Ua hoʻokumu kēia Microbiologist i kahi neʻe e ʻike i nā ʻepekema ʻeleʻele i kāna māla

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Ua wikiwiki loa ia. ʻO ʻAukake i Ann Arbor, a ʻo Ariangela Kozik, Ph.D., aia ma ka home e kālailai ana i ka ʻikepili e pili ana i nā microbes i nā ake māmā o nā mea hānō (ua pani ʻia kona keʻena ʻo University of Michigan mai ka wā o ka pilikia COVID-19 i hoʻopau ai i ka pā kula). I kēia manawa, ua ʻike ʻo Kozik i kahi nalu o nā hoʻolaha hoʻolaha e hōʻike nei i nā ʻepekema ʻeleʻele i nā ʻano aʻo like ʻole.

"Pono mākou e loaʻa i kahi neʻe like no ka Black in Microbiology," i ʻōlelo ʻo ia i kāna hoaaloha a me kāna hoa virologist ʻo Kishana Taylor, Ph.D., ka mea e alakaʻi nei i ka noiʻi COVID ma Carnegie Mellon University. Ke lana nei ko lākou manaʻo e hoʻoponopono i kahi hoʻokaʻawale: "I kēlā manawa, ke ʻike nei mākou ua pili pono ʻole ka COVID i ka poʻe liʻiliʻi, akā ʻo ka poʻe loea a mākou e lohe nei ma nā nūhou a me ka pūnaewele ka hapa nui o ke keʻokeʻo a me ke kāne," wahi a Kozik. (Pili: No ke aha e makemake nui ai ka US i nā kauka wahine ʻeleʻele hou aku).

Me ka mea liʻiliʻi ma mua o kahi lima Twitter (@BlackInMicro) a me kahi palapala Google no ka hoʻopaʻa inoa, ua hoʻouna lākou i kahi kelepona no ka mea makemake e kōkua i ka hoʻonohonoho ʻana i kahi pule ʻike. "I loko o nā pule ʻewalu e hiki mai ana, ua ulu mākou i 30 mau mea hoʻonohonoho a me nā mea manawaleʻa," i ʻōlelo ʻo ia. I ka hopena o Kepakemapa, ua mālama lākou i kahi hālāwai kūkā loiloi me hoʻokahi pule ma kahi o 3,600 mau kānaka a puni ka honua.

ʻO ia ka manaʻo i hāpai iā Kozik a me Taylor i kā lāua huakaʻi. "ʻO kekahi o nā mea nui e puka i waho o ka hanana i ʻike mākou he pono nui e kūkulu i ke kaiāulu ma waena o nā microbiologists ʻeleʻele," wahi a Kozik. Ke ʻimi nei ʻo ia i nā microbes e noho ana i loko o kā mākou māmā a me ko lākou hopena ma nā pilikia e like me ka hānō. He kihi ʻike liʻiliʻi loa ia o ka microbiome o ke kino akā hiki ke loaʻa i nā hopena nui ma hope o ka maʻi maʻi, wahi āna. "ʻO COVID kahi maʻi e komo a lawe ʻia," wahi a Kozik. "He aha ke koena o ke kaiāulu microbial e hana nei ke hana kēlā?"

ʻO ka pahuhopu o Kozik e hāpai i ka ʻike no nā ʻepekema ʻEleʻele a no ka mea nui o ka noiʻi ma ka laulā. "No ka lehulehu, ʻo kekahi o nā lawe ʻana mai kēia pōpilikia holoʻokoʻa ka mea pono e hoʻopukapuka nui i ka noiʻi biomedical a me ka hoʻomohala ʻana," i ʻōlelo ʻo ia.

Mai ka ʻaha kūkā, ua hoʻololi ʻo Kozik lāua ʻo Taylor i ka ʻeleʻele i ka Microbiology i kahi neʻe a me kahi hub o nā kumuwaiwai no nā ʻepekema e like me lākou. "ʻO ka manaʻo manaʻo mai kā mākou mea hoʻonohonoho a me nā mea i komo i ka hanana, 'Manaʻo wau he home koʻu i ka ʻepekema i kēia manawa,'" wahi a Kozik. "ʻO ka manaolana no ka hanauna e hiki mai ana, hiki iā mākou ke ʻōlelo, 'ʻAe, aia ʻoe ma ʻaneʻi.'"

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