🧠🌸 Sienna Drake 🌸🧠
@siennasage18.bsky.social
✨ lean green soup machine ✨
doing research 🧪 and playing dnd 🎲
CIHR Banting Postdoctoral Fellow
doing research 🧪 and playing dnd 🎲
CIHR Banting Postdoctoral Fellow
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BIG DAY - The main chapter of my PhD thesis has been published online at Cell Reports! Let me give you an overview of what we found. 🧪🧠
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#neurosky
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Been a while, wanted to share this pretty American Goldfinch I caught hanging out by the pond the other day! 🪶🐦🐥 #birdsky #birdsofboston
August 13, 2025 at 11:43 AM
Been a while, wanted to share this pretty American Goldfinch I caught hanging out by the pond the other day! 🪶🐦🐥 #birdsky #birdsofboston
Saw these ducks yesterday, but I was too far away and without binoculars - looks to me like either ruddy duck or bufflehead, thoughts from fellow birders? Boston area! 🪶🦆 #birding #bostonbirds #birdsky
March 26, 2025 at 11:59 AM
Saw these ducks yesterday, but I was too far away and without binoculars - looks to me like either ruddy duck or bufflehead, thoughts from fellow birders? Boston area! 🪶🦆 #birding #bostonbirds #birdsky
Eastern phoebe spotted on a walk, a new lifer for me! 🪶🐦
March 23, 2025 at 1:26 PM
Eastern phoebe spotted on a walk, a new lifer for me! 🪶🐦
A cackling goose was reported in my area on eBird so I've been taking close looks at the geese but so far only Canadian geese to be seen 🪶🦆 #birding #bostonbirds #birdsky
March 14, 2025 at 7:21 PM
A cackling goose was reported in my area on eBird so I've been taking close looks at the geese but so far only Canadian geese to be seen 🪶🦆 #birding #bostonbirds #birdsky
Turkeys are so silly looking, saw this one while walking home yesterday!! 🪶🦃 #birding #birdsky #bostonbirds
March 11, 2025 at 3:41 PM
Turkeys are so silly looking, saw this one while walking home yesterday!! 🪶🦃 #birding #birdsky #bostonbirds
March 8, 2025 at 2:25 PM
I love these two cormorants who hang out at my local pond in the morning to bask in the sun 🪶🐦 #birding #birdsky #bostonbirds
March 4, 2025 at 1:39 PM
I love these two cormorants who hang out at my local pond in the morning to bask in the sun 🪶🐦 #birding #birdsky #bostonbirds
There was a veritable smorgasbord of birds at my park today! Mergansers, cormorants, a hawk, a woodpecker, buffleheads, and of course the regulars: geese, mallards, and cardinals ❤️🪶🐦🦆 #birding #birdsky #bostonbirds
March 4, 2025 at 1:11 AM
There was a veritable smorgasbord of birds at my park today! Mergansers, cormorants, a hawk, a woodpecker, buffleheads, and of course the regulars: geese, mallards, and cardinals ❤️🪶🐦🦆 #birding #birdsky #bostonbirds
Today's bird is the common grackle who flew down into the grass next to me when I was walking through the park! Love the iridescent feather colouring 🤩🪶
March 1, 2025 at 4:26 PM
Today's bird is the common grackle who flew down into the grass next to me when I was walking through the park! Love the iridescent feather colouring 🤩🪶
I saw the much coveted (to me) male wood duck today! Before this I'd only seen the females, so I was super excited! 🦆🪶 Also pictured is a duck that was sleeping so I couldn't properly see it's markings but I think it might be a ring necked duck, and a Canadian goose. #birding #birdsky #bostonbirds
March 1, 2025 at 12:00 AM
I saw the much coveted (to me) male wood duck today! Before this I'd only seen the females, so I was super excited! 🦆🪶 Also pictured is a duck that was sleeping so I couldn't properly see it's markings but I think it might be a ring necked duck, and a Canadian goose. #birding #birdsky #bostonbirds
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A Bird Flu update in the new @thelancet.bsky.social
www.thelancet.com/journals/lan... 🧵on the US response
www.thelancet.com/journals/lan... 🧵on the US response
February 28, 2025 at 1:01 AM
A Bird Flu update in the new @thelancet.bsky.social
www.thelancet.com/journals/lan... 🧵on the US response
www.thelancet.com/journals/lan... 🧵on the US response
Caught a red bellied woodpecker in the park today getting a nice meal out of a tree! #birding #birdsky #bostonbirds 🪶🐦
