Mena Morales
@theMenaMo
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Ukulele evangelist, neuroscientist, data nerd, maker, 🚴♀️ 🇵🇷#datascience #machinelearning #biotech #healthdata |tweets are my own|
Boston, MA
Joined November 2011
Personal news: I'm looking to expand the perreo contingent at @statnews. We badly need more Latinxs, more Caribbeans, more flavor in science journalism. Know an early-career journalist? Tell them to apply to this fellowship. Deadline is May 1. https://t.co/64v3Fgsyy7
statnews.com
The Sharon Begley Science Reporting Fellowship The Sharon Begley Science Reporting Fellowship started in 2021 with the goal of diversifying the ranks of
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My TWO year old is having her first active shooter drill tomorrow. This is America. Politicians line their pockets instead of passing any kind of laws that could protect our children from gun violence, which is now the #1 cause of death for children. https://t.co/0WOI1hxaSf
nejm.org
Firearm-related injury is now the leading cause of death among children and teens. We continue to fail to protect our youth from a preventable cause of death.
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how tf did people give me three degrees in biology without ever showing me this picture
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Please RT! I am hiring a lab manager to help start my neuroscience lab at NC State in Jan 2023. We’ll use Drosophila to dissect neural mechanisms of hearing. More info at
christabakerlab.com
auditory neuroscience lab at NC State
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We are very excited to launch the new INTERCEPT pain program here at @WashUPain @WUSTL_AnesRsrch. We will study human biology to provide new insights critical for developing new treatments for #chronicpain.
medicine.washu.edu
Funding from NIH HEAL Initiative
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devastating. But I have to fight. And I will not stop until real change has been made, and even then I will continue. Our kids deserve better. We deserve better. It’s been 4 months!
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It’s much faster to bike to work! Quit waiting in line and hop on a @RideBluebikes or invest in two wheels! You’ll get around quicker than most people these days! 🚲🚲
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Touch screen UI’s in cars are going to kill someone. It forces me to look at the screen instead of the road. Physical knobs and sliders allowed you to use your sense of touch to replace your eyes.
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To this day, this Uber commercial has always been the perfect display of how inefficient cars are in cities.
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Could some of the healthcare industry’s “push care to the home” movement be a veiled labor arbitrage effort to give some tasks that are presently performed by expensive paid professionals in institutions to unpaid family and caregivers? Yes.
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SO THE THING ABOUT BUILDING MORE ROADS OR MORE PARKING IS IT WILL ACTUALLY MAKE TRAFFIC WORSE BECAUSE WHEN YOU BUILD MORE ROADS OR PARKING IT MAKES IT EASIER TO DRIVE SO MORE PEOPLE WILL BUY CARS AND CHOOSE TO DRIVE AND THEN YOU JUST NEED TO BUILD MORE ROADS AND MORE PARKING WHIC
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Remember this picture every single time you hear someone in your city say "we're not Amsterdam." This was #Amsterdam in the 1970's via @fietsprofessor. The cities we admire made better choices regarding cars, and are still making them today. Better choices instead of excuses.
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@SouthieBikes @Bostonhitters @universalhub @OSHA_DOL @EdforBoston @nickcollinsma @CharlieBakerMA @boston25 @maureencaught I was a little surprised the @CityOfBoston @BostonPlans @OSHA_DOL @EdforBoston @MayorWu would allow the #Edison to allow such a safety hazard for pedestrians.
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Stolen Bike Alert! Please retweet. My bike was stolen from behind my building near Publico in South Boston at 3:04am on Sunday July 31. @universalhub @bostonbikeunion @maureencaught
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Calling all Southie Bike neighbors: Join us this Thurs, 7/28 at @lordhobobrewing Seaport for our first in-person social in over 2 years! Come by, say hi, and enjoy some fresh air with fellow cyclists from the neighborhood! 🚲🍻
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Simply obsessed with this anecdote from this morning's Orange Line incident
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