We welcome a new Dr. into the fold. Our own @naimaSdahir defended her PhD this morning on sex effects in fat taste signaling. Congratulations. #CandidateNoMore

Congrats Naima!!!!

Every step matters, every word written, every journal article read, every proposal, every moment! Grad studies don’t happen overnight and good researchers aren’t created in a day #AcademicChatter @OpenAcademics

Neurons have a number of ways to communicate, one of which is a byproduct of their own electrical generation ⚡️ that produces an extracellular electric field. This slight change in current can be “seen” by neighboring neurons (ephaptic coupling), & can influence their output!

Dear Students: Be kind to your faculty. They've been running on fumes for 6 months, adapting to constant changes that delay normal processes. Dear Faculty: Be kind to your students. They didn't sign up to learn in pandemic, under conditions that make things feel chaotic. #Grace

What's this - an opto-nanobody that can be photo-switched on and off endogenous actin in mammalian cells? Check out our latest: "Optogenetic control of protein binding using light-switchable nanobodies" in Nat Comms. nature.com/articles/s41467-0…

How to write the result section of your paper? Here's an annotated example I adapted from MIT Communication Lab. Hope it's useful for you! Please share #AcademicTwitter #phdchat #AcademicWriting

"We don't develop courage by being happy every day. We develop it by surviving difficult times and challenging adversity"- Barbara de Angelis

“If you give someone the power to validate you, you also give them power to invalidate you.” A word I needed today. Maybe you do too.