WBG Consultant|WBG Africa Fellow '23|Developmental neuroscientist | Christian| Neuroscience PhD|UCBerkeley|🍊SU Alum ‘17| She/her/hers| McNair Alumni| 🇺🇸🇨🇲
Berkeley, CA
Joined March 2018
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Christiane W. Voufo retweeted
Job opening!
My lab at U of Illinois, Chicago is recruiting a research specialist/lab technician to study neurobiology of the retina and visual behavior. vlasitslab.org
Direct link to the position details and application:
uic.csod.com/ux/ats/careersi…
Apply by June 5!
ALT Text reads "We are hiring" over an image of neurons in the retina
Christiane W. Voufo retweeted
A call to action from Dr. Auer's paper: Greater investment in #GenomeEditing research & infrastructure is crucial for Africa's future. Let's make it happen! #InvestInScience #GEd
bit.ly/3xaufNV
Christiane W. Voufo retweeted
🎉 Exciting news! Our Genome Editing Coordinator, Dr. Thomas Auer (@tomtom_auer), has co-authored a transformative paper on #GenomeEditing in Africa. Let's make it a success story!
bit.ly/3xaufNV
🌍 #GEd #ScienceInAfrica
Christiane W. Voufo retweeted
I’m voting NO on the TikTok forced sale bill.
This bill was incredibly rushed, from committee to vote in 4 days, with little explanation.
There are serious antitrust and privacy questions here, and any national security concerns should be laid out to the public prior to a vote.
Christiane W. Voufo retweeted
The #RDNA3 assessment by the Government of #Ukraine, @WorldBank Group, @EU_Commission and @UN estimates that the total cost of reconstruction and recovery in Ukraine is $486 billion over the next decade.
Check the visuals here below and learn more: wrld.bg/Nmxz50QBO6k
Christiane W. Voufo retweeted
A failure to educate girls costs approximately $15 to $30 trillion in lifetime earnings for 12 ys of missed #education.
However, the solution is not only to get more girls into schools but into #STEM!
Insights by @CVoufo: wrld.bg/JG2Y50QzZHl
#WomenInScience #WomenInSTEM
ALT Free photo of toy robot, coding for kids, robotics, and children playing by Robo Wunderkind (@robowunderkind)
Christiane W. Voufo retweeted
👩🏾🔬 In most sub-Saharan African countries, women researchers are underrepresented across #STEM fields, especially engineering.
How can we reverse this trend? Read our 🆕 blog: wrld.bg/CBh650PQWNv
Christiane W. Voufo retweeted
#DYK? Today, at the @mEducation_A Members Day, our @WorldBank Global Director for #Education, Luis Benveniste highlighted the @WBedutech work and projects around the world and how #EdTech can unlock learning at scale thx to strategic partnerships.
ℹ️ wrld.bg/ibmK50PxIhv
Christiane W. Voufo retweeted
Discover Dr. Christiane Voufo, a Developmental Neuroscientist, who has made news recently as she just obtained a PhD in Neuroscience at the Helen Wills Neuroscience Institute, UC Berkeley.
🎉 🎉🎉 Congratulations Dr. Christiane Voufo we are proud of you.
@CVoufo
Christiane W. Voufo retweeted
Félicitations à Dr Christiane Voufo - la toute première femme noire à obtenir un PhD « The Helen Wills Neuroscience Institute at UC Berkeley » en Californie.
#Cameroon 🇨🇲
© : @CVoufo @UCBerkeleyNeuro @FellerMarla @berkeleyMCB @TCHIEGA_MBENGUE
I dared myself to dream, I dared myself to act, and I dared myself to rise to the occasion.
Yesterday, I had the great honor of being the student speaker at commencement. I was representing not only my home program, the Helen Wills Neuroscience Institut…lnkd.in/e_MwFQJT
Christiane W. Voufo retweeted
Celebrating with Dr. Voufo @CVoufo . And family. what a privilege for me and my lab,@UCBerkeleyNeuro and @berkeleyMCB to be part of her journey .
Today, I dare myself to be brave. As I get ready to stand on front of hundreds, to deliver a speech on a topic near and dear to me. lnkd.in/ekcnuWdi
Christiane W. Voufo retweeted
Spectacular!
Scientists have developed a two-photon fluorescence microscope coupled with adaptive optics, allowing in vivo imaging of the mouse retinal structure and function. elifesciences.org/articles/8…
ALT image stack from a mouse retina
I cannot wait to see more of this! More young women who come from where I come from, achieve goals most dare not even dream of. Congratulations again Marie Pelagie Elimbi Moudio. Well deserved! It’s only the beginning. lnkd.in/eN_TtMQQ
Christiane W. Voufo retweeted
Here's the link for the fully formatted version + some eye candy from Ben -- checkout doi.org/10.7554/eLife.81983 @eLife Congrats to all the authors @CVoufo @atiriac1 @AndyQuaen @RongshanYan and Ben Smith
It’s finally out!! My first first author paper has been published on eLife! I’m very proud of the work I’ve done with @atiriac1 @FellerMarla and @AndyQuaen. Special thanks to Ben Smith and @Rongshan_Yan for the added support! doi.org/10.7554/eLife.81983 @eLife
My paper is final out!
eLife recently published my manuscript looking at spontaneous activity (retinal waves) in the prenatal/embryonic mouse retina. This is the first paper that has extensively studied embryonic retinal waves and…lnkd.in/g-bmFdcM lnkd.in/gSa6DV7G
It’s finally out!! My first first author paper has been published on eLife! I’m very proud of the work I’ve done with @atiriac1 @FellerMarla and @AndyQuaen. Special thanks to Ben Smith and @Rongshan_Yan for the added support! doi.org/10.7554/eLife.81983 @eLife