Scientist turned IP Professional. @MeharrySOGS PhD. @bowiestate Alumna. she/her. Tweets my own.

Joined April 2018
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Just had such a fulfilling convo with a mentor. Thankful for Black women who are always willing to reach back and mentor those behind them 🫶🏾
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Congrats, Dr. Simmons!
You are looking at the 2024 Harold D. West, Ph.D. Distinguished Biomedical Scientist Awardee @MeharryMedical. Coming back home for the 149th MMC convocation, y'all!!!
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Congratulations to my fellow #HCASC alum!
Newest addition to the 4% of Black Ph.D. recipients in neuroscience-related fields. Allow me reintroduce myself my name is Dr. Indonesia Alohn Jordan, Ph.D. #PhinisheD
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We are super excited to welcome our newest lab member Dr. Tonie Farris (@All_NaturalT), who will be investigating molecular mechanisms and behaviors of ubiquitin-mediated diseases! Welcome to @DukeU !
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The @EvansBrainLab hits the map with our first preprint! Can’t thank my co-authors enough for all of their help! Now let’s get it published and the real celebration starts.. big shoutout to @kate_amato, @pbtrfseattle, @UnravelCancer, and @NCICancerBio for the funding.
CTPS1 inhibition synergizes with replication stress signaling inhibition in MYC-amplified Group 3 medulloblastoma biorxiv.org/cgi/content/shor… #bioRxiv
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When a Mentee becomes a Mentor! Congrats to my other postdoc, @HKbeasley on your co-senior with me (@AtHinton) mentoring is so important, and I am so proud of you. You took all three summer students last year under your wing and look what happened! It feels my heart with glee! @BlackinCancer @BlackInPhysio @BlackInCardio @blackinxnetwork @natblackpostdoc Thank you to her funding @TheEndoSociety #FLARE @UNCF @EEJustLSSociety @BWFUND @amays_bwfund Congrats to the co-first @bryanna_ys, Mason, & Ashton! Thank you @WileyGlobal Press @JCellularPhys! Link: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/… Congrats @HKbeasley on such a high impact review in @CircRes as a co-author with Dr. Kirabo. I cannot wait for your first author with @annetkiraboc1 and @phdgprotein86 to be finished on salt sensitive hypertension. Congrats to @jmafolabi on your first author, @sepiso_masenga and thank you @annetkiraboc1 for your amazing mentorship! Link: ahajournals.org/doi/10.1161/… Thank you to my funding @cziscience @czi @BWFUND @UNCF @EEJustLSSociety
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And just like that…😭👩🏾‍🔬
Tomorrow is my first day of my PhD program, the first day I’ll formally and officially start to train as a scientist. So many people along this journey encouraged me and I love and thank you so much! Everyone who doubted me, I’ve already proven you wrong😇
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🥳🥳🥳 the future of parasitology is so bright 🤩
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What an honor! 😊 Thank you! @APSPhysiology @WEHsectionAPS @annetkiraboc1
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My fav scientist turned future law maker? 👀
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Today is National #WearRedDay - raising awareness that #CVD is a woman's No. 1 health threat! What to do if you forgot to wear red: 1. Get all the ribbons from ⁦@AHAScience⁩ conferences 2. Put them around you neck 3. Find a red background 5. Take a selfie 6. Post👇🏿
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Or…you can mill it. 🙌🏽 Speight Research Group at William & Mary chemistry research fair.
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Congratulations to my friend Dr. Ireti for defending her PhD yesterday! So so proud of you, and I’m excited for your next steps! @Lab_STEMinista #MeharryMade

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🔬 UChicago Microbiology Seminar! 🔬 Join us as Dr. Joseph T. Smith (@DrHazmatic) from SUNY Buffalo delves into the intriguing world of protozoan parasites with his talk on “Mitochondrial mRNA editing in Trypanosoma brucei”. 📆 Thurs, 01/25/24 ⌚ 2:30-3:30 PM 📍 BSLC 109
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I can’t believe I got my dream job 😭 God is so good!
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Give me more "I started doing things when I was 40" stories from women.
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