As #BlackHistoryMonth comes to a close, we won't closing the chapter on sharing the incredible stories & legacies of our #BlackandSTEM SACNAS members. Black history is EVERY day! Below are some talks from past #SACNAS Conferences that have kept us motivated through the years ⬇️

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The #MicrobesAndSocialEquity speaker for March 31 has been rescheduled to May 5th. If you are already registered, your link is still valid. "Integrating Equity into Emerging Infectious Disease Research", Dr. Kishana Taylor, @KYT_ThatsME, now on May 5! sueishaqlab.org/2021/03/29/sti…

So happy to announce that I am officially an NIH funded Pre-Doctoral Scholar. Cheers to Year 2 of my Ph.D., new heights, and my first time at the #ISPNE2021 conference. So grateful for these opportunities !

Someone called me "astute" when I was sciencing the other day. It made me feel really good. Please feel free to use the word astute more often when speaking to earlier career peeps

Hi @BlackInMicro I’m a 2nd yr PhD grad Iowa State University, an NIH @NIDA pre-doc, recently nominated for the HHMI Gilliam Fellowship. Interested in substance use, stress bio, human dev and the gut-brain axis . So happy to represent this year ! #BlackInMicroRollCall

So excited to kick off this year’s #2021NDiSTEM with J. Abrams McLean PhD in our #1on1Mentoring meeting.Thank you for your advice and tips for future success! Looking forward to the official start next week! Grateful for this opportunity @sacnas SACNAS at Iowa State University

Enjoying my 4th year at @sacnas and my second #NDiSTEM as a Grad student !!!

You are strong, smart, and you got this.

Super pumped to be a panelist with my mentor Dr. @NineciaS to represent @BlackInMicro!! Tune in 11/3 at 3p CT/4p ET

A quick look Amali Stephens putting those pipetting skills to work while working with hair assays in the lab.

So honored to announce I’ve been selected for the ASM yr-long Future Leaders Mentoring Fellowship! As a fellow, I will attend ASM Microbe for the 1st time, participate in the ASM FLMF Symposium, + be advised by Micro Mentors from different career sectors 🎉👩🏽‍🔬!

this can't be the same brain I was using to memorize two semesters worth of immunology in 3 days as an undergrad

So excited to be attending the ASM Future Leaders Mentoring Symposium and #ASMmicrobe conference in D.C.! Let the mentoring begin! @BlackInMicro ISU Microbiology Graduate Program

So happy to be one of of the inaugural Future Leaders Mentoring Fellows. Looking forward to learning and growing together ! Iowa State University @BlackInMicro ASM

Please help me celebrate Amali Stephens FIRST first author article "Psychological Stress and the gut microbiota" in Nature's Journal Club alongside @dr_kozik from the @BlackInMicro Association. Amali, you are an AMAZING scientist, friend, and advocate! nature.com/articles/s4156…

Celebrating a career first this Monday! My first, first-author publication writing for the Nature Microbiology BMA Journal Club Series “Psychosocial stress and the gut microbiota” with mentor and science rockstar @dr_kozik & @BlackInMicro. #BlackInMicro rdcu.be/cWm1J

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I started writing my PhD thesis in May. I submitted my final thesis by August. This is how I overcame writer's block to write a PhD thesis in less than 3 months:

A beautiful animation of the caecum