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Dr. Jaye Gardiner
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Scientist| Illustrator| Co-founder @jkxcomics.bsky.social| Absurdity at its finest| The Gardiner of @thegardinerlab.bsky.social | she/her

👩🏾‍🔬 www.jayegardiner.com
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My tenth ASCB/ Cell Bio meeting; my first meeting as a PI. I love the amazing community I have and am so excited for our new and future labs 🥰

Until next time! #CellBio2025
Group of people (all scientists, all faculty) smiling for a photo (left to right): Adelita Mendoza, Jaye Gardiner, Tigist Tamir, Mary Munson, Chantell Evans, Cornelius Taabazuing, Donita Brady, Christie Towers, and Krishna Mudumbi Photo of several Leading Edge fellows (all women scientists) smiling for a group photo (left to right): Dr. Jaye Gardiner, Dr. Joan Pulupa, Dr. Ally Nguyen, Dr. Melissa Pamula, Dr. Tina Termini, Dr. Ewa Bomba-Warzcak, and Dr. Tigist Tamir Group photo of MOSAIC K99 fellows, the MOSAIC program organizer, and the co-directors of the ASCB MOSAIC Program. List of people in the photo (attempted left to right but folks are bunched): Front row: Tigist Tamir, Erica Rodriguez, Jaye Gardiner Middle row: Ewa Bomba-Warzcak, Jennifer Landino, Adelita Mendoza, Durre Muhammad, Leah Gates, Joan Pulupa, Evan Ratzan, Laura Newman, Kalynda Gonzales Stokes Back row: Mike Boyce, Karl-Frederic Vieux, Mary Munson, Chrystal Starbird Photo of Leading Edge fellows (all women scientists many leading their own labs) around a candlelit table for dinner (left to right): Dr. Meghna Gupta, Dr. Tina Termini, Dr. Rebecca Adikes, Dr. Melissa Pamula, Dr. Lexy von Diezman , Dr. Ally Nguyen, Dr. Jaye Gardiner, Dr. Amelie Raz, and Dr. Joan Pulupa
December 10, 2025 at 5:08 PM
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Article out by @statnews.com profiling the terminated MOSAIC K99 program even though the goals fulfilled what the NIH says are their priorities: www.statnews.com/2025/12/08/t...

If you’re at #CellBio2025 coming to the MOSAIC scholar session today at 5:30pm in room 116!
Screenshot of CellBio app. It reads: Spotlight: What’s next: Cell Biology from ASCB MOSAIC Program Alumni Location: 116 Date: Monday Dec 8 5:30PM Duration: 1 hour 15 minutes In this session, six alumni of the ASCB MOSAIC Program (AMP) will present their latest research on a range of cell biology topics. The goal of the NIH-funded MOSAIC program, now concluded, was to diversify the tenure track faculty at research-intensive universities nationwide. AMP alumni are leaders in both their subfields of cell biology and in advancing equity and inclusion in the academic biosciences. Learning objectives include gaining new knowledge of cutting-edge cell biology research and networking with rising-star speakers.
December 8, 2025 at 3:53 PM
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I have one other panel on Tues @ 4PM in room 126A. We’re discussing navigating your career in challenging times - come by if you’re here! #CellBio2025
Screenshot of the Cell Bio 2025 app. It reads: Speaker Jaye Gardiner Professional Development: Thriving in Uncertain Times: Navigating Career and Funding Challenges @ Tuesday, Dec 9 4:00PM Information not in the screenshot - it’s in room 126A
December 7, 2025 at 11:42 PM
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Panel 1 at #CellBio2025 done! (And forgot to mention I was on a panel - whoops)

Thanks Mike Boyce and Monica Quiones-Frias for the invite and the 100+ people in attendance asking questions about the transition to independence.

