@TinaVoelcker and I are very excited to share our most recent work, which investigates the structure and function of sensory circuits in the thalamic reticular nucleus (TRN)!
(1/4)
https://t.co/QeuaYwpHLX
@marylyndphan@AcademicChatter@OpenAcademics Here is a list that includes 150+ fellowships for phd students including ones where non-US citizens are eligible (courtesy of @deniswirtz's office at JHU)
https://t.co/JGsNAAXcVV
This website also has opportunities listed for intl students:
https://t.co/zAKtTGj1yj
Excited to share - I matched in Internal Medicine at Massachusetts General Hospital in Harvard!
Born/raised 🇵🇷. Began med school at age 30, in part, because of limited exposure to physician-scientist careers before PhD in biology.
Happy to chat w those considering med/science.
Saturday evening thought
You know the two awesome vaccines that will tame the pandemic?
Pfizer's vaccine developed by two Turkish immigrants
Moderna's vaccine developed by a black woman virologist (@KizzyPhD) @NIH
Another reason for diversity in STEM
It makes science better
@SfNJournals / @SfNtweets has always had this incredible feature called Journal Clubs where ECRs can publish highlights and alternate interpretations of recent publications. I love the format, but I recently found out the hard way that they currently charge for publication... 1/n
Anyone else see a problem with journals charging $$$ to publish open access *while* paying reviewers $0 *and* saying they need to recruit more reviewers from underrepresented groups?
Shout out to @BrownMolBio for hosting such a phenomenal, inclusive, and diverse conference - Dr. Samuel M. Nabrit Conference for Early Career Scholars. We are humbled as an organization to have served on the organizing committee! #GoNabrit2020
With all of these #BlackNeuroRollCall, I don't ever want to hear YOU cannot find any Black neurology/neuroscience/neuroengineering/neurosurgery/psychiatry/psychology experts.
You're just lying or willfully ignorant if you say that.
#BlackInNeuroWeek#neurotwitter#MedTwitter
@TinaVoelcker and I are very excited to share our most recent work, which investigates the structure and function of sensory circuits in the thalamic reticular nucleus (TRN)!
(1/4)
https://t.co/QeuaYwpHLX
Functionally, the subcircuits have distinct dynamics, determined by the intrinsic physiology of their respective neurons and the properties of their excitatory thalamic synapses. (3/4)
I challenged my colleages to follow, so Dan @LieberInstitute asked me to help lead. Introducing the AFRICAN ANCESTRY NEUROSCIENCE RESEARCH INITIATIVE w/ Yasmin Hurd @SinaiBrain https://t.co/rzMS0cAhAN
*** Our paper is finally out!! ***
We found that adolescence is a critical period for social isolation stress in C57BL/6J mice, producing a hypersocial phenotype in both females and males.
Click here for full text: https://t.co/DONbPYExFv
#1stGen#Boricua
This #BlackHistoryMonth we honor the activists & scientists who lead movements for inclusion and equity in our schools, workplaces, communities, and #STEM. https://t.co/xpVorXd4dH
Join us by tagging your #BlackandSTEM role models & heroes in this ongoing thread⬇️ #TrueDiversity
Congratulations to our #brainscience researchers & global collaborators for adding data from over 10 million brain cells to our Brain Cell Data Center as part of BRAIN Initiative Cell Census Network (#BICCN) efforts. #studyBRAIN
Access #openscience data: https://t.co/YvUiqxTuJX