Danielle L. Schmitt 🔬
@schmittwitt_
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Cell signaling & metabolism & biosensors. Asst Prof @UCLAchem . Cat mom. She/her. @schmittwitt_ on all socials
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I am beyond excited to announce that I have accepted a position as an Assistant Professor in the Division of Biochemistry at
@uclachem
starting in Fall 2022! The Schmitt Lab will be developing biosensors to study the regulation of metabolic events in single cells. 1/
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The Parafilm I ordered Aug 29, 2022 has arrived today, August 25, the year of our Lord 2023.
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I am forever thankful I work at a university that provides easy access to free PCR COVID tests. Thanks
@UCSanDiego
@UCSDMedSchool
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I try not to bother my lab on the weekends (unless they message me first or it is urgent) so tomorrow, 9 am Slack is popping off (I learned how to schedule slack messages, and they're already on to me)
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Good news: I got a K99! (with real data) Bad news: I declined because I won the award after I started my independent position, 6 months AFTER the study section met. But!!! next week I'm submitting the first Schmitt Lab grant, so 🤞hoping someone likes my ideas!
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🍾Congrats to Jack, the very first graduate student and now the first PhD candidate from the Schmitt Lab!!! We’re so proud of him!! 🥂
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I am so excited & honored to receive the Director’s New Innovator Award (I have been really bad about keeping this a secret). I’m even more excited for my fellow recipients—their science is so cool!!
Early-stage investigators proposed innovative high-impact research ideas for the
@NIHDirector
’s New Innovator Award. See the projects the awardees will pursue:
#NIHHighRisk
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I got a pretty good score on my first-ever NIH grant as a PI! Cautiously optimistic but just really proud of myself for doing well on the first grant I submitted for the lab. I'm going to treat myself to some new nail polish and flowers as a reward.
#NewPI
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I’ve been an assistant professor for a whole year! The past year has been a whirlwind but I’m having a lot of fun, and I’ve learned a lot too!
#NewPI
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Extreme Makeover: Lab Edition. The Schmitt Lab Tissue Culture and Microscopy Center is officially up and running!!
#NewPI
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I’m very excited my new manuscript from
@jinzhanglab
is out on
@biorxivpreprint
! We developed a single-FP AMPK biosensor & I used it to determine mechanisms for spatiotemporal regulation of AMPK activity at various subcellular locations.
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@CA_AstroComm
@MarchForScience
PhD in Chemistry, but these days I’m more of a molecular biologist.
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So far CoALA Biosciences is winning for cutest order delivery. This is how CoA was delivered!
#NewPI
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Our lab coats got an upgrade! We used our label maker to customize the hangers so everyone has their own hanger for their lab coat.
#NewPI
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K99 went from ND, to a pretty good score on resubmission. Not sure if score is good enough to get funded, but proud of myself nonetheless! Thanks
@jinzhanglab
for the support and
@SD_IRACDA
for the grant writing courses!
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Tbh the only reason I’m a “successful woman in STEM” is because I have a therapist, no partner, no kids, & help from my parents when I need it. I devote 100% of my time to my job. Stop telling women how to change & tell the academy how to change.
Survivor bias on Women in STEM panels leads to a bunch of useless "advice" about resilience and creating girls clubs (as if the model of the boys club isn't bad enough).
Why not ask some of the drips from the pipeline about "keeping women in STEM?" (Also what is "in"?)
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Grad recruitment month has kicked off! Excited to meet prospective graduate students and introduce them to Los Angeles!
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Very excited my work on spatial AMPK activity is out! This paper really highlights how we can use biosensors. Many thanks to everyone who helped out with this project! Starting this fall
@schmittlab_ucla
will be figuring out what exactly AMPK is doing at all these locations.
💡Lighting Up AMPK💡🔬 We used a new AMPK biosensor to unravel mechanisms for AMPK activity at the lysosome, mitochondria, & nucleus. Out now in
@NatureComms
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5 years ago today I interviewed with
@jinzhanglab
to join her lab as a postdoc…now I’m entering my last two weeks as a postdoc before becoming an asst professor! So excited (and stressed 🫠) to be joining
@uclachem
!!
#NewPI
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I don’t think University of California employees talk enough about how horrible getting paid 1x/month on the first of the month is. It’s Jan 2nd and I cannot pay any bills or rent because my paycheck is still “pending”. 😡
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Hello, I’m a postdoc in a movie. Oh wait. I’m pretty sure there’s not a postdoc in any movie.
Hello, I'm a chemist in a movie. I am distilling something very slowly through complex glassware which will soon explode after a single drop hits the receiver flask.
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I have a lecture to prepare so we all know what that means…time to deep clean my house and reorganize a closet.
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End of my third month as a
#NewPI
and end of my second month on campus. Grant number three has been submitted and I met in person with my first lab member. I think we'll be doing some experiments next!!!
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The way I YELLED when I saw the
@SartoriusGlobal
box in my lab this morning. We can weigh thousandths of a gram!!
#NewPI
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So excited & honored to have received a Faculty Career Development Award from
@UCLA
Office of Equity, Diversity, & Inclusion. This award will help support ongoing undergrad-led efforts in the lab to image subcellular AMPK activity.
