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Jessica Tsai, MD, PhD @jestsai.bsky.social · 01/01/2026

Happy new year/wedding anniversary/birthday!!!!!! 🍣

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Trends in Biochemical Sciences @cp-trendsbiochem.bsky.social · 14/11/2025

Want even more? Then check out: 🥼 A Scientific Life from @jestsai.bsky.social et al on implementing a daily standup meeting for #accountability and #psycholocialsafety 💡 A Spotlight from @goemanslab.bsky.social highlighting work on defluorination activity in gut microbiota (4/n)

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Trends in Biochemical Sciences @cp-trendsbiochem.bsky.social · 07/10/2025

📝 Available online - the Scientific Life "Daily standup meeting: Enhancing accountability and psychological safety" from @jestsai.bsky.social and co. #PsychologicalSafety #Collaboration #Trust #Accountability #ScientificCulture Read it here: authors.elsevier.com/a/1lsTM3S6Gf...

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Jessica Tsai, MD, PhD @jestsai.bsky.social · 03/10/2025

This paper represents the culture of our lab. Our hope is that the daily standup becomes adopted more widely in academic science as a simple way to enhance communication, transparency, and psychological safety, promoting accountability and teamwork. 2/

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Jessica Tsai, MD, PhD @jestsai.bsky.social · 03/10/2025

Incredibly proud of Tsai Lab post-doctoral fellows Stefania Tocci and Aspen Hirsch for their new paper in @cp-trendsbiochem.bsky.social Daily standup meeting: enhancing accountability and psychological safety www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... 1/

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Daily standup meeting: enhancing accountability and psychological safety

Research laboratories often struggle to maintain a trusting environment which negatively affects team cohesion. Daily standup meetings provide a means…

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Trends in Biochemical Sciences @cp-trendsbiochem.bsky.social · 03/04/2025

Wait - there's more! There are also two Spotlights highlighting exciting research @cp-cellrepphyssci.bsky.social and @science.org, as well as a Scientific Life from @jestsai.bsky.social and co sharing insights to allow for scientists to be fiscally responsible with their grant funding!

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Trends in Biochemical Sciences @cp-trendsbiochem.bsky.social · 17/02/2025

Online now - the Scientific Life "Maximizing grant funding: strategies for negotiating laboratory pricing" from @jestsai.bsky.social and colleagues. #NewPI #NewLab #FiscalResponsibility #Budgeting authors.elsevier.com/a/1kce%7E3S6...

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Jessica Tsai, MD, PhD @jestsai.bsky.social · 15/02/2025

We are incredibly grateful to the reviewer and editor @sanniejculbertson.bsky.social for excellent feedback that ultimately improved our manuscript! 📑 5/

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Jessica Tsai, MD, PhD @jestsai.bsky.social · 15/02/2025

This paper was a labor of love, and reflects our lab’s ethos and culture. We hope that laboratories find the information practical and useful.💡 4/

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Jessica Tsai, MD, PhD @jestsai.bsky.social · 15/02/2025

In Table 2, we assembled a list of laboratory discount programs for new labs and labs that are expanding, recently moved, or received new funding. 3/

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Jessica Tsai, MD, PhD @jestsai.bsky.social · 15/02/2025

Table 1 provides an example of our laboratory supply list. We hope this provides a framework for people to think about their laboratory needs in terms of equipment, supplies, and reagents. 2/

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Jeremy Berg @jeremymberg.bsky.social · 15/02/2025

ATTENTION (PLEASE SHARE) If anyone has or knows of any positions that might be appropriate for the NIH staff members who were terminated, please post the information in this thread. There are lots of talented and accomplished people who may be looking for new opportunities.

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Jeremy Berg @jeremymberg.bsky.social · 09/02/2025

F99/R00 AND K99/R00 DIVERSITY AWARD APPLICANTS If you have applied for a F99/R00 or K99/R00 Diversity award and the study section for review is not listed on your eRA Commons page, please reach out to me. DM me, email berg.grants.2029@gmail.com, Signal jeremymberg.78 THANK YOU

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Jessica Tsai, MD, PhD @jestsai.bsky.social · 31/01/2025

Proud of this paper - which feels now more relevant than ever for our field and our trainees

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Kristen Naegle (she/her) @knaegle.bsky.social · 23/01/2025

A possible script. Call the switch board at (202) 224-3121 to connect to your senate office. "I'm your constituent in <X> city, I'm deeply concerned about the impact of the NIH freeze. In our state alone, x jobs and y economic activity is supported. Today, my family was helped by NIH research ..

