Lorena Saelices Gómez
@saelicesl.bsky.social
Assistant Professor at @UTSW. @ucla & @unisevilla alumna. #amyloid & #structuralbiology. Mom of #twins. #blacklivesmatter tweets=mine she/her/hers #feminist
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Wishing a heartfelt Happy Father’s Day to all the father figures who show up every day with love and care. #FathersDay
June 15, 2025 at 3:45 PM
Wishing a heartfelt Happy Father’s Day to all the father figures who show up every day with love and care. #FathersDay
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Harvard filed a suit within 24 hours after the Noem visa-stripping. The judge issued a temporary restraining order less than 2 hrs later.
The legal system CAN work quickly if the plaintiffs are prepared— know the judges and their courtroom rules, have strategy set and filings ready.
The legal system CAN work quickly if the plaintiffs are prepared— know the judges and their courtroom rules, have strategy set and filings ready.
Proud of the stand @harvard.edu is making.
Proud of the way @theharvardcrimson.bsky.social has been reporting it.
Alum of both, giving money to both. These famously privileged institutions are leading the fight for all of us.
Respect.
www.thecrimson.com/article/2025...
Proud of the way @theharvardcrimson.bsky.social has been reporting it.
Alum of both, giving money to both. These famously privileged institutions are leading the fight for all of us.
Respect.
www.thecrimson.com/article/2025...
Judge Temporarily Blocks Trump Admin From Revoking Harvard’s Ability To Enroll International Students | News | The Harvard Crimson
A federal judge granted a temporary restraining order to Harvard in its suit to block the Trump administration’s efforts to revoke its authorization to enroll international students.
www.thecrimson.com
May 24, 2025 at 2:19 AM
Harvard filed a suit within 24 hours after the Noem visa-stripping. The judge issued a temporary restraining order less than 2 hrs later.
The legal system CAN work quickly if the plaintiffs are prepared— know the judges and their courtroom rules, have strategy set and filings ready.
The legal system CAN work quickly if the plaintiffs are prepared— know the judges and their courtroom rules, have strategy set and filings ready.
I got TENURE!!
So much gratitude to those who lifted me up—and even those who made it harder. You all made me better.
To my mentors: thank you for opening doors and walking me to them.
To my mentees: thank you for supporting and understanding me.
#tenure #academiclife #immigrantsinacademia
So much gratitude to those who lifted me up—and even those who made it harder. You all made me better.
To my mentors: thank you for opening doors and walking me to them.
To my mentees: thank you for supporting and understanding me.
#tenure #academiclife #immigrantsinacademia
May 8, 2025 at 8:15 PM
I got TENURE!!
So much gratitude to those who lifted me up—and even those who made it harder. You all made me better.
To my mentors: thank you for opening doors and walking me to them.
To my mentees: thank you for supporting and understanding me.
#tenure #academiclife #immigrantsinacademia
So much gratitude to those who lifted me up—and even those who made it harder. You all made me better.
To my mentors: thank you for opening doors and walking me to them.
To my mentees: thank you for supporting and understanding me.
#tenure #academiclife #immigrantsinacademia
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“How might the narrative about senior women be challenged or changed in order to respect these women who have achieved enough success to earn promotion? How do we stop this generational cycle so that women's wings aren't clipped as soon as they approach the power to soar.”
May 3, 2025 at 2:06 PM
“How might the narrative about senior women be challenged or changed in order to respect these women who have achieved enough success to earn promotion? How do we stop this generational cycle so that women's wings aren't clipped as soon as they approach the power to soar.”
