Dr. Bianca Jones Marlin
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Neuroscientist • Marlin Lab @ZuckermanBrain @Columbia • Mom & Beau ✨• Science that serves humanity 🤍
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Amidst a hard time in the world, this is our joy to share:
The Marlin Lab 2023 Year in Review is here 📷
Last year, I watched our team flourish -- standing by our motto of “Ambition and meticulous, radical and rigorous, science.”
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Today was my first lecture ever as a Professor.
This was my first slide as a Professor.
Profess...or.
Image: kellywelshstudio
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I’m Dr. Bianca Jones Marlin. I start my lab
@Columbia
next year.
I study how traumatic memories live on in future generations. 🧬
I’m Team:
🐭, ephys, in-vivo whole cell, 2-photon, lightsheet🔬, iDisco, epigenetics, & ALWAYS behavior!
#BlackInNeuroWeek
#BlackNeuroRollCall
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Impactful time to announce:
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I will be starting my independent research lab
@Columbia
&
@ZuckermanBrain
in the departments of Psychology
@ColumbiaPSYC
& Neuroscience.
#MarlinLab
✨
This is
@bjmarlin
who will start her faculty position next January
@Columbia
and
@ZuckermanBrain
showing true leadership and reaching out to others. Thank you Bianca! Your science and your voice make a difference. Every day.
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🗣️
#BlackInNeuroRollCall
#BiNW22
I’m Bianca Jones Marlin, PhD! ✨The Marlin Lab
@ZuckermanBrain
@Columbia
studies the neuroscience of parenthood — how parenthood changes the brain & how brain changes from stress are inherited. I also serve on the
@BlackInNeuro
Advisory Board!🧠
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“We recognize that Nature is one of the white institutions that is responsible for bias in research and scholarship. The enterprise of science has been — and remains — complicit in systemic racism” -
@nature
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Wow. This lightens the load on my heart. ✨🙏🏾✨
We recognize that Nature is one of the white institutions that is responsible for bias in research and scholarship. We commit to working to end anti-Black practices in research.
#ShutdownStem
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And we're out! 👏🏿 Marlin Lab's 1st annual Sabbatical week.
A week at the end of the summer where I kick everyone out of lab to rest &/or do something fun.
The goal: Recreation for Re-creation. Take a breather & reset before starting a new academic year 💆🏿🪁🧘🏿⛳️🏄🏿📚
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The Marlin Lab turned 1! In celebration, we present the 2021 Marlin Lab Wrapped 🧵
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@thetracysimone
The “self-advocacy in the form of a sweatshirt” struggle is real. I feel guilty using my ivy name to get ANYTHING. But when they see your ID and your health care CHANGES!?!? It turns from guilt -> anger -> sadness. Hopefully health care professionals reading this with share.
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Honored to be named the new Herbert and Florence Irving Assistant Professor of Cell Research at
@Columbia
's
@ZuckermanBrain
Institute & to have the opportunity to continue advancing our understanding of the relationship between innate and learned behaviors.
Congratulations to
@bjmarlin
! She was named a Herbert and Florence Irving Assistant Professor of Cell Research at the
@ZuckermanBrain
today, celebrated for her work on inherited factors that switch genes on and off: a new frontier for cancer research.
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Honored to be chosen as an
@AllenInstitute
Next Generation Scholar
Meet our 2020 cohort of Next Generation Leaders. “These advisors are really the rising leaders in their fields." —
@sejdevries
Now in its seventh year, early-career scientists in this program help to advise our
#neuroscience
research efforts.
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Full of Joy,
#FHScholars
@HHMNews
!
It is a high honor to be recognized under the mission of Dr. Freeman Hrabowski and the alongside the mastery that represents HHMI.
I sincerely thank you for supporting and elevating the work we do.
HHMI is proud to announce our inaugural class of Freeman Hrabowski Scholars, outstanding early career faculty in science who have potential to become leaders in their research fields and to create diverse and inclusive lab environments. 1/3
#FHScholars
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My littles, my hubby, my city.
