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Mikaela Stiver, PhD

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#Anatomist 💀 | Assistant Professor @mcgillu 🤓 | Puppy Lover 🐶 | Game-based Learning Geek 🎲 | Overthinker 🧠 | #AnatomyDoodle 🎨 | Views are mine (she/her)

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@MikaelaStiver
Mikaela Stiver, PhD
2 years
🚨 To celebrate the 1 YEAR ANNIVERSARY of releasing my #Pokemon -inspired #neuroanatomy cranial nerve cards on @thegamecrafter , I'm in the *VERY early stages* of designing an expansion set feat. ganglia & nuclei!!! 🚨 Meanwhile, get the original set here:
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Mikaela Stiver, PhD
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Students: Dermatomes make no sense Me: Sure they do, but you have to bend over! Students: 🤯🤯🤯 Me: 🤓🤓🤓 #Anatomy #MedTwitter
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Mikaela Stiver, PhD
3 years
Ask and you shall receive... cranial nerves I, II, & III as #Pokemon cards!! 🤓🧠 (full set coming slowly but surely!) See if you can make sense of the cryptic emoji strengths & weaknesses 🤔 #AnatomyDoodle #MedTwitter
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Mikaela Stiver, PhD
2 years
You all see what I see… right??! This can’t be a coincidence 🥹 (Apologies for the potato-quality photos 🥔)
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@MikaelaStiver
Mikaela Stiver, PhD
3 years
Cranial nerves, but make it #Pokemon cards 🤓😂🧠 What do you think... should I make the rest?? #AnatomyDoodle #MedTwitter
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Mikaela Stiver, PhD
3 years
Seen some confusion about extraocular muscles & their main actions in *cardinal directions* vs clinical testing floating about, so I put together a quick #AnatomyDoodle 👁 As an #anatomist , I always like to consider basic structure & function first! 🤓 #MedTwitter #anatomy
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Mikaela Stiver, PhD
3 years
A couple more cerebellar pathway #neuroanatomy doodles for your viewing pleasure!! They are intentionally simplified because I was teaching an introductory course — I know that there are many details missing!! 🧠🤓✏️ #AnatomyDoodle #NeuroTwitter #AnatEd #MedEd
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Mikaela Stiver, PhD
4 years
Yes, I *almost* have a PhD Yes, this is the only way I can remember the difference between Type I & Type II Error 🙈 #AcademicTwitter
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@MikaelaStiver
Mikaela Stiver, PhD
3 years
Guess who has been doodling for her #neuroanatomy course again?? 🤓✏️🧠 Hard to believe I only have TWO LECTURES left this semester!! 💔 I’ve been making simplified illustrations of cerebellar afferents & efferents… here’s the vestibulocerebellum! #AnatomyDoodle #AnatEd
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Mikaela Stiver, PhD
10 months
Listen, all you brilliant @LEGO_Group Master Builders (or whatever you’re actually called). This needs to become a reality STAT… I know a bunch of #neuroanatomy / #neurology / #neuroscience nerds who would buy a set immediately! 🤓🧠🙏🏼
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@MikaelaStiver
Mikaela Stiver, PhD
3 years
I’m absolutely overjoyed to announce that I have accepted a faculty position in the Division of Anatomical Sciences, Department of Anatomy & Cell Biology at McGill University!!! 🎉🤩🙌🏼 @mcgillu @McGill_ACB [& my first course for the fall is #neuroanatomy !! 🧠] #AcademicTwitter
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Mikaela Stiver, PhD
3 years
Attention #neuroanatomy x #Pokemon fans!! Presenting the long-awaited trigeminal, facial, & vestibulocochlear cards! I sincerely hope I’ve done them justice (especially for all you CN V enthusiasts) 🤞🏼🤓🧠 #AnatomyDoodle #MedTwitter
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Mikaela Stiver, PhD
3 years
This girl is #PhDone (with no revisions to boot)!!! 🤓🙌🏼❤️ Thank you to everyone who stuck with me through all the highs & lows… I couldn’t have done it without you! #AcademicTwitter 📸 ft. goodies from @amandatomical , @academeology , & many more!
