The Bates Lab @ The University of Colorado | Anschutz Medical Campus. Mentor, Teacher, Developmental Biologist, Geneticist, and Mama to two littles.

Joined September 2018
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Mikaela Follmer is giving a pitch for funding for Clear Direction Mentoring to promote diversity in science.
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It was so fun to show my students and former students my old stomping grounds. This is where the graduation was
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As an alumni, they let me bring three guests into Widener library. Happy surprise.
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ASCB presentations went well! Mikaela rocked her first oral presentation at an international conference. We loved learning from and meeting with colleagues and friends. I’m proud of these current and former students.
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Karli’s defense thesis presentation!
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Happy first day of school to everyone in the lab! And happy first day to our rotation student Roxana!
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Our summer undergraduate student Opal gave an incredible talk last week and finished her summer internship!
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One of our summer undergraduate students gave an incredible poster presentation last week and has completed her internship! @CUDevBio
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Congratulations to PhD Candidate @MikaelaFollmer !!!
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We recreated Dr. Ozekin’s figures with food. Points to people who identify them:@yozekin
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Introducing Dr. Yunus Ozekin PhD!!! He defended his thesis today and made us all proud. @yozekin @bsp_cu @CSD_CUAMC @CUMedicalSchool @CUDevBio
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Congratulations to @karliswenson on the publication of her work showing that intrauterine CBD exposure changes brain development in mice in collaboration with @WonchanOh @ephyswizard Published today! nam02.safelinks.protection.o…

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Emily Bates Lab retweeted
#Cleftpalate is a failure of the roof of the #mouth to close and is one of the most frequent #birthdefects affecting 1 in every 1000-2000 babies. A new study reveals the cellular heterogeneity and molecular underpinnings of #palate development. doi.org/10.1002/dvdy.573
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Emily Bates Lab retweeted
In an ideal world, we would recommend avoiding cigarettes and vapes just like how we say not to drink alcohol during pregnancy. Ultimately, that conversation should occur between the mother and their doctor. Our research will hopefully help clinicians determine best practices
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Congratulations to @yozekin for his perseverance in completing this important research showing that vaping nicotine during pregnancy disrupts craniofacial development through inhibition of kcnj2 doi.org/10.1016/j.ydbio.2023…

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In collaboration with Dr. Eszter Vladar and her team, we showed that maternal nicotine vaping during pregnancy disrupts fetal lung and skeletal development. @yozekin @CUAnschutz @CSD_CUAMC @bsp_cu @CUDevBio doi.org/10.1016/j.ydbio.2023…

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Ice cream to celebrate our recent paper acceptance. Take home message of the paper is don’t vape nicotine during pregnancy. #emsicecreamcompany
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Lovely day for the Bates lab hike!
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The wildflowers were so pretty
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