Ashley Kalinski
@kalinskilab.bsky.social
Assistant professor at University of South Carolina. We love neurons and macrophages and SARM1. Neuroimmune interactions after traumatic nerve injury. Twiss lab, Giger lab alum.
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Deletion of murine Sarm1 results in a microenvironment that delays peripheral nerve regeneration after injury
In Sarm1-deficient mice, peripheral nervous system regeneration is delayed after injury.
www.science.org
Paper Alert!! Our collaborative work with Giger Lab at UMich is out now in #ScienceTranslationMedicine Deletion of murine Sarm1 results in a microenvironment that delays peripheral nerve regeneration after injury | Science Translational Medicine @science.org
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Congratulations to Kalinski Lab graduate students for submitting fellowships this week!
Julianna (NSF GRFP)
Halimah (SPARC)
Noah (DoD NDSEG) 👏👏👏
Submitting was a huge accomplishment and I am very proud of the proposals they put together!
Julianna (NSF GRFP)
Halimah (SPARC)
Noah (DoD NDSEG) 👏👏👏
Submitting was a huge accomplishment and I am very proud of the proposals they put together!
November 12, 2025 at 5:40 PM
Congratulations to Kalinski Lab graduate students for submitting fellowships this week!
Julianna (NSF GRFP)
Halimah (SPARC)
Noah (DoD NDSEG) 👏👏👏
Submitting was a huge accomplishment and I am very proud of the proposals they put together!
Julianna (NSF GRFP)
Halimah (SPARC)
Noah (DoD NDSEG) 👏👏👏
Submitting was a huge accomplishment and I am very proud of the proposals they put together!
Reposted by Ashley Kalinski
LIS1 is critical for axon integrity in adult mice https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.10.20.683562v1
October 21, 2025 at 10:15 AM
LIS1 is critical for axon integrity in adult mice https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.10.20.683562v1
Check out our paper in this weeks issue: www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Dual roles of Sarm1 in the injury response. 👀 read on for more!
Dual roles of Sarm1 in the injury response. 👀 read on for more!
October 8, 2025 at 10:42 PM
Check out our paper in this weeks issue: www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Dual roles of Sarm1 in the injury response. 👀 read on for more!
Dual roles of Sarm1 in the injury response. 👀 read on for more!
Paper Alert!! Our collaborative work with Giger Lab at UMich is out now in #ScienceTranslationMedicine Deletion of murine Sarm1 results in a microenvironment that delays peripheral nerve regeneration after injury | Science Translational Medicine @science.org
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Deletion of murine Sarm1 results in a microenvironment that delays peripheral nerve regeneration after injury
In Sarm1-deficient mice, peripheral nervous system regeneration is delayed after injury.
www.science.org
October 8, 2025 at 6:22 PM
Paper Alert!! Our collaborative work with Giger Lab at UMich is out now in #ScienceTranslationMedicine Deletion of murine Sarm1 results in a microenvironment that delays peripheral nerve regeneration after injury | Science Translational Medicine @science.org
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Arrived in London, with the family in tow! Sightseeing and science, what can be better!?!
Grateful for the opportunity to share our work on Friday and to bring the kids to this wonderful city.
Grateful for the opportunity to share our work on Friday and to bring the kids to this wonderful city.
September 1, 2025 at 4:08 PM
Arrived in London, with the family in tow! Sightseeing and science, what can be better!?!
Grateful for the opportunity to share our work on Friday and to bring the kids to this wonderful city.
Grateful for the opportunity to share our work on Friday and to bring the kids to this wonderful city.
Reposted by Ashley Kalinski
🚨ACTION OF THE DAY🚨
@standupforscience.bsky.social
Day 21! QUACK-O-GRAM THURSDAY!
For $3 we will hand deliver an "IMPEACH THE QUACK" rubber ducky to your House Representative! (By one of our team members in a duck suit!)
DO IT (AND TELL YOUR FRIENDS)
act.standupforscience.net/fundraising/...
@standupforscience.bsky.social
Day 21! QUACK-O-GRAM THURSDAY!
For $3 we will hand deliver an "IMPEACH THE QUACK" rubber ducky to your House Representative! (By one of our team members in a duck suit!)
DO IT (AND TELL YOUR FRIENDS)
act.standupforscience.net/fundraising/...
August 21, 2025 at 1:47 PM
🚨ACTION OF THE DAY🚨
@standupforscience.bsky.social
Day 21! QUACK-O-GRAM THURSDAY!
For $3 we will hand deliver an "IMPEACH THE QUACK" rubber ducky to your House Representative! (By one of our team members in a duck suit!)
DO IT (AND TELL YOUR FRIENDS)
act.standupforscience.net/fundraising/...
