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Lorena Saelices Gomez - she/her/hers/ella

@SaelicesL

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Assistant Professor at @UTSW . @ucla & @unisevilla alumna. #amyloid & #structuralbiology . Mom of #twins . #BLM #feminist . Same handler on Bluesky. tweets=mine.

Dallas, TX

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Lorena Saelices Gomez - she/her/hers/ella

5 months

2024 has been INSANE so far, and I need to brag about it... So let's start with pubs. My lab has put together 8 papers: 3 accepted on PR journals, 5 on @biorxivpreprint on their way. 5 on structural studies of ATTR fibrils (16 cryoEM structures!), 3 on diagnostic development 🔥

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3 months

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Four years after applying, three years after starting my lab, and I just got this... #mademyday

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Lorena Saelices Gomez - she/her/hers/ella

5 years

It’s official! In the middle of this crazy crisis, I’m starting my lab at the Center for Alzheimer’s and Neurodegenerative Diseases at UTSW!! this June! So I’m officially looking for a postdoc 😊 @UTSWNews @UTSWBrain #WomenInSTEM Also, @NewPI_Slack can I join? 😆

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3 years

On a very tough day, the universe aligns to send me this… MY VERY FIRST NIH NOA! &such an incredible award! Humbled & honored. Thank you referees & @nih_nhlbi for trusting me & my team. 🙏 @NewPI_Slack @kendrakf13 @soragnilab @BellSupnet @MDiamond_Lab @UTSWBrain @UTSWNews 🙏

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11 months

My lab rocks... I just wanted to share and show off.

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2 years

I’m immensely proud and happy to share our first paper, an outstanding team effort of a junior lab, in the middle of a pandemic, and starting with limited #cryoEM expertise. A thread.

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Structural polymorphism of amyloid fibrils in cardiac ATTR amyloidosis revealed by cryo-electron...

ATTR amyloidosis is a fatal disease associated with the accumulation of transthyretin (ATTR) fibrils that lead to organ failure and death. Mutations in the TTR gene or aging may accelerate the...

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10 months

I believe in collaboration. It moves science forward. Call me naive but so far it’s been working very nicely.

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4 years

I’ve used her equation so much during my PhD without knowing it was invented by a woman! Professors of the world, please share and emphasize these details too! #AcademicTwitter #AcademicChatter #WomenInSTEM #WomenInScience #enzymology

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Imperial College London

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4 years

#OnThisDay 1879: Scientist Maud Menten was born. She co-devised the Michaelis-Menten equation, one of the fundamental models in enzyme kinetics #WomenInSTEM

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5 years

I was writing an abstract for a conference. Should I send this instead? 🤣 I’m sure there’s a secret message right there that we all should know about. #momoftwins #whenonegirlsleeps #academicmom #AcademicChatter

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9 months

This just happened! I am extremely proud of my team for all their hard work, patience, and perseverance. The first research article from our laboratory is now available on @NatureComms ! We found an unprecedented structural variability in ATTR fibrils! 1/n

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Lorena Saelices Gomez - she/her/hers/ella

5 years

A day an a half to my first onsite interview for a TT job. Excited and nervous in equal parts. Any last-second advice? #AcademicTwitter #Academia #AcademicChatter

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Lorena Saelices Gomez - she/her/hers/ella

4 years

Profile update folks! 🤟 officially #hiring graduate students, #postdoc & #scientists ! If you are committed to cool basic science in pro of human health, knock on the door! (or DM). We do #CryoEM , #crystallography , #cellbiology , #drugdiscovery , for #Amyloidosis and #Alzheimers

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Lorena Saelices Gomez - she/her/hers/ella

3 years

1/n Such a great honor to be awarded a #NIHHighRisk DP2 New Innovator Award from @NIH_CommonFund , and @NIH @NHLBI . I can't begin to describe how humbled and lucky I feel to have gotten this far in my career, but I will try my best.

