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Krystal Tsosie @kstsosie.bsky.social · 10h

Out today via @natgenet.nature.com, the first federally funded #Tribal #data repository, a revolutionary approach to data management and applied/operationalization of IDSov @d4itdr.bsky.social. Also, if you are at #ASHG25, come see us this morning in 205ABC
www.nature.com/articles/s41...

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Jess Byun @jessbyun.bsky.social · 17h

If you are interested in chatting about the project, I would love to connect! Plus, it’s my last year of PhD, so I am also excited to talk about any future opportunities that might come up!

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Jess Byun @jessbyun.bsky.social · 17h

I have been calling caQTLs and combining eQTL and sQTL data from the same cell types as those in our previously published papers, and also using Hi-C to explore long-range caQTLs and eQTLs, as well as new Osteoarthritis GWAS data from this year.

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Jess Byun @jessbyun.bsky.social · 17h

Hi y’all, I am excited to share that I will be presenting a poster at the #ASHG25 “Response caQTLs in primary human chondrocytes identify novel putative osteoarthritis risk variants and genes.” It is at 2:30-4:30 pm on Thursday (5037T).

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American Society of Human Genetics (ASHG) @geneticssociety.bsky.social · 1d

“We must keep going with this ability to sample genomes, not just in the convenient places we started out with.” - former Director of the National Institutes of Health, Francis Collins, MD, PhD, during his recognition speech at #ASHG25

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jp flores (he/him) @jpflores.rbind.io · 1d

Moving speech by mentor and friend Dr. Francis Collins! Proud to be working with him!

#ASHG25

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jp flores (he/him) @jpflores.rbind.io · 1d

Who’s at #ASHG25 ?!

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Julia Silge @juliasilge.com · 2d

There is a new monthly release of #Positron available, and it delivers fresh new features for the Data Explorer! In this screencast, I walk through how to interactively explore a recent #TidyTuesday dataset on literary prizes 📚📖🏆 using some of the Data Explorer newness.

youtu.be/KOgQuWF0US4

Explore literary prizes with Positron’s Data Explorer

YouTube video by Julia Silge

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Chelsey Spriggs @drsprggs.bsky.social · 1d

It’s #BlackInMicro week! This year’s theme is HARMONY and we have a great program scheduled. You can find more info on our website: blackinmicrobiology.org.

Register for free to check it out. Everyone is welcome! 🦠

Black Microbiologists Assoc (Black In Micro) @blackinmicro.bsky.social · 1d

Welcome to Black In Micro Week! 🎉 Don't miss today's free events - simply click the linktr.ee/BlackInMicro to 1) Register and 2) Login. Everyone is welcome to join! Show your support by donating at tinyurl.com/GiveBiM (all links in bio). #BlackInMicro #BiM2025

The summarised schedule of Black in Micro Week 2025, October 14-16. All times are in Eastern Standard Time. Mon 14: Pathways for Change. Welcome and Keynote Address 12pm. Marian Johnson-Thompson, PhD. Panel Discussion: Finding Black Spaces in STEM, 1:15-2:15 PM. Weds 15, Careers & Research: ECR Symposium 9-12 PM. Panel discussion: Navigating Careers in Microbiology 2-3 PM. Thurs 16, Community: Panel Discussion - Empowering Your Science 12-1:15 PM. Workshop: Science in Action, Zine Creation 1:30-2:30. Social hour: networking and community building 2:45-3:45. Register to take part!

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Chris Gunter 🧬 @girlscientist.bsky.social · 2d

Thanks to @geneticssociety.bsky.social, if you are coming early to #ASHG25 you can show your badge at the Boston Museum of Science and get in free! Stop by for your badge first and then head over if you are not going to any of the workshops, before Sarah Tishkoff’s presidential address at 4:30pm.

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Mark Peifer (He, him) @peiferlabunc.bsky.social · 3d

I'm very excited to announce that UNC Biology has 6 faculty positions open this year! The first is for an Asst Professor who studies organismal resilience using an integrative approach 1/n
unc.peopleadmin.com/postings/307...

Poster with QR code linking to the position

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Kara McKinley @karalmckinley.bsky.social · 5d

Lab’s 1st preprint!

Menstruation is understudied due to societal taboos + a biological challenge: mice (a key system for research + drug discovery) don’t menstruate.

@cagricevrim.bsky.social made menstruating mice + used them to discover early events in menstruation.

He is on the job market!

