Post-doc | Neurodevelopment and Neurodegeneration | #WomenInSTEM
Philadelphia, PA
Joined January 2017
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Dana Layo-Carris, PhD 🧬🔬🧠 retweeted
In light of a certain news story this week, I’m looking to interview academic mothers for a piece on the joint pressures of academia and motherhood. Get in touch.
Dana Layo-Carris, PhD 🧬🔬🧠 retweeted
Back again looking at some neurogenesis in the developmental brain! Newborn neurons in 🟣 (dcx marker) are slowly starting to mature and express markers of fully developed neurons (🔵, map2 marker). Astrocytes in🟠(Gfap marker) and microglia in🔴(Iba1 marker) are also present! Image taken with our confocal from @zeiss_micro.
Dana Layo-Carris, PhD 🧬🔬🧠 retweeted
In tha criminal fahkin justice system, the people ah represented by two separate yet equally important groups: The police, who investigate crime, and the district attorneys, who prosecute the offendahs. These ah their stories, kid.
Sometimes I feel really bad about moving our family from Knoxville to Philadelphia… then there are days like today, at least it’s not 0 degrees with 8 inches of snow in Philly!
Dana Layo-Carris, PhD 🧬🔬🧠 retweeted
The best thing my PhD supervisor ever told me was:
“Anyone can find a good, positive finding, that’s not the hard part. The hard part is when you figure out what’s next after you don’t get the results you wanted. That’s when you become a scientist”
Dana Layo-Carris, PhD 🧬🔬🧠 retweeted
Two more children have measles in Philadelphia.
They got the measles at daycare, after a person infected who refused vaccine or post-exposure prophylaxis attended against quarantine rules.
Outbreak so far: 5 infants/children and 1 unvaccinated adult. inquirer.com/health/measles-…
Dana Layo-Carris, PhD 🧬🔬🧠 retweeted
Erin Matson’s story is one that will quite literally never be written again, but ok.
Coach Prime is here, and he's just getting started
Deion Sanders is SI's 2023 Sportsperson of the Year! trib.al/4HhJmVu
All four molars came through in 2 weeks. One week break. Now all four incisors. Is this what teething is supposed to be like ????
Dana Layo-Carris, PhD 🧬🔬🧠 retweeted
#Rettsyndrome is a debilitating neurological disorder that leads to severe impairment affecting nearly every aspect of life. October is Rett Syndrome Awareness Month, and we need your help to raise awareness & funds in our fight against Rett. Learn more: buff.ly/3fw8AXE
Dana Layo-Carris, PhD 🧬🔬🧠 retweeted
BREAKING NEWS
The 2023 #NobelPrize in Physiology or Medicine has been awarded to Katalin Karikó and Drew Weissman for their discoveries concerning nucleoside base modifications that enabled the development of effective mRNA vaccines against COVID-19.
Well… starting ‘vacation’ with a doctor visit (croup and a double infection) 🥴 but at least he’s happy?
Juggling two jobs and a mobile infant can be tough… but all of that disappeared this morning when my son started intentionally giving kisses 😍 #parentingwin
I love when students submit a paper and each sentence is a different font but TurnItIn doesn’t pick up on the clear plagiarism
Dana Layo-Carris, PhD 🧬🔬🧠 retweeted
Excited to present a natural extension of our mouse pup retrieval work with @DeepLabCut, a project started due to the influence of @openbehavior community during the Pandemic! This work is part of @mmykins dissertation who is set to defend soon. doi.org/10.1101/2023.06.05.5…
Parenting is such a weird juggling act. Lil dude playing while I speed grade my students’ assignments, how long will the new crawler last in one place?
Dana Layo-Carris, PhD 🧬🔬🧠 retweeted
1- We are truly delighted to announce that Dr. Rebeca San Martin @RebecaSanMarti5 has joined us as an Assistant Professor of Cell Biology and Oncology @EinsteinMed. Rebeca joins @CDTMI_Einstein & #montefioreeinsteincancercenter from the University of Tennessee.
