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Maureen Barr @barrlab.bsky.social · 2h

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Current Biology @currentbiology.bsky.social · 2h

Check out our newest issue where we interview Amy Gladfelter, who studies how extreme cells are organized in space and time at Duke University. Read the interview to find out about Amy's greatest research ambitions and more! www.cell.com/current-biol...

Amy Gladfelter

Interview with Amy Gladfelter, who studies how extreme cells are organized in space and time at Duke University.

www.cell.com

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David Katz @katzlab.bsky.social · 12h

Really enjoyed my visit

Maureen Barr @barrlab.bsky.social · 1d

Thanks @katzlab.bsky.social for a 🤯 seminar!

The function of histone modifying enzymes in transgenerational phenotypes, neurodevelopmental disorders and Alzheimer’s disease

Using C. elegans & mouse models

Professor showing his acknowledgment slide with all the people in his lab who contributed to the research

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Genetics Society of America @genetics-gsa.bsky.social · 20h

In #GENETICS, @michaelphart1.bsky.social and colleagues performed a mutant screen in #Celegans to identify conserved #autism genes with functions in experience-dependent neuron remodeling and circuit plasticity. buff.ly/f5UYogl

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New York Attorney General Letitia James @newyorkstateag.bsky.social · 17h

This is nothing more than a continuation of the president’s desperate weaponization of our justice system.

I am not fearful — I am fearless.

We will fight these baseless charges aggressively, and my office will continue to fiercely protect New Yorkers and their rights..

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Jason Rasgon @vectorgen.bsky.social · 16h

This must be why we Jews win so many Nobel Prizes

www.usatoday.com/story/news/p...

Health Secretary Kennedy, Trump link circumcision to autism through Tylenol

Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. noted boys who are circumcised have higher rates of autism, which he said could be a result of Tylenol.

www.usatoday.com

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Leslie B Vosshall PhD @leslievosshall.bsky.social · 17h

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Jeffrey Ross-Ibarra @jrossibarra.bsky.social · 22h

PEQG website live! genetics-gsa.org/peqg-2026/

Homepage - 2026 Population, Evolutionary, and Quantitative Genetics Conference

Visit our website to learn more.

genetics-gsa.org

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Caroline Bartman @cbartman.bsky.social · 1d

one of the great tragedies of biology is
that you can't write "HELLO WORLD" in amino acids
since there is no O

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Kresten Lindorff-Larsen @lindorfflarsen.bsky.social · 1d

One of the great advantages of biology is that you can write HELLO WORLD in amino acids since PROTEINS ARE AMAZING

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Eduardo Gigante @edgigante.bsky.social · 1d

There are amazing, once-in-a-generation people working at CDC and I am just so lucky to be married to one of them.

www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Patterns of genomic deletions in monkeypox virus during the 2022 outbreak in the United States - Nature Communications

Genomic deletions in poxviruses are not well understood, the authors found large deletions in >2% of Mpox virus genomes during routine surveillance, highlighting their role in poxvirus evolution and potential impact on diagnostics and therapeutics.

www.nature.com

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Maureen Barr @barrlab.bsky.social · 1d

Thanks @katzlab.bsky.social for a 🤯 seminar!

The function of histone modifying enzymes in transgenerational phenotypes, neurodevelopmental disorders and Alzheimer’s disease

Using C. elegans & mouse models

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Maureen Barr @barrlab.bsky.social · 2d

Rutgers peeps: David Katz is presenting this exciting work tomorrow Oct 8 at 2pm in Waksman 1001. #celegans

David Katz @katzlab.bsky.social · 3d

Very excited to share our very exciting story on how misinherited chromatin affects individual cells to cause a behavior defect in C. elegans (a thread👇) www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...

PNAS

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS), a peer reviewed journal of the National Academy of Sciences (NAS) - an authoritative source of high-impact, original research that broadly spans...

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Harmit Singh Malik @harmitmalik.bsky.social · 2d

"If everything around you looks dark, look again, you may be the light"

-Rumi

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Maureen Barr @barrlab.bsky.social · 2d

Blinded by the light
She got down, but she never got tired
She's gonna make it through the night

-Bruce Springsteen

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Soni Lacefield @lacefieldlab.bsky.social · 2d

Just a reminder about our faculty search at Dartmouth’s Geisel School of Medicine. Applications due Oct. 15. @dartmouthbcb.bsky.social

Soni Lacefield @lacefieldlab.bsky.social · Aug 27

My department at Dartmouth Medical School is hiring a tenure-track Assistant Professor. We are looking broadly for a biochemist or cell biologist. Please share this add! apply.interfolio.com/171438
@dartmouthbcb.bsky.social @futurepislack.bsky.social

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Steven Cook @dumpyunc.bsky.social · 2d

Our group at the Allen Institute is recruiting a technician and postdoc to work on light microscopy-based connectomics. Please DM me or share with anyone you think may be interested in this NIH BRAIN CONNECTS funded project.

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Mark Peifer (He, him) @peiferlabunc.bsky.social · 2d

UNC Biology had a 3rd terrific tenure talk by Kacy Gordon. They study interactions between germ cells & somatic gonad support cells of C. elegans exploring how genetic signals produce cellular movements & shape changes during development & the reproductive life of the animal 1/2
www.kacygordon.com

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Maureen Barr @barrlab.bsky.social · 2d

@kacylynn.bsky.social 👏👏👏

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David Katz @katzlab.bsky.social · 2d

Really looking forward to visiting Rutgers and @barrlab.bsky.social tomorrow!

Maureen Barr @barrlab.bsky.social · 2d

Rutgers peeps: David Katz is presenting this exciting work tomorrow Oct 8 at 2pm in Waksman 1001. #celegans

David Katz @katzlab.bsky.social · 3d

Very excited to share our very exciting story on how misinherited chromatin affects individual cells to cause a behavior defect in C. elegans (a thread👇) www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...

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Alex Merz 🇺🇸🇨🇦🇺🇦 @merz.bsky.social · 2d

leftist terror cells

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Maureen Barr @barrlab.bsky.social · 2d

going nuclear

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Liz Haswell @ehaswell.bsky.social · 2d

I started to work on MscS-Like proteins 20 years ago, dreaming that they were involved in plant mechanotransduction. And it is becoming more & more clear that they are!
#plantscience 🧪
"DmMSL10 is crucial for mechanosensing, facilitating AP firing by generating a receptor potential (RP) amplitude."

Arif Ashraf @aribidopsis.bsky.social · 8d

🍀🔬

MSL10 is a high-sensitivity mechanosensor in the tactile sense of the Venus flytrap @natcomms.nature.com from Toyota lab.

www.nature.com/articles/s41...

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Maureen Barr @barrlab.bsky.social · 2d

Rutgers peeps: David Katz is presenting this exciting work tomorrow Oct 8 at 2pm in Waksman 1001. #celegans

David Katz @katzlab.bsky.social · 3d

Very excited to share our very exciting story on how misinherited chromatin affects individual cells to cause a behavior defect in C. elegans (a thread👇) www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...

PNAS

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS), a peer reviewed journal of the National Academy of Sciences (NAS) - an authoritative source of high-impact, original research that broadly spans...

www.pnas.org

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Seema Grewal @seemagrewal.bsky.social · 2d

So sad to hear the news - John truly was an inspiration to so many, and one of a kind.

www.cam.ac.uk/research/new...

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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