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Summary part 3: I am frustrated about grants – even though I enjoy planning and writing. The waiting, the low chances and the sometimes harsh reviews makes it the most difficult part of my job.
Summary part 2: I am so proud of what I (with many others!) accomplished at SFSU in the last 10 years. The coding programs change students' lives. And I still enjoy pop gen and drug resistance research & writing papers. More to come!
Summary part 1: I am grateful for all the opportunities I got. For being born in the right place and time. For my family and mentors and for discovering that I love research and evolution.
I got promoted to full! So I decided to write. And found that in addition to a lot gratitude and pride, I also have some frustrations. abetterscientist.wordpress.com/2024/06/27/i...
A few weeks ago I got news that I will be promoted to full professor! I am so proud and grateful! I thought this was a good time to reflect and share some thoughts. First: gratitude! First of all, I...
We got a big grant from Genentech Foundation! Among other things, it means that the PINC Summer Program which I co-founded many years ago will be funded for another 5 summers. news.sfsu.edu/news/sf-stat...
New funding will support students like Gonzalez (above) via financial support, mentorship and career prep so they can enter the workforce.
I just finished watching the interview you did with Deborah Charlesworth. I really enjoyed it. Thanks! vimeo.com/938396191
At SFSU my (limited) experience was the same: peaceful and well-informed / well-organized protest.
So nice to see this in the @SFStateBIO newsletter! The GOLD program is there so that our MS students in Bio/Chem/Biochem can learn data science skills. Jesse Espinoza liked data science so much that he made it his career! biology.sfsu.edu/gold
