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Seungsoo Kim @seungsookim.bsky.social · 7d

The Kim Lab (sskimlab.org) at UC Irvine is recruiting motivated grad students interested in uncovering how transcriptional regulators direct cell fates. We accept students through the CMB (cmb.uci.edu) and MCSB (ccbs.uci.edu/education/mcsb/) PhD programs. Please share with prospective grad students!

Kim Lab at UC Irvine

Visit the post for more.

sskimlab.org

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Needhi Bhalla 💅🏽 @needhibhalla.bsky.social · 14d

@joann-trejo.bsky.social, @marymunson4.bsky.social and I have a commentary in @natcellbio.nature.com on recent attacks on DEI in biomedical research: "If scientific research, especially biomedical research, is meant to serve everyone, then it requires that everyone has an opportunity to participate"

Scaling back DEI programmes and the loss of scientific talent

Nature Cell Biology - Programmes that support diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) in science are under attack in the USA. Data indicate that diversity in the scientific workforce increases...

www.nature.com

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Katie Thompson-Peer @thompsonpeerlab.bsky.social · 19d

Survey for neuroscience PhD students:

If you're a neuroscience or neuro-related PhD student, and you're so inclined, please take this short survey from a colleague of mine.
uci.questionpro.com/NeuroIFESgra...

And/or pass it on to other neuro PhD students.

Neuro IFES - Graduate Students - Online Survey Software

uci.questionpro.com

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Katie Thompson-Peer @thompsonpeerlab.bsky.social · 23d

Here's the recording of the first session youtu.be/Ehbgmrcb1iU?...

Raising a Resilient Scientist, Unit 1: Communication Skills to Build Trainee Resilience

YouTube video by NIH OITE

youtu.be

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Alejandro Montenegro @aemonten.bsky.social · 27d

PREACH!

www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Reaffirming the value of model organisms in training scientific minds - Nature Cell Biology

As biomedical research prioritizes human models and translational promise, classic model organisms are increasingly dismissed. Here we argue that they have a lasting value, both in enabling discovery and in cultivating scientific thinking, by training researchers in systems reasoning, integrative thinking and independent inquiry.

www.nature.com

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Katie Thompson-Peer @thompsonpeerlab.bsky.social · 27d

Thanks for sharing the updates on FlyBase!

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Fillip Port @crisprflydesign.bsky.social · Oct 4

High levels of Cas9 are toxic in sensory neurons. Reducing Cas9 levels with uORFs avoids toxicity and is compatible with efficient editing. From @thompsonpeerlab.bsky.social. Fly lines @vdrc-flies.bsky.social

#CRISPR #Drosophila

www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

Figure from the preprint showing sensory neuron morphology with different levels of Cas9 expression.

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Katie Thompson-Peer @thompsonpeerlab.bsky.social · Oct 2

They're going to send out the slides, I think. Not sure about a recording. But there are 4 of 5 sessions coming up, over the next 4 weeks, if you have time!

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Katie Thompson-Peer @thompsonpeerlab.bsky.social · Sep 30

Just sat through the 1st of 5 webinars on "Raising a Resilient Scientist" from NIH OITE (Office of Intramural Training and Education).

I've done lots of mentorship training. This one, on communication skills, was a step above.

Highly recommended for PIs. www.training.nih.gov/raising-a-re...

www.training.nih.gov

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Katie Thompson-Peer @thompsonpeerlab.bsky.social · Jul 4

That sounds like what NewPISlack is already doing, in case you want to join an established community.

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Liz Neeley @lizneeley.bsky.social · Jul 1

We cannot scicomm our way out of this, part …I-don’t-know-I’m-tired-of-counting

Christian Elliott @christianelliott.me · Jun 30

NASA just won an Emmy for our live broadcast of the total solar eclipse last year. We produced a documentary film about the James Webb Space Telescope that's out in theaters and on Netflix. We have podcasts, we write feature stories. People wear the agency logo on t-shirts. We're still getting cut.

Michael Hobbes @michaelhobbes.bsky.social · Jun 30

You hear this a lot on the left but it isn't true. USAID did not "fail to tell its story to Americans," the right targeted the agency with lies and misinformation.

Ultimately this narrative turns conservative attacks into even more calls for the left to reform.
www.nytimes.com/2025/06/29/o...

