Joy Franco, PhD
@engineeringjoy.bsky.social
Sensory neuroscientist and biomeasurements engineer obsessing over calcium regulation in neurons and therapies for sensorineural hearing loss. NIH DSPAN fellow. NIA K00 Awardee. Bike racer. About me -> Neurojoy.net
Who all is presenting at @sfn.org ?! 💁♀️ I’m getting excited about seeing the community & want to start bookmarking sessions! Add your info in 🧵 pls 😇
#Science #Neuroscience #SfN2025
#Science #Neuroscience #SfN2025
November 9, 2025 at 2:53 PM
Who all is presenting at @sfn.org ?! 💁♀️ I’m getting excited about seeing the community & want to start bookmarking sessions! Add your info in 🧵 pls 😇
#Science #Neuroscience #SfN2025
#Science #Neuroscience #SfN2025
@sfn.org virtual posters are live starting today, including mine! I’m presenting this work in the Aging: Models & Mechanisms nanosymposium &, thanks to being awarded a TPDA, at the Early Career Poster Session. But you can also check it out online before your SfN schedule gets packed. See you there!
November 6, 2025 at 10:22 AM
@sfn.org virtual posters are live starting today, including mine! I’m presenting this work in the Aging: Models & Mechanisms nanosymposium &, thanks to being awarded a TPDA, at the Early Career Poster Session. But you can also check it out online before your SfN schedule gets packed. See you there!
I love how my entire sense of what is "warm" is based on how C. elegans would respond.
(things I think of while setting my thermostat in a country that uses Celsius instead of Fahrenheit)
(things I think of while setting my thermostat in a country that uses Celsius instead of Fahrenheit)
November 5, 2025 at 1:36 PM
I love how my entire sense of what is "warm" is based on how C. elegans would respond.
(things I think of while setting my thermostat in a country that uses Celsius instead of Fahrenheit)
(things I think of while setting my thermostat in a country that uses Celsius instead of Fahrenheit)
@dropbox.com "See Version History" has now saved me so much, and is so easy to use, that I have to give it a public vote of support. 🗳️
November 5, 2025 at 7:45 AM
@dropbox.com "See Version History" has now saved me so much, and is so easy to use, that I have to give it a public vote of support. 🗳️
Very grateful to @icfo.eu MINDLAB workshop organizers for inviting me to share my research & visit the institute. I may have gone more bio for my postdoc, but my love of engineering has yet to fade & my passion for photons grows with every experiment. Feeling very inspired by this community 🔬 💗
November 4, 2025 at 6:08 PM
Very grateful to @icfo.eu MINDLAB workshop organizers for inviting me to share my research & visit the institute. I may have gone more bio for my postdoc, but my love of engineering has yet to fade & my passion for photons grows with every experiment. Feeling very inspired by this community 🔬 💗
It was such a Happy Halloween. Elated that, thanks to an awesome team effort, the Goodrich Lab took home the win in the "Super Scientist" category for our "Gourdier Transform." The best part was getting to see others in the depart share the excitement for our science.
#CochleaLove #AuditoryScience
#CochleaLove #AuditoryScience
October 31, 2025 at 11:26 PM
It was such a Happy Halloween. Elated that, thanks to an awesome team effort, the Goodrich Lab took home the win in the "Super Scientist" category for our "Gourdier Transform." The best part was getting to see others in the depart share the excitement for our science.
#CochleaLove #AuditoryScience
#CochleaLove #AuditoryScience
Even after 18 yrs of bike racing, it never ceases to amaze me what the human heart 🫀 can achieve. Oh, I guess I should also say thanks 🫁 .
October 19, 2025 at 10:45 PM
Even after 18 yrs of bike racing, it never ceases to amaze me what the human heart 🫀 can achieve. Oh, I guess I should also say thanks 🫁 .
It’s not easy coming back from vacationing in the best parts of Europe, but Boston’s automnal beauty certainly softens the blow.
October 15, 2025 at 12:48 PM
It’s not easy coming back from vacationing in the best parts of Europe, but Boston’s automnal beauty certainly softens the blow.
