Sam Connell
@samuelconnell.bsky.social
Scientist and Global Sales Director at 3i (@the.3i.social), foodie, family man. Tai Chi and meditation matter. Compassion Heals. Microscopes Rock. https://www.intelligent-imaging.com
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One of many, many favorite moments from the Buddhist Monks Walk for Peace yesterday afternoon in DC.
February 11, 2026 at 10:49 PM
One of many, many favorite moments from the Buddhist Monks Walk for Peace yesterday afternoon in DC.
Very cool work y'all! Great to see this collaboration published.
February 11, 2026 at 9:34 PM
Very cool work y'all! Great to see this collaboration published.
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Can we make brains “smarter”? By boosting mitochondrial metabolism in neurons of memory circuits, we improved memory in flies and mice. Thrilled to see this work out - congrats to @amrapalianjali.bsky.social for spectacular work, and to all lab members for invaluable contributions!
February 11, 2026 at 11:36 AM
Can we make brains “smarter”? By boosting mitochondrial metabolism in neurons of memory circuits, we improved memory in flies and mice. Thrilled to see this work out - congrats to @amrapalianjali.bsky.social for spectacular work, and to all lab members for invaluable contributions!
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🧠🔋Boosting brain power and memory by increasing mitochondrial calcium ⚡🧪🔬
This was a fun collaboration with Jaime (@jdejuan-sanz.bsky.social) and Anjali (@amrapalianjali.bsky.social). Thank you to Ruolin and Riya (@riyaneuro.bsky.social) in our lab @mpfneuro.bsky.social for driving this project.
This was a fun collaboration with Jaime (@jdejuan-sanz.bsky.social) and Anjali (@amrapalianjali.bsky.social). Thank you to Ruolin and Riya (@riyaneuro.bsky.social) in our lab @mpfneuro.bsky.social for driving this project.
Can we make brains “smarter”? By boosting mitochondrial metabolism in neurons of memory circuits, we improved memory in flies and mice. Thrilled to see this work out - congrats to @amrapalianjali.bsky.social for spectacular work, and to all lab members for invaluable contributions!
February 11, 2026 at 6:00 PM
🧠🔋Boosting brain power and memory by increasing mitochondrial calcium ⚡🧪🔬
This was a fun collaboration with Jaime (@jdejuan-sanz.bsky.social) and Anjali (@amrapalianjali.bsky.social). Thank you to Ruolin and Riya (@riyaneuro.bsky.social) in our lab @mpfneuro.bsky.social for driving this project.
This was a fun collaboration with Jaime (@jdejuan-sanz.bsky.social) and Anjali (@amrapalianjali.bsky.social). Thank you to Ruolin and Riya (@riyaneuro.bsky.social) in our lab @mpfneuro.bsky.social for driving this project.
post a tree you photographed
February 11, 2026 at 4:31 PM
post a tree you photographed
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post a tree you photographed
(cheetah cubs for scale)
(cheetah cubs for scale)
February 11, 2026 at 5:28 AM
post a tree you photographed
(cheetah cubs for scale)
(cheetah cubs for scale)
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Haven't these guys seen Raising Arizona?
a man is holding a baby in his arms while standing on a staircase .
ALT: a man is holding a baby in his arms while standing on a staircase .
media.tenor.com
February 11, 2026 at 4:42 AM
Haven't these guys seen Raising Arizona?
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Happy to share this new, very intentional chapter. I have left UCLA after 14 years to join the University of Colorado Anschutz as Professor of Biomedical Informatics and Neurosurgery and the inaugural Marsico Chair in Excellence in Functional Precision Medicine/n
news.cuanschutz.edu/dbmi/cu-ansc...
news.cuanschutz.edu/dbmi/cu-ansc...
CU Anschutz Recruits National Leader to Launch Functional Personalized Medicine Initiative
CU Anschutz welcomes Alice Soragni to launch a Functional Personalized Medicine Initiative using rapid tumor organoid testing to guide treatment decisions.
news.cuanschutz.edu
February 10, 2026 at 9:32 PM
Happy to share this new, very intentional chapter. I have left UCLA after 14 years to join the University of Colorado Anschutz as Professor of Biomedical Informatics and Neurosurgery and the inaugural Marsico Chair in Excellence in Functional Precision Medicine/n
news.cuanschutz.edu/dbmi/cu-ansc...
news.cuanschutz.edu/dbmi/cu-ansc...
Incredible news to share! Welcome to Denver!
February 10, 2026 at 9:48 PM
Incredible news to share! Welcome to Denver!
With real humans... and I'm not cleaning up and dumping the trash in my follows every couple of days.
February 10, 2026 at 8:44 PM
With real humans... and I'm not cleaning up and dumping the trash in my follows every couple of days.
