Shruthi Sriramkumar

Postdoctoral Researcher @ZhangLabMDA, interested in cancer epigenetics, DNA repair, metabolism, ovarian cancer

[Ronny Drapkin @ronny_drapkin]

Congrats to @Adam_Ferrari_, the team, and our wonderful collaborators! @HannahRendulich @av_annapragada @md_kyle @lendeschwartz @velculescu @PennPathLabMed @LizHowellMD.
H2Bub1 is progressively lost in endometriosis --> atypical endometriosis --> clear cell carcinoma. @Penn_OCRC

[Cancer Immunology Research @CIR_AACR]

Want to know how #senescence impacts #immunotherapy? This perspective by @oesterreichs and @airdlab highlights how senescent #breastcancer cells escape #immunosurveillance and how this affects immunotherapy.
https://t.co/XllSKbdlxR
#CancerImmunology

[Cell Press @CellPressNews]

Online in @STARProtocols: Fluorescence microscopy-based #protocol by Dr. Soni Lacefield @LacefieldLab @janardangavade to identify budding #yeast genes involved in #meiotic commitment: https://t.co/AwxNbe2XbY
👉high-throughput yeast transformations+meiotic induction

[STAR Protocols @STARProtocols]

Check out this fluorescence microscopy-based #protocol by Dr. Soni Lacefield @LacefieldLab @janardangavade to identify budding #yeast genes involved in #meiotic commitment: https://t.co/qKHcgSl49Y
Research @CurrentBiology
👉high-throughput yeast transformations+meiotic induction

[Soni Lacefield @LacefieldLab]

Congrats to Dr. Annie MacKenzie, the newest PhD from the Lacefield Lab ⁦@GCDB_IU⁩!

[Emily Neumann @immigrationgirl]

'A systemic failure': Indians struggle to return home with US Embassy backlog https://t.co/rvYfWzlymq via @TODAYshow

[Karin Fischer @karinfischer]

And more news ... Senators will once again try to exempt international graduates who earn advanced degrees in STEM fields from green-card caps https://t.co/zJXB8prRzW

[Andrew Kreighbaum @kreighbaum]

Immigration attorneys say they're seeing a rise in visa applications being referred for extra scrutiny at US consular offices--a process known as administrative processing that many complain leaves immigrants in the dark on timing or reasons for the delay https://t.co/IQb2IU6waP

[CMCB Grad Program @CMCB_Grad]

IUSM-Bloomington is seeking applications for an Assistant/Associate Professor in Cancer Biology!

We welcome applicants in all areas of Cancer Biology.

To see qualifications and to apply, please use this link: https://t.co/wFCl54oQtf.

[Janardan Gavade 🎶🎼🔬🎥 @janardangavade]

The current visa scenario for millions of Indians suck! Its like staying in a sophisticated jail…Neither I can go, see my parents and come back to resume my work nor they will get a visa appointment until 2024!!

[Deedy @deedydas]

1/9 Indians in the US on a work visa can't go home. There’s NO appointments.

The now ~200k H-1B Telegram group is growing by 13,000 per month.

Even with ~$40m in fees, the 5 VACs process ~10,000 a month. The next availability is ~2024!

Here’s 6 stories from hurting families:

[Divyansh Kaushik @dkaushik96]

We blew our ability to lead in the development of and setting standards for the 5G technology… by not granting **ONE** Green Card.

Imagine all the technology we’re saying goodbye to by not retaining the foreign STEM talent trained at US universities.
https://t.co/IbzBVz2vii

[Divyansh Kaushik @dkaushik96]

Tourist visa interview wait times in India are nearing 2 years and graduation ceremonies don’t qualify for emergency appointments.

So much for hoping that parents would get to see the PhD hooding next year.

[Ronny Drapkin @ronny_drapkin]

My lab is recruiting #postdocs to work on a number of exciting projects, including: (1) a pre-cancer atlas, (2) targeting the PAX8 master transcription factor, and (3) tumor innervation and (4) aging in cancer pathogenesis and progression. Please RT.
https://t.co/DTrqk4ZXLU

[Seth Biddulph @SethBiddulph]

New 👏 Mexico 👏 is 👏 a 👏 state 👏

Response I just received from a company inside the US that is hiring remotely.

[Justin Trudeau @JustinTrudeau]

One Canadian killed by gun violence is one too many. That’s why we’ve banned 1,500 types of military-style assault firearms. And that’s why, today, we’ve introduced legislation to further strengthen gun control in Canada. Thread ⤵️

[Shruthi Sriramkumar @ShruSies]

@TheBcellArtist My husband and I recently graduated and joined post doc. We want to stay in academia but the visa situation (especially India and China) is pathetic. We do not get green card for years. This makes me question my decision even though we really like our post doc and want to stay

[Kavitha Shanmugam @kavithashanmu10]

I am trying to get emergency visa appointment in US consulate as my husband who is in USA is in ICU in critical condition. We have no immediate family or friends who can attend to him at this moment and me being there is essential in this emergency situation to look after him.

[Raj Karnatak, MD @raj_karnatak]

Inhumane green card backlog must be resolved. When you working in the US for a decade and go see your family for a week suddenly you are an alien again. Either waive visa stamping for folks in decades of green card backlog or just stamp visa in the US.

[Pranav Singh @pranav_singh_MD]

Forget Green card backlog, forget RACIST country caps in EB immigration. H1b professionals are fighting to be able to travel with dignity. Living >decade in US legally but risk getting stranded in India if you dare to go for a family emergency. 🧵