Epigenetics Society
@epigeneticssociety.bsky.social
The Epigenetics Society (ES) is almost 30 years old, and our membership consists of principal investigators, postdoctoral fellows, and students who all share a great enthusiasm for the field of epigenetics. https://epigeneticssocietyint.com/home
@uam-umd.bsky.social
We won. Faculty packed town halls, talked to their colleagues and collected hundreds of petition signatures. Now Univ. Maryland is coughing up $8.75m, during a deficit, to fund faculty whose research is under attack. #StandUpForScience @theepigeneticssosciety
We won. Faculty packed town halls, talked to their colleagues and collected hundreds of petition signatures. Now Univ. Maryland is coughing up $8.75m, during a deficit, to fund faculty whose research is under attack. #StandUpForScience @theepigeneticssosciety
November 25, 2025 at 6:57 PM
@uam-umd.bsky.social
We won. Faculty packed town halls, talked to their colleagues and collected hundreds of petition signatures. Now Univ. Maryland is coughing up $8.75m, during a deficit, to fund faculty whose research is under attack. #StandUpForScience @theepigeneticssosciety
We won. Faculty packed town halls, talked to their colleagues and collected hundreds of petition signatures. Now Univ. Maryland is coughing up $8.75m, during a deficit, to fund faculty whose research is under attack. #StandUpForScience @theepigeneticssosciety
Princess Vimentin PhD | Cancer Biologist @princess-vimentin.bsky.social
New notices of #NIH awards allow grants to be terminated if they no longer align with agency "priorities". This creates uncertainty b/c we can’t count on funding if it can be terminated while a study is in progress.
New notices of #NIH awards allow grants to be terminated if they no longer align with agency "priorities". This creates uncertainty b/c we can’t count on funding if it can be terminated while a study is in progress.
November 25, 2025 at 6:57 PM
Princess Vimentin PhD | Cancer Biologist @princess-vimentin.bsky.social
New notices of #NIH awards allow grants to be terminated if they no longer align with agency "priorities". This creates uncertainty b/c we can’t count on funding if it can be terminated while a study is in progress.
New notices of #NIH awards allow grants to be terminated if they no longer align with agency "priorities". This creates uncertainty b/c we can’t count on funding if it can be terminated while a study is in progress.
@richardsever.bsky.social Co-Founder, bioRxiv
"essays produced by ChatGPT are soulless, boring abominations. Words, phrases and punctuation rarely used by the average college student are pervasive." www.huffpost.com/entry/histor...
@theepigeneticssosciety
"essays produced by ChatGPT are soulless, boring abominations. Words, phrases and punctuation rarely used by the average college student are pervasive." www.huffpost.com/entry/histor...
@theepigeneticssosciety
I Set A Trap To Catch My Students Cheating With AI. The Results Were Shocking.
"Students are not just undermining their ability to learn, but to someday lead."
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November 22, 2025 at 4:27 PM
@richardsever.bsky.social Co-Founder, bioRxiv
"essays produced by ChatGPT are soulless, boring abominations. Words, phrases and punctuation rarely used by the average college student are pervasive." www.huffpost.com/entry/histor...
@theepigeneticssosciety
"essays produced by ChatGPT are soulless, boring abominations. Words, phrases and punctuation rarely used by the average college student are pervasive." www.huffpost.com/entry/histor...
@theepigeneticssosciety
Jeremy Berg, former head of NIH division NIGMS
@jeremymberg.bsky.social
In August, NIH institute and center directors received this document entitled "Achieving NIH Mission: Leveraging Funding Policies".
#StandUpForScience
@jeremymberg.bsky.social
In August, NIH institute and center directors received this document entitled "Achieving NIH Mission: Leveraging Funding Policies".
#StandUpForScience
November 21, 2025 at 3:47 PM
Jeremy Berg, former head of NIH division NIGMS
@jeremymberg.bsky.social
In August, NIH institute and center directors received this document entitled "Achieving NIH Mission: Leveraging Funding Policies".
#StandUpForScience
@jeremymberg.bsky.social
In August, NIH institute and center directors received this document entitled "Achieving NIH Mission: Leveraging Funding Policies".
#StandUpForScience
Jeremy Faust, MD @jeremyfaust.bsky.social
We've got a MASSIVE DEEP-DIVE rebuttal to the NIH leadership’s recent essay. They're arguing for a head-in-the-sand approach to pandemic preparedness. Here is
a detailed fact check. insidemedicine.substack.com/p/a-rebuttal...
