Victoria Mingione

Molecular biologist interested in the intricacies of life and beyond.

[Victoria Mingione @VictoriaRosePhD]

@mukshud @Arielys_Mendoza Aw thank you! Looking forward to meeting 😄

[Victoria Mingione @VictoriaRosePhD]

@mukshud So excited for everything to come!!!!

[Victoria Mingione @VictoriaRosePhD]

This will outlive every short-sighted politician and billionaire taking the main stage right now and our valuable attention. Perspective matters. The health of our planet directly impacts the health of its inhabitants.

[Treemissions @treemissions]

The Great Pacific Garbage Patch is now 1.6 million km²—twice the size of Texas—with 1.8 trillion plastic pieces, outweighing surface fish 6 to 1.

[Fyodor Dostoevsky Collection 🪓 @Dostoevskyquot]

Love the animals, love the plants, love everything.

If you love everything, you will perceive the divine mystery in things.

Once you perceive it, you will begin to comprehend it better every day.

And you will come at last to love the whole world with an all-embracing love.

[Victoria Mingione @VictoriaRosePhD]

The lives of innocent people deserve more respect than UHC, among countless other insurance agencies, are choosing to give. Our people deserve so much more.

#insurancefraud #unitedhealthcare

[Elisabeth Potter MD @EPotterMD]

On January 7th, 2025 I shared a video, after I was asked to call UnitedHealthcare from the operating room to answer administrative questions about the patient who was having surgery to treat breast cancer. Despite my efforts, they denied her stay.

UnitedHealthcare didn’t stop at calling me during surgery. Now, they’ve sent me a legal threat—and even worse? They ended up denying my cancer patient’s hospital stay. Exactly what I was afraid would happen.

Staying overnight after major surgery isn’t optional—it’s medically necessary. But UnitedHealthcare decided they know better than the doctors caring for the patient.

When they called me while I was operating, I knew that if I didn’t step out and respond immediately, they might deny her stay—leaving her with a massive bill. So, with another surgeon in the OR, I scrubbed out and called them back. But after all of that? They denied her stay anyway.

And instead of fixing their broken system, they sent me a legal threat for speaking out.

I’m sharing their response in full, letting their words speak for themselves.

Let me be clear: I stand by everything I said. I told the truth. I was honest about what’s happening in our healthcare system. And I will not be silenced by legal threats when it comes to advocating for my patients and my ability to care for them.

Denying an overnight stay that a doctor orders is dangerous. The doctor caring for the patient should be able to make these decisions without delay, pressure, or harassment.

If I don’t speak up, I lose—my integrity, my voice, and the opportunity to make a difference. And while it’s intimidating to receive a letter like this from a company as powerful as UnitedHealthcare, I know where I stand.

I am a woman taking care of women affected by breast cancer. I do this work with all of my heart, and I will continue to speak up for my patients—because they deserve better.

I ask you to follow along, share this story, and have these conversations in your own communities. I know I’m not the only one dealing with this, and real change will take all of us telling our stories and standing up for what’s right.

I’m here for it. Are you?

[Victoria Mingione @VictoriaRosePhD]

You’re beautifully navigating new frontiers in science my friend @mukshud !!

[Mukshud @Mukshud]

“Our concept of how cells evolve goes out the window for this incredibly large biosphere”

Yeah that’s why I invented quantum bioinformatics to solve this evolutionary problem -_- . I laid it all out and did many seminal experiments. @VictoriaRosePhD was my confidant when I had 7 tanks that were all experiments in evolution and adaptation in order to culture novel organisms 😆. That was a crazy time and we recovered some wild organisms that still lack description beyond what I taxonomically documented through photos and culturing methods. 7 tanks was too many; I ended up merging all 7 experiments into one and now I have SpongeBob and Nudis

[Gustav Klimt @artistgklimt]

Pear Tree, 1903 (reworked by the artist 1903/1918) #artbots #klimt

[Victoria Mingione @VictoriaRosePhD]

Woo! This is very cool to see. Asteroid samples robotically harvested in space to prevent contamination prior to analysis. Wonderful to see new technologies expanding not only the breadth of feasible space research, but also our understanding of the origins of life on earth…and perhaps life forms elsewhere. 😉

[nature @Nature]

Not only does Bennu contain all 5 of the nucleobases that form DNA and RNA on Earth and 14 of the 20 amino acids found in known proteins, the asteroid’s amino acids hold a surprise

https://t.co/M6VKLXFDQL

[Victoria Mingione @VictoriaRosePhD]

Very exciting work! A beautiful peer into the looking glass of what is possible in the realm of quantum computing and drug discovery. The scalability will be very interesting to follow.

