Women are under-represented at senior levels in #academia globally, and across all #science disciplines, as shown by these "scissor-shaped curves" ✂️ So how can we achieve #gender #equality? We discuss various strategies in this #Cell Commentary.. 🧵 cell.com/cell/fulltext/…

That amazing paper you spent years on? That amazing breakthrough you had? Very likely you built this following the work of others (very few exceptions), just as others will build off yours. Science is a continuum. Want to leave a lasting legacy in science? Be generous & be kind.

Updates to NIH fellowship applications: Nice to see less emphasis on the trainee's sponsor & institution and no more consideration of grades!

If you're thinking about going on the faculty job market, take a look at this advice doc I just shared with helpimascientist.com: I collected my thoughts about the whole dang thing, from finding positions to negotiating a contract, & I hope y'all find it helpful!

Today is #DNADay and I'm thrilled to announce my piece published with NatRevMaterials today where I discuss the advocacy work I do outside of the laboratory- running the @DisabledSTEM Mentoring Program #DisabledInSTEM nature.com/articles/s4157…

We are excited to launch our new JCS-FocalPlane Microscopy Training Grants. Early-career researchers in cell biology can apply for grants of up to £1,000 to support their attendance at microscopy courses. focalplane.biologists.com/2024/05/01/jcs…

#NSFfunded researchers UNC-Chapel Hill have discovered an aspect of tardigrades’ genetic makeup that helps them withstand >1000x more radiation than humans can; the discovery could aid in medical treatments and environmental remediation. bit.ly/4a5rgUF 📷: Bob Goldstein/Vicky

I'm so honored to join this incredibly inspiring and supportive community!

As we welcome a fifth cohort, the Leading Edge community grows to 200! + many are now faculty + many will announce labs opening soon + many outstanding postdocs ready for faculty jobs If you are looking for speakers/a lab to join/faculty candidates 👀 leadingedgesymposium.org/fellows/

#FluorescenceFriday #cellbiology #cancer American Cancer Society A human breast cancer cell (green) extravasating from a blood vessel (magenta) over 5 hours in a living zebrafish embryo. In order to spread through the body, cancer cells detach from the primary tumor and travel through

I’m so excited to share the final version of a paper by GMB student Noor Singh on the Rac pathway in maintaining cellular integrity online now at Current Bio! Pu Zhang 张溥 and recent grad Karen Li round out the team. 1/3 cell.com/current-biolog…

The next deadline for the Life Science Editors Foundation JEDI award is June 10! If you are working on a manuscript or proposal with a due date in the fall- I highly recommend applying! Check their site to see if you are eligible.

A big “thank you” to the Leading Edge Fellows and alumni who joined us this week HHMI | Janelia to share their outstanding science and connect with colleagues in the Leading Edge community. Leading Edge Fellows Program Kara McKinley @HHMINews

"Cell cycle perturbation uncouples mitotic progression and invasive behavior in a post-mitotic cell" by Michael Martinez, PhD Dave Matus and colleagues! Check out that #invasive anchor cell busting through the basement membrane! sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

Applications are open for speakers in the SDB Ethel Browne Harvey Postdoctoral Seminar Series! Submit your abstract today. SDB Postdoc membership required. Deadline: August 2, 2024. #SDBPostdocSeminar #DevBio #Postdocs sdbonline.org/sdb_postdoctor…

Have you heard of the EGFP? NSF EPSCoR Graduate Fellowship Program (EGFP) provides opportunity for applicants who received a GRFP Honorable Mention no more than 3 years before the proposal due date (Oct. 2, 2024) to be named NSF EPSCoR Graduate Fellows. new.nsf.gov/funding/opport…

🚀Want to inspire students to explore a future in #STEM? Become a pen pal! #LPS connects students to STEM professionals through snail mail to broaden students’ awareness of what STEM professionals look like and do at work.

🚨 Attention scientists 🚨 The time has come! Sign up for fall semester to get matched with classrooms for Q&As all about your science 🧪 Sign up here 👇 forms.gle/tCVM6aap4w76BE…

Happy to share protocols for live staining #tardigrades, now out at STAR Protocols! Studying a phylum with limited experimental tools is a challenge. Hopefully these protocols will aid others in visualizing subcellular structures in tardigrades! star-protocols.cell.com/protocols/3655

*** PLEASE RETWEET***** Still looking for a promising postdoc for this project. Project probes the interface between protein structure and developmental timing. Real-time transcriptional dynamics to protein structure/function. Contact me directly at [email protected] for info!