Building Science Community through Social Media: Dr. Ubadah Sabbagh & Dr. Daniel Gonzales

In this episode, I interviewed Dr. Ubadah Sabbagh & Dr. Daniel Gonzales. Ubadah is a Syrian neuroscientist and NIH K00 Fellow at the McGovern Institute for Brain Research at MIT, and Daniel just started a faculty position at Vanderbilt University in the Department of Biomedical Engineering. They met over social media, are freakin’ HILARIOUS, and I am so glad I got to put them together in a Zoom room! Transcription Transcribed by Liza Chartampila (she/her)

Mentorship Matters: Yeraldi Loera

Yeraldi Loera graduated from Occidental College as a Biology major in the Fall of 2016. After graduating, she attended California State Polytechnic University in Pomona for a Master’s in Biology. Since receiving her Master’s in 2019, she has started a PhD program in the department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology at Princeton University in the lab of Dr. Shane Campbell-Staton. She emphasizes her gratitude to do what she loves and is outspoken on connecting with others about their obstacles and journeys.

Military Brat and Kicking Balls to Cancer Research: Dr. Alexis Zukowski

“…the road less traveled by, and that has made all the difference.” Alexis Zukowski is a postdoc in the lab of Dr.Srinivas Ramachandran lab at the University of Colorado, Denver- Anschutz Medical Campus. Transcription