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Sonya Neal @neal-lab.bsky.social · 5h

LOVE TO SEE THIS! So well deserved and congratulations 🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉

Sonya Neal @neal-lab.bsky.social · 11d

💪🏽💪🏽💪🏽

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Sonya Neal @neal-lab.bsky.social · 11d

Can’t wait to read this! Congrats to all🎉♥️

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Sonya Neal @neal-lab.bsky.social · 22d

Got my run in earlier at School of Biological Sciences retreat in Lake Arrowhead. Now indulging in amazing science from our PhD program!

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Sonya Neal @neal-lab.bsky.social · 26d

Thank you ♥️♥️♥️

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Eric Jordahl @handle.invalid · 27d

I could not be luckier to have such an amazing mentor behind me as I develop myself both personally and professionally. Thank you @neal-lab.bsky.social for standing behind and with me in this journey and @hhmi.org for this opportunity!

Sonya Neal @neal-lab.bsky.social · 27d

Scientific pursuit is a team effort, built on mutual trust, respect and collaboration from mentor & mentee. Grateful every day for this journey, and so proud of my mentee @ericjordahl.bsky.social for being selected as @HHMINEWS Gilliam fellow!

biology.ucsd.edu/about/news/2...

HHMI Gilliam Fellowship Awarded to Eric Jordahl and Sonya Neal

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Sonya Neal @neal-lab.bsky.social · 27d

Scientific pursuit is a team effort, built on mutual trust, respect and collaboration from mentor & mentee. Grateful every day for this journey, and so proud of my mentee @ericjordahl.bsky.social for being selected as @HHMINEWS Gilliam fellow!

biology.ucsd.edu/about/news/2...

HHMI Gilliam Fellowship Awarded to Eric Jordahl and Sonya Neal

biology.ucsd.edu

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Sonya Neal @neal-lab.bsky.social · Aug 15

That’s means so much coming from you🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽

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Sonya Neal @neal-lab.bsky.social · Aug 15

Grateful to share my academic journey & our lab’s research in the School of Bio.Science lecture series which build a bridge between our amazing administrative staff and faculty, further strengthening the bonds that make our community so special. Thankful to be part of it! @ucsandiego.bsky.social

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Sonya Neal @neal-lab.bsky.social · Aug 15

Look what came in today! @jenheemstra.bsky.social can’t wait to learn your ways. You have paved the way for so many of us 🙏🏽

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Denis Wirtz @deniswirtz.bsky.social · Aug 11

These are the most challenging times for early-career scientists and engineers.

My team is doing its bit to help by maintaining and even expanding our database of funding opportunities for early-career researchers.

We found 437 of them.

Download it freely here: research.jhu.edu/rdt/funding-...

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American Society for Cell Biology @ascbiology.bsky.social · Aug 11

STEM isn’t a pipeline—it’s a braided river. Verónica Segarra offers a new model to support inclusion and rethink how we view scientific careers. www.molbiolcell.org/doi/10.1091/... #ASCB #CellBiology

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Sonya Neal @neal-lab.bsky.social · Aug 8

So proud of my trainee, @ericjordahl.bsky.social , for being selected as an HHMI Gilliam Fellow! Your dedication to outreach and your relentless pursuit of inclusive excellence are unmatched! You are so deserving of this honor!!!!!!!

www.hhmi.org/programs/gil...

The 2025 Gilliam Fellows & Advisors | HHMI

The Gilliam Fellows Program launches promising PhD students into impactful scientific research careers while fostering inclusive training environments.

www.hhmi.org

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HHMI @hhmi.org · Aug 7

Congratulations 2025 Gilliam Fellows and Advisors! 🎉

The Gilliam Fellows Program launches promising PhD students into impactful scientific research careers while fostering inclusive training environments.
Through this program, HHMI supports both graduate students and their faculty thesis advisors.

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American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology @asbmb.bsky.social · Aug 2

$400M more for the NIH in FY26 is a win for all Americans. Read our full statement thanking the Senate Appropriations Committee for their bipartisan support of scientific research: ow.ly/gtMv50WyRza.

Text reads advocacy. The background image is a 3D illustration of the calcitonin gene related peptide (yellow) binding to its receptor (blue) on neurons and smooth muscle cells of cerebral blood vessels.

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Sonya Neal @neal-lab.bsky.social · Aug 2

Keep an eye out for this rising star on the faculty job market. Elizabeth is truly remarkable. Her resilience and determination continue to inspire me, especially in the face of setbacks during these times. #proudMOSAICcoach

American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology @asbmb.bsky.social · Jul 31

Elizabeth Kaweesa was recently featured in ASBMB Today. Here's the link! ow.ly/k7EF50WykAJ

From dust to discovery

From makeshift classrooms in Uganda to postdoctoral research in Chicago, MOSAIC scholar Elizabeth Kaweesa builds a legacy in women’s health.

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American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology @asbmb.bsky.social · Jul 31

Elizabeth Kaweesa was recently featured in ASBMB Today. Here's the link! ow.ly/k7EF50WykAJ

From dust to discovery

From makeshift classrooms in Uganda to postdoctoral research in Chicago, MOSAIC scholar Elizabeth Kaweesa builds a legacy in women’s health.

ow.ly

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Sonya Neal @neal-lab.bsky.social · Jul 18

Happy to see this!!!! Congrats!!!!!!

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Needhi Bhalla 💅🏽 @needhibhalla.bsky.social · Jul 17

"To retreat from [diversity, equity and inclusion] is to close the door to possibilities for better science and a better future. This is not the time to step back. It’s unquestionably the time to step forward." @anthrofuentes.bsky.social

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This is not the time to step back from diversity, equity, and inclusion

Recently, I exchanged views with a prominent Ivy League scientist who was complaining about the minority students and junior faculty applying to his program. He claimed that the university, through di...

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Sonya Neal @neal-lab.bsky.social · Jul 13

Oh no! Safe travels Mara. Hope you get here sooner than later 🙏🏽

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Sonya Neal @neal-lab.bsky.social · Jul 13

First run in at GRS/GRC molecular membrane biology conference. GRS has been an amazing start to an exciting week ahead! #GRC #ProctorAcademy

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Sonya Neal @neal-lab.bsky.social · Jul 11

🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽

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Sonya Neal @neal-lab.bsky.social · Jul 10

I’m just seeing this! I can’t imagine what you and your family must be going through! I’m glad to hear yall are safe. Please reach out if you need anything!

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Needhi Bhalla 💅🏽 @needhibhalla.bsky.social · Jul 10

“If you cut out these diversity measures, you're going to make science full of people that are very elite…Full of people who have grown up with a large amount of privilege, who were able to work in a lab in high school because their dad was a prof at Cornell.” 🧪

www.nytimes.com/2025/07/10/u...

How Trump’s D.E.I. Cuts Are Hurting Rural White Americans Too

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Sonya Neal @neal-lab.bsky.social · Jul 2

So well-deserved!!!!
Congratulations Ish🎉🎉🎉🎉

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