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Nic Janto
@nicjanto.bsky.social
He/they | 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ | PhD candidate in the @graczlab.bsky.social @ Emory University | Chromatin regulation of cell identity and injury-induced plasticity in the gut epithelium
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Congratulations to Dr. Nic Janto, who defended his PhD in the GMB Program at Emory earlier this week! Nic is headed off to postdoc with Edan Foley at The University of Bath. It’s the end of an era for the lab, but very excited to follow Nic’s journey into zebrafish models of intestinal biology! 🐟
November 19, 2025 at 11:51 AM
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Science has published a letter I helped write, as part of Advancing Queer & Trans Equity in Science (AQTES), about why it's important for universities & other institutions to protect trans and gender-nonconforming scientists, and some practical things they can do.

www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Protect transgender scientists
Transgender and gender nonconforming (TGnC) people are a primary target of the Trump administration. Multiple executive orders seek to erase TGnC protections; mandate denial of gender identity; and ba...
www.science.org
June 19, 2025 at 6:42 PM
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Preprint out now (@graczlab.bsky.social): doi.org/10.1101/2025...
We establish a 3D imaging (iDISCO/light sheet microscopy) + analysis pipeline to quantify intrahepatic bile duct (IHBD) architecture during homeostasis and liver injury — in both mice and humans. 🧵 1/8
Quantitative 3D imaging of mouse and human intrahepatic bile ducts in homeostasis and liver injury
Intrahepatic bile ducts (IHBDs) form a complex hierarchical network essential for liver function. Remodeling and expansion of this network during ductular reaction (DR) is a hallmark of liver disease ...
doi.org
April 25, 2025 at 9:43 PM
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"If we really want the best talent in science, then let’s foster environments across the scientific enterprise that invite neurodiversity and recognize the strengths of neurological differences," writes @holdenthorp.bsky.social in a 2024 #ScienceEditorial. scim.ag/3GcwC7z
April 17, 2025 at 2:26 PM
#standupforscience2025 at Georgia State Capitol in Atlanta 🧬🔬✊
March 7, 2025 at 8:51 PM
As good an opportunity as any to introduce myself over here!

I'm a queer nonbinary trans man from Atlanta working towards my PhD in chromatin regulation of cell identity in the intestinal epithelium.

I'm also a devoted cat dad and the captain of an all-trans adult recreational kickball team!
It’s the first day of Trans Week of Awareness.

Let’s get a trans people in STEM thread going!

I’m a gay trans man from Sydney, Australia currently finishing my PhD in cognition and neurobiology in Aussie bees.

#transawarenessweek #TDOR #transgender #LGBTinSTEM #science #entomology #transinSTEM 🧪
November 16, 2024 at 5:11 PM
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A reminder that the wonderful @prideinstem.bsky.social has created two starter packs of LGBTQIA+ People in STEM:
part 1: go.bsky.app/BFc4wgf
part 2: go.bsky.app/Cw9bRYZ
November 15, 2024 at 9:43 PM
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I'm working on a Starter Pack of #GIresearchers :) go.bsky.app/AHpSAzx
November 15, 2024 at 5:26 PM
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November 14, 2024 at 2:22 PM
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…and @nicjanto.bsky.social explores the impact of the commensal protist T Muris on chemotherapeutic damage to the intestinal epithelium: doi.org/10.1101/2024...
Tritrichomonas muris sensitizes the intestinal epithelium to doxorubicin-induced apoptosis
Doxorubicin (DXR) is a widely used chemotherapy drug that can induce severe intestinal mucositis. While the influence of gut bacteria on DXR-induced damage has been documented, the role of eukaryotic ...
doi.org
November 14, 2024 at 12:33 AM
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Some Gracz Lab members are joining the great migration to Bluesky! Welcome to @hannahhrncir.bsky.social and @nicjanto.bsky.social. Both are 4th year PhD students with awesome manuscripts currently in revisions!
November 14, 2024 at 12:33 AM