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Mikaela Stiver, PhD
3 years
Guess who has been doodling again?? 🧠🤓 Prepping a few figures for my #neuroanatomy course & thought I’d share one since it’s been quite a while!! Starting my students off on the right foot with some #embryology fundamentals! #AnatomyDoodle #MedTwitter
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Mikaela Stiver, PhD
4 years
This week is off to an *ABSOLUTELY* brilliant start... I just submitted 3 COMPLETE CHAPTERS of my PhD #thesis to my committee (including the lit review chapter that has been haunting my dreams for over a year)!!! 😱🥳🤓 #AcademicTwitter #PhDlife @OpenAcademics
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@MikaelaStiver
Mikaela Stiver, PhD
2 years
Now 100% *officially* Dr. Stiver 🎓🙌🏼🤓 #AcademicTwitter #UofTGrad22
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Mikaela Stiver, PhD
3 years
Geeking out because LOOK WHAT JUST ARRIVED IN THE MAIL!!! 🤓🧠💌 My #Pokemon -inspired cranial nerve cards look even better than I imagined ❤️ waiting on a test print from one other company, but soon you too can own these #neuroanatomy beauts!!! #MedTwitter Gotta learn it all!!!
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Mikaela Stiver, PhD
3 years
I have a love–hate relationship with cranial nerve nuclei 🧠 but creating the first draft of this little schematic has tipped the scales toward love!! ❤️ #neuroanatomy Suggestions always welcome!! #AnatomyDoodle #MedTwitter
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Mikaela Stiver, PhD
4 years
High time for a new #embryology animation: neurulation (incl. a few bare-bones labels!) 🤓🧠🟣 I found it quite challenging to link the static images that I had previously drawn... open to comments & suggestions, as always!! #AnatomyDoodle #SciArt #MedTwitter
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Mikaela Stiver, PhD
3 years
Check out the first design idea for the back of my cranial nerve #Pokemon cards 🤓🧠 I originally used a font generator for “neuroanatomy” but ended up preferring my hand-drawn version! Feedback welcome, keeping in mind my limited artistic skills!!! 😅 #AnatomyDoodle #MedTwitter
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@MikaelaStiver
Mikaela Stiver, PhD
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It’s been a long waiting game, but I’ve recently been promoted to Assistant Professor! 🎉👩🏻‍🏫👍🏼 #SmallVictories #AcademicTwitter
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@MikaelaStiver
Mikaela Stiver, PhD
4 years
Today was rough 🥺 Some of my major concerns about my thesis were confirmed by my supervisory committee—I’m glad it’s out in the open, but overwhelmingly I feel discouraged & afraid. Today, I’m accepting it... Tomorrow, I’m going to tackle it head on 💪🏼 #PhDlife #AcademicChatter
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@MikaelaStiver
Mikaela Stiver, PhD
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Office decor on point!! 👌🏼🧠🤓 #AcademicTwitter #NeuroTwitter
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Mikaela Stiver, PhD
10 months
In memory of the incomparable Andre Braugher, here is my all-time favourite scene from Brooklyn Nine-Nine (which hits extra close to home while living in a province that won’t let PhDs use the title even though it’s *literally describing a doctor*!) 💛 RIP legend 💛
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@MikaelaStiver
Mikaela Stiver, PhD
3 years
Paper ✨OFFICIALLY✨ accepted this morning!!! Here's a little sneak peek: models of the comprehensive 3D architecture of trapezius (infant & adult)! 🤓💪🏼 #AcademicTwitter #PhDlife
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Mikaela Stiver, PhD
3 years
Starting Part 2 (out of 3) of my #neuroanatomy course on Thursday, so today I prepped a little #AnatomyDoodle to zhuzh up my lecture slides 🤓🎨 Guess the (hopefully very obvious 🤞🏼) topic!! Please forgive the less-than-perfect colour palette for colour vision deficiency...🤦🏻‍♀️
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Mikaela Stiver, PhD
4 years
As a Canadian, all I can really say is PLEASE VOTE 🗳 #goodnight
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@MikaelaStiver
Mikaela Stiver, PhD
4 years
After nearly 2 YEARS of rewriting, reframing, revisions, & rejections, the 1st manuscript from my PhD research *FINALLY* has a journal to call home!! 🥲🙏🏼 We still have a few substantial edits to make, but I'm counting "accept with revisions" as a MASSIVE win ❤️ #AcademicTwitter
