My recent encounter with a Barred Owl (Strix varia). On my way to work last week, I noticed it sunbathing on a tree branch and being harassed by a Blue Jay (Cyanocitta cristata). Must have gotten too close to the nest or something. #photography #birds 📸🪶

Tenure-Track Plant Biology Assistant Professor position at UT Austin MBS. Review of the applications starts Nov. 1! Please spread the words🤠🌱🌼🌽🫛🍃🌾 jobs.plantae.org/jobs/2176440...

This was a test shot from a recent headshot session. Hair is messy because I just came from swimming. #photography #selfportrait 📸

Hey y’all! NEXT THURSDAY, in lieu of our usual SFS general meeting, we will be having an info session for ANY STUDENT interested in science advocacy! High school, undergraduate, and graduate students welcome. ANY SCHOOL, ANY STATE, ANY MAJOR!

Meeting of minds: Gina Turrigiano stopped by the lab of Kristen Harris (UT-Austin, @texasscience.bsky.social ) while visiting Austin to give a seminar on homeostatic plasticity. Learn more about @turrigiano.bsky.social at www.turrigianolab.org. #photography #scientists #neuroscientists 📸🧪

Sunrise this morning in Austin, Texas. I managed to catch this view just before my camera's battery died. #photography 📸

I just noticed that there is a new open-access book on science communication. Looks useful. #scicomm #science 🧪 doi.org/10.4324/9781...

I managed to swim butterfly for 25 yards today for the first time in my life.

A view of the moon this morning in Austin, Texas. #photography 📸

The Neuroscience Scholars Program (NSP) has expanded eligibility! NSP is now open to all trainees meeting the eligibility criteria. Applications are now open! Join a supportive network dedicated to your success. Learn more & apply by October 21. 🔗 vist.ly/49kbu #neurosky

Testing and refining headshot lighting today. a: butterfly b: similar to Peter Hurley's triangle c: 3-point #photography 📸

Golden Hour in Little Cottonwood Canyon (Utah). From a recent trip. 📸 #photography

Today is World Brain Day established by the World Federation of Neurology in 2014. This year's theme is Brain Health for All Ages. Enjoy your brain today and these brainy images from Flickr Commons!

It’s Sunday afternoon and thundershower is coming and going here in Austin, Texas. Not much wind so the water is shooting straight down. Flash flood warning again. My 13 yr old son is upstairs doing house chores while listening to Minecraft soundtrack and “Beyond the sea” by Bobby Darin.

A red-shouldered hawk, seen on my way to work this morning. I saw this one just perched on a lamp post, probably enjoying the morning sun, but surrounded by several angry Blue Jays. 📸🪶 #photography #birds

Hope you are enjoying your weekend. Earlier this afternoon, I was testing a lighting setup (inspired by Peter Hurley's triangle light) for an upcoming headshot session. 📸 #photography #selfportrait

A beautiful ER ladder in a Drosophila mushroom body output neuron. Will be interesting to discover why some neurons have the ladder and others don't.

What does a neuroscience pioneer look like? Dr. Kristen Harris has been at the forefront of studying the nanoscale 3D structures of brain cells, such as synapses. Studies done by her lab contributed greatly to our understanding of synapse structure and connections involved in learning and memory. 📸🧪

I recently had the honor of working with Mark Bernat, a world-renowned double bassist. In addition to leading an active career as a soloist, chamber musician, and orchestral player, Mark is passionate about bringing classical music to new and wider audiences. #photography #portrait #classicalmusic

These two PhD students spoke about the importance of their work: "If they go to a hospital, they're gonna get treated, but they don't see that we're the ones that are coming up with those cures in the first place—even going back to basic biology research, basic science research."

Today has been a blustery and dusty day in Austin, Texas. All that dust turned the sky pinkish brown, reminiscent of how a post-apocalyptic movie could be color-graded. On another note, the study section to review my NIH grant application submitted in November has been rescheduled to late March.

It's almost 9 AM on this cloudy Saturday in Austin, Texas, and I just wanted to remind you that you are loved and you are enough.

