Yikes! Never tried a burrito in Montreal and will be sure to avoid during my next trip. I can say that poutine in California seems to be gourmet food. Not correct.

Wow 🤩 your legacy as an educator is legend!

Faculty profile: Liang Feng | structure to function & back again. Attacking a classic problem with cutting-edge techniques, Feng & his team show that NCLX is a H/Ca exchanger required for mitochondria function and not a Na/Ca exchanger, as proposed for decades. www.nature.com/articles/s41...

About working a professional illustrator | Illustrator Jack Martin asked questions questions about the characters in the short film, forcing me to refine the thinking behind the text. This delightful experience reinforced the value of collaboration among creatives — scientists & artists. Fin/n

Ten simple rules for maximizing summer research experiences for students, mentors, & research groups, shown graphically. Illustration by @k-polly.bsky.social 8/n

Rule 10: Finish Strong | Include a capstone presentation. Akin to entering a short film in a festival, encourage the intern to present their research at a national conference or one at their home institution. 7/n

Rule 10: Finish Strong | Include a capstone presentation. Akin to entering a short film in a festival, encourage the intern to present their research at a national conference or one at their home institution. 6/n

Rule 7: Create a supportive learning environment (all weeks)|Interns are novices who may not know what they don’t know, celebrate errors as learning opportunities, & coach the entire group to support the intern. 5/n

Rule 6: Teach techniques stepwise, starting from the end| Experiments have many steps; a strong finish depends on a great start. Consider a “faded example” in which the expert does the first steps & the intern does the last. Work backwards toward the first step to develop skill quicker. 4/n

Rule 4: Start with why, not how | During week 1, task the intern with developing their own understanding of the assigned project. This helps the intern build a conceptual scaffold for the work they will do & interpreting their findings. 3/n

Rule 1: A great short-term project is like a great short film | Short-term projects are focused & enable quick learning and potential novel discoveries in 8-10 weeks. Prioritize established techniques to ask new questions or validate new tools. Describe the project in a single sentence. 2/n

Thanks for the shout out! Would love to hear more feedback on this design framework, masterfully illustrated by Jack Martin @k-polly.bsky.social.