a personal update: in January, I'm moving to Yale to join @MCDB_Yale and to open my lab in the @WuTsaiYale Institute! We will investigate multicellular self-organization using synbio tools to read and write developmental signals in stem cell models.

also, an opportune time to mention that my lab at Yale is officially open! opportunities available at all levels, please reach out if interested: (and P.S. late to the party, but I am also on 🦋as harrymcnamara)

@labonnelab @MCDB_Yale @WuTsaiYale Thank you!! And yes; the meeting is absolutely on my radar, hoping I'll be able to join!

@BernaSozen_ @MCDB_Yale @WuTsaiYale Thank you, Berna!! Looking forward to being neighbors soon😃 (and congrats on your paper, inspiring work as usual!)

I will be recruiting at all levels! Seeking scientists who are deeply curious about nature; who are excited about challenging problems at the interface of traditional fields; and who are kind, collaborative colleagues. Please reach out if you are interested in joining the team!

many thanks to the Lewis-Sigler Scholars program and @toettch for the freedom to pursue this new direction, and to our collaborators @sabrina_solley, @bsadamson, and Michelle Chan for helping us pull it off!

Thank you @BWFUND for supporting our work decoding stem cell self-organization! Thrilled to join this community of investigators at the interface of the biological and physical sciences. This award will provide a huge lift to my next phase (more news on that soon! 😺)

new results! We describe an optogenetic method to 'paint' patterns of morphogen signals in zebrafish embryos to guide their development. Preprint here: Check out @LordLab_Pitt's explainer thread for the details!

RT @BillZJia: Pleased to say this is now out in @Nature: Thanks again to all the coauthors and the reviewers who…