A supportive network of women in Biology and Biological Engineering at @Caltech ᠅ We use an inclusive definition of "woman" and welcome diversity of all kinds
Pasadena, CA
Joined July 2019
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Hi Twitter! We are @Caltech's new Women in BBE club! Our goal is to connect women in BBE from all stages in career and life with resources for personal and professional growth by promoting professional development, mentorship, advocacy, and networking. #FirstTweet #WomeninScience
Hi everyone! Join us for our WiBBE Fall Social x Mentoring Kickoff on October 29th @ 5pm at the Broad Cafe Patio to paint pumpkins 🎃 and enjoy free cider/cookies! 🍪🍁 This is a great opportunity to meet other women in the division and say hi!
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Today's Career Event is a success! a lot of excellent answers and engaging conversations 🥰 Thanks to all our inspiring panelists and friends that showed up!
WiBBE is proud to present our 2023 WiBBE Careers event. We have gathered a stellar lineup of women panelists ranging from academia, industry, and scientific communications who are eager to share their journey navigating their paths. 👩🏻🔬🧪🥼 – at Pasadena, CA
Last week, we welcomed Dr. Gwyneth Card from @ZuckermanBrain for a coffee chat. Dr. Card was formerly a PhD student in the Dickinson lab, and we learned a lot from her unique experience transitioning from PhD student to @HHMIJanelia investigator, among many other things. 🪰👩🏻🔬
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Last week, we hosted a social in collaboration with the Green Labs initiative (run by amazing lab managers, Tasha and Sarah) + USA Scientific. USA Scientific kindly provided us plants and we repurposed pipette tip boxes into planters. 🪴💚 – at Old Field, NY
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Green Labs aims to propose sustainable laboratory practices that do not compromise research objectives, by providing resources for energy efficiency, waste management, sustainable purchasing, and more! to learn more about Green Labs, please check out greenlabs.caltech.edu ♻️ – at Old Field, NY
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Happy International Women's Day from us at WiBBE! we are brewing up exciting events happening soon so stay tuned 🧙🏻♀️✨ – at Pasadena, CA
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We were very honored to host Dr. Gloria Choi @ChoiLaboratory for a coffee chat, where we got to learn more about her journey as a professor navigating the (relatively new) field of Neuroimmunology 🧠🦠, and gain advice and insights as a woman in STEM. 🤩
Thanks for coming! What a wonderful picture. We are so lucky to have Shelley as one of our board members 🥰❤️ – at Pasadena, CA
@RochelleDiamon4 and @jamietijerina attended the @CaltechWiBBE staff appreciation lunch today in Morgan Library (Kerckhoff)! Shelley was one of the organizers, and it was great to connect with staff across campus for the holidays 🎁
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To close out the year, WiBBE hosted a holiday luncheon for the Women in BBE staff members. We appreciate your efforts to make research at BBE possible!
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Calling all faculty, @Caltech alumni, and working women in STEM, WiBBE is hosting a series of career day events to introduce our members to different post-grad career options. Fill out this form to join us! forms.gle/kDaVFSXRhcTqhv7Q7 #womenscientists #steminist #academicchatter
October 🎃 yoga this Friday led by our very own certified yogi Sarah Torres (who also happens to be lab manager of the Sternberg lab 🪱)! See you at the Hameetman multipurpose room (above Red Door cafe) and unwind with us 🧘♀️ – at Pasadena, CA
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Hello, hello. 👋🙋🏻♀️ Here to revive our Caltech Women in BBE twitter by posting pics from our very successful Tie-dye Happy Hour 🌈🎨🎉 – at Pasadena, CA
Congratulations Ellen Rothenberg!! 🥳🎉
Ellen V. Rothenberg of @Caltech has been elected to the National Academy of Sciences for contributions to immunology. #NAS158 Read more: ow.ly/VnQd50Ey3fa
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Congrats Riley!!!
I'm SO EXCITED to share my first preprint, w/ my advisors Kata Fejes-Toth & @BronnerMarianne! We find a somatic piRNA pathway regulates chick neural crest EMT by regulating transposon derived gene & Sox2 repressor ERNI to maintain the NC stem cell pool!
doi.org/10.1101/2021.04.30.4…
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It's finally officially out! Thanks to everyone involved, especially @cobarnes27 and @bjorkmanlab and our peeps over at U Penn including @brumelillo and the twitterless Amos Smith and Sharon Kirk. Description in Comments! 1/4
doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-2…
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