Stacey Ogden 🦔
@labogden.bsky.social
Cell and Developmental Biologist @ St. Jude Children's Research Hospital - 🦔 signaling in 🧠🫀&🫁 - science 🧪, academia, DevBio research, mentoring, scicomm, 🔬 images, birds 🪶, dogs, hikes - fueled by ☕ & 🧘🏼♀️ - Y’all means all - Views my own
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Stacey Ogden 🦔
@labogden.bsky.social
· Nov 18
Mentoring is the most important thing most of us can do. Here is a 🧵about what I've learned as a PI running an academic research lab. I hope some of the advice is helpful to those who are just starting their labs and to folks hitting the academic job market in search of an independent position 🧪 1/n
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At risk of flogging a dead horse: this whole letter is a reminder that the creative process is an end in and of itself, and vital to self-actualisation. You can’t experience BECOMING, as he puts it, by outsourcing it to ChatGPT.
In 2006 a high school English teacher asked students to write to a famous author & ask for advice.
KURT VONNEGUT - born 103yrs ago today - was the only one to respond.
His reply was a doozy.
KURT VONNEGUT - born 103yrs ago today - was the only one to respond.
His reply was a doozy.
November 11, 2025 at 10:44 AM
At risk of flogging a dead horse: this whole letter is a reminder that the creative process is an end in and of itself, and vital to self-actualisation. You can’t experience BECOMING, as he puts it, by outsourcing it to ChatGPT.
I'm so happy for you @pgtimmune.bsky.social! I am also very sad about how much I'm going to miss you here at SJ! I'm crying and clapping at the same time! 😭 👏 🧪
Viral immunologist @pgtimmune.bsky.social, who recently joined Fred Hutch's Vaccine and Infectious Diseases Division, aims to harness the "incredible potential" of the immune system to advance diagnostics, vaccines and cancer therapies. bit.ly/3WJVpos
Viral immunologist taps ‘incredible potential’ of immune system
New Fred Hutch Cancer Center viral immunologist Dr. Paul Thomas is working to turn the "incredible potential" of the immune system into real-life diagnostic and therapeutic applications. He studies ho...
bit.ly
November 7, 2025 at 6:24 PM
I'm so happy for you @pgtimmune.bsky.social! I am also very sad about how much I'm going to miss you here at SJ! I'm crying and clapping at the same time! 😭 👏 🧪
I feel fortunate to have attended the 2025 Cold Spring Harbor Asia meeting on unconventional protein secretion in Suzhou, China. The science was fantastic! Curious about what we discussed? ✅ out the conference summary - published today! 🧪
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
Beyond the Secretory Pathway: New Insights Into Protein Release
While proteins bearing N-terminal signal or leader sequences are secreted via the ER-Golgi-plasma membrane axis of the conventional secretion pathway, many cytosolic proteins lacking signaling sequen...
onlinelibrary.wiley.com
November 6, 2025 at 4:27 PM
I feel fortunate to have attended the 2025 Cold Spring Harbor Asia meeting on unconventional protein secretion in Suzhou, China. The science was fantastic! Curious about what we discussed? ✅ out the conference summary - published today! 🧪
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
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In America, the power belongs to the people.
This Election Day, millions will make their voices heard — choosing governors, mayors, school boards, and judges who will shape their communities and our future.
Find your polling place at IWillVote.com.
This Election Day, millions will make their voices heard — choosing governors, mayors, school boards, and judges who will shape their communities and our future.
Find your polling place at IWillVote.com.
November 4, 2025 at 4:56 PM
In America, the power belongs to the people.
This Election Day, millions will make their voices heard — choosing governors, mayors, school boards, and judges who will shape their communities and our future.
Find your polling place at IWillVote.com.
This Election Day, millions will make their voices heard — choosing governors, mayors, school boards, and judges who will shape their communities and our future.
Find your polling place at IWillVote.com.
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Scientists have engineered a modified form of florfenicol that uses the drug resistance mechanisms of Mycobacterium abscessus, which causes hard-to-treat infections due to its complex antibiotic resistance system, to activate and amplify its own antibiotic effect. ow.ly/oauk50XklPT
Approach to combat antibiotic resistance turns bacterium’s genes against it
See how scientists hack bacterial resistance to chloramphenicol to boost antibiotic power against mycobacterium abscessus, offering safer, targeted treatment
ow.ly
October 30, 2025 at 2:00 PM
Scientists have engineered a modified form of florfenicol that uses the drug resistance mechanisms of Mycobacterium abscessus, which causes hard-to-treat infections due to its complex antibiotic resistance system, to activate and amplify its own antibiotic effect. ow.ly/oauk50XklPT
Love it! 🧪 🔬
Happy Halloween and Happy Fluorescence Friday 🎃✨
#ScienceCostumes #FluorescenceFriday #SuperResolution #PALMSTORM #LabLife
#ScienceCostumes #FluorescenceFriday #SuperResolution #PALMSTORM #LabLife
October 31, 2025 at 7:56 PM
Love it! 🧪 🔬
Reposted by Stacey Ogden 🦔
Timeline cleanse: I present a series of photos of irritated animals
October 31, 2025 at 12:18 PM
Timeline cleanse: I present a series of photos of irritated animals
Reposted by Stacey Ogden 🦔
For this #FluorescenceFriday I wanted to share this spooky eye from a squid embryo! 👁️🦑
October 31, 2025 at 4:18 PM
For this #FluorescenceFriday I wanted to share this spooky eye from a squid embryo! 👁️🦑
Reposted by Stacey Ogden 🦔
Rise of the Arteries — a lightsheet image capturing the intricate vascular network of a developing mouse heart.
