Stacey Ogden 🦔
@labogden.bsky.social
Cell and Developmental Biologist @ St. Jude Children's Research Hospital - 🦔 signaling in 🧠🫀&🫁 - science 🧪, academia, DevBio research, mentoring, scicomm, 🔬 images, birds 🪶, dogs, hikes - fueled by ☕ & 🧘🏼♀️ - Y’all means all - Views my own
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Stacey Ogden 🦔
@labogden.bsky.social
· Nov 18
Mentoring is the most important thing most of us can do. Here is a 🧵about what I've learned as a PI running an academic research lab. I hope some of the advice is helpful to those who are just starting their labs and to folks hitting the academic job market in search of an independent position 🧪 1/n
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You dont have to be in the profession of science to contribute to science. You can do publishable research as a hobbyist too.
November 21, 2025 at 3:07 PM
You dont have to be in the profession of science to contribute to science. You can do publishable research as a hobbyist too.
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Exploring the living world, with whatever means you have, without any sifting for grander purpose or ulterior motives, is such a unique high. There is so much beauty and so many stories to tell around the proverbial campfire, and so many people are missing out.
Gotta fix this.
Gotta fix this.
November 21, 2025 at 2:47 PM
Exploring the living world, with whatever means you have, without any sifting for grander purpose or ulterior motives, is such a unique high. There is so much beauty and so many stories to tell around the proverbial campfire, and so many people are missing out.
Gotta fix this.
Gotta fix this.
Just in time for Thanksgiving 😂
November 21, 2025 at 3:12 PM
Just in time for Thanksgiving 😂
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In a short time, we’ll have fake AI scientists fabricating fake AI results reviewed by fake AI reviewers. This data will then be text-mined by AI and ultimately delivered to mindless AI consumers.
Finally the scary example. The image of a western blot with a time course experiment, staining a protein of interest, showing the increase of protein over time and a second staining with a control antibody that does not change over time
November 21, 2025 at 2:49 PM
In a short time, we’ll have fake AI scientists fabricating fake AI results reviewed by fake AI reviewers. This data will then be text-mined by AI and ultimately delivered to mindless AI consumers.
Horrifying.
I really hope there is some sort of information embedded in these AI generated "data" image files that journals will be able to use to identify this type of fabrication. 🧪
I suspect zero chance a reviewer would identify this as being fake.
I really hope there is some sort of information embedded in these AI generated "data" image files that journals will be able to use to identify this type of fabrication. 🧪
I suspect zero chance a reviewer would identify this as being fake.
Finally the scary example. The image of a western blot with a time course experiment, staining a protein of interest, showing the increase of protein over time and a second staining with a control antibody that does not change over time
November 21, 2025 at 3:10 PM
Horrifying.
I really hope there is some sort of information embedded in these AI generated "data" image files that journals will be able to use to identify this type of fabrication. 🧪
I suspect zero chance a reviewer would identify this as being fake.
I really hope there is some sort of information embedded in these AI generated "data" image files that journals will be able to use to identify this type of fabrication. 🧪
I suspect zero chance a reviewer would identify this as being fake.
Most boring real life adult thing one must occasionally do...
Look for the "best deal" on tires.
So lame.
🥱
Look for the "best deal" on tires.
So lame.
🥱
November 19, 2025 at 3:03 PM
Most boring real life adult thing one must occasionally do...
Look for the "best deal" on tires.
So lame.
🥱
Look for the "best deal" on tires.
So lame.
🥱
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Our lab is seeking a Postdoctoral Fellow. The position is intentionally broad, as we are looking for outstanding researchers from diverse scientific backgrounds to advance our understanding of cilia and ciliopathies: academicpositions.harvard.edu/postings/15526
HMS - Postdoctoral Fellow in BCMP, Brown Lab
We invite applicants for a postdoctoral fellow position in the Brown lab at Harvard Medical School in Boston, Massachusetts. The Brown lab uses structural, biophysical, and biochemical approaches to d...
academicpositions.harvard.edu
November 18, 2025 at 8:05 PM
Our lab is seeking a Postdoctoral Fellow. The position is intentionally broad, as we are looking for outstanding researchers from diverse scientific backgrounds to advance our understanding of cilia and ciliopathies: academicpositions.harvard.edu/postings/15526
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I was browsing through NASA’s Photojournal archive when I found this historic image of Saturn, taken by Voyager 2 on Aug. 11, 1981.
