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Heran Darwin, PhD

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It's happening! We are now accepting applications for this inaugural GRC in 2025. Applications with strong abstracts in fundamental mycobacteriology will be prioritized. Hope to see you there! @MichaelGlickma1

Heran Darwin, PhD

@HeranDarwin

4 months

We ( @MichaelGlickma1 and I) will start accepting applications for #GRCMyco2025 in September! Please apply if you are interested in learning about fundamental mycobacteriology! Full program is live, please RT!

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Heran Darwin, PhD

@HeranDarwin

4 years

This week's Prizes may have been in Chemistry and Medicine but let's face it, they were for discoveries in #Microbiology ! Congrats to all!

The Nobel Prize

@NobelPrize

4 years

BREAKING NEWS: The 2020 #NobelPrize in Chemistry has been awarded to Emmanuelle Charpentier and Jennifer A. Doudna “for the development of a method for genome editing.”

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Heran Darwin, PhD

@HeranDarwin

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I see a mitochondrion

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Heran Darwin, PhD

@HeranDarwin

7 years

Pro-tip: no one will ever complain that your talk was “too short”.

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Heran Darwin, PhD

@HeranDarwin

5 years

I'm looking for motivated post-docs interested in working on fundamental questions in the world's deadliest pathogen: Please pass it on to students you think might be interested!

Open Positions | Heran Darwin Lab

www.herandarwinlab.org

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@HeranDarwin

6 years

Amen

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2 years

Assistant Professors rocking the #GRCToxPath 2022

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Heran Darwin, PhD

@HeranDarwin

4 years

It's been 10 months and I'm still looking...please RT if your followers might be interested in working on a pathogen that won't disappear in a few months...

Heran Darwin, PhD

@HeranDarwin

5 years

I'm looking for motivated post-docs interested in working on fundamental questions in the world's deadliest pathogen: Please pass it on to students you think might be interested!

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Heran Darwin, PhD

@HeranDarwin

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Week 1 with new post doc @ptran_microbio shows we’re on the same page. Can’t wait to start screening mutants with her next week!

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Heran Darwin, PhD

@HeranDarwin

1 year

At long last! The Aldehyde Hypothesis has been tested! 1/8 Disruption of Aldehyde Dehydrogenase 2 protects against bacterial infection

Disruption of Aldehyde Dehydrogenase 2 protects against bacterial infection

The ALDH2*2 (rs671) allele is one of the most common genetic mutations in humans, yet the positive evolutionary selective pressure to maintain this mutation is unknown, despite its association with...

www.biorxiv.org

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Heran Darwin, PhD

@HeranDarwin

5 years

It's happening! There's a position in the Department of Microbiology @nyulangone available! Please share or RT!

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Heran Darwin, PhD

@HeranDarwin

5 years

Cheers to a new Fellow of the American Academy of Microbiology @DurkDarwin 😘🥰!

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Heran Darwin, PhD

@HeranDarwin

7 years

This reminded me of peritrichous flagella, what’s wrong with me?!?

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Heran Darwin, PhD

@HeranDarwin

5 years

How refreshing! A faculty candidate ( @cryoET ) who showed only author names and PMIDs instead of (vanity) journal names on his slides. I'm so going to do the same!

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Heran Darwin, PhD

@HeranDarwin

3 years

Congratulations to my friend and colleague (frolleague?) @DrBadBug for her election to the American Academy of Microbiology for her contributions to host-pathogen interactions! 👏👏👏

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Heran Darwin, PhD

@HeranDarwin

4 years

I recently hosted @MichaelGlickma1 at @nyugrossman ; rather than get an honorarium, he asked that it be contributed to something for the trainees. The Dept of Microbiology will put it to an extended happy hour at our next retreat. Thanks Mike!

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Heran Darwin, PhD

@HeranDarwin

4 years

Absolute cluster f*ck...if there were enough qualified Americans sure we would all hire them but there aren’t! Immigrants have been making US STEM what it is today!

The New York Times

@nytimes

4 years

Breaking News: President Trump will sign an executive order suspending foreign work visas, barring hundreds of thousands of people from coming to work in the U.S. The move includes the H-1B program for high-skilled workers and several other categories.

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Heran Darwin, PhD

@HeranDarwin

4 years

I just don’t understand why this election is even close...

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Heran Darwin, PhD

@HeranDarwin

2 years

Final hug with my brothers from other mothers at #GRCToxPath @valdi001 @EricSkaar What an inspiring and awesome week! Can’t wait for 2024 led by @DrBadBug and @TorresVJ_Lab !!!