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@MikaelaStiver
Mikaela Stiver, PhD
3 years
WE'RE LIVE! 🧠🤓🎉 My cranial nerve #neuroanatomy cards are OFFICIALLY AVAILABLE on @thegamecrafter ! Get a set of 18 cards for a special introductory price: ✅ 12 cranial nerves ✅ 3 nerve type cards ✅ 3 *bonus* duplicates to share! #MedTwitter #anatomy
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Mikaela Stiver, PhD
3 years
This was my entry to the 2021 @AACAnatomy T-Shirt Design Contest... and it won!!! 🤩🏆🤓 Each letter represents a different discipline of #anatomy : gross anatomy / macroanatomy, #neuroanatomy , #embryology , & #histology ❤️
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Mikaela Stiver, PhD
3 years
#Neuroanatomy : Gotta learn it all! 🤓🧠🙌🏼 Presenting the COMPLETE SET of cranial nerve #Pokemon cards + preliminary designs for card backs & 'energy' cards!! Which cranial nerve will you choose?? 🤔 #MedTwitter #NeuroTwitter (1/4)
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@MikaelaStiver
Mikaela Stiver, PhD
5 years
I've seen the bones before but just stumbled upon the muscles and brain today! Someday these will adorn my office walls... ❤️ #anatomy #sciart #typogram Credit: @AaronKuehn
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@MikaelaStiver
Mikaela Stiver, PhD
4 years
I DID IT!!! I SUBMITTED AN APPLICATION FOR A FACULTY POSITION!!! A REAL ADULT JOB!!! 😱 #AcademicTwitter #PhDlife
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Mikaela Stiver, PhD
4 years
Behold!! The cranial nerve #brainbow !! 🧠🤓 #AnatomyDoodle #MedTwitter ❤️🧡💛💚💙💜
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@MikaelaStiver
Mikaela Stiver, PhD
3 years
✅ Got my Pfizer booster 💉 ✅ Froze my hair and eyelashes ❄️ ✅ SUBMITTED A COMPLETE THESIS DRAFT TO MY COMMITTEE 🤯 Please clap?? 👏🏼 #AcademicTwitter
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Mikaela Stiver, PhD
3 years
Two of the four remaining cranial nerve #Pokemon cards: CN XI & CN XII 🤓🧠 Which is your favourite so far??? I left glossopharyngeal & vagus for last because they’re SOOOO challenging to summarize in a couple sentences 🙈 but they’re coming soon! ⏳ #AnatomyDoodle #MedTwitter
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Mikaela Stiver, PhD
4 years
Actual footage of me trying to gain traction on thesis writing this week 🐍 #PhDlife #AcademicChatter
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Mikaela Stiver, PhD
4 years
Slightly terrified to post this one for fear that people will be scared off by my very strange mind 🙈 but this is *genuinely* how I learned the dorsal brainstem! Definitely requires a wild imagination... please don’t judge me too much!! 😂🧠🐰 #neuroanatomy #MedTwitter
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Mikaela Stiver, PhD
4 years
Probably need another 10,000 hours of practice with shading before I really get the hang of it, but I think the great vessels are starting to pop!! ❤️💙 #AnatomyDoodle #SciArt #MedTwitter
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Mikaela Stiver, PhD
3 years
The triad of ocular motor nerves as #Pokemon cards is complete!! 👀 Presenting CN III, IV, & VI *PLUS* one of my favourite #anatomy memes by @jeremai_hulud 🤓 (P.S. trigeminal is in the works! 👑) #AnatomyDoodle #MedTwitter
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Mikaela Stiver, PhD
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All my #embryology friends made ❤️ development sound pretty wild, so I thought I’d try to teach myself a little bit about it w/ an animated #AnatomyDoodle 🤓 This is a *very* rough first draft... I’m 99% sure it’s wonky as, but that’s what learning is all about! Any thoughts?
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Mikaela Stiver, PhD
3 years
Just ordered a test set of my #Pokemon -inspired cranial nerve #neuroanatomy cards!!! 🤩 Stay tuned for updates… 🧠 Shipping is a bit $$, but ordering a few sets & splitting the cost with friends would help!! I will do my best to find better options in the future ❤️ #MedTwitter
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@MikaelaStiver
Mikaela Stiver, PhD
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IT’S MY BIRTHDAY!!! 🎁🎂🎉❤️ Celebrating the big 8.0 this year… you do the math 🙈 Wishing all my fellow #LeapDay babies the best day ever to make up for 4 long years of waiting 😉 Go do something awesome with your “extra” day!!!
