Chris Gunter 🧬
@girlscientist.bsky.social
Genetics/genomics. Here in my personal capacity. Google Scholar: https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=A0oDqUQAAAAJ&hl=en
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Elizabeth Berry-Kravis will be our 2025 Warren Distinguished Lecturer on December 4 -- Especially appropriate b/c EBK is leading clinician studying #fragilex syndrome
November 20, 2025 at 5:19 PM
Elizabeth Berry-Kravis will be our 2025 Warren Distinguished Lecturer on December 4 -- Especially appropriate b/c EBK is leading clinician studying #fragilex syndrome
Reminder of truly evidence-based claims
The definition of autism has broadened and awareness of the condition has risen. This combined with an increase in screenings have contributed to an increase in the number of children diagnosed.
Read what doctors are saying about the increase in autism diagnoses.
www.wsj.com/health/healt...
Read what doctors are saying about the increase in autism diagnoses.
www.wsj.com/health/healt...
November 20, 2025 at 2:14 PM
Reminder of truly evidence-based claims
The claim “vaccines do not cause autism” is the very definition of an evidence-based claim. Over a million children have been studied in every valid, ethical experimental design scientists can think of. More evidence-based claims: infections can kill people & we have vaccines that keep people alive.
November 20, 2025 at 12:51 PM
The claim “vaccines do not cause autism” is the very definition of an evidence-based claim. Over a million children have been studied in every valid, ethical experimental design scientists can think of. More evidence-based claims: infections can kill people & we have vaccines that keep people alive.
For those covering #autism news today, I offer this guide to avoiding ableist and stigmatizing language, complete with suggested alternatives.
🎉 Lab paper alert: “Autism ableism seen through research abstract contents: A mixed-methods analysis of language in NIH-funded genetic and genomic autism research.” We found ableist/stigmatizing language ubiquitous throughout grant abstracts from 1980-2022.
journals.sagepub.com/doi/epub/10....
journals.sagepub.com/doi/epub/10....
journals.sagepub.com
November 20, 2025 at 12:38 PM
For those covering #autism news today, I offer this guide to avoiding ableist and stigmatizing language, complete with suggested alternatives.
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Folks, it is finally out! Our paper on T2T assemblies of the zebrafish genome is on BioRxiv:
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
www.biorxiv.org
November 17, 2025 at 11:22 PM
Folks, it is finally out! Our paper on T2T assemblies of the zebrafish genome is on BioRxiv:
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
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Today I am starting a weekly post titled "Autism: The Evidence". I hope it helps someone fight the colossal wave of misinformation that is drowning us. Part 1: I heard Autism prevalence has gone up. Is that true? If so why?
November 15, 2025 at 3:11 AM
Today I am starting a weekly post titled "Autism: The Evidence". I hope it helps someone fight the colossal wave of misinformation that is drowning us. Part 1: I heard Autism prevalence has gone up. Is that true? If so why?
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It's #GeneticCounselorAppreciationDay!🧬 We recognize the incredible impact of #geneticcounselors who bring clarity, compassion, & expertise to patients navigating #genomics. Be part of the celebration—check out these National Society of Genetic Counselors events: www.nsgc.org/Education-an... #ASHG
November 13, 2025 at 6:32 PM
It's #GeneticCounselorAppreciationDay!🧬 We recognize the incredible impact of #geneticcounselors who bring clarity, compassion, & expertise to patients navigating #genomics. Be part of the celebration—check out these National Society of Genetic Counselors events: www.nsgc.org/Education-an... #ASHG
Adding more signs of how NIH science is/was broken: my lab team could not show up for 3 more accepted talks at scientific conferences, totaling 9 for the year now. If you interview current NIH trainees for grad or med schools please understand that we are giving them the best experience we can.
While the government was shut down, 379 NIH study section meetings (containing 24,380 grant applications) were postponed. NIH is committed to getting these reviewed, but please be patient and understanding with staff, as this is a complex and heavy lift.
November 13, 2025 at 2:10 PM
Adding more signs of how NIH science is/was broken: my lab team could not show up for 3 more accepted talks at scientific conferences, totaling 9 for the year now. If you interview current NIH trainees for grad or med schools please understand that we are giving them the best experience we can.
My great-grandmother was a lunch lady in rural Georgia and was just as tough, resourceful, and caring as all of these wonderful ladies. Thank you for lifting them up, @bittersouth.bsky.social! 🥹 bittersoutherner.com/issue-no-12/...
