Zelda Mendelowitz, PhD

Venture Associate @ NYS Center for Biotechnology | Geneticist | Neuroscientist | Lifelong Learner

[No Patient Left Behind @NPLB_org]

Want to learn how to promote biomedical #affordability and #innovation?

Applications are now open for the NPLB #Biotech #Fellowship 💊 (Deadline: Sep 13th). Free and virtual!
Live lectures, real-time discussions, projects, and more!

Apply below!

https://t.co/QYTYW1gS8v

[Zelda Mendelowitz, PhD @ZeldaZara]

@veronikakondev Yes, it’s a sign! My lab ID stopped working a bit before my defense 😂

[Zelda Mendelowitz, PhD @ZeldaZara]

Just coming back down to earth after my successful Neuroscience #PhDdefense last month. How the approach to my defense felt:

[Zelda Mendelowitz, PhD @ZeldaZara]

@NYGovCuomo Is NYS testing for the 501Y.V2 variant discovered in South Africa that spreads rapidly and some vaccines might be less effective against? #COVID19 @NYGovCuomo

[Zelda Mendelowitz, PhD @ZeldaZara]

@thoughtsofaphd Hiiii I’m Zelda - a PhD candidate in the Mano Lab at CUNY. I study transcriptional mechanisms of neuroprotection from excitotoxic necrosis. Taking it one day at a time and just trying to maintain some sanity through all the ups & downs pursuing a PhD!

[Zelda Mendelowitz, PhD @ZeldaZara]

The first Nobel prize in chemistry given solely to women @doudna_lab @e_carpentier! An inspiration to #womeninscience and those working with simple model organisms. #CRISPRCas9

[Zelda Mendelowitz, PhD @ZeldaZara]

@probably_joyce Maybe if proteomics assays had comparable precision and sensitivity as transcriptomics assays but they don’t at the moment. Proteomics with #Celegans research is quite difficult and definitely not as sensitive as transcriptomics! @drdevangm

[Zelda Mendelowitz, PhD @ZeldaZara]

@StuMaitland @amybonavia Congratulations to you both!

[Zelda Mendelowitz, PhD @ZeldaZara]

@MollyBReilly @nature Extraordinary work - congratulations!!

[Zelda Mendelowitz, PhD @ZeldaZara]

@norascience1 I would say the dental benefits through NYSHIP are non-existent- I had to get a secondary dental insurance that actually covers things

[Nature Human Behaviour @NatureHumBehav]

COVID-19 has not affected all scientists equally. A survey of PI's finds that female scientists, those in the ‘bench sciences’ and especially scientists with young children experienced a substantial decline in time devoted to research

https://t.co/qOptvlrc5Y

[Zelda Mendelowitz, PhD @ZeldaZara]

YES - international students in the USA are safe from deportation for now! #StudentBan #AcademicChatter

[Zelda Mendelowitz, PhD @ZeldaZara]

@AsifaAkhtar1 Congratulations!

[Zelda Mendelowitz, PhD @ZeldaZara]

@Ti_Enjoli Congratulations!! 🎉

[Zelda Mendelowitz, PhD @ZeldaZara]

@thoughtsofaphd For sure. If I have to readjust my thesis goals again due to pandemic related lab closures one more time...

[Zelda Mendelowitz, PhD @ZeldaZara]

@wsbsbot @CSHL show your support for #WomenInScience and #ChangeTheName to McClintock & Greider School of Biological Sciences

[Zelda Mendelowitz, PhD @ZeldaZara]

@prokraustinator @AdemaRibic @AcademicChatter Yes @AdemaRibic & @prokraustinator this is definitely a good thing to keep in mind! It seems that it’s best to set things up in advance and have a quick transition from graduation to the postdoc- with maybe a vacation in between.

[Zelda Mendelowitz, PhD @ZeldaZara]

How long before graduation is the best time to start applying for postdoc positions? Do some (neuro/bio) labs have a waitlist? #AcademicChatter @AcademicChatter

[Zelda Mendelowitz, PhD @ZeldaZara]

@RachelLippert @AcademicChatter That’s great advice thank you!

[Zelda Mendelowitz, PhD @ZeldaZara]

@NeuroDrugDoc @island_scholar @AcademicChatter Thanks for the great tip!

[Zelda Mendelowitz, PhD @ZeldaZara]

@dumpyunc @maxwellheiman @AcademicChatter This is really good to be aware of- thank you so for the info Steve! Hopefully some of these things will change in the future