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Meret Arter

@artermeret.bsky.social

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Postdoctoral fellow at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center in New York. Enthusiastic about meiosis, homologous recombination and evolution. 🇨🇭 in 🇺🇸.

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The New York Times @nytimes.com · Jun 3

As the U.S. slashes spending on science and restricts immigration, China and Europe are offering researchers money and stability.

As the Trump Administration Slashes Federal Spending, Scientists Consider Leaving the U.S.

As the United States cuts budgets and restricts immigration, China and Europe are offering researchers money and stability.

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Meret Arter @artermeret.bsky.social · Mar 7

Good, nerdy vibes in Washington Square Park today. So great to see people showing their support for basic research and academic freedom! #standupforscience2025

Woman holding a sign that reads: "Think Science is expensive? Try ignorance!"

Meret Arter @artermeret.bsky.social · Mar 6

Swiss news article on the current attacks on Science in the US. Thanks @republik.ch for covering this and also for mentioning the upcoming @standupforscience.bsky.social protests!

Republik Magazin @republik.ch · Mar 6

Innert Stundenfrist wurde der Biologe Matthew Herron von einer US-Forschungsbehörde gefeuert. Seine Geschichte zeigt, wie perfide die Trump-Regierung ihren Kampf gegen die Wissenschaft führt. Von @eis.bsky.social.

Wie Trump die Wissenschaft attackiert

Zum Beispiel der Biologe Matthew Herron: der perfide Kampf der Trump-Regierung.

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Mike Feigin 🥯 @mikefeigin.bsky.social · Feb 26

All those asking about a Stand Up For Science event in NYC, here you go!

www.eventbrite.com/e/stand-up-f...

Stand Up for Science 2025 - NYC

Stand up for science with us on March 7th, 2025, because science is for everyone! More info at www.standupforscience2025.org

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Gabriele Zaffagnini @gzaffagnini.bsky.social · Feb 23

Happy Sunday egg-ficionados! Here are the latest papers on #oocyte cell biology for you: biomed.news/bims-cebooc/...

This week's highlight are the three (!) Nature papers on the mechanism of DNA DSB initiation during meiotic recombination!

#cebooc @biomednews.bsky.social

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MAYosis @mayosis.bsky.social · Jan 15

Happy new year everyone!

We are please to announce the return of MAYosis in 2025!

Every Wednesday in May at 4pm CET, come hear the latest #meiosis4ever stories!

Abstract sub deadline: March 8 (end of day wherever you are)

meiosis.cornell.edu/mayosis2025/

MAYosis 2025

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Meret Arter @artermeret.bsky.social · Dec 20

Data from UZH (currently only available in german): www.gleichstellung.uzh.ch/de/gleichste...

Gleichstellungsmonitoring

www.gleichstellung.uzh.ch

Meret Arter @artermeret.bsky.social · Dec 20

Data from ETHZ: ethz.ch/staffnet/en/...

Monitoring and Studies

Data creates awareness, and publishing it creates transparency. On this page we introduce different reports and studies to the topics of diversity and inclusion and publish the yearly Equality Monitor...

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Meret Arter @artermeret.bsky.social · Dec 20

As an example a comparison of the Department of Biology at ETHZ in 2014 (the year I started my PhD) and 2023.

Gender monitoring at the Department of Biology at ETH shows a gradual increase of women at professor levels between 2014 and 2023.

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Meret Arter @artermeret.bsky.social · Dec 20

I love to see this type of data. Having obtained most of my education in Zurich I also recommend having a look at the gender monitoring of ETHZ and UZH. It is very interactive and great to look at from time to time to see if and how fast/slow the ✂️ are closing. #WomeninSTEM

Johanna Joyce @johannajoyce.bsky.social · Nov 25

Women are under-represented at senior levels in #academia globally, & across all #science 🧪 disciplines, as shown by these "scissor-shaped curves" ✂️

So how can we ever achieve #gender #equality?

We discuss various strategies in this #Cell Commentary

#WomeninSTEM

www.cell.com/cell/fulltex...
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Meret Arter @artermeret.bsky.social · Nov 27

Shoutout to the unknown artist and their work in the mskcc elevator this morning 😂

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Scott Keeney @spo11rulz.bsky.social · Nov 23

Hi Bluesky. For my first post, I'd like to advertise the latest preprint from my lab, describing at long last our reconstitution of SPO11-dependent double-strand break formation from purified recombinant proteins. Outstanding work from PhD student Zhi (Zack) Zheng.

Experimental results showing DNA break formation by purified SPO11 protein. Above is an image of an electrophoresis gel, below is a graph showing quantification of the DNA cleaving activity

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Corentin Claeys Bouuaert @ccb-lab.bsky.social · Nov 21

Hello Bluesky, for my first post here I'm happy to share our latest preprint reporting the first biochemical reconstitution of DNA double-strand break formation by SPO11.

SPO11 dimerization controls meiotic DNA double-strand break formation.
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

SPO11 dimerization controls meiotic DNA double-strand break formation

SPO11 initiates meiotic recombination through the induction of programmed DNA double-strand breaks (DSBs), but this catalytic activity had never been reconstituted in vitro. Here, using Mus musculus S...

www.biorxiv.org

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