Printed some carbs last week. Had the intention of using them in my carbohydrate lecture but they are a little more fragile than I’d hoped. Models nabbed from NIH 3D Bioart. #3Dprinting #bioart

“I think that the key is to never lose sight of the need for a continuum from very basic, pure sort of curiosity driven research, all the way to translational...You absolutely have to have the full spectrum…the basic science is the roots, the energy, the nutrients that come up” 👏

Origins of antigen receptors with David Schatz

Podcast Episode · Immune · 13/01/2026 · 30m

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From Immune Booster 21: Origins of antigen receptors with David Schatz David sits down with Cindy Leifer ( @cindyleifer.bsky.social ) to discuss his discovery of Rag genes that are critical for antigen receptor development. Here, he discusses basic science

Thesis bootcamp day 2. Several hours of going in circles with data analysis until the last minute when I found something interesting. Tomorrow - day 3 - more analysis and maybe preparing the next paper.

And pleased to report I was the winner of the general public scientific communication session at our centre conference last week 😊 I’ve spent much time developing my skills for communicating to lay audiences and gathering all sorts of resources as it’s so, so important - especially in basic science

Day 1 of November thesis bootcamp done ✅ finished rewriting my review and putting all the references back in. Analysis day tomorrow! #thesis

Over the years, I've collected a fair pile of sources for high-quality images to share with students & colleagues, esp. those who ask me about where to find accurate, science-focused clip art. (Don't knock it--clip art is useful for a lot of reasons!) So, here's my current list: buff.ly/c6LHmGG /end

Even if you say "I'm not an artist," it's worth a little effort to create compelling, accessible science visuals

Resources to help you do so

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The motto of the past ~4 weeks of my PhD analysis has been ‘why can’t it just WORK’. I’ve been really held back by every step and every workaround not working. Imagine my skepticism when, on a Friday afternoon, I try something new and uncommon and it just..worked? 🤯

Skulked around my own backyard with my camera last week, and created this moody preset that I’m enjoying. Hope to see more than 2 lemons on the bush next year and to get to the blueberries before the dogs do..

And that’s a wrap on our #ThesisFest2025 event 🫡 ~ I met a bunch of students that I hadn’t before, took down notes and resources from all the speakers, and (most excitedly) came home with some PhD-themed stickers! #PhDLife

“…we don’t know whether the processing leads to poor health or if eating UPFs is simply an indicator of poor diet quality.” 👈 🙌

I wrote a short perspective for Frontiers detailing the process behind my artwork "Musings of the Protein Alphabet," and the VIZBI 2025 Annual Conference logo. Please check it out; it's open access! www.frontiersin.org/journals/bio... #dataviz #sciart #VIZBI

A comprehensive analysis framework for evaluating commercial single-cell RNA sequencing technologies. #SingleCell #scRNAseq #Genomics #Bioinformatics #NAR academic.oup.com/nar/advance-...

A comprehensive analysis framework for evaluating commercial single-cell RNA sequencing technologies

Abstract. This study examined nine prominent commercially available single-cell RNA sequencing (scRNA-seq) kits across four technology groups. Each kit was

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Considered ‘sketching my thesis’ as a way of becoming more visual, helping me conceptualise, etc. Starting by creating a visual vocabulary. I was quite happy with this accidental octopus #lncRNA #phd

Exactly how many protein-coding genes are there in the human genome? The truth is no one knows. The numbers change based on what database you use as reference.

90% of my issues with R are simply trying to install packages.

The accompanying editorial on this landmark trial www.thelancet.com/journals/lan... "A new era in the treatment if acute exacerbations of asthma and COPD"

Cells are crowded spaces packed with colliding and interacting biomolecules. Despite this, intracellular functions are often described using the clean language of networks. In this post I attempt to reconcile these seemingly contradictory perspectives. mbernste.github.io/posts/intuit...

Resonating a little too well with Heraclitus.

❓ For my #singlecell peeps - when looking at #splitseq specifically, where the cell is the rxn compartment (i.e. not drop-seq), what are the downsides of excess cell aggregation/clumping during cell fixation (immune cells, pre-library prep)? #scrnaseq #bioscience

When I will respond to your email

Intro post ⭐️ 1 of ??? Profesh: I’m 2nd yr PhD candidate officially School of Public Health but my project focuses on mol biol. I’m looking at long non-coding RNA (lncRNA) and single-cell transcriptomics in asthmatic kids. I’m also a nutritionist and food scientist with QA experience.

Adelaide PhD Melinda representing Aus in one of my favourite scicomm comps - Visualise Your Thesis - with an entry on generating plastics from food waste ⭐️ “From Your Kitchen Food Scraps to Your Kitchen Food Wrap” doi.org/10.6084/m9.f...