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really bummed to miss AISES 2025 National Conference - this would have been my first time! hope everyone has safe travels to Minneapolis and enjoy an amazing few days together celebrating, sharing, and learning 🤗 See you next year!

Information for the NIH Extramural Community During the Lapse of Federal Government Funding (as of October 1, 2025) grants.nih.gov/grants/guide...

and i extra love 🥰 my lab coat 🥼 signed by the 2025 CARE students🧪🤓

many thanks to Drs. Naomi Lee & Joslynn Lee for welcoming me to NAU for the Southwest Summit + Celebration Ceremony this wknd! im proud/grateful NINDS is investing in these *incredible* CARE high school scientists 🫶🏽 may i continue to do work that champions all such scholars 🙏🏽

please note: NINDS is only signed on to the F30 NOFO for Students at Institutions *WITHOUT* NIH-Funded Institutional Predoctoral Dual-Degree Training Programs

students at MSTP institutions will need to apply to the F31.

i was not hopeful it would happen before August 8 lol smh

the reissued NOFO for theRuth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Award (NRSA) Individual Fellowship for Students at Institutions Without NIH-Funded Institutional Predoctoral Dual-Degree Training Programs (Parent F30) is finally published! grants.nih.gov/grants/guide...

the reissued NOFO for the Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Award (NRSA) Individual Predoctoral Fellowship (Parent F31) is finally published! grants.nih.gov/grants/guide...

attending Spelman was the best decision i ever made 🙏🏽🙌🏽

there is no bond quite like the Spelman bond 🩵🥰🤍 grateful to have spent this last wknd celebrating my 20th college reunion with my Limelight sisters 💚 #Spelman05

this is my temp office only for this wk (ill get assigned another work station next wk) but i still made it *for me*

i may change up the decor each wk for each new office or cube assignment 🤔 just wanna make this fiery pit of hell cozy as possible so i can do my fckng job 🙃

before anyone asks: im still employed (for now)

just dealing with the ugly realities of almost our entire workforce being forced to return to the physical workplace next wk🙄😒

today was my last day in the office ive occupied for the last 3yrs - since we were able to return to work from the pandemic hiatus.

what makes me sad most? i cant take my white board w/ these lovely msgs from beloved coworkers to whatever space i get assigned next 🥺😩😭

thanks so much Susanne!

today marks 6yrs with the Dream Team! so much *good* and growth has happened over these 6yrs - im eternally grateful that i have gotten to live my purpose here in service to others 🙏🏽💞

cheers to however much time is left to keep doing the work 🥂

so glad to spend some QT with my neuro bro @nelsontotah.bsky.social while in town from Finland! feels like just yesterday we were in our grad lab & he was throwing darts 🎯 over my head 😳 LOL! now look at us - professional do-gooders 🥹

well done neuro mom @bita137.bsky.social 🥰#MoghaddamLab

a woman in a white dress is standing in front of a car that is on fire . ALT: a woman in a white dress is standing in front of a car that is on fire .

when i write my tell all…

im beyond grateful for all the texts, DMs, emails the last 2wks saying “checking on you” “thinking of you” “thank you for all you do” “i/we support you/your team”❣️

the recognition has meant EVERYTHING. its all fuel that keeps me focused to fight instead of deep in despair 🙏🏽

Welp! NIH diversity supplement grants now have newly updated expiration dates dates of January 2025 revised from May 2026. 🤷‍♀️
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folks supposedly cared about “the working class” and “the price of eggs” and yet…

withdrawing from the Paris Climate Agreement and the World Health Organization on Day 1????

lmaooooo “bUt kAmAlA…”

amazing - CONGRATS!

An amazing honor to give NIH’s WALS lecture today as the last speaker under the leadership of NIH Director Dr Monica Bertagnolli

when you get to host your bad ass brilliant ass PhD advisor @bita137.bsky.social as an invited speaker for the prestigious NIH Wednesday After Lecures Series 🤗🥰 grateful for our friendship that has developed after all these years 🙏🏽

President Biden Honors Nearly 400 Federally Funded Early-Career Scientists | OSTP | The White House Today, President Biden awarded nearly 400 scientists and engineers the Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers (PECASE), the highest honor bestowed by the U.S. government on outst...

soooo many incredible scientists i know and adore made this PECASE list! CONGRATS to all recognized 👏🏽🙌🏽 www.whitehouse.gov/ostp/news-up...

YASSSS CONGRATS!!!! further affirmation of your greatness

Screenshot of White House announcement that reads in part: President Biden Honors More Than 300 Americans with Nation’s Highest Award for Science and Mathematics Teachers and Mentors

List of names from announcement "President Biden Honors More Than 300 Americans with Nation’s Highest Award for Science and Mathematics Teachers and Mentors"

List of names continued from announcement "President Biden Honors More Than 300 Americans with Nation’s Highest Award for Science and Mathematics Teachers and Mentors" with Beronda Montgomery highlighted

So this was announced today: "President Biden Honors More Than 300 Americans with Nation’s Highest Award for Science and Mathematics Teachers and Mentors"

www.whitehouse.gov/ostp/news-up...

Happy #NationalMenteringMonth2025
#NationalMenteringMonth

special HAPPY FOUNDERS DAY 🗣️ shout out to all of my beautiful brilliant #BlackInNeuro Sorors 🔺🐘🧠 #DST1913

thanks for sharing this language from NIGMS! def going to incorporate in guidance to my IC's future applicants 🙌🏽

huh? im not convinced addl training is needed by simply saying one is *going to* do an IDP. trainee been in grad program 3-4yrs and just now doing an IDP as the "training"?? pls. i want to know exactly what theyll be doing based on a needs-based assessment/gap analysis that was already performed