Featured Publications

Dr. Atom has over 20 years experience in academia and has published on a variety of topics from philosophy of mind, to neuroscience research, education, and career advice for academic researchers.

  • Case Study: Reaching More Teachers with a Targeted Social Media

    I led a interdisciplinary team to identify strategies to connect with teachers nationwide using a targeted social media campaign

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  • Education Research on Diabetes CurricuLA

    Formal research study on effectiveness of interdisciplinary curricula for high school teachers on biology, health, genetics, the environment, and Type 2 Diabetes.

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  • Development of Blood Sugar Balance

    I describe the development of an Award-Winning diabetes education video game.

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  • Cell-type Specific Gene Profiling of Serotonin Neurons

    Research study using RiboTag mice to analyze gene expression changes in serotonin neurons after stress.

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  • Nature Article on Career Advice for Scientists

    Navigating academic research environments can be tough. In this article I provide practical advice for scientists with a focus on making more inclusive research environments.

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  • Online Professional Development for Teachers

    Even before the pandemic I led the development of the first Washington State approved online training for teachers.

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My Work in Transcriptions

A Zine made by trans and gender non-conforming scientists. Link to full Zine

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Perhaps my most controversial publication. I showed that using genetic tools to over-express a serotonin receptor caused it to disruptively mis-locate to other parts of the cell where it is not naturally located. This was not the first time that noticed that gene-dosage causes strange function of cells. These findings call into question numerous studies that use similar genetic manipulation tools in science. Unfortunately, these findings have been largely ignored by researchers… that’s life though.