Congrats to BBSPers @ellenrisemberg and Rachel DuMez-Kornegay, and MD-PhD student Nicole Ochandarena for making it to the 3MT finals! #phdlife #SciComm

Congrats to current WinSPIRE org team member/research mentor Rachel DuMez-Kornegay and past college-prep mentor @ellenrisemberg on making it to the 3 min thesis finals! Check out the finals from 4-5pm on Oct 11th in Bondurant Hall G100. #SciComm

Go Rachel DuMez-Kornegay! gradschoolmagazine.unc.edu/2022/10/top-te…

Congratulations to our Three Minute Thesis winner: MacKenna Wood! And congratulations to Lauren Herlihy with UNC School of Nursing on snagging second place. Lastly, kudos to Rachel DuMez with UNC Genetics PhD for winning peoples' choice! #3MT unc.live/3RTSrJc UNC College of Arts and Sciences @UNCResearch

Kombucha is a popular drink with presumed health benefits. Are those benefits scientifically or clinically true? Rachel DuMez took the People's Choice Award in our Three Minute Thesis competition—she's in the UNC College of Arts and Sciences and UNC School of Medicine in a dual curriculum. ow.ly/MsRo50LCMTE

Thank you UNC Graduate School for the opportunity to share my work! 🫖🪱🧫🧬👩🏼‍🔬🔬

Congratulations to Dowen Lab, who has been granted a Junior Faculty Development Award by the office of Provost J. Christopher Clemens!     #uncbiology #unc #biology #award

Want to learn more about UNC WinSPIRE and UNC Women in Science? Like FREE donuts and hot chocolate?? Learn more about both organizations on Friday December 9th from 4-5pm in Mary Ellen Jones Room 3104!

Some Dowen-Dowen Lab holiday fun this weekend!

Way #3 to mentor: become a MiniLab leader! MiniLab Leaders are groups of scientists, engineers, or mathematicians that guide the WinSPIRE students through a hands-on experiment(s) that demonstrate the basic principles of their research.

WinSPIRE 2023 student applications for high school students interested in STEM are now open! Apply by February 23rd, 2023 at go.unc.edu/winspire2023

Architecture of the cortical actomyosin network driving apical constriction in C. elegans biorxiv.org/cgi/content/sh… #biorxiv_cellbio

Super excited to see our article published today in Frontiers for Young Minds which breaks down our recent publication in DrugDelivery for a young audience! If you have young readers that love STEM check it out and more! #SciComm The School of Arts & Sciences at UR kids.frontiersin.org/articles/10.33…

Our second article "Bone Biology: From a to Zebrafish" was published in Frontiers for Young Minds! Hope all the young scientists out there enjoy this review highlights how important model systems are to our understanding of basic biology. #SciComm The School of Arts & Sciences at UR kids.frontiersin.org/articles/10.33…

Thank you UNC Women in Science for a fun day of learning, presenting and community with incredible women in science! 👩🏼‍🔬 🪱 🧫🫖

Kombucha Tea-associated Microbes Remodel Host Metabolic Pathways to Suppress Lipid Accumulation. biorxiv.org/cgi/content/sh… #biorxiv_physio

#kombucha #obesity #fasting @plos @unc scienceblog.com/543353/kombuch…

Check out this fantastic article about our work written by Corrie Pelc for Medical News Today! #ScienceCommunication #KombuchaTea #Probiotics #FatMetabolism medicalnewstoday.com/articles/drink…

Kombucha Can Mimic the Effects of Fasting in the Body, According to a Study goodnewsnetwork.org/kombucha-can-m…