BE-STEM at UCSF @BESTEM_UCSF
Working to increase Black representation in STEM and to mentor the next generation of Black scientists at UCSF and beyond San Francisco, CA Joined August 2020-
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Thank you to everyone who attended the BE-STEM/SNMA/SNDA Annual Juneteenth BBQ this past Saturday! We had a phenomenal turn out of future Black doctors celebrating Black history. Shoutout to our partners, @snma_ucsf and SNDA, for such an amazing event!
Join us TODAY, Wednesday, May 17th at 3pm to support Sydney Williams as she practices for her upcoming qualifying exam on "Impact of Rab GTPase Regulation on the Health and Integrity of the Retinal Pigment Epithelium (RPE)." RSVP here: cglink.me/2c7/r2115330
Join us Tuesday, May 9th to support Chloe Ghent as she practices for her upcoming qualifying exam on "Broadening Our Understanding of Bacterial Antibiotic Resistance Mechanisms Through Probing Antibiotic-Dependent Induction of cfr Expression." RSVP here: cglink.me/2c7/r2106873
Sending a HUGE thank you to everyone who attended our spring social! With a special thanks to our family in the city, @BESTEM_SFSU❤️🖤💚
Thank you to everyone who attended the Black Matters film screening and panel at SF State this past Friday! It was a blast connecting with our @BESTEM_SFSU in an evening of Black empowerment, creativity, and open discussion.
Join us Wednesday, May 3rd at 3pm to support Tracy Knight as she practices for her upcoming qualifying exam on "Determining the regulatory role of nuclear membrane protein emerin in functional pools of B-catenin." RSVP here: cglink.me/2c7/r2102226
Join us to support Jacqueline Williams as she practices for her upcoming qualifying exam on "Characterizing killer cell immunoglobulin-like receptor (KIR) genes in the context of multiple sclerosis." RSVP here: cglink.me/2c7/r2076407 Wednesday, April 5th 3pm-5pm MH-1108
Join BE-STEM on April 28th for our Spring Social!!! Come join us as we take time to fellowship, eat, drink, and enjoy a safe space for our BE-STEM community! RSVP below for food and drinks! RSVP: cglink.me/2c7/r2081715
Join us, along with @sacnasatucsf and UCSF's Office of Career and Professional Development, on April 3rd as we discuss mastering uncomfortability and tools for navigating and networking through presentations and interactive workshops! Register here: eventbrite.com/e/mastering-th…
We are having our next general meeting on Wednesday, March 22nd from 6-7pm in MH-1105 or via zoom! Register using the link below to receive location/zoom: cglink.me/2c7/r2069962 Meeting agenda will be posted soon! best, BE-STEM leadership
BE-STEM is happy to acknowledge and celebrate Women's History Month this March 2023! This month, BE-STEM will be highlighting several Black women, who's innovations and intellect have pushed the boundaries of science. Stay tuned for a her-story lesson!

Dr. Erica L. Sanchez @elsanchez09
2K Followers 3K Following @UTD_Biology Asst. Professor • Molecular Biologist • Mentor • Student Advocate •Latina in #STEM • she/her • @SACNAS Lifetime member! https://t.co/kwXzgA4PSh
Ryan Hernandez @rdhernand
3K Followers 2K Following From busboy/car washer to population geneticist @UCSF, co/Director of the BMI PhD program, Initiative for Digital Transformation, & @UCSF_PROPEL Program!!!
dr.noelleletoile @girlsinscience_
2K Followers 3K Following really on Bluesky at https://t.co/rA6F0gpnvx - brains, elegans, curiosity.
Dr. Joel Babdor (he/h... @JoelBabdor
5K Followers 3K Following Asst. Prof. @PennMed👨🏿💻👨🏿🔬 #Translational #Immunology #Microbiome #PrecisionMed 🖤🚴🏿♂️🧗🏿🌱📷
José Montaño @Chemystified
279 Followers 361 Following Chem Bio PhD candidate in the @ZaroLab @UCSF | @UCRiverside alumn | @NSFGRFP Fellow | Going through life one experiment at a time | He/Him 👨🏻🔬🇲🇽
Dr Pleuni Pennings #B... @pleunipennings
4K Followers 2K Following Evolution/HIV/drug resistance/soft sweeps/clinical data/SFSU/inclusivity in computing. San Francisco State University. She/her. Videos https://t.co/E0yODofhDA
Willow Coyote-Maestas @willowcoyote
2K Followers 1K Following Assistant Professor at @UCSF_BTS | @HHMINEWS HGF | He/Him| mixed (Jicarilla Apache descent, Xicano, white) scientist | Loving membrane proteins every day
UCSF Immunologists fo... @IgEquity
743 Followers 330 Following IgEquity addresses and removes the barriers and biases standing in the way of gender equity in Immunology to create equal opportunities & representation at UCSF
Oscar A. Aguilar, PhD @oaaguilar503
