Leah
@hoxinsocks.bsky.social
I just really love shapes. I love it when things are shapes. And I love it even more when shapes are things
(Molecular model printer @3dmoleculardesigns.bsky.social, former rodent botherer, perennial cell enjoyer)
(Molecular model printer @3dmoleculardesigns.bsky.social, former rodent botherer, perennial cell enjoyer)
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Henry Wrinkler is going to San Diego; muahahahaha
November 14, 2025 at 5:31 PM
Henry Wrinkler is going to San Diego; muahahahaha
I am supposed to be SLEEPING not DISCOVERING LIPID MAPS oh NO
November 13, 2025 at 9:03 AM
I am supposed to be SLEEPING not DISCOVERING LIPID MAPS oh NO
We spent the afternoon at #InsightFromImaging in the lab exploring 5 different microscopes (& 5 different samples!) to understand approaches for imaging depth.
Kidney slice prep by Ellen, imaged by Jenny using 2P (green tubulin) + SHG (magenta), viz by @scientistrachel.bsky.social in #AGAVE
Kidney slice prep by Ellen, imaged by Jenny using 2P (green tubulin) + SHG (magenta), viz by @scientistrachel.bsky.social in #AGAVE
November 12, 2025 at 3:13 AM
RATS EAT BATS
Someone was paying attention in that class!
Active predation by brown rats (Rattus norvegicus) on bats at urban mass hibernacula in Northern Germany: Conservation and one health implications
This study is the first to document systematic predation by Rattus norvegicus on bats at urban hibernacula hosting several thousand individuals in Eur…
www.sciencedirect.com
November 9, 2025 at 4:55 AM
RATS EAT BATS
Mechanics would have been so much more interesting if we'd studied projectiles like these instead of all those stupid who-cares balls...
Last week we had predominately Brown Long Eared bats swarming, this week Natterer’s 🦇 Male and female Long Eared’s caught inside the swarming site, but only male Natterer’s so far and mainly young of year.
November 8, 2025 at 6:57 PM
Mechanics would have been so much more interesting if we'd studied projectiles like these instead of all those stupid who-cares balls...
Like Shazam...for food!
Google Urged to Turn Smart Glasses Into a Nutrition Tracker - FindArticles (mentions @jmirpub)
Google Urged to Turn Smart Glasses Into a Nutrition Tracker - FindArticles
... Journal of Medical Internet Research and Obesity. And it's not a trivial gap: The C.D.C. estimates that 41.9 percent of American adults have ...
dlvr.it
November 8, 2025 at 6:49 PM
Like Shazam...for food!
You gotta keep a couple smashin' globins around for when things get stressful!
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.....would it be irresponsible to sell party packs of smashable molecules, or would it be irresponsible *not* to?
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.....would it be irresponsible to sell party packs of smashable molecules, or would it be irresponsible *not* to?
November 7, 2025 at 4:51 AM
You gotta keep a couple smashin' globins around for when things get stressful!
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.....would it be irresponsible to sell party packs of smashable molecules, or would it be irresponsible *not* to?
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.....would it be irresponsible to sell party packs of smashable molecules, or would it be irresponsible *not* to?
We’re on the cover of @embojournal.org
Odin, from Norse mythology, emerges from the Odinarchaeota yellowstonii genome, holding FtsZ1 and FtsZ2 the ancestral twins of tubulin highlighting their evolutionary divergence in Asgard archaea. 👉 shorturl.at/n7iZE
#archaea #evolution #tubulin #cytoskeleton
Odin, from Norse mythology, emerges from the Odinarchaeota yellowstonii genome, holding FtsZ1 and FtsZ2 the ancestral twins of tubulin highlighting their evolutionary divergence in Asgard archaea. 👉 shorturl.at/n7iZE
#archaea #evolution #tubulin #cytoskeleton
November 4, 2025 at 11:22 PM
Get out your calendars! The motors are out of quarantine and we plan to assemble in person on 8th May 2026 at University of Warwick Campus for a fun day on motors and the filaments they walk along. Livestream is planned too. More details on registration, travel bursaries etc. will be revealed soon.
November 4, 2025 at 8:25 PM
Reposted by Leah
Sadly, looks like I’ll definitely be missing SFN. Too late to get travel approved even if the government reopens, and too late to attend in my Brained Glass capacity as part of Art of Neuro. What a year this has been….
October 31, 2025 at 7:14 PM
Sadly, looks like I’ll definitely be missing SFN. Too late to get travel approved even if the government reopens, and too late to attend in my Brained Glass capacity as part of Art of Neuro. What a year this has been….
I think about this a lot
3D Printing Custom Colors with Markers?!
YouTube video by Make Anything
www.youtube.com
November 2, 2025 at 3:13 AM
I think about this a lot
I want an Oops! All Dippers constellation map :-/
November 1, 2025 at 3:52 AM
I want an Oops! All Dippers constellation map :-/
DOCK calibration, autocorrect, dock!
October 31, 2025 at 5:31 AM
DOCK calibration, autocorrect, dock!
Guys guys guys who wants to help answer this question?!:
"How have databases or algorithms designed to understand the way proteins fold, i.e. AlphaFold2 or RoseTTAFold, impacted your research?"
#biosky #RNAsky #structuralbiology #biophysics
"How have databases or algorithms designed to understand the way proteins fold, i.e. AlphaFold2 or RoseTTAFold, impacted your research?"
