Doug Portman 🐛🏳️🌈🧬
@dougp.bsky.social
Neurogeneticist studying sex differences in neurobiology & behavior in C. elegans. Prof @ Univ of Rochester. Love to travel and cook almost as much as I love worms. Dog dad and partner of the amazing human @mudblood007. More at https://portman-lab.org
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Fellow federally funded scientists, CALL your representative and senators and tell them the shenanigans at NIH are endangering scientific progress, health security, and jobs. Then badger your colleagues to do it too!
Find phone numbers via house.gov and senate.gov
Find phone numbers via house.gov and senate.gov
More from inside NIH:
Per a source with knowledge, for all internal research (of which there is like $10 billion worth or so), ALL purchasing shut down as of yesterday.
That means gloves, reagents, anything involved with lab work, which means a lot of that work will stop.
Per a source with knowledge, for all internal research (of which there is like $10 billion worth or so), ALL purchasing shut down as of yesterday.
That means gloves, reagents, anything involved with lab work, which means a lot of that work will stop.
January 24, 2025 at 4:34 PM
Fellow federally funded scientists, CALL your representative and senators and tell them the shenanigans at NIH are endangering scientific progress, health security, and jobs. Then badger your colleagues to do it too!
Find phone numbers via house.gov and senate.gov
Find phone numbers via house.gov and senate.gov
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Somatic gonad morphogenesis in C. elegans requires the heterochronic pathway acting through HBL-1 https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2024.11.11.623063v1
Somatic gonad morphogenesis in C. elegans requires the heterochronic pathway acting through HBL-1 https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2024.11.11.623063v1
Characteristically, the heterochronic genes control the stage-specific timing of developmental event
www.biorxiv.org
November 12, 2024 at 11:18 PM
Somatic gonad morphogenesis in C. elegans requires the heterochronic pathway acting through HBL-1 https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2024.11.11.623063v1
Wise words.
Here's a law of biology: breakthroughs almost never (see? our laws suck) come from where we think they will, and prescriptive agenda setting is both unnecessary and in most contexts counterproductive.
November 12, 2024 at 6:42 PM
Wise words.
@mariamikedis.bsky.social Hi Maria! Great to cross paths with you again after all these years. Hope you’re doing well!
November 12, 2024 at 2:09 AM
@mariamikedis.bsky.social Hi Maria! Great to cross paths with you again after all these years. Hope you’re doing well!
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I am honored to take on the role of inaugural Associate Dean for Research Mentorship at the @urochester.bsky.social SMD! Excited to work with leadership and all stakeholders to empower the next generation of scientists and foster a thriving mentoring culture. Together, we can make a positive impact!
Nathan Smith Fills New Role at SMD: Associate Dean for Research Mentorship
A PhD graduate and now principal investigator of a research lab at the School of Medicine and Dentistry, Smith will work closely with faculty and trainees to create a mentoring culture where everyone ...
www.urmc.rochester.edu
November 11, 2024 at 10:47 PM
I am honored to take on the role of inaugural Associate Dean for Research Mentorship at the @urochester.bsky.social SMD! Excited to work with leadership and all stakeholders to empower the next generation of scientists and foster a thriving mentoring culture. Together, we can make a positive impact!
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So many people here now- thought I would reintroduce myself!
I am an Assistant Prof at BCM in TX. I love behavior, neuroscience, and using worms to study those things.
I love food and drink more!
To get a flavor of our science, see the quote skeet below!
I am an Assistant Prof at BCM in TX. I love behavior, neuroscience, and using worms to study those things.
I love food and drink more!
To get a flavor of our science, see the quote skeet below!
First major Arey Lab publication has landed! Led by fabulous now Dr. @ashleymonahan.bsky.social !
Please check it out to see updates from the preprint.
journals.plos.org/plosgenetics...
Please check it out to see updates from the preprint.
journals.plos.org/plosgenetics...
Behavioral screening reveals a conserved residue in Y-Box RNA-binding protein required for associative learning and memory in C. elegans
Author summary Memory relies on RNA translation, often controlled by RNA-binding proteins (RBPs). RBP dysfunction has been linked to memory issues in many neurological diseases. Here, we take advantag...
journals.plos.org
November 11, 2024 at 10:48 PM
So many people here now- thought I would reintroduce myself!
I am an Assistant Prof at BCM in TX. I love behavior, neuroscience, and using worms to study those things.
I love food and drink more!
To get a flavor of our science, see the quote skeet below!
I am an Assistant Prof at BCM in TX. I love behavior, neuroscience, and using worms to study those things.
I love food and drink more!
To get a flavor of our science, see the quote skeet below!
Congratulations to newly minted Dr. Gregory Reilly, who successfully defended his PhD thesis last week. We're putting together a paper on his work on sexual modulation of behavioral states in C. elegans now - hopefully you'll be able to read about it soon!
June 21, 2024 at 3:06 PM
Congratulations to newly minted Dr. Gregory Reilly, who successfully defended his PhD thesis last week. We're putting together a paper on his work on sexual modulation of behavioral states in C. elegans now - hopefully you'll be able to read about it soon!
Hello Bluesky pals! I’m beginning my migration to this kinder, gentler, and way cooler place & am looking forward to hanging out with y’all 😜
March 14, 2024 at 12:18 AM
Hello Bluesky pals! I’m beginning my migration to this kinder, gentler, and way cooler place & am looking forward to hanging out with y’all 😜