Beyonce lover. Scientist. Don't be surprised. Changing the future one student at a time. #Nicholaslab @UCIBioSci
Irvine, CA
Joined December 2025
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Introducing myself since I'm starting my account from scratch. I love science. I love my students and I love baking. My lab studies how the immune system can be targeted to improve diabetes and polycystic ovary syndrome. My family is everything to me.. and my lab is also family.
My 5yo called me out 2x this morning.
1st..Mommy squeeze this ball since you are stressed.
2nd..Mommy, you just did a grandma run!
Apparently I'm stressed and old 😞
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I’m honored to be welcomed into @theNAMedicine. I share this recognition with all the students, postdocs, and colleagues in my lab. Your curiosity, hard work, and fearlessness in tackling big questions have driven everything we have achieved. Thank you.
#NAMmtg
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Gave my tenure talk today. The #Nicholaslab really made this milestone memorable. Everyone wrote their lab shirts and #pink my #fav They even had a mini salon in lab to give ppl pink hair extensions #bestdayever I love my team
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Endocrine Society Joins Leading Women’s Health Organizations to Endorse National Strategy to Close the Women’s Health Gap endocrinenews.endocrine.org/…
Just submitted the title for my tenure talk on 10/16. Creating a title that encompasses what the last 5 years has been was a task.
"Immunoendocrinology: The Impact of Intersecting Immunology, Metabolism, and Reproduction"
The UC PPFP Fall meeting is one of my favorite professional development events I volunteer at each year. We did a CV workshop. Major points for any CV
1. Things are easy to find. This means clean, aligned, consistent formatting, use of white space and headers
1/2
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🧬🔬 How do I pick a research laboratory in graduate school and choose the right research advisor?
Científico Latino Academy's Graduate Student Webinar Series presents: "Choosing a Rotation Laboratory"
📅 Tuesday, September 29h at 12pm ET
This panel brings together doctoral students and a faculty principal investigator to share their experiences and strategies for choosing a rotation laboratory in graduate school.
Panelists will discuss how they identified labs to rotate in, how they evaluated mentorship style, lab culture, and funding stability during a rotation, and how they decided whether to join a lab including what a PI looks for in a strong student-lab match.
🔗 Register here: eventbrite.com/e/choosing-a-…
#CientificoLatino #CLAcademy
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The @Neal_Lab is hiring a postdoctoral fellow to lead exciting structural and biophysical studies of membrane protein quality control!
Competitive HHMI-scale salary + cutting-edge science + a genuinely wonderful and supportive lab culture.
Please share widely with anyone who might be interested!
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🎓 Starting graduate school in the sciences this Fall 2026? Not sure what to expect in your first year? You’re not alone and our GSMI alumni are here to help.
Científico Latino Academy's Graduate Student Webinar Series presents:
"What to Expect in Your First Year of Graduate School"
📅 Thursday, September 17th at 12.30pm ET
Whether you’re navigating research, adjusting to the academic culture, or want to learn about work-life balance in graduate school, this session will provide insights from current grad students.
🔗 Register here: eventbrite.com/e/how-to-navi…
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Me driving at 2 30 am so that I don't stop at a rest area and get murdered:
An odyssey to get to @unevadareno to give a talk. Delayed flight. Missed connection. Rented a car and drove 4 hrs to arrive at 3 30 am. Crazy but worth it! Fantastic students, amazing questions and new colleagues and collaborations. 10/10. Thank you for being such great hosts.
An odyssey to get to @unevadareno to give a talk. Delayed flight. Missed connection. Rented a car and drove 4 hrs to arrive at 3 30 am. Crazy but worth it! Fantastic students, amazing questions and new colleagues and collaborations. 10/10. Thank you for being such great hosts.
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🎓Got a faculty interview coming up?
4 professors break down what to expect — the job talk, back-to-back one-on-ones, group meals, and the Q&A that can make or break it.
🔗 bit.ly/4wQlm5s
#AcademicChatter #AcademicJobs
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This is the second time this year I will present a project the day after it was desk rejected. Puts you in a weird frame of mind...but we March on
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Congrats Miranda, Taekyung and @HosungBae! Hosung just opened his lab at U Iowa. Please apply for a postdoc position!
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Congrats to @HosungBae and @cholsoon_jang for this fantastic work. Super excited to read it in its published format. :)
I’m proud to share that our intestinal fructose metabolism paper has finally been published! I feel incredibly fortunate to have worked and guided talented trainees in the lab as a co-corresponding author! science.org/doi/10.1126/scia…