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Neuroscientist at Boston Children's Hospital. Aspiring astronaut. Producer and co-host of Science in Seconds. Unabashed feminist with a lightsaber.

Boston, MA
Joined August 2010
Best lab quote of the week: "Who ordered herpes? Oh wait, that's HEPES."
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Are New York cold viruses tougher, or is my Canadian immune system just too polite?
A shout out to @brittrogen for the release of her pre-teen novel "Margaret and the Moth Tree" Buy it. Right now. amazon.ca/Margaret-Moth-Tree…
OMG... just bought tickets to Slavoj Zizek on April 25th! Thanks @ShowClix!
Got my "green card" yesterday. No, not THAT one... my first US credit card! Now I can do my part to increase consumer debt. *salute*
Just heard on @SciFri: Know any good jokes about sodium? Naaaaa.... #geekhumor
Nice early start to my day, thanks to #NYCSciTweetup. Ha. Thanks @BoraZ, @pseudoknot, and @CurlyScientist!
Well, I can finally say #ihuggedbora! Now, to the schmoozing...
Just arrived at # NYCSciTweetup! What up tweeps?? @BoraZ @Scienceinsecnds
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20 degrees Celsius. At midnight. In March. Am I in New York, or New Guinea?
Waiting in line to get my iPad signed by @neiltyson! What an awesome talk.
@MrsPhibbs haha...Pretty sure I was born in the year of the pizza. If you look at most of my school pictures, it's painfully apparent.
Happy 3.1415926535897932384626433832795028841971693993751058209749445923078164062862089986280348253421170679821480865132823066470938446 day!
Not my pic, but this is what I encountered at work today. YEESH! exterminatornewyorkcity.com/…
Are you staring at my mammary fat pads? Eyes up here. #AMNHscicafe
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Playing with neurons today. Gawd, I remember when that used to mean something much more mischievous. #allgrownup
It's not every day you get to meet someone you cited in your PhD thesis, and they show you protein crystals! #geekout