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Mikel Cawley

@mikels-mitos.bsky.social

Ph.D. Candidate | Farris Lab Translational Biology, Medicine, and Health Fralin Biomedical Research Institute | Virginia Tech Mitochondria && the Brain | Go Lions views = own

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Shannon Farris @shannonfarris.bsky.social · 08/05/2026

Two recently minted PhD students from my lab were recognized by their program for their impactful contributions to science and education. Congrats @mikels-mitos.bsky.social and Renesa! @fralinbiomed.bsky.social

Four pictures of smiling graduate students being recognized for contributions to education, community, leadership, and science.

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Trends in Neurosciences @cp-trendsneuro.bsky.social · 28/04/2026

'The impact of dendritic mitochondrial heterogeneity on synapse function' by Mikel Cawley & Shannon Farris @shannonfarris.bsky.social www.cell.com/trends/neuro...

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Mikel Cawley @mikels-mitos.bsky.social · 09/05/2026

Check out chapter one of my dissertation in our recent review for TINS🍾🎉 Mitochondria are wildly heterogeneous — add a functionally compartmentalized neuron and the biology gets really interesting!!! (IMO)

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Shannon Farris @shannonfarris.bsky.social · 17/12/2025

Happy to share part I of Renesa Tarannum's thesis (my first grad student!) looking at how neuropil localized RNAs are spatially organized in the hippocampus. #Skeetorial #Neuroskyence 🧪 www.eneuro.org/content/12/1...

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Multiplexed smFISH Reveals the Spatial Organization of Neuropil Localized mRNAs Is Linked to Abundance

RNA localization to neuronal axons and dendrites provides spatiotemporal control over gene expression to support synapse function. Neuronal messenger RNAs (mRNAs) localize as ribonucleoprotein particl...

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Little Tunny 🐌🤝🧂 @littletunny.bsky.social · 13/06/2025

Gang’s hard at work making sure no one takes a single seed from our stronghold 🫡😤

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Dr. Heather Hinam 🍁 🇨🇦 @secondnaturemb.bsky.social · 01/06/2025

Happy #Pride everyone. Nature is infinitely diverse.

A rainbow made up of different Manitoba wildflowers. The red on the left end is a three-flowered avens (lantern-shaped flowers), orange - wood lily, yellow - goldenrod, green - green bog orchid, blue - lungwort (little blue bells), purple - iris.

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Shannon Farris @shannonfarris.bsky.social · 11/02/2025

VT news article covering our paper on MCU in CA2 plasticity that highlights (at the end) the different undergrad programs that helped progress this work. One key aspect of these programs is to recruit and retain diverse talent that makes our research stronger. news.vt.edu/articles/202...

This is an image of a mouse brain section labeled for MCU that shows significant MCU staining in CA2 neuron distal dendrites compared to neighboring hippocampal subregion dendrites.

This is a list of the undergraduate author’s program affiliations to highlight the role these critical programs play in driving NIH funded research.

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Jennifer Waters @jencwaters.bsky.social · 13/01/2025

Hey PIs, do your trainees need to learn light microscopy and image analysis? Send them to us! Financial aid is available. meetings.cshl.edu/coursesinten...

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Courses Intent to Apply Form

Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Meetings & Courses -- a private, non-profit institution with research programs in cancer, neuroscience, plant biology, genomics, bioinformatics.

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