Julia K.

Picture of TRIO alumna, Julia Kochanowski holding up a microscope slide.

My guest for next week’s episode of Let’s Talk TRIO is a TRIO McNair alum: Julia Kochanowski!Tune in next week Friday, June 6th! Listen on Podbean or wherever you get your podcasts. #TRIOworks #TRIOalumni #TRIOprograms

@myforensicpath.bsky.social

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Thank you so much for having me! I had the best time!!

Yeah I would love to! ☺️

That’s amazing! I’m so glad you also got help from TRIO. It’s such an amazing program!

#AAFS2025 was so fun! While I did get food poisoning the last day 😭 the few other days there were amazing. It’s always so great seeing online friends!

Life has been busy lately! I had the amazing experience of being an advocate for #TRIOprograms in DC. Sharing my story with senators was a great experience. Without TRIO I would not be where I am today.

Growing human proximal tubule cells is always so interesting. These fuzzy areas are called domes. They form when the cells are actively transporting water!

#pathology #pathsky #nephrology #cellculture

Amelia discovered the space under the fridge today. She has crammed all her toys in there and tried fitting herself as well.

Group of people standing in a court room

Today was the last day of the semester for the forensic capstone students! They each took the stand for mock court room testimony. I had a great semester with them and I’m excited to see where they go!

#forensky #forensicscience #forensicentomology

I can’t wait to finally get to meet you!!

Sometimes it’s good to stop and smell the flowers or just observe how adorable Brunner’s Glands are 🤩. #pathart #pathsky #artsky #GIpath

rate my ride

Yay!!

GO!! Registration is still open. I will be there Tuesday-Saturday.

Me pretending to be on CSI Miami, holding a clipboard in the woods.

I am all set to go to AAFS in February! Can’t wait to see everyone in Baltimore.

Who is all going?!

#forensky
#forensicscience
#AAFS
#pathsky

One of many shapes of urinary uric acid crystal, a dihydrate form. Contaminating fiber over it. #UrinarySediment #Crystalluria #UrineMicroscopy

At the risk of perpetuating a stereotype, pathologists may not have the broadest networks. Appreciate anyone reposting and/or sharing directly

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The beautiful morphology of the Clear Cell Renal Cell Carcinoma makes for a pretty sweet phone wallpaper. #pathsky #pathart #pathology #medsky

I just scheduled my second interview for medical school! Just waiting to hear back from 11 other schools 🤞🤞

I actually don’t work directly with that kind of tech, but the post docs in my lab do! I will ask them and let you know what they say ☺️

For my research I grow RPTEC/TERT1 cells, which are immortalized human proximal tubule cells. Then I grow UROtsa arsenite transformed cells (pictured below) which are immortalized cells from the human urothelium! Using arsenite makes this a great model for bladder cancer.
#pathsky
#nephsky

Cerebellum! Done in watercolor! #pathart #pathsky #artsky #watercolorsky

#Kidney Comics by @momenabbasi.bsky.social:
Pathogenesis of ANCA Glomerulonephritis & Vasculitis

nephsim.com/medicine-com... #FOAMed #MedEd

Kidney pathology in an autopsy case for decompensated cirrhosis. Patchy bile cast nephropathy (brown casts; green on Hall's bile stain) and a Randall plaque (papillary tip nephrocalcinosis). #renalpath #nephrology #pathsky #nephsky

A fungal "crescent" from an autopsy case with disseminated fungal infection. Autolysis did not hinder interpretation here. #renalpath #nephrology #autopsypathology #pathsky

That is so sad. I can’t even imagine how frustrating that all is. If there’s anything I can do to help please let me know!

This is crazy. Where I’m at cost of living is very low and I still make more than a majority of the grad students there. You all deserve so much more!

Undergrads, looking for a summer research opportunity in cancer biology? Consider applying for a CARSIP position! Details below 👇🏼
Please [re] circulate widely 🔁!