Çağrı Çevrim @cagricevrim.bsky.social · 5d

I’m thrilled to share my postdoc work and the first paper from the McKinley Lab! 🎉
@karalmckinley.bsky.social
We built the first transgenic model of menstruation in mice.
We used it to uncover how the endometrium organizes and sheds during menstruation. 🧪
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
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Induction of menstruation in mice reveals the regulation of menstrual shedding

During menstruation, an inner layer of the endometrium is selectively shed, while an outer, progenitor-containing layer is preserved to support repeated regeneration. Progress in understanding this co...

www.biorxiv.org

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Çağrı Çevrim @cagricevrim.bsky.social · 5d

I’m thrilled to share my postdoc work and the first paper from the McKinley Lab! 🎉
@karalmckinley.bsky.social
We built the first transgenic model of menstruation in mice.
We used it to uncover how the endometrium organizes and sheds during menstruation. 🧪
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
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Induction of menstruation in mice reveals the regulation of menstrual shedding

During menstruation, an inner layer of the endometrium is selectively shed, while an outer, progenitor-containing layer is preserved to support repeated regeneration. Progress in understanding this co...

www.biorxiv.org

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Adam Phillippy @aphillippy.bsky.social · 5d

Last week we were in the Washington Post for our characterization of Robertsonian chromosomes. This week we are entering our 10th day of being shut down and all of our research is on hold. To help me feel not-so-bad, here is a thread of some studies we released right before the shutdown 🧵 [1/n]...

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Stephan Gruber @gruberlab.bsky.social · 6d

How do SMC complexes load onto DNA to get ready for loop extrusion?

@roisnehamelinf.bsky.social & co discovered that Wadjet, an SMC complex involved in bacterial DNA immunity, performs some impressive molecular gymnastics 🤸‍♂️🤸‍♂️🤸‍♂️.

Check out the new paper: www.cell.com/molecular-ce...

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Josh Moody @byjoshmoody.bsky.social · 5d

MIT rejects "compact" proposed by the Trump administration.
MIT prez wrote: it "would restrict freedom of expression and our independence as an institution" and "is inconsistent with our core belief that scientific funding should be based on scientific merit alone."
orgchart.mit.edu/letters/rega...

Regarding the Compact | MIT Organization Chart

orgchart.mit.edu

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ambilinski.bsky.social @ambilinski.bsky.social · 5d

If you're in health policy or medicine and confused about what to do with all the recent DiD innovations -- or curious about their adoption in the medical literature -- @brownbiostatistics.bsky.social PhD student Shuo Feng has you covered!

onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...

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Leslie B Vosshall PhD @leslievosshall.bsky.social · 6d

Great Job - Great Colleagues - Great Science👍
Help us pick the next generation of @hhmi.org Investigators, Freeman Hrabowski Scholars, Hanna Gray Fellows, Gilliam Fellows
Relocation to DC is required, perfect for academic PIs looking for their next chapter
hhmi.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/External/job...

Senior Director - Scientific Officer

Primary Work Address: 4000 Jones Bridge Road, Chevy Chase, MD, 20815 Current HHMI Employees, click here to apply via your Workday account. The Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI) advances the disco...

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Vijay Ramani @vram142.bsky.social · 6d

Congratulations @karalmckinley.bsky.social & lab on their groundbreaking recent preprint establishing + characterizing a chemically inducible model of menstruation in mouse:

www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

My jaw dropped when I heard this presented earlier this year. Incredible.

Induction of menstruation in mice reveals the regulation of menstrual shedding

During menstruation, an inner layer of the endometrium is selectively shed, while an outer, progenitor-containing layer is preserved to support repeated regeneration. Progress in understanding this co...

www.biorxiv.org

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Sheila Teves @sheilateves.bsky.social · 7d

Thanks! Big shoutout to Hazel Cui who led this study and will defend her PhD this year!

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jp flores (he/him) @jpflores.rbind.io · 8d

Congrats, Sheila!

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Dr. Lucky Tran @luckytran.com · 9d

Social media sites where people in the US get their news from:

Facebook 38%
YouTube 35%
Instagram 20%
TikTok 20%
X 12%
Reddit 9%
Nextdoor 6%
WhatsApp 5%
Threads 3%
Rumble 2%
Truth Social 2%
Bluesky 2%

Source: www.pewresearch.org/journalism/f...

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John Greally @greally.bsky.social · 11d

What an amazing assay.

DAF-seq, the evolution of Fiber-seq from the Andrew Stergachis group, using the @pacbio.bsky.social platform:
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

This will revolutionise our understanding of transcriptional regulation and functional non-coding variants.

Deaminase-assisted single-molecule and single-cell chromatin fiber sequencing

Gene regulation is mediated by the co-occupancy of numerous proteins along individual chromatin fibers. However, our tools for deeply profiling how proteins co-occupy individual fibers, especially at ...

www.biorxiv.org

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Dr. Kat Napaaqtuk❄️ @napaaqtuk.bsky.social · 12d

"I just need to get through this weekend" she says for the 4th week in a row

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jp flores (he/him) @jpflores.rbind.io · 12d

I've been busy doing alumni interviews for Occidental College and MANNNNN, the kids are okay! the passion for bridging science & society from young students gives me so much hope!

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