#StandUpForScience
We've got a MASSIVE DEEP-DIVE rebuttal to the NIH leadership’s recent essay. They're arguing for a head-in-the-sand approach to pandemic preparedness. Here is
a detailed fact check. insidemedicine.substack.com/p/a-rebuttal...
#StandUpForScience
November 18, 2025 at 1:12 PM
Jeremy Faust, MD @jeremyfaust.bsky.social
We've got a MASSIVE DEEP-DIVE rebuttal to the NIH leadership’s recent essay. They're arguing for a head-in-the-sand approach to pandemic preparedness. Here is
a detailed fact check. insidemedicine.substack.com/p/a-rebuttal...
#StandUpForScience
We've got a MASSIVE DEEP-DIVE rebuttal to the NIH leadership’s recent essay. They're arguing for a head-in-the-sand approach to pandemic preparedness. Here is
a detailed fact check. insidemedicine.substack.com/p/a-rebuttal...
#StandUpForScience
Jeremy Berg, former Director of National Institute of General Medical Sciences (NIGMS)
@jeremymberg.bsky.social
Important new analysis identifying the scope of clinical trials disrupted because of NIH shenanigans.
> 74 thousand trial participants affected
jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
@jeremymberg.bsky.social
Important new analysis identifying the scope of clinical trials disrupted because of NIH shenanigans.
> 74 thousand trial participants affected
jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
November 18, 2025 at 1:08 PM
Jeremy Berg, former Director of National Institute of General Medical Sciences (NIGMS)
@jeremymberg.bsky.social
Important new analysis identifying the scope of clinical trials disrupted because of NIH shenanigans.
> 74 thousand trial participants affected
jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
@jeremymberg.bsky.social
Important new analysis identifying the scope of clinical trials disrupted because of NIH shenanigans.
> 74 thousand trial participants affected
jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
Mark Histed @markhisted.org
A bad thing is unfolding at NIH this week: It looks like the … administration is trying to replace key civil servant scientific leaders, the Institute Directors, with political hires. These directors control the NIH budget, tens of billions. #StandUpForScience
A bad thing is unfolding at NIH this week: It looks like the … administration is trying to replace key civil servant scientific leaders, the Institute Directors, with political hires. These directors control the NIH budget, tens of billions. #StandUpForScience
November 14, 2025 at 1:19 PM
Mark Histed @markhisted.org
A bad thing is unfolding at NIH this week: It looks like the … administration is trying to replace key civil servant scientific leaders, the Institute Directors, with political hires. These directors control the NIH budget, tens of billions. #StandUpForScience
A bad thing is unfolding at NIH this week: It looks like the … administration is trying to replace key civil servant scientific leaders, the Institute Directors, with political hires. These directors control the NIH budget, tens of billions. #StandUpForScience
Jeremy Berg Former Head of NIGMS, NIH
More NIH institute & center director positions posted, closing 11/26/25. hr.nih.gov/careers/open... Including Center for Scientific Review (CSR), National Institute of Nursing Research (NINR), National Institute of Allergy & Infectious Diseases (NIAID).
More NIH institute & center director positions posted, closing 11/26/25. hr.nih.gov/careers/open... Including Center for Scientific Review (CSR), National Institute of Nursing Research (NINR), National Institute of Allergy & Infectious Diseases (NIAID).
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November 12, 2025 at 7:13 PM
Jeremy Berg Former Head of NIGMS, NIH
More NIH institute & center director positions posted, closing 11/26/25. hr.nih.gov/careers/open... Including Center for Scientific Review (CSR), National Institute of Nursing Research (NINR), National Institute of Allergy & Infectious Diseases (NIAID).
More NIH institute & center director positions posted, closing 11/26/25. hr.nih.gov/careers/open... Including Center for Scientific Review (CSR), National Institute of Nursing Research (NINR), National Institute of Allergy & Infectious Diseases (NIAID).
About NIH Leadership
Posted by Jeremy Berg (former head of NIH GMS)
@jeremymberg.bsky.social
Interesting podcast about "Jay" Bhattacharya and his mentor, Harvard President Alan Garber from the Boston Globe
www.youtube.com/watch?v=SokD...
Posted by Jeremy Berg (former head of NIH GMS)
@jeremymberg.bsky.social
Interesting podcast about "Jay" Bhattacharya and his mentor, Harvard President Alan Garber from the Boston Globe
www.youtube.com/watch?v=SokD...
Jay & Alan
YouTube video by The Boston Globe
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November 12, 2025 at 1:39 PM
About NIH Leadership
Posted by Jeremy Berg (former head of NIH GMS)
@jeremymberg.bsky.social
Interesting podcast about "Jay" Bhattacharya and his mentor, Harvard President Alan Garber from the Boston Globe
www.youtube.com/watch?v=SokD...
