Wannan Masanin Halittar Kwayoyin Halittu (Microbiologist) Ya Tona Ƙarfi don Gane Baƙi Masanin Kimiyya a Fagarta

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Duk ya faru da sauri. A watan Agusta ne a cikin Ann Arbor, kuma Ariangela Kozik, Ph.D., yana gida yana nazarin bayanai kan ƙwayoyin cuta a cikin huhun marasa lafiya na asma (lababin jami'arta na Michigan ya rufe tun lokacin rikicin COVID-19 ya rufe harabar). A halin da ake ciki, Kozik ya lura da raƙuman wayar da kan jama'a da ke haskaka baƙar fata masana kimiyya a fannoni daban -daban.

"Da gaske muna buƙatar samun irin wannan motsi don Black a Microbiology," ta gaya wa kawarta kuma takwararta masanin ilimin halittar jiki Kishana Taylor, Ph.D., wanda ke gudanar da binciken COVID a Jami'ar Carnegie Mellon. Suna fatan gyara abin da ya raba: "A wancan lokacin, mun riga mun ga cewa COVID yana yin illa ga marasa galihu, amma kwararrun da muke ji daga labarai da kan layi galibi farare ne da maza," in ji Kozik. (Mai alaƙa: Me yasa Amurka ke Bukatar ƙarin Likitoci Baƙar fata mata)

Da kadan fiye da hannun Twitter (@BlackInMicro) da fom na Google don yin rajista, sun aika da kira ga duk wanda ke sha'awar taimakawa wajen tsara makon wayar da kan jama'a. "A cikin makonni takwas masu zuwa, mun girma zuwa 30 masu tsarawa da masu sa kai," in ji ta. A karshen watan Satumba, sun dauki bakuncin wani taron tattaunawa na tsawon mako guda tare da mutane sama da 3,600 daga ko'ina cikin duniya.

Wannan shine tunanin da ya zaburar da Kozik da Taylor a tafiyarsu. Kozik ya ce "Daya daga cikin manyan abubuwan da za su fito daga taron shine mun fahimci cewa akwai babbar bukatar gina al'umma tsakanin sauran bakar fata na kwayoyin halittu." Tana bincike kan ƙananan ƙwayoyin cuta da ke rayuwa a cikin huhun mu da tasirin su akan batutuwa kamar asma. Wani yanki ne da ba a san shi ba na microbiome na jiki amma yana iya samun babban tasiri bayan cutar, in ji ta. "COVID cuta ce da ke shiga kuma ta mamaye," in ji Kozik. "Menene sauran al'ummar microbial suke yi idan hakan ya faru?"

Manufar Kozik ita ce haɓaka ganuwa ga masana kimiyyar Baƙar fata da kuma mahimmancin bincike gabaɗaya. "Ga jama'a, daya daga cikin hanyoyin da za a magance wannan rikicin shine cewa muna buƙatar saka hannun jari sosai a cikin bincike da ci gaban ilimin halittu," in ji ta.

Tun bayan taron, Kozik da Taylor suna canza Baƙar fata a cikin Ilimin Halittar Halittu (Microbiology) zuwa motsi da cibiya ta albarkatu ga masana kimiyya irin su. "Ra'ayoyin masu shirya mu da mahalarta taron shine, 'Ina jin kamar ina da gida a kimiyya yanzu," in ji Kozik. "Fatan shi ne cewa ga tsara na gaba, za mu iya cewa, 'Eh, kuna nan.' "

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