Membrane tension is hard to measure, as you need to know the radius of the membrane to calculate it from the applied pressure (Laplace’s law). This paper uses patch clamp and imaging to quantify membrane tension dependence of TRAAK and TREK K+ channels. nature.com/articles/s4146…

We're submitting a manuscript- here's the preprint. Led by undergrad, Tara Saleh, this work represents her persistence through my maternity leave, a pandemic and lots of outsider doubts. I'm so proud of her and our collabosister in science, Dr. Melanie McReynolds, who made it make sense.

A huge congratulations 👏🙌 is in order to our #PMB Chair, Fernando Santana! L. Fernando Santana 🇵🇷 has been officially promoted to Distinguished Professor @ucDavisHealth UC Davis! A well deserved and outstanding achievement for the inspiring leader of our department!

Happy day for all of us who’ve had the fortune to be L. Fernando Santana 🇵🇷 mentees. Being named as Distinguished Professor by UC Davis is a recognition to Fernando’s scientific accomplishments, excellence as a mentor, and big generosity as a human being. 🥂 Salud! Te mereces mucho más!

If you are #DiscoverBMB consider dropping by my talk for the Walter A Shaw Young Investigator Award in Lipid Research.

Cuando cumples tus promesas

What you learn to do for your kids…

Yes, I’m a cell biologist, so I often say ChatGTP because those three letters have been imprinted on my brain way before AI existed

🌟Ready to push the boundaries of scientific discovery further? HHMI's Freeman Hrabowski Scholars Program can help!

Hear from Rebecca Voorhees (Rebecca Voorhees), #FHScholar , on the program's impact and what it means to join the HHMI community.

Apply: hhmi.news/3vbnNpz

We took a break to enjoy the cherry blossom trees at UW

Worse than having jet lag is trying to explain jet lag to your jet lagged kid at 3 in the morning

Back to the cold toilet world 🥶

In Japan even doing the laundry is zen

We got to visit the supercomputer Fugako at the Riken Center for computational Science, so impressive

Show time

Crafting in 🇯🇵

And kudos to 대한항공 for their kid’s kit

Kudos to Seattle airport Little Free Library® and its awesome Harry Potter collection

Any multilingual biophysicists out there?! Want a chance to discuss your science in another language? #BiophysicsWeek is coming up and CID and Biophysical Society are hosting several 'Beyond English' breakout rooms on March 20th to network and chat. Sign up: shorturl.at/kI289

Happy Bday!