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Rami Major, Ph.D. 🧬✨

@doe-rami.bsky.social

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Geneticist with some bioethics & sci pol on the side 👩‍🔬 | Currently ➡️ Postdoc in Center for Bioethics and Program for Precision Medicine in Healthcare at UNC Chapel Hill | Clemson alum | She/her 💜

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SCOPE (Science Communication and Outreach for Public Engagement) @scopecomms.bsky.social · May 21

LETS TALK POLICY! Join us on Thursday May 29th at 9am PST/noon EST to talk with @doe-rami.bsky.social and @kpodkovyroff.bsky.social about explaining and informing science policy!

Register here: zoom.us/meeting/regi...

A flyer for the SCOPE panel with Rami Major and Katya Podkovyroff Lewis on Thursday May 29th at 9amPST/noon EST.

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Rami Major, Ph.D. 🧬✨ @doe-rami.bsky.social · May 1

Excited to get to work!!

American Society of Gene + Cell Therapy @asgct.bsky.social · Apr 30

Congratulations to Rami Major, PhD, ASGCT's ‘25-26 Congressional Policy Fellow! She'll head to Capitol Hill starting in Sept. to bring science-based policy advice to legislators - hosted in partnership with @aaas.org. #ASGCTadvocacy

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jp flores (he/him) @jpflores.rbind.io · Apr 4

UNC Gillings School of Public Health is eliminating their Health Equity & Social Justice Concentration. This program is home to many of my friends — some of the most thoughtful, caring, and innovative researchers I know.

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Rami Major, Ph.D. 🧬✨ @doe-rami.bsky.social · Mar 27

Thanks Carla!!

Rami Major, Ph.D. 🧬✨ @doe-rami.bsky.social · Mar 11

Big fan of basic science research over here (esp bc it can inform important downstream things like therapy development!!). Excited to finally share work from my PhD, out now on #crisprcas9 ✂️🧬
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Exploring the Cytoplasmic Retention of CRISPR-Cas9 in Eukaryotic Cells: The Role of Nuclear Localization Signals and Ribosomal Interactions | The CRISPR Journal

Cas9 must be localized to the nucleus to access the genome of mammalian cells. For most proteins, adding a single nuclear localization signal (NLS) is sufficient to promote nuclear entry. However, Cas...

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Rami Major, Ph.D. 🧬✨ @doe-rami.bsky.social · Mar 8

Stand up for science Raleigh!! Let’s keep this energy going!!

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Rami Major, Ph.D. 🧬✨ @doe-rami.bsky.social · Mar 4

Science is for everyone, and that’s what’s at the heart of this movement. Hoping everyone can show up and show out this Friday—I’ll be there in Raleigh!

Stand Up for Science! @standupforscience.bsky.social · Feb 12

Welcome to the Bluesky account for Stand Up for Science 2025!

Keep an eye on this space for updates, event information, and ways to get involved. We can't wait to see everyone #standupforscience2025 on March 7th, both in DC and locations nationwide!

#scienceforall #sciencenotsilence

Rami Major, Ph.D. 🧬✨ @doe-rami.bsky.social · Jan 30

I think it’s quite fitting that my first Bluesky post is this: sharing a piece many years in the making with one of my phenomenal dissertation advisors, Eric Juengst. I hope this can contribute to ongoing conversations around PGE as it inches toward the clinic. Interested to hear your thoughts!

The American Journal of Human Genetics @ajhgnews.bsky.social · Jan 29

📣New Review!
📄Prenatal gene editing for neurodevelopmental diseases: Ethical considerations
🧑‍🤝‍🧑@doe-rami.bsky.social & Juengst
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Prenatal gene editing for neurodevelopmental diseases: Ethical considerations

Prenatal gene editing could someday safely and effectively treat numerous diseases. In this manuscript, we conduct a historical analysis of fetal therapy guidelines to suggest criteria that should be ...

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