Sabrina gave an amazing talk and successfully defended her dissertation earlier this month. Really proud to send her off to bigger and better things. 
(and a big Thank you to Anbarasu Karthikaichamy for wonderful photos!)
Mariana did a terrific job defending her dissertation
Evolutionary origins, regulation, and function of carotenoid biosynthesis in the marine heterotrophic eukaryote, Aurantiochytrium limacinum
this January*, and has cool papers coming out soon.
I’m happy to have her staying as a postdoc in the lab for a few months, and then am eager to see where she lands next. Way to go, Mariana!
*I’m much less late with this one than with Kylie’s. But still some catching up to do!
…will be to use the resources compiled by #Strike4BlackLives and #ShutDownSTEM and 500 Women Scientists to fill in the details of my plans to participate in this critical moment in a way I can sustain long-term.
I will curate my social media contacts to better engage and amplify voices that need to be heard; decide how best to invest my financial support in organizations pushing for change; and take a fresh look for ways I can help fix the leaky (or is it clogged?) pipeline limiting diversity in STEM.
Little step one, this morning I followed through on my vague plan – formed based on hearing him on BookTV – and bought a copy of Frank Wilderson’s @b_wilderson new book Afropessimism, which will be top on my reading list as soon as it arrives.
Statements from a few of the scientific societies I belong to: ESA and ESA’s Black Ecologist Section, Sigma Xi, American Society for Microbiology, American Society for Cell Biology, American Association for the Advancement of Science
And I’m sure I missed others. Let’s make the world a better place.
Our Simons scholar Sarah Kelso is back to her regular life after a busy (and hot) summer. Photo from the poster session below (left to right: Sabrina, Laura, Sarah, Jackie, Mariana).
Meleni Sarantos will continue working with Kylie through the academic year, looking forward to science fair season with her!
edited May 11 2020 in response to request from KB
OK, maybe that’s not usually headline-worthy news, but in this case it’s exciting because we’ll be there all day April 7 to attend the Annual Ecological Society of America Mid-Atlantic Chapter meeting.
http://www.esa.org/midatlantic/2018-annual-meeting-of-the-mid-atlantic-chapter/
Kylie will be giving a talk, and Sabrina and Laura will both be presenting posters.
Jackie will mainly be enjoying the day, with a little moderating duty thrown in.
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