This is why #ILoveNYC: this amazing #sunset.

🚨 New paper alert! 🚨 Our method paper entitled: "Semi-quantitative RT-PCR Assay for the Analysis of Alternative Splicing of Interleukin Genes" is out now on the volume "Immune Mediators in Cancer"! 🧵 Thread 👇 #AlternativeSplicing #SpliceVariant #Interleukins #Cytokines

#scientistswhocook: spaghetti with tilapia, shrimp, cherry tomatoes, and Taiwanese bottarga. #spaghetti #tilapia #bottarga #Taiwan

#scientistswhocook: spaghetti with shrimp, maitake (Hen of the Woods) mushrooms, cherry tomatoes, parsley, mascarpone, and bottarga from Taiwan 🇹🇼. Served with a Ferrari spumante to celebrate the New Year 🎆 #spaghetti #shrimp #maitake #mushroom #mascarpone #bottarga #Taiwan #spumante #Ferrari

Holidays 🎄 lab dinner! I feel so grateful for my awesome team for such an amazingly productive (4 papers!) 2025! From L in the first picture: Damyan, Chris, Daisy (former UG student) me, Faruk (former PhD Student), Mostafiz and his wife, Amatun Noor, Katelyn.

Thank you, Dr. Hsien-Sung Huang for hosting me during my stay in #Taipei & for inviting me to present my work at #NationalTaiwanUniversity. I had a wonderful time talking #organoids, #AlternativeSplicing, #RNAediting, & Rbfox 3. Huang lab (黃憲松實驗室) share.google/Rv5o6uwhByHV... #Taiwan #IonChannels

#scientistswhocook: spaghetti with bonito (palamita in Italian) marinated in rosé wine, and bottarga. #spaghetti #bonito #palamita #bottarga

#scientistswhocook: oven roasted rainbow trout on a bed of sliced onions, potatoes, peppers and cherry tomatoes. The fish was marinated in olive oil and rosé wine. #rainbowtrout

🚨 New paper alert! 🚨 Our paper entitled: "Synergy between RNA editing and alternative splicing modulates the biological properties of the voltage-gated calcium channel CaV1.3" is out now on Journal of Biological Chemistry! www.jbc.org/article/S002... #AlternativeSplicing #RNAediting 🧵 👇

#scientistswhocook: spaghetti with squid 🦑 (ink 🫟 included) in a white wine, garlic, butter and parsley sauce; pan seared swordfish with a side of grilled vegetables. #spaghetti #squid #swordfish

I just got my annual #FluShot 💉. Thanks to my employer, St. John's University, for organizing the Flu Clinic on campus every year. #VaccinesWork #VaccinesSaveLives

#scientistswhocook: spaghetti with fish collar meat from salmon and red snapper, in a while wine, garlic, mascarpone, and parsley sauce. #spaghetti #salmon #RedSnapper

I'm grateful that I live in a state where I can still get the #CovidVaccine If I so choose. Shot number 7 for me 💉 since January 2021. #VaccinesWork #VaccinesSaveLives

🚨 New paper alert! 🚨 Our paper entitled: "Neuron-specific Agrin splicing by Nova RNA-binding proteins regulates conserved neuromuscular junction development in chordates" is out now on @plosbiology.org ! journals.plos.org/plosbiology/... #splicing #microexons #NMJ #Ciona 🧵👇

Neuron-specific splicing of Agrin by Nova is essential for AChR clustering at the NMJ. @rnadoctor.bsky.social @lionlchristiaen.bsky.social &co show that this pathway is conserved in tunicates & that the transcription factor Ebf is a key activator of Nova expression @plosbiology.org 🧪 plos.io/3VhTwig

#scientistswhocook: spaghetti with Acadian redfish in a garlic, white wine, mascarpone, parsley, and olive oil sauce. Paired with a Stein sparkling rosé from the Mosel region in Germany. #spaghetti #redfish #mascarpone #sparkling #rosé #Mosel #Germany

#scientistswhocook: #risotto with Chinese roast pork, #bokchoy, oyster #mushrooms, garlic, butter, white wine, and #parmesan cheese. Totally improvised using pork from Chinese #takeout, but it came out pretty good! 👍

#scientistswhocook: Mediterranean #snapper #dentex #dentice caught #spearfishing in #Sardinia #Sardegna, and roasted in the oven over a bed of potatoes with #myrtle #mirto leaves. I catch it, I clean it, I cook it, I eat it.

#scientistswhocook: #amberjack #ricciola and #grouper #cernia prepared raw as #carpaccio and #tartare. Fish caught #spearfishing in #Sardinia #Sardegna. I catch it, I clean it, I prepare it, I eat it.

This is why #IloveCorsica. Always exciting to arrive in #Bonifacio #Corsica #France, one of the most beautiful harbors of the #Mediterranean.

This is why #IloveVenice #Venice #Venezia #Italy

1/2 This is why #IloveTurin #Turin #Torino #Italy. Beautiful front/main doors #portoni

This is why #IloveTurin #Torino: a perfect #cappuccino on a #MondayMorning.

📢 #PaperAlert Review article in @WIREs_Reviews on #AlternativeSplicing, voltage-gated #calcium #channels, and #channelopathies. #IonChannels Alternative Splicing and CaV‐Associated Channelopathies - Munyao - 2025 - WIREs RNA - Wiley Online Library wires.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...

