Silva Lab at Duke - @thesilvalab.bsky.social

@thesilvalab

Research lab @DukeU studying cell response to stress/ Ubiquitin, Translation & Protein Dynamics/ Always promoting Diversity, Inclusion & Equity/ #BLACKandSTEM

North Carolina, USA

Joined January 2018

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Silva Lab at Duke - @thesilvalab.bsky.social@thesilvalab · Nov 22

Ok, we are also moving our business to the other side of the blue 🦋. We hope to see you all there! If you see us, follow at: @thesilvalab.bsky.social !

thesilvalab's tweet image. Ok, we are also moving our business to the other side of the blue 🦋. We hope to see you all there!

If you see us, follow at: @thesilvalab.bsky.social !

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Silva Lab at Duke - @thesilvalab.bsky.social@thesilvalab · Jul 18

I'm so excited and relieved that our NIH R35 grant has been renewed!! NoA received and grant actually started this July!! We will continue to advance our research on ubiquitin and translation control for the next 5 years!! Hoping to see more posts like this from y'all too🙌🏾🙌🏾

thesilvalab's tweet image. I'm so excited and relieved that our NIH R35 grant has been renewed!! NoA received and grant actually started this July!!

We will continue to advance our research on ubiquitin and translation control for the next 5 years!!

Hoping to see more posts like this from y'all too🙌🏾🙌🏾

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Silva Lab at Duke - @thesilvalab.bsky.social@thesilvalab · Jul 21

📣In a collaboration with the @amcdarnell , we discuss the complexity of the ribosome ubiquitin code and what the field has done to crack it! "The ribosome ubiquitination code: fine-tuning translation under stress" Read it here: sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

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Silva Lab at Duke - @thesilvalab.bsky.social@thesilvalab · Jun 6

Congratulations to our undergraduate student Jorge Mato, named a 2025 Faculty Scholar!! Faculty Scholar is the highest honor given by @DukeU faculty to undergraduate students for academic and research excellence!! today.duke.edu/2025/06/four-u…

thesilvalab's tweet card. Four Undergraduates Whose Research Studies Are Winning Acclaim | Duke Today

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Duke Biology@DukeBiology · Apr 28

Congratulations to Professor Gustavo Silva, one of 10 @DukeU faculty to be named Bass Chairs in 2025 in recognition of his excellence in scholarship, teaching and mentoring: today.duke.edu/2025/04/ten-fa…

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Sonya Neal@Neal_Lab · Feb 14

Flooding social media with good news today. @Neal_Lab received a NoA! Grateful our NIH R35 MIRA renewal is funded to support our ongoing work on membrane protein quality! 🙏🙏

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Silva Lab at Duke - @thesilvalab.bsky.social@thesilvalab · Feb 8

When they came for Black&Brown folks, or #DEI efforts, I heard little commotion Only with these new NIH directives has the scientific community become concerned with the future of academic institutions. It will not stop here If you are not rich & conservative, you are at risk

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Silva Lab at Duke - @thesilvalab.bsky.social@thesilvalab · Feb 6

As this is a delicate political moment, in which words are being weaponized, can we get some of the language right? DIVERSE is a feature of a group, not a person! A person is what they are. There is no such thing as a diverse hire/employee. Thank you. scientificamerican.com/blog/voices/di…

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Silva Lab at Duke - @thesilvalab.bsky.social@thesilvalab · Jan 22

No study section...no grant reviews No grant reviews...no grants awarded No grants awarded...no research No research...no functional NIH And if your salary was funded by NIH, no paycheck either if this lasts indefinitely

NNsikan Akpan, PhD@MoNscience · Jan 22

NIH appears to have canceled/postponed all of its study sections—the independent review panels that approve federal grants for health research. Such grants fund the work/salaries of 300k people at more than 2,500 institutions

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Black Think Tank - @black-think-tank.bsky.social@BlackThinkTank_ · Jan 22

The BTT congratulates the newly tenured Associate Professors at Duke: @ZIJackson (Literature), Tolu Oyesanya (Nursing) and @thesilvalab (Biology)! Learn more about their work here: facultyadvancement.duke.edu/news/celebrati…

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Microbiology Society@MicrobioSoc · Nov 7

Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Prize 2025: I’ah Donovan-Banfield (@idb_virology), Dr Ariangela Kozik (@dr_kozik), Dr Nikea Pittman (@nikeapittman), Dr Chelsey Spriggs (@Dr_Sprggs), Dr Ninecia Scott and Dr Kishana Taylor (@kyt_thatsme).