🥳Congratulations to Professor Danielle Schmitt on receiving the prestigious UCLA Faculty Career Development Award!
@schmittwitt_
@uclaphyssci
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It’s a great day today: June Gloom cleared early, first PhD student is now a PhD candidate, and notice of award for a small grant!!
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Today's biochemistry lecture. No one thought my jokes or memes were funny.
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@500womensci
@TuckerCarlson
@sisterSTEM
@MeTooSTEM
@ScientistFemale
Yes, hello, Tucker, my name is Danielle, and I am a biochemist working on understanding how various cell types utilize energy so that we may design better drugs to treat metabolic disorders.
#unapologeticallyfeministscientist
#DealWithIt
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Applying to my first faculty position. Writing this package seems so surreal. Are we sure I’m ready for this?!?
#postdoc
#AcademicTwitter
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I am beyond thrilled to be supported by
@cziscience
to work with
@tarateslaa
to study SAM!!
Congrats to Profs. Danielle Schmitt (Chem & Biochem) & Tara TeSlaa (Pharmacology) on receiving a CZI "Measuring Metabolism Across Scales" grant for their "Investigating the Organelle Specific Role of s-adenosylmethionine" project!
@schmittwitt_
@schmittlab_ucla
@tarateslaa
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I've had an amazing day participating in the
@huntsmancancer
at
@UUtah
Rising Stars in Cancer Biology Symposium. Thank you so much to
@Myers_lab
,
@TGOliver2
,
@mendozalabUTAH
& all the organizers for an amazing day! So much amazing science by some fantastic postdocs today!
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Thank you so much to the UCLA Society of Hellman Fellows for supporting our work, especially projects predominately led by undergraduates!
Congratulations to Professor Danielle Schmitt (
@schmittwitt_
), one of 22 UCLA junior faculty members selected to receive the prestigious UCLA Society of Hellman Fellows award! Read more:
@uclaphyssci
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Is it possible to be in love with a microscope? The images from
@NikonInst
SORA are spectacular. Thanks
@SamReckPeterson
&
@UCSD_NIC
!!
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Today is
#ShutDownSTEM
. I encourage everyone to learn about the Meyerhoff Program
@UMBC
. I was extremely fortunate to work with Meyerhoff scholars throughout my graduate career, and I hope other universities adopt this program.
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How it started | How it’s going. One year of the Schmitt Lab!
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10 weeks of metabolism!! This quarter has been A Lot (this class has been canceled, moved online, moved online 15 minutes into class, and canceled after 15 minutes due to a fire alarm) but I hope this batch of 153C students leave with a new appreciation of their humble liver.
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@rgay
They keep emailing me, but none of these emails tell me how much my payments will cost and the FedLoan website is equally unhelpful. I will have a bill Feb 1, no idea the dollar amount.
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ITS READY!! I’M SO EXCITED!!!
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I have a pretty terrible work-life balance. I usually only take significant time away from lab during the Christmas Holiday. My students want a good work-life balance, and I want to model that. So I took myself on vacation for a couple days
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Coming up soon: UCLA Chem & Biochem is hiring!! We are looking for faculty across several disciplines including biochemistry! Official Job Ad to come soon, but if you have any questions about the department, let me know.
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I had a really lovely time at
#cellbio2023
. I got to catch up with old friends, make some new ones, and learn about very cool science. Looking forward to next year!
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I've had a fantastic couple of days with
@tarateslaa
at CZI. Thank you so much
@cziscience
for supporting two new assistant professors & our collaborative project to measure & manipulate SAM! I’m so glad to be a part of this community
#NewPI
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Started out as
@UC_PPFP
&
@SD_IRACDA
postdocs and now we’re UC faculty! It’s always fun catching up with friends at the PPFP annual retreat.
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Poignant moment for me during
@uclachem
#SeaborgSymposium
,
@jenn_prescher
thanked the women who have come before us including
@CarolynBertozzi
and paved the way. Thinking a lot about this as I start my own lab!
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My students are very sneaky and surprised me with cupcakes despite my birthday not being on the lab calendar.
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Keynote at
#IRACDA2022
#IRACDA22
by my
@SD_IRACDA
mentor
@joann_trejo
! Really great & inspirational advice—especially reflection on what she wishes she had done as new faculty.
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13th funding application (internal and external, LOI and full application) has been submitted. This one was a very last minute decision to apply, so honestly, just proud of myself for getting it out the door.
#NewPI
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A cornerstone of my lab is we are an inclusive, welcoming, and accepting environment where trainees are given the tools to succeed.
#FaceOfScience
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Grad recruitment weekend No. 2 is in the books!! So excited for this incoming class of grad students!
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Some people have photos of their kids in their offices. I have framed photos of my cats in my office.
#Millennial
#CatMom
#CatLady
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@chrstn_e
Yes. "To accomplish this work, we will leverage our expertise in methods for studying compartmentalized metabolism and cellular signaling using fluorescence microscopy along with our collaborator’s expertise..." with all of my papers cited. This statement is in every grant.
