Nicole F. Wong

That’s because you use a harp to immobilize your slices

Wow, my h-index moved from 3 to 4! Really moving up in the world 😂

New year, more of the same 😭😭😭

Lab conversation of the day: How to convince our PI to raise chickens, so I can get a cat.

👀 you’ve peaked my interest, who’s out here being sus?

lol I know what a ghost writer is, I was trying to say it’s not a thing in our field

Ghost rider?

That’s not a thing either!

That’s not a thing

a cartoon character with a blue shirt and orange pants is standing in front of rocks Alt: Goku from dragon ball z, powering up

In the anime Dragon Ball Z there exists a hyperbolic time chamber, where time is skewed so a year in the chamber would be equivalent to a day spent outside the chamber. I think I’ll need a hyperbolic time chamber to finish all the experiments and writing I need to finish by the end of the year…

Graduate student Masha demonstrating the power of protein tech’s mighty handheld microscope next to Echo’s mini wooden microscope

A petal of a Christmas cactus taken under echo’s wooden microscope

Testing out new toys we got from SfN. Thanks @proteintech.bsky.social and Echo!

If you’re at #sfn25 you definitely don’t want to miss this nanosymposium on cilia, tomorrow from 1-4pm! Come learn about neuronal cilia, they do some pretty cool stuff!

Wow, when they said it was raining they meant it was RAINing

I don’t know why I thought a morning flight was a good idea 🫩

Grad student Rommy Sierra showing off her “lab-o-saurus” comics. First panel: dinosaur dressed in proper PPEs, holding a beaker with mysterious liquids, with a thought bubble that says “gee, I hope this doesn’t cause an explosion that leads us to extinction…” panel 2: dinosaur with short arms at a laptop with a thought bubble that says “I can’t actually reach my computer. Panel 3: dinosaur presenting research on “why we should care about comets” with two dinosaurs in the audience saying “I don’t think this benefits us financially”. Panel 4: dinosaur claws ripped through gloves, following panel shows a dinosaur wearing ripped gloves that says “I hate when this happens… PPE is important”

Our resident artist hard-at-work drawing dinosaurs for @plasmidsaurus.bsky.social

Wait a second, the marathon isn’t till tomorrow! I got up for nothing!

My cousin is about to start the nyc marathon, I guess it’s time to get out of bed…

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Title screen “ Homeostatic maintenance of neocortical excitation-inhibition balance by ciliary neuropeptidergic signaling”

Thanks @mpfneuro.bsky.social for inviting me out! Had a blast spending the day talking about neuronal cilia!

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Eastern Bumblebee pollenating a lime tree flower.

Mr. Bumblebee doing the hard work so I don’t have to

Broken pipe connector from air table

RIP, you served the culture rig honorable

Successful L2/3 neuron patch recording.

6 months later, just like riding a bike.

Two postdocs building an adjustable 4 post open frame server rack

Legos for adults

I bitterly complained when my cousins made me get up so early, but I get it now. It was so serene to hear the bamboo as the wind blew.

Arashiyama bamboo forest with no people

Totally worth getting up at 5 to avoid the crowds

😮 well jokes on them because im using it to watch the last of us

Apparently there are some countries that like respect their academics and researchers or something

Eduroam at the airport is wild