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Ubadah Sabbagh
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Ubadah Sabbagh
@neubadah
neuroscientist by training, biotech guy @arcadiascience and open science guy @asterainstitute• syrian immigrant • former @mit @virginia_tech • الأمل موهبة
- Confederate flags, Nazi salutes, and Klansmen having their rights protected by a black police officer. This picture hurts.
- arab uber driver 5 mins after learning I’m a neuroscientist [in arabic]: “habibi are you married?” “no” -“i wish i had an unmarried daughter to introduce to you” “uncle, I’m a neuroscientist not a neurologist, PhD not MD” -“oh forget it then” 💀
- Recently exhaled a breath I've been holding in for nearly half my life. After applying over a decade ago, I'm finally an American. This means so many things to me. Foremost, it means I can go back to the middle east, and see my mama and the family, for the first time in 14 years
- Universities filing amicus briefs/lawsuits against new ICE regs by my count: - Cornell - Dartmouth - Georgetown - Harvard - Hopkins (forthcoming) - Michigan State - MIT - Northeastern - Northwestern - Penn - Princeton - Purdue - Stanford - U of California - UMich - USC - Yale
- Perhaps it’s worth mentioning now, given the news of three Palestinian students that were shot in Vermont while wearing their keffiyehs (same scarf I’m wearing here, which I’ve worn for years), that I recently was spat at while walking home from MIT wearing it and told “fuck you”Postdoc Ubadah Sabbagh’s journey from Syria to MIT has been marked by determination, courage, and curiosity. “For me, a scientist is a person who is not only in the lab but also has a unique perspective to contribute to society,” he says. mitsha.re/SSkF50PRZiM
- 🗣normalize PhDs having non-academic careers 👏The amount of villains in the Spider-Man franchise with a PhD is concerning.
- DeVry just settled a $100 million lawsuit last year with the Federal Trade Commission for... wait for it... FRAUD.NEW: Trump admin taps former DeVry University dean as new head of @usedgov unit meant to police fraud in #highered politicopro.com/education/stor…
- Replying to @PaperFoxxThe asymmetrical drawing and curvature of this neuron's axon tends to conjure thoughts of mischief. This is unhelpful.
- This is why Trump carefully chose a non-specific generic denounciation. No mention of KKK, Alt-right, Nazis, or Charlottesville. Get it now?
- “Our military will soon be at a level that it’s never been before.” The bunny’s face is all of us.
- haha no i tipped he was a sweet guy but I def wish I’d made that joke
- Putin: We didn't meddle, ask Trump. Reporter: But WH hasn't released any info. Putin laughs: We'll talk to the WH and tell them to fix that.
00:00 - Undergrads! No one told me so I'm telling you. Did you know you can get flown out, offered lodging & PAID to do summer research (even w/ no experience)? First, I want you to learn these two terms: REU=research experience for undergrads SURF=summer undergrad research fellowship
