Biochemist, Studies Viruses, and Passionate about Training the Next Generation of Underrepresented Scientists. Tweets are my own.
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The deadline for our ENVIT Summer Research Program has been extended till Feb 19, 2025.
Please spread the word and share among your students, fellows and colleagues about this exciting opportunity. 1/3
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Saying good luck to all the new residents starting this week, especially our recent Meharry graduates! You’re beginning an exciting, challenging, and deeply meaningful chapter in your medical journey.
Residency will test you, but Meharry has prepared you.
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A new collaborative study from a team led by Tiffany Caza, M.D., renal pathologist at @arkanalabs, and Dorin Bogdan Borza, Ph.D., an Associate Professor at @MeharryMedical, has been published in @Kidney_Int, the leading journal in kidney research.
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Rural America is hungry. Is Congress about to make that worse? wapo.st/3REZjMU
NIH Grants Fueled $95 Billion In FY 2024 Economic Activity, Finds New Report via @forbes forbes.com/sites/michaeltnie…
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Mature #HIV-1 contains >2000 copies of “spacer peptide 2”, but we didn’t know why. We now see that SP2 binds the matrix protein and triggers the change into its mature arrangement. Summary video from @MargotRiggi :
Hope @elonmusk and @JDVance seriously consider Timothy Carney's (from Washington Examiner) wonderful suggestion.
Forget ‘return to office,’ Mr. President. That’s no way to fix a baby bust. wapo.st/3F033Wj
Program Benefits Include:
1. Paid Summer Research Experience.
2. Didactic and hands-on training in virology research. 3. Mentored research training in the laboratory of highly accomplished investigators at Meharry and Vanderbilt. 2/3
We are excited to announce that our “Enhancing Virology Training (ENVIT) through Summer Research” Program is open to applicants for the summer of 2025. Participants must be currently enrolled in medical school, dental school, or a PhD graduate program.
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Program Benefits Include:
1. Paid Summer Research Experience.
2. Didactic and hands-on training in virology research.
3. Mentored research training in the laboratory of highly accomplished investigators at Meharry and Vanderbilt.
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4. Participate in weekly research seminar series.
5. Improve interview and presentation skills.
6. Training in critical thinking.
7. Interact with faculty and students at Meharry and Vanderbilt.
8. Attend local & national scientific meetings.
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Proud to be a Meharrian.
CBS Evening News “Eye on America” looks @MeharryMedical’s role among the four HBCU health science centers, and the personal experience of Meharry’s own Dr. Dontal Johnson as part of their story addressing the U.S. shortage of Black physicians.
Check out our latest paper entitled "Cyclophilin A Facilitates HIV-1 Integration." published in the Journal of Virology @ASMicrobiology.
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In the spring of 1941, amidst WWII, one Indian woman boarded a "whites-only" section on a train in the American South. A ticket collector ordered her to move, but what followed was nothing short of remarkable.
Thread.
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We are excited for @MeharryMedical’s White Coat Ceremony on Friday, August 16 starting at 10 a.m. Watch on ‘MeharryTube’ as we celebrate the next generation of healthcare professionals taking their first steps in the journey to care and serve. youtube.com/@meharrytube?si=…
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Today, @BloombergDotOrg announced the largest-ever gift to @cdrewu, @HowardU College of Medicine, @MeharryMedical, & @MSMEDU. I’m proud to stand with their presidents as they work to educate the next generation of Black doctors.