@standupforscience.bsky.social
Day 21! QUACK-O-GRAM THURSDAY!
For $3 we will hand deliver an "IMPEACH THE QUACK" rubber ducky to your House Representative! (By one of our team members in a duck suit!)
DO IT (AND TELL YOUR FRIENDS)
act.standupforscience.net/fundraising/...
Reposted by Ashley Kalinski
Tenure-track assistant professor position in neuroscience or physiology at University of Michigan LSA Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology (MCDB): lsa.umich.edu/mcdb/news-ev...
MCDB Opens Search for Faculty | U-M LSA Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology (MCDB)
MCDB welcomes applications at the Assistant Professor level from outstanding biological scientists in all areas of physiology and neuroscience, spanning molecular, cellular, systems, and organismal le...
lsa.umich.edu
August 20, 2025 at 4:09 PM
Tenure-track assistant professor position in neuroscience or physiology at University of Michigan LSA Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology (MCDB): lsa.umich.edu/mcdb/news-ev...
It has been 1 year since the lab opened its doors at the University of South Carolina. Looking forward to, hopefully, a long impactful career here. #neuroskyence #WomenInSTEM
August 18, 2025 at 1:07 PM
It has been 1 year since the lab opened its doors at the University of South Carolina. Looking forward to, hopefully, a long impactful career here. #neuroskyence #WomenInSTEM
We had a great time at the Carolina Autism and Neurodevelopment (CAN) research retreat yesterday. 2nd year PhD student Noah Leever gave a great short talk on his Sarm1 work!
Also if you don't know about the amazing work of CAN, check them out - it is quite amazing!
sc.edu/study/colleg...
Also if you don't know about the amazing work of CAN, check them out - it is quite amazing!
sc.edu/study/colleg...
August 15, 2025 at 4:17 PM
We had a great time at the Carolina Autism and Neurodevelopment (CAN) research retreat yesterday. 2nd year PhD student Noah Leever gave a great short talk on his Sarm1 work!
Also if you don't know about the amazing work of CAN, check them out - it is quite amazing!
sc.edu/study/colleg...
Also if you don't know about the amazing work of CAN, check them out - it is quite amazing!
sc.edu/study/colleg...
My kiddos are my number 1 fans. We had a paper accepted yesterday so they made me this sign.
Skytorial coming soon on our first major work on Sarm1 and PNS injury. 🧪👩🔬🧠 #neuroskyence #neuroscience
Skytorial coming soon on our first major work on Sarm1 and PNS injury. 🧪👩🔬🧠 #neuroskyence #neuroscience
August 14, 2025 at 12:09 PM
My kiddos are my number 1 fans. We had a paper accepted yesterday so they made me this sign.
Skytorial coming soon on our first major work on Sarm1 and PNS injury. 🧪👩🔬🧠 #neuroskyence #neuroscience
Skytorial coming soon on our first major work on Sarm1 and PNS injury. 🧪👩🔬🧠 #neuroskyence #neuroscience
Reposted by Ashley Kalinski
🚨Update for PIs planning NIH app submissions for Oct/Nov deadlines:
Many NIMH NOSIs I'm engaged with are expiring on Sept 8th so plan accordingly! This includes:
1. grants.nih.gov/grants/guide...
2. grants.nih.gov/grants/guide...
3. grants.nih.gov/grants/guide...
Many NIMH NOSIs I'm engaged with are expiring on Sept 8th so plan accordingly! This includes:
1. grants.nih.gov/grants/guide...
2. grants.nih.gov/grants/guide...
3. grants.nih.gov/grants/guide...
NOT-MH-24-105: Notice of Special Interest (NOSI): Fundamental Mechanisms and Functions of Co-transmission in the Brain
NIH Funding Opportunities and Notices in the NIH Guide for Grants and Contracts: Notice of Special Interest (NOSI): Fundamental Mechanisms and Functions of Co-transmission in the Brain NOT-MH-24-105. ...
grants.nih.gov
August 11, 2025 at 3:50 PM
🚨Update for PIs planning NIH app submissions for Oct/Nov deadlines:
Many NIMH NOSIs I'm engaged with are expiring on Sept 8th so plan accordingly! This includes:
1. grants.nih.gov/grants/guide...
2. grants.nih.gov/grants/guide...
3. grants.nih.gov/grants/guide...
Many NIMH NOSIs I'm engaged with are expiring on Sept 8th so plan accordingly! This includes:
1. grants.nih.gov/grants/guide...
2. grants.nih.gov/grants/guide...
3. grants.nih.gov/grants/guide...
Hey #neuroscience #neuroskyence we are hiring a Distinguished Chair of Neuroscience at the University of South Carolina (uscjobs.sc.edu/postings/190...)