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Continue the 30-year tradition of unraveling the mysteries of misfolded proteins! 🧬 Join us for a special celebration and submit your abstract by May 3 to present a short talk or poster! Don’t miss your chance to share your insights. @saelicesl.bsky.social
#PAPSRC
Save your space: buff.ly/HtDRslD
#PAPSRC
Save your space: buff.ly/HtDRslD
April 15, 2025 at 2:56 PM
Continue the 30-year tradition of unraveling the mysteries of misfolded proteins! 🧬 Join us for a special celebration and submit your abstract by May 3 to present a short talk or poster! Don’t miss your chance to share your insights. @saelicesl.bsky.social
#PAPSRC
Save your space: buff.ly/HtDRslD
#PAPSRC
Save your space: buff.ly/HtDRslD
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Excited to share our preprint on the molecular architecture of heterochromatin in human cells 🧬🔬w/ @jpkreysing.bsky.social, @johannesbetz.bsky.social,
@marinalusic.bsky.social, Turoňová lab, @hummerlab.bsky.social @becklab.bsky.social @mpibp.bsky.social
🔗 Preprint here tinyurl.com/3a74uanv
@marinalusic.bsky.social, Turoňová lab, @hummerlab.bsky.social @becklab.bsky.social @mpibp.bsky.social
🔗 Preprint here tinyurl.com/3a74uanv
April 11, 2025 at 8:35 AM
Excited to share our preprint on the molecular architecture of heterochromatin in human cells 🧬🔬w/ @jpkreysing.bsky.social, @johannesbetz.bsky.social,
@marinalusic.bsky.social, Turoňová lab, @hummerlab.bsky.social @becklab.bsky.social @mpibp.bsky.social
🔗 Preprint here tinyurl.com/3a74uanv
@marinalusic.bsky.social, Turoňová lab, @hummerlab.bsky.social @becklab.bsky.social @mpibp.bsky.social
🔗 Preprint here tinyurl.com/3a74uanv
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We are excited to offer 3 Travel Grants 🚆✈️🚢 to the Functional Amyloid Meeting @DESY this September! landau-cssb.de/travel-grants/ 🧪🧬🔬
April 14, 2025 at 11:18 AM
We are excited to offer 3 Travel Grants 🚆✈️🚢 to the Functional Amyloid Meeting @DESY this September! landau-cssb.de/travel-grants/ 🧪🧬🔬
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“Bhattacharya has been a vocal critic of the NIH. He gained attention as a co-author and signer of The Great Barrington Declaration”… a wildly incorrect document that would have killed tens of thousands if followed, and NIH scientists correctly told him so.
Senate confirms Bhattacharya to lead NIH - Roll Call
The Senate voted Tuesday to confirm Jay Bhattacharya, a vocal critic of the National Institutes of Health, to be its next director.
rollcall.com
March 26, 2025 at 12:14 AM
“Bhattacharya has been a vocal critic of the NIH. He gained attention as a co-author and signer of The Great Barrington Declaration”… a wildly incorrect document that would have killed tens of thousands if followed, and NIH scientists correctly told him so.
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The crush of new grant cancellations hasn't let up.
If your grant was terminated (or your app was pulled) please use this Google Form👇 to submit details for tracking purposes.
Multiple advocacy efforts are moving forward, but we must must must know more about what grants were cancelled and why.
If your grant was terminated (or your app was pulled) please use this Google Form👇 to submit details for tracking purposes.
Multiple advocacy efforts are moving forward, but we must must must know more about what grants were cancelled and why.
Cancelled NIH grant information submission form
Please use this form to submit information identifying specific NIH grants that have been cancelled for any reason after January 20, 2025.
Data from this form will be used to update the Rescinded NIH...
forms.gle
March 21, 2025 at 3:32 AM
The crush of new grant cancellations hasn't let up.
If your grant was terminated (or your app was pulled) please use this Google Form👇 to submit details for tracking purposes.
Multiple advocacy efforts are moving forward, but we must must must know more about what grants were cancelled and why.
If your grant was terminated (or your app was pulled) please use this Google Form👇 to submit details for tracking purposes.
Multiple advocacy efforts are moving forward, but we must must must know more about what grants were cancelled and why.
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Circulate this widely! We need to know which NIH grants have been terminated. It goes beyond the list that HHS has released. Send to every scientist you know. @scott-delaney.bsky.social @noamross.net
The crush of new grant cancellations hasn't let up.
If your grant was terminated (or your app was pulled) please use this Google Form👇 to submit details for tracking purposes.
Multiple advocacy efforts are moving forward, but we must must must know more about what grants were cancelled and why.
If your grant was terminated (or your app was pulled) please use this Google Form👇 to submit details for tracking purposes.
Multiple advocacy efforts are moving forward, but we must must must know more about what grants were cancelled and why.
Cancelled NIH grant information submission form
Please use this form to submit information identifying specific NIH grants that have been cancelled for any reason after January 20, 2025.
Data from this form will be used to update the Rescinded NIH...
forms.gle
March 21, 2025 at 9:47 AM
Circulate this widely! We need to know which NIH grants have been terminated. It goes beyond the list that HHS has released. Send to every scientist you know. @scott-delaney.bsky.social @noamross.net
This is just… gorgeous. Enjoy.