Posted by Jeremy Berg (former head of NIH GMS)
@jeremymberg.bsky.social
Interesting podcast about "Jay" Bhattacharya and his mentor, Harvard President Alan Garber from the Boston Globe
www.youtube.com/watch?v=SokD...
@unbreaking.org
We have a new timeline up today on our Medical Research Funding page, documenting the onslaught of political, legal, and bureaucratic attacks on medical research since January: unbreaking.org/issues/medic...
We have a new timeline up today on our Medical Research Funding page, documenting the onslaught of political, legal, and bureaucratic attacks on medical research since January: unbreaking.org/issues/medic...
November 7, 2025 at 9:43 PM
@unbreaking.org
We have a new timeline up today on our Medical Research Funding page, documenting the onslaught of political, legal, and bureaucratic attacks on medical research since January: unbreaking.org/issues/medic...
We have a new timeline up today on our Medical Research Funding page, documenting the onslaught of political, legal, and bureaucratic attacks on medical research since January: unbreaking.org/issues/medic...
@katiephang.bsky.social
NEW: In April, the Trump admin withheld $250 million in federal research funding from Cornell, accusing it of committing civil rights violations. Cornell just settled for $60 million: $30 million to the Trump Admin & $30 million in research the Government wants it to do.
NEW: In April, the Trump admin withheld $250 million in federal research funding from Cornell, accusing it of committing civil rights violations. Cornell just settled for $60 million: $30 million to the Trump Admin & $30 million in research the Government wants it to do.
November 7, 2025 at 9:42 PM
@katiephang.bsky.social
NEW: In April, the Trump admin withheld $250 million in federal research funding from Cornell, accusing it of committing civil rights violations. Cornell just settled for $60 million: $30 million to the Trump Admin & $30 million in research the Government wants it to do.
NEW: In April, the Trump admin withheld $250 million in federal research funding from Cornell, accusing it of committing civil rights violations. Cornell just settled for $60 million: $30 million to the Trump Admin & $30 million in research the Government wants it to do.
@scibri.com
Canada makes pitch for US researchers to relocate with $1.7bn in new funding. My story for
@science.org
www.science.org/content/arti...
Canada makes pitch for US researchers to relocate with $1.7bn in new funding. My story for
@science.org
www.science.org/content/arti...
Canada’s new budget aims to lure U.S. researchers to relocate
Spending plan also calls for smaller research spending cut than feared
www.science.org
November 6, 2025 at 1:08 PM
@scibri.com
Canada makes pitch for US researchers to relocate with $1.7bn in new funding. My story for
@science.org
www.science.org/content/arti...
Canada makes pitch for US researchers to relocate with $1.7bn in new funding. My story for
@science.org
www.science.org/content/arti...
@elizabethjacobs.bsky.social
The all-volunteer Defend Public Health had a draft report done within 72 h showing how we know that children *have not* died from the COVID19 vaccine.
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The all-volunteer Defend Public Health had a draft report done within 72 h showing how we know that children *have not* died from the COVID19 vaccine.
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November 5, 2025 at 2:07 PM
@elizabethjacobs.bsky.social
The all-volunteer Defend Public Health had a draft report done within 72 h showing how we know that children *have not* died from the COVID19 vaccine.
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The all-volunteer Defend Public Health had a draft report done within 72 h showing how we know that children *have not* died from the COVID19 vaccine.
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Jane Coffin Childs Fund for Medical Research @jcchildsfund.bsky.social
We're excited to support the Everyday Scientists project, connecting scientists with a general audience to share THEIR cutting-edge research. Jamie Garcia, PhD, kicks it off with an intro video: youtu.be/gUsg5JMq7LM?...
We're excited to support the Everyday Scientists project, connecting scientists with a general audience to share THEIR cutting-edge research. Jamie Garcia, PhD, kicks it off with an intro video: youtu.be/gUsg5JMq7LM?...
November 5, 2025 at 2:06 PM
Jane Coffin Childs Fund for Medical Research @jcchildsfund.bsky.social
We're excited to support the Everyday Scientists project, connecting scientists with a general audience to share THEIR cutting-edge research. Jamie Garcia, PhD, kicks it off with an intro video: youtu.be/gUsg5JMq7LM?...
We're excited to support the Everyday Scientists project, connecting scientists with a general audience to share THEIR cutting-edge research. Jamie Garcia, PhD, kicks it off with an intro video: youtu.be/gUsg5JMq7LM?...
