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Scientists Who Lift

@ScientistsLift

6 months

What unpopular academia opinion would get you in this situation?

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Scientists Who Lift

@ScientistsLift

1 year

Does anybody else find it hard to read actual books since going to grad school? Or is it just me? 🤔

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@ScientistsLift

3 years

Allow me to official introduce myself I’m Dr. Dominique Stephens, Biochemist, powerlifter and creator of Scientists Who Lift. Thought I’d change things up so all my followers could put a face and a name to the brand 😎🤟🏾 #scientistswholift

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Just wanted to say thank yall for all the love!! I can’t wait to start this new adventure as an Assistant Professor of Cell and Molecular Biology at James Madison University in the Fall! There’s so much to do in so little time. Oh this is for the people who didn’t watch my…

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@ScientistsLift

2 months

When I get into academia I want to build a greenbook type of network of safe labs/universities to pursue a PhD.

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@ScientistsLift

2 years

You know what I’m realizing while writing my diversity statement? Why am I being forced to relive my racism trauma in academia in detail to get a job in academia 🤔

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@ScientistsLift

5 months

Advice for someone preparing for their first interviews for Assistant Professor jobs? Zoom and in person.

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@ScientistsLift

1 year

You know what I need and what every scientist needs? A science buddy/friend. Let me explain: someone when you get a research idea you can call them up and say “hey listen to this. What do you think? Am I crazy or do I got something?” Idk just a thought 🤷🏾‍♂️

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@ScientistsLift

6 months

Im just realizing that I’m probably going to have to teach a class I never took myself 😳 lol how common is that?

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@ScientistsLift

5 months

Just completed my very first faculty interview 🤓😬

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@ScientistsLift

1 year

Adding to my microscopy toolkit learning FIB-SEM was daunting but cool at the same time! Look at my first EM image 🤩🤩 #scientistswholift #mircoscope

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@ScientistsLift

9 months

Had to share with my Scientists Who Lift family!! Just got one step closer to being debt free by being awarded the NIH Loan Repayment Program Award 🤓💰 it’s an honor but this is only the beginning 🤓 #scientistswholift

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@ScientistsLift

3 years

Can I just brag about my blot and thank the western blot gods for shining upon me!! 🙌🏾 #scicomm #Science

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@ScientistsLift

2 years

If I can give all young scientists some unsolicited advice. Make sure you give yearly updates to your past research mentors (if you had a good relationship with them). They love hearing from you and about your journey. they are also a wealth of knowledge to tap into.

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@ScientistsLift

4 years

I have kept this on the low for awhile now but only the closest people know this but I have decided to take my talents to the University of Texas-Austin to for my postdoctoral studies! So excited to start this new journey! Oh and for now on it’s Dr. Stephens #scientistswholift

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@ScientistsLift

29 days

THE DECISION! (Science Edition) This fall I’ll be taking my talents to…. #scientistswholift

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@ScientistsLift

1 year

Me: This holiday break I’m gonna get super organized and get so much done Reality:

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@ScientistsLift

2 years

You know it’s crazy how many people in the past year have told me you’re gonna make an amazing PI in academia but now I’m sitting here gearing up to potentially leave it. The Irony

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@ScientistsLift

1 year

An exciting announcement!! I have been awarded a T32 Training Grant!! Thanks to all my mentors @phdgprotein86 @stevendamolab1 @CpmlVandy for their diligence in getting this grant submitted and won! Now it’s time to get to work 🙌🏾 #ScienceTwitter #scientistswholift

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@ScientistsLift

2 years

I would like to see scientists dress up with a bit more flare at conferences when they are presenting their work. We got style too!

