Lavinia Sheets
@olybinewski.bsky.social
π€ 709
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hearing & balance researcher, ichthyophile, mostly lurker
https://sheetslab.net/
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samuel mehr
9 days ago
them: bro why aren't you posting on linkedin me:
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"I have no idea where this will lead us, but I have a definite feeling it will be a place both wonderful and strange."
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Fig. 1 Gen Z selfie βΊοΈ Fig. 2 Gen X attempt at Gen Z selfie π
#ARO2026
#AROMWM2026
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Macrophages and neurons respond to excitotoxic injury in a dynamic way! Want to see how? Go see poster T207 this afternoon to find out
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about 1 month ago
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Cisplatin at sub-lethal dosesβhair cells survive, but at what cost? π€ Turns out, it triggers permanent changes in mitochondrial morphology and dynamics. Stop by Elaynaβs poster SU146 and scan the QR codes to watch mitochondrial dynamics shift in real-time - the movies are π€―
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Dr. Becca
about 2 months ago
"When the emphasis is placed on attitude and adaptability, the burden of systemic failure is absorbed by individual workers." This piece on the insidious normalization of an increasingly and intentionally broken NIH is so spot on it hurts.
elizabethginexi.substack.com/p/what-happe...
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What Happens When Science Is Asked to Pretend This Is Normal
In our All-Hands meetings before I left NIH, our leaders were always trying to think of ways to accommodate the new leadership, pitching ideas they thought would fit the βMAHAβ agenda.
https://elizabethginexi.substack.com/p/what-happens-when-science-is-asked?r=awqcr&utm_medium=ios&shareImageVariant=overlay&fbclid=IwY2xjawPoU_NleHRuA2FlbQIxMQBzcnRjBmFwcF9pZBAyMjIwMzkxNzg4MjAwODkyAAEe0wYlsIoNjsE85mF165HeLxgeTf_akeLkSf6Ye16Xk3NVD-DtviRSGITlkD4_aem_CO729DpZfg6oVtVj9S3dKQ&triedRedirect=true
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Leah Shaffer
about 2 months ago
More about heightened burden of chronic stress and its associations with inflammation, which may drive the elevated mortality risk among Black Americans, compared to white counterparts.
source.washu.edu/2026/01/raci...
#PsychSky
#NeuroSky
#MedSky
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Racism packs a punch for those enduring it over a lifetime
Researchers from Washington University in St. Louis find evidence that elevated stress exposure and its inflammatory correlates may contribute to Black-white racial disparities in mortality risk.
https://source.washu.edu/2026/01/racism-packs-a-punch-for-those-enduring-it-over-a-lifetime/
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Killing In the Name (Live, Orlando, 1993)
YouTube video by Rage Against the Machine - Topic
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qi0r8sSGdqI
about 2 months ago
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about 2 months ago
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A beloved STL community institution is rebuilding, which makes me feel happy & hopeful β€οΈπΆ
#SupportLoveofcrstl
www.radiostlouis.org
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Home | LOVE of Community Radio STL
Join us to build a new community radio station in St. Louis!
https://www.radiostlouis.org/
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Shawn Burgess
about 2 months ago
A super interesting historical review in Genetics, chosen completely at random:
pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC...
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Lysenkoism Against Genetics: The Meeting of the Lenin All-Union Academy of Agricultural Sciences of August 1948, Its Background, Causes, and Aftermath
This article reviews the ideological, political, economic, social, cultural, personal, moral, and ethical factors that determined the conduct of the Lenin All-Union Academy of Agricultural Sciences session in August 1948, as well as the immediate... ...
https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC6499510/
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Celebrating another year of amazing research with this great team π βοΈ
3 months ago
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3 months ago
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Your auditory nerves are super resilient! They survive damaging noise exposures and repair synaptic connections (until they donβt) π₯ Does calcium signaling play a role in their survival and repair? Check out Poster 120.02 (Board K4) today and find out more! π 1-5 pm
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4 months ago
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Your brain sends inhibitory signals to your ears to optimize sound detection and protect against loud sounds ππ₯ What happens to sensory cells and behavior when one of the receptors for that signal is absent? Check out Poster 120.01 (Board K3) to find out π 1-5 pm
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4 months ago
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4 months ago
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4 months ago
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sunny autumn
#caturday
4 months ago
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Copy/paste to a doc before logging back in saved my π during my last round of reviews Also saved those docs as back ups in case something glitches before study section (hopefully) reschedules π¬
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4 months ago
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Best fishes this Halloween π»
5 months ago
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Nobody: Me: here's my playlist for the CID research group's spooky social tomorrow ππ»
open.spotify.com/playlist/7vQ...