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Heran Darwin, PhD

@HeranDarwin

2 years

"They gave me the wrong size" 😂 @TreeHouseBrewCo #GRCToxPath 2022

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Heran Darwin, PhD

@HeranDarwin

4 years

I think it’s funny people are trying to tweet science right now.

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Heran Darwin, PhD

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Dr. Katalin Karikó receives 2022 Vilcek Prize for Excellence for pioneering vaccine research - Vilcek Foundation

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Heran Darwin, PhD

@HeranDarwin

3 years

Thank heavens for my #TB sisterhood in NYC ⁦ @jcslab ⁩ ⁦ @siegristpalmore ⁩ SarahStanleynotontwitter ❤️

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Heran Darwin, PhD

@HeranDarwin

6 months

At long last, we have finally identified a degradation regulator of a specific, pupylated, proteasome substrate! An opus led by student @shoshanna_kahne in collaboration with @jivarahasya @rheelab @BhabhaEkiertLab @alex_pironti @JamesChenPhD

bioRxiv Microbiology

@biorxiv_micrbio

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Identification of a proteolysis regulator for an essential enzyme in Mycobacterium tuberculosis #biorxiv_micrbio

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Heran Darwin, PhD

@HeranDarwin

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This paper is pretty cool. I always thought T3SS might be more about getting food than killing the host. Pathogenic E. coli Extracts Nutrients from Infected Host Cells Utilizing Injectisome Components: Cell

Pathogenic E. coli Extracts Nutrients from Infected Host Cells Utilizing Injectisome Components

Host-attached enteropathogenic E. coli can extract nutrients from mammalian host cells via the CORE protein complex, a platform for membranous nanotube structure formation.

www.cell.com

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Heran Darwin, PhD

@HeranDarwin

6 years

Mark your calendars, please! Microbial Toxins and Pathogenicity: Mechanisms of Action, Detection, & Evasion, July 12-17, 2020 #GRCToxPath

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Heran Darwin, PhD

@HeranDarwin

4 years

YES!!! In addition to his brilliant body of work, Charlie is a prince of a guy, no one deserves this recognition more! Congratulations to Team Rice!

The Nobel Prize

@NobelPrize

4 years

BREAKING NEWS: The 2020 #NobelPrize in Physiology or Medicine has been awarded jointly to Harvey J. Alter, Michael Houghton and Charles M. Rice “for the discovery of Hepatitis C virus.”

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Heran Darwin, PhD

@HeranDarwin

4 years

Congrats to @DurkDarwin (aka, the husband) for a well-deserved Jack Kenney Award!

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Heran Darwin, PhD

@HeranDarwin

2 years

Overdue share: My super research assistant Jin Hee Yoo waited in line at #ASMMicrobe to get Johnny Chang to make this for me. Her words to him, “My PI likes whiskey…” Aldehyde-flushed cheeks were his idea!

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Heran Darwin, PhD

@HeranDarwin

6 years

Totally applies to science:

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Heran Darwin, PhD

@HeranDarwin

4 years

The 2020 #GRCToxPath has been postponed til 2022 in light of SARS-COVI-2. Speakers and conferees will receive a notification soon for updates. @DrBadBug and I are disappointed but understand this decision was the right one.

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Heran Darwin, PhD

@HeranDarwin

2 years

Feeling an incredible sense of relief, like I can breathe again. Thanks to my colleagues and trainees who fought the good fight.

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Heran Darwin, PhD

@HeranDarwin

2 years

Congrats to the GRS 2024 #ToxPath chairs @ValeriaMReyes and Sean Callahan!

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Heran Darwin, PhD

@HeranDarwin

2 years

Paris gets a boost over (my favorite city) NYC when these folks are in my orbit @russellevance @VBriken @jcslab and sarahstanleynotontwitter #EMBOTB2022 !

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Heran Darwin, PhD

@HeranDarwin

7 months

The GRC on The Biology of Mycobacteria program is live! Please RT! @MichaelGlickma1

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Heran Darwin, PhD

@HeranDarwin

4 years

Is it just me or does everyone else cycle through 4-5 covid19 tracking sites every few hours, hoping for a sign of curve flattening?

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Heran Darwin, PhD

@HeranDarwin

4 years

Tonight would have been kickoff for the #GRCToxPath ...so glad we postponed, it will be that much sweeter in 2022!

