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Christopher Barnes

@cobarnes27.bsky.social
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www.thebarneslab.com Assistant Professor of Biology, Stanford University

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Sonya Neal @neal-lab.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
The Neal lab is hiring a postdoctoral fellow to lead exciting structural and biophysical studies of membrane protein quality control! Competitive HHMI-scale salary + cutting-edge science + a genuinely wonderful and supportive lab culture. Please share widely with anyone who might be interested!
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Department of Chemistry, Stanford University @stanfordchemistry.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Congrats to Laura Dassama, recipient of the 2027 Walter A. Shaw Young Investigator Award in Lipid Research! Her work uncovering bacterial lipid transport and metabolism is opening new avenues to study host-pathogen interactions and develop anti-infective therapies. @asbmb.bsky.social #StanfordChem
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Christopher Barnes @cobarnes27.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
My first PhD student defended today. Congratulations to Dr. Adonis Rubio!!! Proud of you and all your accomplishments, and can’t wait to see all that you do next 👏🏾🍾🥂
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Waggoner Lab @labwaggoner.bsky.social · 25/06/2026
Based on a new NOA recieved this month, we are looking for a postdoctoral fellow with solid foundation of molecular skills, creativity, and translational passion to help us develop innovative CARs for targeting discrete subsets of T cells. DM or email me if interested
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Molly Schumer @mollyschumer.bsky.social · 12/05/2026
Do you know any students who are planning to apply to graduate school this cycle? Encourage them to apply to the Biology Preview Program! We provide intensive workshops to help students w/ their applications + 1:1 mentorship.
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Christopher Barnes @cobarnes27.bsky.social · 24/04/2026
Thanks for the invitation UTSW PROVIDES!!
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Dr. Arnaldo Díaz @ajdiazphd.bsky.social · 10/04/2026
Great to host Dr. Christopher Barnes as part of the UTSW PROVIDES Seminar Series! Thank you for visiting, sharing your science, and engaging with our faculty and students. Wishing you continued success! @cobarnes27.bsky.social
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Jerad Walker @jeradwalker.bsky.social · 11/04/2026
Artemis II splashdown!
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Dr. Arnaldo Díaz @ajdiazphd.bsky.social · 23/03/2026
📢 We’re thrilled to welcome Dr. Dr. Christopher Barnes to our PROVIDES Seminar Series! Dr. Barnes is an Assistant Professor of Biology and a HHMI Freeman Hrabowski Scholar at Stanford University. Don’t miss the chance to learn about his research. Details in the flyer ⬇️ @cobarnes27.bsky.social
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Black In Biophysics @blackinbiophys.bsky.social · 24/02/2026
The 2026 #BlackInBiophysics Symposium at #BPS206 has concluded. 👏🏾 👏🏾 👏🏾 Congratulations to all the speakers and to the co-chairs of this session, Drs. Breann Brown and Wade Zeno for organizing and for highlighting the exceptional science done by our members! @biophysicalsoc.bsky.social
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Colette Delawalla, PhD @cdelawalla.bsky.social · 24/02/2026
The fundamental flaw with @holdenthorp.bsky.social’s argument is thinking that organizations and people can only do one thing at a time (even though he is really close to acknowledging it!) Let’s break it down, bc I’m tired of this. 🧵 (cred: @ianlmorgan.bsky.social)
Holden Thorp’s slides from a recent talk.
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Sarafan ChEM-H @stanford-chemh.bsky.social · 18/12/2025
#YearInReview @cobarnes27.bsky.social, @adonisrubio.bsky.social & team have designed a series of dual or “bispecific” antibodies, called CoV2-biRN, which could potentially resist the ever-evolving SARS-CoV-2 virus as well as other coronaviruses in the future: news.stanford.edu/stories/2025...
