Coakley Lab

What a fantastic gift from Red, our undergrad rotation student this semester. A needle felt C. elegans! Thank you Red 🙏#worm #celegans #scienceart #science

19.05.2025 01:41 — 👍 30    🔁 3    💬 1    📌 0

‘Curiosity-driven research’ led to a recent major medical breakthrough. But it’s under threat Curiosity-driven research is exactly what it sounds like: research driven by the goal of understanding nature without regard for application.

A little piece I wrote for the conversation on the role of curiosity in medical breakthroughs 👇
theconversation.com/curiosity-dr...

03.04.2025 23:15 — 👍 9    🔁 6    💬 2    📌 1

I'll be presenting our work from @coakleylab.bsky.social #CellBio2024 where we discovered a periodic spectrin skeleton in the skin of C. elegans that protects neurons from damage. Come say hi 👋 P1427 Sunday 15th 11:15am-12:45pm
@ascbiology.bsky.social

15.12.2024 00:28 — 👍 8    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0

It was a good week this week 👇 🥂
www.coakleylab.com/news/arc-discovery-project-success

30.11.2024 01:31 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 1