jp flores (he/him)
@jpflores.rbind.io
🐏 phd’ing in bioinformatics & computational biology @ unc chapel hill | phanstiel lab | interests: genome org & function 🧬 | hhmi gilliam '24 | nsf grfp ‘22 | 🐅 occidental college ‘21 |🎙host, from where does it stem? | 🏘️ co-founder @sciforgood.bsky.social
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jp flores (he/him)
@jpflores.rbind.io
· Nov 17
jp flores
phd candidate in bioinformatics & computational biology at unc chapel hill
jpflores.rbind.io
#Introductions
Hi! 🤠 I’m JP (he/him), and I’m a PhD candidate at UNC Chapel Hill studying the role of 3D chromatin structure in response to environmental stress 🧬
I host the From where does it STEM? podcast, write/edit for GeneBites, & more!
website: jpflores.rbind.io
instagram: @jpflores_31
Hi! 🤠 I’m JP (he/him), and I’m a PhD candidate at UNC Chapel Hill studying the role of 3D chromatin structure in response to environmental stress 🧬
I host the From where does it STEM? podcast, write/edit for GeneBites, & more!
website: jpflores.rbind.io
instagram: @jpflores_31
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Terrific paper on a new chromosomal
compartment where extensive loop
extrusion isolates domains from
other such domains
compartment where extensive loop
extrusion isolates domains from
other such domains
How do compartmentalization & loop extrusion organize eukaryotic genomes beyond classical model organisms?
Hi-C analysis of silkworm chromosomes by Drinnenberg, Muller, Mirny et al reveals new combination of these mechanisms, and a new, secluded “S” compartment
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
Hi-C analysis of silkworm chromosomes by Drinnenberg, Muller, Mirny et al reveals new combination of these mechanisms, and a new, secluded “S” compartment
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
Unique territorial and compartmental organization of chromosomes in the holocentric silkworm - The EMBO Journal
Hallmarks of multicellular eukaryotic genome organization are chromosome territories, compartments, and loop-extrusion-mediated structures, including TADs. However, these have mainly been observed in ...
link.springer.com
February 3, 2026 at 9:55 PM
Terrific paper on a new chromosomal
compartment where extensive loop
extrusion isolates domains from
other such domains
compartment where extensive loop
extrusion isolates domains from
other such domains
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We're proud to join the Vilcek Foundation in recognizing HHMI Investigator Karolin Luger, whose dedication & groundbreaking nucleosome research has led to the development of innovative new drug treatments, including cancer medicines. hhmi.news/49VciEd @vilcekfoundation.bsky.social
February 2, 2026 at 5:05 PM
We're proud to join the Vilcek Foundation in recognizing HHMI Investigator Karolin Luger, whose dedication & groundbreaking nucleosome research has led to the development of innovative new drug treatments, including cancer medicines. hhmi.news/49VciEd @vilcekfoundation.bsky.social
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another great read — this time on antibiotic resistance — from the talented @amandan-weiss.bsky.social (who’s also our new Social Media Editor)!! genebites.org/2026/01/30/a...
Answer the (KlebPha)Col: a new community resource for Klebsiella phage research
As bacteria evolve to become more resistant to antibiotics, scientists are revisiting “phage therapy” (using natural viruses that destroy bacteria) as an avenue for treating infections. A new commu…
genebites.org
January 31, 2026 at 6:23 PM
another great read — this time on antibiotic resistance — from the talented @amandan-weiss.bsky.social (who’s also our new Social Media Editor)!! genebites.org/2026/01/30/a...
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I hear you, and: hope, change, etc is non-linear and multi-faceted. I guarantee that the world looks a little bit different to a whole bunch of first year grad students taking notes on scientific activism (it looks different to me, too).
January 30, 2026 at 9:18 PM
I hear you, and: hope, change, etc is non-linear and multi-faceted. I guarantee that the world looks a little bit different to a whole bunch of first year grad students taking notes on scientific activism (it looks different to me, too).
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Despite *gestures broadly*, one bright light for me has been reading and editing so many wonderful pieces from our team at GeneBites on our corner of the internet, like this great one from @jpflores.rbind.io 🐭👇🏼
Who says mice 🐁 can’t menstruate? Senior Editor @jpflores.rbind.io discusses a preprint study where scientists genetically engineered mice for menstrual-like bleeding to study the uterus’s rebuilding. That’s innovative, period.
#genetics #scicomm
Check it out here: genebites.org/2026/01/29/r...
#genetics #scicomm
Check it out here: genebites.org/2026/01/29/r...