#Mother
#Wifey
#DrsMarlin
#NewYorker
#BlackJoyInNeuro
#BlackInNeuroWeek
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I pray that ALL NON-BLACK people who have been asked to serve on a DEI committee this year have signed into
#blackinneuro
#neuroracism
panel.
This is an opportunity to learn things you may not know so you can make real changes in your institutes.
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Sensing stress across generations: How fear changes olfaction in parents and their offspring 🧬
A Marlin Lab Preprint 🎤
✨ By
@ClaraLiff
@YasmineAyman20
@ECBJaeger
@Hudsonsklee
#AlexisKim
@bjmarlin
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Happy Loving Day from The Drs. Marlin.
10 years of marriage 💍
My support, my blessing, my loving partner in this thing called life 🤍
Thankful for those who risked their life for love, and for us ✨
#LovingDay2023
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Simply divine. Thank you
@salkinstitute
for an amazing visit. You inspired me to reconsider the role of methyls🧬 in this crazy game of epigenetics!
🙏🏾
@kaymtye
lab and trainees of Salk. Speaking w/you reminds me the future of brainsci is💥 & of what we can accomplish together.
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I am one of
@PopSci
“The Brilliant 10✨” class of 2021!
Thank you
#TheMarlinLab
🧬 for your brilliance, & 🙏🏾 to
#PopSci
for sharing science with the world.
Bianca Jones Marlin (
@bjmarlin
) studies a unique sliver of epigenetics at Columbia’s
@ZuckermanBrain
, documenting how stress and trauma pass between generations, even when forebears have little or no contact with their descendants.
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On the ✈️ from my beautiful trip Nashville I was just told “Go to the back & stay back!”& was body blocked from my seat.
(I was sitting in business… they weren’t.)
Sharing because it’s sad to hit a low after such a high. I don’t have a profound anecdote yet. I’m just hurt.
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A little peek into my journey. 👀 Thank you
@sjmelchor
&
@TheScientistLLC
for my highlight in your “Scientist to Watch” series.
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Hi
#BlackInNeuroRollCall
! I’m Bianca Jones Marlin. The Marlin Lab
@Columbia
@ZuckermanBrain
studies the neuroscience of parenthood and transgenerational epigenetic inheritance. I also serve on the
@BlackInNeuro
Advisory Board!
#BINW23
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🙏🏽 to everyone who voted early because they could.
You’ve (we’ve) made space for those who don’t have that flexibility. 🗳 🇺🇸
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Yesterday was the first day with
@thiagoarzua
in the lab! 🤩✨ Happy that you're here. Looking forward to the work we'll do together!
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To my Asian brother and sisters.
I see you. 💔
I’m Dissapointed. Deeply Angered. Triggered.
But more than my feelings right now,
are you and your feelings. ❤️ Here for it.
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We’ve got a fresh new look! 💅🏿 ✨ The Marlin Lab at
@Columbia
@ZuckermanBrain
has a new logo & website!
Visit to learn more about how the brain is altered by parenthood & learned experiences— within & across lifetimes:
A few highlights 🧵
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The Marlin Lab ✨
2022 in Review 🎤
Year 2 ✅
Last year was full of achievement, growth & rigorous science – watching the momentum build has been a joy.
Click below to read the report ⬇️ 🧠
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Your girls got a
@Wikipedia
page ✨
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Thank you
@kenzieL6
for promoting knowledge and excellence in STEM. You are an inspiration. I am honored.
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#visiblewikiwomen
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🎙 For those of us that are on the verge of celebration, but are just so hurt that it had to be this close...
This ones for you. ✨
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When you get a glimpse of your reflection and realize you are in lab dressed like that old school West Indian uncle 😂
Whatever, Uncle Clement Ignatius had style *insert fur coat & alligator shoes 🐊*
Have a great Tuesday lol
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📣 Parents of
#SfN23
:
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Annually and always ✨the
#MarlinLab
supports parents in science. If you need help reach out.