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Mikaela Stiver, PhD
3 years
🚨 #neuroanatomy & #anatomy friends! The moment you've been waiting for is nigh: I will *FINALLY* be making my TCG-inspired cranial nerve cards available for purchase through @thegamecrafter on MONDAY!! 🥳🧠🤓 Please consider supporting my creation by purchasing a set or two! ❤️
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Mikaela Stiver, PhD
2 years
#HappyHalloween ! 👻🎃🍬 I’m an anatomically incorrect skeleton, complete with #anatomist annotations humerus-ly pointing out some of the more egregious errors 💀 (Also yes, these are glow-in-the-dark pyjamas… I regret nothing ❤️)
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@MikaelaStiver
Mikaela Stiver, PhD
3 years
Hit a 50,000-word milestone in my #dissertation last night with several chapter still to go 🙃 I sincerely apologise in advance to my wonderful supervisory committee… brevity has never been my forte 🙈 I promise to edit!!! #AcademicTwitter #PhDlife
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Mikaela Stiver, PhD
4 years
***FINALLY*** finished re-writing the manuscript I’ve been sitting on for a year (following a handful of brutal back-to-back rejections) 💪🏼 It’s a drop in the ocean that is my PhD thesis, but I reckon it’s still worth celebrating?! 🥳 #AcademicTwitter #PhDlife
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Mikaela Stiver, PhD
3 years
No #anatomist ’s wardrobe is complete without a dermatome wetsuit* 🤓🤿 *Not my creation! This beauty hangs in my PhD supervisor’s office & is currently keeping my company while I rerun data analyses #AcademicTwitter #MedTwitter
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Mikaela Stiver, PhD
3 years
TODAY’S THE BIG DAY (x2)!! 🎉🤓🙈 1️⃣ My PhD oral defence (viva) day 2️⃣ My 30th #birthday (or as close as we’re going to get in a non-leap year) #AcademicTwitter #AlmostPhDone
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Mikaela Stiver, PhD
4 years
“Willis” the cerebral arterial circle + vertebrobasilar arterial system spider/8-legged monster (you choose)!🕷👹 Annotated version & DIY template 🧠🤓 #neuroanatomy #MedTwitter ⭐️ Original source: Goldberg, S (2014) Clinical Neuroanatomy Made Ridiculously Simple, 5th ed.
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Mikaela Stiver, PhD
4 years
Had a few different suggestions to improve my #neurulation animation, so let’s just call this v2.0 🧠 ✅ No more weird migrating mesoderm 🙈 ✅ New regions highlighted in colour 🎨 ✅ Neural crest labelled 🖊 ✅ Slightly ⬇️ frame rate #embryology #MedTwitter #AnatomyDoodle
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@MikaelaStiver
Mikaela Stiver, PhD
3 years
You may have heard of Build-A-Bear, but what about Build-a-Hand?? 🖐️🏻 #AnatomyDoodle #MedTwitter Quick video of super simplified palmar hand structures in sequential layers!! Some assembly required, lumbricals not included (in this iteration) 🤓
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Mikaela Stiver, PhD
4 years
A colourful little illustration of the #hippocampus that I put together in early June to accompany a brilliant friend's research 🧠🤓🔬 I'd love to do more of these. Get in touch if I can draw you some #anatomy —for your research or just for fun! #neuroanatomy #AnatomyArt #SciArt
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Mikaela Stiver, PhD
2 years
Wooooooah 🤓 Some will say this is gross, but I think it's kinda mesmerizing! #anatomy
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@MikaelaStiver
Mikaela Stiver, PhD
2 years
Now that everything is signed & official, I’m THRILLED to announce that I have the honour & privilege of illustrating the 1st EVER Histology Colouring Book by @FranzOdendaal & @DrKarenPinder (+ a team of brilliant contributors), funded by @AnatomyOrg !!! 🎉✏️🤓 #SciArt #histology
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Mikaela Stiver, PhD
3 years
Last (but most definitely not least) in my #neuroanatomy x #Pokemon card cranial nerve series 🧠🤓: 9️⃣ Glossopharyngeal 🔟 Vagus I’ll post the complete set in a thread tomorrow! 🙌🏼 Should I make ganglion or reflex cards next? Or something else?? 🤔 #AcademicTwitter #MedTwitter
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Mikaela Stiver, PhD
2 years
Delighted to have received a Faculty Award for Teaching Innovation this year for implementing game-based learning in my @McGillRehab undergrad #neuroanatomy course (including the #Pokemon -inspired cranial nerve cards)!! 🧠🥰🎉 Learning is hard work, but it should also be fun! 🙌🏼
@McGillMed
McGill Medicine and Health Sciences
2 years
Congratulations to the winners of the third annual Learner and Faculty Awards for Teaching Innovation! The awards recognize their innovative strategies that are learning- and learner-focused. Meet the winners here: #TeacherAppreciationWeek
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Mikaela Stiver, PhD
3 years
Obligatory first day of work selfie in my new office!!! New job, same me ✌🏼🤓 #AcademicTwitter
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Mikaela Stiver, PhD
4 years
Normally I teach #arthrokinematics with bones in the #anatomy lab, but now that half the course is online (& demonstrating with my hands over video was an unmitigated disaster) I’m improvising!! 🤓✍🏼 #AnatomyDoodle Animation #1 : Concave joint surface moving (1/2)
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Mikaela Stiver, PhD
2 years
Contracts signed & flights booked, so I can finally share my exciting news: I’m heading to Italy 🇮🇹 in January–February 2023 to teach #anatomy as part of the Harvey Medical Course at the Università di Pavia ( @unipv )!! 🫀🤓🎉 European friends: let’s plan some weekend adventures!
