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Eliza J. Morris and Mikkel Herholdt Jensen, Biophysics & Soft Condensed Matter Lab in @SacStatePhysics Department at @SacState. Tweets by MHJ, views our own.

Joined January 2020
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We've been off this platform for a while and are officially hopping over to Bluesky: @squishyphysics.bsky.social
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Nice job Victor and Sean presenting your work in the lab at yesterday's @sacstate NSM Poster Symposium!
Sean at his poster.

ALT Sean at his poster.

Victor at his poster.

ALT Victor at his poster.
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Want to read our latest paper on the gut-brain axis and gut tissue mechanics in Drosophila? You can download it for free through August 20 here! authors.elsevier.com/a/1jMBW… (or see a brief summary of the work here: x.com/SquishyPhysics/status/…)

Sac State SquishyPhysics@SquishyPhysics
24 Jun 2024
I am delighted to share that our work investigating the gut-brain axis published in Biophysical Journal! I’m very excited to share the science and our findings. Let me take you through the journey and the science! A 🧵: doi.org/10.1016/j.bpj.2024.0…
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I am delighted to share that our work investigating the gut-brain axis published in Biophysical Journal! I’m very excited to share the science and our findings. Let me take you through the journey and the science! A 🧵: doi.org/10.1016/j.bpj.2024.0…

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(I was still teaching classes online from my kitchen table at home at the time). Reflecting on this journey and knowing what it took to get here makes it all the more satisfying to see the work in print.
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Thank you for reading! I hope you will give the paper a read once it is published in full in the coming weeks! I also invite you to reach out to me with inquiries about accessing the paper or discussing the work. A big thank you to everyone involved in the project!
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Summer sample preparation has kicked off! This summer, @SacStatePhysics students Sean Currier and Victor Hernandez will be doing high-precision mechanical characterization of plastics fishing line and biodegradable alternatives.
A mounted sample of biodegradable fishing line next to a US quarter coin for size comparison.

ALT A mounted sample of biodegradable fishing line next to a US quarter coin for size comparison.

Sean Currier working at a lab bench to prepare samples.

ALT Sean Currier working at a lab bench to prepare samples.
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Thank you to Jing Xu, Kinjal Dasbiswas, and the rest of the @ucmerced Department of Physics for hosting me and inviting me to speak at the department colloquium series on our work using Drosophila melanogaster to investigate the role of tissue mechanics in the gut-brain axis!
Photo of a spherical cow squeeze ball sitting next to a Galton board, a Stirling engine, and an Euler disk.

ALT Photo of a spherical cow squeeze ball sitting next to a Galton board, a Stirling engine, and an Euler disk.

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It was a wonderful visit, and I am very grateful for the opportunity to share our work, and to reconnect with the soft matter and biophysics folks at Merced. I and my new spherical cow made it home safely, and he has happily settled in to his new home in my office.
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As any physicist would, I love spherical cows, so the gift is definitely appreciated! Here he is next to my other physics gadgets I keep on my bookshelf, including my Stirling engine, my Galton board, and my Euler disk.
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