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If you’re choosing a research group to join, pay just as much - if not more - attention to the culture and mentoring style in the group than the research. You can succeed in lots of research areas or projects, but it’s tough to succeed in an unsupportive environment.

My pup and I will be walking in support of the National Alliance on Mental Health’s mission to build better lives for individuals affected by mental illness. Walk with us on Saturday, November 2nd: namiwalks.org/team/neurosqua… Consider donating: tinyurl.com/NAMIAlyPaz

@TanjaKirmse Tysm, Tanja!!

@alypaz_ @JohannaKowalko Congrats!!🥳

@james_jaggard @JohannaKowalko Thank you!!

@RedMalone Omggggg ty, Liz!!!

@alypaz_ @JohannaKowalko OMG CONGRATS DR. PAZ!!!!!!! 💛💛💛💛💛💛💛💛💛

Prospective graduation students: don’t forget to ask about student fees at every institution you’re considering! Programs may be upfront about how much they plan to pay you, but they likely won’t tell you how much of that they expect in return.

Almost there, on our way to identifying the neuronal subtypes controlling behavior in cavefish! ✔️ live GCaMP ✔️ Fixed GCaMP ✔️ Neuorpeptidergic staining ✔️ Accurate registration Next stop, add live GCaMP activity recording and we will multimap our behaviors! @lovett_barron

Published! This work was made possible by an awesome collaboration with @LabLiao, @AlexCarlKeene and @alypaz_! To have your paper accepted the week before your PhD defense is a feeling I wish upon every grad student! elifesciences.org/articles/77387

The athletes themselves have stated this was NOT a protest

New work led by @KozolRobert and in collaboration with @craig_albertson (@UMassAmherst), @JohannaKowalko (@LehighU) and @AlexCarlKeene (@TAMU_Biology) using computational brain atlases in the #cavefish model system #Astyanax. 1/x

@ET_Lunsford @kazukami @AlexCarlKeene @LabLiao @Whitney_Lab Hahaha it’s all good. Congrats, Elias, this is so cool!

@kazukami @AlexCarlKeene @LabLiao @Whitney_Lab @alypaz_ Yes Congrats to @alypaz_ indeed! (Sorry! I didn’t realize you were on twitter!)

Check out our preprint in collab. with @AlexCarlKeene and Aly Paz on how independently-derived blind cavefish have reassessed the relevance of self-generated stimuli as we reveal unifying changes in underlying neural mechanisms that enhance sensitivity. @LabLiao @Whitney_Lab

Hey you! Slow down to save wildlife! Please observe speed limits in the park and watch out for wildlife. If you aren't sure, slow down. Taking precautions and being aware can help keep both wildlife and park visitors safe to #RecreateResponsibly. NPS Photo

@kazukami @tea_francis Mexican black king snakes are so unbearably gorgeous 😭🙏🏽

Every time I look at my snakes, I convince myself they’ve barely grown at all. This helped lol. Micti a year ago (top two pics) vs today. They eat like pigs but I still think they’re way tiny. I don’t suppose I should be surprised given what I’m used to really 🙄👸🏻😂

@jess_carilli @kazukami I love the idea of bio active but for some reason always feel so intimidated by them so I’ve never actually made an attempt to set one up. They’re amazing though (& I suspect totally worth the setup effort)! Good luck w everything!! If it helps, they don’t poop tooo often lol

@kazukami @jess_carilli They’re not high maintenance at all!! If it’s an older lizard that hasn’t been handled it might be defensive though - which isn’t a great first reptile experience. Cheddar approves!!

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@kazukami @nanao36600668 🥺🥺🥺

シンクロしてるやん！

@kazukami @GinaGoesOutside Bisou 🥺

time for some snake positivity. look at Bisou and the perfect little heart on his head