Dan Perez founded the #FSHD Society to foster research & help patients w this painful & debilitating muscular dystrophy. It was a privilege to have known this brave, caring, smart person who was instrumental in getting research money for FSHD, a strange epigenetics-related disease. Melanie Ehrlich
In Memoriam: Daniel Paul Perez - FSHD Society
Written by Howard Chabner, Board Vice Chair, and shared on behalf of the entire FSHD Society Board of Directors The Board of Directors of the FSHD Society is deeply saddened to announce that Dan Perez...
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November 5, 2025 at 2:02 PM
Dan Perez founded the #FSHD Society to foster research & help patients w this painful & debilitating muscular dystrophy. It was a privilege to have known this brave, caring, smart person who was instrumental in getting research money for FSHD, a strange epigenetics-related disease. Melanie Ehrlich
For the US Exec. branch “Compact for Academic Excellence in Higher Education,” 9 selective universities were asked to reduce transgender & foreign students’ rights & make other changes to get fed. funding priority & other unclear benefits.
www.insidehighered.com/news/governm...
www.insidehighered.com/news/governm...
Trump Funding Plans Could Harm Top Research Universities
Before his administration asked universities to sign a compact in exchange for federal funding priority, the president ordered that grants shouldn’t be given “to a select group of repeat players.” Bot...
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November 4, 2025 at 6:37 PM
For the US Exec. branch “Compact for Academic Excellence in Higher Education,” 9 selective universities were asked to reduce transgender & foreign students’ rights & make other changes to get fed. funding priority & other unclear benefits.
www.insidehighered.com/news/governm...
www.insidehighered.com/news/governm...
Epigenetics: History, Molecules, and Diseases
Epigenetics is one of biology’s most talked-about—& misunderstood—fields. In this groundbreaking new book, John Greally examines what epigenetics truly means for modern molecular biology & human health, cutting through the confusion & hype ($26 or $35).
Epigenetics is one of biology’s most talked-about—& misunderstood—fields. In this groundbreaking new book, John Greally examines what epigenetics truly means for modern molecular biology & human health, cutting through the confusion & hype ($26 or $35).
Epigenetics: History, Molecules, and Diseases
CSHL Press publishes monographs, technical manuals, handbooks, review volumes, conference proceedings, scholarly journals and videotapes. These examine important topics in molecular biology, genetics,...
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November 1, 2025 at 4:27 PM
Epigenetics: History, Molecules, and Diseases
Epigenetics is one of biology’s most talked-about—& misunderstood—fields. In this groundbreaking new book, John Greally examines what epigenetics truly means for modern molecular biology & human health, cutting through the confusion & hype ($26 or $35).
Epigenetics is one of biology’s most talked-about—& misunderstood—fields. In this groundbreaking new book, John Greally examines what epigenetics truly means for modern molecular biology & human health, cutting through the confusion & hype ($26 or $35).
Libi Marchenkov-Flam, a graduate student at Technion Israel Institute of Technology, gave an excellent talk at the 2025 Epigenetics Society Conference. Read more about Libi's presentation and experience at the conference.
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Last week I had the utmost pleasure presenting my PhD research at the 2025 Epigenetics Society International Conference, held at the Northwestern University - The Feinberg School of Medicine in… | Lib...
Last week I had the utmost pleasure presenting my PhD research at the 2025 Epigenetics Society International Conference, held at the Northwestern University - The Feinberg School of Medicine in Chicag...
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October 31, 2025 at 1:24 PM
Libi Marchenkov-Flam, a graduate student at Technion Israel Institute of Technology, gave an excellent talk at the 2025 Epigenetics Society Conference. Read more about Libi's presentation and experience at the conference.
www.linkedin.com/posts/libi-m...
www.linkedin.com/posts/libi-m...
