Excited. Decided I was going to apply every cycle until I either got it became ineligible. This is my last shot. Def gonna take it

I have a talk first thing in the morning tomorrow and left my charger and work badge in lab. Sent an SOS to the lab.

Thank God for my one night owl

Crisis averted!

A bariatric surgeon and I proposed to study effects of bariatric surgery on women with comorbid obesity and PCOS

Major weakness. Why are you not studying GLP1?

Me: she's a bariatric surgeon!!!!

Sometimes reviewers are exhausting

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@cobarnes27.bsky.social

Lmao

I am honored to be nominated for ASCB Council this year. If you are an ASCB member, please share and vote before April 30th!

The amazing @rogerslabucd.bsky.social is also on the ballot!

Interesting day today.

1. A student thought it funny to put Charlie Kirk as an answer to a word cloud about chromosomes.
2. The faculty who teaches after me called me Laquisha.

I can't. #annoyed

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Me after this week
1. 8hrs of teaching (~500 students)
2. Paper rejection
3. Paper resubmission (diff from #2)
4. Onboarding 6 undergrads
5. Editing and approving 2 undergrad research papers
6. Helping my student with her F31 due Tuesday
7. With a cold

#done

Congrats to @kiarawiggins.bsky.social for resubmitting her first author paper today. Gotta celebrate every #win

Putting some good energy into this crazy world. #Nicholaslab #bday bake. Strawberry Mango Tres Leches. My trainees really keep challenging me #scientistswhobake

I'm working on a recipe book this summer for all the lab creations. 5 years of some pretty cool bakes!

We've had a couple back to back #birthdays in the lab. Late to posting the newest creations. This is one of my favorites! I'll post the next one soon. #scientistswhobake

Me too.. she's turned up on 1 fish 2 fish. Lol

Pretty sure my Uber driver just farted and hot boxed me in this car

Yeah..it's sucks. Enjoy today... then we just keep trying.

No one told me how magical it is to see your child learning how to read. There is a whole new world my baby is discovering! #reading #ProudMoment

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When you get reviewer comments on a manuscript that say to edit the discussion.

When your mini-me loves holidays more than you and makes you go online shopping #StPatricks2026

This made me chuckle

This #Nicholaslab #bday request had me nervous. Created a Carribbean sorrel cake based on my aunts drink recipe. Hibiscus spiced cake with candied ginger and ginger drizzle. Came out so good!!! #scientistswhobake

Just taught my last day for winter quarter! Now I get to do a really cool application of extracellular Flux analysis tomorrow. I love trying me things!!

I'm about this goal

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My child was sick all week and my student predicted I would be at home resting this weekend. Prediction accuracy 100% :(

Unfortunately, I was not well enough to help and my youngest had to make his sign alone. But look how well he did! He’s excited to see others out today!

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Finished my to do list today. What do I do now???

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Being a mom in #academia is hard. Finally got to a place where my workload is manageable and now im home with a sick daughter rearranging my schedule. it's always something

I was curious to try this M-index and wondered if it would reflect my commitment to mentorship. Based on my putting in lots of ppl who I know mentor a ton or not so much, it was cool to see this is actually semi reflective of reality.

I was almost 15 min late to lab meeting today after teaching. I got there and the #Nicholaslab was already doing journal club without me. I ❤️ my trainees.

Grant writing had me behind on lots of small but important administrative tasks. I spent yesterday on this to-do-list and got a 3rd done. I call that success 😀