Silvia Vicenzi
@silviavicenzi.bsky.social
Postdoctoral CIRM Fellow UC San Diego • 2025 GEPA Award Recipient • Chair Postdoctoral Association • Co-Leader DASL • Coordinator CellComm.org • 🎙️Podcast Host https://www.buzzsprout.com/2398968 • Outreach SciComm
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🎓 Thinking about joining a new lab? Caitlin @caamodt.bsky.social drops some golden advice on how to spot supportive environments in academia 👇
1️⃣ Look for diversity—it’s often a sign of a healthy culture.
2️⃣ Talk to current lab members.
3️⃣ If you can, talk to someone who left the lab.
1️⃣ Look for diversity—it’s often a sign of a healthy culture.
2️⃣ Talk to current lab members.
3️⃣ If you can, talk to someone who left the lab.
Reposted by Silvia Vicenzi
Thank you @ash.hematology.org for supporting our research spearheaded by @silviavicenzi.bsky.social in the lab! Excited to have the opportunity to jump-start the next stage of our exploration into #bloodstemcell #aging with our collab & #lipidomics expert @drdorotask.bsky.social! #Fight4Hematology
This year the ASH Bridge Grant is funding 25 scientists with $3.75M, 5X more than last year, to keep hematology research moving forward. Congratulations to the recipients! https://bit.ly/3HJ51Ma
#HemeSky #MedSKy #ASHAwards
#HemeSky #MedSKy #ASHAwards
August 22, 2025 at 9:35 PM
Thank you @ash.hematology.org for supporting our research spearheaded by @silviavicenzi.bsky.social in the lab! Excited to have the opportunity to jump-start the next stage of our exploration into #bloodstemcell #aging with our collab & #lipidomics expert @drdorotask.bsky.social! #Fight4Hematology
Reposted by Silvia Vicenzi
We're thrilled to announce the largest private gift in our 137-year history: a $25 million unrestricted donation from MBL Whitman Scientist Mark Terasaki.
His extraordinary generosity will bolster our renowned research and education programs. 🔬
Learn more: bit.ly/452WL1m
His extraordinary generosity will bolster our renowned research and education programs. 🔬
Learn more: bit.ly/452WL1m
MBL Announces Largest Ever Gift for Its Renowned Biological Education and Research Programs | Marine Biological Laboratory
Cell Biology Researcher Mark Terasaki’s $25 Million Unrestricted Gift Will Support Operations and Infrastructure Contact: Samantha Cummis scummis@mbl.edu; 973.800.4119
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July 28, 2025 at 6:46 PM
We're thrilled to announce the largest private gift in our 137-year history: a $25 million unrestricted donation from MBL Whitman Scientist Mark Terasaki.
His extraordinary generosity will bolster our renowned research and education programs. 🔬
Learn more: bit.ly/452WL1m
His extraordinary generosity will bolster our renowned research and education programs. 🔬
Learn more: bit.ly/452WL1m
🎓 Thinking about joining a new lab? Caitlin @caamodt.bsky.social drops some golden advice on how to spot supportive environments in academia 👇
1️⃣ Look for diversity—it’s often a sign of a healthy culture.
2️⃣ Talk to current lab members.
3️⃣ If you can, talk to someone who left the lab.
1️⃣ Look for diversity—it’s often a sign of a healthy culture.
2️⃣ Talk to current lab members.
3️⃣ If you can, talk to someone who left the lab.
August 5, 2025 at 3:53 PM
🎓 Thinking about joining a new lab? Caitlin @caamodt.bsky.social drops some golden advice on how to spot supportive environments in academia 👇
1️⃣ Look for diversity—it’s often a sign of a healthy culture.
2️⃣ Talk to current lab members.
3️⃣ If you can, talk to someone who left the lab.
1️⃣ Look for diversity—it’s often a sign of a healthy culture.
2️⃣ Talk to current lab members.
3️⃣ If you can, talk to someone who left the lab.
That time I bonded with some long-lived clams to uncover their anti-aging secrets 🐚🧬 #BiologyOfAging #MyMBLMoment #BoA @fish4walking.bsky.social
Stay tuned for Alumni August!
Throughout the month, look out for opportunities to engage with former classmates, course directors, and other MBL Alumni.
Post your favorite memories with #MyMBLMoment to enter a giveaway that will be randomly drawn at the end of the month!
📷 Dee Sullivan
Throughout the month, look out for opportunities to engage with former classmates, course directors, and other MBL Alumni.
Post your favorite memories with #MyMBLMoment to enter a giveaway that will be randomly drawn at the end of the month!
📷 Dee Sullivan
August 5, 2025 at 2:39 PM
That time I bonded with some long-lived clams to uncover their anti-aging secrets 🐚🧬 #BiologyOfAging #MyMBLMoment #BoA @fish4walking.bsky.social
That unforgettable moment I learned how to patch neurons! 🧠✨ #ephys #MyMBLMoment @neurobiombl.bsky.social
Dear MBL alumni (that's you!),
What makes the MBL special to you?
Share your favorite MBL memory with #MyMBLMoment to enter our giveaway.
A winner will be randomly chosen at the end of the month!