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UTSW O'Donnell Brain Institute

3 years

Congrats to @SaelicesL and @SunLab19 , winners of the @NIH_CommonFund Director's "Innovator Award." The award supports research from promising and exceptionally creative Early Stage Investigators working on high-impact projects. Learn about their research:

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Lorena Saelices Gomez - she/her/hers/ella

3 years

Really pleased to see the news today. A biochemist woman appointed as the new Vice Provost and Dean of Basic Science at @UTSWNews . #WomenInSTEM #WomenInScience #AcademicChatter #AcademicTwitter

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Lorena Saelices Gomez - she/her/hers/ella

4 years

Today my girls slept through the night (with no medications or illness involved). 10 hours. It feels bigger than a grant or a publication. #2021wins #twins #momademia #parenting #AcademicTwitter #celebrationneeded #WomenInSTEM #Ineedtosleep #nomorehashtags

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Lorena Saelices Gomez - she/her/hers/ella

4 years

The Saelices Lab just got its first Grant! It’s a one year award that feels like glory! The beginning of great things #sciencewins #sciencetwitter #AcademicTwitter #WomenInSTEM

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Lorena Saelices Gomez - she/her/hers/ella

3 years

@KateWassum - Making figures - Reviewing papers - Scientific writing (or how to write an bestseller essay with your data) - Self-care - Organization skills and tools - managing people - funding systems - what is it to be a PI - other non-PI avenues - how to navigate the NIH system...

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Lorena Saelices Gomez - she/her/hers/ella

3 years

very funny 😂

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1 year

Who wants their recent @biorxiv paper to be reviewed during my @UTSWGradSchool core course "writing and reading scientific papers"? I need ideas! The students will come up with improvements that we will share (if you are interested). Highly recommended!

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Lorena Saelices Gomez - she/her/hers/ella

2 years

EVA NOGALES IS COMING. I can’t wait to talk to her and I look forward her talk! Big deal y’all… big deal. @UTSWNews @UTSWNeurosci @UTSWGradSchool @UTSWedu @UTSW_PROVIDES @UTSWBrain @UtsWcand @NogalesLab @kellogg_liz

@biophysics_utsw

The Department of Biophysics at UT Southwestern

@biophysics_utsw

2 years

Awww yeah! Eva Nogales @NogalesLab is coming to town for tomorrow’s @biophysics_utsw seminar series. Looking forward. 😁Thanks @SaelicesL for inviting/hosting.

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And it happened! Full house! Such an incredible talk by Eva Nogales! Fully impressed by her work and her team @NogalesLab ! Inspirational and groundbreaking. I look up to you, Eva. Nice meeting you too @trincookis ! @BerkeleyLab @UCBerkeley @UTSWNews

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The Department of Biophysics at UT Southwestern

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2 years

Pre-seminar photo of @NogalesLab and trainee @trincookis , with host @SaelicesL . Off we go!

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Lorena Saelices Gomez - she/her/hers/ella

4 years

Unboxing my lab, Part II. Today, I finished with the boxes and cleaned my benches. It’s starting to look gooooooood!! @UTSWBrain @UTSWNews @UTSWGradSchool

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Lorena Saelices Gomez - she/her/hers/ella

4 years

Unboxing my lab, Part I #saeliceslab at @UTSWBrain #exciting !!

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3 years

#NewProfilePic with my mami ❤️

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Unboxing my lab, Part I #saeliceslab at @UTSWBrain #exciting !!

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Lorena Saelices Gomez - she/her/hers/ella

3 years

Today is my 1year anniversary as a professor, so it is time for reflecting on my struggles and wins. I will start with the struggles (to finish on a high note).

