For more reasons than I can list (including a big one that demands X-inactivation), this account will be terminated soon. For research updates from The Worm Shack (& me), follow me on Threads or Instagram at guy.caldwell. To a happier and healthier 2025 for all! 🥂#X_inactivation
Hey, pumpkin 😉 Don’t sweat it, we’ve got another Movement in the Museum at @UAMNH on October 14 from 5:45 p.m. until 6:30 p.m. that will really ~reformer~ your body. All guests will receive an abs-olutely cute pumpkin!
REGISTER: ➡️ https://t.co/14PRj6leNv
If you have loved ones or are concerned with halting Parkinson’s, Alzheimer, cancer, MS, diabetes, heart disease, stroke, and more. @SenKatieBritt@POTUS is NOT the path best taken to save on taxes (or debt) instead of lives. https://t.co/vA0w8WsepO
If these NIH cuts stick -- who knows in this environment -- my whole metro will to be screwed. Not to mention the actual lives affected in a very red state.
Talk about cutting off your nose just for spite.
https://t.co/2SZVmlH1Et
French husband told me that this is “probably enough butter to make Thanksgiving dinner” and I think I am probably required by French law to report him to the nearest embassy
NEW GSA Award Announcement📣
The Hugo Bellen and Catherine Tasnier Drosophila Neurogenetics Lecture will recognize an early career scientist for outstanding achievements in genetics as applied to neuroscience in Drosophila.
Submit a nomination: https://t.co/NPxIPWYbeH
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If you or a loved one are a Veteran living with Parkinson's disease, this event is for you! This Thursday, September 19, join us for a webinar focusing on resources for Veterans with PD.
Learn more and register for free: https://t.co/B0MaBaGLx4
New @biorxivpreprint from our lab led by @SnehaHegde21 & @souvikmodified
What initiates dynamic actin in axons?
Surprised us: mitochondria are necessary and sufficient for actin trails & touch response!
Dynamic actin (no mitochondria) is sufficient for touch response
BIG congratulations to the 17th doctoral graduate of The @wormshack_UA, DR. Karolina Willicott!! Nothing is sweeter than seeing her reach this milestone, alongside our NEXT PhD, her loving partner @c_willicott and their F1, Nastia! A little #dopamine goes a long way! @UaDeptBSC
Indeed @ShorterLab. Combine this with predictive invertebrate and cell models - and both the cost and time to discovery may be greatly shortened. FYI, our former @UaDeptBSC Ph.D. student, Songsong "David" Cao, was VP at @AtomwiseInc, the biotech with this innovative AI strategy.
Congratulations to these exceptional young scientists - including our own, twice-published, Lena Seyfarth – the 11th @GoldwaterSC to be mentored in The Worm Shack! Roll nucleoTide! @UaDeptBSC@UA_AS@UA_RRSP
3 UA Students Earn Goldwater Scholarships https://t.co/Vo4IkMd28Z
Congrats to @UaDeptBSC and @UAGradSchool Ph.D. student/resident "Worm_Pharmer", @EmokpaeOsagie, shown here with our esteemed & ageless friend @StevenAustad, @NscUab Director, for his award-winning poster and elevator pitch presentation at the 2024 UAB Aging Research Symposium!