Kynon Jade Benjamin, PhD

Science is easier when this is your office view. 🧬 I continue to be excited to be a part of @NUFeinbergMed, working to advance diversity in genetics #blackingenetics #blackinneuro #blackincompbio

Recently attended SFN, absorbing insightful discussions and fresh research discoveries. Eager to apply newfound knowledge into practice. #blackingenetics #sfn #diversityingenetics #neuroscience

Thrilled to share I received a judge travel award from @ABRCMS.Thank you for your work in supporting underrepresented groups in STEM careers. Especially excited to dive into the latest research in person this year! ✈️🔬 #gentics #blackinSTEM #diversityinSTEM

Exciting Postdoc Opportunity🧬 HEART-GeN Lab seeks a postdoc with expertise in bioinformatics or machine learning to study genetic factors of neurological disorders in underrepresented populations. Apply at: buff.ly/4e7GDii #blackingenetics #blackincompbio #blackinneuro

Excited to share that I've been chosen for the Human Genetics Scholar 2024-2026 cohort. Thank you to @ASHG and I can't wait for the upcoming conference this year! #Genetics #blackingenetics #diversityinscience #diversityingenetics

From 2023-04-21, "Pretty Posters with LaTeX" by @kjbenjamin90 @overleaf #LaTeX @LieberInstitute 🗒️ docs.google.com/document/d/17e… 📽️ youtu.be/3fARngcfXLc

Okay, I promised a 🧵 on campus visits for the academic job market. Let’s break this topic up into two 🧵s—first up, job talks!👇🏾👇🏾 1/

Transcriptomic data from the #caudate nucleus of the #striatum from 443 individuals, including with #schizophrenia or #bipolar disorder, and African and European ancestries New from @kjbenjamin90 @apuapaquola @jerwinlab @LieberInstitute nature.com/articles/s4159…

Just met one of my favorite podcasters, Dr. Janina Jeff from @inthosegenespod at #ASHG22. Made my whole week. If you haven't listen too it yet, don't sleep on it now.

Enjoying #ASHG22 and ready to talk to anybody about my work examining the caudate transcriptome in individuals with schizophrenia.

Overall, would highly recommend! #timeblocking Thanks for sharing @beccamasonphd

3) I have a better awareness of how I spend my time and how long a specific task actually takes 4) I really like the email time block. I feel less stressed about emails and have more time to go through them. Never been this on top of everything.

I gave it a try for a couple of months (obviously I didn't add a social media time block!). All around I feel way more productive. 1) I've been able to keep my writing goals -- daily writing 2) I like the flexibility of the weekly checkin. I can adjust my schedule as needed

have the ability to wait for hours during the middle of the day for maybe a single panel on the main stage. Those are just the stuff off the top of my head. What's worse is many of the people who reserved seats won't show up (they didn't last year). Why am I still going?

Hey @NY_Comic_Con, you're reservation system for panels discriminates against people from different backgrounds. It's completely unfair to people who 1) can't have phones during work/school, 2) can continuously check their emails for random updates, 3)

BREAKING: White House issues new policy that will require, by 2026, all federally-funded research results to be freely available to public without delay, ending longstanding ability of journals to paywall results for up to 1 year. Coverage coming on @ScienceInsider.

@beccamasonphd Will do!

@kjbenjamin90 Let me know how it goes!

This sounds amazing. Will have to try!

The #FriedmanBrainInstitute is incredibly proud to co-sponsor 3rd annual #BlackInNeuroWeek2022. Celebrate Black excellence in neuroscience-related fields w/ one of the year’s most important & exciting programs July 25-31st. #BINW22 #DiverseBrains REGISTER: blackinneuro.com/binw22

We are thrilled to host these brilliant scientists next week for our inaugural MERIT Emerging Leaders Symposium 👏👏👏 can't wait to hear about their incredible research. @Harvard @MSKCancerCenter @salkinstitute @Stanford @CSHL @DanaFarber @GeorgiaTech @LieberInstitute