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Lorena Saelices Gomez - she/her/hers/ella

4 years

Please let me introduce you to the first member of the Saelices Lab! This is Binh A Nguyen. Remember this name because he will do incredible things! Really excited to have you here Binh! @UTSWGradSchool @UTSWNews @UTSWBrain @MolBiophysUTSW #AcademicTwitter #AcademicChatter

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Lorena Saelices Gomez - she/her/hers/ella

3 months

Past month has been a roller coaster! The celebration of many preprints & pubs. Farewell party for 4 lab members who will move on to grow personally&professionally. 🟢 light to write thesis for my first GS @RosePedretti9 . Maja leaving us! 4 summer youngsters joining! 😱😭😰🥰❤️

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Lorena Saelices Gomez - she/her/hers/ella

10 months

Hey friends & colleagues! My student @_ahmed_yasmin needs help! His little brother was recently diagnosed with a rare brain tumor that required emergency surgery. Her family had to stay in LA for surgery and rehab, & costs are insane. Please RT & donate 🙏

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Brain tumor expenses for Yasmin's little brother, organized by Lorena Saelices

I am Lorena Saelices Gomez, and Yasmin is a member of my laboratory a… Lorena Saelices needs your support for Brain tumor expenses for Yasmin's little brother

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Lorena Saelices Gomez - she/her/hers/ella

3 years

Procrastination level meta-PRO. Nobody: Absolutely nobody: Me: What else other than writing I could do now? Also me: oh, I know! 👇

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Lorena Saelices Gomez - she/her/hers/ella

2 years

My fantastic team y’all. #CryoEM #proteinaggregation #transthyretin #amyloidosis #ATTR #diagnostics #therapeutics @UTSWNews @UTSWGradSchool @biophysics_utsw @UTSWBrain @UtsWcand @MolBiophysUTSW ❤️

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Lorena Saelices Gomez - she/her/hers/ella

4 years

As a parent without a proper children care strategy, I second this. I feel that I’m underachieving at all fronts. I see colleagues that are thrilling at home or even at the office/lab already, working full time... it just can’t happen for me. I need 30h days...

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Fay Lin, PhD

4 years

Researchers who are keeping up with their productivity right now are NOT necessarily 'more skilled', 'more disciplined', or 'more motivated' than researchers who are struggling. Often times, it comes down to differences in unearned privilege. #AcademicTwitter

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Lorena Saelices Gomez - she/her/hers/ella

4 years

Will just say "Among the large number of highly meritorious applications, only ~18% were selected to move forward to the second/final stage of review. It is my pleasure to inform you that your New Innovator Award (DP2) application has been selected for the second stage of review"

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Lorena Saelices Gomez - she/her/hers/ella

10 months

Coming back to my last R01 attempt, I can’t help but to smile… thanks “past me” for the gift.

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Lorena Saelices Gomez - she/her/hers/ella

3 years

Pretty fun to chair this session! Just a bit of a critique for the organization committee of #ADPD2022 . I notice that the sex of the audience is ~50:50, but I’m the only female speaker of this panel. I’ve seen the same trend in other sessions too. Room for improvement? 😬

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Lorena Saelices Gomez - she/her/hers/ella

8 months

R01 #1 submitted 🎊🎉🍾🙏 Talk next week. Study section coming after. R01 #2 next. Will I make it to March? Send thoughts and prayers

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Lorena Saelices Gomez - she/her/hers/ella

8 months

Well… I had a faculty dinner today that I wasn’t able to go to because an R01 submission and having kids at home are not compatible. But I already paid for the nanny. How low is to spend 2.5h inside your car at a chick fil’a parking lot scrolling your IG?

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2 years

Getting ready for my talk… it looks like there was too much partying yesterday night 😅 #ISA_2022

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Lorena Saelices Gomez - she/her/hers/ella

4 years

Now I’m following this routine of dropping off my girls at daycare at 9, come back home & work 7h straight, pick them up, & go to the park for a looong walk. At night, I’m exhausted. But I feel whole, collected, connected. I really like this new rhythm #nannyleft #academicmama ❤️

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Lorena Saelices Gomez - she/her/hers/ella

3 years

Tell me you are a mother working in academia without telling me that you are a mother working in academia. I’ll start. I fell asleep twice in the middle of seminars in the past two weeks. #thetellmechallenge #AcademicTwitter #WomenInSTEM #WomenInScience #academicmom

