Natalie Biel

Sokac Lab | University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign | D. melanogaster | Actin cytoskeleton | Developmental Biology | MBL Phys. Biol. of the Cell '18 | she/her

[Chaotically Science @drpepperis100]

I ugly laughed at this so hard

[Natalie Biel @Nat_izzle]

@astrotoya The bottom plot is when you type
“line thickness”, ‘2’...
in Matlab smh

[Jaclyn A. Siegel, PhD @jacasiegel]

I wish students knew how much more work goes into teaching online courses compared to in-person courses. Rather than just being lecturers, we are now also web designers and video editors and content creators. This is exhausting.

[Kimberly D. Manning, MD, MACP @gradydoctor]

16/
A soft yes.
A hard no.

Insistence of a spouse.
A hero publicly taking the vaccine.

A belief that something freely offered to more than just the rich is suspect.
And a lived experience that supports that idea.

These were their whys.

Theirs.

Yeah.

#BlackWhysMatter

[Diamond🦋 @_blamebeauty_]

These apartment complexes got some nerve. How you gone have 2021 rent but 1994 interior? Bye.

[Natalie Biel @Nat_izzle]

@kilianhekhuis @GeriMonsen1 @AuriolAuriol @massey_theresa @SarahMackAttack I mean Pliny the Younger whoops

[Natalie Biel @Nat_izzle]

@kilianhekhuis @GeriMonsen1 @AuriolAuriol @massey_theresa @SarahMackAttack Nah, Pliny the Elder wrote about Jesus and Christians. Also, uhh Emperor Nero loved killing them for sport 😓

[Darrion Nguyen @lab_shenanigans]

the moment premed students realize they don’t wanna be premed anymore

[Natalie Biel @Nat_izzle]

@GilleighD Yes, as an alt. to GST. We’ve tried just GST-tag in the past with both bacterial and insect cells, with not much success. So I’m wanting to compare Sumostar in insect cells to a dual-tag system in insect cells. Only have found two pubs, but don’t know anyone else who’s used it

[Natalie Biel @Nat_izzle]

Does anyone have experience using SUMOStar expression systems in insect cells and is it worth the cost? Need help comparing it to a typical GST-protein-His dual tag system before I convince my advisor that it’s a good investment 😅

[Natalie Biel @Nat_izzle]

@klausenhauser I’ve tried bacterial expression systems for about a year, but my protein is just not very functional or soluble. It is a fly protein, so my hope is using Sf9 cells to express will help. I would like to clarify I want to compare SumoStar to using GST-His in Sf9 cells

[heɪz(ə)l @cisgenderhaver]

yet another unrealistic body standard for women

[hasanabi @hasanthehun]

yo if people aren’t taking their vaccine lemme have one i want to be able to workout outdoors again without the crippling fear that i might get my mom sick.

[Nurse Mary 💛 @RN4GVP]

After these last two days of horrific images, you need a palate cleanser. Please meet our new puppy, 7 week old Anna. ❤️🐾

[Kevin C Daly @KCDaly]

My lab is looking for new grad students. We study multi-sensory-motor integration in drosophila and manduca. We take a neuroethological approach:behavior physiological, and anatomy (including connectomics) approaches. Interested? Contact me. Friends, please retweet 🙏

[Darian @dariansymone]

i feel like we haven’t acknowledged how hard this time has been for FRIENDSHIPS.

[Natalie Biel @Nat_izzle]

@hanniepower My lab uses both of these tricks! They are so handy

[Natalie Biel @Nat_izzle]

@thephdstory Taxes!