By visualising endothelial and smooth muscle cells in 3D, researchers at IDRM reveal the beauty of coronary vessel formation.
📷 Credit: Konstantinos Miti & Polen Bareke
By visualising endothelial and smooth muscle cells in 3D, researchers at IDRM reveal the beauty of coronary vessel formation.
📷 Credit: Konstantinos Miti & Polen Bareke
October 30, 2025 at 3:28 PM
Rise of the Arteries — a lightsheet image capturing the intricate vascular network of a developing mouse heart.
By visualising endothelial and smooth muscle cells in 3D, researchers at IDRM reveal the beauty of coronary vessel formation.
📷 Credit: Konstantinos Miti & Polen Bareke
By visualising endothelial and smooth muscle cells in 3D, researchers at IDRM reveal the beauty of coronary vessel formation.
📷 Credit: Konstantinos Miti & Polen Bareke
It's Halloween 🎃 #FlourescenceFriday! Here is a microscopic pumpkin generated by showing a cell nucleus in 🟠 with the primary cilium "stem" in 🟢! I hope everyone has a spooky 👻 day! 🔬 by @stjuderesearch.bsky.social grad student Christina Wang. 🧪
October 31, 2025 at 3:14 PM
It's Halloween 🎃 #FlourescenceFriday! Here is a microscopic pumpkin generated by showing a cell nucleus in 🟠 with the primary cilium "stem" in 🟢! I hope everyone has a spooky 👻 day! 🔬 by @stjuderesearch.bsky.social grad student Christina Wang. 🧪
Reposted by Stacey Ogden 🦔
ATTN: Two faculty positions are available in my department (neuroscience) at the University of Minnesota. This is a general search with no topic focus. November 20th application deadline.
Apply here: hr.umn.edu/jobs/Find-Job
Assistant Prof job code: 364920
Associate/Full Prof job code: 364921
Apply here: hr.umn.edu/jobs/Find-Job
Assistant Prof job code: 364920
Associate/Full Prof job code: 364921
October 30, 2025 at 3:59 PM
ATTN: Two faculty positions are available in my department (neuroscience) at the University of Minnesota. This is a general search with no topic focus. November 20th application deadline.
Apply here: hr.umn.edu/jobs/Find-Job
Assistant Prof job code: 364920
Associate/Full Prof job code: 364921
Apply here: hr.umn.edu/jobs/Find-Job
Assistant Prof job code: 364920
Associate/Full Prof job code: 364921
Share widely - especially with your friends and family who aren't in science! 🧪
www.youtube.com/watch?v=yLvO...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=yLvO...
Top researchers consider leaving U.S. amid funding cuts: 'The science world is ending'
YouTube video by PBS NewsHour
www.youtube.com
October 30, 2025 at 2:45 PM
Share widely - especially with your friends and family who aren't in science! 🧪
www.youtube.com/watch?v=yLvO...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=yLvO...
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Well reported story on the PBS News Hour about science cuts and the ongoing and potential brain drain.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=yLvO...
Thanks to Terrance Tao and other scientists at various career stages for having the courage to speak out.
Watch and share!
1/7
www.youtube.com/watch?v=yLvO...
Thanks to Terrance Tao and other scientists at various career stages for having the courage to speak out.
Watch and share!
1/7
Top researchers consider leaving U.S. amid funding cuts: 'The science world is ending'
YouTube video by PBS NewsHour
www.youtube.com
October 30, 2025 at 11:36 AM
Well reported story on the PBS News Hour about science cuts and the ongoing and potential brain drain.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=yLvO...
Thanks to Terrance Tao and other scientists at various career stages for having the courage to speak out.
Watch and share!
1/7
www.youtube.com/watch?v=yLvO...
Thanks to Terrance Tao and other scientists at various career stages for having the courage to speak out.
Watch and share!
1/7
I was OBSESSED with Pitfall! Completely. Obsessed.
Best. Atari. Game. Ever.
👾
Best. Atari. Game. Ever.
👾
Activision Pitfall cartridges for the Atari 2600, 5200, and 8-bit computers. The 2600 game was amazing when it came out. #atari #atari2600 #atari8bit #retrogaming #activision #pitfall #tbt
October 30, 2025 at 2:33 PM
I was OBSESSED with Pitfall! Completely. Obsessed.
Best. Atari. Game. Ever.
👾
Best. Atari. Game. Ever.
