Andreas Herchenröther
@chromatintin.bsky.social
Chromatin Biologist. Worcester, MA
Canonical by birth, variant by choice.
Canonical by birth, variant by choice.
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IN MEMORIAM: A totipotent embryologist: John B. Gurdon
(1933–2025)
By Thoru Pederson
➡️ https://tinyurl.com/gd353471OA
*Photo courtesy of the Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Archives.
(1933–2025)
By Thoru Pederson
➡️ https://tinyurl.com/gd353471OA
*Photo courtesy of the Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Archives.
November 14, 2025 at 7:36 PM
IN MEMORIAM: A totipotent embryologist: John B. Gurdon
(1933–2025)
By Thoru Pederson
➡️ https://tinyurl.com/gd353471OA
*Photo courtesy of the Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Archives.
(1933–2025)
By Thoru Pederson
➡️ https://tinyurl.com/gd353471OA
*Photo courtesy of the Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Archives.
It has not escaped our notice that LLM generate replaceable, non-intuitive statements suggesting a mechanism of dullness and copy paste
Nature suggests you use their "Manuscript Adviser" bot to get advice before submitting
I uploaded the classic Watson & Crick paper about DNA structure, and the Adviser had this to say about one of the greatest paper endings of the century:
I uploaded the classic Watson & Crick paper about DNA structure, and the Adviser had this to say about one of the greatest paper endings of the century:
November 3, 2025 at 5:12 PM
It has not escaped our notice that LLM generate replaceable, non-intuitive statements suggesting a mechanism of dullness and copy paste
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Paul Nurse describing the main job of a PI
(From ‘The Thinking Game’, 2024)
(From ‘The Thinking Game’, 2024)
October 31, 2025 at 8:45 AM
Paul Nurse describing the main job of a PI
(From ‘The Thinking Game’, 2024)
(From ‘The Thinking Game’, 2024)
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Special issue: The discovery of CENP-A, the centromere-specific histone H3 variant turns 40 years!
Sam Corless @scorless.bsky.social and Goks Thangaval @gokilavani.bsky.social are Revisiting the question: When is a centromere not a kinetochore? Check it out. rdcu.be/eMJkd
Sam Corless @scorless.bsky.social and Goks Thangaval @gokilavani.bsky.social are Revisiting the question: When is a centromere not a kinetochore? Check it out. rdcu.be/eMJkd
October 27, 2025 at 11:35 AM
Special issue: The discovery of CENP-A, the centromere-specific histone H3 variant turns 40 years!
Sam Corless @scorless.bsky.social and Goks Thangaval @gokilavani.bsky.social are Revisiting the question: When is a centromere not a kinetochore? Check it out. rdcu.be/eMJkd
Sam Corless @scorless.bsky.social and Goks Thangaval @gokilavani.bsky.social are Revisiting the question: When is a centromere not a kinetochore? Check it out. rdcu.be/eMJkd
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There are two big traps that US higher education fell into.
First: the research building boom. Universities realized that by constructing new research buildings, they could raise their indirect cost rate, the percentage of federal grant money that they can claim for overhead.
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First: the research building boom. Universities realized that by constructing new research buildings, they could raise their indirect cost rate, the percentage of federal grant money that they can claim for overhead.
2/10
October 22, 2025 at 2:10 PM
There are two big traps that US higher education fell into.
First: the research building boom. Universities realized that by constructing new research buildings, they could raise their indirect cost rate, the percentage of federal grant money that they can claim for overhead.
2/10
First: the research building boom. Universities realized that by constructing new research buildings, they could raise their indirect cost rate, the percentage of federal grant money that they can claim for overhead.
2/10
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I don’t think most people (including academics) realize just how screwed American universities are right now. Yes, the Trump attacks hurt. But the deeper crisis comes from the slow rot of a corporate mindset in university leadership that traded mission for growth. Let’s talk about that.
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October 22, 2025 at 2:10 PM
I don’t think most people (including academics) realize just how screwed American universities are right now. Yes, the Trump attacks hurt. But the deeper crisis comes from the slow rot of a corporate mindset in university leadership that traded mission for growth. Let’s talk about that.
