@QuinaScience

Introducing myself since I'm starting my account from scratch. I love science. I love my students and I love baking. My lab studies how the immune system can be targeted to improve diabetes and polycystic ovary syndrome. My family is everything to me.. and my lab is also family.

Congratulations to @TheEndoSociety's 2026 Early Investigator Award Winners! endocrinenews.endocrine.org/endocrine-soci…

No one told me how magical it is to see your child learning how to read. There is a whole new world my baby is discovering! #reading #ProudMoment

@markalawson Lol. Definitely

@quinascience She wins!

When your mini-me loves holidays more than you and makes you go online shopping #StPatricks2026

When you get reviewer comments on a manuscript that say to edit the discussion.

UC Irvine scientists have discovered how muscle stem cells “flip a switch” to rebuild damaged muscle – a finding that could help address muscle loss linked to aging, injury and widely used weight-loss medications such as GLP-1 therapies. @UCI_SPPS 🔖 bit.ly/4umSe5A

@markalawson I was legit scared to try it but it was so yummy! Gonna add it to my recipe book.

@quinascience wow, that looks amazing!

This #Nicholaslab #bday request had me nervous. Created a Carribbean sorrel cake based on my aunts drink recipe. Hibiscus spiced cake with candied ginger and ginger drizzle. Came out so good!!! #scientistswhobake

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!!

Congratulations to @JoyYWu on being elected @TheEndoSociety's 2027 - 2028 President! endocrinenews.endocrine.org/endocrine-soci…

@JoyYWu @TheEndoSociety So excited to have you as our next president!

It all started with a mouse. I attended my first @TheEndoSociety meeting as a graduate student and was so inspired that I chose endocrinology as my career. It’s the honor of a lifetime to be elected the 2026 President-Elect. Excited to advocate for endocrine care and research!

My child was sick all week and my student predicted I would be at home resting this weekend. Prediction accuracy 100% :(

The first time you start a research lab, there’s no manual. So I made one. A practical toolkit for postdocs and early-career faculty launching their first lab: hiring, startup planning, collaborations, and building a sustainable research program. zenodo.org/records/188835…

Finished my to do list today. What do I do now???

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. @Momademia it's always something

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.

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 😀

Many postbachs can’t get into grad schools this year because the number of offers dropped dramatically. Many postdocs can’t get jobs this year because faculty and industry recruitment dropped dramatically. How blind one should be not to see the impact on American science?! 🤦‍♂️

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

@HenryYin19 Your post had me rolling. It's sad but funny. I feel you

I was thrilled to receive emails about formatting issues with my biosketch for NIH grant submission. I spent some of the most valuable time of my life on SciENcv, modifying my CV in so many ways that now I finally I understand what I have achieved in my life (not much) and also that the website is not even working today. I'm prepared to pay a lot more taxes to have the website fixed. It's so elaborate that it can output a PDF of your CV (when it's working) plus the certification "I also certify that, at the time of submission, I am not a party to a malign foreign talent recruitment program." Strongly recommend SciENcv to anyone--as an exercise in masochism. In case you are curious, malign is also spelled China.