Rewriting the Cycle: How a New Model Could Transform Women’s Health
For more than a century, scientists said one thing with certainty: mice do not menstruate. A new study has now rewritten that rule, and with it, how we study one of the most common biological proce…
genebites.org
January 31, 2026 at 6:18 PM
Despite *gestures broadly*, one bright light for me has been reading and editing so many wonderful pieces from our team at GeneBites on our corner of the internet, like this great one from @jpflores.rbind.io 🐭👇🏼
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Sometimes the world doesn't want to change. It's frustrating, but imagine how you'd feel if you hadn't tried.
Plus a couple of months ago someone told me they started a PhD because of the March for Science. Sometimes the impact from these things isn't what you expect and takes time
Plus a couple of months ago someone told me they started a PhD because of the March for Science. Sometimes the impact from these things isn't what you expect and takes time
January 30, 2026 at 8:45 PM
Sometimes the world doesn't want to change. It's frustrating, but imagine how you'd feel if you hadn't tried.
Plus a couple of months ago someone told me they started a PhD because of the March for Science. Sometimes the impact from these things isn't what you expect and takes time
Plus a couple of months ago someone told me they started a PhD because of the March for Science. Sometimes the impact from these things isn't what you expect and takes time
SHOOT! forgot my disclaimer lol: i am NOT a spokesperson for stand up for science and haven’t been affiliated at all. Was ONLY helping organize last year’s march 7 rallies*
January 30, 2026 at 6:43 PM
SHOOT! forgot my disclaimer lol: i am NOT a spokesperson for stand up for science and haven’t been affiliated at all. Was ONLY helping organize last year’s march 7 rallies*
it’s been almost a year since I reached out to @jonathanberman.bsky.social about organizing last year’s March 7 stand up for science rallies and I really wish I could reflect back and be proud. i used nearly all the resources i had, every connection, all the energy, and not much has changed
How does one organize a March for Science that also features effective post-March plans
January 30, 2026 at 6:42 PM
it’s been almost a year since I reached out to @jonathanberman.bsky.social about organizing last year’s March 7 stand up for science rallies and I really wish I could reflect back and be proud. i used nearly all the resources i had, every connection, all the energy, and not much has changed
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Thrilled to be attending my first @aaas.org meeting with fellow members of @snapcoalition.bsky.social! Come say hi at the SNAP booth and be sure to catch the SNAP plenary panel with the incredible Miles Arnett, @isakoditomassi.bsky.social, @jpflores.rbind.io, @erinmorrow.bsky.social, & Alex Rich!! 🤩
Spots remaining at Feb. 13 #AAASmtg SNAP reception, register here to join us with free drinks and good company! forms.gle/39RqqfK5FzF3...
Don't forget to drop by Booth 605 to learn more about our #StanceOnScience initiative.
#AAAS2026 #scipol #scicomm #EarlyCareerResearchers #EarlyCareerScientists
Don't forget to drop by Booth 605 to learn more about our #StanceOnScience initiative.
#AAAS2026 #scipol #scicomm #EarlyCareerResearchers #EarlyCareerScientists
January 30, 2026 at 3:22 AM
Thrilled to be attending my first @aaas.org meeting with fellow members of @snapcoalition.bsky.social! Come say hi at the SNAP booth and be sure to catch the SNAP plenary panel with the incredible Miles Arnett, @isakoditomassi.bsky.social, @jpflores.rbind.io, @erinmorrow.bsky.social, & Alex Rich!! 🤩
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Who says mice 🐁 can’t menstruate? Senior Editor @jpflores.rbind.io discusses a preprint study where scientists genetically engineered mice for menstrual-like bleeding to study the uterus’s rebuilding. That’s innovative, period.
#genetics #scicomm
Check it out here: genebites.org/2026/01/29/r...
#genetics #scicomm
Check it out here: genebites.org/2026/01/29/r...
Rewriting the Cycle: How a New Model Could Transform Women’s Health
For more than a century, scientists said one thing with certainty: mice do not menstruate. A new study has now rewritten that rule, and with it, how we study one of the most common biological proce…
genebites.org
January 29, 2026 at 10:14 PM
Who says mice 🐁 can’t menstruate? Senior Editor @jpflores.rbind.io discusses a preprint study where scientists genetically engineered mice for menstrual-like bleeding to study the uterus’s rebuilding. That’s innovative, period.
#genetics #scicomm
Check it out here: genebites.org/2026/01/29/r...
#genetics #scicomm
Check it out here: genebites.org/2026/01/29/r...
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X and Y chromosomes don’t drive binary opposing outcomes. Senior Editor @jpflores.rbind.io discusses a study that found additional Y or inactive X chromosomes in cells affect activity of some genes 🧬 similarly.
#genetics #BeyondTheBinary #scicomm
Check it out here: genebites.org/2026/01/08/t...
