🚨 New pre-print! If you are interested in new roles for SARM1, check this out. The lab did cool work showing macrophages need Sarm1 to efficiently respond to immunoogical stimuli and PNS injury. Cell specific sarm1 KO mice give surprising results- check it out!
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
The reviewers gave us validation on the work. They pointed out holes & ways to fill those in (& caught every typo 😂)
While it isn't the outcome we wanted, the feedback is absolutely going to make this story stronger. I feel excited to get to work on it!
This is how peer review should be.
SARM1 is required for macrophage immunophenotype switching that is essential for nerve repair https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/2026.04.07.716973v1
Got reviews back on our lab's first (solo) manuscript.
A little thread on our experience:
Overall, I am grateful to the reviewers for their enthusiasm & truly constructive feedback.
I will be honest as a #newPI, submitting this paper was more terrifying than submitting any grant.
🧪 Still possible to submit abstracts! 16 short talk slots still open !
Destroy my grant, sure, can handle it. Destroy our paper, that hurts.
It feels a bit like making a first impression- do they like us? did we do a good job? Did we embarrass ourselves?
As a scientist, I want to put our best work forward. To spark excitement or ideas to those who read it.
Join us for the 2nd EMBO workshop on Axonal Degeneration and Regeneration (meetings.embo.org/event/26-axo...). It will be held again at the beautiful @oistedu.bsky.social. We have an incredible line up of speakers and topics. Hope to see you there! #emboaxonalregeneration @embo.org
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IT WAS DISCUSSED AND SCORED! I feel like this is a huge accomplishment for my first R01 submission.
Not sure how NINDS is determining funding since announcement of not using percentiles to set paylines.
Celebrating this little win for now 🤞🥳
My grant is in study section today. Thinking about refreshing ERA commons all day to distract myself from the real world shit that is happening.
Neuro grad students! Applications for the 6th annual - Rising Stars in Neuroscience - due Jan 9!
Don’t miss this chance to present research, sharpen science communication skills and connect with peers & faculty. Plus you’ll get to experience stunning Utah!
medicine.utah.edu/neurobiology...