Thiago Carvalho @cyrilpedia@qoto.org

Chilling reporting in the Washington Post about trans people targeted by the government in Texas.

Texas attorney general Paxton asked for a list of names of everyone who had changed their gender on their license.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2022/12/14/texas-transgender-data-paxton/

How is visual #perception 👀 different from visual #memory 💭?

Computational constraints limit the precision of reactivated memories in visual cortex.

Read about this exciting work from highly talented postdoc Serra Favila!

https://www.quantamagazine.org/how-the-brain-distinguishes-memories-from-perceptions-20221214/

Pinho-Correia, L. M., Prokop, A. (2022). Maintaining essential microtubule bundles in meter-long axons: a role for local tubulin biogenesis? Brain Res Bull -- should soon be live and open access!

#Introduction

Hello! I'm a #PhD student in #microbiology, and I'm excited to join #ScienceMastodon and the broader #Fediverse. I love the culture of respectful alt-text, content warnings, and post visibility.

When I introduce myself to scientists, I describe myself as either an evolutionary cell biologist, a microbial ecologist, or non-model organism geneticist. I'm going to write up some threads about my work soon.

Let's raise the standard for vibrant and inclusive science 💪

Just a gorgeous piece of technology development:

Deep scanning mutagenesis approach to understanding protein folding stability, using an in vitro translation system that appends a cDNA tag to each protein in the system.

From lead author Kotaro Tsuboyama, UW Institute for Protein Design alum Gabriel Rocklin, and colleagues.

https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2022.12.06.519132v3

Hello! I'm a #microbiologist and #CellBiology fan at the #UniversityOfWashington. I've worked on both basic #biology using #yeast as a model system, and on the mechanisms of bacterial #infection.

I love #cells, #genetics, #microscopy, and #biochemistry, and I'm also a fan of #film & digital #photography, #bikes, #hiking, and #gardening. Former #bikemessenger and fan of #rockclimbing now recovering from #heartsurgery.

My nephews and nieces call me Uncle Eeyore.

Hello! 👋🏽

I study the human brain and behavior. I love thinking about memory and perception and sharing papers on these topics.

I am also passionate about making academia a better place. The two most important things I have written:

My story of mental illness and the importance of mental health support: https://storiesinscience.org/2019/06/12/studying-and-experiencing-mental-illness/

My article on how faculty can make labs more supportive for their students: https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-018-06167-w

#Introduction
Moving to zirk.us!
I'm a prof at a university in the Great Lakes region. I started as a researcher but shifted focus to grad training/teaching & directing a large biology PhD program. I wear hearing aids for tinnitus.
#AmWriting a historical romcom WIP.
I post about equity in #academia, books (esp. Jane Austen and other #romance), music (esp. 80's), movies/tv, and pets. Also jokes of varying quality and occasional poll tournaments for charity.
Here to play nice and make friends. :)

Peergatory (noun): the period of suffering while waiting for peer reviews

#PeerReview #Academia @academicchatter

#introduction - I’m an evolutionary microbiologist interested in microbiomes, AMR & lungs. I’m currently a research fellow in Oxford Biology and Magdalen College. I did my PhD on bacterial genetics during nitrogen fixation, and I’m now working on how bacteria evolve antibiotic resistance and interact in the lungs. Just submitted a pre-print to BioRxiv… which I’m excited to share!

That ridiculous time of year when the university expects us to be at work and functioning but the coffee shops on campus are all closed.

Hello Mastadon! Here's my #introduction: I'm an Assistant Professor of Biochemistry at the University of Utah specializing in molecular and cellular visualization, particularly 3D animation. We're interested in thinking about how to use visualization in scientific research, communication, education, and outreach. Here's a little montage of animations I've worked on over the years. Do you recognize any?

The CEO of #Twitter is now Tweeting full blown #CoViD19 disinformation, wilfully misleading his millions of braindead followers with his moronity.

The man is not only a threat to democracy he’s a threat to human life.

#ShutTwitterDown

#Twitter just suspended an account using *public data* to track the whereabouts of #Musk's private plane.
https://www.cnbc.com/2022/12/14/twitter-suspends-elonjet-account-that-tracks-elon-musks-private-jet-.html

Coincidentally (I didn't know this was coming, honest!), a big article was published just today claiming that the motivation to exercise depends on the microbiome of the gut (in mice).

The gist is that certain microbiomes produce chemicals that prevent the breakdown of dopamine in the brain during exercise. And when that happens, mice tend to be more active. Following antibiotics, these effects disappear. But they are restored again once the microbiome is restored.

The potential of this finding, if true: “If we can confirm the presence of a similar pathway in humans, it could offer an effective way to boost people’s levels of exercise to improve public health generally.”

The friendly version:
https://www.pennmedicine.org/news/news-releases/2022/december/gut-microbes-can-boost-the-motivation-to-exercise

The deeper dive:
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-022-05525-z

Postage stamps are now irrelevant to most people's lives, but it's nice to see the USPS celebrating the microscopic world with these new releases. https://about.usps.com/newsroom/national-releases/2022/1213-usps-reveals-additional-stamps-for-2023.htm

New #OpenAccess Parkinson's disease research from LJI scientists Cecilia Lindestam Arlehamn, Ph.D., and Alessandro Sette, Dr. Biol. Sci.

Check out: "Unaltered T cell responses to common antigens in individuals with Parkinson's disease" in the Journal of Neurological Sciences: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jns.2022.120510

#Immunology #Parkinsons #aging #neuroimmunology