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University of Pittsburgh Biomedical Graduate Student Association. Student gov't representing School of Medicine graduate students. FB: https://teapawt.org/t.co/CxEZBzJtbp

 Pittsburgh, PA
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Joined February 2016
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Join the GPSG this Friday for a night of ice skating at the iconic PPG Place outdoor ice rink. $7 admission includes admission, skate rental, and food. facebook.com/events/25260594…
GPSG Spring Semester Kick Off

GPSG Spring Semester Kick Off

Other event in Pittsburgh, PA by PITT GPSG on Friday, January 11 2019 with 152 people interested and 25 people going.

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Come celebrate the end of the semester at our Winter Happy Hour! We'll have free drinks and appetizers available this Friday December 7th from 7:30-9:30pm at the Thirsty Scholar.
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Proud to receive the Pitt BGSA Distinguished Mentor Award - deep thanks to all the students, postdocs, fellows who have traveled through Lee-Oesterreich Lab #mentoring @PittTweet @UPMCnews @Magee_Womens @PittBGSA @PittGradStudies #H2P leeoesterreich.org/bgsa-symp…
BGSA Symposium featuring Dr. Adrian Lee for the Distinguished Mentor Award! - Lee/Oesterreich...

BGSA Symposium featuring Dr. Adrian Lee for the Distinguished Mentor Award! - Lee/Oesterreich...

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How can being a rock climber (or a baker, or a stand-up comedian, or...) make you a better researcher? Scientists share their thoughts (and their hobbies) in the latest #NextGenSci: scim.ag/2zcJDuK
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We just unveiled our statue of the “father of transplantation,” Thomas Starzl. His pioneering work at Pitt has saved thousands of lives. Learn more: bit.ly/2KiyJbo
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#Pitt’s Thanos Tzounopoulos delivering Provost’s Inaugural Lecture “Understanding & Treating #Tinnitus: From Ion Channels to #PrecisionMedicine,” today 4PM, Lecture Rm 6, Scaife Hall. Here’s our award-winning 2013 podcast on his work. bit.ly/2kBWHQn
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#OnThisDay in 1953, James Watson and Francis Crick published a paper describing the structure of DNA for the first time. Nature presents a digital version for readers to enjoy go.nature.com/2qWQkus
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One week left to get Spring Fling tickets for 4-20 at Rivers Casino! 4 drinks, unlimited apps, $10 complimentary casino play — all for $15! You can buy one non-Pitt guest ticket using your Pitt email. Tickets at: fling2018.eventbrite.com! #pittgpsg
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Need extra caffeine to get you through #finalsweek? We've got you covered in Hillman -- starting this week, get a free coffee/tea in the AM/PM! #freecoffee #caffeine #finals #passallthefinals #Goodluck #hillmanlibrary #libraries
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How does false news spread on Twitter? Read the research in a new Science study: scim.ag/2DazThs
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Join @WIBPittsburgh for panel discussion on challenges women face in boardrooms & how we can promote for #inclusive #boardrooms womeninbio.org/events/EventD… #PressforProgress #womeninscience #womenshistorymonth @PittInnovates @2020WOB @PghLifeSciences @PittHealthSci
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A strain of Staphylococcus found on our skin produces a compound that appears to halt the growth of tumors: scim.ag/2CP7vRT @ScienceAdvances
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Congrats to Nicole and Ashley in the lab and their MONSTER paper published today in @CellReports studying how the TCR directly alters glycolytic flux, LDH activity, and consequent cytokine synthesis! #GMD cell.com/cell-reports/fullte…
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"Being an independent scientist doesn’t require me to do everything on my own." This week's Working Life: scim.ag/2CeUyVN
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Congrats to Larry and Lyndsay! #PMIresearch teapawt.org/whiskeyboy/status/9660…
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Our latest paper on Tim-3 and T cells is out today! pnas.org/content/early/2018/… Great work, Lyndsay! @Pitt_PMI

Tim-3 co-stimulation promotes short-lived effector T cells, restricts memory precursors, and is...

Tim-3 is highly expressed on a subset of T cells during T cell exhaustion in settings of chronic viral infection and tumors. Using lymphocytic chor...

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Thinking of moving to #Pittsburgh for graduate school? Here is a link to all of the great things about living here! coolpgh.pitt.edu
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@Nature18 Dec 2017
A giant iceberg, a quantum-entanglement experiment and the death of a spacecraft are among the science events that shaped 2017 go.nature.com/2yTLpeQ
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Speak up & succeed! Join our webinar Jan 24th to learn how to find your voice & use it to deliver IMPACT! womeninbio.org/events/EventD… #webinar #leadership #womenleaders
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@Nature19 Apr 2017
A protein found in young human blood has been shown to improve brain function in old mice for the first time: go.nature.com/2onqzAc
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A 'river' in the fog leads right to the Monongahela River in #Pittsburgh as golden morning light floods the Steel City in this aerial view
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