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(I’ll also do play dates this year😂)
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Take this in:
Take this in: IN 3WEEKS
@BlackInNeuro
flawlessly executed a virtual conference, created an online repository of resources/opportunities, ran a social media camping rivalling any $ marketing firm, gave us MUSEUM art, fundraised & mobilized a network (now fam) of +300
#BlackinNeuro
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Thanks for the support ✨
Unfortunately people just watched. I had to push through while fighting back tears, but they all just stared. So I just after a medium nights rest my profound anecdote is this: please don’t be the person who watches while others are dehumanized.
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Immigrants (mom, por ejemplo) have been rebuilding America’s true values ever since the first round of immigrants decided to break moral contract (by means of slaughter & slavery).
To my US non-natives:
I’M AMERICAN. I REPRESENT THE USA.
I WANT YOU HERE.
Please know that.
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Thankful for the
@Hypothesisfund
's support of our research on transgenerational epigenetic inheritance at the intersection of mental health ✨ I'm moved by their mission to support the science that supports society. Thank you scout
@kaymtye
for championing our science 🙏🏾
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Fear conditioning biases olfactory stem cell receptor fate
⁃A Marlin Lab Publication
✨ By
@ClaraLiff
@YasmineAyman20
@ECBJaeger
@Hudsonsklee
#AlexisKim
#Ang
élicaViñaAlbarracín
@bjmarlin
@elife
#ReviewedPreprint
#OpenAccess
Read about our work:
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The Marlin Lab is proud to announce our very own Thiago Arzua (
@thiagoarzua
) has been selected as a Levy Scholarship recipient in Neuroscience at
@Columbia
@ZuckermanBrain
!
We are so proud of Thiago’s accomplishments and contribution to science.
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Trying to prepare a talk about trauma for tomorrow, but can’t get Buffalo out of my mind. Trying to create a lecture on Love for tomorrow, while trying to quench the fire of distain in my heart.
Being kind and reminding myself:
My science is my protest.
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A haiku:
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Camera off today
“No comment” (I’m distracted)
Mind on my own son
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Heart so heavy.
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American Descendant of Slaves.
Grateful for Dr. King ✨
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I’m in my office. Sobbing. Because it’s articles like this that unfortunately, and yet magically, make me feel seen.
Please take the 5 mins this story deserves to learn, to feel, or for a special few of us, to also feel seen.
Educated. Pregnant. Endangered.
But, alive.
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We’re growing!🌱Excited to have Briana McRae (
@BriMcR
) join us as a joint graduate student in the Marlin &
@ItamarKahn
Labs
@ZuckermanBrain
! Looking forward to all the discoveries we’ll make together!
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Marlin family time under the Cali sun! I❤️LA 🎶
Enjoy this candid shot of parenthood in paradise. ☀️⛱🌴🌊
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I did.
Bianca Jones Marlin
@bjmarlin
begins her speech "A parent’s love: how biology ensures our children’s future" by recalling the Buffalo massacre at the hands of a white supremacist
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✨Glowing✨
I mean… surprise birthday cake AND data? They just get me.
Thank you, Marlin Lab. 😍 Here’s to another lap around the sun!
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GUYS!
#BlackInChem
!?!?
My cup overfloweth ✨✨✨✨✨
#BlackInChem
week is coming up Aug 10th-15th.
Here's the co-founders and organizers!
@Devin_Eleven
@onlyayanna_
@KathinatedDrink
@NatRodLopes1
@hi_d_nq
and
@blackinthelab
!
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Keep a look out...PBS | Nova special premiers today ✨
Thank you to the entire
@novapbs
team. As a longtime fan and network supporter, being part of your mission was an absolute pleasure ✨More info here:
Are you in control, or is your brain controlling you? Dive into the latest research on the subconscious with neuroscientist
@heather_berlin
.
“Your Brain: Who’s In Control?” premieres WEDS MAY 24 at 9/8c on PBS.