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Katie Thompson-Peer @thompsonpeerlab.bsky.social · Jun 6

@ucirvine.bsky.social @ucibiosci.bsky.social

Katie Thompson-Peer @thompsonpeerlab.bsky.social · Jun 6

🗓️ June 18 | 6:00–7:30 PM | Zoom

🎟️ Free & open to everyone — students, teachers, families & lifelong learners

🔗 Register here loom.ly/2rR_Uxo

How It's Made Panel - Center for the Neurobiology of Learning and Memory | UCI CNLM

Click to Register HOW IT’S MADE: NEUROSCIENCE Ever wonder how neuroscience research really works? Join us for a virtual panel open to the public featuring UCI neuroscience experts in human…

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Katie Thompson-Peer @thompsonpeerlab.bsky.social · Jun 6

🧠 Ever wonder how neuroscience discoveries are made?
From fruit flies to human memory, join us for a behind-the-scenes look at how brain science happens — straight from the experts at UC Irvine! 🔬✨

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Katie Thompson-Peer @thompsonpeerlab.bsky.social · Jun 6

I'm looking forward to participating in this interactive, family-friendly panel designed to make neuroscience accessible and exciting for all:

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Mark A. Hanson @hansonmark.bsky.social · Jun 3

URGENT: FlyBase has lost practically all its funding overnight; even user fees are tied up in denied grant funding. 🤬🤯

Any lab using @flybase.bsky.social please donate using the link in post below.

This incredible community, on whose backs our #Drosophila labs depend, can't be left out to dry.

Marc Dionne @marcsdionne.bsky.social · Jun 3

My lab studies bacterial infections. We spend a lot of time looking at (or for) species-specific genetic and genomic databases for hosts and microbes. FlyBase is the best of all—there is literally no comparison. Its existence is under threat. Please donate.
www.philanthropy.cam.ac.uk/give-to-camb...

Drosophila Genetic Database

The Drosophila Genetic Database, FlyBase, is on the brink of collapse due to the sudden termination of the FlyBase NIH grant, which includes salaries for 5 literature curators based at the University ...

www.philanthropy.cam.ac.uk

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MwahahahahahadScientist @mads100tist.bsky.social · May 27

Did you know? 🧪 "The Interactive Fly" is a wonderful website hosted by @socdevbio.bsky.social where you can learn about their development, the history of gene discovery/name, and it is full of super useful resources for the #DevBio community 🪰https://www.sdbonline.org/sites/fly/aimain/1aahome.htm

A screencapture of the page dedicated to the transcription factor isl1/tailup. There is information about the flybase ID, function, classification, keywords, and a very long wall of text under BIOLOGICAL OVERVIEW. Fly people rock tbh

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Katie Thompson-Peer @thompsonpeerlab.bsky.social · May 23

Fantastic visit from @marthabhattacharya.bsky.social to UC Irvine’s Dept of Developmental and Cell Biology yesterday.

Beautiful science, studying the role of a transmembrane protein across many model systems.

Thanks for visiting!

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Katie Thompson-Peer @thompsonpeerlab.bsky.social · May 23

It makes me sad every week.

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Katie Thompson-Peer @thompsonpeerlab.bsky.social · May 22

Today I received the 'Committee Spotlight Award' from the @ucirvine.bsky.social Women's Center for Success at the Dynamic Women Awards. What an honor! Thank you to the people who nominated me for this recognition, including Belén Torrado.

Katie and Belén at the Dynamic Women Awards.

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Katie Thompson-Peer @thompsonpeerlab.bsky.social · May 16

I loved training as part of the Boston C elegans research community. The generosity and curiosity were infectious.

Dr. Ahna Skop @ahnaskop.bsky.social · May 16

“I was starting to think that these worms have a way of bringing out the best in humans—generosity, cooperation, and an unbridled curiosity about life. But these days, the worm people are worried.”

Boston Has Worms (The Good Kind)

Inside the world of C. elegans worms and the scientists who know them best.

www.bostonmagazine.com

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Katie Thompson-Peer @thompsonpeerlab.bsky.social · May 16

Things giving me hope these days: seeing all the undergrads presenting their research. Our lab has 4 undergrads presenting today. I’m proud of them and their grad student mentors. @ucirvine.bsky.social @ucibiosci.bsky.social Happy UROP day.

One of three sets of poster presenters at the UC Irvine Bren center

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Katie Thompson-Peer @thompsonpeerlab.bsky.social · May 15

Congratulation, Dr Prange!!
@sciencey-syd.bsky.social

Sydney Prange after her successful thesis defense.

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Katie Thompson-Peer @thompsonpeerlab.bsky.social · May 13

Defense tomorrow! @sciencey-syd.bsky.social

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Katie Thompson-Peer @thompsonpeerlab.bsky.social · May 6

@ucirvine.bsky.social @ucibiosci.bsky.social

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