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3x tried and tested ways to create deeper connections between your community members 🧵
1. Regular events
After meeting in person, the next best way to build relationships is over video.
Regularly scheduled, properly hosted happy hours, office hours, meet and greets (or whatever suits your members) work well.
After meeting in person, the next best way to build relationships is over video.
Regularly scheduled, properly hosted happy hours, office hours, meet and greets (or whatever suits your members) work well.
2. 1:1 introductions
Depending on your platform, there are apps that can do this for you (such as Donut.com on Slack). However some community builders do this manually, like with @anthilemoon's 'Mind Match' for Ness Labs members.
Depending on your platform, there are apps that can do this for you (such as Donut.com on Slack). However some community builders do this manually, like with @anthilemoon's 'Mind Match' for Ness Labs members.
My journey to my #PhD program was an absolute #strugglebus. I graduated with a 2.75 GPA from @GeorgiaTech. Most grad applicants have a 3.5 or higher. #Yikes
I applied anyway 🤷🏾♀️🤷🏾♀️🤷🏾♀️ (I didn't get admitted into any programs - post bacc, M.S., or PhD) #AcademicChatter
I applied anyway 🤷🏾♀️🤷🏾♀️🤷🏾♀️ (I didn't get admitted into any programs - post bacc, M.S., or PhD) #AcademicChatter
Fortunately, my mentor @RaquelLieberman gave me the opportunity to work as a #research technician in her lab for 2 yrs to gain the experience I needed for grad school.
This is when I first started studying essential pathways that we could disrupt to kill disease causing bacteria
This is when I first started studying essential pathways that we could disrupt to kill disease causing bacteria
After working in her lab for almost 2 years..I reapplied again. This time I felt VERY confident I was ready for the #PhD.
I was denied admission to every single grad program I applied to (including the one I'm in now).
I was denied admission to every single grad program I applied to (including the one I'm in now).
Hi Everyone! My name is Chiamaka & I’m taking over this week! I’m a 3rd yr #PhDcandidate & #cardiacelectrophysiologist at @UMPharmacology. I got my B.S. in #biochem from @GeorgiaTech & my M.S. from @UMich_MCDB. I’m also a @FulbrightPrgrm ambassador & founder of @fulbrightnoir. 
For the past few yrs my research focused on how bacteria develop resistance to antibiotics. Our questions boiled down to: how do bacteria evade drugs designed to kill them? Understanding defense mechanisms in bacteria can help us design better drugs to treat bacterial infections.
Now I'm investigating ways to treat heart dysfunction by targeting the #hERG potassium channel. I use #wholecellpatchclamping to record electrical activity of beating heart cells (see pic) in real time which informs us of healthy or abnormal behavior. It’s pretty dope!