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Reposted by Andreas Herchenröther
Reposted by Andreas Herchenröther
UMass Chan Medical School has received a five-year, $4.4M grant to study how transfer RNAs may drive the spread of melanoma: direc.to/nJeJ
Richard I. Gregory, PhD, is collaborating with Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center and Brown University.
#CancerResearch #melanoma @bidmcreseach.bsky.social
Richard I. Gregory, PhD, is collaborating with Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center and Brown University.
#CancerResearch #melanoma @bidmcreseach.bsky.social
UMass Chan leads new $4.4 million study to study melanoma
UMass Chan Medical School received a five-year, $4.4 million National Cancer Institute grant to study how transfer RNAs may fuel the spread of melanoma.
direc.to
October 3, 2025 at 1:35 PM
UMass Chan Medical School has received a five-year, $4.4M grant to study how transfer RNAs may drive the spread of melanoma: direc.to/nJeJ
Richard I. Gregory, PhD, is collaborating with Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center and Brown University.
#CancerResearch #melanoma @bidmcreseach.bsky.social
Richard I. Gregory, PhD, is collaborating with Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center and Brown University.
#CancerResearch #melanoma @bidmcreseach.bsky.social
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Many thanks to all attendees of the GfG Sympsoium "Epigenetics & Chromatin" for making this conference such a great success! Go to www.gfgenetik.de for more information and fotos. Become a GfG member!
October 2, 2025 at 2:25 PM
Many thanks to all attendees of the GfG Sympsoium "Epigenetics & Chromatin" for making this conference such a great success! Go to www.gfgenetik.de for more information and fotos. Become a GfG member!
Reposted by Andreas Herchenröther
What a great first day at the GfG symposium on epigenetics & chromatin. Fantastic talks by @akispapantonis.bsky.social , @apombo1.bsky.social, @marcusbuschbeck.bsky.social and Philipp Korber. And Peter Becker giving the Max-Delbrueck lecture. A real treat for the audience!
Looking forward to exciting talks at the GfG Symposium in Gießen.
Already found a poster, featuring my favourite gene: SMARCAD1, by Jacqueline Mermoud
#epigenomics @diagenode.bsky.social @gfgenetik.bsky.social
Already found a poster, featuring my favourite gene: SMARCAD1, by Jacqueline Mermoud
#epigenomics @diagenode.bsky.social @gfgenetik.bsky.social
September 24, 2025 at 7:23 PM
What a great first day at the GfG symposium on epigenetics & chromatin. Fantastic talks by @akispapantonis.bsky.social , @apombo1.bsky.social, @marcusbuschbeck.bsky.social and Philipp Korber. And Peter Becker giving the Max-Delbrueck lecture. A real treat for the audience!
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Amazing 2. day at the GfG ‘Epigenetics & Chromatin’ symposium. Fantastic flash talks, a great first poster session and many memorable talks: among others @erhardtlab.bsky.social, @rodvilla.bsky.social, @thebraunlab.bsky.social, @flurylab.bsky.social, Ehrenhofer-Murray, Liefke, Heun, Imhof & Brehm.
September 25, 2025 at 9:56 PM
Amazing 2. day at the GfG ‘Epigenetics & Chromatin’ symposium. Fantastic flash talks, a great first poster session and many memorable talks: among others @erhardtlab.bsky.social, @rodvilla.bsky.social, @thebraunlab.bsky.social, @flurylab.bsky.social, Ehrenhofer-Murray, Liefke, Heun, Imhof & Brehm.
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Heads up: ignore samtools dot org, similarly minimap2 dot com and likely others. It's owned by a known phishing site and while the binaries they offer look valid currently (but note they may be serving us different binaries to others), that could change.
Ie: it's not us (Samtools team)! Be warned
Ie: it's not us (Samtools team)! Be warned
September 15, 2025 at 8:40 AM
Heads up: ignore samtools dot org, similarly minimap2 dot com and likely others. It's owned by a known phishing site and while the binaries they offer look valid currently (but note they may be serving us different binaries to others), that could change.
Ie: it's not us (Samtools team)! Be warned
Ie: it's not us (Samtools team)! Be warned