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I can’t believe it - I’m delighted to announce that I’ve been awarded an
@wellcometrust
Early Career Fellowship to study immune control of energy balance during infection & will be joining the
@LydiaBeckerIII
very soon!! 🥳🥳🥳
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Really awful to see so many hateful responses to this post. Clara has done so much to advance EDI for the LGBTQ+ community, and for the wider community too, and she’s exactly the kind of person we need in these positions. So congratulations Clara! You’re gonna rock it!
We’re delighted to announce
@ClaraMBarker
as the new IOP Inclusion and Diversity Representative.
Dr Barker says: “I look forward to working with different groups who share a passion for physics but feel they cannot achieve their maximum potential. (1/2)
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Found this bottle of Triton that I reckon could be from the 70s??
What’s the oldest thing you’ve found in your lab? Points for not saying your PI! 🤣
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Finishing your western blot and seeing no bands
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I can’t believe it. I’m
#PhDone
!
This journey started 11 years ago & I finally made it. It has been a rollercoaster of a decade & I’m so grateful that I had my beautiful family & friends to support me through it, particularly at this last stretch 🥰 👨🎓
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Paper accepted, fellowship application rejected, but regardless we celebrate the win with steak & cocktails!
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Ready as I’ll ever be for my at-home viva 😱 😱 see you on the other side!
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@JaneyGodley
Must be nice to have such a settled and easy life that this is what boils your blood!
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Thanks to
@LabListon
for inviting me to write this commentary in Immunology and Cell Biology, on the importance of visibility for LGBTQ+ people working in STEM 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️
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96 opportunities to be disappointed? 😂
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We are going to write an open letter to request the retraction of this article on the grounds that it has the potential to lead to physical violence against gay men. Please contact me if you’d like to sign the letter
Absolutely abhorrent
@ElsevierConnect
that one of your journals, the Journal of Environmental Management should see fit to publish this. This article has the potential to endanger the lives of gay men and it’s urgent that it is retracted immediately
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Today is PhD graduation day! And it’s at Edinburgh Castle 🥳🥳🥳
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So over the moon excited to have published this Comment in
@TheLancet
with
@knicollb
@kurtlab_stevens
@kizzythechemist
and
@I_Vinodh
🥳🥳🥳
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Love to see these lipid droplets forming 😍😍😍
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Here it is! My first first author research article!
A human pluripotent stem cell model for the analysis of metabolic dysfunction in hepatic steatosis
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Holy shit, my husband just became a
@wellcometrust
Sir Henry Wellcome Fellow!!!!!!!! 😍😍😍😍😍 I don’t think I was even this proud when he got his PhD. Honestly, if anyone in the wold deserves it, it’s
@Jquintanalcala
. A wonderful man and a phenomenal scientist
#proudhusband
Holly crap! I think I can call myself a
@Wellcome
Sir Henry Wellcome fellow now! I am out of words.
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Metabolism, immunometabolism, immunology
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I'm delighted to say that following my PhD I will be joining the
@PeronaLab
at
@iiiglasgow
as a postdoc!!
I'm super excited to start exploring immunometabolism and Th2 immunity 😍
#postdoc
#AcademicTwitter
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Very excited that we're getting the ball rolling with
@TheSTEMvillage
Immunology Seminar Series 2023! We're going to be starting on 2nd October for an epic 9 weeks! The aim of this series is to showcase the research of LGBTQ+ immunologists to the wider immunology community 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️
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Which Oprah are you when you get reviewers comments back?
(Pic credit unknown)
#AcademicTwitter
#AcademicChatter
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Very much this. We keep talking about how ridiculous this government is, and what a farce this whole situation is. The truth is, this government are dangerous, and determined to wreak as much damage and steal as much money as they can before the election!
#GeneralElectionN0W
I'm too busy working on the last PM's misconduct, to deal with the current one going full fascist dictator on Rwanda, with this "I'm one of the good ones" xenophobic crap...
But for now I'll say this:
Rishi Sunak is just a shit person.
The SEPARATION of powers is the most
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I can’t believe that The STEM Village has been nominated for a National Diversity Award! It’s crazy that a small idea less than 2 years ago has become an organisation that gets nominated for this! If you’d like to support us, please add your name to the nominations 🙏
Congratulations to Matthew Sinton
@thestemvillage
who has been nominated for the Community Organisation (LGBT) Award at The National Diversity Awards 2021. To vote please visit
#NDA21
#Nominate
#VotingNowOpen
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Can’t believe it’s already 3 years ago today that
@Jquintanalcala
said, “I do” 🥰 and what a crazy 3 years it’s been - both of us starting/finishing PhDs/postdoc positions, moving cities, pandemics. Couldn’t have found a better person to experience all of that with ❤️
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I don’t know who to credit this to, but this was definitely me during my first masters, & showing blots to my PI 🤣🤣🤣
#AcademicTwitter
#AcademicChatter
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Already 6 years married! Time flies when you’re having fun… and a pandemic… and finishing a PhD and starting a postdoc
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Delighted to have co-first authored this manuscript with
@Jquintanalcala
, where we explored the role of γδ T cells in controlling the skin immune response to T. brucei infection! This was a super exciting project to work on!
