Lei Ma

Microbes, PhD MIT/WHOI Joint Program, Apprill lab. Thoughts on academia, gender, biology, etc. | she/her

[TIME @TIME]

Michelle Yeoh is TIME's 2022 Icon of the Year #TIMEPOY https://t.co/AEDMA9He2o

[Maia @maiamindel]

data science? no i think id rather date a person

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@attitties a phd is not good enough for you❣️

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I did NOT expect the answer to this question!! 🤯

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@Diacritic Plenty of people don't finish books for our book club, but we do a synopsis at the beginning so everyone can participate. It's ok not to finish a book!

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@JacquelynGill Opossums? Rattling in my brain is the idea that Possums/opossums are convergent evolution?

[Julie Huber, PhD @JulesDeep]

Congrats to Dr. Kalina Grabb @WHOI on her newly minted PhD in Chemical Oceanography! Reactive oxygen species, corals, sea grasses, & of course, DISCO! Way to go Kalina!!! #WomenInSTEM #PhD #oceanography #corals #seagrass

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@JacquelynGill 4...never heard of Therizinosaurus, but I'm picturing giant mole sized, so like 2 ft?
1. dragonfly wingspan 3 ft?
2. weren't early horses short? 5 ft?
3. Archaeopteryx 6 ft?

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This is no doubt going to be a really entertaining science podcast. Please support!!

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@JacquelynGill These quizzes are great! I know the answer, but I hope you have a quiz like this at the end of each episode on the podcast!

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@JordanPitt18 @algaeonthebrain Congrats @algaeonthebrain!!! Great achievement!

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Congratulations @KalinaGrabb !!! Can't wait to hear all abut it :)

[NOAA Sea Grant @SeaGrant]

Sea Grant #Knauss fellows bring their diverse perspectives to solving #marine & #coastal #policy challenges at the federal level. Meet the finalists for 2023—86 talented early career professionals—and learn about their different paths to the fellowship: https://t.co/1Wz08SunJw

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@DiDumit @jwilcots Congratulations @jwilcots!!!

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Peak tech "solutions" to climate change

[Josie Bryant @Josie_M_B]

Looking for a 🌟postdoc🌟 with bioinformatics background to join me in my new team at the @sangerinstitute working on lung pathogens & microbiome 🫁.
Would like someone who is passionate about understanding biology and can develop their own ideas💡
Pls RT
https://t.co/mHKQPyyaYD

[Lei Ma @MicroLei_]

Look at this cumulative funding disadvantage and tell me it's not a direct result of NSF not considering Asians as under-represented minorities!

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That gap in the Asian funding rate 👀😲

[ASM @ASMicrobiology]

How can microbiologists approach racial and ethnic disparities conceptually, and how do these considerations inform research endeavors? Learn how microbial research has the capacity for social impact: https://t.co/omjmuy1F9s

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@RebeccaRHelm @beroe Does it move like a jellyfish or a comb jelly??