Ramiro Patiño

Molecular Microbiologist 🦠 | México 🇲🇽 raised, now San Francisco 🇺🇸 | Dog parent | he/they 🏳️‍🌈

[Ramiro Patiño @neonlabcoat]

So grateful for having amazing collaborators! Check our new paper!

[Ramiro Patiño @neonlabcoat]

@AdamtheChemist 👀

[Joanne Engel @engel_joanne]

Congrats to @neonlabcoat, now Dr. Ramiro, who defended his PhD today.

[Joanne Engel @engel_joanne]

@BlastMeetings superexcited about our preprint on how adaptation works in mechanosensing systems..first presented at @BlastMeetings. great work by @neonlabcoat marco kuhn and wonderful collaboration with @alexpersat https://t.co/tbGJwujDkf

[Joanne Engel @engel_joanne]

27th edition of the Bay Area Microbial Pathogenesis Symposium (BAMPS) rocked today. Superb talks by trainees and our keynote speaker nels elde. Bravo to Engel lab representative @neonlabcoat for a killer presentation. shoutouts to shaeri mukherjee, @javid_lab peter turnbaugh

[Ramiro Patiño @neonlabcoat]

Hi Network! I am looking for an opportunity to further my career after my PhD. If you know someone hiring in the Bay Area, let me know!

I am a fast learner who knows cell and molecular biology, with interest in developing new high throughput technologies.

[Ramiro Patiño @neonlabcoat]

@krisjose97 wow 🤩

[Ramiro Patiño @neonlabcoat]

@AdamtheChemist I feel you on this one!!

[Ramiro Patiño @neonlabcoat]

@AnthonyVenida @HHMINEWS congrats!!

[Ramiro Patiño @neonlabcoat]

@AntonioTinocoV Felicidades! Disfruta tu día!

[Ramiro Patiño @neonlabcoat]

@alexpersat felicidades!! mucho éxito

[Ramiro Patiño @neonlabcoat]

@microbial_maeve @ASM_DivM @TAMU_CPT congrats!!

[Ramiro Patiño @neonlabcoat]

@MatthewACruz felicidades!!

[Ramiro Patiño @neonlabcoat]

@engel_joanne thank you!!

[Ramiro Patiño @neonlabcoat]

@FrancescoDSergi congrats!!!

[Ramiro Patiño @neonlabcoat]

@microbial_maeve @sar__mclaughlin happy mother’s day!

[Andrew Akbashev @Andrew_Akbashev]

No reward - no duties.  75% of respondents have reduced the hours spent on academic duties since 2020 (Nature polls).

Mostly due to burnout and unwillingness to work for free.

This included attending conferences, peer reviewing manuscripts and grant proposals, committees, mentoring and even teaching.

Why?

Because scientists are tired of not being able to do #science.

- Students are tired of being unappreciated and overloaded

- Faculties are tired of “community duties” that become overwhelming (conferences, committees, reviewing, outreach, etc)

And everyone is tired of small salaries, zero empathy and little credit.

The problem is greatly summarized by Isabel Müller (in the article):

“There’s so little acknowledgement that people have difficult, complicated lives outside of work.”

A year ago, Nature described how PhD students don’t want to be postdocs and faculties are leaving academia. Now, we see that those who stayed are trying to resist the system from the inside.

But the problem is - the system is too rigid, too traditional and too elitist.

So, as a community, we can change it only by raising our voices and expressing distaste with the status quo. I applaud Nature for writing about these issues so regularly. The academic world has too many interdependent parts which should be addressed concurrently.

This is why we should stay united and strong as a community.

Regarding the academic environment we all hope to have, I loved how Isabel Müller put it in the article:

- I hope it becomes the new normal to say: “My life matters. My work is an important part, but I decide what my life looks like, not my employer”.

#AcademicTwitter #education

[Ramiro Patiño @neonlabcoat]

@microbial_maeve ❤️ so happy for u!

[Ramiro Patiño @neonlabcoat]

@DoctorBou 👏🏽

[Ramiro Patiño @neonlabcoat]

@alexisleighkrup congrats!!

[Ramiro Patiño @neonlabcoat]

@robertnulrich feeling this