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Oh no, we'd better stop our queer immunology seminar series then...
For crying out loud, this government are a disgusting mob, just desperate to distract from their gross incompetence/corruption by stoking their culture wars
Screw that! Proud to be
#LGBTQSTEM
🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️
NEW: Conservatives are safeguarding scientific research from the denial of biology and the steady creep of political correctness.
@michelledonelan
announces plans to depoliticise science at
#CPC23
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Delighted to announce that I was just awarded an
@wellcometrust
Institutional Strategic Support Fund Catalyst Award to generate some super cool preliminary data over the next year. Thanks
@UofGMVLS
and
@annette_macleod
for the support 🥳🎉🥳🎉
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After a long gap, we're delighted to announce our autumn
@TheSTEMvillage
Immunology Seminar Series. Talks are delivered by LGBTQ+ immunologists to the wider immunology community.
Register now to hear our stellar lineup of talks:
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Thank you so much for putting on this session and giving us all a chance to share our work! And I’m incredibly grateful (as is my Amazon wish list) for being awarded this prize
#BSI23
Awardees in the postdoc session:
🔸 1st place: Dr Matthew Sinton
@mcsinton
🔸 2nd place: Dr Karen Slattery
@_Karen__S_
🔸 3rd place: Dr Julio Furlong-Silva
🔗
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I am horrified by the
@EdinburghUni
response to
#COVID19
. Still not shutting down because they're following government guidelines and putting pressure on PIs to decide whether or not to shut their labs, all the while dangling REF2021 over them. Seriously??
#AcademicChatter
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Delighted to have been awarded one of the
@wellcometrust
ISSF Feasibility Scheme awards to do lots of metabolomics at Glasgow
@polyomics
😍😍😍
#metabolism
#postdoclife
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Super excited that tomorrow I will start my first postdoc with
@PeronaLab
at
@iiiglasgow
, working on immunometabolism 🤩
#AcademicTwitter
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Such a beautiful evening in Glasgow tonight 😍
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5 and a half years ago I met
@Jquintanalcala
. On one of our first days together he took me to the lab & let me play 🤓 today we’re celebrating 2 years of marriage! Nerds that science together stay together! So privileged to call him my husband 😍
#anniversary
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I can't believe that I can finally share this message of support that the
@ScotGovFM
@NicolaSturgeon
provided to
@TheSTEMvillage
for our symposium
#SVVS20
, offering her and the government's support for the LGBTQ+ STEM community 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️
This means so so much 🥰
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Super excited that we’re moving to Manchester AND that we just found an apartment just near the Northern Quarter 😍
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Lockdown plant addiction has been upgraded tonight 🌱 🌱 🌱
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So delighted that this labour of love has found its home! This was so fun to work on with
@Jquintanalcala
& all of the other authors! Tweetorial (X-orial?) to follow soon
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I just submitted my corrections for my thesis! 😱🎉😍
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Feels so nice to see a physical copy of my thesis! Now I actually have to re-read it before the viva... almost
#PhDone
but before that, heading out to enjoy the nice weather with
@Jquintanalcala
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This is the true face of the LGB Alliance. They don’t support LGB people, they just want to sow hate and discord amongst the LGBTQ+ community, and use the old tropes that the community is full of sexual deviants. This group was allowed to form a charity by
@ChtyCommission
🤷♂️🤷♂️🤷♂️
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Registration for
@TheSTEMvillage
Immunology Seminar Series is now open! To come along and see our fantastic lineup of speakers talk about immunology, register here:
#AcademicTwitter
#LGBTQSTEM
🌈🏳️⚧️🏳️🌈
Pls share this with colleagues & your institutes 😊
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Super thrilled to announce that the main paper from my PhD is now available as a
#preprint
@biorxivpreprint
:
Macrovesicular steatosis in nonalcoholic fatty liver disease is a consequence of purine nucleotide cycle driven fumarate accumulation
[THREAD]
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🚨Delighted that my 1st postdoc first author
#preprint
has started its journey. Here we investigated the sexually dimorphic effects of IL-17 in weight loss, adipose tissue wasting & feeding behaviour during T. brucei infection in mice & patients
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Incredible to see so many LGBTQ+ people starting their own labs this year -
@FranzePR
,
@CarlosMMinutti
@Jquintanalcala
and
@immunonoah
! Those are just the ones I've heard about! So happy for all of you!! 🌈🌈🌈
#LGBTQSTEM
#PrideInSTEM
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Just received this from
@EdinburghUni
