It was a lot of fun organizing a session (pain and nausea) at the Korean Neuroscience meeting with Hojoon. Thanks to speakers @karalmarshall.bsky.social @chuchuzhang.bsky.social who flew all the way to Korea with us! Great to catch up with old friends and make new ones. And the food was amazing!

So true. The times we share/discuss our science and the excitement/joy of discovery make us endure and keep going in this dark time. Thanks for visiting us last week, @karalmarshall.bsky.social!

NINDS, thank you for sending my NOA! Choi lab’s first R01! 🥳

Found a new “writing nook” for me on the south campus - the library. Nice, clean, and quiet. Many individual study cubicles. Helps me focus, as I cannot write in the lab or at home. 😅 Feel like I’m back to my student days. A few more hours to go before the internal deadline!

NINDS, thanks for sending me a 2025 calendar. Please send me my NOA as well 😉

8. Salk DISCOVER symposium: deadline 2/28/25 >> symposium 7/23-25/25

7. Max Planck NeuroMEETS: deadline 12/1/24 >> invited seminars Spring 2025

6. NYU CoNNExINS: deadline 4/14/24 >> symposium 6/13-14/24

5. University of Utah RISING STARS IN NEUROSCIENCE: deadline 12/15/24 >> symposium 5/18-20/25

4. Albert Einstein EDGE: deadline 2/1/24 >> symposium 5/8/24

3. WashU INSPIRE: deadline 11/22/23 >> symposium 5/6/24

2. CSHL INNOVATORS Symposium: deadline 12/15/24 >> symposium 2/24-26/25

1. (Our own) UTSW OBI Graduate Student Award Symposium: deadline 4/30/24 >> symposium 10/17-18/24

Our department at UT Southwestern Medical Center has openings for TT faculty position! Our Neuroscience Research Division has diverse research programs, from genes to neural circuits to human brain imaging. Deadline is 11/30. www.nature.com/naturecareer...

(For the first time ever) Received (handwritten) thank you notes from trainees (with a swag bag) after giving a talk at a research center on campus. Love this! So rewarding!

The minisymposium was fun and inspiring, especially with young peers/colleagues in the field.

Here at UTSW, ~30% of PhD students are international. We have a big umbrella program where students get to choose a ‘sub’ program (‘cell and molecular biology’ and ‘genetics, development, and disease’ are two of the sub programs). www.utsouthwestern.edu/education/gr...