Ceryl Tan

Healthcare Consultant | PhD University of Toronto | Captivated by the science of aging

[Ceryl Tan @cerylsurreality]

@MengyiSong @wilson_md @iscotthsc Congrats Dr. Song!!

[Ceryl Tan @cerylsurreality]

Our review on cell size regulation is out! Both proud and grateful for this chance to give a brief background on the field I’ve devoted the past 6 years of my research life to. Congrats to all the authors (who don’t really use twitter)!

#cellsize #review #sizematters

[Frontiers - Cell Biology @FrontCellDevBio]

New Research: What programs the size of animal cells?: The human body is programmed with definite quantities, magnitudes, and proportions. At the microscopic level, such definite sizes manifest in individual cells - different cell types are… https://t.co/3d3RQKNNDw #celldevbio

[Ceryl Tan @cerylsurreality]

It's really exciting to see shifts in academia that go against the typical "constantly on" mindset. Thank you @DrAnneCarpenter for bravely sharing your story. This is a great example of how we should work to live, not live to work.

[Anne Carpenter, PhD @DrAnneCarpenter]

2 years ago, everything was going great in my mid-career lab.

Making a choice to reduce stress and prioritize my health turned out to have ripple effects - my colleagues, family, and friends are reaping the benefits, as am I.

I tell my story in @eLife
https://t.co/UmSmRCBtht

[christinzee @christinzeeisme]

I finished my first portrait 👻

As challenging as this was, I had a lot of fun learning and pushing myself to complete this.

Being a part of @projectPXN community has been a refreshing experience and I'm so grateful for all the amazing individuals I've connected with.

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[Ceryl Tan @cerylsurreality]

So proud of my brainy friend @BrainyDoug for being selected to give a talk at the @Nature conference! Mark your calendars!

[Douglas Chung @DouglasChung94]

Very excited to be selected as a speaker at a @nature conference on my work in human rights & the pandemic! Registration still open and free for students! Chime in if you're interested on April 5th =p! #humanrights #covid19 #research #conferences

[Ceryl Tan @cerylsurreality]

@BrainyDoug @Nature Wow! Congrats Doug! Definitely tuning in

[Ceryl Tan @cerylsurreality]

@Fraser_mccready I heard scientists started taking rapamycin themselves too

[Ceryl Tan @cerylsurreality]

As a follow up to our previous work on the dual arm mechanism of #CellSize homeostasis, here we share some cool insights into how large cells modulate growth rate so they don't keep growing larger. #SizeMatters
@rankafri @nishmpatel

[bioRxiv @biorxivpreprint]

Large cells activate global protein degradation to maintain cell size homeostasis https://t.co/jXAe49I9vb #bioRxiv

[Ceryl Tan @cerylsurreality]

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[Oded Rechavi @OdedRechavi]

“They pay to publish their own papers AND to read them!”

[Ceryl Tan @cerylsurreality]

@farmgirlphd I’m so sorry for your loss..my deepest condolences to you and your family

[Ceryl Tan @cerylsurreality]

I can’t wrap my head around what’s happening. To those harassing the healthcare workers who have and continue to save the lives of ignorants like the woman below - 🖕🏼🖕🏼🖕🏼

[Fraser McCready @Fraser_mccready]

A big fuck you to everyone harassing hospital workers, patients, and their families today.

Never thought I would get an email from my employer encouraging staff to not wear their hospital ID badges or scrubs in public because it could be a safety concern, but here we are.

[Robert Reich @RBReich]

I'm old enough to remember when polio ripped through the globe and put my six-year-old friends into iron lungs.

We dutifully lined up at school to get polio shots (without the howling of governors or anti-vaxxers). And we eradicated polio.

Why has saving lives become political?

[Ceryl Tan @cerylsurreality]

Not all proteins and organelles scale proportionally with cell size after all? https://t.co/gUhAkmixb9

[Ceryl Tan @cerylsurreality]

What’s the physiological relevance?

[Ceryl Tan @cerylsurreality]

Thrilled to have had the opportunity to be a part of this awesome study - using morphological features to match compounds with query genes! Is it time to say bye to having one assay per POI? 🤔

[Anne Carpenter, PhD @DrAnneCarpenter]

Pharma spends millions of $$ for *each* screen where they test millions of compounds to find those impacting a given protein’s activity.

What if we could just... look up the right compounds in a catalog w a computational query? 🤯🤯🤯

Preprint alert from Carpenter-Singh lab! 🧵

[Ceryl Tan @cerylsurreality]

Generally, a filming date will be scheduled within 4-8 weeks after acceptance. A videographer will be sent to the authors’ site to film the procedure. If you are interested, either message me or submit an abstract here - https://t.co/9AGppgOhkj :)

[Ceryl Tan @cerylsurreality]

Since most of us are visual learners, I think #VideoArticles are key to understanding new techniques and technology. I opened a Collection titled “Current methods to study cell growth and division” (https://t.co/rMuUA9YTVe) on @JoVEJournal where you can submit an abstract!

[Ceryl Tan @cerylsurreality]

...it would be great to showcase these with the community in an easy-to-understand format. After submission, each manuscript will be editorially and peer reviewed, which typically takes 1-2 months. Once a text article passes review, a script will be generated.

[Ceryl Tan @cerylsurreality]

Great synopsis (I may be biased) of our lab’s work through the years by @rankafri at #EMBOCellSize | Slide shows how longer living mammalian species tend to have smaller cells (when comparing the same cell type), further evidence that #sizedoesmatter