We have a vibrant neuroscience community with extensive university support for research. I am extremely happy here. Come join us!
We have a vibrant neuroscience community with extensive university support for research. I am extremely happy here. Come join us!
Peter and Bonnie McCausland Distinguished Chair in Neuroscience
uscjobs.sc.edu
August 11, 2025 at 12:34 PM
Hey #neuroscience #neuroskyence we are hiring a Distinguished Chair of Neuroscience at the University of South Carolina (uscjobs.sc.edu/postings/190...)
We have a vibrant neuroscience community with extensive university support for research. I am extremely happy here. Come join us!
We have a vibrant neuroscience community with extensive university support for research. I am extremely happy here. Come join us!
Gave our lab entry way a little update today. Nearly 1 year since we’ve been at UofSC and lots of great memories already
August 8, 2025 at 6:46 PM
Gave our lab entry way a little update today. Nearly 1 year since we’ve been at UofSC and lots of great memories already
Reposted by Ashley Kalinski
Every reputable expert I know considers mRNA vaccine technology to be one of the most revolutionary advances in medicine in our lifetimes. Its inventors won the Nobel Prize in 2023. Shutting it down now is pointless self-harm to humanity.
Release from HHS: HHS will wind down its development of the mRNA vaccine development activities under the Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority (BARDA).
August 5, 2025 at 10:54 PM
Every reputable expert I know considers mRNA vaccine technology to be one of the most revolutionary advances in medicine in our lifetimes. Its inventors won the Nobel Prize in 2023. Shutting it down now is pointless self-harm to humanity.
This #FluorescenceFriday we have adult DRG neurons cultured in microfluidics! Axons traveled through ~640um length microgrooves to the next compartment. Cyan is neurofilament. These were cultured/imaged by our super talented postbac, Jess. (who is looking for lab tech/grad positions in NJ/NY)
July 18, 2025 at 2:36 PM
This #FluorescenceFriday we have adult DRG neurons cultured in microfluidics! Axons traveled through ~640um length microgrooves to the next compartment. Cyan is neurofilament. These were cultured/imaged by our super talented postbac, Jess. (who is looking for lab tech/grad positions in NJ/NY)
New York bagels in South Carolina!?! And out of a food truck so I know it will be good.
Now the question- toasted or untoasted? @mikefeigin.bsky.social
Now the question- toasted or untoasted? @mikefeigin.bsky.social
July 18, 2025 at 12:09 PM
New York bagels in South Carolina!?! And out of a food truck so I know it will be good.
Now the question- toasted or untoasted? @mikefeigin.bsky.social
Now the question- toasted or untoasted? @mikefeigin.bsky.social
CHOMP, CHOMP! Check out this hungry macrophage for #FluorescenceFriday. Taken by our fantastic lab technician Julianna, following a myelin assay. Lipids in Magenta, Macrophage marker in Green, DAPI in blue.
July 11, 2025 at 5:07 PM
CHOMP, CHOMP! Check out this hungry macrophage for #FluorescenceFriday. Taken by our fantastic lab technician Julianna, following a myelin assay. Lipids in Magenta, Macrophage marker in Green, DAPI in blue.
Reposted by Ashley Kalinski
I encourage everyone to consider attending one of the many demonstrations planned for tomorrow across the country.
Show up. Demand accountability. Peacefully protest.
Find the rally closest to you: NoKings.org
Show up. Demand accountability. Peacefully protest.
Find the rally closest to you: NoKings.org
June 13, 2025 at 8:29 PM
I encourage everyone to consider attending one of the many demonstrations planned for tomorrow across the country.
Show up. Demand accountability. Peacefully protest.
Find the rally closest to you: NoKings.org
Show up. Demand accountability. Peacefully protest.
Find the rally closest to you: NoKings.org
As a young girl in STEM summer camps I was constantly told I didn't belong. A high school guidance counselor told me to not apply to college because I wouldn't cut it.
20 years later I am running a lab & considered an expert in my field.
Use those "you cants" as fuel to succeed. You CAN do it. 👩🔬
20 years later I am running a lab & considered an expert in my field.
Use those "you cants" as fuel to succeed. You CAN do it. 👩🔬
June 11, 2025 at 6:59 PM
As a young girl in STEM summer camps I was constantly told I didn't belong. A high school guidance counselor told me to not apply to college because I wouldn't cut it.
20 years later I am running a lab & considered an expert in my field.
Use those "you cants" as fuel to succeed. You CAN do it. 👩🔬
20 years later I am running a lab & considered an expert in my field.
Use those "you cants" as fuel to succeed. You CAN do it. 👩🔬
Reposted by Ashley Kalinski
And...it's here. UW announced tenure clock extension options for junior faculty last week.
