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WALIIAnhydro @waliianhydro.bsky.social · 14d

Meet the speakers of the very first inaugural WALII Symposium: Exploring Life Without Water, happening Tuesday, Nov 18! 💧

To Learn More about the symposium: walii.science/virtual-symp...

To Learn More about Dr. Amy Gladfelter: www.cellbio.duke.edu/amy-gladfelter

@gladfelterlab.bsky.social

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Janet Iwasa @jiwasa.bsky.social · Aug 5

I'm so honored to receive the 2025 Bruce Alberts Award for Excellence in Science Education. Thank you @ascbiology.bsky.social and I look forward to this year's annual ASCB meeting in Philly!

American Society for Cell Biology @ascbiology.bsky.social · Aug 4

Meet the 2025 ASCB Award Winners—trailblazing scientists honored for research, mentoring, education, and innovation. Celebrate excellence across all career stages in cell biology. Read more: www.ascb.org/society-news...

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Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory @cshlnews.bsky.social · Jul 29

“In bone marrow alone ~500 million cells are born every min” says Bruce Stillman. Each must duplicate 2+ meters of DNA to avoid errors that can cause cancer & autism. See more from Stillman, @crick.ac.uk’s John Diffley & @uuhsresearch.bsky.social's @jiwasa.bsky.social
www.cshl.edu/licensed-to-...

Licensed to live | Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory

The DNA packed inside every human cell contains instructions for life, written in billions of letters of genetic code. Every time a cell divides, the complete code, divided among 46 chromosomes, must ...

www.cshl.edu

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Janet Iwasa @jiwasa.bsky.social · Jul 11

The Animation Lab will be giving an animation workshop and table demos, and the GSLC will have a table all day with demos! Come join us!

GSLC Learn.Genetics @learngenetics.bsky.social · Jul 11

Summer Science Day is TOMORROW! Join us at the U of U to talk to scientists, tour labs, see demos, and listen to talks! Over 80 activities for all ages! See our action-packed schedule & directions here: gslc.utah.edu/summer-scien...

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GSLC Learn.Genetics @learngenetics.bsky.social · Jul 9

Almost fifty U of U researchers are giving over 80 demos, lab tours, workshops and talks for the public this Saturday, July 12th! Science-curious? We have something for everyone! 10am-4pm @utah.edu. Schedule and directions here: gslc.utah.edu/summer-scien...

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GSLC Learn.Genetics @learngenetics.bsky.social · Jul 8

Zoom In. Geek Out. Take a Backstage Pass to the Secret Life of Cells! Take a tour of the HSC Cell Imaging Core at 12, 1 or 2pm during Summer Science Day this Sat July 12th!
Find the full Summer Science Day schedule here: gslc.utah.edu/summer-scien...

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Janet Iwasa @jiwasa.bsky.social · Jul 7

Yes - there are lots of IDRs in the MCMs. The animation focuses on their role in DNA binding (the close up) but they are thought to play other important roles as well. There's lots of discussion about IDRs in the review!

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Janet Iwasa @jiwasa.bsky.social · Jul 5

So grateful to be posting happy work-related news. First- I'm now tenured! Thank you @uofubiochem.bsky.social, @utah.edu, and Animation Lab collaborators! Also, 2 of GSLC's (@learngenetics.bsky.social) terminated science education grants were reinstated! AND Summer Science Day is next week!

a dog is dancing in a room with the words happy dance written on the bottom .

ALT: a dog is dancing in a room with the words happy dance written on the bottom .

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GSLC Learn.Genetics @learngenetics.bsky.social · Jul 5

One week until Summer Science Day! Everyone is welcome to visit @UofUHealth for lab tours, public-friendly talks, demos, and workshops! Saturday July 12th from 10am-4pm. Check out our action-packed schedule here: gslc.utah.edu/summer-scien...

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GSLC Learn.Genetics @learngenetics.bsky.social · Jul 2

Artists belong in science! Come to Summer Science Day & learn about:
+ How to draw dinosaurs!
+ Animating science w stop-motion animation!
+ Making a science comic!
+ Using 3D animation to bring science to life!
Sat 7/12, 10am-4pm. Free all-ages open house at the U. gslc.utah.edu/summer-scien...

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Janet Iwasa @jiwasa.bsky.social · Jul 2

Check out this new review (with animations, natch) of mechanisms of licensing origins of DNA replication - a wonderful (and continuing!) collaboration with Bruce Stillman @cshlnews.bsky.social and John Diffley @crick.ac.uk! www.nature.com/articles/s41...