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Heran Darwin, PhD

@HeranDarwin

2 years

What an amazing bunch of scientists! #GRSToxPath 2022 attendees

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Heran Darwin, PhD

@HeranDarwin

2 years

Current and past lab folks at #GRCToxPath making me proud…

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Heran Darwin, PhD

@HeranDarwin

6 years

All hail to the new ASM Chief @VictorDiRita ! Congrats!

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Heran Darwin, PhD

@HeranDarwin

4 years

I am so proud that our students will now be trainees of the Vilcek Institute of Graduate Biomedical Sciences @nyugrossman !

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Heran Darwin, PhD

@HeranDarwin

5 years

Learning some immunology at the Midwinter Immunology meeting with organizer ⁦ @SunnyShinLab ⁩ and ⁦ @DrBadBug ⁩ #girlfriends

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Heran Darwin, PhD

@HeranDarwin

5 months

Bacteriologists rule! ⁦ @DurkDarwin ⁩

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Heran Darwin, PhD

@HeranDarwin

7 years

Apparently the Senate is about to vote on a tax bill the way I agree to my iTunes contract.

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Heran Darwin, PhD

@HeranDarwin

2 years

J’adore #EMBOTB2022 @jcslab @russellevance #sarahstanleynotontwitter

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Heran Darwin, PhD

@HeranDarwin

6 years

Session chairs and titles for #GRCToxPath looking quite spectacular if I do say so myself... @TorresVJ_Lab @EricSkaar @valdi001 @mraffatellu @peggy_cotter @russellevance @orthkim and the notontwitters Andrew Durk Darwin, Joanne Engel, and Drusilla Burns

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Heran Darwin, PhD

@HeranDarwin

5 years

Fact: The best projects in my lab have been 99% trainee-driven.

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Heran Darwin, PhD

@HeranDarwin

7 years

Pro-Tip worth repeating at this time of year: line spacing "exactly 12 pt" = gain a half page minimum. NIH approved.

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Heran Darwin, PhD

@HeranDarwin

2 years

Such a fantastic and insightful interview by Virginia Miller of John Mekalanos, #ASMMicrobe Lifetime Achievement Award winner (aka my academic grandpa!). Congrats to John!

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Heran Darwin, PhD

@HeranDarwin

6 years

Finally: 5 years, 8 months post #superstormSandy , the lab is moving tomorrow to permanent, beautiful, stable space with amazing ABSL3 and neighbors @kstaplef @dittmannlab @victornotontwitter

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Heran Darwin, PhD

@HeranDarwin

2 years

I might trickle out a few more photos but for now I really need to thank my #GRCToxPath partners in crime @britneyhardy10 @TheRurrJurr and @DrBadBug 🙏❤️

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Heran Darwin, PhD

@HeranDarwin

4 years

Just got the dates for #GRCToxPath 2022! July 10-15, and July 9-10 for the corresponding GRS...MARK. YOUR. CALENDARS....

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Heran Darwin, PhD

@HeranDarwin

6 years

What a week! #GRCToxPath went off beautifully thanks to Andy Camilli and the participants! Looking forward to organizing 2020 with @DrBadBug Mary O’Riordan!

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Heran Darwin, PhD

@HeranDarwin

3 years

“The best scientists try to prove themselves wrong. Kate’s genius was a willingness to accept failure and keep trying....”

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Heran Darwin, PhD

@HeranDarwin

2 years

It might be news to some folks that I am somewhat obsessed with cutting waste in all areas of life, especially at work.

EMBO Reports

@emboreports

2 years

Heran Darwin @HeranDarwin on #consumables and #waste management in the lab, #carbonemission , business #travel and virtual #conferences . Read more:

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Heran Darwin, PhD

@HeranDarwin

2 years

Sarah Stanley and I hypothesize metabolic #aldehydes contribute to controlling #TB . We review the evidence: The aldehyde hypothesis: metabolic intermediates as antimicrobial effectors | Open Biology 1/5

The aldehyde hypothesis: metabolic intermediates as antimicrobial effectors | Open Biology

There are many reactive intermediates found in metabolic pathways. Could these potentially toxic molecules be exploited for an organism's benefit? We propose that during certain microbial infections,...

royalsocietypublishing.org

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Heran Darwin, PhD

@HeranDarwin

4 years

My lab was the first at @nyugrossman to get “the Drop”-so game-changing we took photos when it arrived #NanoDropLove c.2005

John Doench

@JohnDoench

4 years

For those crapping on the NanoDrop, do you know how we used to quantitate DNA in just a few minutes without wasting / diluting nearly the entire sample? Oh that’s right, we couldn’t do that.

