Great article & analysis on why postdocs should be paid more, and how to make this cross-institutional change. nature.com/articles/s4158…

📣 Join NCBiotech on May 10th for an event all about internships! 🎓 Learn about career paths, how to stand out to potential employers and more! 👨‍🔬👩‍🔬 For more information and registration: loom.ly/n2gX3Bw #internship #careerdevelopment #NCBiotech #rtp

CIRCULAR ECONOMY MINIREVIEW: Streptomyces are among the most relevant industrial microbes. Cuebas-Irizarry Mara Cuebas Irizarry and Gruden explore Streptomyces' potential to deal with wastes and pollutants. Check out ➡️ mtr.cool/fcgodvjuxf to learn more.

Congratulations to WAGS team member Alejandra Chang 🇵🇷 on successfully defending your Masters thesis!

It’s TODAY! See you all at G-202 MBRB. Looking forward to our interesting talks.

Being part of LASA can be a valuable experience for a number of reasons. You can network, develop your soft skills and advocate for the Hispanic community to mention a few! If you think this association aligns with your interest and goals please see below:

We are in the 2023 North Carolina Microbiome Symposium👏👏👏 So many exciting talks and also our four poster presentations from Mara, Mashael, Yunan, and Nivedita.

We are in #ISAPP2023 in Denver! Very intense but exciting and meaningful conference! Two more days to enjoy! ISAPP-SFA

Requisito mínimo maestría. Salario aproximado de $8.80/hora. Estas son las políticas del presupuesto que promueve la Financial Oversight & Mgmt Board for Puerto Rico donde estrangula a la UPR. Que conste que ese salario se supone que de para vivir en Río Piedras.

Congratulations to our Ph.D. candidate Mashael, who won the poster awards for #ISAPP2023 🏆 And many thanks to ISAPP-SFA, who organized this excellent conference and gathered a fantastic and talented cohort!

Let’s talk about Black physicians (5% of all physicians). We have statistically lower MCAT and Step scores. However, Black physicians taking care of Black patients decreases mortality. If we let less Black applicants into medical school, more patients will die. Period.

I was accepted to Stanford 100% bc of affirmative action. A 15 yo rez girl living w kids from royal families & trust funds. When I worked for Stanford Admissions, I had to answer does Stanford practice aff action? My response was always yes bc the playing field isn’t level! 1/

A mind-blowing paper has come out today in nature In 2016, JC Venter Institute scientists trimmed a bacterial genome to its barest minimum required for life to synthesize what they called a "minimal genome" (science.org/doi/10.1126/sc…). Today, a group of scientists from

#UNC will open a hotline starting at 8 a.m. Tuesday for concerned parents, loved ones and community members who have questions. The number is 919-918-1999

Tar Heels, your mental health and well-being are paramount and #UNC has resources available to support you now and in the days ahead. Unroll this thread to learn about resources available for students, faculty and staff

Farewell to our amazing postdoc Mara Mara Cuebas Irizarry 😭We will miss her enthusiasm and dedication (and cakes). Mara worked on the Bacteroides project (congrats on those successful mutations) and her invaluable contributions in the core🦠🧪won’t be forgotten. Wishing you all the best🚀

For anyone interested in teaching or learning PCR and DNA barcoding, here’s some recommended reading: four articles written by DNA barcoding educators describing lesson plans, learning objectives, and experiences running their courses. For teachers, these articles might be

For anyone interested in reducing PCR reagent usage in resource-limited or resource-scarcity scenarios, here’s a very promising study suggesting that expired and reduced-concentration qPCR reagents can be used to save money and extend supplies 👇 The study, by Bustin et al.