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Dr Kathleen Millen @neurodevkathy.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

Be careful out there Seattle! It's #SpiderSeason !! Opening the garage door or turning on the light was especially treacherous this morning 🕷️

A massive spider on the wall of our garage conveniently located immediately next to the light switch and garage door openers. Kinda shocking when not quite awake.

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Dr Kathleen Millen @neurodevkathy.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

Too good not to share! 🇨🇦💪♥️

Picture of San Andres fault with caption " Canadian Govt remakes San Andreas fault to 'Donald Trump's Fault'"

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Dr Kathleen Millen @neurodevkathy.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

Proud to announce my mom just won her neighborhood's 1st annual banana bread bake-off! Trophy must be in window for all to see until next summer for next year's winner. Recipe to be shared in neighborhood newsletter so I guess hunt for next year's winning recipe starts now!

Small plastic banana with smiley face on top of brown pedestal with words "Top Banana Award" writing in gold. Red Robin bow in middle... Proudly displayed in my mom's front window

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Dr Kathleen Millen @neurodevkathy.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

Gridlock doesn't just happen in New York. Sigh

Blocked intersection with bus diagonally changing lanes from curb to curb across a major intersection near the Seattle convention center at Rush hour

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Dr Kathleen Millen @neurodevkathy.bsky.social · 25/07/2026

Spent the morning picking blueberries and the afternoon making blueberry ginger jam. A very good day! 🫐❤️

2 rows of 6, 1 pint mason jars, with silver lids and lovely white labels, of freshly made dark purple blueberry jam cooling on my kitchen counter resting on a green towel.

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Dr Kathleen Millen @neurodevkathy.bsky.social · 18/07/2026

Picked 7.5 lbs of raspberries today in 1.5 hours while listening to an audiobook. Very pleasant! Going to make these scones. Tradition every year smittenkitchen.com/whole-wheat-...

2 flats of fresh raspberries sitting on my kitchen counter looking irresistible

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Dr Kathleen Millen @neurodevkathy.bsky.social · 08/07/2026

💡 burnt out on a old TC 🔬. Spent 2 hours combing through dusty old rooms + old microscope parts to finally find replacement 6V 20W 💡 fuming that I couldn't do my expt because nobody hordes 💡 anymore thanks to 🔬LEDs. This poem was stuck in my head. For want of a 💡 the experiment was almost lost! 🧫

Poem title: For want of a nail.
Poem text:
For want of a nail the shoe was lost
For want of a shoe the horse was lost
For want of a horse the rider was lost
For want of a rider the message was lost
For want of a message the battle was lost
For want to a battle the kingdom was lost
And all for the want of a horseshow nail.

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Dr Kathleen Millen @neurodevkathy.bsky.social · 13/06/2026

For a nanosecond I thought this David Hockney was a version of a classic diagram of cerebellum circuitry.

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Dr Kathleen Millen @neurodevkathy.bsky.social · 09/05/2026

I wish I could share the amazing fragrance of these lilacs with you all

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Dr Kathleen Millen @neurodevkathy.bsky.social · 21/04/2026

Late to the cat party. Snuggles (outgoing) and Cuddles (shy + amazing eyebrows) send greetings. They specialize in looking bored+superior & pretend they are rarely tolerant of each other. Further, they don't actually live up to their iconic names very frequently. But they are very well loved.

Black cat sitting on a leg of photographer trying to look annoyed. But actually enjoying himself and putting loudly

Scared black cat peering around the corner wall at the top of stairs with white carpet. Just head, 2 yellow eyes and not much else visible. Not wanting to miss any action. But not wanting it known that he's interested in what is going on

2 black cats arranged on white carpeted stairs doing their best to look uninterested in photographer at the bottom of the stairs. They propose this image as an iconic record album cover

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Dr Kathleen Millen @neurodevkathy.bsky.social · 15/03/2026

Late night entry for #Caturday. Checking out the commotion as we were celebrating the return of power after 26 hour power outage

Black cat peering around a corner. 2 ears and 3 eyes visible. Not much else

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Dr Kathleen Millen @neurodevkathy.bsky.social · 15/02/2026

Picture yesterday didn't do this justice. Chocolate pistachio cake. Sooo yummy!