Leadership frames this as part of their deep support to junior faculty. But how, exactly, is more time (& delayed promotion) are meaningful support in response to reduced & uncertain research resources?
Leadership frames this as part of their deep support to junior faculty. But how, exactly, is more time (& delayed promotion) are meaningful support in response to reduced & uncertain research resources?
I'm already hearing rumblings from academic leaders that tenure clock extensions may be part of how early career researchers weather this new storm.
A reminder that clock extensions are not the easy solution some think them to be: www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
We must do better by junior faculty.
A reminder that clock extensions are not the easy solution some think them to be: www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
We must do better by junior faculty.
Extended time, elevated expectations: The unappreciated downsides of pausing the tenure clock | PNAS
Extended time, elevated expectations: The unappreciated downsides of pausing the tenure
clock
www.pnas.org
June 9, 2025 at 5:44 PM
And...it's here. UW announced tenure clock extension options for junior faculty last week.
Leadership frames this as part of their deep support to junior faculty. But how, exactly, is more time (& delayed promotion) are meaningful support in response to reduced & uncertain research resources?
Leadership frames this as part of their deep support to junior faculty. But how, exactly, is more time (& delayed promotion) are meaningful support in response to reduced & uncertain research resources?
Celebrating this birthday with a little Neuroscience IPA from Hazlewood Brewing 🧠👩🔬
June 5, 2025 at 9:51 PM
Celebrating this birthday with a little Neuroscience IPA from Hazlewood Brewing 🧠👩🔬
Reposted by Ashley Kalinski
Hello Fly Folks. quick note FlyBase is under duress due to termination NIH$ to Harvard and intl collabs. The hardworking folks @flybase.bsky.social are doing their darndest to ensure access to current data. For US, there will soon be a new site to donate. Please spread the word, ideas and support 🪰💪
My lab studies bacterial infections. We spend a lot of time looking at (or for) species-specific genetic and genomic databases for hosts and microbes. FlyBase is the best of all—there is literally no comparison. Its existence is under threat. Please donate.
www.philanthropy.cam.ac.uk/give-to-camb...
www.philanthropy.cam.ac.uk/give-to-camb...
Drosophila Genetic Database
The Drosophila Genetic Database, FlyBase, is on the brink of collapse due to the sudden termination of the FlyBase NIH grant, which includes salaries for 5 literature curators based at the University ...
www.philanthropy.cam.ac.uk
June 4, 2025 at 3:07 PM
Hello Fly Folks. quick note FlyBase is under duress due to termination NIH$ to Harvard and intl collabs. The hardworking folks @flybase.bsky.social are doing their darndest to ensure access to current data. For US, there will soon be a new site to donate. Please spread the word, ideas and support 🪰💪
Reposted by Ashley Kalinski
If you burn down a forest, you don't miss out on lumber for just that season. You have to replant all the trees, nurture them, and wait for them to grow.
The science and research budget cuts happening now are wanton, senseless arson. Recovery, if it ever happens, will take generations.
The science and research budget cuts happening now are wanton, senseless arson. Recovery, if it ever happens, will take generations.
June 3, 2025 at 9:02 PM
If you burn down a forest, you don't miss out on lumber for just that season. You have to replant all the trees, nurture them, and wait for them to grow.
The science and research budget cuts happening now are wanton, senseless arson. Recovery, if it ever happens, will take generations.
The science and research budget cuts happening now are wanton, senseless arson. Recovery, if it ever happens, will take generations.
#NewPI Milestone: First R01 officially submitted to the NIH. This is a culmination of 4 yrs of work built from the ground up by tenacious undergrads. Our grad students brought it to the finish line this year & I am so proud of everything they have done so far. 🤞
June 3, 2025 at 1:46 PM
#NewPI Milestone: First R01 officially submitted to the NIH. This is a culmination of 4 yrs of work built from the ground up by tenacious undergrads. Our grad students brought it to the finish line this year & I am so proud of everything they have done so far. 🤞
Reposted by Ashley Kalinski
There are 2 previous historical cases of countries destroying their science and universities, crippling them for decades: Lysenkoism in the USSR and Nazi Germany. The Trump administration will be the 3rd.
It's not just budgets but research, institutions, expertise, and training the next generation.
It's not just budgets but research, institutions, expertise, and training the next generation.
May 31, 2025 at 4:43 AM
There are 2 previous historical cases of countries destroying their science and universities, crippling them for decades: Lysenkoism in the USSR and Nazi Germany. The Trump administration will be the 3rd.
It's not just budgets but research, institutions, expertise, and training the next generation.
It's not just budgets but research, institutions, expertise, and training the next generation.