callista yee
@csybio.bsky.social
worm neurobiologist, assistant professor at UBC zoology. loves tater tots, synapses, dpy worms, and transcription factors. she/her. 🏳️🌈🇨🇦 Looking for grad students and postdocs!
today in i’m not crying, you’re crying, found some projection slides on unc-52 splicing, old school scicomm right here. so simple. so perfect. #celegans
October 30, 2025 at 6:34 PM
today in i’m not crying, you’re crying, found some projection slides on unc-52 splicing, old school scicomm right here. so simple. so perfect. #celegans
legit obsessed with this kumon pumpkin outside the LSC right now
October 27, 2025 at 7:00 PM
legit obsessed with this kumon pumpkin outside the LSC right now
had such a lovely day today at SFU. thank you so much @estherverheyen.bsky.social and @lisaj456.bsky.social for hosting me 💫, SFU rules. excellent science, bright trainees, and good vibes.
October 25, 2025 at 3:49 AM
had such a lovely day today at SFU. thank you so much @estherverheyen.bsky.social and @lisaj456.bsky.social for hosting me 💫, SFU rules. excellent science, bright trainees, and good vibes.
got to hangout with don today and look what he gifted us…an original print of genetics that had The genetics of Caenorhabditis elegans by Brenner 😭 #celegans 🧪
October 5, 2025 at 4:57 AM
got to hangout with don today and look what he gifted us…an original print of genetics that had The genetics of Caenorhabditis elegans by Brenner 😭 #celegans 🧪
1993 gilson pipettes!!! 😭😭😭😭
September 19, 2025 at 3:31 PM
1993 gilson pipettes!!! 😭😭😭😭
also got a billion of cryo boxes but I haven’t figured out the best course yet with them… but they’re definitely $$$$$
September 19, 2025 at 2:03 AM
also got a billion of cryo boxes but I haven’t figured out the best course yet with them… but they’re definitely $$$$$
I am doing such a bad job at throwing things away. like look at these notes???
“We have some males produced by heat shock and they seem to be OK but not too enthusiastic”
“We have some males produced by heat shock and they seem to be OK but not too enthusiastic”
September 18, 2025 at 8:24 PM
I am doing such a bad job at throwing things away. like look at these notes???
“We have some males produced by heat shock and they seem to be OK but not too enthusiastic”
“We have some males produced by heat shock and they seem to be OK but not too enthusiastic”
if anyone wants a billion cardboard freezer boxes, hmu.
September 18, 2025 at 7:56 PM
if anyone wants a billion cardboard freezer boxes, hmu.
got the keys to my office today - I’m not crying you’re crying
September 9, 2025 at 9:01 PM
got the keys to my office today - I’m not crying you’re crying
thank you so much @celjauebel.bsky.social for the warm send off poster, been a pleasure to organize the Stanford Superworm seminar series. also #celegans has 300 neurons, don’t fight me
August 14, 2025 at 9:44 PM
thank you so much @celjauebel.bsky.social for the warm send off poster, been a pleasure to organize the Stanford Superworm seminar series. also #celegans has 300 neurons, don’t fight me
found my old FACS gating notes 😭; worm flow back in 2016 was so hard (still is hard)
August 12, 2025 at 3:45 PM
found my old FACS gating notes 😭; worm flow back in 2016 was so hard (still is hard)
a new lab photo, finally. last lab meeting ever for me in the shen lab!
August 6, 2025 at 3:52 AM
a new lab photo, finally. last lab meeting ever for me in the shen lab!
my baymate xing gave me the wildest worm farewell gift, made in biorender and printed on a bag
July 29, 2025 at 12:59 AM
my baymate xing gave me the wildest worm farewell gift, made in biorender and printed on a bag
new meme in the lab, the kids are alright.
June 18, 2025 at 3:01 PM
new meme in the lab, the kids are alright.
putting together my final lab meeting 🥺, and stumbled upon this gem from when Liqun Luo's lab crashed our virtual happy hour during the 2020 shutdown #principlesofneurobiology
May 10, 2025 at 9:27 PM
putting together my final lab meeting 🥺, and stumbled upon this gem from when Liqun Luo's lab crashed our virtual happy hour during the 2020 shutdown #principlesofneurobiology