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Alejandro Montenegro

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Molecular Biologist (aemonten.github.io) 丨Chief Editor @ CSH Protocols (cshprotocols.cshlp.org) 丨Head of the Integrity in Publishing Group at CSHL Press 丨Chair "Molecular Biosystems Conference" (molbiosystems.com) 丨(Oxford) Comma King 丨Central Dogma Police

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Alejandro Montenegro @aemonten.bsky.social · Mar 7

🚨IT'S HAPPENING!🚨

Register now and join us in beautiful southern Chile in September for a new edition of the Molecular Biosystems Conference! @molbiosystems.bsky.social

Molecular Biosystems Conference @molbiosystems.bsky.social · Mar 7

🚨 Registration for the Molecular Biosystems Conference is now OPEN! 🚨

Join us in southern Chile to discuss cutting-edge research in gene regulation & functional genomics.

📅 Sep 29-Oct 3, 2025
📍 Puerto Varas, Chile
🔗 Register here: molbiosystems.com

Secure your spot now—space is limited!

Molecular Biosystems Conference

molbiosystems.com

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Alejandro Montenegro @aemonten.bsky.social · 2h

Pry- all the way

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Alejandro Montenegro @aemonten.bsky.social · 3h

'PRIMM-er' is just crazy.

It's always 'PRY-mer'

Merriam-Webster @merriam-webster.com · 18h

Here’s a primer on ‘primer.’

It’s pronounced ‘PRIMM-er’ if you mean “a small book” or “a short informative piece of writing.”

It’s pronounced ‘PRY-mer’ if you mean “an initial coat of paint.”

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Alejandro Montenegro @aemonten.bsky.social · 1d

It's important to foster a good lab culture

www.cell.com/chem/fulltex...

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Molecular Biosystems Conference @molbiosystems.bsky.social · 1d

🚀 Another edition of the Molecular Biosystems Conference is in the books! #mbiosys25

Thank you to our amazing speakers, participants, and sponsors, including ICGEB and @unubiolac.bsky.social, for making Puerto Varas a hub of exciting discussions on gene regulation and functional genomics. 🔽

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Alejandro Montenegro @aemonten.bsky.social · 1d

Absolutely

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Michael Hendricks 🇨🇦 @michaelhendricks.bsky.social · 2d

"The work I was involved in had no obvious therapeutic benefit. It was purely of scientific interest. I hope the country will continue to support basic research even though it may have no obvious practical value."
- John Gurdon

Katherine Brown @katherine-brown.bsky.social · 2d

Very saddened to hear of John Gurdon’s passing. I’ve been lucky enough to interact with him at multiple points through my career - from undergrad lectures, through his position as former Chair of @biologists.bsky.social’s Board of Directors, and as an author at @dev-journal.bsky.social.

Nobel Laureate Professor Sir John Gurdon dies aged 92

It is with great sadness that the University shares the news of the death of Professor Sir John Gurdon, founder of the Gurdon Institute.

www.cam.ac.uk

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Alejandro Montenegro @aemonten.bsky.social · 2d

a man in a black shirt is making a funny face while holding a pair of keys .

ALT: a man in a black shirt is making a funny face while holding a pair of keys .

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Alejandro Montenegro @aemonten.bsky.social · 3d

"Surprisingly, individual cells—from splenic lymphocytes to pluripotent stem cells—transcribe only ∼0.02%–3.1% of the genome, versus >80% in bulk, revealing limited genome engagement and profound cell-type and cell-to-cell heterogeneity"

www.cell.com/cell/abstrac...

Single-cell nascent transcription reveals sparse genome usage and plasticity

scFLUENT-seq is a single-cell method that sensitively captures nascent nuclear transcriptomes to reveal mRNA and ncRNA dynamics, heterogeneity across chromatin compartments, and transcriptional divers...

www.cell.com

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Alejandro Montenegro @aemonten.bsky.social · 3d

We, editors, don't "count votes", and yes, we may make decisions that differ from your recommendation. And that doesn't mean we "are wrong".

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

Faculty positions in animal morphogenesis that may be filled at the Assistant or Associate Professor level in one of my favorite Departments" Cell and Systems Biology at the University of Toronto. 1/n
jobs.utoronto.ca/job/Toronto-...
jobs.utoronto.ca/job/Toronto-...

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Alejandro Montenegro @aemonten.bsky.social · 7d

Thank you again for joining us 😊

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ME Torres-Padilla @metorrespadilla.bsky.social · 7d

very much enjoying @molbiosystems.bsky.social conference -very south of 🌎 in #Chile -outstanding selection of topics and models 🦚🦋🪴🐀🐢 -very refreshing -lots of new ideas and very collegial !

Thanks @aemonten.bsky.social for the invite - for putting this together

& for arranging the ☀️ on Osorno 👇

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Isabel Almudi @isabelalmudi.bsky.social · 8d

Really happy and thankful to @molbiosystems.bsky.social organization for inviting me to present our work in such special and stimulating environment. Lots of great science in Puerto Varas, Chile
@geneticsub.bsky.social
@sesbe-org.bsky.social
@sebioldev.bsky.social
#molbiosys2025

Institut de Recerca de la Biodiversitat @irbio-ub.bsky.social · 9d

#IRBioalMón
@isabelalmudi.bsky.social i #NachoMaeso
presenten la seva recerca al "IV molecular biosystems conference: eukaryotic gene regulation & functional genomics" a Puerto Varas, Chile

molbiosystems.com

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Alejandro Montenegro @aemonten.bsky.social · 8d

📷Cover image info: cshprotocols.cshlp.org/content/2025...

📒Full issue: cshprotocols.cshlp.org/content/2025...

Alejandro Montenegro @aemonten.bsky.social · 8d

A new issue of CSH Protocols is out!

The cover image highlights the work by Wallace et al.,who provide an overview of recent progress in the field of maize microbiome research.

⬇️Links below

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Alejandro Montenegro @aemonten.bsky.social · 15d

We thank Scientific Reports (@natureportfolio.nature.com) and @peerj.bsky.social for their help and support on this initiative

Alejandro Montenegro @aemonten.bsky.social · 15d

At @molbiosystems.bsky.social, we are giving away waivers at two large, broad-scope journals, to help people and make it easier to share exactly this type of work

Kif Liakath-Ali @kifla.bsky.social · 15d

Null & negative results ≠ failure. They’re essential—but still sidelined.

Proud to co-author this @plosbiology.org paper tackling systemic bias & calling for culture change.

ECRs pay the highest price for this biased culture!

Blog by @scurry.bsky.social tinyurl.com/ysc23wrx

#PublicationBias