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@ScientistsLift

4 months

Putting in some work on a Saturday cause this weather set me back! 👨🏾‍🔬🧫

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@ScientistsLift

3 months

This whole job search has really opened my eyes to the type of professor I want to be and how much I won’t be switching up who I am to get a job. Because if they want me then they have to want all of me ✊🏾

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@ScientistsLift

5 years

@EstOdek I don’t have a personal twitter account, but I am the founder of @ScientistsLift currently I’m a PhD student in Biochem and powerlifter as well. Just want to promote a healthy lifestyle for all my #stem peeps

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@ScientistsLift

1 year

Question: why is academia so toxic??

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@ScientistsLift

8 months

I’m starting to realize that if I have to be someone I’m not to appease the older generation of scientists. Then academia isn’t for me ✌🏾

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@ScientistsLift

2 years

Cats outta the bag now! I accepted a postdoc position at Vanderbilt University! Can’t wait to make a huge impact! I’ll discuss the whole move on my next podcast episode 😁 #scientistswholift

Hinton Laboratory at Vanderbilt

@AtHinton

2 years

@stevendamolab1 & @phdgprotein86 would like to welcome @ScientistsLift to their labs. @ScientistsLift will also be mentored by @CpmlVandy for math modeling. Also congrats @ScientistsLift on your @BWFUND PDEP grant & TU Program Officer @amays_bwfund ! Welcome to your new joint labs

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@ScientistsLift

5 years

I am a PhD Candidate And I am one of the top powerlifters in the country. I run my own brand/business. Plus I am a black man who loves to hike

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@ScientistsLift

11 months

Finally made my return to the platform! Squat: 622lbs meet PR Bench: 463lbs meet PR Deadlift: 700lbs Went 9/9 for the first time 1st place in 100kg class Won best overall male lifter Building back to the national stage! I’m coming so get ready! 😈 #scientistswholift

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@ScientistsLift

3 months

Life has been a grind these past few months. I’ve learn so much and I can’t wait to share it with you all, but until then I’m putting myself in a position to fulfill a dream. For the next three weeks I’ll be doing in person interviews so wish me luck 🤓 #scientistswholift

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@ScientistsLift

1 year

Had a great time @NCState at the Building Future Faculty program! Imma give everyone some advice when you’re going on the job market get your name out there! The more people who know you the more opportunities there are for you! #scientistswholift

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@ScientistsLift

6 years

Have you ever been scared to ask your advisor/PI a question because you don’t want them to perceive you as less than capable? Well I say fuck it just ask 🤷🏾‍♂️ #scicomm #blackandstem #science #phd #phdlife #stem

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@ScientistsLift

4 years

The day has come and I want you all to be apart of it with me! Tune into my virtual dissertation defense tomorrow Friday May 15th @ noon EST as I present my doctoral work and hopefully become Dr. Stephens 🙌🏾 the link will be in my bio so I hope you tune in #scientistswholift

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@ScientistsLift

1 year

I love when I’m able to give back and teach kids about science 🧬 😌 STEMed in action! #scientistswholift #science

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@ScientistsLift

1 year

Meal prep Sundays are always a vibe! Make sure you’re prioritizing your health 🔥 #scientistswholift

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@ScientistsLift

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@Angelica_Thinks Maybe even the best way! 🤓

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@ScientistsLift

1 year

Is it just me? But Im a whole scientist, I have a PhD and everything but I’m not treated like one in academia 🤔 where’s the disconnect?

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11 months

What is a conversation the older generation of scientists aren’t ready to have?? I’ll go first: just because you went thru trauma during your training years doesn’t mean you have to recreate that trauma for your trainees

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@ScientistsLift

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🤬🤬😤 probably the most infuriating thing!!