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Dr Kathleen Millen @neurodevkathy.bsky.social · 08/02/2026

Current status.. currrrling with 4 'R's

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Dr Kathleen Millen @neurodevkathy.bsky.social · 17/11/2025

#Sfn25 San Diego rainbow this morning and fiery sunset with a curious seagull this evening ... with lots of amazing science and friends in between

View of San Diego harbor with clouds and part of a rainbow

Seagull on windowsill of hotel looking inside while a spectacular sunset is happening in the distance across San Diego harbor

Firey sunset over San Diego harbor through a dirtt hotel window

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Dr Kathleen Millen @neurodevkathy.bsky.social · 28/10/2025

Grant submitted! A chai latte break and then onto the pile of stuff that was put on hold and then onto the next grant. Am excited about the science I just wrote about. Hopefully reviewers are too.

A white takeout cup of frothy latte next to word grey monster plant pot with googily eyes and a struggling plant next to a window

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Dr Kathleen Millen @neurodevkathy.bsky.social · 18/10/2025

My colleague unfortunately did the experiment we've all worried about. Ever wonder what happens when you drop your cell phone in the liquid nitrogen tank while using its flashlight function trying to peer through the fog to retrieve a loose box at the bottom of the tank?? Guess no more! 🥶📱📵😱😭

Cell phone with very cracked screen with condensation underneath sitting on the surface of a table

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Dr Kathleen Millen @neurodevkathy.bsky.social · 15/10/2025

My cats decided to pose for an album cover. Their annoyance that I interrupted their nap was palpable

2 black cats interrupted from their naps. One lounging on the top stair of a white carpeted staircase. Another sitting upright in the background against a white painted wall. Neither looks happy.

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Dr Kathleen Millen @neurodevkathy.bsky.social · 29/09/2025

Restricting visas to 4 years would be yet another way to strangle innovation in science. Please comment TODAY. Average PhD length in biomedicine is 5-6 years in USA. Here is what I just posted. Direct link to add your comment: www.regulations.gov/document/ICE...

International F1 and J1 visa holders are a strategic national asset. They strengthen U.S. economic growth. I am a Professor of Pediatrics at a large public university in the USA. This proposed change would cause severe damage to science and innovation in the USA. PhD students and post-doctoral fellows, who conduct most of the experimental work in research labs across the USA usually spend more than 4 years in these positions. A PhD in biomedical research in the USA typically takes 5 to 6 years to complete. This continuity ensures adequate training in the complexities of current biomedical technologies and also enables these trainees to make significant new discoveries that are translated into better health outcomes for our population and new innovations that drive economic growth. Our labs attract the world's best foreign trainees because of the world-class state of the art research here in the USA. These foreign students and post-docs are not competing with USA citizens. Rather, they add to our research enterprise, enabling faster innovation and progress. Further, many stay here in the USA after completing their training and continue to help push forward science and innovation in our country. Establishing a short 4-year limit to these visas would dramatically reduce productivity our USA research enterprise, with significant negative economic impacts for our nation.

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Dr Kathleen Millen @neurodevkathy.bsky.social · 02/09/2025

Reminder - you save money and subscribe to a cheaper Microsoft license without AI. Save $$ and save the environment and your sanity

Screenshot of Microsoft 365 Family plan. With AI = $129.99. Without AI = Microsoft 365 Family Classic plan = $99.99

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Dr Kathleen Millen @neurodevkathy.bsky.social · 06/07/2025

Ready for #CerebellumGRC ! Fantastic venue in Les Diablerts Switzerland. I'm excited to spend a whole week talking about my favorite party of the brain, seeing old friends and meeting new ones!

