Rachel West
@ovaachiever.bsky.social
Assistant Professor of Physiology at Auburn University
Interested in all things placenta, pregnancy, sex differences, and endogenous retrovirus!
Hiker, runner, reader, toddler mom.
Interested in all things placenta, pregnancy, sex differences, and endogenous retrovirus!
Hiker, runner, reader, toddler mom.
A Valentine’s card from my lab attached to my door this morning. Happy Valentine’s Day!
February 14, 2025 at 2:48 PM
A Valentine’s card from my lab attached to my door this morning. Happy Valentine’s Day!
Beyond the fact that this is just wrong on every biological definition of sex, can anyone explain why the Trump administration has chosen to define sex as the ability to produce the "large" or "small" reproductive cell??
January 21, 2025 at 7:45 PM
Beyond the fact that this is just wrong on every biological definition of sex, can anyone explain why the Trump administration has chosen to define sex as the ability to produce the "large" or "small" reproductive cell??
The undergrads in the lab have been asking for lab "merch" so I'm surprising everyone at tomorrow's final lab meeting of 2024!
December 4, 2024 at 7:47 PM
The undergrads in the lab have been asking for lab "merch" so I'm surprising everyone at tomorrow's final lab meeting of 2024!
Our lab took new lab photos yesterday so I thought sharing our new photo would be the perfect start to a new platform. So lucky to get to work with this group!
November 14, 2024 at 2:53 PM
Our lab took new lab photos yesterday so I thought sharing our new photo would be the perfect start to a new platform. So lucky to get to work with this group!