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@ScientistsLift

1 year

If someone asks…THIS is what a scientist looks like 😏 Like the tank? Go to the website in the bio and get yours just in time for your summertime fun #scientistswholift

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@ScientistsLift

3 months

I wonder how different academia will be once Millennials take control 🤔

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@ScientistsLift

1 year

A huge PR!! One of my goals have always been to rep 600lbs and I’m hype about hitting this and how good it felt! Gotta keep pushing 601lbs x 2 reps #scientistswholift

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@ScientistsLift

2 years

Finally got to make a poster and talk about the work I did while at @UTAustin grateful for the opportunity @Sullivan_Lab gave me while I was there and grateful for the future opportunities with @BWFUND @stevendamolab1 @AtHinton

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@ScientistsLift

6 years

As a black male in STEM going through this journey it would have been a huge benefit to have a mentor to help navigate the community. That just means I have to be a mentor to someone else #mentoring #mentorship #wokeSTEM #blackandSTEM #SciComm #phd #phdlife

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@ScientistsLift

5 years

All I can say is peep the socks tho 👀 oh and I guess the lift was pretty decent too 🤷🏾‍♂️ ran out of space on the bar smh 600x5 #scientistswholift #fitscientist #powerlifting #weightlifting #gym #fitfam #lifting #blackmensmiling #fitlife #fitness #bodybuilding #deadlifts

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@ScientistsLift

1 year

Advice for anyone going into a postdoc or plan to: Have a definitive plan of where you wanna be and the timeframe you want to be it and make sure you communicate that to whoever you interview or take a position with. It’s best to be on the same page!

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11 months

@ravenscimaven Nature is my happy place!

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11 months

Happy Juneteenth!! ✊🏾❤️🖤💚✊🏾A day of celebration and reflection! If you haven’t already check out the Juneteenth piece in @CellCellPress that I was able to be apart of! It was certainly an honor! ☺️ #scientistswholift #juneteenth

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Don’t you just love it when you’re asked the question, “how much time you have left on your PhD?” 🙄🙄 your guess is as good as mine #phd #phdlife #gradschool #scicomm

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@ScientistsLift

1 month

Sometimes I just can’t stop thinking about that fire 🔥 data I just got! #scientistswholift

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@ScientistsLift

1 year

Late in posting these but still valid. Pretty much in a dungeon for this 605lbs squat. #scientistswholift

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@ScientistsLift

1 year

Me and Einstein deadlifting…it’s all physics 🤓😎 #scientistswholift

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@ScientistsLift

5 years

Advice for new Graduate students: If you’re in a lab and you start to see red flags when it comes to your PI...GET OUT!! It’s ok to leave and go elsewhere trust me you’ll be happy you did. #ThursdayThoughts #phd #Science #scicomm

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@ScientistsLift

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I ain’t new to this I’m true to this 🤓🧫👨🏾‍🔬 #scientistswholift

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@ScientistsLift

1 year

Listen applying to Assistant Professor positions is time consuming!! Fingers crossed I get an interview somewhere 🙏🏾🤞🏾

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@ScientistsLift

1 year

Thinking about all the things I’ve sacrificed pursuing my dream career…

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@ScientistsLift

4 months

It’s been one wild ass year! All I can say it thank y’all for the support of this brand we’ve built an awesome community together! But the train don’t stop here! Let’s have more fun and amazing adventures next year! Wishing you all success in 2024! 🫶🏾💪🏾🧬 #scientistswholift

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@ScientistsLift

4 months

The hardest challenge for me right now is juggling research, my job search/interviews and hitting the gym. I’m tired y’all 😓

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@ScientistsLift

2 years

Told my undergrads today what my gpa was when I graduated with my bachelors. It was a 2.8, just to remind them if they really want something they have to work to get it. A final thought before the holiday break.

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@ScientistsLift

1 year

Nothing like hitting a major squat PR with some great gym energy! 630lbs we ready for this comp 🔥🔥 #scientistswholift

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4 years

Gonna create a Facebook group where the scientists who lift community can talk to each other and network with each other not only me 😊😊 #scientistswholift

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1 year

Love how this moved! Me and deadlifts have been fighting here lately but this block tho we see eye to eye 😍 625lbs for 2 #scientistswholift

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@ScientistsLift

1 year

Had to get a quick pump before we talked about #science in #Brazil 🇧🇷 #scientistswholift

