Juliet Obi

A Black woman in a lemon dress wearing a doctoral regalia with a cap and tassel.

#BIBPSRollCall I’m Juliet and my research interests are focused on studying protein structure and dynamics for structure-based drug design efforts. P.S. My doctoral hooding ceremony was last week and i’m excited for what the future holds! @BlackInBiophys #BlackinBiophysicsWeek

26.05.2025 22:11 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

We are excited to share our EVENTS for #BlackInBiophysicsWeek 2025!!! We will be host #BIBPSWeek from Monday, 5/26 to Friday 5/30.

RT and help us spread the word!

A thread of Events below
#BIBPS25
#BlackInBiophysics

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19.05.2025 18:14 — 👍 13    🔁 9    💬 1    📌 2

Advice for talking to the media as a conservation scientist: Part 1 By David Shiffman and Brett Favaro. Many environmental scientists understand that there is value in communicating about their work through the media, as publicity can help raise public awareness of…

Please enjoy part 1 of a series of blog posts written by myself and @brettfavaro.bsky.social offering our advice on how scientists can effectively speak with jouranlists about our areas of expertise. Part 2 is coming next week.

Please read and share!

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13.03.2025 17:49 — 👍 253    🔁 106    💬 10    📌 5

I’m a white cis-male scientist.

I’ve been asked why I support DEI efforts in STEM and in conservation, including donating time and expertise to groups promoting this, including serving on professional society committees.

Here’s my answer:

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19.02.2025 19:54 — 👍 196    🔁 47    💬 5    📌 5

Nearly every medicine we benefit from started with NIH-funded research. Early discovery work starts in academia.

Immunotherapies?
Gene therapy for rare diseases?
Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s medicines?
Vaccines?
Novel cancer treatments?
Psychiatric medicines?

You betcha.

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12.02.2025 17:35 — 👍 4599    🔁 1038    💬 85    📌 34

As the internet gets shittier it’s gotten easier to be off it and read more books lately

13.02.2025 17:57 — 👍 1851    🔁 146    💬 36    📌 14

Any PhD candidates here graduating this Spring and writing their dissertation? How are you staying focused on the goal with everything going on right now? I am truly exhausted, but I can’t give up now. #PhDlife #PhDoneSoon

13.02.2025 22:31 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Merry Christmas! 🎄🎄

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