I’m choosing to believe that when Duolingo teaches me “Oy vey, it’s raining” and “there is too much wind, we must go home” is that we hate weather as a people, and, most importantly, love to kvetch
eartha mae
@endoeartha.bsky.social
she/her // nimh mosaic k99 fellow // computational neuroendocrinology @ princeton // center for applied trans studies sr fellow // leading edge fellow // transsexual queen views & opinions are my own
New study on transgender women hiring discrimination paints an incredibly bleak picture. If you can't stealth and don't pass your callbacks plummet 32% This is only at the resume stage, back when I was still trying I was getting callbacks all the time. I was ghosted or experienced death by panel
The Cost of Being Seen: Identity, Non-Passing Appearance, and Hiring Discrimination Against Transgender Women
This paper examines whether hiring discrimination against transgender women arises from gender identity, non-cisnormative appearance, or their interaction. In a
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Alas the site crashed and was sold out when the queue came back online. No Caravaggio’s Judith Slaying Holofernes “Go for the Throat” for me. Thanks WotC!
eartha mae@endoeartha.bsky.social · last wk.Set up my cart and got in queue half an hour before the sale opens, and now that it’s open it’s over an hour wait w no ETA… if the Zeta set sells out I’m gonna be so bummed. Fucking WotC…
Set up my cart and got in queue half an hour before the sale opens, and now that it’s open it’s over an hour wait w no ETA… if the Zeta set sells out I’m gonna be so bummed. Fucking WotC…
This is objectively hilarious, but I do have feelings about the same author dropping stories highlighting evil gay man and about how perimenopausal HRT is a scam on the same day
WIRED@wired.com · last wk.The former US representative was also fined more than $71,000 for allegedly attempting to manipulate the prediction market. www.wired.com/story/george...
3/3 Huge thanks to @allenphilanthro.bsky.social for giving us the freedom to take a big swing at a risky idea. And special props to co-first author @endoeartha.bsky.social who will hopefully soon be running her own lab. We’re excited to get seeER out into the world and see what people do with it!
1/3 Our seeER paper is out in Neuron! 🎉 We built a genetically encoded reporter to see when & where estrogen receptors are actually signaling in the brain, not just where the receptors are expressed. Paper: www.cell.com/neuron/fullt... Resources: jevanveen.github.io/resources/
A bifunctional optical reporter for tracking estrogen response dynamics in neurons
Cara, Guthman, et al. present neuro-seeER, an optical tool for monitoring how neurons respond dynamically to the hormone estrogen. By tracking these dynamics across the reproductive cycle in female mi...
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In vivo estrogen imaging is here! Construct is up on addgene, and lots of other imaging constructs are currently in validation. Get in touch if you want advice about how to set up. We are happy to help! Thanks so much to @alleninstitute.org and @onemindorg.bsky.social for their support 😍
eartha mae@endoeartha.bsky.social · 2w agoExtremely proud to share @acara333.bsky.social and my new paper, out today in @cp-neuron.bsky.social, where we develop a new fluorescent reporter of neural responses to estrogen! 🔬 paper 📝: www.cell.com/neuron/fullt... addgene page 🧬: www.addgene.org/254753/ #neuroskyence 🧪 1/10
My wife’s paper is out in Neuron!!! She’s so smart and cool!
eartha mae@endoeartha.bsky.social · 2w agoExtremely proud to share @acara333.bsky.social and my new paper, out today in @cp-neuron.bsky.social, where we develop a new fluorescent reporter of neural responses to estrogen! 🔬 paper 📝: www.cell.com/neuron/fullt... addgene page 🧬: www.addgene.org/254753/ #neuroskyence 🧪 1/10
holy shit this is amazing i’m 100% too busy to be looking at this but now really wanna read and see how/if it could be use for modified for tracking ER responses elsewhere (my research is gut-immune-bone, so)
eartha mae@endoeartha.bsky.social · 2w agoExtremely proud to share @acara333.bsky.social and my new paper, out today in @cp-neuron.bsky.social, where we develop a new fluorescent reporter of neural responses to estrogen! 🔬 paper 📝: www.cell.com/neuron/fullt... addgene page 🧬: www.addgene.org/254753/ #neuroskyence 🧪 1/10
Can't wait to use this!