#MyMBLMoment
What makes the MBL special to you?
Share your favorite MBL memory with #MyMBLMoment to enter our giveaway.
A winner will be randomly chosen at the end of the month!
#MyMBLMoment
August 5, 2025 at 2:33 PM
That unforgettable moment I learned how to patch neurons! 🧠✨ #ephys #MyMBLMoment @neurobiombl.bsky.social
Reposted by Silvia Vicenzi
I looked up DASL again today and turns out the program now has a podcast led by @silviavicenzi.bsky.social! ✨🎙️🥰
It makes me super glad to see that underrepresented trainees are being highlighted, especially with the shift in the current administration towards DEI 🥹
It makes me super glad to see that underrepresented trainees are being highlighted, especially with the shift in the current administration towards DEI 🥹
DASL Podcast
The DASL podcast is a project designed by Dr. Silvia Vicenzi to elevate the stories of underrepresented trainees at UCSD who have braved challenges and discrimination in their lives and careers. This ...
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May 2, 2025 at 12:13 AM
I looked up DASL again today and turns out the program now has a podcast led by @silviavicenzi.bsky.social! ✨🎙️🥰
It makes me super glad to see that underrepresented trainees are being highlighted, especially with the shift in the current administration towards DEI 🥹
It makes me super glad to see that underrepresented trainees are being highlighted, especially with the shift in the current administration towards DEI 🥹
Reposted by Silvia Vicenzi
In #myfirstpost here, I'm excited to share the news that the Crews Lab's latest research on #immunesystem #aging is now published in @geroscience.bsky.social! This work is the culmination of a wonderful collaboration with @drdorotask.bsky.social Lab with major efforts by @silviavicenzi.bsky.social!
📣 I'm thrilled to share that my first-author paper, published in my current position as a CIRM Postdoctoral Fellow in the Crews Lab at UC San Diego, is now officially available! 💪🔬 1/n
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
Systemic deficits in lipid homeostasis promote aging-associated impairments in B cell progenitor development - GeroScience
Organismal aging has been associated with diverse metabolic and functional changes across tissues. Within the immune system, key features of physiological hematopoietic cell aging include increased fa...
link.springer.com
April 18, 2025 at 9:38 PM
In #myfirstpost here, I'm excited to share the news that the Crews Lab's latest research on #immunesystem #aging is now published in @geroscience.bsky.social! This work is the culmination of a wonderful collaboration with @drdorotask.bsky.social Lab with major efforts by @silviavicenzi.bsky.social!
📣 I'm thrilled to share that my first-author paper, published in my current position as a CIRM Postdoctoral Fellow in the Crews Lab at UC San Diego, is now officially available! 💪🔬 1/n
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
Systemic deficits in lipid homeostasis promote aging-associated impairments in B cell progenitor development - GeroScience
Organismal aging has been associated with diverse metabolic and functional changes across tissues. Within the immune system, key features of physiological hematopoietic cell aging include increased fa...
link.springer.com
April 17, 2025 at 9:18 PM
📣 I'm thrilled to share that my first-author paper, published in my current position as a CIRM Postdoctoral Fellow in the Crews Lab at UC San Diego, is now officially available! 💪🔬 1/n
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
1/ 🚨 Just listened to a 🔥 podcast with Dr. Monica Gonzalez Ramirez, a first-gen Mexican-American scientist. Her story? A powerful mix of grit, purpose & heart. Here's what stuck with me 🧵
www.buzzsprout.com/2398968/epis...
www.buzzsprout.com/2398968/epis...
Ep.10 - Interview with Dr. Monica Gonzalez Ramirez - DASL Podcast
The podcast episode features an interview with Dr. Monica Gonzalez Ramirez, a first-generation Mexican-American scientist who shares how the work ethic passed down from her immigrant parents shaped he...
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April 10, 2025 at 6:09 PM
1/ 🚨 Just listened to a 🔥 podcast with Dr. Monica Gonzalez Ramirez, a first-gen Mexican-American scientist. Her story? A powerful mix of grit, purpose & heart. Here's what stuck with me 🧵
www.buzzsprout.com/2398968/epis...
www.buzzsprout.com/2398968/epis...
April 10, 2025 at 3:56 PM
Reposted by Silvia Vicenzi
Published an op-ed for @cnn.com: “Nobel laureate: I owe America my success. Today, its scientific future is in danger.”
A personal reflection on what’s at stake as science funding gets slashed. I’d be grateful if you could amplify both in and beyond the science world.
www.cnn.com/2025/04/09/h...
A personal reflection on what’s at stake as science funding gets slashed. I’d be grateful if you could amplify both in and beyond the science world.
www.cnn.com/2025/04/09/h...
Nobel laureate: I owe America my success. Today, its scientific future is in danger | CNN
Dr. Ardem Patapoutian says he watches “with deep sadness as the United States’ remarkable scientific enterprise, which took generations of hard work and national investment to build, faces a concerted...
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April 9, 2025 at 11:30 AM
Published an op-ed for @cnn.com: “Nobel laureate: I owe America my success. Today, its scientific future is in danger.”