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@ScientistsLift

6 months

@nmr_chemist I don’t think grad school being hard in the traditional sense is the issue but I hear what you’re saying

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@ScientistsLift

1 year

Posting a few lifts from before my trip to Brazil! Building up to something great! 470lbs paused #scientistswholift

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@ScientistsLift

1 year

460lbs on bench and couldn’t be happier to hit this PR it was a long time coming! Also, this dude don’t listen I told him to just stand there! He almost fucked up my PR smh 🤦🏾‍♂️ 😤😡 #scientistswholift

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@ScientistsLift

3 years

705lbs!! Got my technique down and feeling good this was way faster than expected 😎🤟🏾 #scientistswholift

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@ScientistsLift

10 months

Absolutely love this! Lifting weights means better mobility and you still have muscle mass to do this as you age! 🔥

Squat University

@SquatUniversity

10 months

82 years young: deadlifting 210 lbs 🤯

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@ScientistsLift

4 years

I was blackballed from @GeorgiaStateU chemistry department for speaking up about a professor calling me a racial slur. My PI disowned me and spread lies about me. I was 2yrs into my PhD and had 2 first author papers under my belt. All wiped away #BlackintheIvory #BlackLivesMatter

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1 year

This 645lbs deadlift is the start of me changing up my deadlift technique I’ve been working on all my other lifts now it’s time to tweak this one and let me tell y’all it’s gonna be a tough journey 😤 #scientistswholift

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@ScientistsLift

10 months

Just like residency when physicians get their MD there needs to be a more organized training plan/structure for postdocs. After our PhDs it’s like we are thrown out to sea without a life jacket and anything can happen!

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I had the amazing opportunity to present my work in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil and create some opportunities for future collaboration!! This was one of the best experiences I’ve ever had!! And Brazil es muy bonito I might post some pics 😁🇧🇷 #scientistswholift #brazil

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@ScientistsLift

2 years

Sooo I did I thing honored to have won this @BWFUND fellowship! But this is one of many announcements that I have! I’ve been really busy so stay tuned 🤩🤓

Burroughs Wellcome Fund

@BWFUND

2 years

Congratulations to the 2022 Postdoctoral Diversity Enrichment Program Fellows #bwfpdep #bwfrtp

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@ScientistsLift

5 years

I’m sure my headphones hate when I deadlift but whatever they gonna have to deal with it 😂 top set 560lbs 6reps #scientistswholift #fitscientist #powerlifting #weightlifting #gym #fitfam #lifting #blackmensmiling #fitlife #fitness #bodybuilding #deadlifts

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4 years

Been MIA for a good cause presenting my research! Won some money in the poster competition and then got to discuss my project with so many amazing people! Such a great time!! #scientistswholift #STEM #research #posterpresentation #scicomm #Science

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Haven’t touched 700lbs in a very long time and this was ugly but there’s still work to be done! Just wait on it #scientistswholift

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1 year

This is a big time PR for me!! 440lbs for 2 and they flew!! Get ready cause I’m coming!! 😈 #scientistswholift

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2 years

The hardest thing to do as a lifter is get a workout in when you’re at a conference but you can make it work at the hotel gym 💪🏾💪🏾 #scientistswholift

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@GntlmnScientist Really? I couldn’t get back into reading myself cause I’m still reading so many research papers

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@ScientistsLift

4 years

I leave my lab once the work is done. I’d rather do my data analysis in the comfort of my home as long as the work gets done it don’t matter when I leave

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4 years

The hardest thing to do in a white dominated field is to speak out for fear of backlash but this is not the time to be scared. If a program doesn’t like that fact that you’re holding your white counterparts accountable then that’s not the program for you! #BlackandSTEM #BLM

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Benching 450lbs on a not so stable bench and a self handoff cause I don’t trust people in commercial gyms 🤷🏾‍♂️ I told this guy behind me to just stand there and make sure I don’t die 😂 #scientistswholift