@jeremymberg.bsky.social
New story up on the non-existent banned words from NIH grants (based on my grant title, word cloud analysis) www.statnews.com/2025/10/29/n... #DefendScience
New story up on the non-existent banned words from NIH grants (based on my grant title, word cloud analysis) www.statnews.com/2025/10/29/n... #DefendScience
October 30, 2025 at 2:15 PM
@jeremymberg.bsky.social
New story up on the non-existent banned words from NIH grants (based on my grant title, word cloud analysis) www.statnews.com/2025/10/29/n... #DefendScience
New story up on the non-existent banned words from NIH grants (based on my grant title, word cloud analysis) www.statnews.com/2025/10/29/n... #DefendScience
@jeremymberg.bsky.social
Story in Being Patient about Alzheimer's disease funding noting the decrease in the funding of number of new projects due, in part, to the number of multiyear funded grants from the National Institute on Aging. beingpatient.com/alzheimers-r... #StandUpForScience
Story in Being Patient about Alzheimer's disease funding noting the decrease in the funding of number of new projects due, in part, to the number of multiyear funded grants from the National Institute on Aging. beingpatient.com/alzheimers-r... #StandUpForScience
October 30, 2025 at 2:14 PM
@jeremymberg.bsky.social
Story in Being Patient about Alzheimer's disease funding noting the decrease in the funding of number of new projects due, in part, to the number of multiyear funded grants from the National Institute on Aging. beingpatient.com/alzheimers-r... #StandUpForScience
Story in Being Patient about Alzheimer's disease funding noting the decrease in the funding of number of new projects due, in part, to the number of multiyear funded grants from the National Institute on Aging. beingpatient.com/alzheimers-r... #StandUpForScience
eric lai Despite Harvard lawsuit outcome, FlyBase NIH grant was not released. If we don't step up, it can go away! Donations site: flybase.org links to IU stock center, but its for FlyBase, pls give! Bloomington Drosophila Stock Center Fund: Giving: My IU: Indiana University
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FlyBase: a database for drosophila genetics and molecular biology
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October 30, 2025 at 2:13 PM
eric lai Despite Harvard lawsuit outcome, FlyBase NIH grant was not released. If we don't step up, it can go away! Donations site: flybase.org links to IU stock center, but its for FlyBase, pls give! Bloomington Drosophila Stock Center Fund: Giving: My IU: Indiana University
The 2025 Epigenetics Society Special Symposium was a fantastic opportunity for researchers from around the globe to connect, exchange ideas, and explore the latest advances in the field.
www.linkedin.com/posts/prof-d...
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Program | Epigenetics Society | Prof. Dr. Steven A. Johnsen
It was an honor and a real pleasure to take part in the 2025 Epigenetics Society International Conference in Chicago and to represent the Bosch Health Campus, the Robert Bosch Center for Tumor Disease...
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October 30, 2025 at 2:04 PM
The 2025 Epigenetics Society Special Symposium was a fantastic opportunity for researchers from around the globe to connect, exchange ideas, and explore the latest advances in the field.
www.linkedin.com/posts/prof-d...
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The Epigenetics Society held its 2nd international conference, showcasing cutting-edge research. Presentations featured model organisms—from plants & ants to honeybees, mice & humans & multiomic approaches to deliver unprecedented insights into epigenetic regulation. www.esconference25.com/program
October 29, 2025 at 3:03 PM
The Epigenetics Society held its 2nd international conference, showcasing cutting-edge research. Presentations featured model organisms—from plants & ants to honeybees, mice & humans & multiomic approaches to deliver unprecedented insights into epigenetic regulation. www.esconference25.com/program
@princess-vimentin.bsky.social
When misinformation spreads about vaccines, scientists respond. CIDRAP/Vaccine Integrity Project shows data on how vaccines reduced crippling diseases such as polio, small pox, pertussis.
@cidrap.bsky.social has info on vaccines. 🧪 www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lh5h...
When misinformation spreads about vaccines, scientists respond. CIDRAP/Vaccine Integrity Project shows data on how vaccines reduced crippling diseases such as polio, small pox, pertussis.
@cidrap.bsky.social has info on vaccines. 🧪 www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lh5h...
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October 24, 2025 at 9:55 AM
@princess-vimentin.bsky.social
When misinformation spreads about vaccines, scientists respond. CIDRAP/Vaccine Integrity Project shows data on how vaccines reduced crippling diseases such as polio, small pox, pertussis.
@cidrap.bsky.social has info on vaccines. 🧪 www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lh5h...
When misinformation spreads about vaccines, scientists respond. CIDRAP/Vaccine Integrity Project shows data on how vaccines reduced crippling diseases such as polio, small pox, pertussis.
@cidrap.bsky.social has info on vaccines. 🧪 www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lh5h...
Many U.S. universities are dramatically reducing—or suspending—PhD admissions for 26-27. Harvard & MIT, are scaling back their PhD intakes, up to 75%. Brown U. & U. Wash. paused admissions altogether in certain fields. This is due to frozen research grants & reduced support for graduate programs.
October 24, 2025 at 9:48 AM
Many U.S. universities are dramatically reducing—or suspending—PhD admissions for 26-27. Harvard & MIT, are scaling back their PhD intakes, up to 75%. Brown U. & U. Wash. paused admissions altogether in certain fields. This is due to frozen research grants & reduced support for graduate programs.