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New antibodies show potential to neutralize virus that causes COVID-19
A Stanford-led team has found two antibodies that can work together to defeat all SARS-CoV-2 variants. More research is needed, but the approach could help in the development of treatments to keep…
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Sarafan ChEM-H @stanford-chemh.bsky.social · 07/10/2025
Congratulations to our Institute Scholar @cobarnes27.bsky.social for being named an HHMI Freeman Hrabowski Scholar! chemh.stanford.edu/news/christo... @hhmi.org
Congratulations to our Institute Scholar Christopher Barnes for being named a  
2025 HHMI Freeman Hrabowski Scholar,
 an honor that recognizes excellence in scientific research and mentorship.
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Stanford University @handle.invalid · 08/10/2025
Congratulations to 2025 #MacFellow William Tarpeh! The Stanford chemical engineer is working on sustainable and practical solutions to treat wastewater and recover valuable mineral resources. 🗞️: stanford.io/3IZIBqF
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Polly Fordyce @pollyfordyce.bsky.social · 29/09/2025
Come and join us @stanford-chemh.bsky.social! It's an amazing place to do interdisciplinary science & I'm so grateful to be in this community. Faculty applications due 10/15/2025 -- please share widely. Interested but not sure you're ready to apply this year? DM me & I'm happy to provide advice :)
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Sarafan ChEM-H @stanford-chemh.bsky.social · 24/09/2025
Congratulations to our Institute Scholar @hawa-racine.bsky.social for winning the 2026 Margaret Oakley Dayhoff Award! @biophysicalsoc.bsky.social www.biophysics.org/news-room/bi...
Congratulations to our Institute Scholar Hawa Racine Thiam for winning the 2026 Margaret Oakley Dayhoff Award. Hawa is being recognized for being a trailblazer of subcellular biophysics and unveiling new paradigms of biophysical immunology through her dynamic measurements of physical forces on organelles in real time.
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The Stanford Biology Preview Program @stanfordbpp.bsky.social · 24/06/2025
Applying to Biology PhD programs this year? Let us help! At BPP, we aim to support students from all backgrounds through the grad school application process. Learn more about grad student life and receive 1-on-1 feedback on your application materials! Apply here: forms.gle/EvTyUWXFMRSL...
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Black In Biophysics @blackinbiophys.bsky.social · 19/06/2025
Congratulations to all the amazing scientists named 2025 Freeman Hrabowski Scholars by @hhmi.org! We’re proud to have to #BlackInBiophysics faculty members, @doctheagrif.bsky.social and @cobarnes27.bsky.social among this outstanding group. We wish you the best in this next stage of your careers! 👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾
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The 2025 Freeman Hrabowski Scholars | HHMI
Freeman Hrabowski Scholars are outstanding early career faculty who have the potential to become leaders in their research fields.
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Carolyn Bertozzi @carolynbertozzi.bskyverified.social · 19/06/2025
Congratulations @stanford-chemh.bsky.social Institute Scholar @cobarnes27.bsky.social on being named a 2025 Freeman Hrabowski Scholar @hhmi.org 🎉 🍾 www.hhmi.org/programs/fre...
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The 2025 Freeman Hrabowski Scholars | HHMI
Freeman Hrabowski Scholars are outstanding early career faculty who have the potential to become leaders in their research fields.
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Arghavan Salles, MD, PhD @arghavansallesmd.medsky.social · 14/06/2025
Thousands showed up in Palo Alto (pop ~66k) to say no fauxking way!! Not on our watch. #NoKings
Photo of thousands of people crowded together to outside Photo of the same area from a different angle—thousands of people gather to defend our democracyPhoto of a lot of people marching on the sidewalk carrying American flags, the pride flags, and signs including “no kings”
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Derek Lowe @dereklowe.bsky.social · 09/06/2025
A call to stand up and show support for the Bethesda Declaration, the NIH, and for federally funded science in general.
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The Bethesda Declaration
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The Athletic @theathletic.com · 07/06/2025
COCO GAUFF WINS THE FRENCH OPEN 🏆 The American takes down Aryna Sabalenka 6-7, 6-2, 6-4 to claim her second women's Grand Slam singles title.