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Lorena Saelices Gomez - she/her/hers/ella

2 years

BIG CONGRATS @RosePedretti9 FOR THE POSTER PRIZE at #ISA_2022 #amyloidosis

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4 years

The first postdoc of the Saelices Lab @Shumyla44 has gotten her visa approved!!!!!!!! It only took 4 months (or 5?) 😅 I don’t have words to express how happy I am!! Big things are about to happen in the lab! #AcademicChatter #womenInSTEM #startingup #postdocs

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3 years

Things that made my toddler cry this week: - Her bed cover didn't stay "up" (in the air) - I didn't sing a song that she had in her mind - Wrong shoes, changed to the ones she screamed about, wrong too - She wanted to go to school naked - I came back from work & she got emotional

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Lorena Saelices Gomez - she/her/hers/ella

2 years

Such a nice day at the Arboretum for the Molecular Biophysics Grad Program Symposium. With a great keynote talk by @janetiwasa about animating molecules! Great job @MolBiophysUTSW !! @UTSWNews @UTSWGradSchool

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1 year

My views from my new office :D The Saelices Lab and the rest of @UtsWcand are moving to the new fancy building! @UTSWBrain @UTSWNews

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Lorena Saelices Gomez - she/her/hers/ella

4 years

Flights booked, housing sorted, it is happening! 😱😊

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Lorena Saelices Gomez - she/her/hers/ella

5 years

It’s official! In the middle of this crazy crisis, I’m starting my lab at the Center for Alzheimer’s and Neurodegenerative Diseases at UTSW!! this June! So I’m officially looking for a postdoc 😊 @UTSWNews @UTSWBrain #WomenInSTEM Also, @NewPI_Slack can I join? 😆

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Lorena Saelices Gomez - she/her/hers/ella

6 months

This is what work-life conciliation looks like... #labmeeting with *more* children. Thank you my lab members for your patience and understanding... #cryoem #amyloidosis

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Lorena Saelices Gomez - she/her/hers/ella

1 year

It’s happening. We’re moving to the new fancy building today!! @UTSWBrain @UtsWcand

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Lorena Saelices Gomez - she/her/hers/ella

1 year

Today we said goodbye to our dearest @anna_yakubovska . She has been with us for a year in the BioLab @FulbrightPrgrm . Now we will miss her and her drama very much. Thank you for all those moments, Ania! It has been a great pleasure & I wish u the very best! Come back soon! 🥰❤️😭

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Lorena Saelices Gomez - she/her/hers/ella

4 years

If you love science & are interested in joining my lab, click Our Lab determines structures related to #amyloidosis & #Alzheimers to design clinical tools that we test in #culturecells & #mice . @NewPI_Slack @AcademicChatter #AcademicTwitter #academicjob

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Lorena Saelices Gomez - she/her/hers/ella

4 years

Well, well, well... guess who has a Lab website! #utsw #saeliceslab #hiring #WomenInSTEM #AcademicTwitter #AcademicChatter #academicmom #cryoem

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Lorena Saelices Gomez - she/her/hers/ella

5 years

Very proud of my side project. It took a few years to see the light of the day, but it finally did. Here’s the preprint!

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The inhibition of cellular toxicity of amyloid-beta by dissociated transthyretin

The protective effect of transthyretin (TTR) on cellular toxicity of amyloid-beta (Aβ) has been previously reported. TTR is a tetrameric carrier of thyroxine in blood and cerebrospinal fluid, whose...

