Helen Lai

Everything you ever wanted to know about spinocerebellar development - all in one place!

So much remains to be discovered, from specification, to axon guidance, to circuit formation.

Such fun assembling what we know and framing future questions.

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Ontogeny of the spinal cord dorsal horn The dorsal horn of the mammalian spinal cord is organized into laminae where each layer is populated by different neuron types, has distinctive circuit connections, and plays specialized roles in beha...

Excited to share @rbrianroome.bsky.social ‘s beautiful paper on development of the dorsal horn of the mouse spinal cord @science.org

This is how the anatomical organization and cell types that process pain, touch, body position and more are laid down.

www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

Congrats! A tour de force!

More precise motor tracking post-SCI could better define motor recovery resulting from therapeutic interventions.

Motor-recovered mice are clearly distinguished from baseline using quantitative metrics

Unbiased Quantification of Persistent Postural and Motor Deficits Following Spinal Cord Injury in Mice Spinal cord injury (SCI) causes multifaceted postural and motor impairments that are challenging to quantify. Conventional behavioral tests, such as the Basso mouse scale (BMS), rely on qualitative ob...

A little science to brighten your day…

We define characteristic postural and paw pressure changes after SCI using Blackbox.

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If evaluators are only keeping tabs of for and against, boiler plate text against (with solid arguments) will help amplify the numbers.

If you read the comments, the supporters of this proposal are more organized. They are reposting boiler plate text. This allows more of them to comment more quickly.

Meanwhile, every person against the proposal is writing their own heartfelt message.

Which approach is better?

Can’t wait to dig in! Glad you’re able to keep moving forward!

Science under siege: protecting scientific progress in turbulent times As Editors-in-Chief of The Company of Biologists' journals, we have been watching with growing concern the policy changes in the United States of America (USA) and the challenges that these are creati...

Important editorial from the EIC @biologists.bsky.social @dev-journal.bsky.social about the current crisis in American science. journals.biologists.com/dev/article/...

Dallas science-lovers representing! Great turn out and felt the love from fellow Dallas citizens!
#StandUpForScience