Beyonce lover. Scientist. Don't be surprised. Changing the future one student at a time. #Nicholaslab @UCIBioSci
Joined December 2025
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17 Dec 2025
Introducing myself since I'm starting my account from scratch. I love science. I love my students and I love baking. My lab studies how the immune system can be targeted to improve diabetes and polycystic ovary syndrome. My family is everything to me.. and my lab is also family.
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Jun 14
Finally in Chicago! #Endo2026 Here I come. Better late than never @TheEndoSociety @endocrinenews
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May 30
There's something about briefly popping into lab on the weekend that I really like. Lol
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May 30
My very first grad student @NaveenaUjagar defended her dissertation today. She is that girl. Set the bar so high for a PhD from the #Nicholaslab I am beyond proud of her and the work she has done. Congratulations Dr. Ujagar
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May 28
New fav comment on a summary statement.
Weakness: the data supporting this grant is on @Bioarxiv, not published.
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May 23
My 5yo woke up and told me she had plans to go to the park or pool today...
Me: ok....
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May 21
Ummm.. this is why we should read sources we cite. I had this mentality as a grad student and my advisors quickly corrected. As a student I was surprised that they checked my references... but they established this should be the norm. Yes..I also check my students references
May 17
Have you read all the sources you ever cited? During my PhD we, along with dozens of other papers, cited a paper that I later found did not contain the result for which it was commonly cited. I should be banned I guess.
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May 20
So confused at the discourse on academic Twitter. Verifying references matter. My group wrote a review last year. I went through every single reference to ensure it was accurately represented and relevant. Accepting LLM hallucinations is accepting reduced rigor in our science.
May 18
I've gotten a lot of comments like this, so forgive me if this isn't very kind, but I'm at my limit. If you're a serious academic, you've spent a lot of time looking at citations, and you know they often contain errors. You know that it's very common for professors just to copy citations they found in other papers and put them into their own papers because they need a lot of citations to look credible. Given that this is going on, it's kind of silly to think that we should have a kind of death penalty for having an LLM, hallucination mistake What you're doing is virtue signaling and pretending that citations are somehow sacred to what academics do, when in fact they're mostly just poorly put up window dressing. You're being dishonest. Perhaps with yourself, perhaps with me.
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It took 93 years to admit PCOS isn't just cysts, it’s a full metabolic failure.
We’ve been gaslit, handed birth control pills, and told to "just lose weight" while fighting chronic insulin resistance from the inside.
Women’s health is still treated as an afterthought. We deserve better.
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May 15
When you're stressed cause you need to condense a grant but then realized you drafted in 12pt point font not 11pt...
Hmmm.. what to do with my new found space
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May 14
I like to post bakes I do for #Nicholaslab #bdays. Since I'm stuck at home I finished up this post. Peach Blueberry Cobbler! Enjoy! #scientistswhobake
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May 14
The importance of empathetic women in Healthcare. Last year I was in ED for a ruptured ectopic pregnancy. I have high pain tolerance. Male nurse. Gave me Tylenol. Didn't get anything stronger until I was screaming 8hrs later.
Yesterday went to ED for excessive bleeding.
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..and cramping associated with miscarriage. Female Dr. said I've been there. Incredibly painful. We're going to manage your pain. Morphine. No effect. Then torodol. Night and day experience suffering in pain when I didn't have to vs resting until surgery.
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Long-term editing of brain circuits with engineered electrical synapses! I still remember years ago when @KafuiDzirasa from @DukeU @hhmi_science called me beaming with excitement about this new technology. Here it is today @Nature.
nature.com/articles/s41586-0…
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May 13
As you may know, every year @OveracreLab and I ride tandem to raise money for cancer research at @UPMCHillmanCC. Imagine the power if all my followers even donated a few bucks! 100% of your deductible donation goes straight to research!
haku.ly/f2a012d52c via @R2C_Cancer
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May 13
Took awhile! So glad the band for this disorder has been updated to reflect the physiology. PCOS is now Polyendocrine Metabolic Ovarian Syndrome
PCOS has a new name: Polyendocrine Metabolic Ovarian Syndrome (PMOS).
@TheEndoSociety proud to have played a role in the process of developing a name to accurately reflect this condition, which affects 1 in 8 women (170 million globally).
More at:
endocrinenews.endocrine.org/…
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@QuinaScience retweeted
PCOS has a new name: Polyendocrine Metabolic Ovarian Syndrome (PMOS).
@TheEndoSociety proud to have played a role in the process of developing a name to accurately reflect this condition, which affects 1 in 8 women (170 million globally).
More at:
endocrinenews.endocrine.org/…
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ABRCMS was my 1st conference. I attended with these two at a critical point in my career and my experience there cemented my trajectory in science. This is us at ABRCMS in my 1st year as faculty. Please use the link below to donate and keep ABRCMS going for future generations!
❤️ The #ABRCMS Day of Giving is here! For 25 years, ABRCMS has helped emerging scientists find confidence, mentors, and their place in STEM. Today, we come together to protect that impact. Funding losses make this moment urgent.
Give today. abrcms.org/donate/
#DayOfGiving
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Mentor–mentee relationships thrive on clear, respectful communication. Differences may arise, and although they can be hard to talk about, being able to discuss them openly through professional dialogue is a skill we can all continue to develop. #Mentoring
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