Bluesky hive mind: if you are invited to be interviewed for a podcast, how do you determine if you should do it or not? It’s a real podcast (Spotify, apple, etc have it), but how do I research it?

Tough PhD timing - the cohort that started in 2020 (Covid) and finished by 2025 (waves hands) speaks out about their career high's and low's, how they coped and what they are doing to navigate the chaotic job market. Reporting by @scattercushion.bsky.social.

www.nature.com/articles/d41...

Know anyone who started grad school around 2020 and is now graduating? Now you do! 👇

Scientists who began their doctoral studies in 2020 found their feet during a global pandemic and are graduating into an uncertain and chaotic future

go.nature.com/45asSNK

Stoked for @moriel-z.bsky.social! www.hhmi.org/programs/fre...

You have three days, starting today, to leave a public comment with the FDA about, say, why COVID-19 boosters should remain available to everyone and also free. "Individual consumer" is the category you most likely want (unless you are one of the other categories; if so, choose that).

GUYS. The comment period for this ends in THREE DAYS. PLEASE if you have even a little bit of time, submit a comment here: www.regulations.gov/commenton/FD...

Let them know EVERYONE should be able to get COVID vaccines. They BACK DOWN when WE PUSH BACK. www.statnews.com/2025/05/20/f...

If you think COVID vaccines should continue to be available to all: take 5 min and add your comments at the link below. (Advice for what to say in the linked thread.)

Anyone have a U Utah doctoral gown I can borrow for some senior pics? 🥹

Each worm lab selects a 2-3 letter allele designation. I was coming to Brandeis so I picked 'oy'. I finally have a worm colleague in my Dept - Josh Meisel - who is fabulous btw. I just convinced him to pick 'vey'. Now we need to make a double mutant. (Yes - I am very pleased with myself).

Anyone here get their thesis printed from a company other than ProQuest?

University of Utah folks: I will be giving a talk Wednesday at 4pm for the Microbial Pathogenesis Seminar Series. I was invited by the SACNAS students, and am excited to be able to spend time with them!

Co-release of opposing signaling molecules from cortical neurons controls the escalation and release of aggression https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.03.13.643119v1

Pre-print on my thesis work out now! 🎉

www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

Officially Dr, Gatlin! 🎉

Today’s the day!

My thesis defense date is official! And yes I put my cat and Tac2 neurons on my poster 🥰

The mighty Yoshi

I participated in a faculty panel a few weeks ago in which senior (ahem) faculty gave advice on careers in academia by pretending luck had very little to do with our success. One piece of advice riled me up, in which it was argued that a reason for their success was their ability to say no. 1/