Make it Brain, PhD🧠
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Just trying to understand working memory in schizophrenia one postmortem micrograph at a time. I also collect human brains. Asst Prof. WVU➡️UAB➡️Pitt➡️UAB.
she/her, opinions mine.
she/her, opinions mine.
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Hi yall! I’m Dr. Kirsten Schoonover. I love pups, fish tanks, DSPAN Alums, flowy skirts, fluorescence, and measuring synaptic structures. Just trying to make postmortem research more representative, replicable, and rigorous. Show me your pretty cells!
It’s a beautiful day on UAB’s campus 💚
May 21, 2025 at 4:58 PM
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
May 21, 2025 at 2:15 PM
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.
It helps.
a man in a wolverine costume is holding a vacuum cleaner in his hands
ALT: a man in a wolverine costume is holding a vacuum cleaner in his hands
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April 30, 2025 at 3:39 AM
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.
It helps.
When science looks like food: meet Mr. Axon Avocado with a mitochondria “pit”
April 23, 2025 at 5:40 PM
When science looks like food: meet Mr. Axon Avocado with a mitochondria “pit”
I will never get tired of looking at semi-thins 😍
April 18, 2025 at 2:12 PM
I will never get tired of looking at semi-thins 😍
Making figures doesn’t have to be miserable
April 14, 2025 at 10:41 PM
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?
April 14, 2025 at 9:19 PM
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
April 13, 2025 at 7:54 PM
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 🥰
April 7, 2025 at 3:33 PM
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!
April 6, 2025 at 6:55 PM
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!
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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.
Good time to let your Senators know what you think of that.
March 27, 2025 at 12:36 AM
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.
Good time to let your Senators know what you think of that.
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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! 🌱
March 26, 2025 at 4:55 PM
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! 🌱
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Teen Warned Not To Accept Group Chat Invites From National Security Advisors She Doesn’t Know
March 26, 2025 at 3:00 PM
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
March 25, 2025 at 3:19 PM
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
March 21, 2025 at 3:54 PM
Things that make me auto follow an account after only seeing one post for 1200 Alex
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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.
March 20, 2025 at 9:27 PM
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.
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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.
That's one reason why the NIH diversity push was so important: it expanded the talent pool to look like America.
March 20, 2025 at 2:46 AM
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.
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”
March 20, 2025 at 2:47 PM
The number of times I am disappointed by the search results of “biscuits near me”
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Shared without comment.
March 19, 2025 at 11:18 PM
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This is Summit. He doesn't know why he would simply sit when he can boing instead. 13/10
March 18, 2025 at 9:46 PM
This is Summit. He doesn't know why he would simply sit when he can boing instead. 13/10
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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.
“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.
I wrote about the only way to survive the attack on academia and the mainstream media
www.vanityfair.com/news/story/t...
www.vanityfair.com/news/story/t...
Trump’s Assault Demands a United Front
The president’s strategy for attacking the media and academia is to divide and conquer. There’s a solution to that.
www.vanityfair.com
March 18, 2025 at 4:11 AM
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.
“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 🫡
March 15, 2025 at 8:37 PM
Alright yall, buckle up. We’ve got 4.5 hours of tornado watch 🫡
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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
#standupforscience
#scienceeqdemocracy
March 15, 2025 at 12:20 PM
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
#standupforscience
#scienceeqdemocracy
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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.
Schumer
Fetterman
Cortez Masto
Durbin
King
Shaheen
Gillibrand
Schatz
Hassan
Peters
Don’t let them forget it. No peace for them.
March 14, 2025 at 8:57 PM
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.
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
March 14, 2025 at 8:40 PM
Is beer or wine better for a government shutdown and tornadoes