Yeah man, I personally cannot in good faith have any continued engagement on X. Plus...this place is a hoot! If you take the time to choose your own adventure here, you can curate a fantastically personalized experience filled with whatever floats your boat, including a ton of good/weird science.
a man with a mustache and a suit says " it 's science "
ALT: a man with a mustache and a suit says " it 's science "
media.tenor.com
February 10, 2026 at 8:37 PM
Yeah man, I personally cannot in good faith have any continued engagement on X. Plus...this place is a hoot! If you take the time to choose your own adventure here, you can curate a fantastically personalized experience filled with whatever floats your boat, including a ton of good/weird science.
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Why do some scientists say "Bluesky is dead. I have no engagement. I have more engagement on X"? My TL is full of cool science, queer art, weird history facts, politics and whimsy. You're just not doing it right, man. Plus the fascism
February 10, 2026 at 8:10 PM
Why do some scientists say "Bluesky is dead. I have no engagement. I have more engagement on X"? My TL is full of cool science, queer art, weird history facts, politics and whimsy. You're just not doing it right, man. Plus the fascism
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The #ICAR2026 webpage is now live and registration is open (icar2026.sg). #arabidopsis #plantscience #conference
February 9, 2026 at 7:56 PM
The #ICAR2026 webpage is now live and registration is open (icar2026.sg). #arabidopsis #plantscience #conference
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Excited to see my friend Vivek's manuscript in preprint!
N-terminal phosphorylation inhibits Arabidopsis katanin and affects vegetative and reproductive development in opposite ways @biorxivpreprint.bsky.social
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
Excited to see my friend Vivek's manuscript in preprint!
N-terminal phosphorylation inhibits Arabidopsis katanin and affects vegetative and reproductive development in opposite ways @biorxivpreprint.bsky.social
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
February 10, 2026 at 3:54 PM
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Excited to see my friend Vivek's manuscript in preprint!
N-terminal phosphorylation inhibits Arabidopsis katanin and affects vegetative and reproductive development in opposite ways @biorxivpreprint.bsky.social
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
Excited to see my friend Vivek's manuscript in preprint!
N-terminal phosphorylation inhibits Arabidopsis katanin and affects vegetative and reproductive development in opposite ways @biorxivpreprint.bsky.social
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
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Excited to share that I joined the Institute of Psychiatry and Neuroscience of Paris @ipnp.bsky.social as a group leader! Thank you to FRM and BBRF for the support! My team will study how dedicated neural circuits decode seasonal changes, and drive adaptive behaviors. 🧠 ☀️ ❄️
February 10, 2026 at 6:18 PM
Excited to share that I joined the Institute of Psychiatry and Neuroscience of Paris @ipnp.bsky.social as a group leader! Thank you to FRM and BBRF for the support! My team will study how dedicated neural circuits decode seasonal changes, and drive adaptive behaviors. 🧠 ☀️ ❄️
Congratulations Giacomo!
February 10, 2026 at 7:37 PM
Congratulations Giacomo!
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I am looking for examples of a 2-3 hour lab activity for a course that would allow college students to get some experience connected to environmental DNA studies (e.g., e-DNA, rRNA/ITS PCR, metagenomics, etc). Ideally this would have some DNA extraction and some follow up processing / analysis.
February 9, 2026 at 11:25 PM
I am looking for examples of a 2-3 hour lab activity for a course that would allow college students to get some experience connected to environmental DNA studies (e.g., e-DNA, rRNA/ITS PCR, metagenomics, etc). Ideally this would have some DNA extraction and some follow up processing / analysis.
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Honestly, I've never understood why the Bay does not have more ferries for transportation, not to mention using the shore which has largely been industrial for housing.
Affordable housing using barges is something that @benhuh.bsky.social and I talked about years ago.
Affordable housing using barges is something that @benhuh.bsky.social and I talked about years ago.
Allison makes the hilarious and manifestly correct point here that, hey, maybe a bunch of cities lining the world's most spectacular natural bay should use boats to get around? What about that? www.sfchronicle.com/opinion/arti...
San Francisco Bay Area traffic is worse than ever. Could a ferry boom make a difference?
Embracing ferries as a core part of our regional public transportation system is a no-brainer.
www.sfchronicle.com
February 9, 2026 at 6:13 PM
Honestly, I've never understood why the Bay does not have more ferries for transportation, not to mention using the shore which has largely been industrial for housing.
Affordable housing using barges is something that @benhuh.bsky.social and I talked about years ago.
Affordable housing using barges is something that @benhuh.bsky.social and I talked about years ago.
This used to be somewhat more common, but California sure does love their car culture. My grandma graduated from UC Berkeley in 1937 and for a couple of years post graduation, she took this ferry from the Oakland pier to the San Francisco ferry building to her new job. sdmaritime.org/visit/the-sh...