after I submitted the final corrected version of my thesis. So the PhD really is
#PhDone
now 😍
#EdinburghAlumni
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@drkellyallen
@AcademicChatter
Since reviewing is done based on the goodwill of people, and journals don’t compensate, this should be the push for journals to start looking at ways to compensate reviewers rather than editors putting pressure on burned out academics to give more of their time freely
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I had no idea that herons could be found in Kelvingrove Park 😍
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Tomorrow is
#LGBTSTEMDay
& I’m super excited! Check out the huge lineup of events to celebrate & increase visibility of the
#LGBTQSTEM
community! 🌈🥳🌈🥳
#AcademicTwitter
#TransInSTEM
#BiInSci
#QueerinSTEM
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Woke up to this beautiful sky in Glasgow this morning 😍 Merry Christmas everyone! 🎄🎄🎄
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What a beautiful way to end the PhD journey. Thanks so much
@uniofedinburgh
and
@edinburghcastle
for making this such a special graduation ❤️
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Have to say, we’re incredibly lucky to have this view from our living room 😍
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Happy
#LGBTQSTEMDay
everyone! I’m Matthew and I’m a gay cis man (he/him) working as a postdoc
@iiiglasgow
, where I’m working on immunometabolism in infection. I also founded
@TheSTEMvillage
to increase visibility for our community 🌈🌈🌈
#LGBTQSTEMDay
#LGBTQSTEMDay20
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Well the past few weeks are shaping up pretty well! This morning I got my first *first* author research article accepted, with the research from my PhD!! Should be able to share it very soon 😊😊😊
#AcademicTwitter
#PostdocLife
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If you are LGBTQ+ and study/work in a STEM field, sign up for our fantastic virtual symposium, happening next month!
Registration is free and takes less than 5 minutes:
RTs appreciated 😊
#LGBTSTEM
#QueerInSTEM
#BiInSci
#TransInSTEM
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I'm over the moon! My first every original research paper is now on
@biorxivpreprint
😍 In a novel model of
#NAFLD
we show altered mitochondrial respiration & that this is not a consequence of changing mito numbers
#preprints
#openscience
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@SoozUK
I really want to see
@JaneyGodley
do one her amazing voice overs to this! Pleeeeese 😊
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Definitely picked a flat with good views. These Glasgow sunsets are stunning. Got to enjoy these moments when we can
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This is incredible! The
@ScotGovFM
@NicolaSturgeon
is going to be delivering a message at The STEM Village Virtual Symposium
#SVVS20
, demonstrating Scotland's continued support of the LGBTQ+ community
I am so proud of The STEM Village & to live in such a progressive nation 🏴🏳️🌈
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🚨The STEM Village Immunology Symposium planning is underway & we'll be hosting it in Manchester 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️
Please fill it out & share our new survey with your colleagues/departments to help us design the best possible event!
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It happened - first full draft of my PhD thesis is finished!
Next step, working on feedback, submission, viva 😲
#phdlife
#AcademicTwitter
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If you haven’t heard of the LGB Alliance, despite the name they’re a transphobic/homophobic hate group
Pass it on
No clearer indication that the LGB Alli*nce are a homophobic/transphobic hate group
I wear my rainbow lanyard as a gay man so that a) people know that I’m part of the LGBTQ+ community; b) that others in our community are able to be open
Our nature is not political!!! 🏳️🌈🏳️🌈🏳️🌈
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I am beyond proud of
@Jquintanalcala
for this. He has worked so hard, and this is so so well deserved! 🥳 looking forward to celebrating this properly in Liverpool in April!
🏅Congratulations to
@Jquintanalcala
who has been awarded the
@BSPparasitology
President's Medal for 2024!
The award recognises ambitious, rising stars in the field, well on their way to world-leading status within the research community!
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The formatted version of our paper, A human pluripotent stem cell model for the analysis of metabolic dysfunction in hepatic steatosis, is now out in
@iScience_CP
🥳
Interested in metabolism and/or hepatic steatosis? Check it out:
THREAD 🧵 1/
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Today is 3 years to the day since I joined the University of Glasgow and today is my last here! It was a crazy time to transition from PhD to postdoc, but what a few years it's been!
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If you’re interested in improving inclusion for LGBTQ+ people in the workplace, check out this article that
@TheSTEMvillage
@KurtLabResearch
@knicollb
@kizzythechemist
@i_Vinodh
and myself wrote in
@TheLancet
You need to register to read, but it’s free
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Soooo excited that my first piece of lab equipment arrived 😍 hopefully one day it’ll be sat in a lab of my own too!