February 26, 2025 at 3:53 PM
Caught a red bellied woodpecker in the park today getting a nice meal out of a tree! #birding #birdsky #bostonbirds 🪶🐦
A far away ring necked duck on the pond today! A new addition to my life list :) 🪶🦆
#birding #bostonbirds #birdsky
#birding #bostonbirds #birdsky
February 24, 2025 at 8:28 PM
A far away ring necked duck on the pond today! A new addition to my life list :) 🪶🦆
#birding #bostonbirds #birdsky
#birding #bostonbirds #birdsky
Two of my favorite things, severance and DND, in one image 😍
Severance fanart: Tabletop Team-Building Day at Macrodata Refinement! #severance
February 22, 2025 at 4:11 PM
Two of my favorite things, severance and DND, in one image 😍
I've always known bluejays as shouters, I think of them trying to be birds of prey, but today I heard one with a beautiful chirping song and I was so surprised! I had no clue they could do that 😅 #birds
February 22, 2025 at 4:08 PM
I've always known bluejays as shouters, I think of them trying to be birds of prey, but today I heard one with a beautiful chirping song and I was so surprised! I had no clue they could do that 😅 #birds
February 21, 2025 at 2:48 PM
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this is a true sentence: d-tier comedian turned right wing podcast king becomes chief propagandist for illegal attempt to acquire canada.
![Joe Rogan: "In Canada... their ability to express themselves on the internet has been severely limited."
"Because people like that f**khead Justin [Trudeau]... he's leading that country on a road to legitimate communism."
"It's very dangerous, and I think most Canadians are fed up with it."](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:hbpefio3f5csc44msmbgioxz/bafkreiauamuivm5njuoya3lsa7godct7ijsfiy6d2ebumnqs7hh7cr6whu@jpeg)
February 18, 2025 at 5:44 PM
this is a true sentence: d-tier comedian turned right wing podcast king becomes chief propagandist for illegal attempt to acquire canada.
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I just covered this for @thetransmitter.bsky.social — will keep following! www.thetransmitter.org/funding/fede...
Federal Register hold makes ‘end run’ around court pause on NIH funding freeze
NIH-related updates to the Federal Register, which are required for the scheduling of study sections and advisory councils, are on hold indefinitely, according to an email reviewed by <i>The Transmitt...
www.thetransmitter.org
February 18, 2025 at 11:39 PM
I just covered this for @thetransmitter.bsky.social — will keep following! www.thetransmitter.org/funding/fede...
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Very important to get this word out!
I just covered this for @thetransmitter.bsky.social — will keep following! www.thetransmitter.org/funding/fede...
Federal Register hold makes ‘end run’ around court pause on NIH funding freeze
NIH-related updates to the Federal Register, which are required for the scheduling of study sections and advisory councils, are on hold indefinitely, according to an email reviewed by <i>The Transmitt...
www.thetransmitter.org
February 19, 2025 at 12:26 PM
Very important to get this word out!
Resharing these cuddling neurons for Valentine's Day #fluorescencefriday ❤️🫂
🧪 Joining #FluorescenceFriday here is a picture I took of some cortical neurons I was growing in a dish - I thought they looked so cute like they were holding one another 🥺 Neurons are simply gorgeous though, with their intricate projections. #AcademicSky #ScienceSky
February 14, 2025 at 10:25 PM
Resharing these cuddling neurons for Valentine's Day #fluorescencefriday ❤️🫂
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Bluetorial: The rationale for the “NIH” indirect cost “plan” is based on misunderstood (unintentional or intentional) accounting and math
The value of real government transparency
The value of real government transparency
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February 13, 2025 at 3:48 AM
Bluetorial: The rationale for the “NIH” indirect cost “plan” is based on misunderstood (unintentional or intentional) accounting and math
The value of real government transparency
The value of real government transparency