Very proud of this project Troy led! A magnum opus!!

Proud of Lexi’s great review! First of many papers from this talented new grad student ! 🌟

Wow really fast service from Neurobiology of Learning and Memory- online in same week proofs returned!! Great review of use worms, flies and zebrafish to study neurodevelopmental disease risk genes by @__PLexerplexed and @Troy_McD_UBC! authors.elsevier.com/a/1ajot3qNaA4O…

Taught a lecture this morning online for over 100 students and worked out how to do quizzes and get class participation points by posting on the discussion board. Lots of new learning by all!

This afternoon had our first Zoom lab meeting and checked in on how everyone is doing. Reminded everyone that we are still a team and we will be there to support each other. Missed being in person, but important to stay connected!

We are also starting a Zoom lab journal club so we connect twice a week.

Sounds like a good watch!

RankinLab is two for two for graduate fellowships! Congratulation to Lexis Kepler for her CGSM and to Joseph Liang for his PGSD! Both well deserved! Congratulations!

Question for anyone teaching Animal Learning- Sniffy no longer works on newest Mac OS upgrade! That messed up last assignment of term. Planning next year now- do I have to abandon Sniffy? Maybe Pavlovian Society member has a solution?thnx!

Hey Everyone! Check out our latest paper "Peel-1 negative selection promotes screening-free CRISPR-Cas9 genome editing in Caenorhabditis elegans" out today! bit.ly/2G1qKia

Congratulations to my star student Troy @Troy_McD_UBC who successfully defended his PhD yesterday in a defense that was rigorous while being fun and stimulating!! One senior faculty member said it was the best defense he had ever seen!! Very proud of Troy!!

This tweet and replies make me sad University of British Columbia

Have a plan! A lab member felt sick and went for a covid test and informed me. we moved lab meeting that day online and let people know so they could limit contacts until test results were in. we then made a plan together for how to do this. Test negative! But now we have a plan!

Thank you Conny! You were a great gift to me and the lab! 🤗

Warning!! I bought these tests for trip to Mexico.Took antigen test to travel thru US and brought PCR test to do on the way home. It is illegal to bring covid tests into Mexico and the customs agent threw it away! Goodbye $$$. Thnx Air Canada.

Sounded great so i bought it for trip to Mexico….when i landed customs agent said it is illegal to bring into Mexico and threw it right into the garbage. Bye bye $$. Perhaps Air Canada and Switch Health should warn purchasers that some countries will not allow this!

Warning- Covid tests are illegal to bring into Mexico so don't buy one for your return to the US or Canada- it will be confiscated by Mexican customs.

On Monday Nov 29, while I was in town with my sister, my wonderful 95-year-old best friend, my Mum, did not wake up. She has been declining for a couple of years and I am grateful she is not suffering any more. She was much loved. I will have to redefine myself without her.

Our Gantt Medal goes to...Catharine Rankin! Congratulations, Cathy Rankin!! #Pavlovian2024