I always remind new undergrads in the lab I have been doing this for literal decades: don’t be disheartened when I can pick the worms a bit faster.

🎉On this day, 25 years ago, the first complete animal genome sequenced was published in Science. 25 years later, this nematode is still a pioneer in many scientific fields. Long life to #Celegans research!

Letters are almost universally favorable, ranking the applicant in the top 5% and they are universally generic, mostly because the PI didn’t have much firsthand interaction with the undergrad. It would help if you go the extra mile to regularly discuss w PI what u r working on

Very accurate.

Happens to me Every. Single. Class. So much disappointment.

In their Review, Jovana Deretic, Ezgi Odabasi Ezgi Odabaşı and Elif Nur Firat-Karalar Elif Nur Firat-Karalar Koç University College of Sciences discuss recent insights into the roles of MAPs in primary cilia in health and disease. journals.biologists.com/jcs/article/13…

The Biomedical Engineering Summer Internship Program (BESIP) is now accepting applications for Summer 2024. Interns will have the opportunity to work alongside experts on cutting-edge research projects in NIH labs. Apply by Feb. 16: go.nih.gov/CJWfUQ6

Biology and education? What could be more fun?!

Seems important when thinking about #IBD

This feels like an early Christmas present. An incredibly robust picture and reference set for subcellular localization. My favorite proteins all make sense and there is so much to discover. Explore with the companion website and uncover new biology: organelles.czbiohub.org

Cell #polarity changes in #cancer initiation and progression. A new review from Florent Peglion florent peglion and Sandrine Etienne-Manneville Etienne-Manneville Lab Institut Pasteur, since 1887: hubs.ly/Q02dbLzp0 #CellSignaling

A reminder to all visiting relatives of small kids. No impromptu games of hide-and-seek until after 25Dec. Please and Thankyou.

Nope. Dried on Weetabix is definitely the hardest substance known to humankind

A team was assembled, led by female biochemist Concepción Campa, to invent the world’s first meningitis B vaccine. Six years later, Campa and her team were successful. Rolled out in 1988, by 1990, 3 million Cubans, mainly babies and children, had been vaccinated

If you have to send security to manage your bathroom lineI would suggest you have too few toilets

Come and join me TCNJ Biology in NJ. We are looking to hire a Tenure track microbiologist to teach and do research with undergraduates. tcnj.taleo.net/careersection/…