I'm like the full-sized version of an organ-on-a-chip. Brain organoids, veganism, feminism, pragmatic progressivism, sometimes grad school & parenting. Critics rave: "The least annoying bad takes I've seen all week"https://bsky.app/profile/invitroveritas.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/invitroveritas.bsky.social/post/3ld7egge7ck2bimho the point of trying to recapitulate aspects of ASD in organoids isn't to "cure" ASD, or even to understand ASD. The point is that autistic brains work differently in diverse ways, such that imitating the perturbations associated with ASDs can help identify key events in human neurodevelopment.13 Dec 2024 17:59 +0000at://did:plc:37jxplfaq5phplzfti2lt6do/app.bsky.feed.post/3ld7egge7ck2bhttps://bsky.app/profile/invitroveritas.bsky.social/post/3lctp5atfdk2gVery neat concept—and a great illustration of the experimental & moral case for brain organoids. There's just no reason why in 2024, characterizing the effects of defined mechanical forces on living neural tissue should require guesstimating how hard to hit a rat on the head with a steel implement [contains quote post or other embedded content]09 Dec 2024 02:39 +0000at://did:plc:37jxplfaq5phplzfti2lt6do/app.bsky.feed.post/3lctp5atfdk2ghttps://bsky.app/profile/invitroveritas.bsky.social/post/3lcr74v3tok2hMany vegan cheeses are tasty, but almost none are actually "cheeses": (plant) milk solids that have been curdled, pressed, & ripened. Closest common approximation of actual vegan cheese is soy cheese, ie tofu—outside Asia, mostly only available as a plain "fresh cheese" 1/308 Dec 2024 02:47 +0000at://did:plc:37jxplfaq5phplzfti2lt6do/app.bsky.feed.post/3lcr74v3tok2hhttps://bsky.app/profile/invitroveritas.bsky.social/post/3lcotopzsxk2eMy birchbark brains were a hit at the lab gift exchange! #BrainArt #neuroart #neurodev #Neuroskyence07 Dec 2024 04:17 +0000at://did:plc:37jxplfaq5phplzfti2lt6do/app.bsky.feed.post/3lcotopzsxk2ehttps://bsky.app/profile/invitroveritas.bsky.social/post/3lc47jafel22aDigital mockup for lab gift exchange art is done! Different colors represent germinal zones/cortical plate, basal nuclei anlage, choroid plexus, and other brain parenchyma. #devneuro followers—can you catch any mistakes before I start cutting out the pieces?29 Nov 2024 18:28 +0000at://did:plc:37jxplfaq5phplzfti2lt6do/app.bsky.feed.post/3lc47jafel22ahttps://bsky.app/profile/invitroveritas.bsky.social/post/3lbj7v53hpk2cKudos to the Camp/Theis/Treutlein labs for compiling this amazing resource for the field! Particularly interesting addition since the preprint: comparison to fetal data beyond the first trimester, finding that organoids start modeling the second right on schedule but also retain early signatures [contains quote post or other embedded content]22 Nov 2024 05:14 +0000at://did:plc:37jxplfaq5phplzfti2lt6do/app.bsky.feed.post/3lbj7v53hpk2chttps://bsky.app/profile/invitroveritas.bsky.social/post/3laytvujjh22glife before ImageJ!15 Nov 2024 16:57 +0000at://did:plc:37jxplfaq5phplzfti2lt6do/app.bsky.feed.post/3laytvujjh22ghttps://bsky.app/profile/invitroveritas.bsky.social/post/3laykdjryhs2eSome life scientists are defensive about calls to replace animal research, but polls show it's what the citizens who fund us want. With antivaxxers in power & trust in sci falling, we should jump at the chance to show we share popular values by incorporating & talking up more non-animal methods15 Nov 2024 14:06 +0000at://did:plc:37jxplfaq5phplzfti2lt6do/app.bsky.feed.post/3laykdjryhs2ehttps://bsky.app/profile/invitroveritas.bsky.social/post/3lawghvt7w2272015 was a simpler time14 Nov 2024 17:52 +0000at://did:plc:37jxplfaq5phplzfti2lt6do/app.bsky.feed.post/3lawghvt7w227https://bsky.app/profile/invitroveritas.bsky.social/post/3law2lakqok2hMaking my first single-cell RNA sequencing library and it's an oddly spiritual experience. Years of hopes and dreams concentrated into one drop of clear liquid, purified over and over, invisibly shimmering with millions of precious data points like a pearl in Indra's net14 Nov 2024 14:19 +0000at://did:plc:37jxplfaq5phplzfti2lt6do/app.bsky.feed.post/3law2lakqok2hhttps://bsky.app/profile/invitroveritas.bsky.social/post/3lauxakcgvc2pHi Bluesky! I work on stem-cell-based alternatives to animal models of human brain development, have many opinions both correct and spicy, and sometimes take pretty pictures14 Nov 2024 03:46 +0000at://did:plc:37jxplfaq5phplzfti2lt6do/app.bsky.feed.post/3lauxakcgvc2p