NEW PREPRINT ALERT (shameless plug: www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...) We’ve all been there: Sitting in a cell biology talk when suddenly— cytoskeleton fireworks EB1-GFP comets streaking across the screen. Tiny glowing microtubules everywhere. Absolute cinema.

my flowers are doing so great this year. i am pleased. i hope i dont give up on watering them mid way through the summer (this time)

Think it must be wonderful to be a college professor and have the summer off? Not so fast, some professors told me #academicsky #highered www.chronicle.com/article/summ...

Tomorrow.. This might be the greatest talk I have ever made. The puns and references are a tribute. I hope it helps and inspires the students. and... being a scientist has a lot of parallels with being a showgirl, I think... after ruminating on this for a few months.

Seminar 4/28: TLOAS* The Fate of Diaphanous Scientist, not showgirl but the data suggest those categories overlap Cytoskeletal dynamics meets @taylorswifthd.bsky.social's Life of a Showgirl There is a flyer Possibly my finest work since teaching med students the cytoskeleton via the Eras Tour

Things are escalating...

Seminar 4/28: TLOAS* The Fate of Diaphanous Scientist, not showgirl but the data suggest those categories overlap Cytoskeletal dynamics meets @taylorswifthd.bsky.social's Life of a Showgirl There is a flyer Possibly my finest work since teaching med students the cytoskeleton via the Eras Tour

today I was in a meeting with the important dean and I made a fantastic analogy about how studying actin and microtubules was like looking into the eye of sauron... all seeing... hard to grasp. lol 🤣

today the one ring was destroyed. if you didn't already know that, we probably aren't friends. @colbertlateshow.bsky.social please let me help with the new movie... I know what I'm getting into! 🙃

getting closer to 4/28. will they give me the keys to the city?

do I know anyone looking for a job to run a TIRF microscope facility for cytoskeleton lovers? This is a NYS funded position. apply here and share the word: nam04.safelinks.protection.outlook.com?url=https%3A...

Tomorrow the Henty-Ridilla lab is at SUNY Research Expo to talk basic science to our state legislators! We have legos! Looking forward to seeing some SRLA Alan Alda 2026 colleagues there, too!

finally

Some of you may remember that our department does “informal” faculty talks once a year… and that I usually take that as permission to do something fun and creative. 1/3

I got the hat! #cellbio2025 #nikonmicroscopy #benatcellbio

sometimes I think about how happy the moon is singing in "your song" in the film Moulin Rouge. It is pure joy (last 20 s of the clip, for the uninitiated). Sorry if you haven't thought about this film in ~25 years. Hopefully this reminder makes you smile. www.youtube.com/watch?v=3TWh...

I love this calculator. I understand that this specific version ages me. I don't care. It does exactly what I need it to do. It might also be my first experience with solar technology.

Last day of pre-K! Unlocking the post-daycare life phase! We made it!

should be closing the honmoon but there are so many deadlines!

Taylor has her masters! so happy for her.

Legit! #writers #booksky #writingcommunity

when I started viewing egg nog as "Christmas ranch" I immediately liked it more

as promised, a poem, teasing about my labs upcoming posters at #cellbio2024 on SUN and TUES! written by Laura and Alex:

a lot happened today, but most importantly i got into a huge debate about whether the LoTR trilogy was the greatest series of all time. this is a hill i will die on with many quotes as i expire. it is how i got the college roommate i did. challenge at your own risk. lol.