It’s a beautiful day on UAB’s campus 💚

One of the best parts about working in a hospital system in the south is the Waffle House on campus

Sometimes when I’m stressed and can’t sleep I like to imagine myself with Wolverine claws slashing through all of my problems. It helps.

When science looks like food: meet Mr. Axon Avocado with a mitochondria “pit”

I will never get tired of looking at semi-thins 😍

Making figures doesn’t have to be miserable

Making new figures. Would you organize by cell type across hippocampal subregions or group all cell types within each region?

Hot sauce and ranch is NOT THE SAME as sriracha and ranch and yall caNNOT tell me different

I love some good wordplay. Doesn’t hurt that I can belt this shit too 🥰

My grad student got to see her first fresh postmortem human brain yesterday! Bonus, in true brain collection form, it was a late night dissection. Proud of this little badass group of women!

Not getting much attention, but the Senate GOP is about to start voting - to make sure banks can charge higher overdraft fees. Seriously. Good time to let your Senators know what you think of that.

Dear salesman at my door peddling lawn and garden services, I'm sorry but that's my load-bearing emotional support hobby and I will not be outsourcing it! 🌱

Teen Warned Not To Accept Group Chat Invites From National Security Advisors She Doesn’t Know

Lolol when you open an email to find you in it

Things that make me auto follow an account after only seeing one post for 1200 Alex

AOC: Fox News and the right-wing would have you believe that these American values are something out of The Communist Manifesto. But let me tell you Fox News, I don’t believe in healthcare, labor, and human rights because I’m a Marxist.. I believe it because I was a waitress.

Not sure that Trump understands the US can't do great science with only ideological conservatives and tech bros. There's just not enough talent. That's one reason why the NIH diversity push was so important: it expanded the talent pool to look like America.

The number of times I am disappointed by the search results of “biscuits near me”

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This is Summit. He doesn't know why he would simply sit when he can boing instead. 13/10

I have been saying this for weeks: “The only possible way for American institutions to survive this administration is for them to collectively bargain, like unions, and to come to one another’s defense.” Imagine if all the universities united and took a stand rather than complying with Yahtzees.

Alright yall, buckle up. We’ve got 4.5 hours of tornado watch 🫡

Sharing my morning SUFS Discord announcement with everyone, because I think we all need to be reminded that when we stand up together, there is ALWAYS hope. #standupforscience #scienceeqdemocracy

These are the senators who collaborated with the GOP. Schumer Fetterman Cortez Masto Durbin King Shaheen Gillibrand Schatz Hassan Peters Don’t let them forget it. No peace for them.

Is beer or wine better for a government shutdown and tornadoes

Someone made an old tweet of mine into a meme and I’m kind of obsessed, honestly 🥹

And through it all, I’ve kept doing the work because the work matters. Now things are unraveling. It is all being is being dismantled, people are losing their jobs, and the message from all levels of leadership is to keep our heads down and stay the course. But the course is broken.

Submitted my first R01 on Feb 5. Just got assigned an institute (NIMH), study section (PMDA), and council review date (10/25).

Yellow has been my color since 1996

Support groups are more important now than ever in science… grateful for mine today.

UAB Neurobiology is hiring up to 4 new tenure-track faculty as part of 3 new open-rank searches. Come join our vibrant, supportive, and growing neuroscience community! uab.peopleadmin.com/postings/23916 uab.peopleadmin.com/postings/23944 uab.peopleadmin.com/postings/24010

Happy stand up for science day! Birmingham AL representing today! #StandUpforScience

Canceling NIH grants is a great example of waste, fraud, and abuse. Even canceling just my grant alone, in year 3 of 5, would be a waste of the more than $1M already given to us for this project. Multiply that by hundreds of grants, and they are just throwing away taxpayer $$$. And for what? +

Simple, to the point, and ✨colorful✨ Classic Kirsten™️ #standupforscience @standupforscience.bsky.social

When “free speech” equals censorship of science, we are really in the upside down.

Students: I cannot stress enough how powerful you are. People will tell you aren't because they want to quiet you, but you really are.

Ooooof. Extremely, painfully accurate.

Trump claims he “brought free speech back” after removing a man from exercising his free speech. #StateOfTheUnion

Sitting in front of my fish tank with a glass of wine and the porch doors open, listening to these crazy spring winds

Happily shopping #BhamLocal this morning- coffee from my fave arcade/music venue and a haircut at a brand new salon!

Former 🇺🇸 ambassador to Russia 👇🏽

I DEFINITELY *would* not walk out at your university campus, go to your nearest rally site, or head over to DC on March 7th, wearing a mask... But hey. This is a free country and we have the 1st amendment to protect our right to protest. Your choice! #standupforscience2025

The old saying is true: you may not care about politics, but politics very much cares about you. Americans have had a stable government for long enough that many people have been able to forget that.

This is so unbelievably stupid (government purchasing is frozen)

This article about what is going on at NIH is insightful. It details why the fight over the indirect rates are existential and show how the administration is trying to seize power that is directly given to Congress by the constitution www.sensible-med.com/p/the-nih-is...

Facts 👇👇👇

I often feel like I’m in the movie Alien…