Was very fun being on a panel with my friends in academia and industry!
Group of 7 people smiling for a photo. From left to right the people are: Dr. Michael Boyce, Dr. Porsha Howell, Dr. Jaye Gardiner, Dr. Jennifer Landino, Dr. Joan Pulupa, Dr. Christine Vazquez, and Dr. Monica Quiones-Frias
December 7, 2025 at 11:42 PM
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Powerful words from Dr. Bryan Dewsbury (@dewsbury.bsky.social) from the #CellBio2025 Education keynote:

“When I stand in front of a classroom, I tell students that I am interested in being more than their destination to a final grade”
Picture of a man (Dr. Bryan Dewsbury) standing in front standing in front of a projected PowerPoint slide with the title “Education and Democracy: Making civic behaviors explicit in STEM courses)
December 7, 2025 at 6:03 PM
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First science session of #CellBio2025! 🧫🧪

Co-organized by @iaincheeseman.bsky.social and @abbybuch.bsky.social on the importance of the physiological context on studying cell biology. As a big fan of the ECM, I couldn’t agree more!
Photo of a PowerPoint slide that reads: “what is ‘physiological cell biology’?” Underneath is a depiction of (left to right) gears, gears in a cell, a highlighted green cell in a liver. The corresponding words above it say molecular function <-> cellular organization <-> organismal context Photo of a PowerPoint slide that reads “traders between simplicity and fidelity in cell biology” Underneath is a graph with simplicity on the X-axis and fidelity on y-axis. 4 points are within this space: 2D cell culture is high simplicity low fidelity, unicellular eukaryotes are high simplicity high fidelity, mammals are low simplicity high fidelity, and 3D cell culture is mid simplicity mid fidelity
December 6, 2025 at 3:16 PM
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Packed room for the opening mentoring keynote by Maggie Werner Washburne talking about the importance of imagination in science and persistence

#CellBio2025
Photo of a full audience of 100+ people listening to Dr. Maggie Werner Washburne who’s at the lectern. A PowerPoint slide is projected with a photo of students and on it is written: “Imagination: Principles: * Know your heart * Look for the positive or the blessing in everything * Embrace who you are and bring it to the table * Show gratitude/finish well”
December 6, 2025 at 2:16 PM
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What’s up Philly?! It’s been 5 months but I’m back! Ready for @ascbiology.bsky.social #CellBio2025
A blurry, uncentered, and slightly askant photo of the Philadelphia skyline taken from a moving car
December 5, 2025 at 5:40 PM
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Choosing joy: got to go to the Eagle stadium last week and this week their Super Bowl champs! Book ending my time in Philly
Photo in the tunnel leading out to the Eagles stadium with the big words “Fly Eagles Fly” hung up above Photo of me and my partner at the press conference room in the Eagles stadium
February 10, 2025 at 3:25 AM
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All of this is reminding me of when I was on a panel at the 2023 San Diego Comic Con. The panel was titled “Dr. Evil: Scientists as Supervillains” and one of the questions we were asked was what would be our villain origin story.

I didn’t really have an answer back then but I do now.
Photo of a room with people as more enter to fill it. In the foreground is a miniature replica of an orange 3D printed statue of myself and on the right side of the foreground is the back of a table tent sign displaying my name. Most of the font is too small for me to read but at the very bottom in bold it says “Jaye Gardiner” and at the bottom is the date, time, and title of the panel (Sunday 2:30PM to 3:30PM Dr. Evil: Scientists as Villains)
January 31, 2025 at 1:05 AM
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Closing out my postdoc with a bang! I’ve been selected as 1 of 10 Young Investigators dedicated to #RareDisease research for this year’s draft!

