Ashley Kalinski

Check out our paper in this weeks issue: www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

Dual roles of Sarm1 in the injury response. 👀 read on for more!

Deletion of murine Sarm1 results in a microenvironment that delays peripheral nerve regeneration after injury In Sarm1-deficient mice, peripheral nervous system regeneration is delayed after injury.

Paper Alert!! Our collaborative work with Giger Lab at UMich is out now in #ScienceTranslationMedicine Deletion of murine Sarm1 results in a microenvironment that delays peripheral nerve regeneration after injury | Science Translational Medicine @science.org
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

Arrived in London, with the family in tow! Sightseeing and science, what can be better!?!

Grateful for the opportunity to share our work on Friday and to bring the kids to this wonderful city.

🚨ACTION OF THE DAY🚨
@standupforscience.bsky.social

Day 21! QUACK-O-GRAM THURSDAY!

For $3 we will hand deliver an "IMPEACH THE QUACK" rubber ducky to your House Representative! (By one of our team members in a duck suit!)

DO IT (AND TELL YOUR FRIENDS)

act.standupforscience.net/fundraising/...

MCDB Opens Search for Faculty | U-M LSA Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology (MCDB) MCDB welcomes applications at the Assistant Professor level from outstanding biological scientists in all areas of physiology and neuroscience, spanning molecular, cellular, systems, and organismal le...

Tenure-track assistant professor position in neuroscience or physiology at University of Michigan LSA Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology (MCDB): lsa.umich.edu/mcdb/news-ev...

Cake that says happy birthday Kalinski lab

It has been 1 year since the lab opened its doors at the University of South Carolina. Looking forward to, hopefully, a long impactful career here. #neuroskyence #WomenInSTEM

Noah giving a short talk

Photo of Ashley and Lauren at the retreat

Photo of Cathryn, Ashley, and Halimah at the retreat

We had a great time at the Carolina Autism and Neurodevelopment (CAN) research retreat yesterday. 2nd year PhD student Noah Leever gave a great short talk on his Sarm1 work!

Also if you don't know about the amazing work of CAN, check them out - it is quite amazing!
sc.edu/study/colleg...

Hand made congratulations sign from kids

My kiddos are my number 1 fans. We had a paper accepted yesterday so they made me this sign.

Skytorial coming soon on our first major work on Sarm1 and PNS injury. 🧪👩‍🔬🧠 #neuroskyence #neuroscience

🚨Update for PIs planning NIH app submissions for Oct/Nov deadlines:

Many NIMH NOSIs I'm engaged with are expiring on Sept 8th so plan accordingly! This includes:
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Peter and Bonnie McCausland Distinguished Chair in Neuroscience

Hey #neuroscience #neuroskyence we are hiring a Distinguished Chair of Neuroscience at the University of South Carolina (uscjobs.sc.edu/postings/190...)

We have a vibrant neuroscience community with extensive university support for research. I am extremely happy here. Come join us!

Photos of the lab members

Gave our lab entry way a little update today. Nearly 1 year since we’ve been at UofSC and lots of great memories already

Every reputable expert I know considers mRNA vaccine technology to be one of the most revolutionary advances in medicine in our lifetimes. Its inventors won the Nobel Prize in 2023. Shutting it down now is pointless self-harm to humanity.

Blue axons growing through microgrooves that separate their cell bodies from axons.

This #FluorescenceFriday we have adult DRG neurons cultured in microfluidics! Axons traveled through ~640um length microgrooves to the next compartment. Cyan is neurofilament. These were cultured/imaged by our super talented postbac, Jess. (who is looking for lab tech/grad positions in NJ/NY)

Have to admit- untoasted for the win!

Bagels in a bag

Cream cheese from the bagel guys

New York bagels in South Carolina!?! And out of a food truck so I know it will be good.

Now the question- toasted or untoasted? @mikefeigin.bsky.social

picture of many cultured macrophages. The center macrophage is getting ready to engulf or eat another cell

CHOMP, CHOMP! Check out this hungry macrophage for #FluorescenceFriday. Taken by our fantastic lab technician Julianna, following a myelin assay. Lipids in Magenta, Macrophage marker in Green, DAPI in blue.

I encourage everyone to consider attending one of the many demonstrations planned for tomorrow across the country.

Show up. Demand accountability. Peacefully protest.

Find the rally closest to you: NoKings.org

As a young girl in STEM summer camps I was constantly told I didn't belong. A high school guidance counselor told me to not apply to college because I wouldn't cut it.

20 years later I am running a lab & considered an expert in my field.

Use those "you cants" as fuel to succeed. You CAN do it. 👩‍🔬

And...it's here. UW announced tenure clock extension options for junior faculty last week.

Leadership frames this as part of their deep support to junior faculty. But how, exactly, is more time (& delayed promotion) are meaningful support in response to reduced & uncertain research resources?

Picture of neuroscience IPA beer

Celebrating this birthday with a little Neuroscience IPA from Hazlewood Brewing 🧠👩‍🔬

Hello Fly Folks. quick note FlyBase is under duress due to termination NIH$ to Harvard and intl collabs. The hardworking folks @flybase.bsky.social are doing their darndest to ensure access to current data. For US, there will soon be a new site to donate. Please spread the word, ideas and support 🪰💪

If you burn down a forest, you don't miss out on lumber for just that season. You have to replant all the trees, nurture them, and wait for them to grow.

The science and research budget cuts happening now are wanton, senseless arson. Recovery, if it ever happens, will take generations.

#NewPI Milestone: First R01 officially submitted to the NIH. This is a culmination of 4 yrs of work built from the ground up by tenacious undergrads. Our grad students brought it to the finish line this year & I am so proud of everything they have done so far. 🤞

Graphs showing 25 years of budgets for the National Institute of Health, NASA, and the NSF. In all cases, the proposed budget for next year is far, far below any year of the previous quarter century.

There are 2 previous historical cases of countries destroying their science and universities, crippling them for decades: Lysenkoism in the USSR and Nazi Germany. The Trump administration will be the 3rd.
It's not just budgets but research, institutions, expertise, and training the next generation.

UCL Queen Square MND Centre Sixth ALS/MND International Symposium International Conference, in partnership with the UK MND Research Institute, on ALS / MND - TRANSLATING TARGETS TO THERAPIES

We are pleased to announce that the @ucl Queen Square Motor Neuron Disease Centre Sixth Hybrid #ALS/#MND International Symposium in Partnership will be held on Friday 5/9/25.

The theme is Translating Targets to Therapies.

To register, click below⬇️

www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/ucl-queen-...

My 10yr old made our lab a sign. She is #standingupforscience 🧪🧠👩‍🔬

End of Keynote speech where Dr. Joshua Hall received a gift

I was PREP cohort #1. Today was the LAST UNC PREP symposium. Watching Dr. Joshua Hall, who was the Director my year and 11 years after, give the closing keynote was 😭🥹

But what was built cannot be undone. Our community is strong and all 137 of us are not going anywhere 💪🏾

Finished my first R01. Feels like a big deal so, cheers! 🥳

(Fingers crossed it won’t be submitted into this unpredictable NIH void and actually get reviewed.)

Notice on extension of ESI status for NIH grant applications. grants.nih.gov/grants/guide...

Current situation at Harvard Medical School for NIH grants view.u.hms.harvard.edu?qs=3ed8c01b9...