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CID Spooky Social!
https://open.spotify.com/playlist/7vQesISEVQhMOYXaVUqAtZ?si=b36615501f04475a
5 months ago
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tfw you see exciting preliminary data on a Friday
5 months ago
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5 months ago
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The Auditory System Gordon Research Conference preliminary program is now online!
www.grc.org/auditory-sys...
Mark your calendars, and bring your trainees & fresh data - it's gonna be π₯
5 months ago
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Sign of how stressed med school departments are: to figure out when and where I'm giving an invited seminar in another department tomorrow, I had to hunt down the talk announcement π
5 months ago
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Portland Accessibility & UX Meetup
5 months ago
The
@hollywoodtheatre.org
in Portland is screening Deafula this weekend, a ground-breaking feature film in ASL (which was also shot in Portland). There are screenings this Sat & Sun:
hollywoodtheatre.org/show/deafula/
#a11y
#accessibility
#ASL
#Portland
#PDX
#Halloween
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DEAFULA - Hollywood Theatre
The 50th anniversary of the first feature film performed completely in American Sign Language. DEAFULA was shot in Portland β including scenes at the Pittock Mansion β and tells the [β¦]
https://hollywoodtheatre.org/show/deafula/
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6 months ago
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Seeing some upsetting pics of downtown Chicago this evening π I was just there yesterday after college visits with my kiddoβcrowds of people enjoying the beautiful weather in Millennium Park during the day and vibing on the waterfront at night β¨
6 months ago
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my hometown π
6 months ago
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Kevin Wright
6 months ago
Looks like the solicitation finally posted!
www.nsf.gov/funding/oppo...
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6 months ago
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This one hitsβthis one hits real hard π
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7 months ago
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Also Danionella! Be sure to also check out the Supplementary Material π
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7 months ago
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Erik A. Rodriguez
7 months ago
Today, I would like to honor the memory of Roger Y. Tsien, who died on August 24, 2016. His legacy lives with all who use his technologies, including calcium sensors, fluorescent proteins, the acetoxymethyl (AM) ester, & many more!
#FluorescenceFriday
www.nature.com/articles/nme...
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Very sad news for the auditory research community - my condolences to his trainees, colleagues, and friends
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7 months ago
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current mood
7 months ago
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I would say happy belated, but every day is caturday πΊ
8 months ago
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Godspeed, Tom Lehrer ποΈ
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Tom Lehrer - Poisoning Pigeons In The Park
YouTube video by The Tom Lehrer Wisdom Channel
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yhuMLpdnOjY
8 months ago
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Black Sabbath - Supernaut - Vol IV
YouTube video by BandsThatRock!!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h5rQuYZxH4k
8 months ago
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So long, and thanks for all the fish π (and cheese π§)
#IZFC2025
8 months ago
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Permanent hearing loss and tinnitus are frequent side effects of cisplatin chemotherapy π Strategies to prevent hearing loss focus on protecting sensory hair cells from cisplatin induced death. β οΈ But are surviving hair cells really ok? Spoiler- no, theyβre not! π€ Come see Poster #55
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8 months ago
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Ever wonder why lateral line neuromasts without mechanotransduction have fewer hair cells? π§ Curious about how larval fish swim in a tiny infinity pool without a functional lateral line? π Come to poster 36 and find out!
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8 months ago
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Uri Manor
8 months ago
undark.org/2025/07/11/i...
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Interview: How a Hearing-Loss Grant Got Cut in the Fight Over DEI
βIt felt like the floor dropped out,β researcher Uri Manor said after the sudden suspension of his labβs award.
https://undark.org/2025/07/11/interview-hearing-loss-grant/
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Want to learn about the development of the zebrafish lateral line ganglia & see some spectacularly beautiful images? Come to Poster #55 now!
#IZFC2025
8 months ago
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Good lab news! Very proud of resident postdoc Prith Roychowdhury, who won a Michael Paparella Resident Research Award for his presentation at the WashU Med ENT 2025 Ogura Lectureship and Resident Research Day ππ His research uses zebrafish to model excitotoxic injury of auditory nerves ππ
9 months ago
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Say cool, STL peeps π₯΅π§΅
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9 months ago
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Public service announcement with useful link ππ§‘ππ
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9 months ago
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What is common knowledge in your field, but shocks outsiders? Fish have ears ππ
9 months ago
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