It’s a true football style draft (😅) and I’m going to the Link! 🦅

Learn more about the org and event here: bit.ly/yid2025
Graphic with a photo of Jaye Gardiner (Black woman with shoulder length curly hair, wearing dark green glasses and black dress with a white science test tube design) on the left hand side. On the right side is a dark blue background with a circular stamp saying “the young investigator draft”. additional text reads: Rare Cancers Fox Chase Cancer Center Nominated by: Pancreatic Cancer Cure Foundation (PCCF) In a bright lime green font, Jaye Gardiner is written at the top in large letters and the Uplifting Athletes symbol (the letters U and A overlapping vertically) is in the bottom right hand corner.
January 22, 2025 at 6:44 PM
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Yay!! Your book finally arrived @galegalligan.bsky.social!! I can’t wait to read it!! And it fits perfectly next to Freestyle on my alphabetized comic book shelves 🥰
Photo of me holding the hard cover original graphic novel from the sensational Gale Galligan. The cover is of a child entering a school, throwing up peace signs on both hands. There are other school children in the foreground. The title of the book is at the top and reads “Fresh Start” in large letters and the tagline underneath reads “New school. New friends. New challenges”. At the bottom it reads “New York times bestselling author Gale Galligan” Photo of the “F” section of my bookshelves housing many graphic novels including Fresh Start next to Gale’s first OGN (original graphic novel) Freestyle. List of the books shown from left to right are: Feral: Indoor Cats, Fever Knights, Five Worlds: The Sand Warrior, Five Worlds: The Cobalt Prince, Five Worlds: The Red Maze, Five Worlds The Amber Anthem, Five Worlds: The Emerald Gate, Flavor Girls, Fox on the Table, Freestyle, Fresh Start, Frizzy, Gaining STEAM by JKX Comics (this is my anthology!), Gender: A Graphic Guide, Ghost Cage, Ghosted in LA, Giant Days, and the Girls with Slingshots compendium.
January 14, 2025 at 3:46 AM
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Stay classy #CellBio2024
Photo of a plane ascending above thick fog in San Diego, the city light barely discernible in the distance
December 19, 2024 at 11:49 AM
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Hello San Diego!!

Excited to be here for #CellBio2024!

I’m co-chairing 2 sessions and have a poster - and after the science and art session, I’ll be at the #SciArt show!

Come learn about my science, @thegardinerlab.bsky.social plans & opportunities, and my #SciComm #comics!
Photo of San Diego as the plane descends to land Screenshot that reads: What’s next: Cell Biology from the ASCB MOSAIC Scholars Location: Room 31B Date: Monday, Dec 16 8:45 am Duration: 1 hour 30 minutes Screenshot that reads: Science and Art: Bridging Two Creative Universes Location: Room 33B Date: Tuesday, Dec 17 5:00 pm Duration: 1 hour 30 minutes Screen shot that reads: P2531 Role of the BAF Complex in Pancreatic Cancer-Associated Fibroblast Function [Board No. B139] Session Posters: ECM Interaction Location: Exhibit Halls D-G Date: Tuesday, Dec 17 11:15 AM Duration: 1 hour 30 minutes
December 13, 2024 at 9:00 PM
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Crocheting a model of a cell sounds like a cool and challenging thing though… 🤔
Screenshot from my Bluesky roast predicting something I’d post in the future. It reads: Future post “Just finished my first lab session of the semester—remember to add alt text, folks! Also, did I mention I crocheted a model of the cell today? 🎨🦠”
December 2, 2024 at 1:49 AM
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This was way nicer than I expected!

