These people brighten my day every day and I am so grateful

Happy Leading Edge Fellow day!!!

leadingedgesymposium.org/fellows/

Ruth A. Franklin Ruth Franklin alumni of our IMP graduate program was awarded the AAI ASPIRE Award for early-career research accomplishments and professional promise in the field of immunology! Congratulations! #AAI2024

I am extremely honored to have been selected and grateful beyond words for the support of the American Academy of Arts & Sciences and its membership. This is truly a celebration of the passion and dedicated effort of all the students, postdocs and scholars that I have the privilege to work with every…

I am proud of every single paper that has come out of my lab, but this one feels truly special.

This time, we asked: How to build a gliding mammal?

Led by the stellar Jorge Moreno 🪼, I am happy to share our latest work, out in nature
nature.com/articles/s4158…

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This weekend I had the honor of participating in the The White House Initiative on Women’s Health Research launched by Jill Biden alongside the director of the Ludeman Center, Dr. Judy Regensteiner, Dr. Wendy Kohrt, Dianne Primavera, Dr. Carolyn Mazure, and CU President Todd Saliman

If you're thinking about going on the faculty job market, take a look at this advice doc I just shared with helpimascientist.com: I collected my thoughts about the whole dang thing, from finding positions to negotiating a contract, & I hope y'all find it helpful!

We are delighted to announce our second cohort of Pathway to Independence Fellows, with whom we will be working over the next year as they look for their first independent position. Find out more about these eight talented postdocs: journals.biologists.com/dev/pages/pife…

Summer conference season is coming ☀️☀️!

Registration is open for one of my very favorite conferences: the Epithelial Stem Cells + Niches GRC/GRS, which will be in Barcelona Aug 10 (GRS)-16.

Apply by end of May to be considered for a short talk!

grc.org/epithelial-ste…

Remember to apply to this exciting Gordon Research Conferences on epithelial stem cells and niches. The full programme will be online very soon and we will have a number of slots for abstract selected speakers. Short-listing for talks will start in the beginning of June.

Please share! Here's our latest preprint on the university-wide mentorship program BUMMP, highlighting its profound impact on biology students from all backgrounds. In 4 years, this pioneering initiative has served over 1,350 mentees!!!
biorxiv.org/content/10.110…

🎉Congrats to the 2024 Excellence in Science Awards recipients: Holly Ingraham UC San Francisco, Pilar Alcaide Tufts School of Medicine, Mariana Byndloss Vanderbilt University Medical Center. The awards honor women scientists' excellence, leadership, and mentorship in their research fields. hubs.ly/Q02s51Zx0

Does the uterus have a pacemaker? Where do uterine contractions originate? We took a look!
biorxiv.org/content/10.110…

Our lab's newest preprint is out now! We report that airway injury can trigger changes in distant areas of the lungs that were not previously appreciated. We dove into the amazing field of macrophage biology to explain these responses. Check out our story: biorxiv.org/content/10.110…

Our phenomenal lab manager is moving on after 3 great years 😭 We are looking for someone to fill the gap. Great for a graduating senior who wants ~2 years experience before grad school
Details: shorturl.at/jknqv

Proud to finally share this preprint! We found that early-life stress alters histone modifications in VTA to prime sensitivity to future stress at a molecular level
doi.org/10.1101/2024.0…

Graduate Student Spotlight: Alan Baez Vazquez
Alan Y. Baez Vazquez Ruth Franklin NIH HSCRB
Harvard_Immunology Harvard Griffin GSAS Harvard_Immunology University of Maine The Jackson Laboratory mcb.harvard.edu/department/new…

Excited to share our new pre-print where we discover behavior signatures of eusociality and social touch in the East African naked mole-rat. 1/6

biorxiv.org/content/10.110…

In the latest issue! From the operating table to global science: How a near-death experience sparked my passion for life dlvr.it/T31nRb

Given the renewed interest in my post on the unaffordability of childcare for many postdocs, and the continued financial burden many postdoc parents face, National Black Postdoctoral Association (NBPA) is relaunching our NBPA Childcare Fund:
gofund.me/bb3f52ac
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