Piwi and piRNA and pugs enthusiast. Tennis on occasions. http://laulab.bu.edu
Another silver lining to 2026! Please check out our study now published @genomeresearch.bsky.social on the tracking of human brain transposable element large and small RNAs during aging and in two neurodegenerative disorders: Huntington's and Parkinson's Disease genome.cshlp.org/content/36/6...
At last! Please check out our study now published @natcomms.nature.com on the #virus small #RNAs profiles across Aedes aegypti #mosquitoes from labs and around the world: www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Small RNA genomics of Aedes aegypti mosquitoes discovers infectious viruses that trigger an RNA interference response - Nature CommunicationsThis study is a small RNA genomics survey from global Aedes aegypti mosquito samples, and detected replicating viruses. This study then isolated several mosquito viruses into cell cultures to show tha...www.nature.com#Dros26 was so great last week to only think of Flies and forget all the world's messes. Bonus to witness @lucksmith.bsky.social and @tarafinegan.bsky.social great performance of "Don't you know that the Fly is fly!" www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tht-...
Eric Lai & Tara Finegan perform "Don't you know that the Fly is fly!" at DROS26 MeetingYouTube video by douglasthepugwww.youtube.comeric lai@tarafinegan.bsky.social+me had a blast rocking #Dros26! maybe we do it again?🪰 @burgesslab.bsky.social @benoitbruneau.bsky.social @chrmosimann.bsky.social @docdellaire.bsky.social @daphsci.bsky.social @thelovelylab.bsky.social @mads100tist.bsky.social @genetics-gsa.bsky.social @flybase.bsky.social
Klingon Bond – Today is a Good Day to Spy! Klingon Sajak – Today K is a Good Letter to Buy! Klingon Chong – Today is a Good Day to Get High! Klingon Miyagi – Today is a Good Day to Yell Bonsai! Klingon Borg – Today is a Good Day to Comply!
🏳️⚧️ Ani 🧹 say Ah-neeThere's a fun game I want to share. Try to keep it going (or not🤷♀️), here or IRL. Klingon fast food cooks "Today is a good day to fry!" Klingon spinners "Today is a good day to ply!" Klingon infants "(in a baby voice) "Today is a good day to cry." Klingon desiccants "Today is a good day to dry."
Salient that the late Sir John Gurdon's seminal Nobel-prize discoveries of pluripotency was accomplished with Xenopus frogs, another model organism whose NIH funding support has massively declined as much as its invertebrate brethren.
Alejandro MontenegroPREACH! www.nature.com/articles/s41...