Producing a talk with @PeterHotez today to discuss his recent book, “Preventing the Next Pandemic: Vaccine Diplomacy in a Time or Anti-Science”. Join the conversation today @ 1PM PT!
The QBI & @GladstoneInst Infectious Disease and Human Health Seminar Series will feature @PeterHotez, internationally-recognized physician-scientist in neglected tropical diseases and vaccine development, for a talk on September 27. Read more and register: https://t.co/yORWCtJQAm
Why is the UK #COVID19 variant - aka “Alpha”- more contagious? UCSF’s @KroganLab, in partnership with @ucl colleagues, found that a mutation in Alpha lets it temporarily hide from the immune system, getting a head start before the body's defenses kick in. https://t.co/XNoGRaq4Pz
Calling all passionate science communicators to join the QBI Social Media club! We are starting a QBI #TikTok to make science more attainable to lay audiences. If you are interested in participating in our TikTok campaign or want to learn more click here: https://t.co/0Ap0aR6b5m
Anti-Asian violence skyrocketed during the pandemic. In his first address to the nation, President Biden said it was “wrong and un-American.”
But anti-Asian racism has long been a part of US history. It's just been historically invisible.
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I remember as a girl growing up in SoCal when our front yard was spray painted with “go back home” in the 70s. We never said anything. It still continues and we can’t be silent anymore. #StopAsianHate#StopAAPIHate
We are shaken by the violence in our city that has left 8 ppl dead, including members of the Asian American community. We are gathering info about what happened & the needs of directly impacted are. Now is the time to hold the victims & their families in our hearts & with light
Every scientist has an artist within them and every artist has an inner scientist. Left brain + right brain 🧠, it’s all connected. https://t.co/OSspfHbx8p
Walgreens to Make Pixel by Labcorp™ COVID-19 PCR Test Home Collection Kit Available Over-The-Counter at Stores Nationwide | Business Wire https://t.co/2I0hJPIPex
For #InternationalDayOfWomenInScience we asked four QBI women who have recently started their own labs, @FaranakFattahi, @Dr_PViswanath, @AWilliamslab and @BalynZaro, to share the challenging as well as encouraging experiences they face in their careers.
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While today’s terrible display of terror and meanness shakes us, let’s remember: @ossoff, Jewish son of an immigrant & @ReverendWarnock, first Black Senator from Georgia, will join a Catholic POTUS & the first woman, Black + Indian VP in our nation’s capital. God bless America.
Join us in sending a clear message that hateful, racially motivated behavior is unacceptable. Email Manhattan DA Cy Vance Jr. and urge him to charge the woman who attacked Keyon Harrold Jr: https://t.co/yVEOt0xs5h
Now @KeyonHarrold and I are calling on @ManhattanDA to charge that woman with assault and battery, sending a clear message that hateful, racially motivated behavior is unacceptable. Join us by emailing DA Cy Vance Jr. now: https://t.co/yVEOt0xs5h