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Heran Darwin, PhD

@HeranDarwin

5 years

#GRCToxPath 2020 flyer for posting

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Heran Darwin, PhD

@HeranDarwin

1 year

Bill Goldman passed an incredible torch to me last summer at the #GRCToxPath : a binder with ALL group photos and programs starting from 1972. I finally added last year’s photo today. Thank you @wgoldman1 ❤️

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Heran Darwin, PhD

@HeranDarwin

6 years

This is why students are often the best scientists

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Heran Darwin, PhD

@HeranDarwin

2 years

Thanks, Mandy, for organizing a fabulous trainee-focused meeting with an all woman keynote line up!!

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Heran Darwin, PhD

@HeranDarwin

11 months

Having lunch with one of my heroes, Prof. David Holden, inventor of signature-tagged transposon mutagenesis (STM) @ScienceMagazine c. 1995, or as I call it, OG TnSeq. Extra fun with (not pictured) the amazing @ThurstonLab and @russellevance - the next generation of heroes!

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Heran Darwin, PhD

@HeranDarwin

4 years

Much like herd immunity, wearing a mask is almost like getting vaccinated: if 80%+ of us do it, we will be saving the idiots who don't.

Alyssa Milano

@Alyssa_Milano

4 years

If 80% of Americans Wore Masks, COVID-19 Infections Would Plummet, New Study Says

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Heran Darwin, PhD

@HeranDarwin

4 years

Friend or Foe: Interbacterial Competition in the Nasal Cavity by @scottymerrell1 and @britneyhardy10 !

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Heran Darwin, PhD

@HeranDarwin

1 year

How many different NIH institute PIs can we get at one table?! @JulieSegre @storzlab @kyliejwalters @mayer_barber @LokePng @werner_achim #imafangirl

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Heran Darwin, PhD

@HeranDarwin

1 year

Spread the word, please RT! @nyugrossman is looking for a new chair of Microbiology

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Heran Darwin, PhD

@HeranDarwin

5 years

Epic tenure celebration for Sarah Stanley and @jcslab at #ASMicrobe2019 with @russellevance and Patty Champion! Come to Sarah’s talk Sunday afternoon!

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Heran Darwin, PhD

@HeranDarwin

5 years

BOOM #womanpower #GRCToxPath

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Heran Darwin, PhD

@HeranDarwin

5 years

Our newest pre-print by my brilliant (former) student Sam Becker is out!

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Heran Darwin, PhD

@HeranDarwin

6 months

2024 Vilcek Prize in Biomedical Sciences recipient @MarraffiniLab finishing up his spectacular CRISPR talk with gratitude to the @Vilcek Foundation and emphasizing the importance of #immigrants !

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Heran Darwin, PhD

@HeranDarwin

3 years

I don't understand why mycobacterial labs insist on making complementation plasmids with hsp60 promoters rather than a gene-of-interest's native promoter(s); our extensive experience is native works best.

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Heran Darwin, PhD

@HeranDarwin

7 years

Fabulous post-doc opportunity working on Pseudomonas molecular biology in the Andrew Darwin lab in NYC! Please RT!

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Heran Darwin, PhD

@HeranDarwin

6 years

Devastating. RIP to the academic father, grandfather and great-grandfather to so many of us.

Ira Blader (son of immigrants)

@BladerLab

6 years

Just heard that Stan Falkow passed away. RIP to a great scientist and person.

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Heran Darwin, PhD

@HeranDarwin

5 years

The moment when Xiaowei Zhuang learned she was the 2020 @Vilcek Prize winner in the Biomedical Sciences! With VF Prize alum Dan Littman, Joan Massagué, Sasha Rudensky, and Titia de Lange (all not on twitter?). Congratulations!

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Heran Darwin, PhD

@HeranDarwin

4 years

Thanks to my friends and colleagues for your support, I hope you will reach out to me if you have nominees for any of the @Vilcek #VilcekPrize programs!

The Vilcek Foundation

@Vilcek

4 years

Grateful for everyone who helps make our #VilcekPrize programs possible! Yesterday we announced that @HeranDarwin has joined the Vilcek Foundation board. Heran has provided support to our programs team on the award of our prizes biomedical science for 10+ years! #womeninSTEM

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Heran Darwin, PhD

@HeranDarwin

5 years

#Vilcek Prize ⁦ @AngelikaAmon ⁩ ⁦ @pollyp1 ⁩ I’m not worthy!!!

