Come see my poster on Sunday morning at #Sfn2025! Excited to show this work with my colleague Kennedy Whittaker about the curious ion channel NALCN, how it regulates excitability in unipolar brush cells, and how it interacts with both group II and group II mGluRs.

My cat was not pleased to be shown the security camera

My slice experiments right now have a concoction of TTX (pufferfish toxin), Tertiapin-Q (bee venom), strychnine (rat poison) and more synaptic blockers, and this is always how it feels preparing it all in the mornings

Some Sunday statistics 👍🏻

The scariest part of doing a PhD at a major university isn't any of the lab or course work, but the army of undergrads on electric scooters that might take you out at any given moment

Got my first paired recording today! 🎉 The highs of neuro electrophysiology can't be beat 🧠

Is "Chocolate" by The 1975 the most British someone has ever sounded in a song

I have never been more scared than right now, car stereo in my lap, trying to install a Bluetooth component in my 2004 Volvo S60 R

At that point in one of my dissertation aims, where I'm just staring at my data like this.

Where are my neuroscience electrophysiologists?? Going to be spending a lot more time here!

Qualifying exams = passed 🎉
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One of the most humbling things about my PhD so far is thinking I've done a thorough literature review and then out of nowhere I find a paper or review that I've never seen before, filled with new info. The caves of knowledge are always deeper 🫠

Written comprehensive exam making me feel like I've learned NOTHING during grad school so far! Daunting how much information there is out there and what all there is to study.

Getting a bluesky invite the same day I submit my PhD thesis proposal seems like some sort of divine intervention.