biomedical engineer & quantitative biologist | assistant professor at University of Iowa | cell adhesion & collective migration | views my ownhttps://bsky.app/profile/krothphd.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/krothphd.bsky.social/post/3mwqj4bx4222mI’ve been a Backpack fan for years! I was so happy to finally see him in the running for Fat Bear Week. I’m glad he won the hearts of the voters!! Well deserved! [contains quote post or other embedded content]30 Sep 2026 14:03 +0000at://did:plc:dpwdhtxumdae7nlunf3g2tui/app.bsky.feed.post/3mwqj4bx4222mhttps://bsky.app/profile/krothphd.bsky.social/post/3mtbs62ujmk2bGearing up to start my 3rd year as an assistant prof. Time really flies! I recently had a lovely 2-week refresh in the Eastern Sierras that helped me prepare for another academic year. #MountainMonday17 Aug 2026 13:20 +0000at://did:plc:dpwdhtxumdae7nlunf3g2tui/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtbs62ujmk2bhttps://bsky.app/profile/krothphd.bsky.social/post/3msdsaoe2w22bThanks for the feature! @jiarui219.bsky.social and Allie Orozco did a great job showcasing our work! [contains quote post or other embedded content]05 Aug 2026 15:01 +0000at://did:plc:dpwdhtxumdae7nlunf3g2tui/app.bsky.feed.post/3msdsaoe2w22bhttps://bsky.app/profile/krothphd.bsky.social/post/3mnzkbyvlnc23This was a great honor! Thanks so much to my trainees @rothenberglab.bsky.social for the nomination and the @uiowabiology.bsky.social for the award. [contains quote post or other embedded content]11 Jun 2026 15:32 +0000at://did:plc:dpwdhtxumdae7nlunf3g2tui/app.bsky.feed.post/3mnzkbyvlnc23https://bsky.app/profile/krothphd.bsky.social/post/3mmhhcihtu22y@jiarui219.bsky.social and I really enjoyed reading this paper and having the opportunity to summarize the key findings! We couldn't possibly cover everything cool about the paper, so I encourage you to give it a deep dive yourself! [contains quote post or other embedded content]22 May 2026 17:25 +0000at://did:plc:dpwdhtxumdae7nlunf3g2tui/app.bsky.feed.post/3mmhhcihtu22yhttps://bsky.app/profile/krothphd.bsky.social/post/3mgdew5auj22gA lot of exciting things have been happing in the @rothenberglab.bsky.social so we have been keeping really busy. A few of us are at #Dros26 to share our science. Come by one of our posters to say hi!05 Mar 2026 18:01 +0000at://did:plc:dpwdhtxumdae7nlunf3g2tui/app.bsky.feed.post/3mgdew5auj22ghttps://bsky.app/profile/krothphd.bsky.social/post/3m7pry5dmtc2sThe @rothenberglab.bsky.social had a great time at #cellbio25! This meeting always feels like a friends and colleagues reunion for me. Unfortunately there’s never enough time to see everyone! My trainees also enjoyed presenting their posters, making new connections, and seeing new science!11 Dec 2025 14:30 +0000at://did:plc:dpwdhtxumdae7nlunf3g2tui/app.bsky.feed.post/3m7pry5dmtc2shttps://bsky.app/profile/krothphd.bsky.social/post/3m7dzcyjacc2uI’m so excited to be at #CellBio2025 with my trainees! Elizabeth (#259) and Olivia (#251) have posters in Sunday’s session. Please stop by to hear about the work we are starting up in the lab looking at Rap1 GTPase signaling in epithelial migration in human carcinoma cells and in Drosophila embryos.06 Dec 2025 22:09 +0000at://did:plc:dpwdhtxumdae7nlunf3g2tui/app.bsky.feed.post/3m7dzcyjacc2uhttps://bsky.app/profile/krothphd.bsky.social/post/3m3l2gvrxck2iI’m so sad to have missed the Midwest Drosophila Conference due a nasty cold. But some of my students made the journey and had a great time! @jiarui219.bsky.social gave a talk to open up the conference, @briod613.bsky.social gave a very successful poster, and Aiza joined for her first conference!19 Oct 2025 19:37 +0000at://did:plc:dpwdhtxumdae7nlunf3g2tui/app.bsky.feed.post/3m3l2gvrxck2ihttps://bsky.app/profile/krothphd.bsky.social/post/3lzrvxmdnac2yThis is really unfortunate and I hope it’s reconsidered. My second year PhD students were busy doing rotations at this time last year and didn’t know what lab they were going to join. They have been working so hard on their applications for this cycle only to find out it could be for nothing. [contains quote post or other embedded content]27 Sep 2025 02:15 +0000at://did:plc:dpwdhtxumdae7nlunf3g2tui/app.bsky.feed.post/3lzrvxmdnac2yhttps://bsky.app/profile/krothphd.bsky.social/post/3lzbno7nbos24I’ve been really enjoying the #MWSDB25 meeting so far! Great people and science. I can’t wait to give my talk this afternoon and hopefully come away with new ideas and collaborators. I’m so grateful to the organizers for the invitation!20 Sep 2025 15:04 +0000at://did:plc:dpwdhtxumdae7nlunf3g2tui/app.bsky.feed.post/3lzbno7nbos24https://bsky.app/profile/krothphd.bsky.social/post/3lydu3x4n4s2iIt seems like it would be easy to make an unquestionably cute fly plush! But maybe I just have picky taste. [contains quote post or other embedded content]08 Sep 2025 18:40 +0000at://did:plc:dpwdhtxumdae7nlunf3g2tui/app.bsky.feed.post/3lydu3x4n4s2ihttps://bsky.app/profile/krothphd.bsky.social/post/3ltcrpdtzr22xCome be my colleague!! It’s a great department, university, and town! Feel free to ask me about my experience. [contains quote post or other embedded content]06 Jul 2025 17:18 +0000at://did:plc:dpwdhtxumdae7nlunf3g2tui/app.bsky.feed.post/3ltcrpdtzr22xhttps://bsky.app/profile/krothphd.bsky.social/post/3lslt7kh2gc2wA great group of people! No bias whatsoever. 😄 [contains quote post or other embedded content]27 Jun 2025 14:14 +0000at://did:plc:dpwdhtxumdae7nlunf3g2tui/app.bsky.feed.post/3lslt7kh2gc2w