Julienne Rutherford, professional placentrix

Monster thread (with links and gifs!) hyping our new paper “#Womb2Womb: Maternal litter size and birth weight but not adult characteristics predict early neonatal death of offspring in the common marmoset monkey” out today in @PLOS: journals.plos.org/plosone/articl… 1/

As @JNRutherford said….HERE’S TO SEEING THINGS MORE CLEARLY. Let’s go, PhD Year 2! @UAZNursing #phdlife #nursescientist #research

@slimhiney That’s my super cool big brother.

Speed Kills! Righteous mag out of Chicago by Scott Rutherford.

@robingnelson “certainly making an effort” is so very comforting.

@robingnelson The hottest of hot hot garbage.

@stefanie_boyles @TheAtlantic @KatherineJWu #TeamPlacenta is always recruiting!

@JNRutherford @TheAtlantic @KatherineJWu SO GOOD! Now I want to go read more about the placenta 🤓. Thank you for your work and for sending it!!

Stoked to be in @TheAtlantic article by @KatherineJWu on #preeclampsia: "...a clinical strategy that pushes for…long-term sexual monogamy puts medical professionals in the position of actively prescribing a very…limited vision of human sexuality" theatlantic.com/health/archive…

@stefanie_boyles @TheAtlantic @KatherineJWu I’ll send it to you!

@JNRutherford @TheAtlantic @KatherineJWu Very cool! 🤓 Wish I could read the whole article!

@elisecnm @birthcenters I wish I had known about this! My dear friend Karie Stewart of @UICnursing and Melanated Midwives was the closing keynote!

Of course we are working on these projects outside of group but this has been a big part of keeping everyone motivated and and supported and the results speak for themselves!

WAG BRAG! I have been leading a faculty writing accountability group (WAG) since March 2023 at @uaznursing. In a total of 76 person-hours, 7 people have worked on 18 grants, 16 publications, 3 conference abstracts, and 2 presentations, leading to great outcomes!

Reminder: @BiologicalAnth award noms due 10/15! Nomination is a SINGLE document. One-page nom letter can be signed by multiple signatories, but additional letters of support are not necessary or encouraged. Have as many writers/signatories as you want! bioanth.org/about/awards-f…

Nurses/Faculty: If you or your mentees are interested in pursuing a Nursing PhD to study maternal health/pregnancy/fetal development/placenta/birth outcomes/DOHaD please consider @UAZNursing! We’re doing some really exciting stuff (and it’s a remote program so max flexibility).

@robingnelson *peak*

@boyles_stefanie @HABrazeau When I was in grad school I worked at a vintage clothing store and fantasized about dropping out and doing that full time. But instead I stuck with the PhD AND my love for vintage fashion.

@JNRutherford @HABrazeau I was just going to say hiking. You’re so cool, Dr. R! 😆

Correction and more facts: Excitedly assigned whales one too many cervixes! 2 cervixes can theoretically occur in all mammals, a condition called uterus didelphys,but it’s rare. But our favorite weirdos, the marsupials (I don’t know if ALL marsupials), have 2 cervixes on the reg.

In the original post you can see the placenta looks kind of like a croissant. That’s because the whale uterus is bicornuate (single vagina with 2 cervixes opening into 2 separate uterine horns) and this gorgeous placenta is shaped the same way because of its diffuse morphology.

Love that multiple people have sent me this. Fun whale placenta facts! They are not just a round disc that embeds in one spot in the uterus, like primates’ do. They are diffuse, which means the entire uterine surface is covered in placenta, sort of like an endocast! Also:

@robingnelson I haven’t started the newest season and I’m so excited. I love him.