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A collective of scientists celebrating, amplifying, and promoting the work of Black #Immunologists across the globe.
Nov 18, 2021 20 tweets 16 min read
It's time! #CareersInImmuno at 10AM PST | 1 PM EST | 6PM GMT with @_Jon_Silver_ @forgedonyx @ATrotmanGrant and @JonathanWosen have your questions ready about #AltCareers in #immunology #BIIW21 #CareerDevelopment. A flyer of the Careers in Immunology panel with the headshot We've got some brilliant panelists with experience stretching across entrepreneurship, science communication, biotechnology, business and more!
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Nov 17, 2021 6 tweets 3 min read
Our final speakers today is @taabaman who is speaking now on the inflammasome! #BIIAtTheBedside @taabaman A series of proteolytic events leads to pyroptosis AKA #FireryCellDeath
Nov 17, 2021 4 tweets 1 min read
@MakedaLRobinson is presenting now! #BIIAtTheBedside @MakedaLRobinson She is presenting her three stages during the COVID-19 pandemic that led her to begin studying what were the factors that governed transmission and severity of disease
Nov 17, 2021 4 tweets 2 min read
@eddinsmed is presenting now! #BIIAtTheBedside He is presenting his recent work "Pathogenic neutrophilic drives acute respirator distress syndrome in severe COVID-19 patients" - check out the preprint here! biorxiv.org/node/2149246.f…
Nov 16, 2021 28 tweets 17 min read
Thank you for your patience! We are live! #ImmunoEquity is starting now! A flyer of the gender equity panel with the headshots and af #ImmunoEquity we are recentering on all #MarginalizedGeneders and how the #Intersection of #Gender and #Race affect these demographics. 1/
Nov 16, 2021 14 tweets 9 min read
Starting #UnsungHeroesImmuno. Did you know about Onesimus and his knowledge of variolation? 1/ #UnsungHeroesImmuno What about Dr. William Augustus Hinton and his work with syphilis? 2/
Nov 15, 2021 28 tweets 16 min read
Get ready for #ImmunoDiversity! Let us know anything you learned from this event! We're so excited and ready to build up this thread! #BIIW21 1/ Do we think #Immunology/#STEM stacks up as a welcoming and inclusive field? The general consensus is that #DEI in society is the same in #STEM, but at least we are having conversations around it even if action is slow 2/
Nov 15, 2021 5 tweets 5 min read
Now for Dr. @zurisullivan an HHMI Fellow and Fullbright Scholar talking about #NutrientSensing! #BIIW21 #BIIAtTheBench @zurisullivan We're getting specific on #CarbohydrateDigestion that happens a lot in our #microbiome #BIIW21 #BIIAtTheBench
Nov 15, 2021 6 tweets 7 min read
We are starting Dr. @SaraSuliman13's talk on #TB and #BCells! Let's go! #BIIW21 #BIIAtTheBench A great paper by Dr. @SaraSuliman13 on her work with Dr. Luo on #tuberculosis in #Peruvians: nature.com/articles/s4146… #BIIW21 #BIIAtTheBench
Nov 15, 2021 9 tweets 7 min read
Dr. @eyolab is presenting now! #BIIAtTheBench @eyolab Some cool transcriptional data from this paper today: pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/29861285/ #BIIAtTheBench #BIIW21
Nov 14, 2021 16 tweets 7 min read
The time is finally here! A thread on our Keynote event follows and stay on Hopin for some post-keynote networking! Happy Black In Immuno Week! #BIIW21 A flyer for Black in Immuno Week highlighting Dr. Faith Osie Shout out to our president @AlexisSMobley for welcoming us and the pivotal organizers making this event happen!