Rachel Smith-Bolton

We use Drosophila to study tissue repair and regeneration at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Also

[Rachel Smith-Bolton @SmithBoltonLab]

I will still check in here occasionally, but all lab news and science updates will be posted in the good place from here on out. 🦋

[Rachel Smith-Bolton @SmithBoltonLab]

@biyolokum The vibes of each are a little different: Veronica Speedwell, Maisie Dobbs, Rosalind Thorne, Lady Sherlock series, Sparks and Bainbridge, Flavia de Luce.

[Rachel Smith-Bolton @SmithBoltonLab]

@biyolokum @MadS100tist Start with the Wee Free Men and read the Tiffany Aching series.

[Rachel Smith-Bolton @SmithBoltonLab]

Always great to see interactive fly give your students’ work a shout-out! @SNayabFA @felicityhsu1

[Thomas Brody @interactivefly]

Abidi, S. N. F., Hsu, F. T., Smith-Bolton, R. K. (2023). Regenerative growth is constrained by brain tumor to ensure proper patterning in #Drosophila. PLoS Genet, 19(12):e1011103 https://t.co/qX9BC3d7S4

[Rachel Smith-Bolton @SmithBoltonLab]

@rburdine1 When the email comes I wait until Friday evening at home to check!

[Josh Stein @JoshStein_]

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[Erin Jimenez @ErinJimenezPhD]

This! I am having trouble finding latine faculty in my field to invite to my dept seminars & build connections with. I would love to connect with latine scientists in general. Pls share and encourage your fellow latine faculty to sign up! I nominated myself.

[Kevin Van Bortle @KVBortle]

Check out our latest work on Pol III @MolecularCell! We explore genomic “breadcrumbs” of Pol III activity at protein-coding genes🤯Congrats Rajendra K C and to co-authors Ruiying, Sihang, and Simon @MCB_Illinois and Duncan Smith @NYUBiology
https://t.co/S9QKVhUxxG

[Rachel Smith-Bolton @SmithBoltonLab]

@peiferlabunc Still can’t reach my sister in Transylvania County.

[Drug Monkey @drugmonkeyblog]

Being fascinated by things that nobody else in your field gaf about does not make you a bad scientist.

[Horne-Badovinac Lab @SHBLab]

Hello Fly Friends - Yesterday many of you got an email from GSA asking you to express your interest in volunteering to serve on the Fly Board or award committees, and to present your work at or organize the Fly Meeting. Both faculty & trainees are invited to fill out the survey.

[Nien-Pei Tsai (Tsai Lab) @ UIUC @TsaiNien]

Our department is recruiting a Tenure-track Assistant or Associate Professor in Neuroinflammation, broadly defined. Excellent colleagues, supporting environment and low cost of living. Apply by 10/31. Please share! https://t.co/e3fob8Lk0s

[Rachel Smith-Bolton @SmithBoltonLab]

This is a terrible hiring policy. I’ve served on K99 study sections, and there were fantastic scientists with stunning work who didn’t received the K99 because they didn’t need more training or otherwise didn’t thread the needle as required for this mechanism.

[Rachel Smith-Bolton @SmithBoltonLab]

I am puzzled by the proposal to limit K99 application eligibility to the first two years. Has the NRSA/F32 been discontinued? Applicants will now have to choose between two tracks - F32 vs K99? How can this not increase disparity between “F32” and “K99” labs and institutions?

[NIH @NIH]

➡️ Shorten the eligibility window and refocus review criteria for a key mentored career development award (K99/R00) to facilitate more rapid transition of postdoctoral scholars.

[Lucy O'Brien Lab @LOBrienLab]

You haven't missed it! Abstract submission deadline for the Santa Cruz Developmental Biology Meeting extended to July 15. Be a part of it! #scdb24

[Rachel Smith-Bolton @SmithBoltonLab]

Annual reminder to take vacations!

[U of I School of Molecular and Cellular Biology @MCB_Illinois]

We're seeking talented postdocs from diverse backgrounds to present their research and engage with our community as part of the Rising Stars in Cell and Developmental Biology Symposium in early Fall 2024.

DEADLINE EXTENDED TO JUNE 15!

https://t.co/BT6UhgIHwZ

[Rachel Smith-Bolton @SmithBoltonLab]

@arghavan_salles We worked in the same lab and were neighbors at Stanford. This was so unbelievable and awful.

[Rachel Smith-Bolton @SmithBoltonLab]

Central Illinois