All Praise to the Lunch Ladies — THE BITTER SOUTHERNER
Blessed are the women who watch over America’s children.
bittersoutherner.com
November 12, 2025 at 4:34 PM
My great-grandmother was a lunch lady in rural Georgia and was just as tough, resourceful, and caring as all of these wonderful ladies. Thank you for lifting them up, @bittersouth.bsky.social! 🥹 bittersoutherner.com/issue-no-12/...
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Thrilled to be discussing Meeting the Moment: Impactful Science Communication and Education on Genetics with Marnie Gelbart of @pged.bsky.social and @jchowning.bsky.social
November 12
12:00 - 1:00 pm EST
Register here and tell your friends!
learning.ashg.org/products/mee...
Thrilled to be discussing Meeting the Moment: Impactful Science Communication and Education on Genetics with Marnie Gelbart of @pged.bsky.social and @jchowning.bsky.social
November 12
12:00 - 1:00 pm EST
Register here and tell your friends!
learning.ashg.org/products/mee...
October 28, 2025 at 9:25 PM
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Thrilled to be discussing Meeting the Moment: Impactful Science Communication and Education on Genetics with Marnie Gelbart of @pged.bsky.social and @jchowning.bsky.social
November 12
12:00 - 1:00 pm EST
Register here and tell your friends!
learning.ashg.org/products/mee...
Thrilled to be discussing Meeting the Moment: Impactful Science Communication and Education on Genetics with Marnie Gelbart of @pged.bsky.social and @jchowning.bsky.social
November 12
12:00 - 1:00 pm EST
Register here and tell your friends!
learning.ashg.org/products/mee...
And/or volunteering! We worked at the local food bank today. Here’s what they need most:
November 7, 2025 at 12:24 AM
And/or volunteering! We worked at the local food bank today. Here’s what they need most:
“To keep America great, every American deserves the same chance. We should protect the biomedical research engine that saved him and build a health care system that extends those extra years to all.” wapo.st/4qM9qzN (gift link) 🧬
Opinion | The science that extended Dick Cheney’s life was a choice
The biomedical research engine will create more breakthroughs — if we keep it up and running.
wapo.st
November 6, 2025 at 10:23 PM
“To keep America great, every American deserves the same chance. We should protect the biomedical research engine that saved him and build a health care system that extends those extra years to all.” wapo.st/4qM9qzN (gift link) 🧬
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Now: Jeremy Snyder: Misinformation and the persistence of markers of legitimacy: the case of stem cell interventions for autism spectrum disorder #TMM2025 🧪
November 4, 2025 at 2:27 PM
Now: Jeremy Snyder: Misinformation and the persistence of markers of legitimacy: the case of stem cell interventions for autism spectrum disorder #TMM2025 🧪
“As shutdown hits one-month mark, federal workers are not okay” — welcome to life in DC now.
November 1, 2025 at 3:08 PM
“As shutdown hits one-month mark, federal workers are not okay” — welcome to life in DC now.
As story says, “researchers found that there was ample evidence of benefits and safety for these treatments, and wrote that policy restrictions on this care for youth ‘cannot be justified based on the quantity or quality of medical science findings or concerns about potential regret in the future’.”
The White House plans to bar hospitals that treat transgender children and youth from getting any Medicare and Medicaid payments. The move would affect trans youth who have private insurance, too. n.pr/4qFa1mY
Trump pushes an end to medical care for transgender youth nationally
The White House plans to bar hospitals that treat transgender children and youth from getting any Medicare and Medicaid payments. The move would affect trans youth who have private insurance, too.
n.pr
October 31, 2025 at 12:35 AM
As story says, “researchers found that there was ample evidence of benefits and safety for these treatments, and wrote that policy restrictions on this care for youth ‘cannot be justified based on the quantity or quality of medical science findings or concerns about potential regret in the future’.”
Vaccines have health benefits you didn’t even know about. Get your flu shots yearly, and shingles shots as soon as you are eligible.
Acute and chronic viral infections, including Herpes Zoster (Shingles), Hepatitis C, HIV, CMV, influenza, and SARS-CoV-2, are linked with a substantial increased risk of cardiovascular events, from a systematic review. Figure for SARS-CoV-2 below
newsroom.heart.org/news/some-ac...
newsroom.heart.org/news/some-ac...
October 29, 2025 at 1:44 PM
Vaccines have health benefits you didn’t even know about. Get your flu shots yearly, and shingles shots as soon as you are eligible.