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Lorena Saelices Gomez - she/her/hers/ella

2 years

Today, our youngest lab member and STAR student Sid finished his summer program with us with the promise of coming back! We had a great time with you kid! It was awesome to have u! & I see a brilliant future ahead of you! #stars @UtsWcand @UTSWNews @UTSWBrain #strong

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4 years

Today I reviewed a paper & I couldn’t find a flaw. It was very well written & organized. The conclusions were solid. The experiments well designed. I accepted as it was. I didn’t even have constructive critiques! I feel like I have evolved to a better me. Congrats to the authors

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4 years

It’s been a while since I got this nice sign by my office but I always forget to take the picture. Anyhow, in case you want to visit me at ⁦ @UTSWNews ⁩ ⁦ @UTSWBrain ⁩, that’s where I am at. #ilovemyjob #givemeasign #AcademicTwitter #WomenInSTEM #visitme #withamaskon

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5 years

Today is a very special day. A year ago I became the mother of two amazing human beings. These two girls have changed my life entirely. Not only my routines but deep inside. #happybirthday #academicmama #academicmom #womeninstem #SantaMonica #almostwalking #twinmom #Twins

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Lorena Saelices Gomez - she/her/hers/ella

4 years

Yes yes yes! First rotation students of the Saelices lab!! Exciting times guys! I hope you have fun! @PWydorski @RosePedretti9 and thanks @culkat5 for the mentorship! ❤️ @UTSWBrain @MolBiophysUTSW

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Lorena Saelices Gomez - she/her/hers/ella

4 years

@LuxePHD @AcademicChatter During my PhD we used to party IN the lab (long ago, not so many restrictions), beers and chips mostly, paid by the PI (probably from his own pocket) and it was GREAT. I plan to do the same in my lab, although we will probably find a place outside instead of the actual lab...

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3 years

My lab is the best! they got me lunch and a chai cause I was attending an orientation session for the admissions program and I did not have time to get me anything. This is one more reason to love them forever... #newpi #ilovemyjob #ilovemyteam

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Lorena Saelices Gomez - she/her/hers/ella

5 years

I’ve been trying to figure out ways to compensate mothers in #academia for the time and physical burden that comes with children. I got one 💡: extension of 1-2 years for evaluation to tenure. Other suggestions? #AcademicTwitter #academicchatter #WomenInSTEM #mothersinstem

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2 years

Enjoying the day at the @dallasarboretum for the @CmbUtsw symposium with my dearest @RosePedretti9 , who’s presenting her first poster from our lab. Go girl!! #ilovemyjob #newPI #AcademicChatter @UTSWNews

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2 years

Grad Students: it’s Sunday. The guilt from a competitive unhealthy environment (full of people instigating you to work today) will tempt you with going to the lab when you just need a break. Imagine yourself resting to be on fire tomorrow. Imagine conserving your #mentalhealth

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Tim Gill

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Grad Students: It’s Sunday. Your “friends” are going to tempt you with gardening, hiking, slow-cooking, etc. Keep your eye on your goals though. Keep your eye on the glory. Imagine yourself winning that book award. Imagine yourself serving as a mentor. Make choices accordingly.

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3 years

1) Gathering a fantastic lab. I won’t ever get tired of emphasizing how great they are. 2) Taking care of my health (by keeping anxiety under control) 3) Listening to my brain, heart, and soul to finally divorce Bonus) Doing all of this by myself while raising my wonderful 👯‍♀️

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2 years

In an effort to promote diversity, I am recruiting a postdoc or RA from diverse backgrounds (see eligibility attached) to apply for an NIH Diversity Supplement linked to my DP2 award 👉 #AcademicTwitter #phdpositions @AcademicChatter @Momademia @PhD_Genie

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5 months

After a couple of weeks of sleep deprivation, and brain and browser burnout, I did it. With the support of my lab (thanks for your patience! and assistance!) and the special guest Cake, who witness the last minutes of the submission! @HHMINEWS #amyloid

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Lorena Saelices Gomez - she/her/hers/ella

5 months

@biorxivpreprint Lets continue with grants: In the past 4 months, we have submitted two R01s for @NIH and a Freeman Hrabowski @HHMINEWS application. We are now working on 3 more R01s (to be submitted this year) and a few more as co-I or co-PI with big experts in the field.

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6 years

It took a while to get out of the oven. But it’s finally here: Amyloid seeing of transthyretin by ex vivo cardiac fibrils and its inhibition. The first of a three-paper story that just came out in @PNASNews . Hope you like it #amyloidosis #transthyretin #WomenInSTEM #cardiotwitter

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@amyloid_papers

6 years

Amyloid seeding of transthyretin by ex vivo cardiac fibrils and its inhibition.