Holy shit. Republican Harriet Hagemen got torn apart at a town hall in Wyoming last night. In a state that voted for Trump by 46 points.
She tried defending DOGE and it went as well as you’d imagine.
“Deport Elon, Deport Elon!”
Watch to the end…
She tried defending DOGE and it went as well as you’d imagine.
“Deport Elon, Deport Elon!”
Watch to the end…
March 21, 2025 at 11:40 AM
This is just… gorgeous. Enjoy.
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I just realized that this was my first post here… considering how active I used to be on twitter and the positive vibes I had back then… disturbing how things have changed. Let’s start again. Hi all! I am here to engage with & learn from my science buddies, while promoting DEI! & this is my 🌟 team!
February 16, 2025 at 8:15 PM
I just realized that this was my first post here… considering how active I used to be on twitter and the positive vibes I had back then… disturbing how things have changed. Let’s start again. Hi all! I am here to engage with & learn from my science buddies, while promoting DEI! & this is my 🌟 team!
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The UCL Genetic Therapy Accelerator Centre @uclqsion.bsky.social is seeking a Research Assistant to work on translational AAV gene therapy project for Parkinson working with Professor Joanne Ng. Closing date: 2nd March.
www.dementiaresearcher.nihr.ac.uk/job/research...
www.dementiaresearcher.nihr.ac.uk/job/research...
Research Assistant: Genetic Therapy Accelerator Centre
The UCL Genetic Therapy Accelerator Centre is seeking a Research Assistant to work on translational AAV gene therapy project for Parkinson’
www.dementiaresearcher.nihr.ac.uk
February 18, 2025 at 11:17 AM
The UCL Genetic Therapy Accelerator Centre @uclqsion.bsky.social is seeking a Research Assistant to work on translational AAV gene therapy project for Parkinson working with Professor Joanne Ng. Closing date: 2nd March.
www.dementiaresearcher.nihr.ac.uk/job/research...
www.dementiaresearcher.nihr.ac.uk/job/research...
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University College London is seeking to recruit an experienced Operations Manager for the Institute of Prion Diseases. Closing date: 3rd March
www.dementiaresearcher.nihr.ac.uk/job/prion-di...
www.dementiaresearcher.nihr.ac.uk/job/prion-di...
Prion Diseases Institute Manager - DEMENTIA RESEARCHER
University College London is seeking to recruit an experienced Operations Manager for the Institute of Prion Diseases.
www.dementiaresearcher.nihr.ac.uk
February 18, 2025 at 11:33 AM
University College London is seeking to recruit an experienced Operations Manager for the Institute of Prion Diseases. Closing date: 3rd March
www.dementiaresearcher.nihr.ac.uk/job/prion-di...
www.dementiaresearcher.nihr.ac.uk/job/prion-di...
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You cannot determine whether you saved or cost money based solely on one side of the ledger.
Example: I saved my household $2K by not paying the mortgage.
Example: I saved my household $2K by not paying the mortgage.
February 16, 2025 at 11:39 PM
You cannot determine whether you saved or cost money based solely on one side of the ledger.
Example: I saved my household $2K by not paying the mortgage.
Example: I saved my household $2K by not paying the mortgage.
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ÅNGSTRÖM-RESOLUTION IMAGING OF CELL-SURFACE GLYCANS 🧬🎨🍬
The glycocalyx, our cells' sugar coat, holds secrets in immunology, cancer, viral infections, and more. Visualizing its molecular architecture was impossible… until now. #glycotime #microscopy
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
The glycocalyx, our cells' sugar coat, holds secrets in immunology, cancer, viral infections, and more. Visualizing its molecular architecture was impossible… until now. #glycotime #microscopy
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
February 10, 2025 at 8:21 AM
ÅNGSTRÖM-RESOLUTION IMAGING OF CELL-SURFACE GLYCANS 🧬🎨🍬
The glycocalyx, our cells' sugar coat, holds secrets in immunology, cancer, viral infections, and more. Visualizing its molecular architecture was impossible… until now. #glycotime #microscopy
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
The glycocalyx, our cells' sugar coat, holds secrets in immunology, cancer, viral infections, and more. Visualizing its molecular architecture was impossible… until now. #glycotime #microscopy
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
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from “Parable of the Talents” by Octavia Butler
February 16, 2025 at 2:28 PM
from “Parable of the Talents” by Octavia Butler
I just realized that this was my first post here… considering how active I used to be on twitter and the positive vibes I had back then… disturbing how things have changed. Let’s start again. Hi all! I am here to engage with & learn from my science buddies, while promoting DEI! & this is my 🌟 team!
