
Dr Samantha Nixon
@samnscience
Former arachnophobe now spider advocate. Postdoc @UCSF studying molecular mechanisms of toxin resistance 🐸. PhD in 🕷️ venoms @IMBatUQ #scicomm #womeninSTEM
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Dr @ScientistShah and Dr Clara Jiang found women with a high genetic risk of developing depression are more likely to develop heart disease, by analysing genetic & health data from more than 300,000 people. 🔗 Read more: bit.ly/3OFZ7ve


🚨 Gordon Research Conferences in Tropical Infectious Diseases 2025 - Lucca, Italy 2025 - 1-2 Feb '25: Gordon Research Seminar specifically for ECRs! More details at: tinyurl.com/27ucssd - 2-7 Feb '25: Full conference on Tackling Tropical Infectious Diseases: tinyurl.com/4rz33u9f





Congratulations to our international team for publishing this wonderful paper about how microalgae and microbes interact at Yellowstone National Park to maintain stable ecosystems (academic.oup.com/ismecommun/art…). Debashish Bhattacharya Julia Van Etten Thomas Mock Chung Hyun CHO Joint Genome Institute Andreas Weber ISME Communications



Come and work with us! We have a 3yr RA role working on parasites with fascinating biology If you have previous experience working with mouse models, parasites, or are excited by the challenge of working on a new organism, I'd encourage you to apply! careers.adelaide.edu.au/cw/en/job/5163…


This Saturday, the California National Geographic Explorer's Hub is putting on an event in collaboration with Sports Basement and @NerdNiteSF! There will be >20 lightning talks about all sorts of things! Click here to learn more and RSVP: sites.google.com/view/wonderfes…





TOMORROW! How can #AI support sustainable insecticide discovery and Physiology, Biochemistry & Toxicology research? Learn more in this May 22 ESA PBT webinar moderated by Tina Lozano (She/Her) Ana R. Cabrera w/ panelists Edel Pérez-López & Yannick Djoumbou Feunang. 🔗buff.ly/ey0GO60



Stoke to announce that I will be joining the Dept of Biology Texas State University this coming Fall semester as an Assistant Professor! Looking for grad students with interests in #Symbiodiniaceae, #corals 🪸, microbial #symbiosis 🦠, comparative #genomics 🧬 and #phylogenomics soon. Reach out!
