Sadie Wignall
@swignall
Professor @NorthwesternU and Director of the @IBiSatNU PhD program. Studying fundamental mechanisms of cell division with a focus on oocyte meiosis.
Vital role of enzyme ZYG-8 in stabilising spindles in dividing egg cells revealed in C. elegans worm 📷: Emily Czajkowski et al @swignall lab @NorthwesternU in & on cover @PLOSGenetics ➡️: bpod.org.uk/archive/2024/1…
Our recent paper in @PLOSGenetics was featured on their virtual "cover"! Beautiful work from @EmilyCzajkowski, Yuntong Zou, and Nikita Divekar on acentrosomal spindle assembly in oocytes! @ibisatnu @NUmolbiosci plos.org/wp-content/upl…
Last Thursday, IBiS students were able to attend a seminar from and each lunch with Dr. Charles M. Rice, Winner of the 2020 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for his work on the discovery of the Hepatitis C virus. How inspiring!
The IBiS PhD program is at ABRCMS 2024 at the Northwestern Booths (1631, 1728, and 1730) this morning as well! Stop by and say hello to Gene the IBiS!
Congrats to the 2024 IBiS Halloween Party costume contest winners: The Bao Lab as Mario Party and Genevieve Nemeth as Elizabeth Warren!
Congrats to recent IBiS graduate Emily Czajkowski, current IBiS student Yuntong Zou, former IBiS student Nikita Divekar, and Professor Sadie Wignall for their publication in PLoS Genetics! And it made the cover! :) Read more about it here: journals.plos.org/plosgenetics/a…
The influence of a good teacher can never be erased. Congrats to Julie and Janet for being named the 2024 IBiS TA award winners!
Wonderful promotion talk by @LLLackner - my brilliant @NUmolbiosci colleague and friend! #womeninSTEM @IBiSatNU
Congrats to Matthew and Eduardo on this well-deserved award!
Congratulations to our 2024 IBiS Rappaport Award for Research Excellence winners Matthew Capek (left) and Eduardo Campos Chávez (right)! What inspiring research you've done so far! We're so proud of you!
Happy start to fall quarter, IBiS community! And a warm welcome to our incoming IBiS class of 2024. We're so happy you're here!
Do me (and America) a favor: 1. Check your voter registration status with @votesaveamerica 2. Guilt/inspire 3 people you know to do the same 3. Pat yourself on the back Happy Voter Registration Day! Do it here: votesaveamerica.com/be-a-voter/?vs…
Polo-like kinase 1 prevents excess microtubule polymerization in C. elegans oocytes to ensure faithful meiosis biorxiv.org/cgi/content/sh… #biorxiv_cellbio
It is the honor of a lifetime to join @kamalaharris in this campaign. I’m all in. Vice President Harris is showing us the politics of what’s possible. It reminds me a bit of the first day of school. So, let’s get this done, folks! Join us. secure.actblue.com/donate/social-…
Kamala Harris will be the next President of the United States. I pledge my full support to ensure her victory in November. Now more than ever, it is crucial that our party and country swiftly unite to defeat Donald Trump and the threat to American democracy. Let’s get to work.
And if you’re with us, donate to her campaign here: secure.actblue.com/donate/social-…
My fellow Democrats, I have decided not to accept the nomination and to focus all my energies on my duties as President for the remainder of my term. My very first decision as the party nominee in 2020 was to pick Kamala Harris as my Vice President. And it’s been the best…
Last few weeks were heated because we all understand the stakes and share the same goal. I don’t think Trump and MAGA are ready for how united and energized we’re about to be.
A courageous and selfless decision. The President did what he’s done for the last four years - he listened to the American people and put the country’s interests ahead of his own. The exact opposite of Donald Trump.
We all remember that one amazing TA that made our science class so much better. Congrats to Erica Rosario and Brett Palmero as the 2023 IBiS Teaching Assistant Excellence Award winners! Thank you for inspiring our next generation of scientists!