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Lorena Saelices Gomez - she/her/hers/ella

2 years

One more outing and so much fun! Thanks @RosePedretti9 for organizing!

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Lorena Saelices Gomez - she/her/hers/ella

1 year

Time to talk about liquid liquid phase separation now. @SamratLabMohali is bringing light into molecular #condensates and #prions ! But most importantly, we agreed to be co-protagonists of two #Bollywood movies about our journeys! @FASEBorg #proteinaggregation

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Lorena Saelices Gomez - she/her/hers/ella

1 year

Very interesting change of pace at @FASEBorg by @PernillaWittung ! Talking about catalytic activity of amyloid fibrils!

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Lorena Saelices Gomez - she/her/hers/ella

3 years

In special, big thanks to my closest followers! ( @soragnilab it doesn't let me tag you on the pic!) 2000 FOLLOWERS!!!!! #2000followers #AcademicTwitter #AcademicChatter #WomenInSTEM #WomenInScience

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Lorena Saelices Gomez - she/her/hers/ella

3 years

I MADE IT TO 2000 FOLLOWERS!!! Thank you all for your support and for your interest in my ramblings!

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Lorena Saelices Gomez - she/her/hers/ella

3 years

#cryoEM at #ADPD2022 !! Finally!! Talk by @MichelGoed about the structures of tau, a-syn, and Abeta fibrils from patients in collaboration with @SjorsScheres . Great summary! And amazing work. It’s just breathtaking to see how much you guys contributed to the field. 🙌

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Lorena Saelices Gomez - she/her/hers/ella

4 years

It is official! The Saelices Lab has its first grad student @RosePedretti9 welcome to the lab! It has been a delight to have you during rotation & I anticipate great science & a lot of fun w you in the lab! Thanks for trusting us & believing in us! #sciencewin #AcademicTwitter

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Lorena Saelices Gomez - she/her/hers/ella

4 years

Exciting times! it’s not true until you post it on Twitter, innit? 😅 First day in my new office at the Center for Alzheimer’s and Neurodegenerative Diseases, with a pretty cool mask that a coworker made for me! Thanks Sandy Jo! @UTSWBrain @UTSWNews

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Lorena Saelices Gomez - she/her/hers/ella

4 years

So far this is what celebrating looks like...

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Lorena Saelices Gomez - she/her/hers/ella

4 years

Well... my first NIH Grant (R21 though) as faculty got discussed but given a very poor score. Should I celebrate or cry?

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Lorena Saelices Gomez - she/her/hers/ella

2 years

My grad student just sent me online advice for premenopause… unprompted. Not sure what to make of this or to do about it… I guess I’m lifting weights from now on. @AcademicChatter @AcademicChatter @NewPI_Slack #oldPI

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Lorena Saelices Gomez - she/her/hers/ella

2 months

Yey!! One more paper out!! Congrats team!! 🥰🥰🥰

@CommsBio

Communications Biology

2 months

Cryo-EM analysis of fibrils from four cardiomyopathic ATTRwt amyloidosis patients reveals identical structures with minimal variability. @saelicesL @RosePedretti9 @lanie1803 @Shumyla44 @FernandezR_MC @Preeti_Singh_V @culkat5 @Singh_Virender @_ahmed_yasmin

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Lorena Saelices Gomez - she/her/hers/ella

2 years

Nothing like being home. With jet lag and two jet lagged toddlers, and I slept almost 13h (they slept almost 15h!). We were exhausted, sure, but there’s nothing like the power of being home.

