Melissa Cruz-Acuña @mca57

Postdoc at @ucdavis | Biomedical Engineering PhD @uf 🐊 | Industrial Biotechnology @UPRM 🇵🇷 ~ Science - cooking - outdoors - activism Davis, CA Joined May 2011

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LatinXinBME @LatinXinBME

4 years ago

First step = awareness. Thank you to @Lola_UMich for making these data visible! We also support the use of the term "Latinx" - the trolling you've experienced is unacceptable. The term is not perfect, but it is a start to promote gender-neutrality and inclusion in our community.

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Melissa Cruz-Acuña @mca57

5 years ago

Things to keep in mind when it’s time to wrap up! 😉...here remembering the struggle of those days💀😅 medium.com/the-faculty/th…

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Daniel Colón Ramos @dacolon

5 years ago

Dedico mi nombramiento a la Academia Nacional de Medicina de EEUU a mi país, Puerto Rico, uno de los pocos lugares en el mundo donde no existe una Academia Científica. Un país que no tiene una academia científica es como si no tuviera internet o agua. Explico acá por qué 1/

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BMESDiversity @BmesDiversity

5 years ago

Today is #InternationalPronounsDay! Let us all take a moment to reflect on a person’s outward appearance may not reflect their pronouns. If you can, we encourage everyone, especially allies, to add their pronouns to their email signature, Twitter bio, and Zoom display name ....

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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez @AOC

5 years ago

When I won in 2018, many dismissed our victory as a “fluke.” Our win was treated as an aberration, or bc my opponent “didn’t try.” So from the start, tonight’s race was important to me. Tonight we are proving that the people’s movement in NY isn’t an accident. It‘s a mandate.

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Melissa Cruz-Acuña @mca57

5 years ago

I’m so proud to see Christian growing in science! Well deserved! 🎉🍾

Mike Mitchell @MJMitchell_Lab

5 years ago

I’m so proud to see Christian growing in science! Well deserved! 🎉🍾

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Ciencia Puerto Rico @CienciaPR

5 years ago

¡Oportunidad para participar este verano en un taller de ciencia virtual!

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Massive Science @massivesci

5 years ago

When people say... “science is unbiased” “there shouldn’t be politics in science” ...send them this

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AAIHS @AAIHS

5 years ago

👉🏾Join us tomorrow at 3PM EST for our first Twitter chat on 'Black Life in the Age of COVID-19.' Our guest is @SociologistRay of @BrookingsInst and @CollardStudies will moderate. #BlackLifeAAIHS

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Melissa Cruz-Acuña @mca57

5 years ago

The only time we are actually growing as a country is when we feel uncomfortable. #BlackLivesMattter #californialove #endsystemicracism

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Melissa Cruz-Acuña @mca57

5 years ago

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UC Davis @ucdavis

5 years ago

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Calambree @Calaa1899

7 years ago

👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻 @cayolacabra

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David Begnaud @DavidBegnaud

7 years ago

The cries of this mother in Puerto Rico are hard to hear. This is the reality on the island where families are forced to wait - in some cases - weeks to claim the body of their loved one because of a backlog of corpses awaiting autopsy due to a staff/funding shortage.