Did a Grand Rounds talk for CU Anschutz today and I forgot what it felt like to feel GIDDY after a talk because the response was so good. Great questions, excited collaboration ideas, I feel hopeful for #KidneyCrew and #TeamPlacenta. In a week that's been ROUGH for science, this was so needed.
It's not the same as Twitter, sure. #TeamPlacenta there was a tight-knit group and here it's more a loosely associated one, but we find each other. But #NephJC rocks! There are #Medsky folks! #scicomm and #sciart are alive with feeds and lists! So tell your friends who are still there: it's time.
As we reach the close of a long Thanksgiving weekend, I just want to say thank you to the folks and communities that make Bluesky my online home now. To the people who follow, engage, and speak put for #scicomm, #justice, #TeamPlacenta, #sciart, #Nephrosky, and more: so much love.

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Sometimes having weird areas of specialty means I get THE BEST emails and they make my whole week. YES, I WANT TO TALK ABOUT ENVIRONMENTAL TOXICOLOGY AND PLACENTAS. #TeamPlacenta

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My graduate advisor is guest teaching the pancreas section to my physiology students. For those of you who know Terry, he's already done two Mormon swears. "Bolshevik" count is at 1. #TeamPlacenta
The Hebert Lab got its first student today! She's an undergrad doing a year-long thesis project and I'm so excited to get to work with her. Now we are three in the lab! :) #TeamPlacenta #KidneyCrew
Hudson is helping me get some reading in. He says this is whales swimming in water. #TeamPlacenta #KidneyCrew
Thank you to the @usdohad.bsky.social for inviting me to be a presenter on science communication and publishing on Wednesday! Such a delightful chat with panelists Kelly Lenox and @drkiki.bsky.social and the wonderful trainees! #DOHaD #TeamPlacenta #scicomm

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In other Very Good news: I've received a Research in Emerging Areas Critical to Human Health Loan Repayment Program award! This special program helps scientists in areas ripe to transform human health repay their student loan debt. THANK YOU, NIH NIDDK!!! #TeamPlacenta #Kidney #Scicomm

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ICYMI: I've got some academic news to share and I wrote a big long but I hope funny post about how June 18ths have stacked up to get here. #scicomm #TeamPlacenta

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