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Dequina Nicholas

@quinascience

Scientist. Don't be surprised. Beyoncé Lover. Advocate for @1stGenInSTEM students. Life Goal - Improve diabetes care through research. #BlackInStem #MomInSTEM

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Just taught my last day for winter quarter! Now I get to do a really cool application of extracellular Flux analysis tomorrow. I love trying me things!!

10.03.2026 03:09 👍 6 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

I'm about this goal

07.03.2026 19:37 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Announcing Our New 2026 President-Elect | Please join us in congratulating our newest leader! Joy Wu, MD, PhD, will assume the position at #ENDO2026: https://bit.ly/4sumHx1

06.03.2026 17:00 👍 17 🔁 3 💬 2 📌 0
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My child was sick all week and my student predicted I would be at home resting this weekend. Prediction accuracy 100% :(

07.03.2026 19:30 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Unfortunately, I was not well enough to help and my youngest had to make his sign alone. But look how well he did! He’s excited to see others out today!

07.03.2026 15:12 👍 80 🔁 8 💬 4 📌 1
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Finished my to do list today. What do I do now???

05.03.2026 03:56 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Being a mom in #academia is hard. Finally got to a place where my workload is manageable and now im home with a sick daughter rearranging my schedule. it's always something

04.03.2026 16:19 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

I was curious to try this M-index and wondered if it would reflect my commitment to mentorship. Based on my putting in lots of ppl who I know mentor a ton or not so much, it was cool to see this is actually semi reflective of reality.

03.03.2026 04:04 👍 2 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0

I was almost 15 min late to lab meeting today after teaching. I got there and the #Nicholaslab was already doing journal club without me. I ❤️ my trainees.

03.03.2026 03:43 👍 4 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Grant writing had me behind on lots of small but important administrative tasks. I spent yesterday on this to-do-list and got a 3rd done. I call that success 😀

02.03.2026 14:59 👍 5 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Winter Quarter has been insane. Submitted 5 grants in February and submitting 2 more in the next 3 weeks. That will get me to 9 pending grants. I have about a 10% hit rate so I'm hoping something comes through. I'm submitting grants like I make cupcakes. Lol #scientistswhobake

01.03.2026 00:52 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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So amazing seeing my #gradschool mentor and all the faculty who trained me. This really was a homecoming for me to present my research for Loma Linda university homecoming weekend

28.02.2026 00:18 👍 9 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
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Happy early #valentines to the #Nicholaslab #scientistswhobake..yes created a new kitchen hack and had a casuality

13.02.2026 19:10 👍 7 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Recuperating from a crazy week.
Gonna shift focus to a paper revision...then putting in 3 more grants this month. I guess that's one for each week in Feb!

08.02.2026 20:37 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Gladys Mae West obituary: mathematician who pioneered GPS technology She made key contributions to US cold-war science despite facing huge barriers as a Black woman.

No joke: I got angry hate mail today for writing an obituary of a Black woman scientist—because the person felt she did didn’t deserve the recognition.

Which just makes me want to share it again: www.nature.com/articles/d41...

06.02.2026 09:09 👍 47156 🔁 19330 💬 1352 📌 795

Yeah..it was pretty scary

05.02.2026 02:24 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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New data today that fits perfectly into my R01. Took a risk and wrote an entire aim based on data we didn't have. That risk paid off. One more late night. Send good vibes.

05.02.2026 02:23 👍 5 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Sick child 2 days before my R01 is due. Can't catch a break

03.02.2026 18:56 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Been trying to submit a grant with my postdoc for the past 30 hrs. the website isn't working. Sleepless nights getting this done. #stressed Send prayers and good vibes that whatever the technical issues are they get resolved.

31.01.2026 01:23 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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I love when my baby chooses my outfits ;)

29.01.2026 20:48 👍 3 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
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When you and the lab manager are #vibin #Nicholaslab

28.01.2026 01:06 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Soooo. Got stuck in an elevator today. A very panic inducing 8 min. Pushed all the buttons. I learned the call button goes straight to 911. I'm a little traumatized cause being stuck in an elevator is a fear of mine.. gonna be using stairs for awhile

17.01.2026 04:04 👍 4 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
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What a great @keystonesymposia.bsky.social meeting. I am so energized to get back to lab and apply so much of what we learned. The #immunometabolism community is continually making progress and im excited for the future @tcellogic.bsky.social

15.01.2026 16:16 👍 4 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
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Trump administration cannot slash NIH research funding, court rules District Judge Angel Kelley last year blocked the cuts, and on Monday the appeals court agreed.

The district court injunction that prevented NIH from capping indirects at 15% was upheld today on appeal!

www.reuters.com/world/trump-...

06.01.2026 01:09 👍 512 🔁 172 💬 8 📌 16

This... I had help doing my SciENcv and it was a nightmare and time suck. It's terrible. Don't wait till the last minute..especially if you have multiple PIs.

07.01.2026 03:22 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

I can't stop thinking about lab meeting yesterday. We kicked off the year with practice @keystonesymposia.bsky.social #immunometabolism presentations. I was blown away at the stark difference between my 1st grad students very 1st poster... and this one, likely her last in my lab. I'll update

07.01.2026 03:14 👍 6 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Been hearing about this study informally for awhile. So excited to read!

06.01.2026 03:04 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

First day of Winter Quarter @ucibiosci.bsky.social in the books. I get to teach both undergrad and grad #immunology this Quarter! It's a heavy lift to setup but soo excited for students to discover the magic of the immune system.

06.01.2026 03:03 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Woke up from a nightmare. Thought our -80 went down.. it heated up to 98 degrees...my students and colleagues were trying to help and it wasn't until I realized we were working with a delicase that this had to be a dream and not real... such stressful sleep

24.12.2025 16:17 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Cleaning makes me happy. I need it to function.. that's how. Lol

21.12.2025 18:54 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0