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Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory @cshlnews.bsky.social · Jul 1

Working with collaborators at the Crick Institute and the University of Utah, CSHL's President and CEO Bruce Stillman explores how pre-replicative complexes (pre-RCs)—even earlier than ORCs—assemble to initiate DNA replication in all plants, animals, and fungi.

The Francis Crick Institute @crick.ac.uk · Jul 1

Researchers at the Crick, @cshlnews.bsky.social and the @utah.edu have laid out in detail how the ‘pre-replicative complex’ is assembled at the start of DNA replication.

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

Mechanisms for licensing origins of DNA replication in eukaryotic cells - Nature Structural & Molecular Biology

Here, the authors comprehensively discuss the different mechanisms for origin licensing in yeast and human cells. Importantly, they present intuitive videos illustrating such mechanisms with unprecede...

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GSLC Learn.Genetics @learngenetics.bsky.social · Jul 1

You're trying to fill the summer days. What do we have that might be interesting for you and your kids? How about electron microscopes? Glowing fish?! Pig lungs??!! Come to Summer Science Day at the U on Saturday, July 12. Free and open to the public! gslc.utah.edu/summer-scien...

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Janet Iwasa @jiwasa.bsky.social · Jul 1

U of U Summer Science Day is less than two weeks away! Come to the U on Saturday July 12th between 10am-4pm for lab tours, science demos, talks, and fun for all ages! Free and open to the public. Schedule will be coming out in the next day or two! gslc.utah.edu/summer-scien...

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RCSB Protein Data Bank @rcsbpdb.bsky.social · May 15

Paper Published: A new chapter for Molecule of the Month
Read how @jiwasa.bsky.social has taken over as the series creator of stories about critically important biological macromolecules

pubs.aip.org/aca/sdy...

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Yi-Wei Chang @yiweichang.bsky.social · May 15

...and big thanks to @jiwasa.bsky.social for making this amazing video to illustrate the strand-sliding mechanism!

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GSLC Learn.Genetics @learngenetics.bsky.social · May 1

📣New FREE module drop!

In Genetic Tech Investigations, students explore what technologies like sequencing, mass spec, and others reveal about the process from genes to proteins.
➡️ teach.genetics.utah.edu/content/gent...

#ScienceTeachers #NGSS #Genetics #STEM

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Janet Iwasa @jiwasa.bsky.social · Apr 28

Thanks to Rachel and Laura for this great collaboration!

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Janet Iwasa @jiwasa.bsky.social · Apr 28

Outside the lab, Laura likes to hang out with her almost 2- and 5-year olds!

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Janet Iwasa @jiwasa.bsky.social · Apr 28

The Dassama group uses detailed understanding of factors that enable interactions between biological molecules to provide insights that allow functional control of those molecules. Applications include host-microbe interactions and targeted control of disease-relevant proteins.

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Janet Iwasa @jiwasa.bsky.social · Apr 28

Meet Dr. Laura Dassama, an Assistant Professor at Stanford University. This illustration by Rachel Torrez showcases how the Dassama Group uses tools of chemistry and physics to provide molecular insights into complex biological processes.

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Janet Iwasa @jiwasa.bsky.social · Apr 16

Thank you! I had a wonderful time at Augsburg. Getting to chat with students about their research was definitely a major highlight!

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Janet Iwasa @jiwasa.bsky.social · Apr 11

Had a great time chatting with Flora Lichtman and Tim Lee @nhmu.bsky.social a couple of weekends ago here in SLC, and excited that our Science Friday @scifri.bsky.social piece will be airing today! www.sciencefriday.com/segments/sci...

How ‘Science Interpreters’ Make Hidden Science Visible

A cell animator and a museum designer tell us how they translate scientific findings into visual experiences.

www.sciencefriday.com

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GSLC Learn.Genetics @learngenetics.bsky.social · Apr 8

IT ALL STARTS NOW!!! #UGivingDay is underway! donate.utah.edu/giving-day-2...

Go here tinyurl.com/482kzszf RIGHT NOW. Be among the first donors to the GSLC in our first-ever Giving Day campaign!

Follow #MeettheGSLC to see to some of our most popular activities.

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Janet Iwasa @jiwasa.bsky.social · Apr 4

Please consider supporting the Genetic Science Learning Center (gslc.utah.edu) and Learn.Genetics (learn.genetics.utah.edu)! We're raising funds during #UGivingDay to help maintain this free (and fun!) resource that's used by science learners around the world.

GSLC Learn.Genetics @learngenetics.bsky.social · Apr 4

#UGivingDay donations are already open, and more than 400 donors have already given to projects across the #UniversityofUtah. Join in today! Support the Genetic Science Learning Center: tinyurl.com/482kzszf Be among the very first to donate! The first $3000 in donations are matched.

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