Reposted by Joy Franco, PhD
Folks whose jobs, postdocs or grad school fellowships or applications were cut short--drop them a line
Lost Science is a new NYT series of accounts from scientists who have lost their jobs or funding. You can send your story to the Times here www.nytimes.com/2025/10/08/c...
October 11, 2025 at 5:24 PM
Folks whose jobs, postdocs or grad school fellowships or applications were cut short--drop them a line
One final vacation day before heading back home & it’s a big one: racing UCI Gravel World Championships. The course traverses some of the most beautiful farmland I’ve ever seen through Zuid-Limburg. Today is 100% all about just pushing myself to the absolute limit to see how hard & fast I can go.
October 11, 2025 at 6:58 AM
One final vacation day before heading back home & it’s a big one: racing UCI Gravel World Championships. The course traverses some of the most beautiful farmland I’ve ever seen through Zuid-Limburg. Today is 100% all about just pushing myself to the absolute limit to see how hard & fast I can go.
Was given a very special chance to present our work at the Institut de l’Audition in Paris. It felt like such a magical experience & I don’t fully have the words to describe my gratitude other than to say: bless the PIs that give lil ole trainees like me big ole opportunities like this 😭.
October 8, 2025 at 4:54 PM
Was given a very special chance to present our work at the Institut de l’Audition in Paris. It felt like such a magical experience & I don’t fully have the words to describe my gratitude other than to say: bless the PIs that give lil ole trainees like me big ole opportunities like this 😭.
Sharing some #auditory highlights from my visit to the Natural History Museum in Paris for all my fellow inner ear enthusiasts out there 🐌.
I’m especially taken with the how they managed to show « les labryinthes osseux »
I’m especially taken with the how they managed to show « les labryinthes osseux »
October 6, 2025 at 8:00 PM
Sharing some #auditory highlights from my visit to the Natural History Museum in Paris for all my fellow inner ear enthusiasts out there 🐌.
I’m especially taken with the how they managed to show « les labryinthes osseux »
I’m especially taken with the how they managed to show « les labryinthes osseux »
Une obligatoire Américaine dans Paris truc.
October 4, 2025 at 4:09 PM
Une obligatoire Américaine dans Paris truc.
Les vacances commence maintenant. Happy to report that everyone has been very kind and welcoming of my desire to practice speaking. Ce n’est pas facile et je suis très timide mais je l’aime vraiment beaucoup. Alors, j’essaie d’être courageuse 😇.
October 3, 2025 at 11:52 AM
Les vacances commence maintenant. Happy to report that everyone has been very kind and welcoming of my desire to practice speaking. Ce n’est pas facile et je suis très timide mais je l’aime vraiment beaucoup. Alors, j’essaie d’être courageuse 😇.
Reposted by Joy Franco, PhD
Great opportunity and submissions are a little down so nominate your outstanding recent graduate, worm peeps!
Worm peeps: nominate a newly minted PhD for the Sydney Brenner Thesis Award! #celegans
📢 Deadline extended! Apply by Oct 3 for the 2025 Sydney Brenner Thesis Award—honoring outstanding theses in nematode biology (defended Oct 1, 2024–Sept 30, 2025).
Send in your nomination today! 🔗:
Send in your nomination today! 🔗:
October 1, 2025 at 12:45 AM
Great opportunity and submissions are a little down so nominate your outstanding recent graduate, worm peeps!
And since we’re chatting MBL, #MyMBLMoment was getting to see a hair cell dance thanks to Dr. Jonathan Ashmore at the Biology of the Inner Course… also fitting for #MicroscopyMonday
September 29, 2025 at 3:14 PM
And since we’re chatting MBL, #MyMBLMoment was getting to see a hair cell dance thanks to Dr. Jonathan Ashmore at the Biology of the Inner Course… also fitting for #MicroscopyMonday
Applications for the Grass Fellowships at @mblscience.bsky.social are open! This is such a cool opportunity to work on an independent project at what is effectively the best science camp in the world. Something I wish I’d known about earlier. Reposting from the other place grassfoundation.org
September 29, 2025 at 3:11 PM
Applications for the Grass Fellowships at @mblscience.bsky.social are open! This is such a cool opportunity to work on an independent project at what is effectively the best science camp in the world. Something I wish I’d known about earlier. Reposting from the other place grassfoundation.org
Looks like @dacolon.bsky.social is hiring a postdoc. Reposting here from the other place because this is truly a great opportunity to do very exciting work with a renowned mentor.
