Atlanta stands up for science! #standupforscience @standupforscience.bsky.social
07.03.2026 21:17
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Atlanta stands up for science! #standupforscience @standupforscience.bsky.social
I will be there!
Stand up for science, Atlanta!
The best keynote talks make you wish you studied the question the speaker is presenting. In that respect, this amazing talk by Amita Sehgal (UPenn) on how and why flies sleep (which is likely the same reason we do) is just so amazing it’s hard to describe. Mind is truly blown. #Dros26
Don’t forget to register for the C. elegans topic meeting June 10-14 in Madison, WI. Early bird registration deadline this Friday 2/27! uwmadison.eventsair.com/mapsdev26/
Was very excited to work on this with @bscarp84.bsky.social
Great
Excited to be at the University of Kentucky to give a seminar hosted by @emduncan.bsky.social
Wanted to report a significant outcome. 0.05 snow fall accumulation in Atlanta.
Really proud of our 8 @oglethorpeuniv.bsky.social seniors who presented posters on their C. elegans pipeline CURE data, along with the whole mentorship team! @aliciakrogers.bsky.social @odedrechavi.bsky.social
Very excited to have @aliciakrogers.bsky.social here today in person @oglethorpeuniv.bsky.social to discuss data with our undergraduates as part of our C. elegans Pipeline CURE!
Exciting to see our Emory University Genetics and Molecular Biology students pursuing their passion for science and imaging! Way to go Nicole! thenode.biologists.com/interview-wi...
Amazing lab. Terrific opportunity!
Was really privileged to play a very small part in providing feedback on the development. Once again @odedrechavi.bsky.social innovating science. Brilliant!
Really excited to host @jasonsynaptic.bsky.social @emoryuniversity.bsky.social
Today my @nytimes.com colleagues and I are launching a new series called Lost Science. We interview US scientists who can no longer discover something new about our world, thanks to this year‘s cuts. Here is my first interview with a scientist who studied bees and fires. Gift link: nyti.ms/3IWXbiE
Awesome science!
Really enjoyed my visit
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Happy to be back @princeton.edu , where I received fabulous PhD training, to give a talk in MolBio and serve as a Health Science panelist for the Many Minds Many Stripes 125th Graduate Anniversary celebration!
Really looking forward to visiting Rutgers and @barrlab.bsky.social tomorrow!
If the same thing is true in the corresponding human patients, might it be possible to revert cognitive/behavior deficits in the human patients also?
So, expressing germline genes in neurons can block their function in a way that is reversible if you shut off the inappropriate transcription
Turning off the ectopic germline gene expression in the neurons of worms that already have a chemotaxis behavior defect, reverses the behavior back to normal
So, could the chemotaxis behavior defect be due to an ongoing defect in an intact nervous system? If so, might it be possible to reverse the chemotaxis behavior defect even after the nervous system has fully formed?
And an intact nervous system
No changes in the embryonic lineage
Progeny of spr-5 (lsd1) and met-2 (setdb1) double mutants have germline genes expressed in somatic cells, which causes a severe chemotaxis behavior defect, but surprise...
The invariant C. elegans lineage and adult nervous system provide the perfect opportunity to find out how every cell responds to inappropriately inherited chromatin and altered transcription
