Kate M. O'Neill, PhD

Somewhere btwn Engineer & Neuroscientist. Currently postdoc @UofMaryland. PhD @BMERutgers. BSE @EPrinceton. Life, science, fitness, 🐶 🐱 enthusiast. She/her.

[Kate M. O'Neill, PhD @drkatemon]

I’m thrilled that this work is finally published! I started preliminary experiments in Jul 2012, summer after 1st year of grad school. While the conclusions I presented at my defense in Mar 2017 remain correct, I knew we could dig deeper. So we did, and I’m really proud.

[Communications Biology @CommsBio]

MEA analysis, computation & simulations demonstrate how BDNF treatment after excitotoxic injury remodels hippocampal networks by promoting inhibitory neuron survival while indirectly strengthening weak excitatory synapses: https://t.co/c2rpW25s9j @drkatemon

[Kate M. O'Neill, PhD @drkatemon]

@Neuroimmunity Thank you, Arvind!

[Kate M. O'Neill, PhD @drkatemon]

I’m thrilled that this work is finally published! I started preliminary experiments in Jul 2012, summer after 1st year of grad school. While the conclusions I presented at my defense in Mar 2017 remain correct, I knew we could dig deeper. So we did, and I’m really proud.

[Communications Biology @CommsBio]

MEA analysis, computation & simulations demonstrate how BDNF treatment after excitotoxic injury remodels hippocampal networks by promoting inhibitory neuron survival while indirectly strengthening weak excitatory synapses: https://t.co/c2rpW25s9j @drkatemon

[Advanced Portfolio @AdvPortfolio]

This image shows an actin structure within primary astrocytes, providing valuable insight into the active role of astrocytes in neural networks.

@VBenfenati @WLosert @drkatemon @emanuelasaraci4 @AFOSR @Astrotechproje1

View more in "Science in pictures": https://t.co/0r4rN4LH2h

[Kate M. O'Neill, PhD @drkatemon]

@iamnovibrown Gemini rising!!

[DAN KOE @thedankoe]

Normalize not having an opinion on things you don’t understand.

[Paul Schofield @pschofie79]

Academic job seekers often think that because they didn't get a job one year, or didn't get a particular job, there's something they should change in their application. That's often a mistake. Here are some reasons you maybe didn't get the job that are beyond your control(thread)

[Laura Peek @laurapeek_]

On my flight today I woke up from a nap & an attendant was walking down the aisle holding a pug, saying “we found this pug. Whose pug is this??” And for 3 hours we all just took turns holding the mystery pug until a verrrry stoned man in the last row woke up & was like “Roscoe?!”

[Jaclyn A. Siegel, PhD @jacasiegel]

Duolingo but for different coding languages

[eLife - the journal @eLife]

Today, we’re introducing a new model that eliminates accept/reject decisions.

By publishing every paper with eLife reviews as a Reviewed Preprint, we plan to restore autonomy to authors, ensuring that they will be judged by what, not where, they publish. https://t.co/OAsiOVFStI

[Richard Sever @cshperspectives]

Massive news: eLife to abolish accept/reject decisions: papers will just be “peer reviewed”. Others can argue about this, but lots of interesting consequences. 1/9 https://t.co/FedRxI62iC

[Arvind Narayanan @random_walker]

15 years ago my PhD advisor taught me One Weird Trick for editing your own writing. Edit **back to front**, paragraph by paragraph. I still use it and it still surprises me how well it works. When I get my students to do it, it often blows their minds. Try it!

[Happy Researchers @hapyresearchers]

Academia to women in academia.....

[Silva Lab at Duke - @thesilvalab.bsky.social @thesilvalab]

#AcademicTwitter: @DukeBiology has TWO faculty positions open! We are planning to hire excellent scholars, mentors, teachers, who will contribute to our effort in increasing diversity and equity.

Check our website | Ask Questions | Apply by Oct21st | RT!

https://t.co/sa1pUMIZte

[Hunter Wapman @hneutr]

7/ To put US faculty hiring another way:

🧑‍🎓The top 5 producers of US profs are Berkeley, Harvard, Michigan, Wisconsin, & Stanford.

🏛Together, they've minted the doctorates of over one in eight sitting US faculty [13.8%]. That's more than all non-US institutions combined [11%].

[Hunter Wapman @hneutr]

6/ For US profs with US doctorates, we see universal and extreme inequality in faculty production.

🏭 Overall, 80% of US-trained profs come from just 20.4% of universities. More unequal in the Humanities; less in Education.

8️⃣ 20% of profs come from just EIGHT universities.

[Dr Lisa Nivison-Smith @LNivisonSmith]

Are you 'Excited to share my new paper!'

Harsh truth:
Most people don't care

5 tips on how to tweet about your new paper to get real engagement

@OpenAcademics @PhD_Genie @PhDVoice @AcademicChatter

[Dr. Stacy T. Shaw @StacyTShaw]

Need help pronouncing Chinese student names in your class? The amazing @xiwen_lu has created a tool where you can look up any name and hear the most common pronunciation!

https://t.co/I88DxZxrNR

[Jeff Craven @jeffbcraven]

If you're wondering what led to the sudden shift in the official White House Twitter account's posting strategy: https://t.co/YiOdfUi2dM

[New Jersey @NJGov]

happy anniversary, dad