Retweeting this because both shows are so good and Season 4 of For All Mankind makes my theory even MORE plausible… someone make it happen!

Being a #NewPI is as taxing as I was warned... which makes small kindnesses so appreciated. Today, that was a collaborator reminding me that our grant is really "my baby" 😀 Be kind to a #NewPI today (and everyday)! Academic Chatter™ OpenAcademics #AcademicTwitter New PI Slack

#NewPI accomplishment: My first big grant is signed, sealed, and submitted! Now my schedule returns to "normal" busy instead of "I guess all my advisors were right about how much time and effort grant applications take" busy 😅🤣 OpenAcademics #AcademicTwitter New PI Slack

Out now in Neuron 👏 Such a pleasure to be included by Mark Gradwell and Victoria E. Abraira on this project.

A cool #NewPI accomplishment: my lab website is live! Check out richlab.pnb.uconn.edu to stay up-to-date on all the news coming out of my new lab 😀

Grant2_v1.docx has been created...

I loved my time in 🇨🇦, but I missed the idiosyncrasies of life on a college campus in the US 🤣😅 espn.com/mens-college-b…

Do I miss Toronto? Of course. But having this as my patio view as a read papers on a Friday afternoon is a pretty fair trade 😀 Also, the #PhDog enjoys it too!

I just contacted my reps (Richard Blumenthal Sen. Murphy Office Rep. Joe Courtney) to advocate for continued full support for the BRAIN Initiative. For a #NewPI like myself, this funding is CRITICAL! It took 5 minutes thanks to this tool from Society for Neuroscience (SfN): sfn.org/Advocacy/Advoc…

We are hiring a research tech to perform mouse colony management, genotyping (PCR), transcardial perfusions, brain histology, & mouse behavior. See posting HR24-68 for details. hr.uconn.edu/temporary-job-… . Pls RT.

As a #NewPI reviewing a flawed manuscript, I make sure not only identify the flaws but suggest ways they might be remedied in revision. I'm guessing the length and rigor of reviews decays exponentially with time on the job 🤣 OpenAcademics Academic Chatter™ #AcademicTwitter

I've been quiet here because (breaking news😉) being a #NewPI is hard. But my first semester is done! There's been a mix of accomplishments (submitting my first grant!) and disappointments (that grant getting rejected!), but the net is positive momentum. I view that as a win😀

I'm so excited for #CNS2024Natal, my first as a PI😀 I'll be speaking twice: once at a tutorial I'm co-organizing on Cortical Network Dynamics, and again at a workshop on multiscale cortical circuits led by the fantastic Maurizio De Pittà. Let me know if you want to catch up in Natal!

Another #NewPI accomplishment: One page down on my next grant application! Who cares if only half of it is text and the rest is an outline of the remaining section headings😉 Academic Chatter™ OpenAcademics Future PI Slack #AcademicTwitter

A #NewPI question for #AcademicTwitter: How do you deal with email communication that is very clearly AI generated? My instinct is that this is a dealbreaker (you need to be able to express your interest in the lab!), but I know this could be overkill with equity implications…

PSA: Bouldering is the coolest thing you’re probably missing at the Olympics.

As of today I officially have grad students 😀

How I know I have a grant deadline coming up in a matter of weeks: Any period of supposed "down time" ends with me frantically writing down the ideas and phrases for the grant that inevitably pop into my head 😅😂🤣

Nothing epitomizes being a #NewPI more than going to fill up your water bottle and returning to your desk to find 5 new emails. Every. Single. Time. Academic Chatter™ OpenAcademics #AcademicTwitter

110,000 going crazy! 🔊 #GoBlue