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People who got the 2024-2025 Covid booster had a 44% lower symptomatic infection rate and more than a 50% lower rate of death and hospitalization than those who did not receive the booster, and did not experience a higher rate of adverse outcomes. jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
Evidence, Opinion, and Uncertainty About COVID-19 Vaccines
This issue of JAMA Internal Medicine includes a Research Letter by Du and colleagues1 reporting findings that once again demonstrate that vaccination with a SARS-CoV-2 vaccine booster with an updated ...
jamanetwork.com
October 27, 2025 at 6:20 PM
People who got the 2024-2025 Covid booster had a 44% lower symptomatic infection rate and more than a 50% lower rate of death and hospitalization than those who did not receive the booster, and did not experience a higher rate of adverse outcomes. jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
Now at day 25 of federal shutdown, with 1-2 missed paychecks for 700k people. We are working at a food bank soon and donating because we can. Many cannot — please consider helping them get by.
Please donate if you can.
www.capitalareafoodbank.org/donate-match/
www.capitalareafoodbank.org/donate-match/
Donate to Double Your Impact - Capital Area Food Bank
In honor of Hunger Action Month, The J. Willard and Alice S. Marriott Foundation, the A. James & Alice B. Clark Foundation, and The Morningstar Foundation are standing together in support of our neigh...
www.capitalareafoodbank.org
October 26, 2025 at 9:14 PM
Now at day 25 of federal shutdown, with 1-2 missed paychecks for 700k people. We are working at a food bank soon and donating because we can. Many cannot — please consider helping them get by.
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No matter what the budget ends up being, especially if it isn’t substantially cut, our job as extramural scientists is to make sure they are always wary of the public reaction to NIH actions.
My reax to the big planned NIH shutdown firing news from @politico.com:
The Project 2025 ppl didn’t do big (illegal) NIH firings because they know there would be public outcry.
Keep speaking up!
The Project 2025 ppl didn’t do big (illegal) NIH firings because they know there would be public outcry.
Keep speaking up!
October 25, 2025 at 11:02 PM
No matter what the budget ends up being, especially if it isn’t substantially cut, our job as extramural scientists is to make sure they are always wary of the public reaction to NIH actions.
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Published today: One of the biggest #science #communication studies to date. We asked 71,922 people in 68 countries how they #engage with information about #science and combined the data with several country-level factors: journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/... #OpenAccess
October 21, 2025 at 12:27 PM
Published today: One of the biggest #science #communication studies to date. We asked 71,922 people in 68 countries how they #engage with information about #science and combined the data with several country-level factors: journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/... #OpenAccess
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On the last day of #ASHG25, attending a telomere session entitled "end results" seems fitting. It's been a great meeting talking with vibrant young geneticists, and on this note, I'm hiring a postdoc! thejacksonlaboratory.wd503.myworkdayjobs.com/External_JAX...
Postdoctoral Associate
The Beck Lab is seeking an enthusiastic, independent, and highly motivated postdoctoral fellow to join our innovative research group at the Jackson Laboratory for Genomic Medicine and University of Co...
thejacksonlaboratory.wd503.myworkdayjobs.com
October 18, 2025 at 2:45 PM
On the last day of #ASHG25, attending a telomere session entitled "end results" seems fitting. It's been a great meeting talking with vibrant young geneticists, and on this note, I'm hiring a postdoc! thejacksonlaboratory.wd503.myworkdayjobs.com/External_JAX...
Job ad for #ASHG25 🧬
We're excited to be recruiting an NIH funded postdoc to work in the Coop lab at UC Davis. We're specifically interested in candidates who are want to work at the intersection of human genetics, GWAS, and population genetics modeling. Please RT
October 15, 2025 at 9:24 PM
Job ad for #ASHG25 🧬
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Come meet incoming EiC @kiranmusunuru.bsky.social in ASHG Central! Chat about your research & learn more about AJHG. #ashg25
October 15, 2025 at 6:42 PM
Come meet incoming EiC @kiranmusunuru.bsky.social in ASHG Central! Chat about your research & learn more about AJHG. #ashg25
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🧪🧬 Today! Hope to see you here at #ASHG25 - "Lessons from the Field: A Dialogue on Promoting Opportunity and Engagement in Human Genetics and Genomics"
11:45 am - 1:15 pm in room 104AB
11:45 am - 1:15 pm in room 104AB
October 15, 2025 at 12:30 PM
🧪🧬 Today! Hope to see you here at #ASHG25 - "Lessons from the Field: A Dialogue on Promoting Opportunity and Engagement in Human Genetics and Genomics"
11:45 am - 1:15 pm in room 104AB
11:45 am - 1:15 pm in room 104AB
Are you in the long line to get in the front door of #ASHG25? Go over to the Westin bridge instead. Minimal line AND you come in on second floor where sessions are
October 15, 2025 at 12:38 PM
Are you in the long line to get in the front door of #ASHG25? Go over to the Westin bridge instead. Minimal line AND you come in on second floor where sessions are