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Sara Ricardez Hernandez, PhD
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Oaxaqueña scientist in Chicago | Immigrant | @vectorbuilder.bsky.social Science Marketing | 2021 @hhmi.bsky.social Gilliam Fellow | @MizzouSacnas ex-President
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I am a proud HHMI Gilliam Fellow alumn. The HHMI funded me at a critical time in my career - a real inflection point that made me realize that I had a place and future in science. I always looked to the HHMI as a safety net to those historically excluded by academia, 1/4
May 16, 2025 at 4:55 PM
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🧬 Tomorrow!! Be sure to register today @watchmakergenomics.bsky.social
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May 14, 2025 at 4:25 PM
Reposted by Sara Ricardez Hernandez, PhD
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This article does a great job describing the lives of young American scientists:

“You roll up your sleeves, try to make or discover something useful and then let the scientific community try to punch holes in your work to make sure that it’s sound”
prasad.bsky.social Prasad Jallepalli, MD, PhD @prasad.bsky.social · Apr 4
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/03/o...

Really important piece to share widely. Too many Americans don’t know how severe a threat this Administration poses to our scientific infrastructure, global leadership, and health security
Opinion | The Uncertain Fate of the Young American Scientist (Gift Article)
Young researchers are choosing between staying in science and staying in the United States.
www.nytimes.com
April 4, 2025 at 6:00 PM
Reposted by Sara Ricardez Hernandez, PhD
wired.com
NEW: The doctor behind breakthrough Parkinson’s research was among the scientists purged from the National Institutes of Health, the US’s leading medical research agency. www.wired.com/story/doctor...
Doctor Behind Award-Winning Parkinson’s Research Among Scientists Purged From NIH
Leading scientists at the National Institutes of Health, the US’s leading medical research agency, were swept up Tuesday in the Trump administration's latest firing blitz.
www.wired.com
April 2, 2025 at 12:13 AM
Reposted by Sara Ricardez Hernandez, PhD
vectorbuilder.bsky.social
On this #AprilFoolsDay let's buck the trend and talk about real science that sounds like it's pulling our legs:

Researchers at Rockefeller University introduced a human "language" gene into mice and it changed their squeak patterns. 😱

www.nature.com/articles/s41...
A humanized NOVA1 splicing factor alters mouse vocal communications - Nature Communications
The neuron-specific RNA binding protein NOVA1 has a single amino acid substitution unique to modern humans. Here, the authors characterize the evolutional specificity and the function of the substitut...
www.nature.com
April 1, 2025 at 8:06 PM
Reposted by Sara Ricardez Hernandez, PhD
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When vaccination rates fall.......
www.latimes.com/opinion/stor...
March 6, 2025 at 2:15 PM
Reposted by Sara Ricardez Hernandez, PhD
drandrealove.bsky.social
I can’t believe this needs to be said.

TransGENIC mice

are not

TransGENDER mice
March 5, 2025 at 2:51 AM
Reposted by Sara Ricardez Hernandez, PhD
adrianaguatame.bsky.social
A friend included this anti-acknowledgement section on her PhD thesis. She also added the proposition: “Systematic bullying and undermining of girls and women in STEM starts early on and is the reason why they do not stay in science and related fields.”
Absurd we still need to go through this
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There have been people less than helpful in my journey here. I wanted to acknowledge those too, bc I know I am not unique in this experience. No thank you to the physics study assoc that made me sing songs about how women couldn't study physics without sleeping with the professor, the day I stepped into university life. No thank you to the 5th year physics student that decided to assign me a stripper name within the first minute of meeting me in the physics coffee corner in my first year. No thank you to the technician that was responsible for onboarding me on the use of the cluster in my third year who raised his eyebrows and asked me if that meant I was some sort of computer girl. No thank you to the senior researcher that sent me utterly inappropriate texts after a conference, then proceeded to apologise months later by telling me they had not been meant for me anyway so no hard feelings remain hopefully And no thank you to him for attending every conference I've been to since. No thank you to the people who told me that it was surprising that I was doing a PhD since I was a girl. No thank you to the man who mistook me for a coffee lady at a conference, and after having to correct him two times that I did not work there, responded with you should consider it. No thank you to the researcher that asked me what I was wearing underneath my outfit during a conference. No thank you to the physicist who declared to a room full of other physicists that biologists don't know how to design an experiment. No thank you to the people who have called me scary instead of strong and intimidating instead of intelligent. And finally, no thank you to the exec board of the TU Delft, whose knee-jerk reaction to being held up a mirror about the social safety at the university, was to sue the party holding up the mirror instead of looking at the problems they highlighted. ... You have made me feel like I do not belong in science & I cannot forgive you for that.
March 6, 2025 at 4:40 PM
Reposted by Sara Ricardez Hernandez, PhD
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🚨 Only two more days left to register for the next installment of our Gene Delivery Seminar Series. Click the link below to reserve your spot and let Dr. Iuri Viotti Perisse guide you in the use of CRISPR in large animal model systems!