922 Followers 911 Following Salvadoreño🇸🇻Canadian🇨🇦 | NK + Cancer Immunologist🧬🦠| Assist Prof @UCSF | PostDoc in Lanier Lab @UCSF | PhD @UofT | #LatinXinSTEM #SalviSTEM | He/Him/His
Stephanie Wankowicz (... @stephanie_mul
2K Followers 2K Following Assistant Professor @VanderbiltMPB, Computational Structural Biologist. Past: @UCSF @Fraser_Lab, @VanAllenLab @DanaFarber/@broadinstitute, @UMassAmherst
Jessie R. Liu @jessierliu
276 Followers 248 Following Postdoc @ChangLabUcsf. Prev. @UCBerkeley @UCSF @PittBioE. she/her
Jose Gomez @joseromo94
44 Followers 206 Following Immunology Ph.D. Student @UCSF : Neuro-Immunologist studying neurodevelopment and glia cells. Art | Books | Biking | Nature | Travel | #LatinXinSTEM 🏳️🌈
Mario Nawfal @MarioNawfal
2.5M Followers 49K Following Largest Show on X | Investor 700+ Startups | Founder @ibcgroupio , https://t.co/sw7OQ5KgAW
HappiLabs @HappiLabs_org
1K Followers 1K Following Home of the Virtual Lab Manager. We're fast, innovative, tough. Focus on your science, we'll handle the rest. @ycombinator S18
caitlyn dang ◡̈ @dangcait
52 Followers 130 Following @UCSF bms phd • @NIGMS T32 trainee • formerly w/ @JiangLabNU • @LoyolaChicago alum • she/her
Josue Regalado @josueregalado96
581 Followers 817 Following UCSF Post-Doc. Rockefeller University PhD. University of Nevada, Reno BS. Mexican-American.
Toby @thisesin59085
142 Followers 2K Following
ElinaK @ElinaKosty
258 Followers 641 Following Bio PhD candidate. Studying cilia and autism proteins. 🐸 frog stan in @goodfrognosis DSPAN F99/K00. DisabledinSTEM. Opinions are my own.
UCSF BHI @UCSF_BHI
67 Followers 104 Following BHI exists to to help UCSF be a better partner with the Black community.
UC San Francisco @UCSF
75K Followers 437 Following UC San Francisco is the leading university exclusively focused on health. @UCSF on Instagram, Facebook, LinkedIn and YouTube
Kevin Chen @kychen42
312 Followers 2K Following physician-scientist in-training @UCSF in Cyster Lab. biophysics, microscopy, immunology. he/him. 🇹🇼🏳️🌈
Katie Hatstat, Ph.D. @KatieHatstat
267 Followers 912 Following UC President's and NIH Postdoctoral Scholar, DeGrado Lab, UCSF | Ph.D., Chemistry @DukeChemistry | B.S. Chemistry, B.S. Neuroscience @RhodesCollege | she/her
UCSF Library @ucsf_library
3K Followers 1K Following The academic health sciences library at @UCSF. Check out library units @ucsf_archives @ucsf_learntech & @industrydocs
Jason Soriano @filipinofauci
58 Followers 192 Following Aspiring physician-scientist @UCSF | Alma Mater @UCBerkeley | All things immunology, ID, cancer, global public health | Fueled by coffee & curiosity
Michael Douglas @MDouglas_MS
148 Followers 675 Following Program Manager, Scientist and Researcher in Personalized Genomic Medicine, lover of travel and wine. Find me on BlueSky - https://t.co/6XBkApPbxe
Maggie Colton @MaggieColton3
59 Followers 182 Following UCSF grad student @PspgUcsf | Studying immunotherapy for brain tumors | Podcaster with @ctoradio | she/hers 🏳️🌈🔬🌱
A Tribe Called QUAKE @The_Earthquake3
723 Followers 4K Following "Hakuna Matata"😎 #HeatTwitter #RavensFlock #BVB
Petria Thompson, MD, ... @Petria_Thompson
822 Followers 1K Following Resident Physician #radonc @ucsfcancer
NURTURE Program at No... @NU_NURTURE
333 Followers 1K Following Building an exceptional community of Northwestern biomedical faculty committed to inclusive excellence. Apply now to tenure-track Assistant Professor positions.
solidarity @ ucsf �... @ucsfsolidarity
36 Followers 58 Following ucsf rank-and-file workers standing in solidarity with all 48,000 workers on strike across the state. we are pro-union, pro-truth, and pro-justice ✊ #FairUCNow
Paredes Lab @lab_paredes
299 Followers 321 Following
Mary B. Bradley @Bradley_MBB
82 Followers 168 Following Higher Ed | STEM | Career & Professional Development | Student Affairs
Karina Gonzalez Herre... @KNGonzalez_PhD
2K Followers 2K Following Associate Dean @YaleMed | Scientist | Higher Ed #firstgen @HarvardGSAS_PhD, BS & MS @CSUSM. Views are my own.
Hinton Laboratory at ... @AtHinton
1K Followers 954 Following The lab of @phdgprotein86, Assistant Professor @VUBasicSciences @VanderbiltMPB, Opens Fall 2021
Emmy Delaney @Delanemmy
210 Followers 738 Following PhD Candidate in the Morgan Lab @UCSF thinking about mitosis • mitobio alum @MPIAGE @ucdavisbiology • She/Her 💖💜💙
Science A @bestscienceonly
3 Followers 43 Following
UCSF Synapse @UCSF_Synapse
1K Followers 570 Following Synapse is the University of California, San Francisco's independent, student-run news outlet. Established in 1957.
