For my scicomm final, I made this infographic in Spanish about the vaccines with the hope to distribute it to the workers at Target where my mom works, since some of her co-workers are hesitant about getting vaccinated. Feel free to share the info with your loved ones!

UPDATE: If you are fully vaccinated against #COVID19, you can resume activities without wearing a mask or staying 6 feet apart, except where required by federal, state, local, tribal or territorial laws, incl. local business and workplace guidance. More: bit.ly/3btJaFU

Me getting ready for the end of my first year of PhD #AcademicTwitter #phdlife

Enzyme-substrate complex

Thank you to our wonderful lab postdocs Miquel miquel rosas salvans and Carly Garrison Carly Garrison!!! Thank you for keeping us on our toes with sharp questions, for your sense of adventure and your mentorship! UCSF Postdoc Office #NPAW2021 #ucsfNPAW

Excited to share our work out in Developmental Cell showing that opposing motor forces give the mammalian spindle mechanical and functional robustness. Spearheaded by a fantastic graduate student, Lila Neahring, with help from Nathan Cho. Congrats Lila & Nathan! sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

Do you want a know about how the astrin-SKAP complex reduces friction at the kinetochore-microtubule attachment interface? Check out my talk at American Society for Cell Biology on Friday 10th in the session "The Physical Aspects of the Cell Cycle" and find more information in the associated poster.

We are looking for a research technician to join our lab at UC San Francisco! Come do research with us, and help manage our lab. We are a cell biology and biophysics lab working on the mechanics of cell division. Please share and RT. You can apply here: aprecruit.ucsf.edu/JPF03844

Excited to share a preprint! We use modeling and experiments to probe the underpinnings of the spindle's heterogeneous mechanics. In collaboration with Rob Phillips' lab. Congrats Pooja Suresh and Vahe Galstyan! biorxiv.org/content/10.110…

Here’s my statement with Michelle on the draft Supreme Court decision to overturn Roe v. Wade.

Since 1988, Republicans have won the popular vote exactly one time, but have selected 6 of the last 9 SCOTUS Justices. Expand the court or an antidemocratic minority will continue to control our laws & our bodies.

Schools scared to death. The truth is, one education under desks, Stooped low from bullets; That plunge when we ask Where our children Shall live & how & if

19 children, two adults killed in shooting by 18-year-old gunman at a Texas elementary school, authorities say. The gunman was killed by law enforcement. apne.ws/BIRU1TI

The Supreme Court’s decision to overturn Roe vs. Wade does not come as a surprise, but that does not make it any less painful to process. We are devastated, and we are grieving in community with you. Take action at usow.org/repro. #WeWontGoBack #BansOffOurBodies

Our lab UC San Francisco is currently recruiting a postdoc! We work on the self-organization and mechanics underlying cell division, somewhere between cell biology & biophysics. Come join us! We will all be at ASCB if you want to chat there. Please RT.

Some folks and I are collecting donations for providing refreshments (e.g. water, snacks) at UCSF picket lines. You may send donations to my venmo Catherine Tan. Pls RT!

In Journal of Cell Biology, Megan K Chong @RosasSalvan Vanna Tran & Sophie Dumont show that chromosomes biorient and correct errors with varying efficiencies. Chromosome size and the spindle forces that scale with size determine error correction efficiency. hubs.ly/Q02wQkQv0 #CellDivision

Excited to share our work Journal of Cell Biology! We find that chromosome size-dependent spindle forces impair mammalian mitotic error correction of long chromosomes. Congrats to graduate student Megan K Chong who led this work! With Miquel miquel rosas salvans Vanna Tran rupress.org/jcb/article/22…