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The Mosca Lab Opening at Thomas Jefferson University in 2017. Studying all things synapse organization, development, and circuit function. Long live the fly!

Philadelphia, PA
Joined July 2016
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We're hiring! The Mosca Lab is seeking a brilliant new research technician to join us: the position is part lab manager, part lab tech. Come help us keep the ship organized, have your own project, and take care of the lab. See the ad for how to apply! Please RT!
Happy birthday to @sonofasmurf! We hope it is a great one for you! :)
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We had a wonderful lab lunch outside today. No group photos, but @GAL4science made a friend!
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Wishing the happiest of birthdays to our fearless leader @drosophilosophy !!!
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Celebrating @GAL4science's paper acceptance with some socially distant champagne outside in the warm sun!
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It appears that we've somehow cracked the problem of levitation. Preprint coming soon!
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HAPPY BIRTHDAY KRISTEN!!!
when it's @2LexA4myshirt's birthday and everyone wants cake, but you have to maintain social distancing ...
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Happy birthday to @GAL4science! May it be a great one for you! :) Thanks for giving us a reason to have cake!
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Congratulations, Libby! Make us proud!!
not exactly how i imagined it ... but my first student is GRADUATING TODAY!! congratulations to libby moese, who will walk with her m.s. degree from @JeffersonUniv today! she's joining our phd program in neuroscience this fall. so proud of her work (it's preprinting soon!).
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Happiest of birthday wishes to our very own @GAL4science!!!
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2020 is in full effect! Happy New Year from the Mosca Lab! We want to introduce you to our new members!
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Welcome to Dr. Juan Duhart (@DuhartJC), our new postdoc! He studied BMP signaling in epithelial morphogenesis in the Raftery Lab at @unlv. He's got to get used to the snow and cold, but he'll be studying the neuronal surfaceome in synapse organization! Welcome, Dr. Duhart!
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Happy Holidays to you and yours from the Mosca Lab!
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Mike (@sonofasmurf) and Alison (@GAL4science) passed their comprehensive exams today! They totally rocked it and are officially doctoral candidates! Congrats to them on this huge milestone!
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Our summer undergrad Katie (@HelfKatie) presents her work in the lab on expansion microscopy and synaptic imaging. Great work, Katie! It's been a wonderful summer!
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Thanks to Jefferson for a great opportunity and to @marcstearns and @KozlowskiLisa and Theresa Wilson for running an excellent program in the SURP experience! #jeffersonresearch
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Summer 2019 in The Mosca Lab! What a pleasure it's been having all our great undergrads and high school students with us. And everyone!
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Big day in the Mosca Lab! We submitted 3 (!) abstracts for 3 new stories from our lab to the CSHL Neurobiology of Drosophila meeting at @cshlmeetings. We're (@drosophilosophy, @sonofasmurf, and @GAL4science) are super excited to go and share some new data!
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Rounding out our trio of summer students this year is Ben Greer! Ben is a high school junior from NYC who will be working on screening new GAL4 lines for our synaptic studies. Can't wait to see what he finds. Welcome, Ben!!
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Summer microscopy clinics by the expert @sonofasmurf! Sharing the secrets of synapse imaging in the CNS.
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The summer parade continues! A big Mosca Lab welcome to Megan Furch @MeganFurch, a rising senior at Haverford, who will be spending the summer with us learning how to dissect brains and studying how synapses form in the CNS. Welcome, Megan!
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We're hiring! We're sad to see Lucas go, but we know he's off to bigger and better opportunities as a grad student! So come join our team! We do super cool science and we have regular opportunities involving donuts!
the mosca lab is hiring a new lab manager / tech! our current lab manager @lucas__restrepo is going to grad school so we need someone new. competitive salary! an amazing environment! a wonderful city! SUPER cool science! check out the ad, contact me if interested, and please RT!
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