A personal reflection on what’s at stake as science funding gets slashed. I’d be grateful if you could amplify both in and beyond the science world.
www.cnn.com/2025/04/09/h...
A personal reflection on what’s at stake as science funding gets slashed. I’d be grateful if you could amplify both in and beyond the science world.
www.cnn.com/2025/04/09/h...
Reposted by Silvia Vicenzi
Busy day. Prospective students visiting @scripps.edu and Standing up for Science especially for the next generation of scientists!
March 7, 2025 at 5:18 PM
Busy day. Prospective students visiting @scripps.edu and Standing up for Science especially for the next generation of scientists!
Reposted by Silvia Vicenzi
I'll be talking about some of this at the rally at UCSD tomorrow, thanks for having me!
March 6, 2025 at 8:48 PM
I'll be talking about some of this at the rally at UCSD tomorrow, thanks for having me!
🚀 New DASL Podcast Episode! 🎙️✨
We sit down with Dr. Christian Cazares @fleabrained.bsky.social , who shares his inspiring journey as an immigrant in academia! His story is a must-listen. 🧵 Don’t miss this powerful episode!👇 Tune in now! 🎧🎶 www.buzzsprout.com/2398968/epis...
We sit down with Dr. Christian Cazares @fleabrained.bsky.social , who shares his inspiring journey as an immigrant in academia! His story is a must-listen. 🧵 Don’t miss this powerful episode!👇 Tune in now! 🎧🎶 www.buzzsprout.com/2398968/epis...
Ep. 9 - Interview with Dr. Christian Cazares - DASL Podcast
The podcast episode features an interview with Dr Christian Cazares, who shares his inspiring journey as an immigrant from Mexico, whose parents juggled multiple jobs to provide for their family, inst...
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March 6, 2025 at 8:46 PM
🚀 New DASL Podcast Episode! 🎙️✨
We sit down with Dr. Christian Cazares @fleabrained.bsky.social , who shares his inspiring journey as an immigrant in academia! His story is a must-listen. 🧵 Don’t miss this powerful episode!👇 Tune in now! 🎧🎶 www.buzzsprout.com/2398968/epis...
We sit down with Dr. Christian Cazares @fleabrained.bsky.social , who shares his inspiring journey as an immigrant in academia! His story is a must-listen. 🧵 Don’t miss this powerful episode!👇 Tune in now! 🎧🎶 www.buzzsprout.com/2398968/epis...
Postdoc community - this event is for you! WHEN? Friday 28th at 4-6pm, WHERE? maps.app.goo.gl/ZWQZm9YKqFax...
@ucsandiego.bsky.social @ucsdhealthsci.bsky.social @ucsdmedschool.bsky.social @ucsdhealth.bsky.social
@ucsandiego.bsky.social @ucsdhealthsci.bsky.social @ucsdmedschool.bsky.social @ucsdhealth.bsky.social
February 24, 2025 at 11:02 PM
Postdoc community - this event is for you! WHEN? Friday 28th at 4-6pm, WHERE? maps.app.goo.gl/ZWQZm9YKqFax...
@ucsandiego.bsky.social @ucsdhealthsci.bsky.social @ucsdmedschool.bsky.social @ucsdhealth.bsky.social
@ucsandiego.bsky.social @ucsdhealthsci.bsky.social @ucsdmedschool.bsky.social @ucsdhealth.bsky.social
🌟 Honored and Grateful 🌟
I am deeply humbled to receive the prestigious GEPA Award for Advancing Equity in Postdoctoral Training. 🏆✨ 1/
I am deeply humbled to receive the prestigious GEPA Award for Advancing Equity in Postdoctoral Training. 🏆✨ 1/
January 27, 2025 at 9:26 PM
🌟 Honored and Grateful 🌟
I am deeply humbled to receive the prestigious GEPA Award for Advancing Equity in Postdoctoral Training. 🏆✨ 1/
I am deeply humbled to receive the prestigious GEPA Award for Advancing Equity in Postdoctoral Training. 🏆✨ 1/
1/Fascinating interview with Dr. Arash Fassihi on the DASL Podcast! He's a project scientist at UC San Diego studying how the brain controls complex movements. www.buzzsprout.com/2398968/epis...
Ep. 8 - Interview with Dr. Arash Fassihi - DASL Podcast
The podcast episode features an interview with Dr. Arash Fassihi, a project scientist in the Kleinfeld Laboratory at UC San Diego, where he investigates orofacial movements in rats and explores how th...
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January 20, 2025 at 7:24 PM
1/Fascinating interview with Dr. Arash Fassihi on the DASL Podcast! He's a project scientist at UC San Diego studying how the brain controls complex movements. www.buzzsprout.com/2398968/epis...
1/n If you’re passionate about making a difference in STEM and amplifying underrepresented voices, apply today to join the DASL Podcast team! 🎙️✨ Feel free to reach out to me with any questions—I’d love to hear from you! 😊
January 18, 2025 at 12:30 AM
1/n If you’re passionate about making a difference in STEM and amplifying underrepresented voices, apply today to join the DASL Podcast team! 🎙️✨ Feel free to reach out to me with any questions—I’d love to hear from you! 😊