#biosky #RNAsky #structuralbiology #biophysics
October 29, 2025 at 1:07 AM
Guys guys guys who wants to help answer this question?!:
"How have databases or algorithms designed to understand the way proteins fold, i.e. AlphaFold2 or RoseTTAFold, impacted your research?"
#biosky #RNAsky #structuralbiology #biophysics
"How have databases or algorithms designed to understand the way proteins fold, i.e. AlphaFold2 or RoseTTAFold, impacted your research?"
#biosky #RNAsky #structuralbiology #biophysics
Two back-to-back stories on mitosis led by my incredible postdoc @krunovuk.bsky.social at @institutrb.bsky.social, in which we challenge the gliding model of CENP-E-driven chromosome congression! Today in @natcomms.nature.com
doi.org/10.1038/s414...
doi.org/10.1038/s414...
doi.org/10.1038/s414...
doi.org/10.1038/s414...
October 28, 2025 at 5:14 PM
This makes me really want to hear Simon and Garfunkel play Ring of Fire...sorry 🤷♀️
June Carter Plays ‘Ring of Fire’ the Way She Wrote It 🔥
YouTube video by History's Odd
youtube.com
October 28, 2025 at 4:22 AM
This makes me really want to hear Simon and Garfunkel play Ring of Fire...sorry 🤷♀️
Heh. Heh heh. Ho ho ho. Happy mole day!
October 24, 2025 at 4:04 AM
Heh. Heh heh. Ho ho ho. Happy mole day!
Reposted by Leah
Last chance to download my book for free! It's still available until tomorrow.
New Element in the Philosophy of Biology series—free to download until Oct. 24! @djnicholson.bsky.social uncovers Schrödinger’s motivations for writing "What Is Life?", revisits its central arguments & examines the book’s lasting impact on cell & molecular biology👇 www.cambridge.org/core/element...
October 23, 2025 at 3:40 PM
Last chance to download my book for free! It's still available until tomorrow.
Two things I know:
1. I should be asleep
2. April 14-23 was a big week in prohibitin biology
www.rcsb.org/structure/9O6T
www.rcsb.org/structure/9OA0
www.rcsb.org/structure/9UNL
1. I should be asleep
2. April 14-23 was a big week in prohibitin biology
www.rcsb.org/structure/9O6T
www.rcsb.org/structure/9OA0
www.rcsb.org/structure/9UNL
October 23, 2025 at 7:24 AM
Two things I know:
1. I should be asleep
2. April 14-23 was a big week in prohibitin biology
www.rcsb.org/structure/9O6T
www.rcsb.org/structure/9OA0
www.rcsb.org/structure/9UNL
1. I should be asleep
2. April 14-23 was a big week in prohibitin biology
www.rcsb.org/structure/9O6T
www.rcsb.org/structure/9OA0
www.rcsb.org/structure/9UNL
Perspective from Richard McIntosh describing the history of research on #microtubule polymerization in terms of the ideas, technologies, and observations that have emerged as countless researchers have studied the dynamics of these essential cytoskeletal polymers. rupress.org/jcb/article/...
October 21, 2025 at 10:57 PM
noticed something
yesterday there was a TheGuardian article about Nikon's microscope photography contest
www.nikonsmallworld.com/galleries/20...
pic1: Stella Whittaker from NIH Bethesda entered this confocal stack of Neuron Cluster
pic2: from the CERN Antimatter Factory outside Genève
♻️physics
yesterday there was a TheGuardian article about Nikon's microscope photography contest
www.nikonsmallworld.com/galleries/20...
pic1: Stella Whittaker from NIH Bethesda entered this confocal stack of Neuron Cluster
pic2: from the CERN Antimatter Factory outside Genève
♻️physics
![photo is of neuron cluster with bright circle and fiberous mass surrounding a dark center similar to antimatter pic2
7th Place
2025 Photomicrography Competition
iPSC-derived sensory neurons labelled to show tubulin and actin
Stella Whittaker
Affiliation
National Institutes of Health (NIH)
National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke
Bethesda, Maryland, USA
Technique
Confocal, Fluorescence, Image Stacking
Magnification
10X (Objective Lens Magnification)
note 👉 [i really dont think its actually 10x .. neurons are big but not that big]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:irzyxadjubkulsfoylos3pnt/bafkreifxnm5baax3blyohnje6qwwujkfx63fkzw4udn3ck75rfqau2gc6u@jpeg)
October 21, 2025 at 10:55 PM
Reposted by Leah
Ok guys, what's the latest on #3dprinter pointillism, please don't make me google, I'm tired
June 3, 2025 at 12:19 AM
Ok guys, what's the latest on #3dprinter pointillism, please don't make me google, I'm tired
We used live-cell imaging with plus-end binding protein EB3 to determine microtubule polarity in astrocytes for the first time. They are ~88% plus-ends out.
3/x
3/x
October 14, 2025 at 11:26 PM
I want to go swimming. I want to forget everything I've ever learned about microbiology and go swimming.
October 14, 2025 at 2:36 AM
I want to go swimming. I want to forget everything I've ever learned about microbiology and go swimming.
Reposted by Leah
like how they can kick you out of an all you can eat restaurant if they don't find "sufficient artistic merit" in your life sized mashed potato and French fry sculpture
October 12, 2025 at 3:11 PM
like how they can kick you out of an all you can eat restaurant if they don't find "sufficient artistic merit" in your life sized mashed potato and French fry sculpture