Dr. Kayla J. Rayford
@kaylainthelab
Followers
288
Following
1K
Media
36
Statuses
570
Scientist turned IP Professional. @MeharrySOGS PhD. @bowiestate Alumna. she/her. Tweets my own.
Joined April 2018
Just had such a fulfilling convo with a mentor. Thankful for Black women who are always willing to reach back and mentor those behind them 🫶🏾
0
0
3
Congrats, Dr. Simmons!
You are looking at the 2024 Harold D. West, Ph.D. Distinguished Biomedical Scientist Awardee @MeharryMedical. Coming back home for the 149th MMC convocation, y'all!!!
0
0
3
With more than 8,500 satellites in orbit, Starlink provides connectivity through harsh weather conditions, network disruptions, and natural disasters. Order online in under 2 minutes.
1K
3K
18K
Congratulations to my fellow #HCASC alum!
Newest addition to the 4% of Black Ph.D. recipients in neuroscience-related fields. Allow me reintroduce myself my name is Dr. Indonesia Alohn Jordan, Ph.D. #PhinisheD
0
0
1
We are super excited to welcome our newest lab member Dr. Tonie Farris (@All_NaturalT), who will be investigating molecular mechanisms and behaviors of ubiquitin-mediated diseases! Welcome to @DukeU !
6
10
66
The @EvansBrainLab hits the map with our first preprint! Can’t thank my co-authors enough for all of their help! Now let’s get it published and the real celebration starts.. big shoutout to @kate_amato, @pbtrfseattle, @UnravelCancer, and @NCICancerBio for the funding.
CTPS1 inhibition synergizes with replication stress signaling inhibition in MYC-amplified Group 3 medulloblastoma https://t.co/uE4V6WwLcc
#bioRxiv
9
10
78
When a Mentee becomes a Mentor! Congrats to my other postdoc, @HKbeasley on your co-senior with me (@AtHinton) mentoring is so important, and I am so proud of you. You took all three summer students last year under your wing and look what happened! It feels my heart with glee!
3
17
60
And just like that…😭👩🏾🔬
Tomorrow is my first day of my PhD program, the first day I’ll formally and officially start to train as a scientist. So many people along this journey encouraged me and I love and thank you so much! Everyone who doubted me, I’ve already proven you wrong😇
4
23
80
7
5
46
Today is National #WearRedDay - raising awareness that #CVD is a woman's No. 1 health threat! What to do if you forgot to wear red: 1. Get all the ribbons from @AHAScience conferences 2. Put them around you neck 3. Find a red background 5. Take a selfie 6. Post👇🏿
6
18
99
Or…you can mill it. 🙌🏽 Speight Research Group at William & Mary chemistry research fair.
1
5
42
Way to end a week. My baby is a #scientist!!! She had so much fun aspirating water and wearing PPE. I swear every time she comes to lab the #gradstudents teach her something @mothersinsci #academicmon #womeninstem
17
47
692
I wanted to share some of what my amazing students have been doing. 'Unsaturated fatty acid alters the immune response in non-small cell lung adenocarcinoma through regulation of HMGB1 trafficking'
biorxiv.org
Cancer cell evasion of the immune response is critical to cancer development and metastases. The ability of clinicians to kickstart the immune system to target these rogue cells is an ever-growing...
1
7
22
Congratulations to my friend Dr. Ireti for defending her PhD yesterday! So so proud of you, and I’m excited for your next steps! @Lab_STEMinista #MeharryMade
0
1
8
🔬 UChicago Microbiology Seminar! 🔬 Join us as Dr. Joseph T. Smith (@DrHazmatic) from SUNY Buffalo delves into the intriguing world of protozoan parasites with his talk on “Mitochondrial mRNA editing in Trypanosoma brucei”. 📆 Thurs, 01/25/24 ⌚ 2:30-3:30 PM 📍 BSLC 109
0
3
11
I can’t believe I got my dream job 😭 God is so good!
1
0
39
Give me more "I started doing things when I was 40" stories from women.
526
4K
22K