How I published 1 first-author paper during 2.5 years of my post-doc: - I collected all my data and learned how to become a scientist. - I read like a normal human being. - I write like a normal human being. Seems to be paying off.

1/4: I am thrilled to share Camille’s C. Lacarrière-Keïta work! It was a long journey with many new aspects to delve into, but Camille’s determination paid off. biorxiv.org/content/10.110…

As one of the few Gilliam Fellows from an EPSCoR state, this thought absolutely occurred to me. There are hundreds of qualified, deserving candidates from every institution in the US, and this year was more competitive than ever. But I have to say, looking at the institutions 1/

Very happy to finally share our JCellBiol work on TLNRD1! It was a very exciting process of discovery when we found it was an important CCM complex component and required for vascular development rupress.org/jcb/article/22…

If you get a message from John Wallingford when he is between cool talks, posters, and Twitter...It is a must-go!!!

Here is the link. Thanks to the organizers. docs.google.com/document/d/19w…

Wait is this real? Did he really say this?!

Thanks for the shoutout about our work led in my lab by PhD student Jenny Liao, in collaboration with Bellen lab and Hyunglok Chung. Link to the paper is here: nature.com/articles/s4146…

Thank you! I’m thrilled to have been selected for this award, especially since I’ve always looked up to the previous awardees (including our very own Mary Beckerle!) American Society for Cell Biology has been my scientific society for 20 years, and I’m honored to be among the awardees this year!

When Kamala Harris and I talk about freedom, we mean freedom to make your own health care decisions. The freedom for children to go to school without worrying if they'll be shot in the halls. The freedom for education to be a ticket to the middle class, not to crippling debt.

Thanks for the shout out Science in Vancouver! Check out the work in Nature Communications which was funded by CIHR and Parkinson Canada. Many thanks for the support!

1. This summer I've been thinking a lot about "cognitive load" which is term that has multiple definitions but for me means something like "the amount of processing, analysing, thinking, & deciding I can do in a day before my brain stops working" here's a short thread about that

Published: our study on a new Drosophila gene Moat shows strong polarity-based junctions allow weak myosin to promote productive apical constriction, leading to ectopic folding of ectodermal anterior midgut (ectoAMG). The ectopic folding requires Baz/Par3. molbiolcell.org/doi/full/10.10…

Do you like Developmental Biology? like going to meetings in beautiful places? Are you Canadian or like hanging out w/ Canadians? If you answered yes to these question please save the date! The 12th Canadian Developmental Biology meeting will be held on May 25-28, 2025 in Kelowna

Next those Democrats will be suggesting we tax people & use those taxes to pay elderly people an income after they retire, & that we help cover their healthcare. Even more radical, they're suggesting everyone should have access to healthcare. #ComradeKamala on the job

Out now! Tenure track position for a model organism developmental biologist at the zoology department at the university of British Columbia in Vancouver, Canada. Awesome country, awesome city, awesome institute, awesome colleagues.

I officially started my position as Assistant Professor at uiowabiology this week! I’m so grateful for the opportunity and have felt very welcome. I’m excited to be a part of the community. I want to acknowledge the many people and opportunities that helped me to get here.

My recent paper is highlighted in Genes to Genomes! Cellular first responders: calcium and annexins partner to manage wound healing genestogenomes.org/cellular-first… via Genetics Society of America

🍁𝙊𝙃 𝘾𝘼𝙉𝘼𝘿𝘼! 🏆 Michael Woods #LaVuelta24

Check out these SEM images of the external anatomy of larve, pupae, and adults. An anatomical atlas of Drosophila melanogaster—the wild-type academic.oup.com/genetics/artic…