Rachel Gatlin, PhD (she/her) @rachelgatlin5.bsky.social · 05/08/2025Bluesky hive mind: if you are invited to be interviewed for a podcast, how do you determine if you should do it or not? It’s a real podcast (Spotify, apple, etc have it), but how do I research it? 111
Reposted by Rachel Gatlin, PhD (she/her)Kendall Powell @kendallsciwrite.bsky.social · 25/07/2025Tough PhD timing - the cohort that started in 2020 (Covid) and finished by 2025 (waves hands) speaks out about their career high's and low's, how they coped and what they are doing to navigate the chaotic job market. Reporting by @scattercushion.bsky.social. www.nature.com/articles/d41...nature.comClass of 2025: five PhD students reveal realigned priorities in wake of COVID and cutsScientists who began their doctoral studies in 2020 found their feet during a global pandemic and are graduating into an uncertain and chaotic future. 122
Rachel Gatlin, PhD (she/her) @rachelgatlin5.bsky.social · 19/07/2025Know anyone who started grad school around 2020 and is now graduating? Now you do! 👇 130
Reposted by Rachel Gatlin, PhD (she/her)Nature @nature.com · 18/07/2025Scientists who began their doctoral studies in 2020 found their feet during a global pandemic and are graduating into an uncertain and chaotic future go.nature.com/45asSNKgo.nature.comClass of 2025: five PhD students reveal realigned priorities in wake of COVID and cutsScientists who began their doctoral studies in 2020 found their feet during a global pandemic and are graduating into an uncertain and chaotic future. 04617
Rachel Gatlin, PhD (she/her) @rachelgatlin5.bsky.social · 18/06/2025Stoked for @moriel-z.bsky.social! www.hhmi.org/programs/fre...hhmi.orgThe 2025 Freeman Hrabowski Scholars | HHMIFreeman Hrabowski Scholars are outstanding early career faculty who have the potential to become leaders in their research fields. 030
Reposted by Rachel Gatlin, PhD (she/her)Dr. Damien P. Williams, dread portent down from a mountain cave @wolven.blacksky.app · 21/05/2025You have three days, starting today, to leave a public comment with the FDA about, say, why COVID-19 boosters should remain available to everyone and also free. "Individual consumer" is the category you most likely want (unless you are one of the other categories; if so, choose that).regulations.govRegulations.gov 14537513080
Reposted by Rachel Gatlin, PhD (she/her)Chise @sailorrooscout.bsky.social · 20/05/2025GUYS. The comment period for this ends in THREE DAYS. PLEASE if you have even a little bit of time, submit a comment here: www.regulations.gov/commenton/FD... Let them know EVERYONE should be able to get COVID vaccines. They BACK DOWN when WE PUSH BACK. www.statnews.com/2025/05/20/f...statnews.comFDA will limit Covid vaccines to people over 65 or at high risk of serious illness, leaders sayThe FDA announced it will limit access to Covid-19 vaccines going forward to people 65 and older and others at high risk of serious illness 53767946444
Reposted by Rachel Gatlin, PhD (she/her)Celeste Ng @pronounced-ing.bsky.social · 20/05/2025If you think COVID vaccines should continue to be available to all: take 5 min and add your comments at the link below. (Advice for what to say in the linked thread.) 261134745
Rachel Gatlin, PhD (she/her) @rachelgatlin5.bsky.social · 19/05/2025Anyone have a U Utah doctoral gown I can borrow for some senior pics? 🥹 000
Reposted by Rachel Gatlin, PhD (she/her)Piali Sengupta @senguptalab.bsky.social · 08/05/2025Each worm lab selects a 2-3 letter allele designation. I was coming to Brandeis so I picked 'oy'. I finally have a worm colleague in my Dept - Josh Meisel - who is fabulous btw. I just convinced him to pick 'vey'. Now we need to make a double mutant. (Yes - I am very pleased with myself). 1618027
Rachel Gatlin, PhD (she/her) @rachelgatlin5.bsky.social · 13/04/2025Anyone here get their thesis printed from a company other than ProQuest? 000
Reposted by Rachel Gatlin, PhD (she/her)Dr. Kat Napaaqtuk❄️ @napaaqtuk.bsky.social · 17/03/2025University of Utah folks: I will be giving a talk Wednesday at 4pm for the Microbial Pathogenesis Seminar Series. I was invited by the SACNAS students, and am excited to be able to spend time with them! 58619
Reposted by Rachel Gatlin, PhD (she/her)bioRxiv Neuroscience @biorxiv-neursci.bsky.social · 14/03/2025Co-release of opposing signaling molecules from cortical neurons controls the escalation and release of aggression www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/202… 031
Rachel Gatlin, PhD (she/her) @rachelgatlin5.bsky.social · 14/03/2025Pre-print on my thesis work out now! 🎉 www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...biorxiv.orgCo-release of opposing signaling molecules from cortical neurons controls the escalation and release of aggressionProlonged social isolation induces a distinct state characterized by numerous impacts on behavior, including increased aggression and altered social behaviors, but the contributions of cortical circui... 051
Rachel Gatlin, PhD (she/her) @rachelgatlin5.bsky.social · 23/01/2025My thesis defense date is official! And yes I put my cat and Tac2 neurons on my poster 🥰 031
Reposted by Rachel Gatlin, PhD (she/her)Harmit Singh Malik @harmitmalik.bsky.social · 09/12/2024I participated in a faculty panel a few weeks ago in which senior (ahem) faculty gave advice on careers in academia by pretending luck had very little to do with our success. One piece of advice riled me up, in which it was argued that a reason for their success was their ability to say no. 1/ 741303229