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🚨🚨🚨
@TheSTEMvillage
Immunology Series is coming around fast! Sign up now to hear ground-breaking research from LGBTQ+ immunologists, starting with
@FranzePr
talking about regulation of barrier tissue immunity by peripheral glia: 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️
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Just found out that
@uniofedinburgh
are going ahead with in-person graduations next month, so a year after finishing my PhD I can finally go to my graduation ceremony 😍 this year, the graduations will be hosted at ... Edinburgh Castle!!
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Absolutely over the moon to have received this award for our work at The STEM Village
@TheSTEMvillage
. Let’s keep going to promote inclusion for LGBTQ+ people in STEM and challenge heteronormative stereotypes! 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️
Finally, our staff winners of this category are
@mcsinton
,
@Jquintanalcala
and
@Alex_Cocker89for
@TheSTEMvillage
- a project that promotes inclusion of and visibility for LGBTQ+ people in STEM.
Well done to the STEM Village team! 🎉
@FBMH_UoM
@FBMH_SR
@UoMEandD
#MaDAwards
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And just like that, my graduation is done. Such mixed feelings about attending this virtually because of COVID, but looking forward to attending a graduation in person in 2021
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We have 8 speakers lined up for this series and we’re still looking for more! If you’re an LGBTQ+ immunologist (academia or industry) & want to give a talk, pls get in touch! We’re really trying to achieve gender balance too. Pls spread the word! 🏳️⚧️🏳️🌈
#LGBTQSTEM
Since it’s
#Pride2023
, it’s a good time to announce this! With the help of
@Jquintanalcala
and
@Alex_Cocker89
, we’re launching our next immunology seminar series, starting late September. As always, the aim is to showcase research from LGBTQ+ immunologists! 🏳️⚧️🌈🏳️🌈
#LGBTQSTEM
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Over the moon that
@TheSTEMvillage
has been shortlisted for a
@SocialResponUoM
Making A Difference Award for outstanding contributions to equality, diversity and inclusion! 🥇 thank you to
@Jquintanalcala
and
@Alex_Cocker89
for being amazing co-organisers! 🏳️🌈🏳️🌈🏳️🌈
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Thrilled to have co-first authored this preprint with
@Jquintanalcala
where we describe adipocyte-gd T cell interactions at the spatially resolved single cell level & find that Vg6+ cells are involved in driving adipose wasting!
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First day back in the lab, after my viva, and this was waiting for me 🥰 how do
@PeronaLab
@PatShearer
@hollywebster96
know me so well already??
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Here we go! Day 1 with
@KajimuraLab
, already having fantastic conversations & learning about the amazing science going on
@harvardmed
!
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Thanks to
@eLife
for publishing this interview about making academic spaces more inclusive for the
#LGBTQ
+ community
Equity, Diversity and Inclusion: The STEM Village
#LGBTSTEM
#QueerInSTEM
#TransInSTEM
#BiInSci
#AcademicTwitter
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🚨🚨 Registration for the hybrid
@TheSTEMvillage
Immunology Symposium is open: (or scan QR code)
We’re so excited to showcase research from LGBTQ+ immunologists & provide lots of networking opportunities with the wider immunology community!!
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If you’re in the middle of applying for PhD positions, here are some tips on picking a project and supervisor that are a good fit for you. The key tip? Trust your instincts!
#phdchat
#AcademicTwitter
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Oh wow, we really picked a great spot for the new flat! Looking forward to getting back into the lab tomorrow to get on with the new position 😍
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How do you approach prospective mentors??
One mentor isn’t enough. Here’s how I built a network of mentors
#AcademicTwitter
#AcademicChatter
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Sad but true, those of us from regions like Teesside experience bullying over our accents or perceived class. My accent has definitely flattened over the years. It’s a protection thing. Who else has experienced that?
#AcademicTwitter
#AcademicChatter
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We're starting to get organised with
@TheSTEMvillage
Immunology Seminar Series, but we're still short a couple of speakers, in particular women. If you're an LGBTQ+ woman in immunology & you'd like to present you research, please get in touch by DM or email me
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First time seeing beige adipose tissue in an experiment I’ve been working on, and it’s so beautiful 😍
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@LaplanteMathieu
I think an important distinction is that yeah, the science is hard. We’re trying to push the boundaries of science, which is super cool & I love it. But a lot of the tweets refer to toxic/abusive environments & no one should have to deal with that
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Beautiful work 🤯 showing that glucocorticoids are anti-inflammatory by regulating the TCA cycle of macrophages to induce itaconate production!
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Trying to detect HIF1A by flow cytometry
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