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Lorena Saelices Gomez - she/her/hers/ella

3 years

Today is one of these days 😅

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Lorena Saelices Gomez - she/her/hers/ella

4 years

I have been an Assistant Professor for 6 months and it feels like 2 years... I really hope this feeling has something to do with #COVID and will go away after the pandemic. Otherwise, I may need to slow down a bit... 😅

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Lorena Saelices Gomez - she/her/hers/ella

11 months

Greatly honored to be surrounded by many of the best experts on #amyloidosis worldwide. it was an immense pleasure to discuss our latest lab highlights! Here is Julian Gillmore talking about TTR levels as a potential biomarker. In the panel also @maz_hanna and Isabel Conceicao.

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Lorena Saelices Gomez - she/her/hers/ella

4 years

A few days ago it was my 10th year PhD anniversary. So much has happened since, including my girls. My organization &performance have gotten significantly better &my goals are no longer mine only. My girls influence every step, no doubt. #WomenInSTEM #AcademicTwitter #academicmom

@akelvinlab

Alyson Kelvin

4 years

It’s my PhD graduation anniversary. I was 7 month pregnant at my defence. H and I got my PhD together. My scientific goals are influenced from motherhood experiences. Work hard and don’t compromise who you are. Science needs mothers and mothers need science. #WomenInSTEM

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Lorena Saelices Gomez - she/her/hers/ella

3 years

Biggest congratulations to my dear @RosePedretti9 for passing her qualifying exams! I heard @reeselab1 & the rest of her committee pushed buttons & challenged her case, as it should (thanks for guiding her so well!). & she defended her project fantastically! CONGRATS! 🎈🍾🎉🎊

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Lorena Saelices Gomez - she/her/hers/ella

7 months

@jdpereira When I had my twins, I had “help” from both families for 5 months! They overlapped so we were not left by ourselves. I wanted to be by myself SO badly.

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Lorena Saelices Gomez - she/her/hers/ella

1 year

Days like today I feel I can’t. Lola, descansa en paz.

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Lorena Saelices Gomez - she/her/hers/ella

2 years

@PriyaSri576 @HelloPhD @PhDVoice @AcademicChatter Be patient 😊

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Lorena Saelices Gomez - she/her/hers/ella

3 years

Today I had the opportunity to talk about my personal path and my career journey to 12- and 13-year-old kids at @westwoodJH_RISD for the #WWJHEdTalks Event. It was a very interesting experience and it was great to get to know the kids a bit better too. All the best to y'all! 💪✌️

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Lorena Saelices Gomez - she/her/hers/ella

3 years

I can’t begin to express what these guys mean to me & how extremely lucky I am to have them. The depth of this gift goes beyond science & I will never forget it. I’ve had nice gestures before but this is just unbeatable. Rose, Shumaila, Mari, Binh, Yasmin & Farzeen. THANK YOU ❤️

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Lorena Saelices Gomez - she/her/hers/ella

4 years

last 48h: my nanny left us, post nanny ad, interviewed 3, accepted 1, got rejected by her, saw 2daycares, chose 1, got health &vaccines statements for 👩🏼‍🤝‍👩🏻, started enrollment, got new👩🏼‍🤝‍👩🏻clothes, prepared a class (read paper, restudy enzymology, Q&As) + daily👩🏼‍🤝‍👩🏻&💻 #academicmom

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Lorena Saelices Gomez - she/her/hers/ella

4 years

Great talk by Ashani Weeraratna ( @AshaniTW ). She did not only advocate for her research, but also for her team, and the rights of women and minorities in academia. And she did it gracefully! It was part of the Leading Edge of Cell Biology @UTSWNews . Fantastic job!

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Lorena Saelices Gomez - she/her/hers/ella

5 years

And this is #academic science #AcademicChatter @AcademicChatter #AcademicTwitter #workforfree #nomoney

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Lorena Saelices Gomez - she/her/hers/ella

5 years

I have to read 24 scientific articles (including some reviews), make summaries, & come up with a couple of interesting questions per paper, all before Dec 15. & I’m here on Twitter while I watch my babies play... #procrastination #momoftwins #WomenInSTEM #AcademicChatter #tired

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Lorena Saelices Gomez - she/her/hers/ella

