Science lookers, its time to look at some science
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American Association for the Advancement of Science announces:
Immunologist Danielle Twum Calls for Innovative Research, Generosity to Support More STEM Success Stories
https://www.aaas.org/membership/member-spotlight/immunologist-danielle-twum-calls-innovative-research-generosity-support
Along with her career as a cancer immunologist, AAAS Member Danielle Twum blends her scientific knowledge with her social media savvy for two other important missions. She helps support the mental health of stressed young scientists, and uses her online influence to ignite a spark for young people who may never have thought about a STEM career.
“I realized that social media could be a powerful tool for outreach when a friend told me that [one of] my posts had made the Reddit front page. The screenshot also showed up on Facebook, after being shared by a teacher in the Midwest,” she says.
As Twum’s words have spread across social media platforms, parents and teachers have filled her direct messages with thanks for her inspiration. And her acts of kindness have taken other forms.
“When I was in graduate school, I was greatly helped by a lot of people who came into my life, bought me dinner or lunch at random times when I was having a hard time in the lab. I thought maybe I could also pay it forward, like others had done for me,” says Twum, who now works for a California biotech startup.
So, just before Christmas in 2019, she sent out a Tweet; aimed at sleep deprived Ph.D. students working alone in a quiet campus laboratory over the holidays. They heard her.
She spent $300, messaging the students she connected with to “just buy yourselves a very flamboyant dinner.”
And another social media post from Twum morphed from a local fundraiser to refurbish her high school’s science labs, and then, to a national talk show appearance.
Immunologist Danielle Twum Calls for Innovative Research, Generosity to Support More STEM Success Stories
https://www.aaas.org/membership/member-spotlight/immunologist-danielle-twum-calls-innovative-research-generosity-support
Along with her career as a cancer immunologist, AAAS Member Danielle Twum blends her scientific knowledge with her social media savvy for two other important missions. She helps support the mental health of stressed young scientists, and uses her online influence to ignite a spark for young people who may never have thought about a STEM career.
“I realized that social media could be a powerful tool for outreach when a friend told me that [one of] my posts had made the Reddit front page. The screenshot also showed up on Facebook, after being shared by a teacher in the Midwest,” she says.
As Twum’s words have spread across social media platforms, parents and teachers have filled her direct messages with thanks for her inspiration. And her acts of kindness have taken other forms.
“When I was in graduate school, I was greatly helped by a lot of people who came into my life, bought me dinner or lunch at random times when I was having a hard time in the lab. I thought maybe I could also pay it forward, like others had done for me,” says Twum, who now works for a California biotech startup.
So, just before Christmas in 2019, she sent out a Tweet; aimed at sleep deprived Ph.D. students working alone in a quiet campus laboratory over the holidays. They heard her.
She spent $300, messaging the students she connected with to “just buy yourselves a very flamboyant dinner.”
And another social media post from Twum morphed from a local fundraiser to refurbish her high school’s science labs, and then, to a national talk show appearance.
