Amanda Anqueira-González

Neuroscience PhD Student at @Columbia • UPRRP Cellular and Molecular Biology grad • #SciComm #Outreach she/her 🧠❤️🇵🇷

[Amanda Anqueira-González @amandaanqueira]

¡Que viva la ciencia boricua!

Universidad de Puerto Rico recinto de Río Piedras (@uprrp) te doy las gracias por las experiencias, enseñanzas y por los mentores que pusiste en mi camino.

¡Me toca representarte Puerto Rico!

Next step: a PhD in Neuroscience at @Columbia

[Shirley B. Wang @ShirleyBWang]

"they have a PhD but no common sense"

[Amanda Anqueira-González @amandaanqueira]

Hi #ScienceTwitter! I am trying to implement digital lab notebooks but there are a lot of options out there.

Not sure which the best one would be! Do you use digital lab notebooks in your lab? Which one do you recommend and why?

[Jose Colom Lapetina @CoseJolom]

BUT DONT TELL NO LIES BOUT ME AND I WONT TELL TRUTH BOUT YOU

[Amanda Anqueira-González @amandaanqueira]

Normalize adding debates to conferences.

I want to see more scientists jumping at each other throats cause all methods and ideas in science are inherently flawed.

#8CPPC #ComputationalPropertiesofthePrefrontalCortex

[Amanda Anqueira-González @amandaanqueira]

The silence is deafening…

[Amanda Anqueira-González @amandaanqueira]

Ok, so mi doctorado va a ser marcado por las mismas cosas que el bachillerato… nice!

#earthquake #PuertorriqueñaEnElEastCoast

[Amanda Anqueira-González @amandaanqueira]

Jerezana y alumna de @NeuroID_Program !! Felicidades a este programita que por algo se le otorgó este premio.

rePResentando!

[Amanda Anqueira-González @amandaanqueira]

@LucasBellaiche @GregoryRSL @DukeBrain Starting the email with “this decision is not diagnostic” was the real kicker. It made the rest of the email so much more kind with every sentence. Congrats on a wonderful director! #WeNeedMoreGregorys

[Amanda Anqueira-González @amandaanqueira]

I should add that this definitely proves I’m on the right career track. I am the Speedy Gonzales of science

[Amanda Anqueira-González @amandaanqueira]

What have I learned in Academia?

PIs TALK WAY TOO FAST. THIS MECHANISM IS COMPLICATED

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[collagen machine broke @chronicallybeee]

it really GRINDS MY GEARS that i am expected to just be all nice to people who actively make spaces inaccessible for me

[Amanda Anqueira-González @amandaanqueira]

@LagaresLinares WHOA WHOA WHOA!!!! Where did you find this info?! I am geeking out too holy crap!!

Reitero: que viva la ciencia boricua

[Ivan Alcantara @ivancalcantara]

Did anyone else get this on Spotify wrapped?

[Amanda Anqueira-González @amandaanqueira]

“Quizás no es el mismo brio, quizás no es misma la intensidad.
Pero ya pasé la mitad del camino y no pienso regresar
Con las manos vacías con lamentos, con un cuento sin culminar”

El Wanabi - Fiel a la Vega

I present to you: Amanda Anqueira Gonzalez, PhD Candidate

[Amanda Anqueira-González @amandaanqueira]

Going into scientific twitter today was just an opportunity to feel disappointed in academia… again

[Amanda Anqueira-González @amandaanqueira]

I shouldn’t be allowed to study the cortex because who’s gonna stop me from blasting “Chandelier” by Sia when talking about interneurons?

Exactly! NO ONE. Fear me.

[Amanda Anqueira-González @amandaanqueira]

@GDunnArt @Jared_Boyce i study the cortex, i need this

[Greg Dunn Neuro Art @GDunnArt]

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#brain #brainart #neuron #sciart #wellness⁠ #sciart #prints

[Amanda Anqueira-González @amandaanqueira]

Glad someone said this!

I think as a trainee, I can attest to appreciating hard edits that help me improve in conveying the correct message.

However, sometimes I’m torn about feeling like my writing is simply not good and is not improving.

#AcademicChatter

[Chenxin Li, PhD (@chenxinli2.bsky.social) @ChenxinLi2]

I am not sure. If I were a PI I would try to preserve my mentee’s writing as much as possible-light edits only. If substantial changes are needed, I leave a comment instead. This is their writing, and they should express their individuality, not mine.