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Dr. Nina Steele
@NinaSteele17
Assistant Scientist interrogating cell-cross talk in the pancreatic cancer microenvironment. Confocal enthusiast. Mama. Views=own.
Henry Ford Hospital
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    Dr. Nina Steele
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    Dec 16, 2023
    2024 is going to be a very different year for me. I am getting a divorce. I am breastfeeding my 22 month old still. I am writing my first R01. I am supporting my lab, as much as right now, they are supporting me. One thing, I know in my heart for sure... things are gonna change.
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    Dr. Nina Steele
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    Oct 11, 2024
    Got off this plane in tears. Not even sure what I was feeling. In awe of the cancer survivor who I met who was sitting next to me. Turns out his entire family had succumbed to lung cancer and he had survived. He noticed I was a cancer researcher as he saw me working on data. 1/
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    Dr. Nina Steele
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    Dec 29, 2022
    Dear grant reviewers this yr I had a baby / starting my lab in ongoing pandemic pls understand these things as you consider all variables new PIs are up against <esp birth parents>🥵 there is no place to put this on apps so I worry I will look unproductive. @Momademia
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    Dr. Nina Steele
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    Apr 27, 2022
    Just another friendly reminder maternity leave is STILL NOT VACATION. No I'm not lazy. Yes I do want to work. I had a f******* baby and am physically extremely weak. I'm breastfeeding and barely sleep. Give. It. A. Rest. Thanks! New Mom @Momademia @mothersinsci
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    Dr. Nina Steele
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    Oct 5, 2024
    Hot Saturday night date staining my cells 🔥 time to see what these T cells are doing to tumor cells! 🫣 someone wise told me as a #newPI you can be an excellent postdoc in your own lab- let’s hope that’s true 🤣 @Momademia @AcademicChatter
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    Dr. Nina Steele
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    Jun 4, 2024
    I submitted my first R01 + signed divorce papers today. What a day… I can say when I set out to start my lab this was not what I anticipated submitting my first big grant but I’m so proud of my team and the whole center in supporting our efforts to get it done! #NewPI @Momademia
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    Dr. Nina Steele
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    Oct 11, 2024
    Replying to @NinaSteele17
    2/ a thoughtful conversation with this incredibly brave human hit me hard. This job really matters. What we do matters. It’s a huge responsibility. The rigor and reproducibility in our data translates to real people. Real families. Another grant another paper deadline…
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    Dr. Nina Steele
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    Oct 11, 2024
    Replying to @NinaSteele17
    3/ at the end of the day, why do we wake up and do this? For people like the one I just met. For the hope of what the next discovery may mean. And all the small pieces along the way we find that fit into the bigger puzzles we strive to solve. 🧩
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    Dr. Nina Steele
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    Jan 3, 2022
    Nothing prepares you for the feeling of having an office and a laboratory that is your own 😳 it is the most wonderful and terrifying emotion! After so many years as a trainee part of you think it will never end... But today... I'm a #NewPI 😱✨🙏🏼
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    Dr. Nina Steele
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    Dec 22, 2022
    As the year draws to a close I’d like to announce I’ve been rejected for every single grant I’ve applied for as a #NewPI However, I birthed a human being and boy she is lovely 🥰 💗 here’s to next year! More baby kisses and probably more grant rejections 😂 @Momademia
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    Dr. Nina Steele
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    Feb 9, 2022
    Excited to announce my most recent project in the field of human developmental biology was accepted without revisions February 2022. Title: Avery Rose Steele @Momademia #newborn #fourthtrimester
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    Dr. Nina Steele
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    Jun 28, 2023
    happened IRL Me: I’m a breastfeeding mom so carrying milk/ice packs frozen solid Tsa: where is your baby Me: not with me…which is why I have to pump Tsa: well how we do know you’re really BF Me: if the baby were w me I wouldn’t have to pump @momademia
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    Dr. Nina Steele
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    Feb 6, 2022
    Avery Rose arrived yesterday morning 6:25am. It was the hardest experience of my life, and she is the most beautiful person we have ever laid our eyes on. Can't type anymore too busy crying through the extreme physical pain and equal parts elation to meet her.
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    Dr. Nina Steele
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    Feb 16, 2022
    11 days into mat leave +... Is it ok for me to feel like I miss my job? Of course I love being with baby + bonding with her all day (+ all night) but I miss the intellectual stimulation being a #NewPI provides! Feel guilty admitting this- do other parents feel similar? @Momademia