👾
Reposted by Stacey Ogden 🦔
Reposted by Stacey Ogden 🦔
I love AlphaFold—but please include PAE (Predicted Aligned Error) plots for every “interaction.” Pretty PDBs ≠ proof. If the PAE doesn’t show an interface, it ain’t one. Show the plots. Structural biology's reputation is on the line.
October 24, 2025 at 5:44 PM
I love AlphaFold—but please include PAE (Predicted Aligned Error) plots for every “interaction.” Pretty PDBs ≠ proof. If the PAE doesn’t show an interface, it ain’t one. Show the plots. Structural biology's reputation is on the line.
Reposted by Stacey Ogden 🦔
This!!
I love AlphaFold—but please include PAE (Predicted Aligned Error) plots for every “interaction.” Pretty PDBs ≠ proof. If the PAE doesn’t show an interface, it ain’t one. Show the plots. Structural biology's reputation is on the line.
October 30, 2025 at 2:27 PM
This!!
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Happy #FluorescenceFriday! This is a maximum intensity projection of depth shaded actin (🌈) in a section from an E9.5 🐭 neural tube (NT). 🔬 by postdoc @christinaadaly.bsky.social 👩🔬 🧪 Image shows the floor plate and lumen of the developing NT.
#SciArt #DevBio #DevNeuro
#SciArt #DevBio #DevNeuro
October 10, 2025 at 3:19 PM
Happy #FluorescenceFriday! This is a maximum intensity projection of depth shaded actin (🌈) in a section from an E9.5 🐭 neural tube (NT). 🔬 by postdoc @christinaadaly.bsky.social 👩🔬 🧪 Image shows the floor plate and lumen of the developing NT.
#SciArt #DevBio #DevNeuro
#SciArt #DevBio #DevNeuro
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An iPSC-cardiac myocyte (heart muscle cell) in cell culture photographed through a microscope by former Burnette lab graduate student, Dr. James Hayes. We are preparing cover submissions for his last two first author papers from the lab! Actin filaments are shown. #CellBiology
October 22, 2025 at 4:20 PM
🧪 🤩 🔬
I ran around for years thinking nothing of my knees. They did not hurt. They did not give out. They did their job.
Now I think about my knees all the time...exercising, walking, stepping off a curb, sitting, standing up, lying down, etc...I am always aware of how they're feeling.
My 🤬 knees.
👵
Now I think about my knees all the time...exercising, walking, stepping off a curb, sitting, standing up, lying down, etc...I am always aware of how they're feeling.
My 🤬 knees.
👵
October 22, 2025 at 3:00 PM
I ran around for years thinking nothing of my knees. They did not hurt. They did not give out. They did their job.
Now I think about my knees all the time...exercising, walking, stepping off a curb, sitting, standing up, lying down, etc...I am always aware of how they're feeling.
My 🤬 knees.
👵
Now I think about my knees all the time...exercising, walking, stepping off a curb, sitting, standing up, lying down, etc...I am always aware of how they're feeling.
My 🤬 knees.
👵
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You can change your mind upon the discovery of new information
October 22, 2025 at 12:54 PM
You can change your mind upon the discovery of new information
Reposted by Stacey Ogden 🦔
If you think your field needs a collection of curated reviews and protocols, let me know! Let's create it and help the community.
I'm always looking for ideas for CSH Protocols.
If you know of a field that would benefit from a curated and authoritative collection of review articles and step-by-step protocols, please let me know! 🧬🧪
We've recently done one on fly neurobiology, bacterial genetics, xenopus, and more!
If you know of a field that would benefit from a curated and authoritative collection of review articles and step-by-step protocols, please let me know! 🧬🧪
We've recently done one on fly neurobiology, bacterial genetics, xenopus, and more!
October 21, 2025 at 1:05 PM
If you think your field needs a collection of curated reviews and protocols, let me know! Let's create it and help the community.
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As spouse points out, this should literally be an ad for the DNC blacksky.community/profile/did:...
Scoop: Trump has started demolishing the White House's East Wing facade to build his ballroom. The president had claimed construction of the $250 million building wouldn’t ‘interfere’ with the existing White House structure. /W @ddiamond.bsky.social wapo.st/4hqBNiU
White House begins demolishing East Wing facade to build Trump’s ballroom
The president had claimed construction of the $250 million ballroom wouldn’t ‘interfere’ with the existing White House structure.
wapo.st
October 20, 2025 at 6:58 PM
As spouse points out, this should literally be an ad for the DNC blacksky.community/profile/did:...
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For this #FluorescenceFriday 🔬
a cryosection of a dissected zebrafish gill, stained with phalloidin (orange) and DAPI (blue-ish).
#Zebrafish #DevBio #Microscopy
a cryosection of a dissected zebrafish gill, stained with phalloidin (orange) and DAPI (blue-ish).
#Zebrafish #DevBio #Microscopy
October 17, 2025 at 3:15 PM
For this #FluorescenceFriday 🔬
a cryosection of a dissected zebrafish gill, stained with phalloidin (orange) and DAPI (blue-ish).
#Zebrafish #DevBio #Microscopy
a cryosection of a dissected zebrafish gill, stained with phalloidin (orange) and DAPI (blue-ish).
#Zebrafish #DevBio #Microscopy