Dr. Brea A. Manuel, PhD

When it’s your first paper and you’re extreme. 💗

Groove (noun): the rhythm in which one lives their life; pattern of behavior.

🌟 Check out our October #KSFellows Spotlight on Dr. Brea Manuel 🌟 @HHMI Postdoc Fellow @UMBaltimore studying viral genome packaging & nucleic acid #AntiviralTherapy, while advocating for #InclusiveExcellence in @NatRevChem hubs.la/Q03QxLq80 #HIVResearch #PostdocLife

.@breadascientist from the University of Maryland - Baltimore County presents a talk about the molecular packaging mechanisms of retroviral genomes and how this might inform novel treatments for retroviruses, like HIV.

Photo credit: Joy Asico-Smith / HHMI

I’m thrilled to announce my candidacy for President Elect of NOBCChE! I’ve grown with this community for over a decade, and I’m ready to lead with vision, inclusivity, and purpose. I hope to earn your vote as we shape NOBCChE’s next chapter. #VoteDevin #NOBCChE

New group of BAM Squad members! 💕graduated 2, gained 4 more! 2 more graduating soon 🥹

A Thousand Splendid Suns is one of the best books I’ve ever read.

What’s changed? We stopped ignoring people. That’s what changed. Autistic people didn’t suddenly appear—they were misdiagnosed, institutionalized, or dismissed as “weird” or “difficult.” Gender-diverse people didn’t just materialize—they were closeted, shamed, or erased. People with celiac disease or food allergies weren’t “tougher” in your day—they were just sick, undiagnosed, and told to suffer in silence. And as for vegans? That’s just people making conscious ethical or dietary choices—something you clearly find threatening for reasons that say more about you than them. You’re not highlighting a societal collapse. You’re advertising the era of medical neglect, social repression, and anti-intellectualism you came from. What’s changed is that we’re listening now—to science, to data, and to the people your generation silenced. And judging by this tweet, you’re still not ready to.

From Sweet to Elite

When the anonymous reviewer recommends multiple articles by the same author

Submit poster abstracts for Neurobiology of Ingestive Behavior by March 31 (11:59pm MST) and join experts like @MatthiasTschop to explore appetite regulation and neural circuitry. keysym.us/KSIngest25 #KSIngest25 youtu.be/tqkEpdbnxWU @TimoMueller_IDO @HelmholtzMunich

Disclaimer, as it just happened to my postdoc: - Fellowships can change your employment status at the university. This includes foundation fellowships, and not just federal. -change of employment status often means loss of benefits. They may help the lab but hurt you. Careful.

groceries in my fridge, heat on , hot water running , lights on, clothes on my back. thank you God

Remember coming home from school to watch 106 & park? 😩

Oh....did you want some Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in the Halftime show???

Just watched The Color Purple, Beloved, and Eve’s Bayou… man they don’t make movies this well-written anymore.

@AdwoaBiotech It did!

@breadascientist Did it work?

Anyone ever western blotted from an agarose gel before? 😅

“DEI is not a threat. It’s a gift.” — Alicia Keys accepting the Global Impact Award at the #GRAMMYs.

“We diversified our SELEX library by incorporating error prone PCR.” Proposal flagged.