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Prof. Akiko Iwasaki @virusesimmunity.bsky.social · 04/05/2025
Join me at the @aai.org ASPIRE awards symposium and networking in room 312 starting now with @cobarnes27.bsky.social @guthmillerjenna.bsky.social and Mohammad Arifuzzaman #AAI2025
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Needhi Bhalla 💅🏽 @needhibhalla.bsky.social · 01/05/2025
"Virtually all NIH-funded training programs aimed at attracting underrepresented groups to science are now gone. 'I’m concerned that these events are very likely to affect who decides to stay in science and we will lose important and necessary scientific talent'" www.science.org/content/arti...
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NIH insiders: Trump is ‘dismantling and destroying everything’
After just 100 days, agency scientists say U.S. health institutes are demoralized and have lost essential staff and funding
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Jeremy Berg @jeremymberg.bsky.social · 28/04/2025
Here is a link to 60 Minutes NIH segment... www.cbsnews.com/news/scienti...
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Scientists fear Trump administration cuts to NIH could impact the health of Americans for generations
Former National Institutes of Health Director Dr. Francis Collins, who abruptly left his NIH research lab in February, fears aggressive downsizing could impact Americans' health.
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Stand Up for Science! @standupforscience.net · 28/04/2025
We are happy to see Sharyn Alfonsi and @60minutes.bsky.social covering the existential crisis facing science in the United States. Huge swaths of the public are unaware of Trump's dismantling of research. From big media stories to conversations with friends--every bit counts! #standupforscience
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The Atlantic @theatlantic.com · 25/04/2025
The Trump administration is "willing to not just slash and burn research that challenges their political ideology but to replace it with shoddy studies designed to support their goals, under the guise of scientific legitimacy," Katherine J. Wu writes. theatln.tc/jxfvKla3
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Hakeem Jefferson @hakeemjefferson.bsky.social · 23/04/2025
A colleague at Stanford’s business school used The Stanford Daily to argue—poorly—against DEI. The piece was riddled with historical errors and left one searching for fact, so I broke my public writing hiatus to respond. I hope you’ll read and share the piece. stanforddaily.com/2025/04/22/w...
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What DEI threatens isn’t merit. It’s monopoly.
Political science professor Hakeem Jefferson argues for DEI's importance to de-monopolizing universities.
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AAUP @aaup.org · 12/04/2025
BREAKING: Harvard AAUP & the nat'l AAUP have jointly filed a lawsuit & TRO to block the Trump admin from demanding that Harvard restrict speech & undermine academic freedom or else lose $8.7 billion in federal funds. This action challenges the Trump admin's misuse of funds for coercion. Stay tuned.
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Dr. Bala Chaudhary @balachaudhary.bsky.social · 28/02/2025
Racial affinity groups are under attack. Now is the time to redouble our commitments to these vital organizations that make science better for all. Proud to pen this letter with @khadlily.bsky.social and many @wocineeb.bsky.social colleagues www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
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Protect US racial affinity groups
On its first day, the Trump administration released several executive orders terminating diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) programs, calling them “illegal,” “immoral,” and “discriminatory” (1, 2)...
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Gina El Nesr @ginaelnesr.bsky.social · 20/03/2025
Protein function often depends on protein dynamics. To design proteins that function like natural ones, how do we predict their dynamics? @hkws.bsky.social and I are thrilled to share the first big, experimental datasets on protein dynamics and our new model: Dyna-1! 🧵
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Carolyn Bertozzi @carolynbertozzi.bskyverified.social · 17/03/2025
"If science is to honour one of its core values — a commitment to the truth wherever it might lead — scientists must stand up when DEI matters" www.nature.com/articles/d41...
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Don’t wait out four hard years: speak truth to power
The importance of diversity in science is an unshakeable reality that the scientific community must stand by.
