Pamela Kakimoto @pkakimoto@qoto.org

Updated #introduction time. I’m a postdoctoral research associate at the University of Glasgow, interested in energy homeostasis and sickness behaviour 
Research interests include #adipocytes #adiposetissue #metabolism #immunometabolism #immunity and #IL-17 ! 
I also founded The STEM Village, an initiative to promote visibility of #LGBTQ people in #STEM 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ you can find out more on our website https://www.thestemvillage.com or our #YouTube channel https://youtube.com/@thestemvillage3092

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Hi all! I'm a postdoc, about to start my lab at Penn studying metabolic fluxes in tumor and immune cells! Also i like bad science puns!

Hi Mastodon, I'm a German #proteomics scientist based in #Berlin, looking for alternatives to #academictwitter. My main research interests are how to use #massspec and #R to gain better insights into cellular signaling. Outside of #science I love #boardgames, #dnd and my dog Chico. Excited to be part of #fediscience

#introduction #teammassspec #queer #stem #phd

The more I'm here, the more I find myself appreciating that contrast — and the less I find myself wanting to open that other app.

Thanks for making this such a warm and welcoming place.

The R Foundation is now on Mastodon. Follow us for official news about the R Project for Statistical Computing. #rstats

Ever wondered if there is a card game for #protein and #MassSpec geeks? Well there is now. I have to confess that I'm going to add a little 'MET' or 'THR' on the structure cards.

http://phbuffers.org/AAIntro/Zwitter.html

@chrischirp My mantra for the Fediverse is less politics more science/technology. Twitter made me more and more angry over the years. I don't want a repeat of that.

So, after a few days of #Mastodon compared to #Twitter, what's your intention?

🗳️ --> vs

Ok, I joined. What's the physiological relevance ?

Some Mastodon thoughts, for bird-site expats (which include myself). I'm aggregating these from posts I've boosted before, so little of this is my own brain.

- There's no algorithm here. That means favoriting/liking doesn't do anything except communicate approval to the OP and others (which is still nice!).

- No algorithm means boosting ("retweeting") is the true method to increase a post's visibility. Do that more than you did on birdsite.

- There's no post-quoting here, and that's by design. Look at quote-tweets on the birdsite; it's a feature primarily used for toxicity.

- There's no direct word-search here either; that means you want to use hashtags to make posts more searchable. This is also intended, since word-searching posts was often used to harass/stalk on the birdsite and elsewhere, so that was left by the wayside here. This also means hashtags are much more a thing here than any of the algorithm-powered sites.

- It's encouraged to put in text descriptions when you post images; a lot of Mastodon users use screen-readers due to various disabilities, and getting an image description read out loud helps them immensely.

- Speaking of screen-readers: using capitalization in your hashtags allows the screen-readers to read them more easily, especially if you're smashing multiple words together. #rockmusic = unreadable. #RockMusic = readable.

- The best way to make threads is to make set your first post as public, but "unlist" all of your replies. This prevents your whole thread from clogging up feeds.

- Content Warnings should be used more liberally here. If you haven't gotten the impression yet, much of Mastodon was built and populated by marginalized groups who were harassed/bullied off of other platforms. This is the culture they built, to respect each other's mental health. It's not a rule, but it's well-appreciated.

- Consider chipping a few bucks towards whomever runs the server you're on; the strain is real, and most server admins were likely paying out of pocket before so don't have an existing donation base. The growth here has been extremely fast, and that means money's needed.

- DMs are just posts with privacy settings. So if you @ someone in a DM, you pull them into the thread. That could be embarrassing.

- Also, no, DMs aren't end-to-end encrypted, but they aren't on Twitter either. Don't use either if you want true privacy.

- Including your Mastodon handle in your birdsite profile will help people find you here; there's a tool (pruvisto.org/debirdify/ is one of them that's used) people can use to pull Mastodon handles from Twitter profile.

- Use the blocking and reporting features liberally, if needed. This should go without saying, but they work, and work well!

- If there's an entire Mastodon server you don't want to hear from, you can block the whole thing too.

- Preferences -> Appearance -> "Slow Mode": this can make larger "Local" feeds and any "Federated" feed much more readable.

I'll reply with some more as I see them, or reply here too. I've only been here 4 days but I'm loving it so far.

Please RT (re toot??) I am hiring a Lab Manager. The position will work closely with graduate students, postdocs, and an international group of visiting lab collaborators. The position will work at the interface of the development of lab funding efforts, lab data collection and logistics, and assistance of management data collection and curated databases.There are also opportunities to assist with data analysis, and public outreach.

Please contact me directly for any questions instructions

A number of people have asked what I could have done better. In particular, I should have set the first post in the thread to public and the rest of the posts as unlisted.

Here's a fantastic explainer from @djnavarro via @flodebarre:
https://blog.djnavarro.net/posts/2022-11-03_what-i-know-about-mastodon/#how-can-i-make-threads

(It's worth reading the entire thing. I learned a ton.)

Whilst I'm on #introductions, I'm also an author. Never thought I'd say that, but here we are.

I wrote "Managing Your Mental Health During Your PhD:A Survival Guide" because I struggled during my own PhD. I felt worthless and experienced a range of emotions, feeling suicidal at times, and wanting to quit. So I decided I wanted to create a resource for others that might be struggling.

You can buy/read it here:https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-3-031-14194-2. #AcademicChatter #PhD #PhDProgram