#genetics #BeyondTheBinary #scicomm
Check it out here: genebites.org/2026/01/08/t...
The X and Y Divide Isn’t Binary
The X and Y chromosomes split hundreds of millions of years ago and seem to live very different lives. But new research shows they still regulate the same genes across the genome, quietly shaping b…
genebites.org
January 9, 2026 at 4:15 PM
X and Y chromosomes don’t drive binary opposing outcomes. Senior Editor @jpflores.rbind.io discusses a study that found additional Y or inactive X chromosomes in cells affect activity of some genes 🧬 similarly.
#genetics #BeyondTheBinary #scicomm
Check it out here: genebites.org/2026/01/08/t...
#genetics #BeyondTheBinary #scicomm
Check it out here: genebites.org/2026/01/08/t...
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🚨 Requesting help:
I am looking for an agent who can facilitate more speaking gigs, podcast appearances, and interviews with journalists
I want to more widely share my story and expertise as a trans geneticist who understands the reality and complexity of "biological sex" 🏳️⚧️🧬
Please signal boost?
I am looking for an agent who can facilitate more speaking gigs, podcast appearances, and interviews with journalists
I want to more widely share my story and expertise as a trans geneticist who understands the reality and complexity of "biological sex" 🏳️⚧️🧬
Please signal boost?
January 28, 2026 at 9:03 PM
🚨 Requesting help:
I am looking for an agent who can facilitate more speaking gigs, podcast appearances, and interviews with journalists
I want to more widely share my story and expertise as a trans geneticist who understands the reality and complexity of "biological sex" 🏳️⚧️🧬
Please signal boost?
I am looking for an agent who can facilitate more speaking gigs, podcast appearances, and interviews with journalists
I want to more widely share my story and expertise as a trans geneticist who understands the reality and complexity of "biological sex" 🏳️⚧️🧬
Please signal boost?
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“Black PIs are required, on average, to submit a grant application more times before it is funded”
elifesciences.org/articles/65697
elifesciences.org/articles/65697
Equity, Diversity and Inclusion: Racial inequity in grant funding from the US National Institutes of Health
Grant applications submitted to the NIH by African-American/Black PIs are less likely to be funded than applications from white PIs, and the NIH must find a solution that eliminates this racial dispar...
elifesciences.org
January 28, 2026 at 3:53 PM
“Black PIs are required, on average, to submit a grant application more times before it is funded”
elifesciences.org/articles/65697
elifesciences.org/articles/65697
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1/27/2026 - Minneapolis
ICE just attempted an illegal entry into the ECUADORIAN CONSULATE to abduct someone
They did not have a warrant
ICE just attempted an illegal entry into the ECUADORIAN CONSULATE to abduct someone
They did not have a warrant
January 27, 2026 at 10:01 PM
1/27/2026 - Minneapolis
ICE just attempted an illegal entry into the ECUADORIAN CONSULATE to abduct someone
They did not have a warrant
ICE just attempted an illegal entry into the ECUADORIAN CONSULATE to abduct someone
They did not have a warrant
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After being held in two of them as a boy, I fought for decades urging America to never again build concentration camps and put human beings in them. It breaks my heart to watch this happen twice now in my own lifetime.
January 27, 2026 at 9:30 PM
After being held in two of them as a boy, I fought for decades urging America to never again build concentration camps and put human beings in them. It breaks my heart to watch this happen twice now in my own lifetime.
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🚨 New from me: Grant review at more than half of NIH's institutes could be frozen by the end of the year.
That's because crucial NIH grant-review panels are slated to be empty at those institutes by Jan 2027.
A wonky bureaucratic problem with big implications.
A short 🧵
That's because crucial NIH grant-review panels are slated to be empty at those institutes by Jan 2027.
A wonky bureaucratic problem with big implications.
A short 🧵
Exclusive: key NIH review panels due to lose all members by the end of 2026
Thirteen of the agency’s advisory councils, which must review grant applications before funding is awarded, are on track to have no voting members.
www.nature.com
January 22, 2026 at 7:46 PM
🚨 New from me: Grant review at more than half of NIH's institutes could be frozen by the end of the year.
That's because crucial NIH grant-review panels are slated to be empty at those institutes by Jan 2027.
A wonky bureaucratic problem with big implications.
A short 🧵
That's because crucial NIH grant-review panels are slated to be empty at those institutes by Jan 2027.
A wonky bureaucratic problem with big implications.