Steam Ferry Berkeley – Maritime Museum of San Diego
Berkeley , a National Historic Landmark and 1898 steam ferry, played a vital role in San Francisco Bay for 60 years and now serves as a museum centerpiece with
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February 10, 2026 at 1:31 AM
This used to be somewhat more common, but California sure does love their car culture. My grandma graduated from UC Berkeley in 1937 and for a couple of years post graduation, she took this ferry from the Oakland pier to the San Francisco ferry building to her new job. sdmaritime.org/visit/the-sh...
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New paper out : "Synchronization of behavioral and cardiac dynamics in larval zebrafish"
Here, we report a pretty striking relationship between behavioral state and heart rate in larval zebrafish, and then explore the mechanisms that lead to this coupling
bit.ly/4ciYt3R
Here, we report a pretty striking relationship between behavioral state and heart rate in larval zebrafish, and then explore the mechanisms that lead to this coupling
bit.ly/4ciYt3R
Synchronization of behavioral and cardiac dynamics in larval zebrafish
Animals reprioritize behavioral goals in response to internal physiological states. Using larval zebrafish, we investigated whether engagement with a …
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February 9, 2026 at 6:04 PM
New paper out : "Synchronization of behavioral and cardiac dynamics in larval zebrafish"
Here, we report a pretty striking relationship between behavioral state and heart rate in larval zebrafish, and then explore the mechanisms that lead to this coupling
bit.ly/4ciYt3R
Here, we report a pretty striking relationship between behavioral state and heart rate in larval zebrafish, and then explore the mechanisms that lead to this coupling
bit.ly/4ciYt3R
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I'm hiring 2 software engineers to help build the new software team at iota biosciences!
We're developing BCI medical devices to help people with paralysis regain movement.
This is early, foundational work across real-time, embedded, ML, cloud, & clinical apps.
(1/3)
jobs.ashbyhq.com/iota-bio
We're developing BCI medical devices to help people with paralysis regain movement.
This is early, foundational work across real-time, embedded, ML, cloud, & clinical apps.
(1/3)
jobs.ashbyhq.com/iota-bio
iota Biosciences, Inc. Jobs
iota Biosciences, Inc. Jobs
jobs.ashbyhq.com
February 9, 2026 at 5:28 PM
I'm hiring 2 software engineers to help build the new software team at iota biosciences!
We're developing BCI medical devices to help people with paralysis regain movement.
This is early, foundational work across real-time, embedded, ML, cloud, & clinical apps.
(1/3)
jobs.ashbyhq.com/iota-bio
We're developing BCI medical devices to help people with paralysis regain movement.
This is early, foundational work across real-time, embedded, ML, cloud, & clinical apps.
(1/3)
jobs.ashbyhq.com/iota-bio
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VERY excited that @harmitmalik.bsky.social will be giving the UNC Biology seminar tomorrow, and is featured in one of Bob Goldstein's gig posters. I missed him the last time he cams through (I was away giving a talk) and thus have never heard him speak
February 9, 2026 at 4:38 PM
VERY excited that @harmitmalik.bsky.social will be giving the UNC Biology seminar tomorrow, and is featured in one of Bob Goldstein's gig posters. I missed him the last time he cams through (I was away giving a talk) and thus have never heard him speak
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Rutgers Health put together a gorgeous new research video, with lots of shots from our lab throughout.
They even lit our holography rig in wildly impractical but very snazzy colors!
vimeo.com/1158839664?f...
@rutgersupress.bsky.social @rutgersbhi.bsky.social
They even lit our holography rig in wildly impractical but very snazzy colors!
vimeo.com/1158839664?f...
@rutgersupress.bsky.social @rutgersbhi.bsky.social
The Impact of Rutgers Research
This is "The Impact of Rutgers Research" by Rutgers University on Vimeo, the home for high quality videos and the people who love them.
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February 9, 2026 at 2:47 PM
Rutgers Health put together a gorgeous new research video, with lots of shots from our lab throughout.
They even lit our holography rig in wildly impractical but very snazzy colors!
vimeo.com/1158839664?f...
@rutgersupress.bsky.social @rutgersbhi.bsky.social
They even lit our holography rig in wildly impractical but very snazzy colors!
vimeo.com/1158839664?f...
@rutgersupress.bsky.social @rutgersbhi.bsky.social
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No, but is is literally a sin to ignore the hungry, those without clothes, those in prison or the stranger among us. Read the Gospels and reflect on them
February 8, 2026 at 11:54 PM
No, but is is literally a sin to ignore the hungry, those without clothes, those in prison or the stranger among us. Read the Gospels and reflect on them