Spent more than half my work day dissecting fly foreguts with my lab mate that we plan to send off for -omics. We've collected ~1000 fly guys this week and still have another 1000 to go. 😩

My hands are sad and need a break, but I look forward to what we learn from this. 😌

I can't believe it has been one year since my dissertation defense. I'm still in awe of what I accomplished in grad school and reaping the fruits of my labor since transitioning to my postdoc.

I am forever thankful to everyone who helped me get to this point. 🙏🏽✨

We had a blast at yesterday's #Dros25 Cell Biology Dine Around in Old Town! What I loved most about our gathering was that we had a diversity of places which people came from, including France, Hong Kong, England, and Scotland. ☺️

The back of my sign at @standupforscience.bsky.social today was inspired by representative @algreen.house.gov. Thank you to all the organizers, volunteers, and attendees across the country today for making this happen! ✨🧪

Here at the DC @standupforscience.bsky.social rally. It was worth missing out on lab today to be here.✊🏽🧪

In celebration of submitting my fellowship application today, I decided to rep my undergrad alma mater @unlv.edu.

My undergrad research experience at UNLV was foundational in my development as a scientist. I truly believe undergrad me would gawk in awe of what we've accomplished.✨☺️

Now let the counting commence.

For over five hours today my lab mate and I successfully washed, homogenized, diluted and plated nearly 400 fruit flies onto these stacks of bacteria plates.

It will be quite the task to count these bacteria plates, but hopefully we will learn something cool from all of this. 🙏🏽✨

I love taking in the small moments in my work. I paused while fly flipping today to admire the lil bellies of these female fruit flies. 🥹

A heart shaped potato for the timeline. 🥔♥️

Mocha says good morning 🌞👋🏽

Since I am feeling my strength come back to after finishing my PhD, I decided to get back into playing the flute! I really missed playing in concert band, so I'd like to get my chops up to do something like that in the future. ☺️

Mocha is such a dapper pup. Truly grateful for his presence and light.

Ahhh!! So excited that @sarahmackattack.bsky.social @skypeascientist.bsky.social bug Valentine's came in today! Brought me some necessary light today. ✨🙏🏽

It was such a joy to reconnect with Jailyn this weekend at JHU CMDB recruitment weekend. She is an undergrad in the lab where I finished my PhD. I'm so proud of her and excited for this next phase of life. Congrats! 👏🏽✨