Christine Olson @cao_bio
304 Followers 1K Following How do bacterial-host interactions affect the brain? Postdoc: @ucsf @PTurnbaugh | Ph.D.: @uclamcip @pipethero | Thoughts are my own.
Luis Jaimes Santiago @Luis_JSantiago
118 Followers 385 Following Chicano scientist 🇲🇽 | @UCSF PhD candidate | @CSUNorthridge alum | GPCRs/transporters🆒
BlakeN @7neocortex
7 Followers 64 Following
Rahel Woldeyes @RahelWoldeyes
202 Followers 653 Following a cellular structural biologist, was a graduate student @UCSF, post-doc in the Wah Chiu lab @Stanford
Paul V Thomas @paul_v_thomas
252 Followers 1K Following
Naa Asheley Afua Adow... @Foreverasheley
910 Followers 925 Following a writer who happens to like immunology research, BJJ and fashion M2, @UWMSTP @UCSF_PROPEL Scholar, 2024 UChicago Questbridge Scholar 2021
Meaningful Medicine P... @MMPodcast__
431 Followers 5K Following Meaningful Medicine highlights stories of health care professionals who have found a sense of meaning, resilience and joy in their work #MedEd #MedTwitter
Elizabeth McCarthy @em_immuno
116 Followers 199 Following UCSF MSTP/Bioinformatics Graduate Student working on Computational Systems Immunology. #BlackInImmuno
Snow Naing @SnowNaing1
67 Followers 484 Following Bioinformatics PhD student at UCSF, studying autism.
🌞 @zeyner26
78 Followers 349 Following
Dr. Munyaka @DrMunyakaHCC
428 Followers 1K Following UX, Security, Privacy & Public Policy Researcher | Theme park enthusiast | Peace maker.
Vanna Tran @VannaTran5
47 Followers 121 Following Ph.D. student in Tetrad program @UCSF ...and avid cat lover
Tony G. @toutselonmoi
258 Followers 2K Following Grad student. Science enthusiast. Sushi addict. Swimmer.
India Perez-Urbano @india_pu
2K Followers 470 Following @Columbia OBGYN '27. @UCSFMedicine ‘23. @Harvard College '16. 🇹🇹🇩🇴 she/her/ella from NY.
Savannah Kounelis-Wui... @SavKW
417 Followers 1K Following @USUhealthsci MD & PhD Candidate in Neuroscience studying #neuroimmunology of #TBI #whitematter pathology. Following, shares, likes, & links ≠ endorsement.
Celeste Garza @celestegarza55
53 Followers 87 Following BMS PhD student @UCSF in the Suliman Lab 🧬 | UTSA 2021 🎓 | she/her/hers
Manni Adam @6degreesofManni
607 Followers 923 Following @UCSF Postdoctoral Fellow in neuroscience with a focus on neurodevelopment & epigenetics
Priscila Muñoz Sando... @Cil_MunSandoval
125 Followers 172 Following PhD Biomedical Sciences, UCSF | 2020 Gilliam Fellow | she/her 🇲🇽👩🏽🔬@ImmunoDiverse 📍Ohlone Land raised on Cahuilla Land
UCSF PSPG Graduate Gr... @UcsfPspg
56 Followers 161 Following Official page of the Pharmaceutical Sciences and Pharmacogenomics (PSPG) Graduate Program at the University of California, San Francisco
BlackInEngineering @BlkInEngineerng
8K Followers 4K Following BIE is a place for us to share our experiences, celebrate who we are, educate those who wish to join our Movement, & connect with sponsors retweets≠endorsements
Black in Computing @BlkInComputing
4K Followers 1K Following Black in Computing is calling for the computing community to address the systemic and structural inequities that Black people experience.
Black in AI @black_in_ai
43K Followers 313 Following Black in AI empowers a global community of AI professionals of African descent to be full partners in shaping our technological and economic future.
BlackInChem @BlackInChem
11K Followers 622 Following Amplifying Black voices and celebrating Black excellence in chemistry #BlackInChem | Contact us at [email protected]
Black In Neuro 🧠 @BlackInNeuro
27K Followers 239 Following Highlighting Black excellence in all 🧠-related fields. Important links here: https://t.co/OhWkVnZdqF
UC San Francisco @UCSF
75K Followers 437 Following UC San Francisco is the leading university exclusively focused on health. @UCSF on Instagram, Facebook, LinkedIn and YouTube
Black In The Ivory @BlackInTheIvory
9K Followers 1K Following Amplifying the voices of “Blackademics” to speak truth about racism in academia | #BlackInTheIvory | The Creator @DrShardeDavis
Black2Class @Black2Class
214 Followers 3 Following Whether classes are f2f, online or hybrid, the Blackademic #BlackandSTEM Diaspora is always #onhere. Celebrate going #Black2Class Aug 24-28, 2020.