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Katherine J. Wu @katherinejwu.com · 07/03/2025
if you've had an NIH grant terminated, I want to hear about it. Signal: katherinejwu.12
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Katherine J. Wu @katherinejwu.com · 14/03/2025
All of these grant terminations coming out of the NIH aren't just devastating - they're forced actions, sloppily handled by an administration that is trying to cancel science that it does not understand. www.theatlantic.com/health/archi...
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A Decade of Cuts in a Matter of Days
The Trump administration’s rapid terminations of NIH grants is its most aggressive attempt yet to control American science.
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Carolyn Bertozzi @carolynbertozzi.bskyverified.social · 09/03/2025
Wow, major breakthrough in the development of broadly neutralizing bispecific antibody therapeutics against SARS-CoV-2, led by @stanford-chemh.bsky.social institute scholar @cobarnes27.bsky.social 😃 www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
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Bispecific antibodies targeting the N-terminal and receptor binding domains potently neutralize SARS-CoV-2 variants of concern
Bispecific antibodies incorporating a cross-reactive NTD-specific antibody are resilient to SARS-CoV-2 variants of concern.
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Stand Up for Science! @standupforscience.net · 07/03/2025
TODAY IS THE DAY! 🧪☀️⬇️ Join us at the Lincoln Memorial or your local site to Stand Up for Science!
Flyer for stand up for science--more information available at www.standupforscience2025.org
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Stand Up for Science! @standupforscience.net · 07/03/2025
Want to stream our DC event & hear from amazing speakers like Bill Nye, Francis Collins, Atul Gawande, and SO MANY MORE? Join our livestream at www.twitch.tv/standupforsc..., starting at 12 pm! #standupforscience2025
image of the stand up for science logos with "live stream" on it
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Carolyn Bertozzi @carolynbertozzi.bskyverified.social · 05/03/2025
It is important at this pivotal moment to @standupforscience.bsky.social. Looking forward to sharing my thoughts on why this should be a national priority at tomorrow’s rally in SF:
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Waggoner Lab @labwaggoner.bsky.social · 06/03/2025
Bispecific antibodies incorporating a cross-reactive N terminal domain-specific antibody are resilient to SARS-CoV-2 variants of concern www.science.org/doi/10.1126/... @cobarnes27.bsky.social @adonisrubio.bsky.social
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Christopher Barnes @cobarnes27.bsky.social · 06/03/2025
Excited to share the peer-reviewed version of our paper, which is out today!! Bispecific antibodies targeting the N-terminal and receptor binding domains potently neutralize SARS-CoV-2 variants of concern | Science Translational Medicine www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
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Bispecific antibodies targeting the N-terminal and receptor binding domains potently neutralize SARS-CoV-2 variants of concern
Bispecific antibodies incorporating a cross-reactive NTD-specific antibody are resilient to SARS-CoV-2 variants of concern.
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Chrystal Starbird @drstarbird.bsky.social · 04/03/2025
Sharing this brave piece that echos a lot of what I have been feeling. The silence around DEI from institutions means the damage is already done. Leadership asking us to keep our heads down to prevent actual damage ignore that it’s already here for people like me. stanforddaily.com/2025/03/03/f...
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From the Community | I am more than a researcher, but Stanford doesn’t care
Assistant Professor Elliott White Jr. denounces the University's faint response to political threats against DEI, especially compared to the robust support its research initiatives in the wake of NIH ...
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Black In Biophysics @blackinbiophys.bsky.social · 28/02/2025
As #BlackHistoryMonth comes to a close, we reflect upon the remarkable achievements of Black biophysicists. We congratulate outstanding the “Black In Biophysics” seminar co-chairs and speakers at #BPS2025. We are committed to promoting Diversity, Equity and Inclusion in #STEM fields ✊🏾 🧵 1/2
#BlackInBiophysics
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Mark Peifer (He, him) @peiferlabunc.bsky.social · 21/02/2025
Ok scientists & those who love science 🧪: here is another exhortation. Call Congress TODAY about the freeze on NIH Council Meetings and Study Sections. Emphasize that this means NO new grants are being funded & labs will soon start to shut down and fire employees. Phone numbers are at: 5calls.org
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5 Calls
Spend 5 minutes. Make 5 calls. Make your voice heard.