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🔬 Out now in
@Curr_Protocols
, I present a protocol for imaging subcellular AMPK activity using ExRai AMPKAR with both epi and confocal microscopy. I'm excited to see how others use ExRai AMPKAR!
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I was asked how long I’ve been at UCLA, and I realized it’s been two years, today! I have learned and grown so much as a person, a scientist, & a mentor over the last two years. I have a lot to say about being
#NewPI
, but today I am thankful
It’s our second birthday! We’re celebrating with a lab retreat tomorrow. It’s been a really fun two years, and we’re just getting started!
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Beginning of the end: cleaning out my freezer boxes. Four years of random cloning products
#postdoc
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My PhD anniversary was yesterday!!! Five years since I defended my work I did in
@AnLab_UMBC
and now I'm getting my own lab up and running!!
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Multi-lab celebration with
@tarateslaa
today! We are so excited for our collaborative work supported by
@cziscience
to use genetically encoded organelle-targeted tools to manipulate and measure metabolism across scales.
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Very honored to be selected as
@IEEEPhotonics
Woman in Photonics of the month! Thank you for this highlight!
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I think it was
@CterminiPhD
who shared some of her "stock" email responses--game changer. I have drafted email responses for some of the most common emails I get (particularly scheduling meetings) and this is a great starting point for getting emails answered.
#NewPI
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📖New Review!👩💻 Want to know how to regulate spatiotemporal kinase signaling using genetically encodable tools🧬? Check out my new review with
@doctorsohum
&
@jinzhanglab
out now in Current Opinions in Chem Biol! 🔗
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1. PCR doesn’t detect proteins. 2. If the PCR primers are specific, lysis was good, and you have covid, it will be positive. 3. You tried to re-invent neuroscience, it was lame 4. You don’t think all of medicine isn’t trying to find better tests?!?!
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#UglyDogs
holiday card exchange AND my copy of
@BlairBraverman
new book arrived on the same day?!
#Blessed
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This is my formal petition for the UCs to have a common app for grad school like they do for undergrad.
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My lab has ~20 people, so all group meetings will be conducted via Zoom. But as another postdoc pointed out today, is our open-plan "collaboratory" not a large gathering of people? There's easily 100 people in this shared lab space.
#Postdoc
#AcademicChatter
#COVID
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Attending
#cellbio2023
? Me too! Stop by my poster on Monday to chat all things biosensors and AMPK, and learn about what we've been up to!
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I got my matches for the
#UglyDogs
Holiday Card Exchange! So excited to get my cards ready for
@BlairBraverman
&
@QuinceMountain
& Flame & Pepe & all the other pups to mush to the post office! Thanks
@AK_Chick
and
@DuncanDaHusky
for organizing!!!
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Seriously, huge thank you to the professors you can cold email and ask if you can practice your chalk talk with them and they're like, "sure! no problem!" it means the world to me.
#postdoc
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I'm so proud of our amazing undergraduates and very happy their accomplishments are being recognized!
🍾 Congrats to ALL SIX Schmitt Lab undergraduate students who were selected for either commencement awards or SURFs! We are so proud of all of them and their accomplishments!!
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Crossed another grant off the list! Now to write a midterm, fill out a form for another grant, help my students collect data, meet with undergraduate, read a fellowship application….
#NewPI
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Thank you so much
@TheAlbrecht_Lab
for having me at UC Irvine today!! I had so much fun talking compartmentalization/compartmentation! Bonus: got to visit with
@QuinaScience
!!
#NewPI
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Merry Christmas to
@schmittlab_ucla
! Today
@organomimetic
's Leica Stellaris 5 was installed! I'm already dreaming of everything we can do with this system.
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I won an award! Thank you so much
@SD_IRACDA
for voting me as “Most Supportive”!! I try my best to be supportive and provide resources I can to my peers and mentees; this recognition means a lot!!
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I am so excited to have lab members!!!
Today, The Schmitt Lab welcomed our first lab member, Alexia! Alexia is a biochemistry undergraduate who will be helping set the lab up and then working on imaging the spatial regulation of AMPK activity. Welcome, Alexia!
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#NewPI
achievement unlocked: finally reading the paper I've been intending to read for three days.
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Fifth year of my postdoc (!!!) not off to the start I wanted (😡 pandemic) but it’s my work anniversary in the
@jinzhanglab
! I think this is going to be a really fun year for me in the lab, excited to see what 2022 has to bring! Hopefully a negative COVID test 🤞
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I wrote a review for Current Opinion in Chem Biol
#Omics
Issue about "Illuminating the kinome"...using
#kinase
#biosensors
in vitro and in vivo to study kinase activities! (Does not appear to be behind Elsevier pay wall!) Check it out ➡️
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First day of
#cellbio2023
has been a blast!! I love seeing friends, learning about very cool science, and making new connections! And of course meeting up with fellow
@jinzhanglab
alumni
@jasonzxzhang
!
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Cat Update: by the end of this quarter, Bea will be an effective and culturally conscious mentor as she has attended all my zoom meetings. I have to pet her nonstop or she will scream through all meetings.
#CatsOfAcademia
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