Seth Tomchik

@sethtomchik.bsky.social

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Neuroscientist studying learning & memory and genetic disorders. Some photography on the side. Views are my own.

An clsssic wood framed outdoor Shakespearean theater, photographed in the evening, with a large banner advertising the current performance of A Midsummer Night's Dream hanging from the front
Screen shot of department web site
A ChatGPT-mangled MTA map
Postdocs seated in a sunlit room, facing a panel of five professors seated at a table in the front of the room, who are in front of floor-to-ceiling windows.
An indoor atrium with afternoon light coming through a set of windows and casting long shadows on a concrete floor. Several tall round concrete pillars are visible and the atrium is lined with scattered tables and chairs. The photograph has a desaturated, almost grayscale appearance
Tomchik lab members pictured in front of the green wall outside the Prem Sahai auditorium at the University of Iowa. Seth is in the center of the group, wearing graduation regalia and a Caver medallion from the ceremony.
Band playing on a stage illuminated with colored stage lighting inside a converted barn in Maquoketa, Iowa
Outdoor stage with Goose (band) playing and dramatic yellow stage lighting cutting through smoke. The stage is flanked by large yellow banners with the band name and University of Iowa logos. A large crowd is gathered in the front of the stage watching the show.
A bed of Black Eyed Susan flowers in bloom in the foreground, with Iowa City's gold-domed 1800's era Old Capitol building in the background
Photo of Seth in front of hot air balloons
Gothic tower in front of a blue sky
Seth Tomchik and John Lu standing side by side in black graduation regalia outside in a crowd in Miami following a graduation commencement
Karla giving a seminar standing in front of. A screen showing a fly with odor molecules represented as dots on front of its antennae
A ray of sunshine shining down on a concrete staircase and its handrail, inside a building. In the background down the stairs is a faint red glow from a fire exist sign (which is not itself visible).
Screen shot showing multiple box plots and graphs from manuscript
Middle school cafeteria showing rows of picnic bench style tables, arranged end-to-end
Child holding a pencil, looking up, appearing thoughtful
Coach talking to a student, who looks guilty
Large child pushing a smaller child back into a wall by grabbing his collar
Screen shot of poster abstract titles as described in post
A packed lecture hall with a researcher standing at the front, photographed from the back corner, the audience is seen from behind. The speaker is standing behind a lectern and next to a PowerPoint screen showing brain regions.
20 people posing for a photo on a wooden staircase leading up a loft at the historic Millstream Brauhaus.
Google AI Overview claiming that Drosophila larvae reach 15-20 millimeters in length. In reality, they are less than 5 mm long.
Westworld gif of William telling James Delos that the purpose of his questions is "fidelity". James Delos has died and the person in front of William is a copy.
Two bison eating grass at Badlands National Park. There are rolling hills dotted with a few isolated trees, with a blue sky overhead filled with white cumulus clouds. The hills are covered in prairie grasses that are dry and yellowed, normal for this time of fall.
Seth standing in front of a trail running along the peak of the Loess Hills, near the Loess Hills Scenic Overlook. It is foggy and raining so the background is blurred.
Screen shot of the first page of a pdf of article in the Journal of Neurodevelopmental Disorders by Valentina Botero and Seth Tomchik, entitled" Unraveling neuronal and metabolic alterations in the neurofibromatosis type 1".