Vote from hotel in Les Diablerts Switzerland
Swiss style chalet hotel in foreground with evergreen trees flanking Rocky alps with some snow

Another view from my balcony with pink and white geraniums on the balcony railing, yes and a gentle slope filled with lovely individual swiss chalets

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Dr Kathleen Millen @neurodevkathy.bsky.social · 06/07/2025

BOOK RECOMMENDATION:"The Ghost Map. The story of London's most terrifying epidemic and how it changed science, cities and the modern world" by Steven Johnson. Really enjoyed it. About a cholera outbreak in 1854 in London. The discovery of water borne illness and overcoming of miasma theory.

Cover of Steven Johnson's book The Ghost Map"

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Dr Kathleen Millen @neurodevkathy.bsky.social · 22/06/2025

See the most perfect peony from my garden. There exists beauty all around us. Enjoy a moment of peace. THEN USA people!!! Call your reps!!!!! Numbers and suggested scripts can be found at 5calls.org. Hold the president and Congress accountable for your issue of choice. Make your voice heard!

a huge perfect pink peony which takes up most of the photo, centered in the middle of the frame. One flower, thousands of delicate petal glowing in the evening light of solstice.

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Dr Kathleen Millen @neurodevkathy.bsky.social · 27/05/2025

Please enjoy some beautiful flowers. Breathe. The world has such beauty

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Dr Kathleen Millen @neurodevkathy.bsky.social · 15/05/2025

Day 2 of a break from my depression regarding the absolute destruction of USA science to go see some flowers!! Enjoy!! #SelfCare

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Dr Kathleen Millen @neurodevkathy.bsky.social · 14/05/2025

In case you need to see some flowers and a sunset.

Close up of deep dark purple irises blooming on a hill with a white house in the background

Sunset shilohetted Garry Oak Trees . 2 trees in the foreground in front of a lush grassy meadow with yellow orange sky in the background

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Dr Kathleen Millen @neurodevkathy.bsky.social · 21/04/2025

You inspired me to try a traditional Bulgarian Kozunak for Easter from my husband's family

Large loaf of Easter bread from Bulgarian tradition. Braided oval load with 3 red dyed eggs nestled in loaf as decoration

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Dr Kathleen Millen @neurodevkathy.bsky.social · 07/03/2025

Seattle is standing up for science! Thanks to everyone here and to the StandUpForScience.org organizers! Science is for everyone and Science matters.

A blue sky with the Seattle space needle prominent behind a lively crowd of 100's of people at the #StandUpForScience rally

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Dr Kathleen Millen @neurodevkathy.bsky.social · 02/03/2025

Thank you for all your heroic efforts to both advocate and keep us all informed. Please take care of yourself and take a break. A beautiful relaxing PNW view for you

A relaxing foggy view of a valley in the Seattle suburbs

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Dr Kathleen Millen @neurodevkathy.bsky.social · 27/02/2025

Hmmm. Randomly I've been added to the White House POTUS email list and invited to give feedback.... Hmmm, excited to tell them exactly what I think about their illegal actions and corruption and of course completely block these emails

Screenshot of email from the White House entitled "Welcome to the golden age". A sickening picture of T. Email reads: thank you for joining the white house mailing list! President Trump and the entire administration are eager to use this platform as a way to communicate with you the American People.

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Dr Kathleen Millen @neurodevkathy.bsky.social · 25/02/2025

Today's sanity walk... In a torrential downpour through a very big boggy foothills meadow in the Pacific North West USA. Very wet and very muddy but very much needed for my mental health. Hopefully these hiking boots are easier to clean once the mud dries!

Pair of extremely muddy hiking boots on a entranceway carpet awaiting extensive cleaning once dry

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Dr Kathleen Millen @neurodevkathy.bsky.social · 13/02/2025

This was a delicious way to end a hard day.

A bowl filled with a slice of angel food cake, 2 massive scoops of chocolate moose tracks ice cream smothered with dark chocolate sauce. Yum!

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Dr Kathleen Millen @neurodevkathy.bsky.social · 10/02/2025

Inspired by @mikefeigin.bsky.social we're doing a donut fuelled phone-a-thon here starting in 30 mins. Call your reps people and let them know cuts to NIH and NSF are non starters! 5calls.org is really useful!

