Kiara Wiggins

UCI PhD Candidate. Gut-Reproductive Axis Researcher.

[Endocrine News @Endocrine_News]

The Endocrine Society Endorses National Strategy to Close the Women’s Health Gap  https://t.co/oePRZue76E

[Lujan Research Lab @CornellOvaryLab]

Check out this article explaining the primary reason why Polycystic Ovary Syndrome (PCOS) was renamed to Polyendocrine Metabolic Ovarian Syndrome (PMOS) and how the previous disease name negatively impacted diagnosis, research and patient lives. https://t.co/JhxP8HHySL

[GutMicrobiota Health @GMFHx]

Can microbial metabolites shape hippocampal synaptic plasticity?

New findings in mice show sex-specific effects of the short-chain fatty acid butyrate:

https://t.co/UophSCVf13

[Elisabet Stener-Victorin Lab @ElisabetStener]

PCOS has been renamed PMOS - Polyendocrine Metabolic Ovarian Syndrome. See our correspondence in @NatureMedicine
@Helena Teede, @Rachel Morman, @AnujaDokras, @Mahnaz Bahri Khomami, @terhip and @Robert Norman AO
https://t.co/PqnimtlJAG

[UC San Diego OB/GYN & RS @UCSD_ObGyn]

Thank you to Dr. Elizabeth Stringer for today’s Grand Rounds presentation: “From Global to Local: Building a Research Career in Women’s Health."
An insightful discussion on how young faculty can build a fulfilling research career in #WomensHealth @UCSanDiego @UCSDHealth

[Cell Host & Microbe @cellhostmicrobe]

Weekend read! Microbiota extends reproductive lifespan

Germ-free female mice undergo accelerated primordial follicle loss & reduced reproductive capacity that are restored upon post-natal colonization. Microbial SCFAs & fiber mitigates ovarian dysfunction
https://t.co/cAMSoZrI2U

[Kiara Wiggins @KiaraDWiggins]

During the chaos of grad school, I got to see my advocacy post in the AWIS 2025 Annual Report. A reminder to keep my why at the forefront—and to pause and be proud along the way. Grateful for opportunities to make a difference.

[Association for Women in Science @AWISNational]

In a year filled with challenges for women in science, AWIS supported members with grants, scholarships, learning opportunities, advocacy initiatives, a new career center, and more. Read all about it in the AWIS Annual Report. https://t.co/k21euAe29M #WomenInScience

[@QuinaScience @quinascience]

Congrats to @KiaraDWiggins for resubmitting her first author paper today. Gotta celebrate every #win

[Endocrine Society @TheEndoSociety]

Congratulations to the FLARE Class of 2026 | Our #FLARE2026 program is excited to welcome the next class of participants. Recipients will participate in hands-on training in topics ranging from grantsmanship to lab management: https://t.co/fjYyrHu6E5

[Dr. Stan Andrisse @Dr_Andrisse]

For nearly 2 million people in the U.S., the holidays mean isolation—not family.

Justice-impacted people are more than their past. Connection is a lifeline, not sentiment.

https://t.co/AUDt5yatMb

#HolidayIsolation #SecondChances #IncarcerationReform

[nature @Nature]

Graduate students are not machines. Behaving like one during your programme will leave you frustrated and unfulfilled, says Gauthier Weissbart

https://t.co/WBZgKTQAKq

[Science Magazine @ScienceMagazine]

"I sat in my supervisor’s office, red-faced and anxious, words tumbling out faster than I could control. For half an hour, I vented everything I had been holding in for months: the stress, the doubt, the sense that I didn’t belong. I was in the third year of my Ph.D., and a creeping fear had taken root that I wasn’t cut out for academia.

"I expected some kind of judgment or disappointment. Instead, my supervisor listened patiently, then calmly offered a line I’ll never forget: 'You are here to learn to ride a bicycle, not to invent a bicycle.' That one sentence landed softly, but it cracked something open."

Check out one of our top #ScienceWorkingLife essays of 2025: https://t.co/I9q8RgC0wb

[@QuinaScience @quinascience]

Introducing myself since I'm starting my account from scratch. I love science. I love my students and I love baking. My lab studies how the immune system can be targeted to improve diabetes and polycystic ovary syndrome. My family is everything to me.. and my lab is also family.

[Trends in Immunology @TrendsImmuno]

Immune cellular homeostasis and its breakdown at the maternal–fetal interface https://t.co/kA8IJyt6vw #immunology

[PMOS Together @PMOSTogether]

Our earlier research showed what we had been observing for decades: Women with PCOS in Alberta often waited years and saw several providers before getting a diagnosis.
"Challenges in diagnosis and health care in polycystic ovary syndrome..." https://t.co/LAjV1OmAI0 🧵1/4

[Endocrine News @Endocrine_News]

Members of @TheEndoSociety will be getting an early holiday gift this month when the December issue is delivered. The entire issue is devoted to endocrine science and scientists!

[Jan Michael Williams, PhD @janmikewillphd]

Obesity & hypertension hit women’s kidneys differentlyyet gaps in sex-specific research persist.
Submit to our AJP-Renal Phys special issue exploring mechanisms, pregnancy impact, therapies & more.
Deadline: Jan 4, 2026
#WomensHealth #CKD #Physiology #CallForPapers #AJPrenal

[PNASNews @PNASNews]

Applications are open for the 2026–2028 #NewVoices Cohort! Mid-career SEM leaders: join @theNASEM’s network driving change on national & global issues.

📅 Apply by Sept 3, 2025

🔗 Learn more: https://t.co/HrpMYlht8A

#scipol #nasem @NewVoicesNASEM

[Cell Host & Microbe @cellhostmicrobe]

Bugged before birth? How maternal microbes reprogram offspring immunity
Preview of @CellCellPress paper showing maternal antibiotic treatment induces dysbiosis & impairs offspring immunity to influenza. CD8 Tcell dysfunction reversed w/Bifido metabolite
https://t.co/xd3gT8FkQO