Celebrating Pride in STEM - Lab 066

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June is Pride month, and we are celebrating by passing the mic to hear about the experiences, stories, and work of our friends in STEM!

If you’re looking for additional resources related to some of the discussion points in this episode, check out:

• Read more about the Stonewall Riots and the beginning of the LGBT movement

  • Stonewall Inn & other historic queer spaces

  • Criminalization of LGBTQ people

• 500 Queer Scientists

• “Systemic inequalities for LGBTQ professionals in STEM”

• LGBTQ+ in science, Cell collection

Astronomy

• Just like there are tides on Earth, there can also be tides on stars caused by the gravitational pull of nearby, super dense objects (like planets). Sometimes a nearby object that’s very, very dense (like a black hole), can have so much pull that it causes a tidal disruption, effectively tearing a star apart.

  • Lux supercomputer

Dr. Perry Beasley-Hall, entomologist

• Adaptations for subterranean life

Dr. Kaela A Singleton

• Menkes syndrome

• Copper & mitochondrial function

Dr. Melanie McReynolds

• The biochemistry of aging

• NAD + (nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide) decreases as we age

Derek Tran

• HIV comorbidities

• Clinical depression & HIV

Albert in Austin

• Coming out at work

Dr. Ramon Barthelemy

• LGBT+ Physicists at APS

• Social network analysis

Guest Experts

A special thank you to all of our guest experts who participated in this lab! Thank you for taking the time to share with the broader Dope Labs Community!

Transcript

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