September 27, 2025 at 12:00 PM
Looks like @dacolon.bsky.social is hiring a postdoc. Reposting here from the other place because this is truly a great opportunity to do very exciting work with a renowned mentor.
#NewKitDay
Just 15 days till gravel world championships.
Want to support my journey? Help me reach my PMC fundraising commitment by donating before October 1st -> profile.pmc.org/JF0546
Just 15 days till gravel world championships.
Want to support my journey? Help me reach my PMC fundraising commitment by donating before October 1st -> profile.pmc.org/JF0546
September 26, 2025 at 8:59 PM
#NewKitDay
Just 15 days till gravel world championships.
Want to support my journey? Help me reach my PMC fundraising commitment by donating before October 1st -> profile.pmc.org/JF0546
Just 15 days till gravel world championships.
Want to support my journey? Help me reach my PMC fundraising commitment by donating before October 1st -> profile.pmc.org/JF0546
Funding op for grad students copied from the other place. Non X link to the app info: bit.ly/HF-application
September 26, 2025 at 12:51 PM
Funding op for grad students copied from the other place. Non X link to the app info: bit.ly/HF-application
Reposted by Joy Franco, PhD
HHMI adopts Plan U journals.plos.org/plosbiology/...
September 24, 2025 at 6:08 PM
HHMI adopts Plan U journals.plos.org/plosbiology/...
Re tips for student researchers applying for programs: a big part of your app is describing the work that YOU performed in very specific terms but there’s often little guidance on how to articulate these ideas. Simply saying "I was the sole researcher" doesn’t tell the reviewer what YOU DID… 🧵
September 24, 2025 at 12:27 PM
Re tips for student researchers applying for programs: a big part of your app is describing the work that YOU performed in very specific terms but there’s often little guidance on how to articulate these ideas. Simply saying "I was the sole researcher" doesn’t tell the reviewer what YOU DID… 🧵
Reposted by Joy Franco, PhD
Weeps quietly in October NIH R01 deadline.
Librarians love the first week of fall because: They're rearranging pumpkin-themed books, sipping hot tea instead of iced coffee, arguing over which spooky books are ‘too scary,’ and decorating with tiny gourds like it’s a sacred ritual 🍂📚☕
September 22, 2025 at 4:58 PM
Weeps quietly in October NIH R01 deadline.
Ok one more for #MicroscopyMonday b/c it was a very fun afternoon. This is from live tissue. Auditory neurons in magenta & their friends (including satellite cells) in green. Big thx to @jessdixonneuro.bsky.social for being generous w/ reagents #ScienceSisters Imaged on FLIMmer @ HMS MicRoN core.
September 22, 2025 at 10:30 PM
Ok one more for #MicroscopyMonday b/c it was a very fun afternoon. This is from live tissue. Auditory neurons in magenta & their friends (including satellite cells) in green. Big thx to @jessdixonneuro.bsky.social for being generous w/ reagents #ScienceSisters Imaged on FLIMmer @ HMS MicRoN core.
Something different for today’s #MicroscopyMonday. Learning about VKH (a rare autoimmune disorder in which immune cells attack melanocytes) reminded me of this. VKH causes hearing loss because there are melanocytes in the cochlea! You can see them as the dark speckles in this pic from my iPhone
September 22, 2025 at 11:43 AM
Something different for today’s #MicroscopyMonday. Learning about VKH (a rare autoimmune disorder in which immune cells attack melanocytes) reminded me of this. VKH causes hearing loss because there are melanocytes in the cochlea! You can see them as the dark speckles in this pic from my iPhone