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Silva Lab at Duke - @thesilvalab.bsky.social@thesilvalab · Nov 15

Everything is better when you have a community around you and a faculty legend to look up to. Met @NewBlackMan during my first event at Duke, attended his course on Michael Jackson, and here we are celebrating this together!! 🙏🏾🙏🏾

GGlobal Black Studies at Duke@DukeAAAS · Nov 14

.@DukeAAAS Chair Mark Anthony Neal attended the recent @DukeU celebration of recently tenured and promoted faculty, including, Biology Professor Gustavo Silva (@thesilvalab).

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Silva Lab at Duke - @thesilvalab.bsky.social@thesilvalab · Nov 14

100 years coming to @ABRCMS and I still can't get my ribbons right! Super excited to support the students and witness the future of science! Check out the roll call this morning! We Ready! #ABRCMS2024 #biochemistry #MolBio

thesilvalab's tweet image. 100 years coming to @ABRCMS and I still can't get my ribbons right!

Super excited to support the students and witness the future of science!
Check out the roll call this morning! We Ready!
#ABRCMS2024 #biochemistry #MolBio

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Dr. Sarah Gaither@sarahegaither · Nov 8

So thankful this week for my amazing WRAP community! Having @SandyDarity @DukeSocialEQ share incredible insights about how to advocate for yourself and learning more about how he has trained so many amazing scholars was the exact thing I needed this week! @DukeFacultyAdv @DukeU

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Silva Lab at Duke - @thesilvalab.bsky.social@thesilvalab · Oct 24

Cool! Cluster hire of 8 junior faculty this year, with more to come. Focus on great science and people who promote inclusive excellence.

GGlobal Black Studies at Duke@DukeAAAS · Nov 14

.@DukeAAAS Chair Mark Anthony Neal attended the recent @DukeU celebration of recently tenured and promoted faculty, including, Biology Professor Gustavo Silva (@thesilvalab).

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Silva Lab at Duke - @thesilvalab.bsky.social@thesilvalab · Oct 14

I'm not sure if I should be happy or concerned that even my email is starting to look out for me. 😅

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Tracie Canada (traciecanada.bsky.social)@tracie_canada · Oct 10

it’s finally here! my first book comes out in feb 2025 with @ucpress! Tackling the Everyday is a black feminist take on the exploitative college 🏈 system through black players’ experiences preorder now! hope @Oprah sees it 😎 ucpress.edu/books/tackling…

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Silva Lab at Duke - @thesilvalab.bsky.social@thesilvalab · Oct 2

Inspired by Dr. Rey Tirgar, we started an "Appreciation Box" that we open 1x a month in our lab meeting. It was a great moment to celebrate the #kindness and support in the Silva lab. These are some of the general ones as people took their notes with them! Highly recommend!❤️

thesilvalab's tweet image. Inspired by Dr. Rey Tirgar, we started an "Appreciation Box" that we open 1x a month in our lab meeting. It was a great moment to celebrate the #kindness and support in the Silva lab. These are some of the general ones as people took their notes with them! Highly recommend!❤️

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Silva Lab at Duke - @thesilvalab.bsky.social@thesilvalab · Sep 26

Just saying it one more time: We are hiring 3 folks, y'all!

DDuke Biology@DukeBiology · Sep 26

📢 JOB ALERT! Three assistant professor positions in any area of ecology, evolution and organismal biology, special interest in plant and fungal biology. Apply before October 15: biology.duke.edu/about-us/jobs

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Silva Lab at Duke - @thesilvalab.bsky.social@thesilvalab · Sep 26

This week, the PhD candidate Cait Seluzicki visited us from @HopkinsMedicine and shared her great research in neuronal response to heat shock! The lab is busy this semester and we had to keep it together to support our undergrads, like Joy, who presented her summer project! 😊

thesilvalab's tweet image. This week, the PhD candidate Cait Seluzicki visited us from @HopkinsMedicine and shared her great research in neuronal response to heat shock!

The lab is busy this semester and we had to keep it together to support our undergrads, like Joy, who presented her summer project! 😊

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