Zoe Thompson

IRACDA postdoctoral fellow, neuroscientist & physiologist interested in exercise, metabolism & STEM education

[Darren Naish @TetZoo]

A brief thread on #mammals that are are alive today but were first described as #fossils.... 1/n

[Kristina Kverkova @KKverkova]

Our paper on the evolution of brain processing capacity is now out. Endotherms converged on similar scaling of neurons with brain mass, leaving reptiles far behind. Find out just how dramatic this increase is and which two groups stand out #evolution https://t.co/J1oFVd7GtH

[Zoe Thompson @zoethompsonphd]

@acara333 Ally I am in the same boat! Thanks for this tweet.

[Zoe Thompson @zoethompsonphd]

@acara333 Me too!

[Zoe Thompson @zoethompsonphd]

@8leggedyogi Too cool! Definitely frame one each in your office, home, car, etc. 😁

[Zoe Thompson @zoethompsonphd]

@acara333 Drive safe!! Best of luck 🥳 hope you enjoy CA!

[Zoe Thompson @zoethompsonphd]

@marshalhedin And I’ll take the 2 volumes of Mammals of the World & The Origin of Terrestrial Vertebrates ☺️

[Zoe Thompson @zoethompsonphd]

Too bad I already have a PhD 😩 post-baccalaureate opportunity to learn about single-cell RNAseq ⬇️

[@parichylab.bsky.social @parichylab]

It seems we have a small NICHD grant starting that can support a post bac interested in learning methods of scRNA-seq and molecular histology using zebrafish. Please DM / send 2019-2020 grads our way. Thanks!

[Michael Baym @baym]

Sure, short-term improvements come from translational research. But so many of the things that really change our world come from people asking "something interesting might be going on here, I'm going to explore it," we cannot sacrifice curiosity-driven research for applied

[Zoe Thompson @zoethompsonphd]

@johnctanphd Always!! Give me a few months to start my new job 😉

[Zoe Thompson @zoethompsonphd]

Reading Oliver Sacks was a big inspiration for me studying neuroscience, plus now I study how exercise affects the brain so this is very cool to learn 😎

[Zoe Thompson @zoethompsonphd]

@A2DaveSept @CollectiveBrew Happy Friday Dave! 🍻

[Zoe Thompson @zoethompsonphd]

@JessicaRBarson Awww! 😻 I also had a black & white kitty named Max that made it to 17! 20 is quite an accomplishment!

[Zoe Thompson @zoethompsonphd]

@acara333 Congrats Dr. Cara!! 🎉 You gave a great talk this morning! (I was hoping for a kitty appearance though 😸) For some reason I have a Kentucky Breakfast Stout that’s been in my fridge for about 1.5 yrs, so I think I’ll finally drink it as a toast to you 😆🍻

[Zoe Thompson @zoethompsonphd]

@acara333 Oh now I guess you can do a fun experiment to see how different this one is 😒😠😖

[Zoe Thompson @zoethompsonphd]

@acara333 😱 oh no! I didn’t know they went that far either. You would think whomever did that and realized it was wrong would have been smart enough to put it back...😒

[Zoe Thompson @zoethompsonphd]

@PittInjury Like other institutions of higher ed, med schools are often stuck doing things “they way they’ve always done it”. We know how to teach better! (Of course this only addresses coursework, not other med school specific stuff, but there are better & less traumatic ways for that too!)

[Zoe Thompson @zoethompsonphd]

@PittInjury

[Zoe Thompson @zoethompsonphd]

@acara333 Sometimes ya just gotta scream it out on a Wednesday 🤷‍♀️