When you’re a scientific researcher, you plan your NIH grant proposals months or years in advance. You can submit the most common type of grant to one of only three review periods per year-February, June, and October. Your life starts to take on a rhythm with those submission deadlines.

I guess there's no better opportunity for a first Bluesky skeet (?) than to announce that I recently successfully defended my PhD thesis! Grateful for my incredible advisors (Michael Heinz and @haribharadwaj.bsky.social) and the fantastic labs and community that made this possible!