Alexandra Kahn 🦠🧬🌿
@alexzebra321
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Postdoc @ESPM_Berkeley researching plant pathogen evolution & ceramicist
Berkeley, CA
Joined May 2014
Using DNA from a 120-year-old preserved plant sample, researchers reconstructed how a common plant disease that causes more than $100 million in losses per year in California alone spread across the state. Read more: https://t.co/aprElGD4A6
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I'm thrilled to share our paper that just got published in @CurrentBiology "Century-old herbarium specimen provides insights into Pierce’s disease of grapevines emergence in the Americas" Check it out for a foray into epidemiology and CA wine history https://t.co/K4wjemqCTz
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Researchers from the @UCBerkeley lab of Professor Rodrigo Almeida used bacterial DNA from a 120-year-old herbarium specimen to reconstruct the history of how Pierce’s disease—which causes more than $100 million in losses a year—spread across California. https://t.co/jsSaIv9EU6
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Feb 26 BAEEID: SF Bay Area scientists studying the ecology & evolution of infectious diseases https://t.co/HY7bjl2TK9
@DiseaseEcology @Andeswei @sophiezoo @chipdelmal @graham_northrup @malar0ne @QinqinYu @jladau @NickJewell @alexzebra321 @MonicaDonegan3 @evisher @kate_lagerstrom
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Congratulations to @ESPM_Berkeley professors Rodrigo Almeida and Paolo D'Odorico on being elected fellows of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (@aaas)! Learn more about their work and other awardees here:
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We're thrilled to announce our upcoming 10th annual Beyond Academia Conference February 24th-25th. Join us for two days of fabulous keynote speakers, panels, and workshops. Registration is now open at: https://t.co/rtDc1qIRvf
#PhDChat #STEM #HSS #Museum #PhD #beyondac22 #phdlife
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A new tool created by ESPM faculty & students aims to support instructors in developing #anti-racist approaches to course design and teaching. https://t.co/qroLZ4F2QD
@UCBerkeley @benjaminblonder @bowleslab @ManuGiro @trevorkeenan @MJMascarenhas @alexzebra321 @prettynwhitty
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9/25 - Nicole Jackson (@wildlifegirl09) from @BlackInNPsWeek; Mani Garcia (@manithegarcia) from @BlackInMH #blackinmentalhealthweek; Jessica Newton from Vibe Tribe Adventures (@AdventuresTribe); Dana Fletcher (@danafletch_) from @eyuorg; Mabari Byrd from @DearBlackFather
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We have raised over $7,000 for this scholarship for #Black and #Indigenous scholars. HELP US OUT and share this. If there is one thing you do during #BlackMammalogists Week, it should be promoting this fundraiser to make a lasting change.
gofundme.com
Black Mammalogists Week was created in 2020 to provide opportunities fo… Christine Wilkinson needs your support for Black Mammalogists Week BIPOC Scholarship
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Let's hear you: what's your favorite misunderstood or misrepresented mammal? #MisunderstoodMammal #BlackMammalogists
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Today is the kickoff of #BlackMammalogists Week , in partnership with @Mammalogists and @InsideNatGeo , with live streams hosted by @smrtgrls ! We are so excited to have these amazing partners and support. Here we go...!
Please join us as we celebrate this week of mammals and the work of our Black colleagues and the mammals that they study. For more information please visit https://t.co/L8D4a6NISy and follow @BlkMammalogists
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#ScholarStrike needs to be trending, y’all! The fact that it’s not yet trending is alarming. #AcademicTwitter community, we need to do better.
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Let’s discuss #AtmosphereSoWhite. This is a discussion so feel free to reply and quote any questions on this thread. We just ask that folks (non-black allies) are sensitive to stories and conversations that come from this.
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YouTube, teach-in resource: Dr. Osamudia James (@ProfOsamudiaJ): The link between racist, anti-black policing and racist, anti-black education Keywords: law, policing, education #ScholarStrike
https://t.co/JL4zH1gweQ
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As we in @ESPM_Berkeley are working to diversify our syllabi, be sure to @EEB_POC with your papers if you self identify as BIPOC
Hi 👋🏽 we're @EEB_POC. Papers of Color. We re-tweet EEB research papers written by scientists who are Black, Indigenous, and people of color. Do @ us, we're here, we'll quickly check you're self-submitting and re-tweet.
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Between 1975 and 2020 (45 years!) we have moved the percentage of Black faculty from 4.4 to 5.7. A whole 1.3% in 45 yrs. Pro Tip: Diversity statements don’t hire Black faculty, pushing back against Whiteness and systemic racism does! #HireBlackfaculty #BlackLivesMatter
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“this moment we’re witnessing across the country is not about White feelings. It is about the constant trauma, historic pain, and dehumanization that Black people experience” — Jasmine Roberts on dismantling white supremacy in academia
link.medium.com
Higher education has a problem. It’s called White supremacy.
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So proud of the work from the ESPM GDC this past week when things are loud, but also in all the quiet times when nobody seems to be paying attention. #BlackLivesMatter #Berkeley #BlackInSTEM #BlackInTheIvoryTower
@ESPM_Berkeley @UCBerkeley
As we continue to grieve the lives lost to police brutality and racism (Breonna Taylor, George Floyd, Ahmaud Arbery, Tony McDade, & more), with the leadership of @kenleecalhoun & @prettynwhitty several of us ask @ESPM_Berkeley to take anti-racist actions bc words are not enough.
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It is an affront that Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu, under pressure from President Trump, would deny entry to representatives of the U.S. government. My full statement:
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