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Really enjoyed putting together this Q&A for
@NeuroCellPress
about my inspirations, experiences opening a new lab & pushing to make academia more inclusive. Thank you for the opportunity!
Full article here:
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You all know I rock hard with
@nyulangone
. It’s where I received my training in the
@Froemkelab
. It’s where I had PROTECTED space to challenge myself & SUPPORT when I failed to reach expectations. All necessary steps in science…🧵1/3
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Joint Lab Meeting with
@EricJNestler
,
@ian_maze2
, &
#YasminHurd
Labs, feat. celebrity visit from
@IshmailSaboor
.
First of many 🤞🏾✨. It was a pleasure to host you all!
-
#MarlinLab
TEIm
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THIS IS OUR COMMUNITY!!!
I’m feeling ALL the proud Auntie vibes!
@BlackInNeuro
you have started a REVOLUTION in Neuroscience & beyond. I have been moved to tears this week by your work and your mission. Bless you. Thank you.
#BlackInNeuroWeek
@forbes
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Watching
#BlackPanther
sitting in it’s significance. It’s healthy escape. It’s impression on my kids. It’s importance to me.
Yes, it’s fiction. Yet it’s one of the most accurate reflections of the Black I know to be true, on the screen. Vibing in all my feelings w/ you.
#w4e
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Thank you Whitehall Foundation for your support of our research! Looking forward to sharing the discoveries that you've enabled 🙏🏿
Congratulations to Dr.
@bjmarlin
for receiving a research grant from the Whitehall Foundation! The grant will help further the Marlin Lab’s work in epigenetics and how experience, such as malnutrition or trauma, can be passed to next generations.
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We wear our hearts on our sleeves! 💕 Excited to collab with my friend
@IshmailSaboor
on a project with naked mole rats! Grad student
@RyanWSchwark
came through with the perfect shirt for the occasion.
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Couldn’t find my USA 🇺🇸 pin, so I wore my
@TwoPhotonArt
pin. Both stand for excellence and have strong female leads, so I’m down 💁🏽♀️
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The Marlin Lab is proud to support
@BlackInNeuro
&
#BiNW22
!
I'm beyond impressed & inspired by your passion, reach & execution. You all have created a space that didn’t exist before- simply because you chose to do the work needed to bring a feeling to fruition. Thank you 🙏🏿🌟🧠
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📣 Marlin Lab Posters
#SfN2023
From in-vivo whole brain responses in
#motherhood
, to persistent changes in the olfactory system, sperm, and next generation after stress.
See you there!
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The Marlin Lab's first 🥇
@SfNtweets
! Sad to not be there in person this year, but please: GO CHECK OUT OUR POSTERS! 👇🏾
#SfN22
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Beautiful
@NPR
piece featuring my friend and colleague
@IshmailSaboor
.
The neuroscience of touch:
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“Bad news is that time flies. Good news is that you are the pilot.”
- An 8th grader’s 👩🏽🎓 quote from my daughters yearbook.
Wise little kid. 😏
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Come do your postdoc with us!
Zuckerman Institute’s inaugural Postdoctoral Fellows Program.
Deadline to apply is May 1st, 2023. Don’t miss out on this amazing opportunity!
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My art expression is performing on stage. In recent years it has been science related, but in the past you could catch me at show choir & theatre club 🎭.
📸 American Museum of Natural History (+1000 audience) / DROM Underground Bar NYC (~5 people)
#BlackNeuroArt
#BlackInNeuro
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Y’all… I have graduated to Auntie 🥹 ✨
•
@BlackInNeuro
you are world changers. I’m here to auntie the heck out of my new title 👏🏾
#SOPROUDOFYOU
Our BIN Aunties & Uncles wanted a pic too 😍❤️
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How is the Marlin Lab not only brilliant, but so kind!?💛🧡💛
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Thank you guys 🌼🌼🌼
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It hurts to retweet comments like this, because it hurts to think they need to be said. But the reason they DO need to be said is because the negative of each comment has been the MO of our American history.