The spacecraft was about 14.7 million kilometres away when the picture was captured.
Image credit: NASA/JPL
➡️ science.nasa.gov/photojournal...
🔭 🧪 #histsci
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I was browsing through NASA’s Photojournal archive when I found this historic image of Saturn, taken by Voyager 2 on Aug. 11, 1981.
The spacecraft was about 14.7 million kilometres away when the picture was captured.
Image credit: NASA/JPL
➡️ science.nasa.gov/photojournal...
🔭 🧪 #histsci
1/5
November 18, 2025 at 6:15 PM
🧵
I was browsing through NASA’s Photojournal archive when I found this historic image of Saturn, taken by Voyager 2 on Aug. 11, 1981.
The spacecraft was about 14.7 million kilometres away when the picture was captured.
Image credit: NASA/JPL
➡️ science.nasa.gov/photojournal...
🔭 🧪 #histsci
1/5
I was browsing through NASA’s Photojournal archive when I found this historic image of Saturn, taken by Voyager 2 on Aug. 11, 1981.
The spacecraft was about 14.7 million kilometres away when the picture was captured.
Image credit: NASA/JPL
➡️ science.nasa.gov/photojournal...
🔭 🧪 #histsci
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Ten days left to apply to be a @crick.ac.uk Early Career Group Leader
Closing date 27th November
www.crick.ac.uk/careers-stud...
Closing date 27th November
www.crick.ac.uk/careers-stud...
November 17, 2025 at 11:55 AM
Ten days left to apply to be a @crick.ac.uk Early Career Group Leader
Closing date 27th November
www.crick.ac.uk/careers-stud...
Closing date 27th November
www.crick.ac.uk/careers-stud...
Lots of folks dislike how early it gets dark during this time of year.
Hot take: I love it because my office has a west facing window and golden hour looks gorgeous from my desk 🤩
It's just what I need to recharge for the last couple/few hours of the day 🌇
Hot take: I love it because my office has a west facing window and golden hour looks gorgeous from my desk 🤩
It's just what I need to recharge for the last couple/few hours of the day 🌇
November 13, 2025 at 9:48 PM
Lots of folks dislike how early it gets dark during this time of year.
Hot take: I love it because my office has a west facing window and golden hour looks gorgeous from my desk 🤩
It's just what I need to recharge for the last couple/few hours of the day 🌇
Hot take: I love it because my office has a west facing window and golden hour looks gorgeous from my desk 🤩
It's just what I need to recharge for the last couple/few hours of the day 🌇
HUGE congratulations to Miriam Dillard-Stroud for being recognized as a @stjuderesearch.bsky.social Living Our Values Ambassador! Miriam is a GREAT collaborator to everyone in the St. Jude community! This is a very well-deserved honor! 🥳🤩🙌
November 13, 2025 at 7:35 PM
HUGE congratulations to Miriam Dillard-Stroud for being recognized as a @stjuderesearch.bsky.social Living Our Values Ambassador! Miriam is a GREAT collaborator to everyone in the St. Jude community! This is a very well-deserved honor! 🥳🤩🙌
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At risk of flogging a dead horse: this whole letter is a reminder that the creative process is an end in and of itself, and vital to self-actualisation. You can’t experience BECOMING, as he puts it, by outsourcing it to ChatGPT.
In 2006 a high school English teacher asked students to write to a famous author & ask for advice.
KURT VONNEGUT - born 103yrs ago today - was the only one to respond.
His reply was a doozy.
KURT VONNEGUT - born 103yrs ago today - was the only one to respond.
His reply was a doozy.
