In 4 short weeks the Penn STEM community & beyond will come together for a Juneteenth Lecture w/ Dr. Freeman Hrabowski, III President Emeritus of UMBC.

Mark your calendars June 18th 11AM @ Irvine Auditorium for the conversation & book signing!

Please join us for this important and timely discussion!

We assistant professors need to stick together! Had a great time UPenn CDB retreat! Looking forward to everyone new and exciting research! Mustafa Mir Juan Alvarez Kahlilia Morris-Blanco Penn Vet @Penn

Don't miss out on this chance to learn from the amazing and inspirational Dr. Hrabowski!

It was fun to write this journal club article for Nature Reviews Genetics on McKnight's 1976 paper using Miller spreads to quantify transcription activation in Drosophila embryos & a chance to reflect on the importance of spending time with your raw imaging data! rdcu.be/dHNbf

Congratulations to Apratim (Appy) for winning the 'Best postdoc talk' award at the UPenn CDB retreat! Stay tuned for his work on RNA PolII kinetics during ZGA.

Beyond excited for the event on Thursday 4/25 in Smilow 11-146 at 3pm. I've been sharing more of the unfiltered version of what it's like to be a Black scientist in America. This is part of a series of events leading up to our Juneteenth lecture by Dr. Freeman Hrabowski. Join us!

🚨Together, Penn Medicine UPenn CDB, UPenn Dept of Biochem & Biophys, & UPenn EE Just are hosting Voices of the Historically Excluded- A Panel Discussion on Black Experiences in Science April 25th Smilow 11-146. 🚨Penn BGS Biomedical Postdoctoral Programs Du Bois Postdoctoral Circle