A short 🧵
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Zotero 8 is out in stable: www.zotero.org/blog/zotero-8/
A bunch of new stuff -- the new citation dialog especially is a huge (and long overdue) improvement; massively speeds up anything I do in Word/GDocs with Zotero
A bunch of new stuff -- the new citation dialog especially is a huge (and long overdue) improvement; massively speeds up anything I do in Word/GDocs with Zotero
Zotero Blog » Blog Archive » Zotero 8
Zotero is a free, easy-to-use tool to help you collect, organize, cite, and share research.
www.zotero.org
January 22, 2026 at 7:15 PM
Zotero 8 is out in stable: www.zotero.org/blog/zotero-8/
A bunch of new stuff -- the new citation dialog especially is a huge (and long overdue) improvement; massively speeds up anything I do in Word/GDocs with Zotero
A bunch of new stuff -- the new citation dialog especially is a huge (and long overdue) improvement; massively speeds up anything I do in Word/GDocs with Zotero
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I'll be speaking on this panel with @mjarnett.bsky.social @jpflores.rbind.io @erinmorrow.bsky.social and Alex Rich at #AAAS2026!
Come hear from @snapcoalition.bsky.social members giving early career researcher perspectives on the future of #SciPol, #SciComm, and developing the #SciWorkForce.
Come hear from @snapcoalition.bsky.social members giving early career researcher perspectives on the future of #SciPol, #SciComm, and developing the #SciWorkForce.
Who's ready for #AAAS2026?
Come see SNAPpers at a plenary panel session on Friday, Feb. 13 at 1 p.m.!
Come see SNAPpers at a plenary panel session on Friday, Feb. 13 at 1 p.m.!
January 22, 2026 at 5:36 PM
I'll be speaking on this panel with @mjarnett.bsky.social @jpflores.rbind.io @erinmorrow.bsky.social and Alex Rich at #AAAS2026!
Come hear from @snapcoalition.bsky.social members giving early career researcher perspectives on the future of #SciPol, #SciComm, and developing the #SciWorkForce.
Come hear from @snapcoalition.bsky.social members giving early career researcher perspectives on the future of #SciPol, #SciComm, and developing the #SciWorkForce.
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Trump just told Davos: "after the war we gave Greenland back to Denmark."
America never had Greenland. It was governed — and defended — by the Danes and Greenlanders throughout WWII. www.bugeyedandshameless.com/p/read-the-d...
America never had Greenland. It was governed — and defended — by the Danes and Greenlanders throughout WWII. www.bugeyedandshameless.com/p/read-the-d...
"Read the Donroe Doctrine To Them"
The thing about hegemony is that it, unfortunately, works. And it crushes real democracy along the way.
www.bugeyedandshameless.com
January 21, 2026 at 2:05 PM
Trump just told Davos: "after the war we gave Greenland back to Denmark."
America never had Greenland. It was governed — and defended — by the Danes and Greenlanders throughout WWII. www.bugeyedandshameless.com/p/read-the-d...
America never had Greenland. It was governed — and defended — by the Danes and Greenlanders throughout WWII. www.bugeyedandshameless.com/p/read-the-d...
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Excited to share our latest work in @ajhgnews.bsky.social 🧬📄
We mapped the regulatory landscape of human liver at single-nucleus resolution using snMultiome, connecting genetic variants to the cell-type mechanisms underlying cardiometabolic disease.
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
We mapped the regulatory landscape of human liver at single-nucleus resolution using snMultiome, connecting genetic variants to the cell-type mechanisms underlying cardiometabolic disease.
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
January 20, 2026 at 1:03 PM
Excited to share our latest work in @ajhgnews.bsky.social 🧬📄
We mapped the regulatory landscape of human liver at single-nucleus resolution using snMultiome, connecting genetic variants to the cell-type mechanisms underlying cardiometabolic disease.
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
We mapped the regulatory landscape of human liver at single-nucleus resolution using snMultiome, connecting genetic variants to the cell-type mechanisms underlying cardiometabolic disease.
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Excited for Baltimore, Ithaca, and a trip back home to LA!
January 21, 2026 at 4:05 AM
Excited for Baltimore, Ithaca, and a trip back home to LA!
Utah last week was also stunning!
January 21, 2026 at 4:04 AM
Utah last week was also stunning!
Excited to be at Stanford this week to see some fellow @hhmi-science.bsky.social Gilliams and tour the campus a bit 🤩
January 21, 2026 at 4:03 AM
Excited to be at Stanford this week to see some fellow @hhmi-science.bsky.social Gilliams and tour the campus a bit 🤩
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The charts in the story are just jaw-dropping.
Take this one, showing the bludgeon the Trump admin has taken to the federal scientific workforce.
Take this one, showing the bludgeon the Trump admin has taken to the federal scientific workforce.
January 20, 2026 at 11:15 PM
The charts in the story are just jaw-dropping.
Take this one, showing the bludgeon the Trump admin has taken to the federal scientific workforce.
Take this one, showing the bludgeon the Trump admin has taken to the federal scientific workforce.