enjoy the imported, tariff free, Scottish weather- San Diegoburgh.

What an inspiring RNA-packed afternoon! A huge thank you to @pdaphd.bsky.social and @agatsiou.bsky.social for two brilliant talks, and to everyone who joined us for a great session full of science, questions, and RNA excitement. Always a pleasure to spend the afternoon geeking out together!

Sunshine in Holyrood park vibes.

Scottish beach day.

Fair. Or some weird drosophila structure

SPINES! 😆

DIV20 hippocampal neuron
Cyan- myr mScarlet3
Orange- GFP-SynGAP1

Spent the day in my happy place.

Hard to imagine a more beautiful city to live in during my PI adventure.

Thinking of entering a kitten bowling league.

Thanks to @brennan-lab-ucd.bsky.social for hosting me at UCD. It’s been a fabulous visit to Dublin to chat science and soak up the Irish sun.

A very gay Edinburgh day.

Green- neuron
White- mRNA
Black- RNA binding proteins
Grey- ribosomes
Orange- newly synthesized proteins
Pink- plasticity

Blue/purple- whimsy

DIV21 hippocampal neurons.
Grey-DAPI
Cyan- MAP2
Magenta- Beta actin
Orange- vGLUT1

Fluorescence Friday double feature:

DIV21 hippocampal neurons.
Grey-DAPI
Cyan- MAP2
Magenta- Beta actin
Orange- vGAT