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Heran Darwin, PhD

@HeranDarwin

3 years

Not sure if folks know but you can now apply for this thing (apps will be reviewed in early 2022):

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Heran Darwin, PhD

@HeranDarwin

4 years

I suspected that SARS-CoVi-2 was circulating before we really knew and possibly via Europe. Work by @AdrianaHeguy @nyulangone Most New York Coronavirus Cases Came From Europe, Genomes Show

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Heran Darwin, PhD

@HeranDarwin

5 years

Thank you! I’m seriously starting to believe all roads lead to metabolism! Thanks to the awesome speakers!

Dr. Renee Tsolis

@TsolisRenee

5 years

Awesome #ASMicrobe session on host x Microbe metabolism hosted by @HeranDarwin and Sarah Stanley! One of my favorite sessions of the meeting. @joeyzacks

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Heran Darwin, PhD

@HeranDarwin

2 years

Looking forward to asking the tough questions as well as getting feedback on the first poster I've given in over a decade (Weds)! Grateful to collaborators @russellevance @SarahJDunstan1 and sarahstanleynotontwitter! #EMBOTB2022

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Heran Darwin, PhD

@HeranDarwin

4 years

To celebrate International Day of Women and Girls in Science, @Vilcek has published a digital coloring book that lifts up #WomeninSTEM 👩‍🔬. Download a copy of “Think Like A Girl: A Coloring Book of Women Pioneers in STEM” today. #DiversityinSTEM

Think Like A Girl: A Coloring Book of Women Pioneers in STEM - Vilcek Foundation

Celebrating women in STEM fields empowers greater diversity and equity for the next generation of scientific leaders.

vilcek.org

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Heran Darwin, PhD

@HeranDarwin

4 years

I strongly suspect @HarmitMalik is in everyone's "circle 1" #Chirpty

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Heran Darwin, PhD

@HeranDarwin

8 years

Projector fail leads to epic white board lecture by Dr. Mougous!

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Heran Darwin, PhD

@HeranDarwin

7 years

Boom

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Heran Darwin, PhD

@HeranDarwin

4 years

Applications now being accepted! PIs in the biomedical sciences please apply! #immigrants #STEM

The Vilcek Foundation

The Vilcek Foundation raises awareness of immigrant contributions in America and fosters appreciation of the arts and sciences.

vilcek.org

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@HeranDarwin

4 years

Popped up on my iPhoto memories today...sigh... #GRCToxPath 2018 @pdersch @TorresVJ_Lab @russellevance @DurkDarwin @VictorDiRita @orthkim BrianStevensonErinGaynorAndyCamilliPeterSeboNotOnTwitter

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Heran Darwin, PhD

@HeranDarwin

1 year

TBT with ⁦ @SunnyShinLab ⁩ ⁦ @DrBadBug ⁩ 2020 Midwinter Immunology

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Heran Darwin, PhD

@HeranDarwin

5 years

Watch this space! I'll be gradually posting speakers for #GRCToxPath 2020, starting with:

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Heran Darwin, PhD

@HeranDarwin

3 years

Check out my thoughts on why we should work on TB! Thanks to Sarah Stanley and @russellevance for our chats that inspired it!

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Heran Darwin, PhD

@HeranDarwin

5 years

Dubrovnik #Uber driver asked if he could get his photo with @iDikic2 because he is THAT famous here. With BrendaSchulmanNotOnTwitter and ChrisLimaNotOnTwitter

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Heran Darwin, PhD

@HeranDarwin

1 year

Darwin labs joint @Rome92ii @ptran_micro @DurkDarwin #littleislandnyc

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Immigrant scientists of age 38 or younger, deadline is June 11! The Vilcek Foundation - Now open: 2019 Vilcek Prizes for Creative Promise

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Heran Darwin, PhD

@HeranDarwin

7 years

One gene, one protein, one Charles Yanofsky. RIP.

Genetics Society of America

@GeneticsGSA

7 years

Yanofsky made major contributions to genetics, including establishing the collinearity of gene and protein sequences. He was a long-time GSA member and received both the Morgan Medal and the GSA Medal.

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Heran Darwin, PhD

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A close friend and colleague reminded me, "Women who behave rarely make history..." I like that.

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Heran Darwin, PhD

@HeranDarwin

7 years

#ASMicrobe #lilly award @HarmitMalik

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Heran Darwin, PhD

@HeranDarwin

4 years

Maybe this is why I love #minca toroniku ramen so much

Dick King-Smith HQ

@DickKingSmith

4 years

Studies have shown that listening to the sound of beavers enthusiastically munching on white cabbage can temporarily reduce stress levels by up to 17%.