"Female academics also have disproportionately fewer Twitter followers, likes and retweets than their male counterparts, regardless of their Twitter activity levels or professional rank." ihenow.com/2OVuRPz It's time to change this. Let's make today #FollowWomen day!

Seeking scientist volunteers for this fall! Want to practice science communication and help author a ✨comic📷 about your research? I need collaborators for the next cohort of SciComm & Comics art students! Sign up here by 9/13: bit.ly/comicscollabfa……

This week on the #ISpyPhysiology blog, APS member Cailin explains how stressful events in childhood can have a ripple effect on our health as adults: ow.ly/lUtj50TfJHy #EarlyChildhoodStress

Don't wait – check your state's voter registration deadline today and make sure you're registered and ready to vote. And then share this with your friends and family so everyone's ready to vote early or by Election Day. VoteSaveAmerica.com/Obama

This week on the #ISpyPhysiology blog, APS member Cailin tells us how too much salt affects the kidneys: ow.ly/eWJk50TBziu

We continue to celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month with some amazing STEMinists! We must always amplify the voices, experiences, and accomplishments of people breaking barriers in #STEM. #NationalHispanicHeritageMonth #DiversityinSTEM #RepresentationMatters

Symposium Recap🎉 Congratulations again to Lihao He for winning 1st place in the Featheringill Finalist session at the CCVC Symposium! Lihao's presentation was titled "Autophagy Reduces Streptococcus Pneumoniae Cytotoxicity in Cardiomyocytes."

🚨 Great alternatives to BioRender are now available!! 📢 NIAID News offers a collection of public figures and icons for everyone to use. Check it out at bioart.niaid.nih.gov

Go Cailin!!

We think that all memory is stored in the brain. But our study published today in Nature Communications shows that all cells—even kidney cells—can count, detect patterns, store memories, and do so similarly to brain cells. My first (co)corresponding author paper!🧵nature.com/articles/s4146…

I am beyond honored to receive first place in the 3MT at UAB! It was a tough competition with some amazing researchers. Regionals here I come! UAB GBS

🌟 Congrats to Jennifer Pollock, Ph.D., UAB Nephrology, for receiving the 2024 Catalyst for Mission Advancement Award from the Crohn’s & Colitis Foundation! 🎉 Her work is making a real difference in the lives of patients and families. David Pollock Orlando Gutierrez

🎉 Huge congratulations to Cailin Kellum on winning the Three Minute Thesis (3MT) Finals! 🎉 Best of luck to Cailin as she heads to Regionals! We’re cheering you on and can’t wait to see what you accomplish. ✨ #kuhprime #research #3MT #womeninstem #KUHmmunity

Great opportunity to learn more about the editorial process! 👇🏽👇🏽👇🏽

Love sharing about research opportunities and what physiology is! Was fun to visit Shelton state today. To learn more about undergraduate and gap year paid research check out: sites.uab.edu/kuhprime/ KUH PRIME

Can't believe that I had to visit the Art Institute of Chicago to see Georges Seurat's paintings in distinctive pointillism to realize that the single-cell RNA-seq analysis package in R is named Seurat because the appearance of cell clusters resembles the artist's style. 🫠

So proud that my blog post was on the top 10 most read for 2024 iSpyPhysiology posts. Check out the other great articles of the year! ispyphysiology.com/2024/12/18/the…

Join us for an excellent webinar for trainees and get the inside scoop on how to excel at poster presentations for Summit 2025! #APS American Physiological Society

So proud of Abby Brooks, PhD candidate in my lab, who totally rocked her first talk at a national conference! Well done, Abby!! #APS2025 UAB Nephrology KUH PRIME

Thank you #APS for bringing together a community of scientists and researchers and more. Science is under threat but we stand strong and we stand as physiologists making the world better. American Physiological Society