This is the thing about basic science… You never know where it will lead, and you cannot presuppose what commercial product comes out of it. They don’t tend to award Nobel Prizes for translational science. They award them for basic, often exploratory science.

These #SuperbOwls spent a few days in my front yard four years ago. I hope you are enjoying your weekend. #birds #photography 📸

Auschwitz was at the end of a long process. It did not start from gas chambers. This hatred was gradually developed by humans. From ideas, words, stereotypes & prejudice through legal exclusion, dehumanization & escalating violence... to systematic and industrial murder. Auschwitz took time.

Before panic sets it. The New NIH Director and Congress will want research to continue, so the machine will start up at some point. Keep writing papers and preparing proposals. AND educate the public about the key role peer review plays in science and the time and infrastructure investment needed

THEY DO NOT WANT YOU TO READ I AM BEGGING YOU TO READ THERE IS A REASON THEY DO NOT WANT YOU TO READ!! DON’T DO THEIR WORK FOR THEM BY REFUSING TO READ

"I see the real value of optogenetics as understanding. It’s a way to give us a deep, cellular-resolution, and causal understanding of the amazing things that happen in the brain." Portrait of Stanford Professor @deisseroth.bsky.social for the @nationalacademies.org. #NewHeroes

Got my ass kicked playing paintball today, first time in maybe 20 years.

In 2021, under the guise of preserving life, Texas politicians enacted the country’s most radical abortion ban. Since then, mothers and infants have died at alarming rates, and infertility, STDs, and complications have increased. @thebarbedwire.bsky.social thebarbedwire.com/2025/01/10/t...

Having a conversation with my speedlight for the last (#52) of my 2024 self-portrait challenge. #photography 📸 There are many things I learned from this project -- some highlights are: 1) I got to know my lighting equipment better, which means that... (1/3)

A rainy scene (simulated with glycerin on a clear plexiglass panel) for #51 of my 2024 self-portrait challenge. #photography 📸

A beautiful Christmas evening in Salt Lake City, Utah. #photography 📸

Inspired by old master painters (in case it's not obvious). #50 of my 2024 self-portrait challenge. #photography 📸

Just a couple of manual speedlights and a reflector for #49 of my 2024 self-portrait challenge. #photography 📸

Taking hints from Gregory Heisler again. This is #48 of my 2024 self-portrait challenge. #photography 📸

All that remained were long shadows and the warmth of the sun. Havana, Cuba (2017) #Leica SL #Photography

I've had this 8-inch acrylic globe lamp shade since January and wanted to use it as a practical. This is #47 of my 2024 self-portrait challenge. #photography 📸

<taps the sign> This chart is a decade old, and that gap between the United States and the rest of the developed world, which has better health outcomes by the way, has gotten larger. We should morally, ethically, and fiscally move to a single payer system. It’s also a national security issue.

An edgy look for #46 of my 2024 self-portrait challenge. Iterating on #16 with better separation from the background. Six more to make in 4 weeks before end of the year. #photography 📸

Trying to get better at white background with #45 of my 2024 self-portrait challenge. If this looks familiar, it is a variation of #38 I made a couple of months ago. #photography 📸

I enjoy using my 105mm lens. I just need to clear some space in my garage to make it more useful. #44 of my 2024 self-portrait challenge. #photography 📸

Share this if trans people are welcome and safe with you #TransAwarenessWeek #NOH8

Download our database of 492 (!) funding opportunities for EARLY-CAREER FACULTY AND RESEARCHERS. For each entry, we provide link to funder, description, amount, deadline, and eligibility criteria (e.g. citizenship). Download freely here: research.jhu.edu/rdt/funding-...

Posing at a makeshift table for #43 of my 2024 self-portrait challenge. 6 weeks left before end of the year, 9 more images to make. #photography 📸

Research funded by NIH generated $2.46 in economic activity for every $1 of funding in 2023 [a total of $92.9 billion] www.fiercebiotech.com/research/rep...