November 11, 2025 at 10:44 AM
At risk of flogging a dead horse: this whole letter is a reminder that the creative process is an end in and of itself, and vital to self-actualisation. You can’t experience BECOMING, as he puts it, by outsourcing it to ChatGPT.
I'm so happy for you @pgtimmune.bsky.social! I am also very sad about how much I'm going to miss you here at SJ! I'm crying and clapping at the same time! 😭 👏 🧪
Viral immunologist @pgtimmune.bsky.social, who recently joined Fred Hutch's Vaccine and Infectious Diseases Division, aims to harness the "incredible potential" of the immune system to advance diagnostics, vaccines and cancer therapies. bit.ly/3WJVpos
Viral immunologist taps ‘incredible potential’ of immune system
New Fred Hutch Cancer Center viral immunologist Dr. Paul Thomas is working to turn the "incredible potential" of the immune system into real-life diagnostic and therapeutic applications. He studies ho...
bit.ly
November 7, 2025 at 6:24 PM
I'm so happy for you @pgtimmune.bsky.social! I am also very sad about how much I'm going to miss you here at SJ! I'm crying and clapping at the same time! 😭 👏 🧪
I feel fortunate to have attended the 2025 Cold Spring Harbor Asia meeting on unconventional protein secretion in Suzhou, China. The science was fantastic! Curious about what we discussed? ✅ out the conference summary - published today! 🧪
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
Beyond the Secretory Pathway: New Insights Into Protein Release
While proteins bearing N-terminal signal or leader sequences are secreted via the ER-Golgi-plasma membrane axis of the conventional secretion pathway, many cytosolic proteins lacking signaling sequen...
onlinelibrary.wiley.com
November 6, 2025 at 4:27 PM
I feel fortunate to have attended the 2025 Cold Spring Harbor Asia meeting on unconventional protein secretion in Suzhou, China. The science was fantastic! Curious about what we discussed? ✅ out the conference summary - published today! 🧪
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
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In America, the power belongs to the people.
This Election Day, millions will make their voices heard — choosing governors, mayors, school boards, and judges who will shape their communities and our future.
Find your polling place at IWillVote.com.
This Election Day, millions will make their voices heard — choosing governors, mayors, school boards, and judges who will shape their communities and our future.
Find your polling place at IWillVote.com.
November 4, 2025 at 4:56 PM
In America, the power belongs to the people.
This Election Day, millions will make their voices heard — choosing governors, mayors, school boards, and judges who will shape their communities and our future.
Find your polling place at IWillVote.com.
This Election Day, millions will make their voices heard — choosing governors, mayors, school boards, and judges who will shape their communities and our future.
Find your polling place at IWillVote.com.
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Scientists have engineered a modified form of florfenicol that uses the drug resistance mechanisms of Mycobacterium abscessus, which causes hard-to-treat infections due to its complex antibiotic resistance system, to activate and amplify its own antibiotic effect. ow.ly/oauk50XklPT
Approach to combat antibiotic resistance turns bacterium’s genes against it
See how scientists hack bacterial resistance to chloramphenicol to boost antibiotic power against mycobacterium abscessus, offering safer, targeted treatment
ow.ly
October 30, 2025 at 2:00 PM
Scientists have engineered a modified form of florfenicol that uses the drug resistance mechanisms of Mycobacterium abscessus, which causes hard-to-treat infections due to its complex antibiotic resistance system, to activate and amplify its own antibiotic effect. ow.ly/oauk50XklPT
Love it! 🧪 🔬
Happy Halloween and Happy Fluorescence Friday 🎃✨
#ScienceCostumes #FluorescenceFriday #SuperResolution #PALMSTORM #LabLife
#ScienceCostumes #FluorescenceFriday #SuperResolution #PALMSTORM #LabLife
October 31, 2025 at 7:56 PM
Love it! 🧪 🔬
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Timeline cleanse: I present a series of photos of irritated animals
October 31, 2025 at 12:18 PM
Timeline cleanse: I present a series of photos of irritated animals
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For this #FluorescenceFriday I wanted to share this spooky eye from a squid embryo! 👁️🦑
October 31, 2025 at 4:18 PM
For this #FluorescenceFriday I wanted to share this spooky eye from a squid embryo! 👁️🦑
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Rise of the Arteries — a lightsheet image capturing the intricate vascular network of a developing mouse heart.