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HHMI @hhmi-science.bsky.social · 30/01/2025
🎉 Congratulations to our HHMI and @hhmijanelia.bsky.social scientists named to the @cellpress.bsky.social 50 Scientists That Inspire list, which honors scientists whose research and careers drive innovation, cross boundaries, and inspire the leaders of the future. 👏 More: buff.ly/40U13Hi
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Cell Press 
50 Scientists that Inspire
Ismail Abdus-Saboor, Freeman Hrabowski Scholar
Christopher Barnes, Hanna Gray Fellow
Valentina Greco, HHMI Investigator
Vivek Jayaraman, Janelia Senior group Leader
Gabriel D. Victoria, HHMI Investigator
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Black In Biophysics @blackinbiophys.bsky.social · 28/01/2025
Join us at the #BIBPS Meet and Greet at #BPS2025! 🚨 This networking event will feature a panel with Sharonda Leblanc, @cobarnes27.bsky.social and @doctheagrif.bsky.social! 🤩 Scan the QR code below to submit questions to our panelists 👇🏾 🧵 1/3
Meet and Greet with Black In Biophysics
@BPS Los Angeles
Tuesday, February 18th 2025
Room 402AB

Fellowship, light refreshments and career panel with Dr. Sharonda Leblanc, Dr. Christopher Barnes, and Dr. Theanne Griffith

Submit questions to our panelists (with the QR code on the flyer)
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Arc Institute @arcinstitute.org · 08/01/2025
Seeking pioneering scientists in immunology, neuroscience, and machine learning! Join Arc Institute as a Core Investigator + Stanford Bioengineering as Associate/Full Professor. Full lab funding and cutting-edge facilities in Palo Alto. Apply by Jan 15 for full consideration: shorturl.at/CuH1K
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Associate or Full Professor Rank Search to join the Arc Institute as a Core Investigator and the Stanford Department of Bioengineering | Arc Institute
Arc Institute is a independent nonprofit research organization headquartered in Palo Alto, California.
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Christopher Barnes @cobarnes27.bsky.social · 09/01/2025
Congratulations to the newest cohort of @hhmi.bsky.social #HannaGrayFellows 🙌🏾✨
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Sarafan ChEM-H @stanford-chemh.bsky.social · 27/12/2024
#YearInReview @cobarnes27.bsky.social was named one of the 50 Scientists that Inspire by Cell Press not only for his work to unravel host-pathogen interactions, but also for his advocacy for inclusion in STEMM: buff.ly/41MmYBg
Institute Scholar Christopher Barnes shares his excitement for the future of structural biology and discusses the importance of making academia more inclusive for the next generation of scientists. 
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Christopher Barnes @cobarnes27.bsky.social · 24/12/2024
What an amazing story that was such a blast to collaborate on with @mfgrp.bsky.social lab!!! Phenomenal work led by @djenetbousbaine.bsky.social and all co-authors!! Unroll this thread and be amazed 🤯👇🏾
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Johanna Joyce @johannajoyce.bsky.social · 11/12/2024
#50ScientistsThatInspire 🧪 Christopher Barnes, a structural biologist investigating viral-host interactions, discusses the importance of #mentors "There are two things that I believe have the most impact on an individual’s success in science: mentorship & perseverance" @cobarnes27.bsky.social 🧵
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Structural biologist Christopher O. Barnes says equity and inclusion in science are not merely virtues but necessities
To push science forward, we need to foster an environment where people from diverse backgrounds, fields, and perspectives feel empowered, says Dr. Barnes.
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