Wendy Salmon 🐟🔬🧫

1. Fury of the sun
2. Guess he gets to do all the insurance things.

🚨 Don't forget! Applications are due Friday 1/30 for AQLM 2026. Please remember to submit on time and remind your recommenders to get their letters in too!

Photos are from AQLM 2023, 2024, and 2025. Will you be in the 2026 class photo?

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Close angle picture of a light-brown haired child's head snuggled on the left of her mom and the head of a tiny dog with light brown and white hair at the bottom in Mom's lap. A pink blanket covers all of them. Coffee table, rug and plants in a large windowsill fill the upper right portion of the picture.

And now we snuggle with our "micro dog", Bertie, reading Magnificent Makers by @doctheagrif.bsky.social .

Blanket's an axolotl snuggie (my Halloween costume), which always makes be think of @rogerslabucd.bsky.social .

So thankful for these amazing scientists sharing their passion.

I am so lucky.

In all it's meanings.

My hand holding up a canvas against the sky. The canvas is painted with a blue and pink sky, the Moon is in the middle framed by tree branches.

This painting suck in my head since the beginning of January, I sat and watched the Moon rise through the window. She went between two trees yet managed to find the one gap between them to still shine bright.

Sending you all lots of love and the clearest of skies!💜💫

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Some joy for the darkness: Almost-8yo doesn't care that there's only 3/4in of sleet+snow and it's 20F, she's sledding on the almost flat driveway, dammit!

And a good lesson in seeing the possibilities when things aren't perfect.

Spoke with a friend who is an ER doc and he said last time there was an ice storm there were hundreds of cases of carbon monoxide poisoning... Be safe be smart folks

@jeremymberg.bsky.social Any chance you can get some insider clarification?

Sorry to tangentialize this subject. An unvaccinated family with measles traveled from SC to WA state over the holidays. They went to a huge church, SeaTac ✈️, rode ferries, went to restaurants & an indoor trampoline park. As of yesterday, we now have an outbreak in my community because of it.

this is superb

Thank you!!!!!

That is precisely what I'm looking for. Just need to find the ones that are the "right" size.

Any chance you happen to know some specific cell lines?

Ooohhh, good call! It's really easy to get RPE cells to make those on the coverslip. Put coverslips in complete media w FBS o/n (no cells), plate cells, grow to confluence, remove serum for 24-48hr (need to check). Some 1ary cilia stick up off the apical surface but lots are underneath the cells.

Gag!
...hunt for that *SPOT where things separate by SR...

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But I wonder if I can deglycerinate muscle samples from Carolina biological and stain them with phalloidin to measure sarcomeres... Have to try that at aqlm this year.

Actin is my second favorite protein. While it's great at showing that things look better, I don't find it to be convincing in showing quantitative changes to anyone who's not familiar with actin structures. Having to hunt for that shit where things separate with SR isn't as robust as I drea of.

The dye is great when used with the poroton pump inhibitor, but different cell types have different mitochondria morphology. Would love suggestions on cell type and culture conditions to maximize cristae visualization.

Did you RESOLVE to FOCUS on microscopy in 2026?

Join us at the Marine Biological Lab @mblscience.bsky.social this spring for Analytical and Quantitative Light Microscopy.
Application Deadline Jan 30
Apply Here:
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Triangle NC folks, come today to see art and science showcase, including the largest microtubule in the world! Screen print sculpture by Bob Goldstein.

UNC Genome Sciences building. Reception 4-6pm. Parking opens at 5pm.
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Years ago, an organizing crew I was part of worked to help an unhoused woman in our neighborhood get services. She was dying and qualified for a number of programs. It took a team of seven working for almost two months to secure her a warm bed to die in. Her name was Jennifer.

Always use the mic at a conference even if you’re loud. People who can’t hear you *can’t hear you * when you ask if you can hear them in the back. Some of us went to one too many hardcore shows in our youth without ear plugs and our hearing ain’t what it used to be 🥺
#SICB2026

Hey all, I reached out to the PO of my NIGMS MIRA to ask if the gov't shut down, and rescheduling of study sections, might allow for some accommodation to the standard rule that PIs cannot resubmit a MIRA while their MIRA (or other RPG) is under review (waiting in scores or summary statements) 🧪

Fascinating!

USA person here: I was _extremely_ confused for a minute (still needed caffeine) because it's the opposite here. In the US South (East Coast) everyone says hi to you and often engage in polite banter at the store register, etc. In New England, a large percentage of folks act as if you don't exist.

They are in the middle of a high cost of living area, which is why they get enough traffic to be viable. Good service requires good employees = $$

Internet companies are greedy and there's likely aren't too many for them to choose from.

I assumed the service fee was for the cost if the online ordering platform...

Email screenshot "Hi Wendy. I'm a student using Bondurant G021 today all morning and afternoon. I found your charger in the room this morning. I've placed it on the table in the room right nextdoor! Best, name cut off

Label the stuff you might leave in random places. The people who find then will usually contact you!

Thoughts and prayers with Nuno Loureiro's family after he was killed in his home last night. It is shocking to lose any physicist of my generation because we are still relatively young, much less in this terribly violent way.

Beat the guns into plowshares.

Shot in the dark, but has anyone tried transfecting EOL-1 cells (using lentiviruses, electroporation, or otherwise) and succeeded? We’re having some issues with these cells but it seems to be very vector-specific. Would appreciate any insight/reposts.