Nelson Lau Lab
@nelson-lau-lab.bsky.social
Piwi and piRNA and pugs enthusiast. Tennis on occasions. http://laulab.bu.edu
This guy's shirt I saw walking to work sums up today's Oval office Dunning Kruger-esque press briefing on ASD.
September 23, 2025 at 4:22 AM
This guy's shirt I saw walking to work sums up today's Oval office Dunning Kruger-esque press briefing on ASD.
Real Slim Shady in Boston?
August 18, 2025 at 3:17 PM
Real Slim Shady in Boston?
BSMART, NASTY, or CLASSY? A skeet game I play with @lucksmith.bsky.social
August 6, 2025 at 4:16 AM
BSMART, NASTY, or CLASSY? A skeet game I play with @lucksmith.bsky.social
Welp! Sitting in dark office, entire lab building on emergency power since 3pm. Whole chunk of downtown Boston without power!
May 14, 2025 at 7:17 PM
Welp! Sitting in dark office, entire lab building on emergency power since 3pm. Whole chunk of downtown Boston without power!
Happy Dog Day, Chester the Tennis Pug!
May 13, 2025 at 3:18 PM
Happy Dog Day, Chester the Tennis Pug!
Can't fold myself. Need chaperones. #sciencevanityplates @lucksmith.bsky.social
April 24, 2025 at 7:33 PM
Can't fold myself. Need chaperones. #sciencevanityplates @lucksmith.bsky.social
Please read the paper in open access at @cp-cellreports.bsky.social ! All the real data is there, from new Flam mutants we made to surprising RNAseq results to validating reporter assays to lots of TJ ChIP-seq and some Cut&Run. /6
April 11, 2025 at 4:38 PM
Please read the paper in open access at @cp-cellreports.bsky.social ! All the real data is there, from new Flam mutants we made to surprising RNAseq results to validating reporter assays to lots of TJ ChIP-seq and some Cut&Run. /6
Congratulations to my lab’s talented team of Austin Rivera, Jou-Hsuan Roxie Lee, and Shruti Gupta; with also help from alumni Linda Yang and collaborators Raghu Goel and Joe Zaia. /5
April 11, 2025 at 4:38 PM
Congratulations to my lab’s talented team of Austin Rivera, Jou-Hsuan Roxie Lee, and Shruti Gupta; with also help from alumni Linda Yang and collaborators Raghu Goel and Joe Zaia. /5
But wait, there’s more! Inspired by a preprint from @juliusbrennecke.bsky.social ‘s lab showing transposon warfare in Drosophila ovaries, we also noticed TJ being hijacked by some transposons, a twist in this genetics arms race. /4
April 11, 2025 at 4:38 PM
But wait, there’s more! Inspired by a preprint from @juliusbrennecke.bsky.social ‘s lab showing transposon warfare in Drosophila ovaries, we also noticed TJ being hijacked by some transposons, a twist in this genetics arms race. /4
Traffic Jam also activates many Piwi pathway genes in Drosophila follicle cells, powering the defense against the selfish transposons. And we confirm TJ binding the Piwi promoter first suggested by the Mikiko Siomi lab >15 years ago. /3
April 11, 2025 at 4:38 PM
Traffic Jam also activates many Piwi pathway genes in Drosophila follicle cells, powering the defense against the selfish transposons. And we confirm TJ binding the Piwi promoter first suggested by the Mikiko Siomi lab >15 years ago. /3
We performed promoter-bashing assays and proteomics to discover the Traffic Jam large MAF transcription factor binding and activating the Flamenco promoter. /2
April 11, 2025 at 4:38 PM
We performed promoter-bashing assays and proteomics to discover the Traffic Jam large MAF transcription factor binding and activating the Flamenco promoter. /2
Chester the lab mascot here doesn't buy this polygenic risk score (PRS) since it doesn't explain his chonky-ness and awesome folds. Paper says PRS only works on Labs and Goldens?
March 27, 2025 at 9:54 PM
Chester the lab mascot here doesn't buy this polygenic risk score (PRS) since it doesn't explain his chonky-ness and awesome folds. Paper says PRS only works on Labs and Goldens?
@lucksmith.bsky.social will enjoy this HA-Tag. Hemagglutinin HA? or Funny HA?
March 27, 2025 at 7:19 PM
@lucksmith.bsky.social will enjoy this HA-Tag. Hemagglutinin HA? or Funny HA?
Also great to see Faculty peers here at @standupforscience.bsky.social BOSTON! Bill Theurkauf @rti-umasschan.bsky.social and @remlehmann.bsky.social Mitch McVey, Norbert Perrimon, Welcome Bender are here, Standing up for NIH funded Drosophila Research!
March 7, 2025 at 9:52 PM
Also great to see Faculty peers here at @standupforscience.bsky.social BOSTON! Bill Theurkauf @rti-umasschan.bsky.social and @remlehmann.bsky.social Mitch McVey, Norbert Perrimon, Welcome Bender are here, Standing up for NIH funded Drosophila Research!
The Attack on Science in the USA is so bad right now, this moderate independent was compelled to protest at @standupforscience.bsky.social BOSTON! Good turnout with my colleagues from @bostonu.bsky.social !
March 7, 2025 at 9:46 PM
The Attack on Science in the USA is so bad right now, this moderate independent was compelled to protest at @standupforscience.bsky.social BOSTON! Good turnout with my colleagues from @bostonu.bsky.social !
Hey now, Icon! @lucksmith.bsky.social
November 26, 2024 at 4:12 PM
Hey now, Icon! @lucksmith.bsky.social
Happy Birthday Chester!
November 19, 2024 at 1:44 AM
Happy Birthday Chester!
I hope Bluesky is a fun place to talk Science and share goofy posts too.
November 13, 2024 at 2:36 AM
I hope Bluesky is a fun place to talk Science and share goofy posts too.