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Lorissa Saiz
@98eagl1.bsky.social
Latinx/Mexica ✊🏽Geneticist 🧬 Kelleher Lab RA and PhD Candidate at University of Houston🐾♥️🪰 Cofounder/President UH SACNAS🧑🏽‍💻 ⚛️Board of Directors at SACNAS🌲

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Catch me at the @sacnas.bsky.social #ndistem2025 conference later this month 😎 I’ll be presenting on Thursday, accepting a chapter of the year awards on behalf of @uhsacnas.bsky.social with @martin-nunez.bsky.social on Friday, and hosting a session on Saturday! Can’t wait to see y’all there 👏🏽🔥
October 9, 2025 at 2:33 PM
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2 of our officers Lorissa Saiz and Steven Mendoza represented SACNAS today at the Fiestas Patrias parade marching with the UH Center for Mexican American/Latino Studies!
September 13, 2025 at 9:25 PM
Lorissa’s lab gang, all in the same place at the same time? Impossible you say? It just happened yesterday! 🤭🤩🧑🏽‍🔬
August 5, 2025 at 1:53 PM
New undergrads in the lab learning PCR for the first time 🥼🧪🧬
August 5, 2025 at 1:48 PM
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SACNAS would like to celebrate AAPI Month by highlighting students of Asian American and Pacific Islander descent! 🌸🌟
May 20, 2025 at 5:57 PM
I’m humbled to have received the UH Legacy award, which recognizes a student whose influence, ideals and activities throughout their college career have left a lasting, positive impression on the institution and raises the standard of excellence for future generations.
April 24, 2025 at 2:40 AM
Couldn’t be more proud of my undergrads 🥰😤 outstanding work at Undergrad Research Day, as always! @uhnsm.bsky.social
April 11, 2025 at 3:14 AM
Catch me giving a talk at #evol2025 😤 just registered today
Register now for the Evolution 2025 meeting in Athens, GA and online! #Evol2025
www.evolutionmeetings.org/registration...
April 11, 2025 at 3:11 AM
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Hoy tuvimos nuestro primer evento de “Tu investigación en tres minutos en español” en UH! Gracias al trabajo y la dedicación de muchos de los oficiales de SACNAS y miembros de la facultad, cinco estudiantes de pre-grado y nueve de post-grado pudieron exponer sus increíbles proyectos!!! 🤩🤩🤩
April 9, 2025 at 1:02 AM
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We had a fantastic time this weekend @hmns.bsky.social celebrating Women in STEM and getting kids excited about science 🤩🧬🥼🔬🔭 Thank you to everyone who participated, all of our badass ladies who we were able to spotlight, and to the HMNS team for helping make this event one of our best to date!
April 1, 2025 at 2:58 AM
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Happy International Women’s Day from all of us at UH SACNAS! 🙌🏽✊🏽👩🏽‍🔬 We’re so grateful for all the powerful women scientists who work to not only keep our chapter running, but also do great work in their fields and in the community!
March 8, 2025 at 6:26 PM
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@uhsacnas.bsky.social continues to shine at the national conference. The UH student group won the 2024 Outstanding Chapter: Leadership in Science award! 👏👏👏
#GoCoogs 🐾
SACNAS Wins Outstanding Chapter for Leadership in Science Award at National Conference
Student chapter shows continued excellence with third award in a row.
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January 29, 2025 at 10:00 PM