tinystemcells

PhD student. Neuroscientist. Frustration never ends. Wine helps.

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And finally comes the conclusion, which is the intellectual equivalent of bubblegum.

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GRAD SCHOOL WORK OVERLOAD

THROWBACK THURSDAY! Brought to you by Sept. 03, 2014.

credit: Matt

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Sometimes experiments that don’t work are still pretty.

dentate gyrus granule cells, color coded by depth

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When my PI tries to get serious about lab meetings

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when someone asks what my plans are after i graduate

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throwback thursday!

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when someone repeats a point i’ve already raised in seminar

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getting to eat lunch with big wig

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Read the blog! Always keeps me up to date on stem cell research!

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TRYING TO KEEP IT TOGETHER WHEN MY EXPERIMENT FAILS

credit: ekgoat

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summer is over

winter is coming

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explaining the direction of my research

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Go to the gym in shorts, have your ass stared at by all the bros.

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True story

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Mini Human Brains

This ball of cells is a miniature human brain. Well, sort of. It’s made from human cells and resembles the telencephalon – the structure in the embryo from which the majority of the brain develops. Growth of such ’organoids’ in culture allows scientists to examine the stages of early human brain development that would be otherwise impossible. Pictured is a brain organoid derived from the skin cells of an adolescent patient with autism spectrum disorder (ASD). The cells were first treated with a cocktail of chemicals that reverted them to an embryonic state and were subsequently directed to become brain cells. Comparing organoids derived from ASD patients with those derived from healthy people revealed that ASD is associated with an increased proportion of inhibitory neurons – brain cells that suppress the actions of other brain cells. It’s thought that this imbalance might cause brain circuits to develop abnormally in ASD patients.

Written by Ruth Williams

Image by Jessica Mariani

Yale University, USA

Originally published under a Creative Commons Licence (BY 4.0)

Research published in Cell, July 2015

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Feeling like I chose the wrong speciality

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TGIF

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Free drinks at conferences

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House Oversight Hearing on #OPM Data Breach reveals no 2FA with stolen credentials.  Unencrypted kitten - NOT HAPPY

by @wacbass

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What really blows my mind is that NASA is able to receive data from a 4.67 billion miles far away spacecraft, while i lose wifi signal once i move to the kitchen

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AMEN