It has been 6 months since The Black Scientists and Engineers of Caltech submitted their petition. If you can't tell Caltech, we aren't going to forget about this.

“You probably have never heard of prion diseases before. We usually think about viruses and bacteria causing us harm. In prion diseases, a family of rare neurological disorders, the damaging agent is a misfolded protein which contains no genetic information. (1/10)

A little bit of good news today: after 2+ years of student advocacy, Caltech has finally implemented a grad student parent support program to provide up to $10k extra stipend to student parents to offset childcare costs. Caltech grad parents, apply here: emailmeform.com/builder/form/e…

I wish that I was surprised, but I am not. I am just really sad.

Bye bye eugenicists, I won’t miss you at all!!

Bernie patiently waiting in the hood for cells to detach from trypsin....happy Inauguration Day! Heather Giza

We know there are a lot of concerns about vaccines out there and we want to help. This particular post addresses how vaccines do not cause long-term health effects and also includes info about possible short-term side effects. (1/9)

Happening tomorrow! DM for zoom info

"Precision Probiotic Therapies--Challenges (for women) and Opportunities (for men)." Cool conference but I've been to many microbiome meetings and never before seen one where the speakers are 95% men.

Latest work from our lab out today 🥳🎉 mechanistic papers like this one will be the new standard for the gut-brain field. Congrats Dr. Brittany Needham!

Catherine Oikonomou Caltech is this month's #OpenScience champion! 🌟 👩‍💻 1st project manager in the new Circuitry and Brain-Body Interactions theme to share resources from her team for other #PD researchers to leverage!

It’s been a while — but we have a new post!!

WiBBE is back! Come to our happy hour at 4pm on April 7th outside the Chen Neuroscience Building 🥳

Had a great time seeing new and old faces at our Happy Hour on April 7th!

Check out this new paper from Xinhong Chen Sripriya Ravindra Kumar from the lab of @VivianGradinaru. So excited to have shared a part in this project 🎉

Calling all faculty, Caltech alumni, and working women in STEM, WiBBE is hosting a series of career day events to introduce our members to different post-grad career options. Fill out this form to join us! forms.gle/kDaVFSXRhcTqhv… #womenscientists #steminist #academicchatter

We were very honored to host Dr. Gloria Choi Choi Laboratory for a coffee chat, where we got to learn more about her journey as a professor navigating the (relatively new) field of Neuroimmunology 🧠🦠, and gain advice and insights as a woman in STEM. 🤩

Even though this cave looks like it might be found on Pandora, these are glow worms in New Zealand! Fun fact- James Cameron and his team studied bioluminescence and used it as inspiration for elements in the Avatar movies - the dinoflagellates in particular (1/10)

WiBBE is proud to present our 2023 WiBBE Careers event. We have gathered a stellar lineup of women panelists ranging from academia, industry, and scientific communications who are eager to share their journey navigating their paths. 👩🏻‍🔬🧪🥼

Today's Career Event is a success! a lot of excellent answers and engaging conversations 🥰 Thanks to all our inspiring panelists and friends that showed up!