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@ScientistsLift

2 years

Throughout my scientific career most people I’ve came across did not believe that I could make it as a scientist. What keeps me going is that one person that does because without them I wouldn’t be able to move forward. Can I just say a thank you to them 🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾

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5 years

Ah the meet recap! What you’ve all been waiting for! First off had the honor of lifting among the top 93kgs in the nation in Primetime Squat: 280kg:617lbs (Lifetime pr) Bench: 205kg:452lbs Deadlift: 322.5kg:711lbs (Lifetime pr) Total: 807kg:1779lbs (Lifetime pr) Placed 10th

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With everything going on I was inspired to continue writing my book about what it took to get a #PhD in #STEM as a black man in this country! I’m putting my story out there for the masses to read I hope everyone else is inspired to do the same! #BlackintheIvory #BlackLivesMatter

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1 year

My coach caps my lifts now 🫠 but regardless we building 535lbs for a deuce #scientistswholift

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@ScientistsLift

2 years

My Therapist: What do you do when you’re feeling overwhelmed? Me: Lift heavier! My Therapist: 🤦🏾‍♂️ #scientistswholift

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@ScientistsLift

2 years

Whenever someone asked me how long I had left in grad school

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4 years

Who doesn’t like Christmas deadlifts 🎄🎁 585lbs x 3reps #scientistswholift #fitscientist #happyholidays #powerlifting #weightlifting #gym #fitfam #lifting #humpday #christmas #fitlife #fitness #bodybuilding #deadlifts #math #engineering #fitnessmotivation #MerryChrismas #STEM

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I’ve been giving a short talk to mentors at my university about how to be a mentor to black and brown mentees. I think I should take this act on the road cause so many people could benefit from this

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1 year

The goal is a 500lbs bench at 90kgs 😁 let’s get it! 420lbs for ✌🏾 #scientistswholift

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@ScientistsLift

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Just like in sports there are player’s coaches I’d be a trainees PI. Meaning: I’m putting my trainees first cause their success is mines. Not too many PIs have this mindset.

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Tbh if a a professor is disregarding your letter or email because of the opening greeting you use they were trash in the first place and you don’t want to be apart of that lab! You dodged a bullet

Andrew Akbashev

@Andrew_Akbashev

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In your application letter for #PhD / postdoc, NEVER ever say: "Hi prof" "Hello" "Dear Professor" "Greetings of the day" If you do, your email will be immediately deleted by 99% of professors. ▫️ Only start your applications with “Dear Prof. [second_name],” And don’t…

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Recently received probably the best compliment I’ve ever gotten after a presentation. They told me that my storytelling was amazing and engaging 🤩 looks like I’m doing something right 🤓

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Learned some family recipes this thanksgiving: Me: How much brown sugar do we need? Mom: smiles* Also Mom: I just pour until I’m finished Me: As a chemist this makes my skin crawl. Also me: I guess I’ll let the ancestors tell me when to stop 🤷🏾‍♂️😂🧑‍🍳

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@ScientistsLift

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I continue to ask myself why do I want to run my own lab in academia and it always circles back to I want to be that mentor to a young scientist that nobody ever was to me. #scientist #scicomm #STEM #scientistswholift

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4 years

Sooo my advisor and me were featured in the journal we just published in and received the cover of that issue 🥳🙌🏾. This is actually pretty dope but this won’t be the last time it happens! Now to figure out how to put this in my resume 🤔 #scientistswholift #research #Science

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@ScientistsLift

1 year

Ya but what percentage of postdocs are actually HHMI funded? For this to be a big deal the @NIH would have to implement a similar pay increase

HHMI NEWS

@HHMINEWS

1 year

The salary scale and related policy changes establish a minimum salary of $70k for starting postdocs, as well as salary increases that correlate with years of experience and additional flexibility in high-cost labor markets. (2/4)

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Ending this block off right with a nice 600lbs squat double! Gotta recover and get ready for heavy singles! #scientistswholift