✅ Register now: us06web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
March 4, 2025 at 3:21 PM
Reposted by Sara Ricardez Hernandez, PhD
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Australia is populated with marsupial equivalents of placental mammals, but this might be the cutest: the honey possum or noolbenger (Tarsipes rostratus), found only in southwest Australia.

They're pollen and nectar-eating, with prehensile tails

(📷: Simon Colenutt, iNaturalist)
Honey Possum (Tarsipes rostratus) in Australia. It looks like a sort of mouse or shrew, but with a longer nose, and intermediate sized ears, clinging lightly to flame-red flowers with some green leaves in the foreground.
February 14, 2025 at 1:18 PM
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Happy Valentine's Day! 💕 Send this card to the scientist or science lover who brings you as much joy as an experiment that works on the first try! 🔬🎉

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February 14, 2025 at 3:15 PM
Reposted by Sara Ricardez Hernandez, PhD
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Day 4 of Valentine's Week! 💕 Send this card to the scientist or science lover who brings you as much joy as an experiment that works on the first try!

Help us help you translate: www.vectorbuilder.com/products-ser...

You can also download the Valentine’s Card here: drive.google.com/file/d/1cl16...
February 13, 2025 at 3:40 PM
Reposted by Sara Ricardez Hernandez, PhD
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Happy Birthday, Charles Darwin! 🎉

If he were around today, we bet he’d be naturally selecting VectorBuilder for all his genetic needs. 😉🧬

Join us in the gene delivery revolution: www.VectorBuilder.com

#DarwinsDay #VectorBuilder
February 12, 2025 at 5:08 PM
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International Day of Women and Girls in Science 🧪
This image is a promotional and motivational message for the International Day of Women and Girls in Science, which is celebrated on February 11th. The phrase in Spanish, "Las mujeres ya no lloran, las mujeres calculan, investigan y descubren" (translated as "Women no longer cry; women calculate, investigate, and discover"), is a strong statement emphasizing the role of women in STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics) based on a liric from a Shakira's song.
February 11, 2025 at 5:30 PM
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Day 2 of Valentine's Week! 💕 Send this card to the scientist or science lover who brings you as much joy as an experiment that works on the first try! 🔬🎉

Edit your genome today: www.vectorbuilder.com/products-ser...

You can also download the Valentine’s Card here: drive.google.com/file/d/1BURu...
February 11, 2025 at 5:26 PM
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unesco.org
Women make up only 35% of STEM graduates worldwide.

UNESCO encourages more women and girls to get involved in science education.

On #WomenInScience Day, let's amplify their voices!

www.unesco.org/en/days/wome...
February 11, 2025 at 10:58 AM
Reposted by Sara Ricardez Hernandez, PhD
who.int
Rosalind Franklin’s work in X-ray crystallography was key to uncovering DNA’s double-helix structure. In a field dominated by men, she not only excelled but also shattered stereotypes, demonstrating that women drive groundbreaking discoveries in science.

🔬 #WomenInScience #WomenInSTEM
Science and everyday life cannot and should not be separated.
February 11, 2025 at 10:15 AM
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who.int
Today is International Day of Women & Girls in Science.

Marie Curie, the first woman to win a Nobel Prize. Her contributions have left an indelible mark on the world of science & health & continue to inspire generations of scientists & innovators. 🔬 #WomenInScience #WomenInSTEM
Nothing in life is to be feared, it is only to be understood. Marie Curie, Physicist and chemist.
February 11, 2025 at 7:52 AM
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science.org
When asked to draw a scientist, school-age kids in the United States are increasingly sketching women, according to a study from 2018.

Read more on #WomenInScienceDay: https://scim.ag/4hOUuvx
SCIENCESHOTS What does a scientist look like? Children are drawing women more than ever before
February 11, 2025 at 5:10 PM
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You can also download the Valentine’s Card here: drive.google.com/file/d/1WY8n...
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February 10, 2025 at 5:37 PM
Reposted by Sara Ricardez Hernandez, PhD
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It's officially Valentine's Week! 💕 Send this card to the scientist or science lover who brings you as much joy as an experiment that works on the first try! 🔬🎉

Design your plasmid today: www.vectorbuilder.com/design.html
February 10, 2025 at 5:37 PM
Reposted by Sara Ricardez Hernandez, PhD
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If typos are annoying, genetic typos are the worst! 🙃

But fret not: CRISPR is making "find-and-replace" a reality—transforming gene research! Whether you’re editing genes in vitro or in vivo, having the right #CRISPR tools makes all the difference: www.vectorbuilder.com/products-ser... 🧬
January 13, 2025 at 7:49 PM
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broadinstitute.org
Nucleases — core components of CRISPR-based genome-editing therapies — can stimulate unwanted immune responses. Scientists have now engineered two #CRISPR nucleases to mask them from the immune system, paving the way for safer, more efficient gene therapies.

#Science
Scientists engineer CRISPR enzymes that evade the immune system
The new genome-editing tools could lead to safer, more efficient gene therapies.
www.broadinstitute.org
January 9, 2025 at 3:19 PM