2 years

One more pic :) these guys rock. @UTSWNews @UTSWGradSchool @biophysics_utsw @UTSWBrain @UtsWcand @MolBiophysUTSW

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Lorena Saelices Gomez - she/her/hers/ella

2 years

My fantastic team y’all. #CryoEM #proteinaggregation #transthyretin #amyloidosis #ATTR #diagnostics #therapeutics @UTSWNews @UTSWGradSchool @biophysics_utsw @UTSWBrain @UtsWcand @MolBiophysUTSW ❤️

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Lorena Saelices Gomez - she/her/hers/ella

4 years

Well, well, well... guess who has a Lab website! #utsw #saeliceslab #hiring #WomenInSTEM #AcademicTwitter #AcademicChatter #academicmom #cryoem

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Lorena Saelices Gomez - she/her/hers/ella

3 years

The personalities of my daughters in one picture #academicmama #mamaoftwins #proudmama

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Lorena Saelices Gomez - she/her/hers/ella

4 years

Also applies for “this won’t probably be funded”.

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Lorena Saelices Gomez - she/her/hers/ella

2 years

Such a great Lab outing! Rock climbing is so much fun and such a workout! Thanks @RosePedretti9 for inviting us all! #scienceisfun #ilovemyjob @culkat5 @Singh_Virender @FernandezR_MC @_ahmed_yasmin @Shumyla44 @UtsWcand @UTSWGradSchool @UTSWNews @UTSWBrain

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Lorena Saelices Gomez - she/her/hers/ella

1 year

Yey! Our first review article of the lab! Thank you very much @COSB_CRSB for the invitation and the guidance! Congrats to @FernandezR_MC and @Shumyla44 for a very nice work! It was pretty fun to work with you in this! 🎊🎉🥳

@FernandezR_MC

Fernandez-RamirezMC

1 year

Happy to share our review about conformational inhibitors of protein aggregation. @Shumyla44 @SaelicesL

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Lorena Saelices Gomez - she/her/hers/ella

1 year

I made it to 3K!!! Thanks y’all! #AcademicTwitter #WomenInSTEM #academicmoms

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Lorena Saelices Gomez - she/her/hers/ella

4 years

Such an honor! Thank you very much for this! #WomenInSTEM #AcademicChatter #academicmama #newPI #MentoringMonth #Mentoring

@SACNASatUTSW

SACNAS@UTSW

4 years

Part II of #SacnasFeatureFriday in our series for #MentoringMonth . Today we highlight @SaelicesL an Assist Prof at the Center for Alzheimer’s & Neurodegenerative Diseases @UTSW_NeuroGrads & @MolBiophysUTSW . Her interests: amyloids, structural biology, diversity&inclusion 1/

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Lorena Saelices Gomez - she/her/hers/ella

5 years

I spent the weekend with them. Only me, full out. I’m exhausted. But happily exhausted. I wouldn’t change a bit of them. It sounds cheesy but I never experienced such love #SharingHappinessDay #SharingHappiness #twinmom #WomenInSTEM @Momademia @AcademicChatter

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Lorena Saelices Gomez - she/her/hers/ella

3 years

It is interesting to see how much one can recharge by spending the day with their mom at the beach. So productive once I got home! Reformatted a grant proposal (10 pages down to 5!!), updated my biosketch, drafted a letter, and even watched #LookUp . Now, time to rest!

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Lorena Saelices Gomez - she/her/hers/ella

3 years

#NewProfilePic with my mami ❤️

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Lorena Saelices Gomez - she/her/hers/ella

1 year

I’ve had a very good number of lows last few months. Big lows… I still enjoy my job, & my team of fantastic scientists keeps me afloat. But I need some wins! Last week we got a small grant & today we got encouraging news! we all need to celebrate. So… Friday… lab pool party!!

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Lorena Saelices Gomez - she/her/hers/ella

4 years

Working and parenting twin little toddlers is no joke. And feeling underachieving at all times (in both tasks). I need a bit of normality, please. #AcademicTwitter #AcademicChatter #academicmom #WomenInScience #COVID19

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