But yes I’ll remind you about alt-text and I use emojis as punctuation online 😂

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Screenshot from my results from the Bluesky roast website. Top part shows my profile picture and bio recap (3,885 followers, 176 posts, following 441; scientist| illustrator| co-founder @jkxcomics.bsky.social| absurdity at its finest| incoming asst. professor of @thegardinerlab.bsky.social| she/her). Bottom half of image has the “roast” written in light blue text on a white background. It reads: Dr. Jaye Gardiner: The Alt-Text Advocate Extraordinaire! Where science meets sass and inclusivity reigns supreme. “100% genuine, with a sprinkle of absurdity”
December 2, 2024 at 1:32 AM
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Here’s a video from this year’s San Diego Comic Con at the “Arcane: Magic vs Tech” panel
November 20, 2024 at 5:45 PM
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(3) My combination of science and illustration also makes me a science communicator. I’ve got to do this in a variety of venues from classic outreach to linking science an pop culture at San Diego Comic Con to talking to folks at a life size 3D printed statue of myself (😅)
Photo of me (Black woman with large curly hair in green glasses and a science themed dress) holding a microscope next to the orange 3D printed version of myself posing the same way.
November 20, 2024 at 5:40 PM
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(2) I’m a self-taught illustrator! I co-founded @jkxcomics.bsky.social in grad school to get science out from behind paywalls and remove the jargon so more people can have access and exposure to science.
Monochromatic illustrations of the JKX Comics co-founders. From left to right: Jaye Gardiner (me) in blue, Khoa (pronounced ‘Kwa’) Tran in red, and Kelly Montgomery in blue Illustration of Marie Van Brittan Brown, a Black woman wearing a black collared shirt. Background is a light aqua with her name written above her head in a darker aqua color. Comic: Illustration of a young boy at a desk near a poster of George Washington Carver with a teacher saying “This could be you”. Bottom, illustration of a mother and father watching the young Jerry Lawson play. Text reads: Growing up in Queens, NY, Jerry Lawson’s draw to science stemmed from representation, a kind teacher, and his parents’ encouragement
November 20, 2024 at 5:40 PM
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Next year I’ll be a #NewPI: an Assistant Professor at Tufts University starting my own lab wanting to understand how viruses affect fibroblasts and that fibrous network (called the extracellular matrix) to make an environment supportive for cancer to flourish.
Illustration of a teal colored microscope in a circle surrounded by coral colored flowers. On the microscope are the words: science, IDEA, art, and education. For context, IDEA stands for Inclusivity, Diversity, Equity, and Accessibility. Above the microscope, arched in dark teal is the name Gardiner, and below the base of the microscope is the word lab.
November 20, 2024 at 5:31 PM
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What I do: A lot of things! (1) I’m a scientist by training. I did my PhD w/ @natesherer.bsky.social studying how HIV spreads btwn cells and postdoc w/ @tme-caf-ecm.bsky.social studying how the non-cancerous cells called fibroblasts and the networks of fibers they secrete support pancreatic cancer.
Illustration of my PhD mentor Dr. Nate Sherer (white man with blue eyes and brown hair starting to gray) smiling in a plaid shirt. Illustration of my postdoc advisor Dr. Edna Cukierman (light skinned Mexican woman with shoulder length straight brown hair) smiling in her iconic burgundy glasses
November 20, 2024 at 5:31 PM
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A few fun facts:

I love cartoons and comics and rarely watch things with actual humans in it.

I have no attention span for movies and I will disappoint you (no, I have not seen Star Wars or LotR).

I’ve never had a cup of coffee.

Crochet fiend (I track/graph progress).

Proudly left handed.
Gray crocheted plushie of Totoro from the Miyazaki film “My Neighbor Totoro” that I made for my husband’s niece. In the background is a gray bowl chair that the Totoro is nearly the same height as.
November 20, 2024 at 5:31 PM
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Woke up to over 2k followers - thanks! And hi! I should probably do a reintroduction.

Who am I: A generally positive and goofy person that’s very empathetic. I care about improving things in whatever little ways I can including making things accessible (add alt-text reminders for photos/GIFs!) 🧪🐡
Photo of Dr. Jaye Gardiner (me), a Black woman with large black curly hair and wearing glasses. She’s forming a peace sign near her face and is wearing a black tshirt that reads “Black Proud & Educated” in a large white font. Photo of me with decorated child shield, sword, and helmet for my PhD “defense” (gifts from my friends at home because they weren’t sure what a defense was)
November 20, 2024 at 5:31 PM
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Dr. Leah Cook kicking off the afternoon session “Inflammation, the immune microenvironment, and the systemic interface“ at #AACRtumorenviron24
Photo of Dr. Leah cook at the lectern about to start her presentation. Projected slide on the left reads the title of her presentation, “Deciphering the mechanisms of neutrophil immune response in bone metastatic prostate cancer”
November 19, 2024 at 7:45 PM
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Equally proud being a trainee in Eti’s lab (@tme-caf-ecm.bsky.social) as she presents the latest research at #AACRtumorenviron2024
Photo of Dr. Edna Cukierman at a podium to present her talk at the 2024 AACR Tumor microenvironment meeting.
November 19, 2024 at 1:53 PM