Bret Freudenthal
@freudlab.bsky.social
Professor studying the interplay between DNA damage and human health. WY➡️CSU➡️UI➡️NIEHS➡️KU. Personal posts from science to society.
Grateful to host Sen. Moran and NIH Director Jay Bhattacharyya in the lab today. Proud of our trainees, who showcased their work using the @lumicks.bsky.social C-Trap and the KU Cryo-EM Facility. Their dedication shows how federal investment drives cancer research at @kucancercenter.bsky.social.
November 22, 2025 at 1:53 PM
Grateful to host Sen. Moran and NIH Director Jay Bhattacharyya in the lab today. Proud of our trainees, who showcased their work using the @lumicks.bsky.social C-Trap and the KU Cryo-EM Facility. Their dedication shows how federal investment drives cancer research at @kucancercenter.bsky.social.
🎃 Happy Halloween from the Freudenthal Lab! 🐟🖤
Anglerfish PI + Emo Researchers = Bioluminescent Despair #Scienceunderpressure
Anglerfish PI + Emo Researchers = Bioluminescent Despair #Scienceunderpressure
October 31, 2025 at 4:43 PM
🎃 Happy Halloween from the Freudenthal Lab! 🐟🖤
Anglerfish PI + Emo Researchers = Bioluminescent Despair #Scienceunderpressure
Anglerfish PI + Emo Researchers = Bioluminescent Despair #Scienceunderpressure
One of my favorite activities of the year is our annual pumpkin carving competition with the Bose Lab. Everyone’s pumpkins were amazing!
October 29, 2025 at 9:42 PM
One of my favorite activities of the year is our annual pumpkin carving competition with the Bose Lab. Everyone’s pumpkins were amazing!
The Sangre de Cristo Mountains outside Santa Fe were beautiful today! Wonderful day for a hike.
October 11, 2025 at 2:12 AM
The Sangre de Cristo Mountains outside Santa Fe were beautiful today! Wonderful day for a hike.
How it started: Assistant to the Professor 👨🔬✨
How it’s going: Professor mode unlocked 👨🏫
Also clear evidence that science doesn’t just build knowledge… it ages ya too. 😉
🙏Grateful to all the mentors, colleagues, trainees, friends & family who made this journey possible. I am here because you all!
How it’s going: Professor mode unlocked 👨🏫
Also clear evidence that science doesn’t just build knowledge… it ages ya too. 😉
🙏Grateful to all the mentors, colleagues, trainees, friends & family who made this journey possible. I am here because you all!
September 25, 2025 at 11:25 PM
How it started: Assistant to the Professor 👨🔬✨
How it’s going: Professor mode unlocked 👨🏫
Also clear evidence that science doesn’t just build knowledge… it ages ya too. 😉
🙏Grateful to all the mentors, colleagues, trainees, friends & family who made this journey possible. I am here because you all!
How it’s going: Professor mode unlocked 👨🏫
Also clear evidence that science doesn’t just build knowledge… it ages ya too. 😉
🙏Grateful to all the mentors, colleagues, trainees, friends & family who made this journey possible. I am here because you all!
What an incredible @EMGSUS 2025 meeting last week! 🎉 Great science, community, and presentations. #EMGS2025
Special congrats to our lab members🏆 #proudPI:
Abbey Vito – 1st, Student Oral Presentation
Eli Newcomb – 1st, ECI Oral Presentation
Spencer Thompson – 2nd, Student Poster
Special congrats to our lab members🏆 #proudPI:
Abbey Vito – 1st, Student Oral Presentation
Eli Newcomb – 1st, ECI Oral Presentation
Spencer Thompson – 2nd, Student Poster
September 22, 2025 at 12:40 AM
Great catching up with Matt during his visit with @barneslab.bsky.social!
August 15, 2025 at 4:36 AM
Great catching up with Matt during his visit with @barneslab.bsky.social!
The summer just flew by this year and today is the first day of 5th grade for these two. Go get em boys. 🥹
August 11, 2025 at 12:45 PM
The summer just flew by this year and today is the first day of 5th grade for these two. Go get em boys. 🥹
Spencer Thompson gave a great talk at the @kucancercenter.bsky.social Cancer Biology symposium this past week. He has really got this talk looking clean and sounding clear. #proudPI @lumicks.bsky.social
August 4, 2025 at 2:25 PM
Spencer Thompson gave a great talk at the @kucancercenter.bsky.social Cancer Biology symposium this past week. He has really got this talk looking clean and sounding clear. #proudPI @lumicks.bsky.social
Great way to end two summer student internships with the KUcancercenter symposium. Fantastic work by Carson Gray (undergrad) and Esther Solange (high school student)!