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Mikaela Stiver, PhD
2 years
I had the honour of seeing this priceless piece of #anatomy history at the Università di Pavia yesterday!! 🤓❤️🤯 A 2nd edition of “De humani corporis fabrica libri septem” by Andreas Veslius in immaculate condition. It honestly left me speechless…🫀
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Mikaela Stiver, PhD
3 years
There are quite a few of these schematics floating around, but I wanted to make my own for an upcoming lecture so I could customise the colour scheme & add/remove labels as needed 🤓🧠 #Neuroanatomy #AnatomyDoodle
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Mikaela Stiver, PhD
3 years
My thesis defence is *officially* scheduled for February 28th!!! 🎉🤓 … which is also my BIRTHDAY in non-leap years 🙈 Here’s hoping it’s a memorable birthday for good reasons!? 🤞🏼 It’s been a long road and I’m very ready for it to be over! #AcademicTwitter #AlmostPhDone
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@MikaelaStiver
Mikaela Stiver, PhD
3 years
Haven’t checked my Cranial Nerve Card sales in a hot second… I'm *ecstatic* to report that I have sold >185 COPIES in 16 COUNTRIES, including one from every inhabited continent!! 🤯🤓🧠 #MedTwitter #AnatEd #MedEd Get your own and/or leave a review here:
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@MikaelaStiver
Mikaela Stiver, PhD
3 years
Reviving my punny holiday #AnatomyDoodle creations to hopefully spread a little cheer amidst all the #OmicronVariant madness 🤓✏️❤️ If they make you smile (or even just cringe) a little, my job here is done!! #SciArt #MedTwitter
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@MikaelaStiver
Mikaela Stiver, PhD
3 years
Boy, you must be the oculomotor nerve because when you’re not with me I’m down and out 😉
@acweyand
Shematologist, MD
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Boy, you must be a pulmonary embolus because you leave me breathless.
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Mikaela Stiver, PhD
3 years
The very sweaty face of a very happy girl who got to do a little dissection for the first time in nearly 9 months!!! PLUS I got to try out my fancy new @mcgillu scrubs 🤓🙌🏼❤️ #Anatomy #AcademicTwitter
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@MikaelaStiver
Mikaela Stiver, PhD
3 years
Bonjour, new academic home!! 🫀🤓 Please forgive the repetitive posts—I’m *very* excited about this new chapter! My official start date is August 1st, but today I got to meet some colleagues, chat with some students, & get acquainted with this beautiful building! #AcademicTwitter
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Mikaela Stiver, PhD
3 years
100 micron scan... I could watch this for hours 😍🤓🧠 #neuroanatomy
@AvrahamCooperMD
Avraham Z. Cooper, MD 🩺
3 years
Check out the INCREDIBLE detail on this brain MRI - it took 5 days to acquire! 🎥 @ComaRecoveryLab #MedTwitter
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@MikaelaStiver
Mikaela Stiver, PhD
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Are you following this artistic queen yet??! You absolutely should be 🤩 Every piece is more impressive than the last! Saving up to buy a couple prints for my office! ❤️ #AnatomyArt #SciArt
The sketches The final
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Mikaela Stiver, PhD
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It’s been a hot minute since I posted a new #AnatomyDoodle 🤓 Here’s a little ‘behind the scenes’ video of an os coxa in progress! I struggle miserably with proportions so I’m working with grids & photos of bones for the time being 🙈 Final colour version coming soon 🤞🏼 #SciArt
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@MikaelaStiver
Mikaela Stiver, PhD
3 years
Happy #WorldAnatomyDay to all of my anatomy friends all around the world!! 🧠💀🫀 One of my favourite parts of being an #anatomist is that I learn something new every day, whether it's reading new research, answering an insightful question, or having an unexpected 'a-ha' moment!