February 16, 2025 at 8:15 PM
I just realized that this was my first post here… considering how active I used to be on twitter and the positive vibes I had back then… disturbing how things have changed. Let’s start again. Hi all! I am here to engage with & learn from my science buddies, while promoting DEI! & this is my 🌟 team!
Currently working on an R01. Waiting on 3 NOAs (1 as PI, 2 as co-I). 2 of them planned to study amyloidosis in minority populations (Blacks and Hispanics). No idea what will happen to NIH, the institute, the proposals, my lab, my team, my family... I am just in a wave of anxiety & mental paralysis
February 9, 2025 at 12:16 AM
Currently working on an R01. Waiting on 3 NOAs (1 as PI, 2 as co-I). 2 of them planned to study amyloidosis in minority populations (Blacks and Hispanics). No idea what will happen to NIH, the institute, the proposals, my lab, my team, my family... I am just in a wave of anxiety & mental paralysis
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It’s been a tough few weeks. My 10yo daughter was diagnosed with a very rare, aggressive cancer called interdigitating dendritic cell sarcoma (IDCS). I’m reaching out to identify clinicians/patients who have encountered pediatric IDCS or other (non-LCH) dendritic or histiocytic sarcomas cases.
February 8, 2025 at 9:21 PM
It’s been a tough few weeks. My 10yo daughter was diagnosed with a very rare, aggressive cancer called interdigitating dendritic cell sarcoma (IDCS). I’m reaching out to identify clinicians/patients who have encountered pediatric IDCS or other (non-LCH) dendritic or histiocytic sarcomas cases.
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Apologies for this long post I put together to explain to non-scientists the impact of NIH cuts: Last night, an “atomic bomb” was dropped on the biomedical science community. We were informed that effective immediately, indirect costs on NIH grants (both current and future) would be fixed at 15%.
February 8, 2025 at 10:32 PM
Apologies for this long post I put together to explain to non-scientists the impact of NIH cuts: Last night, an “atomic bomb” was dropped on the biomedical science community. We were informed that effective immediately, indirect costs on NIH grants (both current and future) would be fixed at 15%.
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At the NIH, posters of women and scientists of color have been taken down. Shared by @ivancalcantara.bsky.social on X. 2/x
February 8, 2025 at 6:50 PM
At the NIH, posters of women and scientists of color have been taken down. Shared by @ivancalcantara.bsky.social on X. 2/x
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NIH is updating peer review, um, process? Standards? Not sure what I would call it. One stated goal is to reduce reputational bias. https://www.nih.gov/news-events/news-releases/nih-revises-grant-review-process-improve-focus-scientific-merit-reduce-reputational-bias
October 19, 2023 at 6:08 PM
NIH is updating peer review, um, process? Standards? Not sure what I would call it. One stated goal is to reduce reputational bias. https://www.nih.gov/news-events/news-releases/nih-revises-grant-review-process-improve-focus-scientific-merit-reduce-reputational-bias
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“3 institutions are trying to trace the origin of infectious Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease samples discovered in the laboratory of the biochemist, who died in 2022 at the age of 45.”
And it takes 3 years for the institutions to notify the rest of the lab staff… (in Spanish)
elpais.com/ciencia/2023...
And it takes 3 years for the institutions to notify the rest of the lab staff… (in Spanish)
elpais.com/ciencia/2023...
Abierta una investigación en Barcelona tras la muerte de un científico que estudiaba una enfermeda...
Tres instituciones intentan averiguar el origen de unas muestras infectivas de Creutzfeldt-Jakob descubiertas en el laboratorio del bioquímico, fallecido en 2022 a los 45 años
elpais.com
October 19, 2023 at 7:36 PM
“3 institutions are trying to trace the origin of infectious Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease samples discovered in the laboratory of the biochemist, who died in 2022 at the age of 45.”
And it takes 3 years for the institutions to notify the rest of the lab staff… (in Spanish)
elpais.com/ciencia/2023...
And it takes 3 years for the institutions to notify the rest of the lab staff… (in Spanish)
elpais.com/ciencia/2023...