I use fission yeast to study selfish genes during meiosis to learn more about possible causes of infertility. Opinions are mine not my employer’s

Kansas City, MO
Joined September 2016
Everyone should work on wtf genes! Does any other gene family have a logo like this to describe their bad-assery!? (made by M. Miller). We could all get t-shirts...
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New lab space opens tomorrow with art by @lethargicbug
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goodbye lunch for @DeCarvalhoMicka today. Very sad to see him go, but happy he is going to continue to work on meiotic drive as a postdoc!
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In addition to cakes, awesome science, Mike Eickbush keeps our sand bath incubator zen.
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Polarizing hummingbird cake today! Two newest members give it a thumbs up. Others (@blake_billmyre @R_Helston) still find some aspect of the nuts/fruit/cream cheese frosting objectionable
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Celebrating @JFabricioLH birthday with tres leches cake! One of the two cakes in the lab today
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Our first cake in over a year! This is to welcome our newest member Francis Amankwah, who is unfortunately out today to move. We will save some for himπŸ˜‰
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Happy Birthday to one of my favorite scientists/artists @lethargicbug ! Practicing my zoom singing for journal club today
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