By visualising endothelial and smooth muscle cells in 3D, researchers at IDRM reveal the beauty of coronary vessel formation.
📷 Credit: Konstantinos Miti & Polen Bareke
By visualising endothelial and smooth muscle cells in 3D, researchers at IDRM reveal the beauty of coronary vessel formation.
📷 Credit: Konstantinos Miti & Polen Bareke
October 30, 2025 at 3:28 PM
Rise of the Arteries — a lightsheet image capturing the intricate vascular network of a developing mouse heart.
By visualising endothelial and smooth muscle cells in 3D, researchers at IDRM reveal the beauty of coronary vessel formation.
📷 Credit: Konstantinos Miti & Polen Bareke
By visualising endothelial and smooth muscle cells in 3D, researchers at IDRM reveal the beauty of coronary vessel formation.
📷 Credit: Konstantinos Miti & Polen Bareke
It's Halloween 🎃 #FlourescenceFriday! Here is a microscopic pumpkin generated by showing a cell nucleus in 🟠 with the primary cilium "stem" in 🟢! I hope everyone has a spooky 👻 day! 🔬 by @stjuderesearch.bsky.social grad student Christina Wang. 🧪
October 31, 2025 at 3:14 PM
It's Halloween 🎃 #FlourescenceFriday! Here is a microscopic pumpkin generated by showing a cell nucleus in 🟠 with the primary cilium "stem" in 🟢! I hope everyone has a spooky 👻 day! 🔬 by @stjuderesearch.bsky.social grad student Christina Wang. 🧪
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ATTN: Two faculty positions are available in my department (neuroscience) at the University of Minnesota. This is a general search with no topic focus. November 20th application deadline.
Apply here: hr.umn.edu/jobs/Find-Job
Assistant Prof job code: 364920
Associate/Full Prof job code: 364921
Apply here: hr.umn.edu/jobs/Find-Job
Assistant Prof job code: 364920
Associate/Full Prof job code: 364921
October 30, 2025 at 3:59 PM
ATTN: Two faculty positions are available in my department (neuroscience) at the University of Minnesota. This is a general search with no topic focus. November 20th application deadline.
Apply here: hr.umn.edu/jobs/Find-Job
Assistant Prof job code: 364920
Associate/Full Prof job code: 364921
Apply here: hr.umn.edu/jobs/Find-Job
Assistant Prof job code: 364920
Associate/Full Prof job code: 364921
Share widely - especially with your friends and family who aren't in science! 🧪
www.youtube.com/watch?v=yLvO...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=yLvO...
Top researchers consider leaving U.S. amid funding cuts: 'The science world is ending'
YouTube video by PBS NewsHour
www.youtube.com
October 30, 2025 at 2:45 PM
Share widely - especially with your friends and family who aren't in science! 🧪
www.youtube.com/watch?v=yLvO...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=yLvO...
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Well reported story on the PBS News Hour about science cuts and the ongoing and potential brain drain.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=yLvO...
Thanks to Terrance Tao and other scientists at various career stages for having the courage to speak out.
Watch and share!
1/7
www.youtube.com/watch?v=yLvO...
Thanks to Terrance Tao and other scientists at various career stages for having the courage to speak out.
Watch and share!
1/7
Top researchers consider leaving U.S. amid funding cuts: 'The science world is ending'
YouTube video by PBS NewsHour
www.youtube.com
October 30, 2025 at 11:36 AM
Well reported story on the PBS News Hour about science cuts and the ongoing and potential brain drain.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=yLvO...
Thanks to Terrance Tao and other scientists at various career stages for having the courage to speak out.
Watch and share!
1/7
www.youtube.com/watch?v=yLvO...
Thanks to Terrance Tao and other scientists at various career stages for having the courage to speak out.
Watch and share!
1/7