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Jessica Tsai, MD, PhD @jestsai.bsky.social · 22/01/2025

Incredibly insightful thread on scientific publishing…

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Jimmy Kimmel @jimmykimmel.com · 23/12/2024

Thanks to my co-workers/friends at Jimmy Kimmel Live for donating blood to Children's Hospital Los Angeles in honor of our son Billy. If you have blood (you do), donate to a children’s hospital near you. bit.ly/4grXcXp @jimmykimmellive.bsky.social

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Jonathan Lyons @heartwoodandsteel.bsky.social · 25/12/2024

Just read the response from Costco to shareholders requesting it back down from DEI. It was glorious. It begins "Our Board has considered this proposal and believes … an enterprise rooted in respect and inclusion is appropriate and necessary." and gets better. A happy investor #diversityandinclusion

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Jessica Tsai, MD, PhD @jestsai.bsky.social · 21/12/2024

Happy Holidays! We are excited for all the science that awaits us in 2025 and can’t wait to welcome some new team members soon! 🧠 🧬 4/

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Jessica Tsai, MD, PhD @jestsai.bsky.social · 21/12/2024

I gifted each lab member a book I thought they would enjoy! 📚 3/

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Jessica Tsai, MD, PhD @jestsai.bsky.social · 21/12/2024

Then enjoyed lab holiday lunch at a Los Feliz favorite on Hillhurst 🍝 2/

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Jessica Tsai, MD, PhD @jestsai.bsky.social · 21/12/2024

Happy Holidays from the Tsai Lab! We cleaned the lab today 🧼 1/

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Jessica Tsai, MD, PhD @jestsai.bsky.social · 19/12/2024

Congratulations to the newest cohort of @alleninstitute Next Generation Leaders! 🧠

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Jessica Tsai, MD, PhD @jestsai.bsky.social · 12/12/2024

The wrench and the torch crack me up 😂 love this!! Congrats on a year!!

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Lisa Force, MD, MPH @lisaforce.bsky.social · 15/11/2024

Creating a #PHODocs starter pack! Let me know who I’ve forgotten & if you’d like to be added 🙂 go.bsky.app/R6cteE1

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Jessica Tsai, MD, PhD @jestsai.bsky.social · 26/11/2024

We always celebrate birthdays in my lab 🥳 Happy birthday, Marissa! Apple cranberry gluten free pie from a local LA bakery to celebrate! 🥧 🎉🎈

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Jessica Tsai, MD, PhD @jestsai.bsky.social · 25/11/2024

We get it every year! Fun to try a different coffee every morning! ☕️

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Jessica Tsai, MD, PhD @jestsai.bsky.social · 25/11/2024

The epic Onyx Coffee Lab advent calendar has arrived ☕️ Excited to try them all!

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Jessica Tsai, MD, PhD @jestsai.bsky.social · 21/11/2024

The Tsai Lab is actively recruiting for a Post-Doctoral Fellow! We are looking for a passionate and motivated scientist to join our team at @ChildrensLA to lead projects focused on embryonal brain tumors and diffuse midline gliomas. Please reach out! 🧠 jobs.chla.org/careers-home...

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Fellow-Post Doc-Research / Tsai Lab in Los Angeles, California | Children's Hospital Los Angeles

CHLA Careers | Careers Home is hiring a Fellow-Post Doc-Research / Tsai Lab in Los Angeles, California. Review all of the job details and apply today!

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Jessica Tsai, MD, PhD @jestsai.bsky.social · 17/11/2024

Yes! We do a daily stand up in my lab - only takes 5 minutes and quickly addresses people’s blockers. Also helpful for me to deliver any important announcements or updates in person

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Jessica Tsai, MD, PhD @jestsai.bsky.social · 16/11/2024

I love coffee ☕️, hiking 🥾, craft cocktails 🥃, and exploring Los Angeles with my husband and our dog 🐶! I’m so happy to be here! 🩵 3/

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Jessica Tsai, MD, PhD @jestsai.bsky.social · 16/11/2024

I care tremendously about mentoring with intentionality and creating safe spaces for trainees to learn and thrive without fear. 2/

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Jessica Tsai, MD, PhD @jestsai.bsky.social · 16/11/2024

Hello! I’m Jess 🩵👋🏼 I’m a physician-scientist and pediatric oncologist at Children’s Hospital Los Angeles and Keck School of Medicine of USC. My lab studies the genomic and epigenetics drivers of pediatric brain tumors 🧠 with the goal of finding better therapies for childhood cancer. 1/

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Jessica Tsai, MD, PhD @jestsai.bsky.social · 15/11/2024

If only I could bring my dog to the lab…👋🏼 Finn!

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Jessica Tsai, MD, PhD @jestsai.bsky.social · 14/11/2024

Thanks for putting this together! Would love to join! We study brain tumors! 🧠

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