Miguel Peña-Ortiz

PhD candidate at Western University. Neuroscience and Teaching. Foodie and cat pictures sometimes. Él/He.

[Miguel Peña-Ortiz @mpenaort]

The best way to start the week is getting paid a donut bet.
#upandatom

[Miguel Peña-Ortiz @mpenaort]

@hankgreen Just went through 4 newborn kitten videos in a row. Too scared to keep scrolling now.

[Miguel Peña-Ortiz @mpenaort]

When life gives you BDNF, you make lemonade.

Low hanging fruit is still fruit. And fruit is delicious.

That might be the conclusion of my dissertation

[Academic Chatter™ @AcademicChatter]

Future doctoral students, your supervisor is far more important than university prestige.

[Miguel Peña-Ortiz @mpenaort]

If you don't get major pre-big-experiment anxiety, are you even doing gradschool?

[Miguel Peña-Ortiz @mpenaort]

Touché AC...

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Academic papers will say “interestingly..” and immediately say something completely uninteresting.

[Miguel Peña-Ortiz @mpenaort]

🧠✨️🧬🔬

[Academic Chatter™ @AcademicChatter]

Let's have some fun. What is your research topic? Reply with emojis only.

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what if instead of writing i just lay down for a little while

[Miguel Peña-Ortiz @mpenaort]

Nothing has made me as superstitious as working with tissue with fluorescent reporters.
I'm literally at the mercy of my tomatoes.
Have mercy on me, my crimson lords 🍅

[Miguel Peña-Ortiz @mpenaort]

First time I saw @sjo09 was in my very first canadian conference. Now again, in my last (knocks on all the wood).
Life's funny like that sometimes. #NRD2023

[Society of Neuroscience Graduate Students @SONGSuwo]

We can't wait for the Faculty Talks and @sjo09's keynote lecture during the afternoon sessions of Day 2 of #NRD2023!

[Miguel Peña-Ortiz @mpenaort]

Me. Always.

[Dr Meming @Dr_Meming]

The more I read. The less I know.

[Miguel Peña-Ortiz @mpenaort]

Many moons ago in my high-school classes, I'd often use research I heard about in conferences as examples when they inevitably asked me why they should care about biology or chemistry.
They would've loved to hear all about this accidental pet THC consumption research.
#NRD2023

[Miguel Peña-Ortiz @mpenaort]

The footprint of a student-organized event is all over #NRD2023. Including new faculty talks so students get a better feel of the kind research done in their institution is an amazing idea.

[Miguel Peña-Ortiz @mpenaort]

Now in the back end of my PhD, I have a deeper appreciation for scientific outreach and #scicom.
Anyone who spends a minute on social media can see that better communication is key moving forward. #NRD2023

[Hank Green @hankgreen]

✨ Black Tea is better than Coffee ✨

[Miguel Peña-Ortiz @mpenaort]

WHAT?! That email about a tax relief was fake??

[Western Cybersmart @westernuCybSmrt]

Phishing is becoming more sophisticated, and here is how. Learn what to do, and what not to do to protect your credentials from being compromised.

[Miguel Peña-Ortiz @mpenaort]

'No posters in a research day? These guys have lost their mind'
Boy was I wrong. @SONGSuwo nailed it, 3 minute talks are great to get a glimpse of what people are doing and a great lesson for all of us to KEEP THINGS SIMPLE, a soft skill we all could improve on
#NRD2023

[Miguel Peña-Ortiz @mpenaort]

@KarenMSmith_bio

[Jennifer Polk, PhD (she, her) @FromPhDtoLife]

Here's Izzy for anyone who needs this face in their feed:

[Miguel Peña-Ortiz @mpenaort]

@taylorwschmitz might've just pulled out my favorite point about amyloid/APP... what the hell is it? We should know by now.
Damn you #NRD2023 for making me think on a Thursday