We are continuing our efforts at iterative expansion microscopy of loricate choanos. Not only does the lorica expand, it seems you can iterate expansion pretty much infinitely. Here’s our latest - incredibly, it expanded to macroscopic size! #ProtistsOnSky

Excited to be at the APS March Meeting/Global Physics Summit to give an invited talk. "Emerging Measurement Tools for Applied Biophysics and Soft Matter” session. Friday 8 AM, Convention Center, Bluebird 2E. Would be great to connect with folks attending who are still around tomorrow!

Check out our latest preprint: LUCas! A direct light control of Cas13 trans-cleavage activity. Congrats to all the authors: Carlos (@carlosfng.bsky.social), Deepak (@deepakkrish.bsky.social), Andres, and Aymeric. www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...

Thanks @flamholz.bsky.social !!! It was amazing and enriching to visit, and learn about the amazing science @rockefeller.edu.

Was great to host @deepakkrish.bsky.social at @rockefeller.edu this week. Thanks for the conversation and phenomenal talk.

This was a great talk, so interesting !

Super excited to be speaking at ASCB tomorrow at the "Cell Biology at the Extremes" session on our work on loricate choanoflagellates. In this talk I will explore "How can a single cell build complex extracellular structures in a noisy environment?" Saturday, December 6 from 11 AM Room 120.

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This is a great read on the history of "marine snow": the ubiquitous underwater phenomenon, which Rachel Carson called "the most stupendous snow fall on earth". This constant rain of biological debris is critical in the ocean's ability to sequester carbon. www.nature.com/scitable/blo...

Thanks to @schmidtfellows.bsky.social for this amazing opportunity to share my science and my sense of wonder about our oceans. This ended up being a fantastic learning experience.