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Alberto Roca @minoritypostdoc.bsky.social · 19/11/2025

At #ABRCMS2025 = an annual biomedical research conference by @asm.org for students who want to be scientists abrcms.org/program/#sch...

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Alberto Roca @minoritypostdoc.bsky.social · 07/11/2025

On 10/30 led my #NDiSTEM2025 session on #Postdoc Fundamentals w/(lft 2 rt) Fernanda Palominos, Nancy Paniagua, Astrid Zamora, & Robin Sugiura. Session at 2025 @sacnas.bsky.social conference whose mission supports #LatinxInSTEM #NativeInSTEM & is open to all. www.minoritypostdoc.org/events/2025-...

Photo of panelists from "Postdoc Fundamentals" session all standing from left to right Roca, Palominos, Paniagua, Zamora, and Sugiura. Roca is older with gray hair wearing glasses and blue guayabera shirt. Palominos has shoulder-length brown hair and is in a red shirt. Paniagua has shoulder-length brown hair and is wearing glasses and an orange cape-like sweater. Zamora has long brown hair and is wearing a white shirt with buttons. Finally Sugiura has shoulder-length blond hair while wearing glasses and a black blouse.

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Alberto Roca @minoritypostdoc.bsky.social · 30/10/2025

in Cleveland OH 4 my 24th @sacnas.bsky.social conference! Society 4 Advancement of Chicanos & Native Americans in Science has #LatinxInSTEM #NativeInSTEM mission & is open 2 all. My #NDiSTEM2025 session on #Postdoc Fundamentals w/Stanford is today! Find funding: www.minoritypostdoc.org/resources

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Alberto Roca @minoritypostdoc.bsky.social · 18/10/2025

Happily attended #LatinxInBME Symposium. Has been amazing seeing this @latinxinbme.bsky.social community grow under leadership of @brianaguado.bsky.social & @anamaporras.bsky.social. This 1-day event occurs before annual BMES meeting & is inclusive welcoming all such this biochemist 😀. #LatinskySTEM

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Alberto Roca @minoritypostdoc.bsky.social · 30/06/2025

Ending Pride month w/essay w/ ronbuckmire.bsky.social "Queer Science Blogs: Reflections on Public Communication Before Age of Social Media". Our #QueerInSTEM #SciComm essay originally appeared in 2023 book _Queering Science Communication_ // 🧪 #AcademicSky www.minoritypostdoc.org/articles/202...

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Queer Science Blogs: Reflections on Public Communication Before the Age of Social Media

Before the ubiquity of social media, people interested in sharing their thoughts and experiences on the Internet mostly relied on blogging. This essay reflects on the STEM and queer issues blog The Ma...

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Alberto Roca @minoritypostdoc.bsky.social · 16/11/2024

At #ABRCMS2024 conference = Annual Biomedical Research Conference for Minoritized Scientists. Today speaking w/NPA panel: Pursuing a #Postdoc While Balancing #Diversity Values. Find funding resources on my career portal: www.minoritypostdoc.org/resources

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Alberto Roca @minoritypostdoc.bsky.social · 13/11/2024

During pandemic, wife & I puzzled 2 distract frm news & 2 spend time together. "Lion" by Bob Coonts part of "Precious Animals" Heye series. Our home's way of supporting artists since can't afford fine art. Was 1st time had extra duplicate puzzle piece cuz life ain't perfect... bobcoonts.com/shop/

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Alberto Roca @minoritypostdoc.bsky.social · 13/11/2024

My non-profit is known for career portal MinorityPostdoc. Learn more from article about our #DivSch23 event. I had used other site as official institutional comms; but, here I’ll be more personal since these next years will be difficult for justice efforts. I’ll need a space for fellowship...

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DiverseScholar Conference Supports Diversity Postdoc Communities

Natalie Ringdahl and Alberto I. Roca, Ph.D.

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Alberto Roca @minoritypostdoc.bsky.social · 13/11/2024

Hello bsky world! Am exploring new SocMedia outlet for news, distraction, & community. Happy to find #SciComm & #ScioX colleagues here. I’m Latinx (Peruvian-American) & trained in biochem (some bioinfo). Since 2012 hv led tiny DiverseScholar non-profit for STEM diversity that supports PhD trainees.

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