[Alex Zhavoronkov, PhD (aka Aleksandrs Zavoronkovs) @biogerontology]

Big Day, Ladies and Gentlemen - Welcome our new paper with @A_Aspuru_Guzik , @stagljar , Mohammad Ghazi Vakili and other giants where we show the first application of a real IBM Quantum Computer for generation of new KRAS inhibitor synthesized and tested.
And while I do agree with Jensen Huang that it will take time for QC to enter our daily lives, this proof of concept (not making a claim of faster, cheaper, higher % of success) is very important as with more effort it can scale.
Also, very proud of our teams in Canada 🇨🇦 and in the UAE 🇦🇪 who contributed significantly to this work.
The paper is Open Access and the link is in the comments.

[Victoria Mingione @VictoriaRosePhD]

In my current understanding, I believe we are able to recognize beauty because beauty is an integral element within us as humans. Beauty (both felt and seen) is an important byproduct of human creation, which one could compare to the galactic explosions that led to the creation of our beautiful earthly home. Our consciousness is what allows for thought-based analyses of beauty and what it is, but I think the permeating existence of beauty in the third dimension and elsewhere existed long before human thought.

[Victoria Mingione @VictoriaRosePhD]

Such a treasure this article is. The first sentence triggered a semi-distant memory of learning to omit the flowery tone of my inner voice from scientific writing - at first, a skill I was certainly resistant to completely honing out of fear of losing my personal tone altogether. In hindsight, my persistently long-winded inner monologue should’ve put such worries to rest. 😂
“Newspaper reporters and technical writers are trained to reveal almost nothing about themselves in their writings.” -Kurt Vonnegut

[Infinite Books @infinitebooks]

More good writing advice in these two pages than in most books

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[Victoria Mingione @VictoriaRosePhD]

@mukshud Thank you so much, @mukshud! 🥹 Treasure your advice and will be sure to implement. Looking forward to becoming a part of the conversations swimming around here on X. 🥳

[Victoria Mingione @VictoriaRosePhD]

Thank you so much for the warmest welcome, @mukshud! I’m so grateful to have dear collegial friends such as yourself to discuss all things science and nature, where no idea is too big or too far out. It’s inspiring to mix creative and scientific thinking with you, and I’m so proud of the excellent work you’re bringing to our world. Cheers to you my friend! ✨

[Mukshud @Mukshud]

Very happy to see @VictoriaRosePhD on X! Welcome to the global conversation :). Please consider giving Dr. Mingione a follow. Not only is she a stellar, empathetic and compassionate human, she’s also an awesome scientist. There’s nobody else in the world I would wholeheartedly trust with my novel scientific ideas, experiments and data. Dr. Mingione supported my coral ecosystem evolution experiments from the beginning, watched how all 7 experiments merged into one, and saw all the funky organisms I cultured that still have no description in scientific literature. Point is, she’s awesome, and I’m so happy to welcome her to our communities!!!

[Eric Topol @EricTopol]

"We estimate that the sources of drinking water for up to 23 million Americans could be contaminated above regulatory thresholds by wastewater-derived PFAS [forever chemicals] alone." @PNASNews
https://t.co/HYGMehsQi4

[Nutrition Science @NutrioSci]

structure of Vitamins

Credit: @compoundchem #vitamin #nutrients #InnoTalkShow25

[U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service @USFWS]

If ravens spoke English, instead of "Nevermore" they might say "Always." Ravens form pair bonds that can last a lifetime. They reinforce those bonds through behaviors like preening, gifts, and courtship flights.

Photo: Bob Mize

[Yuval Noah Harari @harari_yuval]

Is "excited" the most misunderstood word in the English language?

Humans live by cycles, not constant highs. Boredom isn’t a flaw – it’s essential for balance and growth. A thought from the 'This Life of Mine' podcast with @JKCorden.

#ThisLifeOfMine #JamesCorden #Boredom #OrganicCycles

[Victoria Mingione @VictoriaRosePhD]

A Sentiment on Satisfaction
Who are we to suggest what should or should not satisfy another?
For some, the vastness of the universe is too visceral to keep feet firmly planted in the dirt of daily life. While for others, dirt-anchored feet is their only focus.

[Istra of Glome @byistra]

Listen to Professor Tolkien, friends. Take the hidden paths this new year.

[CoffeeWithTheClassics @CoffeewClassics]

Rolling into 2025 with this energy.

(Ralph Waldo Emerson, from an 1854 letter to his daughter)