So we have to remind people to be human, and that we are human, too.
Love Black women
Uplift Black women
Support Black women
Amplify Black women
Protect Black women
Mentor Black women
Hire Black women
Respect Black women
#BlackWomenInNeuro
✊🏾👩🏾🦱
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Roll call 📣
We now have over 200(!!) Black scholars in neuro fields featured on , and the numbers are literally increasing by the hour.
Looking for new recruits, mentors, speakers, collabs?
@BlackInNeuro
is now a (searchable) resource for you.
Pls share w/ colleagues
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Besides,
They’ll see how beautiful I am
and be ashamed.
I, too, am America.
-Langston Hughes, 1945
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Speaking with the amazing
#YasminHurd
tomorrow
@ZuckermanBrain
w/
@SNForg
Nature and Nurture: How Our Experiences Shape the Brain Across Generations 🧬
📅: January 18th, 2023, 6:30pm EST
📍: Jerome L. Greene Science Center
🎤: ✨
@pentopaige_
🔗
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Celebrations in Stockholm with my dear colleague and friend
@MijoSimunovic
🖤
You are an inspiration of brilliant, dynamic, & competitive science. But most importantly, you have a heart of gold 💛…
(& a closet blessed by the gods ✨)
Tack, min vän🇸🇪
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“Come to
@UUtah
,” they say…
“A light hike!” they say…
Guys, they had me out here free soloing like🧗🏾♀️
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And we out✌🏾
Marlin Lab Annual Sabbatical Week ‘23.
Motto: Recreate to Re-create
Catch you on the flip side ✨
#MarlinLabSab
#MarlinLabSab2023
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To hear how betrayal, trauma, neglect could manifest as addiction and live for decades in such a beautiful soul and still manage to get 80’s babies hyped with anthems, make art, and touch lives 💔
#DMX
#resilience
Thank you for your music
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Tell me this half time show was not made for us 80’s babies 🧡✨
This has made me so happy 🥺
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Happy
#Lovingday
. Thank you Mr & Mrs Loving for paving the way.
•
#1967
#BlackLove
#InterracialMarriage
#WeLegal
Today is Loving Day. It took nearly nine years for the Lovings to win their case. But the fight against systemic racism isn’t over. Let’s take action as individuals and as a community. More details on
#blacklivesmatter
#lovingday
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Thank you Harvard! Your science is thrilling, and your olfaction crew brought me so much joy ✨. I can’t wait to see how your trainees rock this world. I loved my time with you all 🤗
Thank you
@NeuroVenki
for the invitation. I appreciate you both
@DulacLab
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✨The Trauma Tracer✨
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Breakthrough: Portraits of Women in Science
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Good grant news = a good celebration cocktail!
(Añejo, claro que sí)
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This is what you call unwavering support 🤍✨🤩
Kaf, can you read my grant… and can you make sure my lighting is lit?🔥
My favorite pic in the deck!!! Gotta know when to step back and play the supporting role. My job....the lighting.
@HHMINEWS
@bjmarlin
📸
@HHMINEWS
@KaraLMarshall
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I just re-read my unofficial story, and smiled. This year was hard. But, so was 2005...except I struggled by myself. 2010 almost took me out. Reading my unofficial story is a reminder, I’ve made it through before. So bring it. 💥
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@GrowingUpInSci
@nyuniversity
@Mr_Hopkins8
TOMORROW at 13:00 EDT (unusual time):
We are excited to host Bianca Jones Marlin
@bjmarlin
and Michael Hopkins
@mr_hopkins8
!
Sign up and read their "unofficial stories" on .
They will also discuss their activism for Black scientists.
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Marlin Lab Halloween 2022
#InsideOut
🎃
“Do you ever look at someone and wonder what is going on inside their head?” - Joy
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Oh. Just Ambassador Extraordinary 👑
@rihanna
having her royal maternity shoot in front of my office
@ZuckermanBrain
🏙.
How’s your day going? ☕️
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