Kudos to Abbey Vito, Peyton Oden, and Justin Ling for being wonderful mentors.
Kudos to Abbey Vito, Peyton Oden, and Justin Ling for being wonderful mentors.
July 12, 2025 at 8:06 PM
Great way to end two summer student internships with the KUcancercenter symposium. Fantastic work by Carson Gray (undergrad) and Esther Solange (high school student)!
Kudos to Abbey Vito, Peyton Oden, and Justin Ling for being wonderful mentors.
Kudos to Abbey Vito, Peyton Oden, and Justin Ling for being wonderful mentors.
Happy 10th birthday boys! It has been a busy few days celebrating your birthday with laser tag in KC and a trip to the Bahamas. Proud of the incredible boys you are becoming. 🎉🎂🎂🥳
May 28, 2025 at 10:12 PM
Happy 10th birthday boys! It has been a busy few days celebrating your birthday with laser tag in KC and a trip to the Bahamas. Proud of the incredible boys you are becoming. 🎉🎂🎂🥳
Very proud of Peyton Oden for winning the best student talk award at the Midwest DNA repair meeting! Congrats to all the award winners.
May 19, 2025 at 5:19 PM
Very proud of Peyton Oden for winning the best student talk award at the Midwest DNA repair meeting! Congrats to all the award winners.
Peyton Oden gave a great talk about how APE1 finds DNA damage using our c-trap at the 24th annual Midwest DNA repair meeting. @lumicks.bsky.social
May 17, 2025 at 8:22 PM
Peyton Oden gave a great talk about how APE1 finds DNA damage using our c-trap at the 24th annual Midwest DNA repair meeting. @lumicks.bsky.social
Excited for the summer fishing season!
May 17, 2025 at 3:32 AM
Excited for the summer fishing season!
Some mornings we just don’t want to get out of bed.
May 15, 2025 at 12:43 PM
Some mornings we just don’t want to get out of bed.
Happy Mother’s Day to all the moms out there, but especially Jean Marie!
May 11, 2025 at 6:52 PM
Happy Mother’s Day to all the moms out there, but especially Jean Marie!
The cryo-em core at kumc is looking for a lab manager. This is an exciting opportunity to join a growing facility. kumc.wd5.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/kumc-j...
May 8, 2025 at 4:04 PM
The cryo-em core at kumc is looking for a lab manager. This is an exciting opportunity to join a growing facility. kumc.wd5.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/kumc-j...
Amazing show at the sphere seeing Dead and Co for a quick weekend trip!
April 27, 2025 at 12:39 AM
Amazing show at the sphere seeing Dead and Co for a quick weekend trip!
It was great to hear all about the exciting science going on in Luis Batista’s lab and thanks for inviting him Ryan Barnes! Ended the evening at Swordfish Tom’s 🥃
April 25, 2025 at 1:04 AM
It was great to hear all about the exciting science going on in Luis Batista’s lab and thanks for inviting him Ryan Barnes! Ended the evening at Swordfish Tom’s 🥃
It was great hosting @cijilim.bsky.social for a seminar visit today! He is doing awesome science and a wonderful steward for collaborative science.
April 11, 2025 at 8:47 PM
It was great hosting @cijilim.bsky.social for a seminar visit today! He is doing awesome science and a wonderful steward for collaborative science.
Congratulations Dr. Cortez! You gave an incredible thesis defense and we all very proud of you.🥳🍾🎉
April 3, 2025 at 8:42 PM
Congratulations Dr. Cortez! You gave an incredible thesis defense and we all very proud of you.🥳🍾🎉
Tomorrow we have another exciting thesis defense from the Freudenthal lab!
This time it is our rock climbing, dessert loving, MD/PhD candidate Luis Cortez. 🥳DM for a zoom link if interested
This time it is our rock climbing, dessert loving, MD/PhD candidate Luis Cortez. 🥳DM for a zoom link if interested
April 3, 2025 at 1:27 AM
Tomorrow we have another exciting thesis defense from the Freudenthal lab!
This time it is our rock climbing, dessert loving, MD/PhD candidate Luis Cortez. 🥳DM for a zoom link if interested
This time it is our rock climbing, dessert loving, MD/PhD candidate Luis Cortez. 🥳DM for a zoom link if interested
Today Spencer gave a wonderful talk over his current work as a Newark award nominee for the Department of Molecular Biosciences!
March 31, 2025 at 11:15 PM
Today Spencer gave a wonderful talk over his current work as a Newark award nominee for the Department of Molecular Biosciences!
Patio season in KC
March 29, 2025 at 9:19 PM
Patio season in KC