Picture of table laden with 3 boxes full of yummy donuts and printouts of phone numbers and scripts to call our govt reps.

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Dr Kathleen Millen @neurodevkathy.bsky.social · 25/12/2024

Happy holidays to all. Wishing you all hope and love and a guiding star to lead you in the coming year.

Photo of the clear night sky with the Orion constellation centered against a backdrop of silhouetted evergreen trees.

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Dr Kathleen Millen @neurodevkathy.bsky.social · 15/12/2024

A beautiful butterfly from JNCASR Bengaluru campus. What a beautiful place!

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Dr Kathleen Millen @neurodevkathy.bsky.social · 10/12/2024

Think this s cool? Keep reading this 🧵 DHARANI A 3D Developing Human-brain Atlas as a Resource to Advance Neuroscience Internationally Integrated Multimodal Imaging and High-resolution Histology

Screen shot of video showing 5 stages of developing human brain. A sample the data available from the DHARANI human brain project from ITT Madras

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Dr Kathleen Millen @neurodevkathy.bsky.social · 04/12/2024

I had a wonderful data intense day sharing all things dorsal midline CNS development with @shubhatole.bsky.social and lab in Mumbai. Science is so fun when done with a very good friends. Also amazing to talk together about new data in the context of our combined deep expertise in the field. ❤️🧠🔬

Beautiful tryptic set of windows at Xavier College in Mumbai

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Dr Kathleen Millen @neurodevkathy.bsky.social · 28/11/2024

I deleted the post and am uploading again

Several dozen butter tarts cooling on a rack on a kitchen counter.

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Dr Kathleen Millen @neurodevkathy.bsky.social · 27/11/2024

Mind-blowing revelation. Boil pumpkin seeds for 10 mins in salted water FIRST! Then dry for a few mins then toss with olive oil and whatever spice (we used tajine and lime powder) before roasting (325oF) 10 min x 3. Yummy. Not woody. Sooo good!

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Dr Kathleen Millen @neurodevkathy.bsky.social · 27/11/2024

Icicles and geese on a perfect winter afternoon in Calgary. I love #Alberta blue skies on @bsky.app

Icicles glistening in sun hanging out a blue spruce tree branch from a tree covered in snow

Low afternoon sun with beautiful blue sky with shilohoutes of are lamp, spruce tree and house with geese flying in V formation across the sky.

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Dr Kathleen Millen @neurodevkathy.bsky.social · 25/11/2024

Bunny blob returns! I think this one found a nice safe place to wait out the cold weather

Snowshoe hare sleeping beside a small bush beside our neighbor's house

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Dr Kathleen Millen @neurodevkathy.bsky.social · 25/11/2024

Huge process getting power back to the Seattle suburbs today. From more than 600,000 customers without power immediately after the storm tues evening to now just over 20,000. Thank you #PugetSoundEnergy for all your work.

Map of Seattle suburbs with power outages indicated. Patches are decreasing in number and abundance

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Dr Kathleen Millen @neurodevkathy.bsky.social · 25/11/2024

This little one wants you to admire them! Winter Wonder.

Snowshoe hare curled up beside a small bush in 8 inches of snow

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Dr Kathleen Millen @neurodevkathy.bsky.social · 24/11/2024

Super grateful for all the utility crews from #PugetSoundEnergy and all others from around the region, including BC and Oregon and elsewhere. We have power again. Yet there are still others without power. Tuesday's storm was astonishing for the amount of wind damage to trees and powerlines.

Map of Seattle region showing diminishing numbers of power outages. Still about 85000 people without power.

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Dr Kathleen Millen @neurodevkathy.bsky.social · 23/11/2024

Adding Saturday morning update: more people got power yesterday and outage patches are thinning. But LOTS in the #Seattle East suburbs still don't have power with new estimates for restoration pushed into next week. We are one house away from power at the edge of 1 patch. Sigh.

Power outage map for Seattle area with vast parts east suburbs still without power 4 days post bomb cyclone.

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