Rebecca Smith

neuroscience PhD at @Brainmind_EPFL | genetics, neuroengineering, drosophila 🧬 🧠 🔬🪰 | mountain enthusiast | she/her 🏳️‍🌈

[Rebecca Smith @rebcsmith]

Ever wondered what’s up with presynaptic ER, and it’s role in neuronal disease? Or how calcium moves through ER, mitochondria, and cytosol in motor neuron boutons? We did! In the symphony of synaptic calcium 🎶🎻, ER tubules are the conductor 🤵🏽‍♀️! Check out our new paper ⬇️

[Journal of Cell Biology @JCellBiol]

Model of the effect of Rtnl1 loss on presynaptic ER network and synaptic function. @jjperezmoreno, @rebcsmith, @OKaneCahir et al. @GeneticsCam show that #Drosophila SPG12 ortholog, reticulon-like 1, governs presynaptic ER organization and Ca2+ dynamics: https://t.co/s4sPjM5FEy

[Rebecca Smith @rebcsmith]

@EPFL_iGEM 🧵4. The team is now gearing up to present our project at the iGEM Competition in Paris.
wiki: https://t.co/OKQQuJRyrs
video: https://t.co/9wJCPz0On6

[Rebecca Smith @rebcsmith]

Today was freeze 🧊 day! Check out the @EPFL_iGEM wiki 💻 and promotional video 🎥 in the thread 🧵 below 👇

[Rebecca Smith @rebcsmith]

@EPFL_iGEM 🧵3. To deliver our engineered strains 🧬, we have designed and built an aerial ‘bio-drone’ to safely deploy 🚀 our product in affected areas, providing a cheaper and scalable end-to-end solution to disarm landmines without risking human life.

[Rebecca Smith @rebcsmith]

📣 6 days left to apply for the 2024 @EPFL_iGEM team! 📣

The 2024 iGEM EPFL team application deadline is 12:00 noon CET on the 18th of December 2023.

More information and applications here: https://t.co/0gDqaOI3Jf

Hope to receive your applications soon!

[Brian D. McCabe @briandmccabe]

Congratulations to the @epflSV 2023 iGEM team 48C for winning the best education prize & a gold medal at #iGEM2023 jamboree in Paris this week. Check out their project to address cadmium poisoning and learn more about synthetic biology by playing bioquest https://t.co/UgLXJoKldx

[Rebecca Smith @rebcsmith]

🧵 5: Thank you @iGEM for a great year delving into SynBio!

[Rebecca Smith @rebcsmith]

Hard work pays off! So proud of our @EPFL_iGEM team for their work on developing a cadmium catching 🧲, live biotheraputic product 💊 to prevent heavy metal poisoning👩‍🔬. The team has worked hard 💪 and it has been a pleasure supervising them over the last year. See 🧵 ⬇️

[Rebecca Smith @rebcsmith]

🧵 4: If you would like to learn more about our 2023 project, check out our presentation video 🎥 and wiki 💻.

🎥 https://t.co/dz2hNwelnv
💻 https://t.co/9MVhtmJ1Ke

[Rebecca Smith @rebcsmith]

🧵 3: The students have developed an amazing video game 🎮 👾 #bioquest to make fundamental synthetic biology 🧪 🧫 🧬 and wet lab concepts 🥼🔬 accessible and fun for everyone!

https://t.co/QjJ9npRZ6s

[Rebecca Smith @rebcsmith]

🧵 2: The results are in!

🥇 gold medal
🏆 best education project
✅ nominated for best biotheraputic project
✅ nominated for best safety project

[Rebecca Smith @rebcsmith]

🧵 1: This weekend we attended the iGEM jamboree in Paris, showcased our work to the other 400 teams from all over the world, and presented our project to the competition judges ⚖️.

[Rebecca Smith @rebcsmith]

@CaoimheDempsey2 so proud of you!!! 🍾🍾🍾

[Rebecca Smith @rebcsmith]

EPFL team 48C is gearing up for the @iGEM competition in📍Paris — two weeks away! check out our project video 🎥 🎞️
https://t.co/hGjyd3iaEi
and website
https://t.co/9MVhtmJ1Ke

it’s been an honor to supervise this amazing group of undergraduate & masters students
@EPFL_iGEM🧫🧬

[FIFA Women's World Cup @FIFAWWC]

SPAIN ARE WORLD CHAMPIONS!!! 🇪🇸

#BeyondGreatness | #FIFAWWC

[EPFL Research Office @EPFL_ReO]

Hot off the press! New results from #EPFLglobaLeaders #MSCA fellow @rebcsmith 🪰🧬🚀🚀🚀

[Rebecca Smith @rebcsmith]

Delighted to add a small contribution to @mc_gambetta and colleagues' fantastic new paper 🥳🪰🔬
Free access full text here:
https://t.co/coIxT2XFzz

[McCabe Lab @mccabelab]

Delighted to contribute to the study of our Lausanne colleague @mc_gambetta , and co-authors, of long range meta-domains governing gene regulation in #Drosophila neurons - https://t.co/sIQZNHcAQK

[Cell @CellCellPress]

Now online! Chromosome-level organization of the regulatory genome in the Drosophila nervous system https://t.co/dXXWStOBVD