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Mikaela Stiver, PhD
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Hey #neuroanatomy nerds... the moment you have been waiting for has arrived!!! 🧠🎉🤓 The latest & greatest #SeriousGame "Foramina!" by @zach_london & yours truly (+ fantastic artwork by @alexludai ) is NOW AVAILABLE on @thegamecrafter !!! #NeuroTwitter ⭐️
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Mikaela Stiver, PhD
3 years
It's been ~18 days since I released my #Pokemon -inspired #neuroanatomy cranial nerve cards on @thegamecrafter & I'm super excited to share that I've just cracked 100 COPIES sold (in 9 countries across 5 continents)!!! 🤩 #GottaLearnItAll Get your own ➡️
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@MikaelaStiver
Mikaela Stiver, PhD
2 years
Last week’s brachial plexus-focused lab involved buying EVERY pipe cleaner at my local Dollarama 😂🙌🏼 each plexus requires either 16 or 20 pipe cleaners (depending on your preferred method) ❤️ #AnatEd + I finally finished my beautiful @anatomyfound ‘plaited plexus’!! 😍🧶
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@MikaelaStiver
Mikaela Stiver, PhD
3 years
Visual fields + CN II pathway #AnatomyDoodle from yesterday’s first cranial nerve #neuroanatomy lecture of the semester!! 👁❤️ Plenty of wonderful graphics out there, but I couldn’t help but make my own. Can’t wait to dive into some lesion problems on Monday morning! 🙌🏼
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@MikaelaStiver
Mikaela Stiver, PhD
3 years
It’s a wine & #anatomy puzzle kind of #ChristmasDay … is anyone really surprised? 🍷🧩🧠 I’ve done the first 3 puzzles in this set *many* times & I really need to purchase the limbs to complete the set… + maybe a few of the organs too? (feat. @mesabree ’s gorgeous #SciArt ! ❤️)
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@MikaelaStiver
Mikaela Stiver, PhD
4 years
New #histology graphics for my website (& cartilage/bone lab next week) 🤓 Featuring beautiful slides from @VMDatabase contributors, , & more! My life has been very pink and purple for the past few days 💗💜
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@MikaelaStiver
Mikaela Stiver, PhD
5 years
I’m in full-fledged #pomodoro method writing mode 🍅 • 25 minutes work • 5 minute break I’ve sorted through 130+ papers (not read, just organized 😉) & added 1,000 words to my thesis today!! 💪🏼 Who else is having a solidly productive Monday? #PhDlife #AcademicTwitter
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@MikaelaStiver
Mikaela Stiver, PhD
4 years
A little ombré brachial plexus (+ phrenic nerve) with a subway map aesthetic 👌🏼 #AnatomyDoodle Going to try to turn this one into an interactive tool (i.e., where each node can be clicked on/moused over to reveal info about the corresponding nerve). Any tips greatly appreciated!
