@LickofScience

Southwest Virginia based science podcast • Connecting Community • Sharing Science @VTCSOP

 Roanoke, Virginia
biglickofscience.com/
Joined September 2019
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Roanoke! Join the Med Student Pride Alliance at @vtcsom this Thursday as we host our first out city council member Joe Cobb for a Meet & Greet at Starr Hill Brewery! 🙌🌈🍺
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🎉🎉🎉Congratulations Jeremy! vtx.vt.edu/articles/2022/03/…

NIH grant will fund graduate student’s study of human brain activity in alcohol use disorder

Jeremy Myslowski, a doctoral student working in the lab of Stephen LaConte at the Fralin Biomedical Research Institute at VTC, will use the award to study new ways to quantify severity of alcohol use...

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Don't miss our 9th annual Brain School this upcoming Monday, March 14 from 5 - 7 p.m.! #BrainAwarenessWeek Register to attend in-person, or watch the lectures on-demand: fbri.vtc.vt.edu/events/annua… vtx.vt.edu/articles/2022/03/…

Brain Awareness Week: Brain School

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New🔥preprint showcasing my latest work @michaelfoxlab! Here, we investigated the mechanism through which axons of excitatory cells interact with astrocytes to facilitate interneuron migration. 1/9
bioRxiv Neuroscience@biorxiv_neursci23 Feb 2022
Sonic hedgehog-dependent recruitment of GABAergic interneurons into the developing visual thalamus biorxiv.org/cgi/content/shor… #biorxiv_neursci
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Big Lick of Science@LickofScience15 Feb 2022
Do you ever feel frustrated when explaining your science to your family? Or maybe another scientist's explanation of their work left you baffled? We sat down with @VT_ACT about being effective science communicators! abiglickofscience.libsyn.com…
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Tomorrow at 2:30 p.m., @virginia_tech students will pitch biomedical commercialization ideas to a “shark tank”-style panel of judges during our annual Health Sciences and Technology Hokie Pitch! Tune in via our website: fbri.vtc.vt.edu/events/acade…
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New paper on astrocytes published! In this article, we show that astrocytes in visual thalamus are functionally and morphologically mature prior to experience-dependent visual activity and eye-opening #astrocytes doi.org/10.1002/cne.25261
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Come to the Main Library branch downtown! We will be here until 3 p.m. - Meet scientists 👩🏻‍🔬 - Extract DNA 🧬 - Look at brains and cells 🔬 - Mix chemicals 🧪 - And culture your own bacteria 🧫 #WelcomingRoanoke
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ResearchAmerica
@ResearchAmerica19 Feb 2021
On Feb. 25 at 1pm ET, @NHCouncil's Dr. Eleanor Perfetto will lead a panel on #COVID19 treatments. Featuring: -Dr. Rajesh T. Gandhi @harvardmed -Dr. James L. Madara @AmerMedicalAssn -Denise Brooks-Williams @HenryFordNews -Dr. Michael Ybarra @PhRMA Join: bit.ly/3q58Kpj
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Ubadah Sabbagh
@neubadah20 Oct 2020
I wrote for @SfNtweets in @NeuronlineSfN about the strategy I used, and that others can use as well, to advocate for social change using social media. In this case, a national campaign against attacks on international scholars here on student or work visas. Link below👇
kaela@kss_phd20 Oct 2020
Say what you will about his tastebuds but @neubadah is one hell of a scientist & advocate/ally/friend. As usual he’s dropping gems to help us do better about using our platforms/voice for social change 👇🏾🖤🤩 neuronline.sfn.org/advocacy/…

Advocating for Social Change as a Neuroscientist on Social Media

It should be clear to us by now that science is done by actual people whose intersectional identities, and the social challenges and trauma that come with them, don’t disappear when they enter the...

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The Nobel Prize
@NobelPrize6 Oct 2020
“I hope I can inspire other young women into the field. It’s a field that has so many pleasures, and if you are passionate about the science, there’s so much that can be done.” - Andrea Ghez speaking at today’s press conference where her #NobelPrize in Physics was announced.
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The Nobel Prize
@NobelPrize5 Oct 2020
BREAKING NEWS: The 2020 #NobelPrize in Physiology or Medicine has been awarded jointly to Harvey J. Alter, Michael Houghton and Charles M. Rice “for the discovery of Hepatitis C virus.”
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Dr. Leanna Blevins@1eannaBlevins27 Sep 2020
So proud of the most recent @LickofScience podcast & thankful for the thoughtful leadership of @RachanaDSomaiya & @paras_a_patel as they pivot to tell untold stories, not as a temporary response to societal unrest, but as an intentional purposeful mission! @VT_TBMH students rock! – at Salem, VA
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Black In Neuro 🧠@BlackInNeuro27 Jul 2020
Are ya'll following along with all of this #BlackInNeuroWeek magic? ✨ Friendly reminder: The hashtag for today is #BlackNeuroRollCall (Black Neuro Roll Call as one word) Let's keep those intros rolling in! 📣
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ResearchAmerica
@ResearchAmerica23 Jul 2020
Check out @LickofScience's, a @ResearchAmerica micrograntee, latest podcast discussing the history of #pandemics and #coronavirus!
Big Lick of Science@LickofScience23 Jul 2020
There was an issue with the podcast upload yesterday but it is fixed! Let's learn about viruses and pandemics along with our hosts today!
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Ubadah Sabbagh
@neubadah14 Jul 2020
HUGE NEWS-the govt has rescinded its ICE directive AKA #studentban Congrats to the advocates & thanks to the university who quickly took legal action to oppose this All those resources mobilized across the country, all those students' lives clouded w/ anxiety & despair. Cruelty
Greg Siskind
@gsiskind14 Jul 2020
Replying to @gsiskind
Breaking - GOVT IS RESCINDING
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Rae@rae_padget13 Jul 2020
I've neve written a letter to the editor of a newspaper before, but thank you @KCStar for letting me voice my concerns for our nation's international students health and safety google.com/amp/s/amp.kansasc…
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Ubadah Sabbagh
@neubadah25 Jun 2020
In the @washingtonpost, I write about the recent move to suspend visas programs that attract foreign talent America needs. They create jobs, do ground breaking science, and enrich our society and culture. We should be welcoming them, not turning them away. washingtonpost.com/opinions/…

Opinion | Science is better when we open our doors to immigrants

The Trump administration is ending visa programs under the pretense of saving jobs for the American worker. This move will be catastrophic to the U.S. scientific enterprise.

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Ubadah Sabbagh
@neubadah24 Jun 2020
Neuroscientists at all levels should definitely register and attend this! Especially those who aren’t Black or URM. Please share with your departments. @OpenAcademics #AcademicChatter
kaela@kss_phd24 Jun 2020
.@SfNtweets is hosting some of my ABSOLUTE favs including @PhDeez and @DrNiiAddy to discuss Black Lives Matter and Neuroscience register below!neuronline.sfn.org/diversity…
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Ubadah Sabbagh
@neubadah23 Jun 2020
Academics, we can walk & chew gum at the same time. Our Black colleagues still face #BlackintheIvory systemic racism at our institutions, work to reform that shdn’t be derailed Intl students & immigrant scientists need support now too. Particularly from leadership VP and higher.
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