Rachel Sutherland

Your friendly neighborhood neuroscientist in training. Opinions my own. Facts belong to everyone.

[Tanentzapf Lab @TanentzapfLab]

My top four career tips for young scientists asking how to best prepare for a future career in the biomedical sciences:
1) Learn to code
2) Learn to code
3) Learn to code
4) Take all the Biostatistics courses available to you

[Rachel Sutherland @sutherlandr99]

#InfinityTrainHBOMax I support the return of this animated series! Also check out Jay’s fan art because it’s amazing:

https://t.co/tBx3XB9Hbg

[Rachel Sutherland @sutherlandr99]

I admire the courage of those who are fighting for positive change and encouraging the school and the mormon church to treat people with more dignity and respect.

[Rachel Sutherland @sutherlandr99]

Last night several students at BYU lit up the Y on the mountain near the school as a rainbow. This time last year BYU officials told students that homosexual behavior defies their honor code despite official wording being removed due to pressure.

[BYU @BYU]

BYU did not authorize the lighting of the Y tonight.

[Rachel Sutherland @sutherlandr99]

It leaves many students worried that they could be kicked out of school for doing something as benign as holding hands with someone of the same sex. The school has suspended countless students in the past for honor code violations.

[Rachel Sutherland @sutherlandr99]

This should be common knowledge for everyone right now. Please do your part to educate yourself and your politicians.

[Rachel Sutherland @sutherlandr99]

I highly recommend this short article to help understand why lifting restrictions right now will increase the spread of the coronavirus.

https://t.co/Ve9ZF1BTtO

[Rachel Sutherland @sutherlandr99]

Reducing spread of the virus with safety measures like masks & occupancy limits will give us time to innoculate more people and reach herd immunity before the virus can mutate into more vaccine-resistant strains (and if you don’t know the term herd immunity please look that up).

[Rachel Sutherland @sutherlandr99]

@thephdstory Death of grad school for me during the pandemic. I’m a mom (single mom now) and had to leave my program to take care of kids academically and financially... 😢

[Rachel Sutherland @sutherlandr99]

My son and his team are trying to beat a record for a high school team by launching a liquid fuel rocket 50,000 ft! They could really use your support with any small donation you can offer to help them finish their rocket and travel to the launch site:

https://t.co/51NQcVm28I

[Rachel Sutherland @sutherlandr99]

I’m exhausted from work and parenting and hoping I have energy to watch clips of the inauguration tomorrow, but I’m smiling because we have a woman, a woman of color as VP... and it’s about damn time.

[Journal of Experimental Medicine @JExpMed]

Neurological symptoms are frequently observed in #COVID19. Using three independent approaches - mouse model, human brain organoid and autopsies of COVID-19 patients, @ericsongg @virusesimmunity team demonstrates evidence of #SARSCoV2 neuroinvasion. https://t.co/voWDoQ2MAO

[Rachel Sutherland @sutherlandr99]

It’s always nice to hear when someone I helped to mentor in lab is going on to great things. Makes me proud, and so nice to have something positive to think about right now.

[Rachel Sutherland @sutherlandr99]

@Schlotzskys Sad lunch #wfhlunchupgrade #entry

[Rachel Sutherland @sutherlandr99]

@sarah_shapley My PI recently said that the most successful leaders are not micro managers. I tend to agree, and he is a great example. Also, being patient and empathetic with work & personal challenges, and brainstorming solutions instead of putting you down is huge to me.

[Rachel Sutherland @sutherlandr99]

@UTDPainLab Can we call you Tesla Ted now?

[Rachel Sutherland @sutherlandr99]

Ok, I don’t hate working from home part time, I’ll admit it. I actually get to use my crockpot during the week, eat lunch with my kids and switch loads of laundry in between work. I have high hopes for this roast.

[Rachel Sutherland @sutherlandr99]

@McKnightLab_UO It’s got to be difficult putting this out there, but I appreciate being able to read your journey. Peace and love from Texas, to you and your family.

[Elisa Couto Clemente (she/her) @Elisa_Not_ELISA]

My latest @PainResForum blog entry, on survivorship bias and women in STEM

https://t.co/f1FBlzjCIj

[Rachel Sutherland @sutherlandr99]

As my kids start day 1 of online school I feel lucky that my mentors & leadership at UTD have been patient & flexible with me while I balance kids and graduate school. Hoping more people & organizations work to reduce gender inequality during the pandemic. https://t.co/TZuh3mK0Oh