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@MikaelaStiver
Mikaela Stiver, PhD
3 years
Squishy faced puppy cuddles 🥰🐶 I will be MIA from Twitter over the weekend as I prepare for my defence on Monday… please keep your fingers and toes crossed for me!! 🤞🏼🤓 #AcademicTwitter #EndOfAnEra
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@MikaelaStiver
Mikaela Stiver, PhD
4 years
Hooray!! A little @ResearchGate milestone to boost my spirits on this find Tuesday morning! 🤓🥳👍🏼 The imposter in me feels obligated to disclose that over 3/4 of these citations are on the paper to which I contributed the least though... 😕🤷🏻‍♀️ #AcademicTwitter #PhDlife
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@MikaelaStiver
Mikaela Stiver, PhD
4 years
Absolutely nobody: Me: Ombré paranasal sinuses, anyone?? 💚💙💜 #AnatomyDoodle
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@MikaelaStiver
Mikaela Stiver, PhD
4 years
I am living for PowerPoint's autogenerated alt text on these #histology slides tonight 😂
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@MikaelaStiver
Mikaela Stiver, PhD
3 years
Guess what we’re making in #neuroanatomy lab tomorrow?!! 🧠🎉 Full credit for this wonderful paper brain model goes to the brilliant & beautiful @DraForlizzi ❤️ (paired with my subpar Spanish to English translate skills 🙃) #AcademicTwitter
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@MikaelaStiver
Mikaela Stiver, PhD
4 years
An #anatomy pal sent this to me this morning & OBVIOUSLY I had to share it!! Consider it my attempt at #FollowFriday ... 1) Which cranial nerve are you? 2) Tag a friend & assign them a cranial nerve too! 3) Follow, RT, etc. [After some serious digging, I think 📸: @omariospizza ]
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@MikaelaStiver
Mikaela Stiver, PhD
3 years
Prepping some super duper simplified skull base schematics for my #neuroanatomy lab manual 🤓🧠 Great for colouring and labelling structures, drawing foramina, and much more! #MedTwitter
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@MikaelaStiver
Mikaela Stiver, PhD
3 years
I often plan my colour schemes ahead of time to ensure that they are accessible for viewers who are #ColourBlind , but sometimes I need to double check slides I've already made... Today I found Sim Daltonism (): an open source app to do just that!! 🤩🎨👁️
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@MikaelaStiver
Mikaela Stiver, PhD
3 years
The epic bags under my eyes & I are thrilled to see happy cranial nerve card customers posting on Twitter!!! I’m glad so many people appreciate #neuroanatomy nerdiness as much as I do 🥰🧠❤️ If you have purchased a set, please consider leaving a review on @thegamecrafter 🙏🏼
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@MikaelaStiver
Mikaela Stiver, PhD
2 years
📢 New publication (+ new #AnatomyDoodle )! 🤓 This is such a fascinating case study: herpes zoster isolated to CN IX unilaterally!! Huge thank you to the legendary @DrBartox & @drmiketodorovic for letting me be involved ☺️ #AnatEd #MedEd #MedTwitter Link:
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@MikaelaStiver
Mikaela Stiver, PhD
4 years
I got a new iPad and I drew a thing!!! 🤓 It’s a work in progress, but I’m super excited to learn more in @Procreate and make many more #anatomy drawings 🙌🏼
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@MikaelaStiver
Mikaela Stiver, PhD
3 years
Can I ‘cheat’ and re-share this #AnatomyDoodle for Day 2 of #SciArtInk : eye muscle movements 👀??? I’m sad that I don’t have time to keep up with any of these wonderful October art challenges, but I’ll post some old work where applicable 🙈 #SciArt #MedTwitter
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@MikaelaStiver
Mikaela Stiver, PhD
2 years
It has arrived and it is glorious 😍🧠 Definitely going to be integrating a daily #neuroanatomy riddle into my Fall lectures & labs!! Well done, @neelmed & James Dolbow! I love the detailed explanations that accompany each riddle’s answer 👏🏼🤓 #AnatEd #MedEd
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@MikaelaStiver
Mikaela Stiver, PhD
3 years
Plans anatomiques ou PAINS anatomiques?? 😂🤓🥖 The most French representation of anatomical planes ever… with a baguette!! #Anatomy 📸: “Apprendre et comprendre l’anatomie Appareil locomoteur” by Michel Dufour
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@MikaelaStiver
Mikaela Stiver, PhD
4 years
Walking home from the lab on a Saturday night isn’t so bad with views like this 🤓🌙 #AcademicTwitter #PhDlife
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@MikaelaStiver
Mikaela Stiver, PhD
2 years
On the way home with my new best friend ❤️🐶🥹 P.S. she’s a cavapoo, for anyone who has asked and I’ve forgotten to answer!
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@MikaelaStiver
Mikaela Stiver, PhD
2 years
I don’t always do cool things… but when I do, I shamelessly frame ‘em and show ‘em off to anyone who cares 😉 Newest, slightly self-indulgent addition to my office decor!!! 🧠🎨 #neuroanatomy #Pokemon #NeuroTwitter #MedTwitter (Frame: @fabled_framing on @Etsy ❤️)
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