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We are excited to announce the recipient of the 2024 Whitcome Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship: Sam Leistiko (Dr. Lena Pernas’ Lab). MIMG is thrilled to acknowledge Sam’s promising career and research. Congratulations, Sam!

"We are not saying that DEI deserves a seat at the table, but diverse people do. In a perfect world it requires us to break down the table and rebuild it. At Black In Neuro 🧠, we didn't ask for a seat at the table, we built our own."-Angeline J. Dukes, PhD #NeuroRacism

The World Health Organization has updated its list of most dangerous viruses and bacteria go.nature.com/46uc8jy

I am looking to recruit a Ph.D. trainee that will be working on the impact of microbial interactions on antimicrobial resistance/tolerance. More details below: csm-scm.org/job/universite… Please share!

Our latest preprint! Some beautiful cell biology in this one. "Presynapses are mitophagy pit stops that prevent axon degeneration" biorxiv.org/cgi/content/sh… Discoveries into the cell biology of of mitophagy in axons, a disease mechanism, and a potential therapeutic avenue. 1/2

My biggest critic for grant proposals 🐈‍⬛💤

New preprint from the lab led by graduate student ⁦⁦Iris D. Montes⁩ where we find a new role for #p97#VCP and UBXD8 in maintaining peroxisomes by suppressing pexophagy. Great collab with ⁦Amit Joshi⁩! ⁦Tufts School of Medicine⁩ ⁦TuftsGSBS⁩ biorxiv.org/content/10.110…

📢 Are you looking for summer research opportunities in the biomedical sciences?  Don’t miss the opportunity to be part of the 2025 Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship (SURF) UTSW Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences UT Southwestern Medical Center Applications now open bit.ly/3yeoQDj!

Interested in BNIP3/NIX-mediated mitophagy? Check out our new review, written with Jonathan Friedman, about recent advances in the field and our thoughts on the regulation of these mitophagy receptors in space and time. doi.org/10.1042/BST202…

Grad school apps are EXPENSIVE....💸 So, which #STEM PhD programs have WAIVED their application fee this year?! We have compiled a list of programs that you can apply to for FREE. Please let us know if you’ve heard of others! Thank you!!💜 docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d…

🌟 Exciting news! Applications for HHMI’s #GilliamFellows Program are now open.🚀 The program empowers graduate students & their advisors committed to advancing equity & inclusion in science. Applications due 12/5/24, 2 PM ET. Learn more & apply now: hhmi.news/4dLSXUF

Join us TODAY 10/21 at 2pm PST/5pm EST for our #CLGSEC Workshop: "Grad School 101: Choosing a Lab" featuring panelists Jocelyn Dicent, Jessica Tingle, and Ulises Trujillo Garcia as they discuss what to look for in a lab. Register here: eventbrite.com/e/gradschool-1…

SCARY COMMUTE! A traffic nightmare is expected Friday in Los Angeles as Game 1 of the World Series and several other big events take place around the same time. 😨😱 abc7.la/3Ywn9yq

Mitochondrial fatty acid oxidation drives senescence science.org/doi/10.1126/sc…

I am a PhD student with a prestigious fellowship at a top world class university. I’m also a product of social programs, free lunch, Headstart, Pell grants, and other programs that gave students like myself access to the platform. 1/

Our opinion piece is out! My first published postdoc work with Lena Pernas. 🎉 Here, we speculate whether mitochondria can autonomously sense and elicit a response to microbes. 🤔🦠

🎥 Al menos 55 contagios de gripe aviar en personas se han reportado en EEUU: estos son los síntomas de alerta. univision.com/noticias/edici…

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I can't stress this enough, these mentoring practices hurt your trainees! --- Harsh criticism and unreasonable expectations worsen PhD students’ mental health nature.com/articles/d4158…