callista yee

A possum so cute I could scream lounges on my trash bag like a big ol beanbag chair looking at me cutely

A tiny little mouse eats an ice cream cone wedge

A praying mantis grooms itself on my pinky finger

So let me get this straight. In the last *week* a praying mantis jumped on me, a possum made a house out of my trash can, and I encountered a mouse eating an ice cream cone. I feel like the Disney Princess of Philly Trash Girls 🥹

Well, none of us may ever get funded again but in the meantime, here's some new science!

Led by recent PhD Anjali Pandey w/ex-UG Maya Katz. Here we identify an asymmetric molecular mechanism that underlies symmetric context-dependent sensory plasticity in the AWC olfactory neuron pair in C. elegans

she is one of the most sweet and chaotic people I know and I will miss her so much 😭😭😭😭

chaos made using biorender, with many c. elegans doing silly things

my baymate xing gave me the wildest worm farewell gift, made in biorender and printed on a bag

C. elegans: An elegant experimental system for the study of cilia biology Caenorhabditis elegans is a genetically tractable organism that has become one of the leading in vivo models for cilia research. Cilia are not require…

My fabulous colleague (and ex-postdoc) @inechipurenko.bsky.social and I (mostly Inna!) wrote a review extolling the many virtues of C. elegans for the study of cilia biology. A really interactive and collaborative community of people working in this field too.
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

cellular jazz hands

In light of today’s news about the National Cancer Institute announcing a 4% payline, it’s really important to communicate to people that the previous 10% payline was still effectively a lottery and the result of decades of underfunding the NIH. Paylines used to be 25%.

My academic job offer was rescinded. I’ll keep going—but U.S. researchers are running out of road Despite an uncertain future, this postdoc will “keep doing the science I love while I still have a bench”

A beautifully written piece on a terrible time

www.science.org/content/arti...

How do chromatin remodelers use #IDRs to find TF binding partners? In our new Molecular Cell paper, we show that β-catenin is an adaptor that links SWI/SNF (cBAF) subunit ARID1A with binding partners via IDR-domain interactions.
www.cell.com/molecular-ce...

A Shiba Inu dog, light brown with a white belly, is lying on a patterned rug. The dog has its tongue out, looking relaxed and content. It is holding a green and purple plush toy in its paws.

A study in Scientific Reports suggests that the way dogs engage with TV may depend on their personalities. Excitable dogs were more likely to follow on-screen objects while fearful or anxious dogs were more likely to respond to stimuli such as cars or a doorbell. go.nature.com/4eQKDVy 🧪

Jason ✨👾SaaStr.Ai✨ Lemkin (@jasonlk) .@Replit goes rogue during a code freeze and shutdown and deletes our entire database

This thread is incredible.

As requested - A Starter Pack of PIs in Biology (or related fields) who are recruiting PHD STUDENTS! If you would like to be added, feel free to ask! go.bsky.app/Bf4DRFm

would love to be on this pack as well 👋

please add me to this pack! 🤩

submitted my NSERC NOI! with all the genetic screens I am proposing...I can't wait to isolate my first lfg alleles 🤣

Hey 🧪 I’m looking for a sci-savvy illustrator to build a cartoon-style schematic for a paper about summer research experiences. HMU if this describes you or your side gig.

shoot I think I might need some sake now after trying to dust off my CCV. how does this thing still exist 😔

I came here to post that, I was looking for "and sometimes they F...." in the text 😅

new preep by the templeman lab at uvic!

Come join us in Vancouver! Exciting opportunity for a more senior investigator researching new regenerative medicine approaches for Type 1 diabetes. $8M in funding for successful candidate research.ubc.ca/media/file/j...

portland rules

Congestion pricing by the # ‘s 6 months in:
* 67k fewer drivers entering zone daily
* Delays in Holland Tunnel down 65%
* Traffic deaths down 32% so far in 2025
* $500m projected this year for MTA capital improvements
* B’way attendance +12%
* Subway ridership +7%

So yes this program is a SUCCESS.

congratulations, so so so deserved! you are a shining star in this maelstrom of chaos. 👏🎉🍾

lol on the bus the way back to the dorm after the party there was so much singing

still riding the high from #worm25. highlight for me was meeting a student who did one of my papers for his qualifying exam 🥺🥺🥺

so good, so good 🎶

need an overlay with temperature 🥵

A wormy tradition is the trading of meeting badges at the last night party 🪱🎉
I know I've made it as a PI bc #worm25 is the first time a trainee specifically asked for mine!
Meet @ahnaskop.bsky.social (aka Kareem in @drohsopretty.bsky.social lab) & @rnareylab.bsky.social (aka @giosg.bsky.social)

image of david hall looking at EM serial sections to determine synapses

“if david says it is a synapse, it is a synapse” 🕵️ #worm25

As it’s my first time joining Worm Meeting, I was excited to participate in Worm Art show as well.
This year’s topic is resilience. In times of scarcity, worms gather holding one another to reach new grounds. Alone - they are fragile, together - they rise. Even the sky yields in unity. #worm25