eartha mae@endoeartha.bsky.social · 2w agoExtremely proud to share @acara333.bsky.social and my new paper, out today in @cp-neuron.bsky.social, where we develop a new fluorescent reporter of neural responses to estrogen! 🔬 paper 📝: www.cell.com/neuron/fullt... addgene page 🧬: www.addgene.org/254753/ #neuroskyence 🧪 1/10
A fun collaboration across 4 labs @edvanveenphd.bsky.social @neurrriot.bsky.social @kiransoma.bsky.social made possible by an Allen Distinguished Investigator award from @allenphilanthro.bsky.social Tools available from Addgene & others in the pipeline directly from Ed van Veen
eartha mae@endoeartha.bsky.social · 2w agoExtremely proud to share @acara333.bsky.social and my new paper, out today in @cp-neuron.bsky.social, where we develop a new fluorescent reporter of neural responses to estrogen! 🔬 paper 📝: www.cell.com/neuron/fullt... addgene page 🧬: www.addgene.org/254753/ #neuroskyence 🧪 1/10
this is a transformative tool!
eartha mae@endoeartha.bsky.social · 2w agoExtremely proud to share @acara333.bsky.social and my new paper, out today in @cp-neuron.bsky.social, where we develop a new fluorescent reporter of neural responses to estrogen! 🔬 paper 📝: www.cell.com/neuron/fullt... addgene page 🧬: www.addgene.org/254753/ #neuroskyence 🧪 1/10
Extremely proud to share @acara333.bsky.social and my new paper, out today in @cp-neuron.bsky.social, where we develop a new fluorescent reporter of neural responses to estrogen! 🔬 paper 📝: www.cell.com/neuron/fullt... addgene page 🧬: www.addgene.org/254753/ #neuroskyence 🧪 1/10
Looking at job boards and the ones where the uni paid to boost their visibility are all in the US South, China, or Israel 😔
Great pic of @forrestdrogers.bsky.social and there I am, right next to him, completely blocked from view by the person in front of me 😂
Petra Mocellin@petramoce.bsky.social · 2w agoMy first #Hypo2026 GRS and GRC organized by @endoeartha.bsky.social @yananw.bsky.social @correalab.bsky.social and @neurrriot.bsky.social was a blast ✨ science 🧪, hikes 🥾, and amazing discussions, suggestions, advice Thrilled to announce I’ll be co-chairing the #Hypo2028 GRS! 🧠 See u there!
First time I’ve done a 14hr drive day in a long time, probably since college. Whew. At least I had breaks. Back in Philly 😌 and hopefully not traveling again until it’s a job interview.
Your first look at the #Murderbot season 2 cast. Aka, what I did on my summer non-vacation. #PremiumQualityEntertainment
Me, right now, back in my hotel room, with my wasabi peas after my third glass of Pinot Grigio The more you tip, the heavier the pour 😌
Dan of the Year@downwithdan.bsky.social · 3w ago"this edible ain't shit" two hours later:
Finally getting around to fixing the bug in my code that stymied me for about a week and a half before I went on vacation. Solved it in one afternoon. Maybe rest is good, huh.
My grad schools neuroscience retreat was here every year during my PhD— we’d let the first years get first dibs on the haunted rooms :)
FrontRangeWildflowers@frwildflowers.bsky.social · 4w agoTwo years ago today 🌿 The Stanley Hotel seen here inspired Stephen King after a night's stay to pen The Shining.
the look on ppls face when i say one of my favorite bands is called suicide
Downloading a bunch of Justin Townes Earle so I can cry a bunch on the plane 😌 “Ahi esta mi niña” always gets me no matter what 😭
Two Americans behind us at Haneda loudly judging other people’s parenting after saying “No one actually likes sake” why do we have to go back there?? 😭
