Tanentzapf Lab @TanentzapfLab

A Cell & Developmental Biology lab @UBC working on the role of cell junctions in development, stem cells, tissue homeostasis. Same user name on Blue 🌌 tanentzapf-lab.com Vancouver, British Columbia Joined June 2015

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Tanentzapf Lab @TanentzapfLab

3 weeks ago

It will never stop being funny (& simultenously tragic) how often Ive seen grant reviews where the key criticism basically boils down to "the proposal would be much stronger if the applicant did the thing they're proposing to do in order to demonstrate it's feasible & worthwhile"

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Tanentzapf Lab @TanentzapfLab

3 weeks ago

The goal of a PhD is not to learn some facts or read a few papers or learn a bunch of techniques. The goal of a PhD is to learn independence, problem solving, how to finish things you start, resilience, & gain the ability to adapt & think creatively. Learning these things is hard

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Tanentzapf Lab @TanentzapfLab

3 weeks ago

A basic problem in science funding in most countries is that the government decides how many scientists to support but universities/institutes decide how many scientists to hire & those #'s are incongruous. I'll never understand why they don't just talk to each other & coordinate

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Tanentzapf Lab @TanentzapfLab

4 weeks ago

Really wonderful thread. What an amazing career! It makes me nostalgic for a time when scientists could more easily follow their scientific curiosity, switch fields & disciplines with greater ease, & pursue seemingly obscure & difficult questions.

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4 weeks ago

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Tanentzapf Lab @TanentzapfLab

4 weeks ago

I think a good rule of thumb is to spend at least as much time thinking about your data as you did obtaining it. It's common for people to spend a lot less time thinking than doing which gives rise to all kinds of problems.

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Tanentzapf Lab @TanentzapfLab

a month ago

Biomedical scientists love to complain about the government underinvesting in research but the real champion of underinvestment in research is the pharmaceutical industry a $1.5 trillion/year behemoth w/ 20%+ profit margins that has been free riding on public research for decades

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Tanentzapf Lab @TanentzapfLab

a month ago

My hot take is that I’m with good ol’ TH Morgan on this, biology is fundamentally simple. Over complicated explanations are just a sign of our ignorance.

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Tanentzapf Lab @TanentzapfLab

a month ago

Happy 105th birthday to Rosalind Franklin.

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Tanentzapf Lab @TanentzapfLab

2 months ago

This a very important contribution & a valuable example of how to assess reproducibility in a scientific field. This sort of effort should take place in every scientific field of study.

Bruno Lemaitre @BrunoLemaitre3

2 months ago

This a very important contribution & a valuable example of how to assess reproducibility in a scientific field. This sort of effort should take place in every scientific field of study.

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Tanentzapf Lab @TanentzapfLab

2 months ago

It's Friday it's summer, let's have some fun. Drop in the comments the meanest things a reviewer has ever said to you (bonus if it's on a manuscript you think is good & that you ended up publishing in a different journal). I'll start with the masterpiece below.

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Tanentzapf Lab @TanentzapfLab

2 months ago

Idea of the day: For every publication the first author prepares & records a 10-20 minute seminar talk about the work that gets posted on the journal website along with the manuscript.

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Tanentzapf Lab @TanentzapfLab

3 months ago

Friends in Los Angels. I am giving a seminar in UCLA tomorrow (Friday May 30th) at 3:30 at Boyer 159. I will be speaking about how stem cells make good decisions when seemingly every signaling pathway in the world is present in their environment telling to do something different.

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Tanentzapf Lab @TanentzapfLab

5 months ago

The turmoil impacting NIH funding is a reminder how important it is that ALL countries have robust & well resourced research funding bodies to support science. The world of science can't rely on the US & the NIH to continue playing such a major role in funding key scientific work

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Tanentzapf Lab @TanentzapfLab

5 months ago

Of all the things I find baffling about American Science the weirdest is how university based researchers work year round but (if they are lucky) get paid by the institution for 9 months of the year. A bizarre, archaic, & abusive arrangement that has somehow been normalized.

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Tanentzapf Lab @TanentzapfLab

5 months ago

I've been doing this for 30 years & I still can't believe that when people ask me what I do for a living I get to tell them "I'm a scientist". It feels like a kid's fantasy career that they dress up as for Halloween, like "astronaut" or "pirate". Feel very lucky I get to do this

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Tanentzapf Lab @TanentzapfLab

6 months ago

Guess which PI is flying today to San Diego for the Drosophila Fly Meeting #Dros25 and forgot to book a hotel room (and just found out that the hotel is now fully booked). PI brain people, it's a real thing.

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UBC Cellular & Physiological Sciences @UBCcps

6 months ago

📢 Mar 17: CPS Special Seminar! Join us for the in-person presentation by Dr. Patrick Oakes, hosted by Dr. Guy Tanentzapf: "Strain Signaling: “How LIM domain proteins coordinate mechanotransductionat adhesions”" 📷 Mar 17, 1pm in LSC 3 & Zoom