Thrilled to announce the launch of my lab @cri-utsw.bsky.social at UTSW this January! We will explore how cells sense and respond to mechanical forces, focusing on membrane mechanics to reveal how tension and signaling work together to shape cell behavior.

Model organisms as platforms for training scientific minds www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Thanks @mildobserver.bsky.social for taking the time to chat with me, superstar @erinmorrow.bsky.social & others. Our convo was inspired by the McClintock Letters, run by @cornellasap.bsky.social & @snapcoalition.bsky.social, w/ the mission of reconnecting scientists with their hometown communities.

“I will miss the creativity of teaching.” On #WorldTeachersDay, check out this #ScienceWorkingLife essay from a retired professor emeritus on how she challenged students to think beyond facts—and how she learned to teach like a scientist. https://scim.ag/4nvwosR

Dialogue is so important in science engagement. “Our responsibility is … to speak with humility, to listen with care, and to earn the trust of those we hope to reach… To change what people believe, we must first understand why they believe it and what purpose that belief serves in their lives.”

The best group!!! Now is a great time to join us if you’re interested in learning about how to engage in advocacy and policy as a scientist!

Very lucky to be at UCSF with such great microscopy facilities. These instruments are definitely pushing the limits of what we thought feasible in live imaging! Excited to keep exploring how these single cells organize and secrete such precise morphologies.

Science is under unprecedented threat in the US, and we need to speak out to save it. If you are an early-career researcher, please consider signing our open letter calling to preserve the future of American science: tinyurl.com/mcclintockle.... Our futures, and our country's future, depend on it.

We all know scientists who are also musicians In fact, one of my favorites just dropped a new album last month. I was surprised me, though, since she died over 800 years ago. Turns out she might also be the first woman to ever write about developmental biology. 🧵 1/16

There's still time to write a McClintock Letter in support of federal funding of research! Interested and don't know where to start? Join this workshop tomorrow, June 6th, at 12 ET ☀️ docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

As citizens concerned about the future #STEM #workforce, we want to hear stories and impacts of #federal #funding cuts on early career #scientists. Take the surveys by June 6! @scienceforgood.bsky.social @jpflores.rbind.io Impacts survey: bit.ly/3Z1aFPj Stories survey: bit.ly/3Sghx7R #savescience

Excellent article, big thnx #McClintockLetters collaborators @mjarnett.bsky.social @bdavisbio.bsky.social @erinmorrow.bsky.social @jpflores.rbind.io @emmalovesscience.bsky.social @kassstem.bsky.social @sneharao.bsky.social @eselland.bsky.social @rosemalb.bsky.social @viv-cc.bsky.social + others

🚨📣 New preprint alert! Excited to share my new postdoc work on direct force and mechanical properties measurements in live embryos! A great team effort with A. Chamolly (theory), under the supervision of F. Corson and @jeromegros.bsky.social 📄 www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1... #devbio #mechanics

🧪 Ranking member Lofgren and 11 other House dems sent a fiery 7-page letter to acting NSF director today "The cancelation of these awards suggests instead that NSF is willing to apply political censorship of awards under direction from President Trump and the DOGE teenagers" Share widely #SaveNSF

Are you interested in writing for the McClintock Letters, but aren't sure where to start? Join us for an Op-Ed workshop led by author and NYT reporter and editor Clay Risen @risenc.bsky.social this Wednesday, May 7th at 4pm ET. Register here to attend on Zoom: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

So important to stay in touch with our local and hometown communities - write for the #McClintockLetters and be part of this incredible grassroots initiative!

😱 A very hungry #PacManoid ate the original post 🍬🍬🍬 Here’s the 🧵 on our latest in @cp-cellstemcell.bsky.social again! Gastruloids w/ a sweet tooth better model natural embryos: doi.org/10.1016/j.st... Spearheaded by @cryaaa.bsky.social & Alba Villaronga-Luque @mpi-cbg.de @poldresden.bsky.social

Energizing day at @aaas.org #CASE2025, representing UCSF w @aasencor.bsky.social, Yanilka Soto-Muñiz & Kai Trepka! “Relationships are built in teaspoons & lost in buckets” - AAAS CEO Sudip Parikh’s advice to show up consistently in your community to affect grassroots change. #MakingOurCASE #SciPol