Born and raised on the island of 🇻🇨, Mom to the worlds 3 greatest sons, Science nerd, 🇺🇸Veteran, knitter, sometimes runner, Disney lover. Tweets are my own.

Bremerton, Washington
Joined April 2009
So thankful to my leadership for nominating me. Thank you. #blackinneuro
Read the @CellCellPress resource from #FacesOfCell Dr. Delissa McMillen (@Delissa76): “A taxonomy of transcriptomic cell types across the isocortex and hippocampal formation” cell.com/cell/fulltext/S0092…
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“Sometimes you have to talk to the instruments or yell at them, and it’s much easier when they have names.” Have you named your lab instruments? Get some inspiration in this lighthearted article by @metricausa for @naturemethods. 🔗 nature.com/articles/s41592-0…
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Sydney Floryanzia is a neuroengineer & science communicator✨ As a current PhD candidate at UW, her research investigates models for therapeutic particles to cross the Blood-Brain-Barrier to treat brain diseases 🧠 She’s also passionate about making STEM fun to learn for kids💞
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We honor our Black and African American communities, cultures, and history. Join us this month in celebrating Black History Month on Sesame Street. 💛💚
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Happy Black History Month ✊🏾. This month, as we do every month, we celebrate Black history and all the many accomplishments our people have made inside and outside of science. We are all Black history yall. We love our community and wish you all joy and peace 🖤
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Dr. Bianca Jones Marlin is an @HHMINEWS Freeman Hrabowski Scholar & Assistant Professor at Columbia University 🧠 The Marlin Lab researches transgenerational epigenetic inheritance (how parents' lived experiences change the brains of future offspring) 🧬🐭 #BlackInNeuro
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I did a little reading in 2024. Now to set my 2025 reading goal. If only journal articles counted.
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The Next Generation Leaders program at the Allen Institute recognizes and supports emerging and diverse early career researchers in bioscience. We are happy to announce the 2024 cohort: alleninstitute.org/news/alle…
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Join us this Thu., Nov. 14 for a deep dive into the range of -omics tool our immunology teams are using to deeply profile the human immune system. 📆 Nov. 14, 10am PT 💻 Virtual 🎟️ RSVP at labroots.com/ms/webinar/huma… 📼 Register to be alerted when recording is available. @labroots
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#AtAllenInstitute, we're honored to work alongside those who have served in our armed forces. This #VeteransDay and every day, we thank you. Pictured: @Delissa76 (@usarmy, @usairforce National Guard), David Liu (U.S. Army), Albert Glen (U.S. Army)
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This right here 👇🏾 “This country does not deserve Black women.”
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I am tired. I will no longer fight for those who will willingly sacrifice me and my children. People should understand you can’t say you support or love me then vote for someone who doesn’t value my existence.
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Normally our lab runs like a well oiled machine. Then something happens like a power outage. In these moments of chaos I think the #spatialtranscriptomics team shows that they can solve any problem with a little ingenuity and teamwork.
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One of the values @AllenInstitute is Creativity. Last week we had a power outage and we also lost vacuum. We did have a small amount of standby power. We still had one sample to start imaging. Our SOP uses a vacuum to sample prep. Listen to what Josh did.
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Happy birthday, @MeCookieMonster! We brought you some cookies to celebrate! 🍪🍪🍪🍪🍪🍪🍪🍪🍪🍪 #HappyBirthdayCookieMonster
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How does a cells go from histology lab to the Allen Brain Cell (ABC) Atlas? On Oct. 30, hear from the experts during a live webinar showing the behind-the-scenes of our spatial transcriptomics experimental pipeline. 📆 Oct. 30, 9am Pacific 📍 Online alleninstitute.org/events/ce…
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I’m packing some goodies for #SfN24
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Thank you for everything, James. A statement from George Lucas and Lucasfilm: strw.rs/6002W5kU8
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We will #NeverForget. Today, we hug loved ones a little tighter and know that we are always stronger together. ❤️
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