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Iain Cheeseman
@iaincheeseman
Whitehead Institute and Department of Biology, MIT. Lover of cell biology and cell division. Aspiring to do good science and to do good.
Apr 11, 2022 • 11 tweets • 7 min read
Welcome to the inside story of the MIT Banana Lounge.

If you’re just tuning in, I learned about a fantastical room @MIT full of bananas. As an MIT faculty member + free food lover, it blew my mind. I recently met with the @MITBananaLounge team – amazing secrets now revealed! Image I sat down with undergrads @ZoeSheill and @YgorMour for their behind-the-scenes take on this impressive operation. They say that the @MITBananaLounge has developed “organically” (dad joke intended) over time. From what I saw, it is now a well-oiled machine. Image
Oct 25, 2021 • 9 tweets • 4 min read
Now revealed! Excited to share this paper from Cheese lab post-doc Mary Jane Tsang – hidden isoforms + unexpected new paradigm for how cells tune their mitotic arrest timing w/ implications for cancer anti-mitotic drug resistance. Tweetstorm incoming.
tinyurl.com/3um4vwan Beautiful prior work highlighted periodic transcription, differential phosphorylation, and regulated degradation as mechanisms that control cell cycle progression. Mary Jane’s work now identifies alternative translation as a powerful strategy to tune mitotic arrest duration.
Aug 31, 2021 • 28 tweets • 6 min read
With the new academic year starting, and many people beginning fresh as graduate students, post-docs, or junior faculty, I have been thinking a lot about the core philosophies that govern my own perspectives on science. So I thought I would share.
Welcome to The Tao of Cheese “Science is a marathon, not a sprint” – Words of wisdom from Angelika Amon when I started my own lab. Persistence is key. Don’t dwell on short term defeats or burn yourself out. Think beyond today’s experiment. Keep going for the long haul!