#scientistswhocook: #roasted #branzino #spigola 🐟 from the Mercato di #Rialto in #Venice #Venezia #Italy #Italia. Cooked with just olive oil, garlic, and white wine. #MwdFoodSky

#scientistswhocook: #spaghetti with #lobster #astice 🦞 from the Mercato di #Rialto in #Venice #Venezia #Italy #Italia. #MedFoodSky

This is why #IloveVenice #Venice #Venezia #Italy #Italia. Banksy's Migrant Child mural. #Banksy #migrantchild #migrante #mural #streetart

This is why #ILoveVenice #Venice #Venezia #Italy #Italia. #Seafood at Mercato di #Rialto.

This is why #ILoveTurin #Turin #Torino #Piemonte #Italy #Italia #MoleAntonelliana

This is why #IloveTurin: #bunet! #Torino #Turin #Piemonte #Italy

It feels good to be back in #Turin #Torino. This is why #IloveTurin.

#scientistswholikecocktails Eeyore's Requiem🍸: #Campari: 45 mL (1 1/2 oz) #Vermouth: 30 mL (1 oz) #Gin: 15 mL (1/2 oz) #Cynar: 7.5 mL (1/4 oz) #Fernet: 7.5 mL (1/4 oz) Orange #Bitters #Angostura: 2 dashes Dehydrated orange If you like bitter #cocktails like #Negroni, you'll like this one.

#scientistswhoeat: delicius #dimsum in #Chinatown at #DimSumGoGo. Crab Dumplings #29, Jade Dumplings #38, and Chicken Dumplings #35.

#scientistswhocook: crispy baked #pollock with rice and roasted potatoes and #broccoli. Recipe by Dana Sandonato @killingthyme.bsky.social. #MedFoodSky

#scientistswhocook: #spaghetti with #squid, yellowfin #tuna, cherry tomatoes, lemon, parsley, butter, olive oil. Yellowfin #tuna seared in olive oil and #soy sauce, served with roasted potatoes and #peppers. #MedFoodSky

Congratulations to the awesome #undergraduate student in my lab Chris Beauvil for being awarded the Dr. Charles W. Lacaillade Memorial Award 🏆 at this year's Dean's Convocation ceremony at St John's University!

#scientistswhocook: pan-fried #dab #plaice with a side of #bokchoy, #mushrooms, and snow pea shoots. #MedFoodSky

#scientistswhocook: #spaghetti with oven-roasted red #snapper collars and cherry tomatoes; pan-seared #scallops with #mushrooms and #bokchoy. #MedFoodSky

Wonderful attendance for Student Research Conference 2025 at St. John's U! My lab presented a poster on #RNAsplicing of voltage-gated #potassium channels Kv7.2 #KCNQ2 and Kv7.3 #KCNC3. Students Amatun Noor Prapty and Chris Beauvil presented the poster. Thank you NIH and NIGMS for funding our work!

#scientistswhocook: sautéed #bluefish with roasted bell #peppers and potatoes, and 3 types of #mushrooms (oyster, king oyster, and seafood mushrooms). #MedFoodSky

#scientistswhocook: silver #hake poached in #coconut milk with #ginger, #lime, garlic, #lemongrass, fish sauce, #gailan, #cilantro, fresh #chili peppers. Inspired by a recipe from Karishma Pradhan @simplyrecipes.com. #MedFoodSky

#scientistswhocook: summer #flounder crudo (or #ceviche) over an #avocado #bruschetta. #bucatini pasta (from Piemonte Ravioli on Grand St. In #NYC) with ground beef, oyster #mushrooms, cherry tomatoes. Glass of Bechtold #Cremant d' #Alsace on the side. #MedFoodSky

#scientistswhocook: Striped #seabass simmered in #soy broth with #ginger and #scallions, with side of #sautéed #bokchoy and #mushrooms, and roasted #potatoes and #carrots. Recipe by @markbittman.bsky.social from How To Cook Everything. #MedFoodSky

#scientistswhocook: #spaghetti with #squid and oyster #mushrooms in a white wine sauce; pan #seared #Acadian #redfish with #Mayan citrus salsa (#lemon, #orange, #grapefruit, #cilantro), sautéed #kale, roasted potatoes, roasted #broccoli. #MedFoodSky

#scientistswhocook: #risotto with Atlantic #pollock, oyster #mushrooms, and #bokchoy. #MedFoodSky

#scientistswhocook: roasted black #seabass with a #pistachio and #parsley crust and side of #roasted vegetables.

#scientistswhocook. #tuna steak two ways: 1. Diced to make #spaghetti with cherry tomatoes, parsley, and white wine. 2. Marinated in #soy sauce and white wine and #seared, and served with #roasted #vegetables. #MedFoodSky 1/2

#scientistswhocook: baked #haddock #casserole with carrots, celery and potatoes in a white wine and butter sauce. Recipe inspired by @markbittman.bsky.social from How To Cook Everything. #MedFoodSky

#scientistswhocook: #spaghetti with #monkfish and cherry tomatoes. #MedFoodSky

Perfect dish for a cold winter day: pork and pickled mustard greens #noodle #soup from #Taiwan Pork Chop House in #Chinatown, NYC. #scientistswhoeat