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Anita Corbett @acorbe2.bsky.social · 6d

When asking a class of STEM graduate students to choose words that occur to them when we discuss bias in academia

Anita Corbett @acorbe2.bsky.social · 6d

Excited to celebrate the PhD defense of soon to be Dr. Eliseo Salas- he has had a winding path to this PhD, but he has succeeded amazingly AND even better! He has a job at the University of Wisconsin immediately after he defends. Super proud to be a member of his thesis committee and mentor 🎉

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Anita Corbett @acorbe2.bsky.social · Jul 14

Our MARC T34 got a new NOA today- also reinstated the IMSD T32 and a summer program- INSPIRE R25- we were reinstated due to involvement with ACLU lawsuit filed on behalf of the American Public Health Association-

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Anita Corbett @acorbe2.bsky.social · Jul 2

We were part of the other lawsuit filed by the ACLU on behalf of the American Public Health Association and several others

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Anita Corbett @acorbe2.bsky.social · Jul 2

Our EMORY MARC T34 was just reinstated in response to recent court rulings!!!

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Anita Corbett @acorbe2.bsky.social · May 31

Attending the Diverse RNA Processes session at #RNA25 - a session that was assembled primarily from our NIH colleagues who had to register a bit late for the meeting. Highlights the incredible research within the intramural research community @rnasociety.bsky.social

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Anita Corbett @acorbe2.bsky.social · May 30

The @rnasociety.bsky.social meeting held our first ever RNA in Training Future Scientists session at the annual meeting #RNA25 and it was an amazing success! Thanks the Education Committee @mannyares.bsky.social for his tireless efforts! Amazing talks highlight a creative and collaborative community

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Anita Corbett @acorbe2.bsky.social · May 30

@rnasociety.bsky.social hosting a great session on RNA for All talking about the commitment of the society to being inclusive and supporting the next generation of scientists - Congrats to the DEI committee for their efforts! #RNA25 @kehindeross.bsky.social @jesssfisher.bsky.social

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Anita Corbett @acorbe2.bsky.social · May 29

Yeah!

Anita Corbett @acorbe2.bsky.social · May 29

So cool to hear about the Super Lab led by Amy Cooke @haverfordcollege.bsky.social in the education session @rnasociety.bsky.social #RNA25

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Anita Corbett @acorbe2.bsky.social · May 29

Super excited to be at the first #RNA25 RNA in education session recognizing the commitment of the @rnasociety.bsky.social to supporting the next generation of scientists and the incredible role that RNA can play in this process! @suzannerleephd.bsky.social

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Anita Corbett @acorbe2.bsky.social · May 28

The first grad student talk at #RNA25 is given by @emorybiochemistry.bsky.social and BCDB student Mohamed Barmada from the Graeme Conn lab! An amazing talk!

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Anita Corbett @acorbe2.bsky.social · May 28

The first night of #RNA25 is in the books kicked off by two amazing keynote speakers- Erin Schuman for Mac Planck and Tracy Johnson from UCLA! Main program starts tomorrow! @rnasociety.bsky.social

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Anita Corbett @acorbe2.bsky.social · May 27

Excited to finally be heading to RNA 2025 in San Diego! Have worked with amazing colleagues to co-organize this meeting so I can’t wait to see all the exciting science and connect with colleagues! @rnabiologist.bsky.social @kkarbstein.bsky.social

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Anita Corbett @acorbe2.bsky.social · May 13

Excited to spend a day dedicated to mentor training with CIMER. This training is supported by INSPIRE our NIAID R25 to broaden participation in Infectious Disease research. Our fearless leader Dr. Michael Chung kicks off the day.

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Anita Corbett @acorbe2.bsky.social · May 9

Celebrating 25 years of @EmoryUniversity FIRST/IRACDA post-doctoral training program, which has so successfully launched the careers of SO many faculty and contributed to enhancing the professorate and biomedical science. Sad this is the end 😢

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Anita Corbett @acorbe2.bsky.social · Apr 9

An incredible opportunity to have three former BCDB students who are making key contributions in the Science Policy area as our panel for the BCDB T32

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Anita Corbett @acorbe2.bsky.social · Apr 9

Excited to have former BCDB student Julia Omotade visiting for our T32 Symposium

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Anita Corbett @acorbe2.bsky.social · Apr 1

Congratulations to Satvik Elayavalli @emorycollege on his honors thesis defense and well deserved Highest Honors in math @selayav.bsky.social

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Anita Corbett @acorbe2.bsky.social · Mar 28

We had lots of fun today in our BCDB Grad class- doing a Kahoot on non coding RNAs! Note the winners- one of Anita’s favorite words- Steady-state! Shout out to our winners who were rewarded with chocolate! A fun class taught with Gary Bassell! Small wins these days..

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Anita Corbett @acorbe2.bsky.social · Mar 9

We need these moments these days- a former mentee who has been through the grad school ringer after Covid-19 severely impacted her undergrad research contacted me to say after 3 years of applications and interviews- she will attend her dream PhD program next year! Thrilled for her!

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Anita Corbett @acorbe2.bsky.social · Mar 3

Had a lovely visit with two former Corbett lab trainees- former BCDB grad student and Emory College undergrad- now Harvard MD/PhD and Tufts post-doc soon to be faculty at Bowdoin! And taking center stage- Arthur new arrival to former grad student!!

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Anita Corbett @acorbe2.bsky.social · Mar 2

My program was not funded by 2/1 and now I have the “this program is being closed out e-mail)

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Victor Ambros @vambros.bsky.social · Feb 27

I’ll be in DC March 7th at the StandUpForScience rally. See you there! If you can’t make it to DC there will be a StandUpForScience rally in a city near you. @standupforscience.bsky.social

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Junior RNA scientists @jrrnascientists.bsky.social · Feb 14

🌹 Roses are red,
🔬 Science is true,
💙 And now we're on BlueSky too!

🚀 #RNA #ScienceCommunicationLove #BlueskySocial

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