A team of young scientists @fralinbiomed & medical students @vtcsom committed to science outreach | Managed by @RachanaDSomaiya | Podcast @LickofScience
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9 Oct 2019
So excited to receive this grant!
9 Oct 2019
Since the start of my Ph.D., I have been extremely passionate about communicating science to non-scientists and now I'm so thrilled to share the news that @VTCSOP has been awarded Civic Engagement 2019 Microgrant by @ResearchAmerica for our @LickofScience Podcast!!
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7 Apr 2021
We are excited to announce that the Big Lick of Science has a new producer! @_chtaylor Caroline Taylor is the newest member to the team. She studies cognitive development in infants in the Developmental Science program at @VT_Psychology
Please give her a warm welcome!
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15 Mar 2021
Today we ate pie and planned the seeds we will plant, literally and figuratively. The Roanoke Graduate Student Association makes a difference! @virginia_tech @StudentsAtVT @FralinBiomed @RoanokeGSA @VTCSOP
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VTC Student Outreach retweeted
4 Aug 2020
To get excited for this episode, check out the following media that Dr. Meng has been a part of, including a discussion with Dr. Fauci about the future of the COVID-19 pandemic.
newsweek.com/fauci-optimisti…
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4 Aug 2020
This Friday we have something really special in store for all of you! To cap our episodes about viruses, our final guest is Dr. X.J. Meng of Virginia Tech Department of Biomedical Sciences & Pathobiology and a member of the National Academy of Sciences.
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22 Jul 2020
New episode drop today! "Microscopic aliens and you: what are viruses and how the Covid-19 pandemic came to be"
Rachana and Paras explore viruses, how they cause pandemics including current times, and humanity's tepid history with these aliens
abiglickofscience.libsyn.com…
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In a new study published in @JNeurochem, @michaelfoxlab and @Neubadah describe 40 genes expressed in the brain's vLGN, a visual processing region. They also discovered new brain cell subtypes unique to this region that form a striking layered formation.
vtnews.vt.edu/articles/2020/…
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VTC Student Outreach retweeted
24 Jun 2020
Neuroscientists at all levels should definitely register and attend this! Especially those who aren’t Black or URM. Please share with your departments.
@OpenAcademics #AcademicChatter
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1 Jun 2020
Reading lists for non-Black folks to learn from
I encourage fellow academics to dig into this literature
Also encourage fellow immigrants to do so - our communities also have anti-Black racism
Anti-racist reading from @DrIbram: nytimes.com/2019/05/29/books…
x.com/victoriaalxndr/status/…
30 May 2020
I’ve been getting a lot of questions from my non-Black friends about how to be a better ally to Black people. I suggest unlearning and relearning through literature as just one good jumping off point, and have broken up my anti-racist reading list into sections:
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VTC Student Outreach retweeted
28 May 2020
Watched the clouds lift and listened to @LickofScience this morning as I walked. The @VT_TBMH grad students are fun and informative! @RachanaDSomaiya
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28 May 2020
And of course, this goes without saying, we will miss @cestudtmann who has done an amazing job to keep our podcast going!
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28 May 2020
Please join me in welcoming @rae_padget as our new communications director! Apart from being a super-smart PhD student, she has served as a great leader of @RoanokeGSA. Bonus: She runs marathons & some also say that she runs like a cheetah. We are excited to have you on our team!
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VTC Student Outreach retweeted
13 May 2020
In case anyone was wondering what I spend most of my days thinking about, it's viruses and your heart! 😊😊
Doctoral candidate Rachel Padget, mentored by Dr. Jamie Smyth, was awarded a highly competitive @NIH #F31 fellowship to develop a new way to study how the adenovirus affects heart function.
Congratulations, @rae_padget! 👏
vtnews.vt.edu/articles/2020/…
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VTC Student Outreach retweeted
23 Apr 2020
We want to clarify that this is for the Student Organization Leadership awards! Check out the awards video on the Facebook page of Student Engagement and Campus Life at Virginia Tech!
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23 Apr 2020
Congrats to our own @rae_padget for the honorable mention of Outstanding VT Grad Student of the Year and @AlyssaBrunal for the honorable mention of Commitment to Diversity and Inclusion at VT. We are so proud of you guys and the work that you have done for Roanoke Grad Students!
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Congratulations to TBMH students @rae_padget, @AlyssaBrunal, and @RachanaDSomaiya, proud of our students today and everyday. Well deserved and best wishes for continued success.
23 Apr 2020
Congrats to our own @rae_padget for the honorable mention of Outstanding VT Grad Student of the Year and @AlyssaBrunal for the honorable mention of Commitment to Diversity and Inclusion at VT. We are so proud of you guys and the work that you have done for Roanoke Grad Students!
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VTC Student Outreach retweeted
23 Apr 2020
Additionally, congrats to @RachanaDSomaiya for the honorable mention of Commitment for Service at VT for @VTCSOP and @LickofScience programming!
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VTC Student Outreach retweeted
17 Mar 2020
Tired of reading about Covid19? Take a break and see our new study on a different infectious agent (Toxoplasma) impacting inhibitory brain synapses and glia. Great collaboration between @gabbylcarrillo @VT_TBMH @FralinBiomed @virginia_tech and @BladerLab onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/…
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Virginia Tech faculty and staff should review this updated #COVID19 FAQ page: vt.edu/flu/2019Coronavirus/c…
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15 Mar 2020
Finally found an answer to something I've been wondering. Per @NIHDirector, seems if you receive stipend/salary through grants from @NIH, and you're unable to work due to #COVID19, you CAN continue to be paid during that period.
grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/…… @AcademicChatter #phdchat
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