Liezel Labios
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Retired my smurf-blue, flame-retardant labcoat to write about engineering research for the general public. Sustainable gardener on the side. Opinions are mine.
San Diego, CA
Joined January 2015
Exciting to see the work of @UCSanDiego spinout company, Navega Therapeutics (co-founded by bioeng prof @prashantgmali & PhD alumna Ana Moreno), mentioned in this @WIRED article. Also a great explainer on epigenetic editing by @emilylmullin!
wired.com
Instead of deleting genes, epigenetic editing modulates their activity. A new paper tests if it’s able to undo a genetic effect of early alcohol exposure.
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👏👏👏!!!
BREAKING NEWS: The Norwegian Nobel Committee has decided to award the 2021 Nobel Peace Prize to Maria Ressa and Dmitry Muratov for their efforts to safeguard freedom of expression, which is a precondition for democracy and lasting peace. #NobelPrize #NobelPeacePrize
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Never a dull moment in #SciComm. I wrote a story in 2015 about tech to remove drug-delivery nanoparticles from blood. Now, I'm getting calls & emails from a bunch of folks pleading for help to get rid of infestations of nanoparticles in their bodies, homes, even telephone lines.
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It's like they know me!🤣 Requiring people to be in the office can drive out innovation. For many, this isn't a great fit (i.e. those who have caregiving responsibilities; are shy; are productive at odd hours; or were excluded from golf games/happy hours)
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One of the perks of working from home with my baby is that I've overcome a lot of my writer's block when putting baby to sleep. Now I just need a BCI to type down all these thoughts for me while baby is asleep and so I don't forget them by the time I get back to my desk.
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"For so long, I have been the one to defer to the ideas, expertise, importance of others...But I realize that’s the problem: I am always waiting my turn to be important...we are always waiting our turn to be important." Right on target, @lucy_feldman
time.com
'This is the movie that does not end, the ball of snow growing bigger as it rolls down the hill,' writes Lucy Feldman
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Wondering why @EurekAlert doesn't auto-fill PIO contact info when submitting news releases. It would save me about 40 keystrokes each time (and more for those with longer names/emails).
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And then there's the other group of people who do things that make my heart sad...and angry. People say stuff like this doesn't define America. But the sad reality is, it actually does...
Attack on elderly Filipino woman on San Diego trolley. SDPD said that a suspect was arrested last week for assault with a deadly weapon with an elder abuse enhancement.
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One of the funnest parts of putting together video is working with awesome grad students (and picking out the sound track). Big shout out to Juliane Sempionatto (@JSempionatto), Muyang Lin (@JackLin62608901) and Lu Yin (@YinLu_CLT)!
Nanoengineering PhD students @JSempionatto, @JackLin62608901 and @YinLu_CLT share their latest work on an all-in-one health-monitoring skin patch, and their experience collaborating at the @UCSanDiego Center for Wearable Sensors.
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My #CovidChristmas album🎄: 1. I'll Stay Home For Christmas 2. Baby, It's Safer Outside 3. Vent The Halls 4. I Saw Mommy Social Distancing With Santa Claus 5. Masked Christmas (by Wham!) 6. All I Want for Christmas Is You...To Get Vaccinated 7. The Twelve Days of Quarantine
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“Science was on the ballot and this means that a significant portion of America doesn’t want science." One of the many reasons this election has been pretty depressing already. Is this really the country we live in? https://t.co/YDyvGNj6cz
statnews.com
After Tuesday night, public health officials are grappling with what feels like a rejection of their message.
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A fun part of the job is seeing stories of the researchers I work with on the air. Thanks to @10NewsAarons for making it happen!
Further development of a nanosponge therapy for sepsis, originating from @liangfangzhang's lab @UCSanDiego, is made possible thanks to a $15M award from Boston-based accelerator @CARB_X. More in this ABC @10News segment by @10NewsAarons:
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Hubby & I were taking a walk (BTW, we are Asian-Americans, I'm 9 months preggo). Keeping our social distance from others, a man (elderly, white) passed by saying in a snarky tone, "You gonna name your kid COVID?" Did we just experience #COVID19-fueled anti-Asian racism?
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...they'd like to put more time into teaching & service/outreach, they must hold off and focus on research because that's what carries most weight on the tenure file. That breaks my heart. Institutions, please realize the ramifications of touting research > teaching & service.
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Later as a grad student, I gained more insight into just how low undergrads really are on most professors' radar. And while there are professors who do put teaching and service on par with research, they are unfortunately the minority. I've heard several express that as much as..
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...confident that I truly learned the material were taught not by research professors, but by one of the university's senior lecturers & a visiting lecturer from a nearby state college. 2 courses of actual learning out of about 48 total! Talk about an expensive education.
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...are mostly taught by professors whose main purpose at said prestigious institutions isn't teaching (or in other words, actually educating their students in the material). My undergrad experience at such an institution was just that. The TWO courses in which I actually felt...
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