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jp flores (he/him) @jpflores.rbind.io · Nov 17

#Introductions

Hi! 🤠 I’m JP (he/him), and I’m a PhD candidate at UNC Chapel Hill studying the role of 3D chromatin structure in response to environmental stress 🧬

I host the From where does it STEM? podcast, write/edit for GeneBites, & more!

website: jpflores.rbind.io
instagram: @jpflores_31

jp flores

phd candidate in bioinformatics & computational biology at unc chapel hill

jpflores.rbind.io

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jp flores (he/him) @jpflores.rbind.io · 21h

Congrats, Sheila!

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Dr. Lucky Tran @luckytran.com · 1d

Social media sites where people in the US get their news from:

Facebook 38%
YouTube 35%
Instagram 20%
TikTok 20%
X 12%
Reddit 9%
Nextdoor 6%
WhatsApp 5%
Threads 3%
Rumble 2%
Truth Social 2%
Bluesky 2%

Source: www.pewresearch.org/journalism/f...

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John Greally @greally.bsky.social · 4d

What an amazing assay.

DAF-seq, the evolution of Fiber-seq from the Andrew Stergachis group, using the @pacbio.bsky.social platform:
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

This will revolutionise our understanding of transcriptional regulation and functional non-coding variants.

Deaminase-assisted single-molecule and single-cell chromatin fiber sequencing

Gene regulation is mediated by the co-occupancy of numerous proteins along individual chromatin fibers. However, our tools for deeply profiling how proteins co-occupy individual fibers, especially at ...

www.biorxiv.org

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Dr. Kat Napaaqtuk❄️ @napaaqtuk.bsky.social · 5d

"I just need to get through this weekend" she says for the 4th week in a row

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

I've been busy doing alumni interviews for Occidental College and MANNNNN, the kids are okay! the passion for bridging science & society from young students gives me so much hope!

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Jane Goodall Institute of Canada @janegoodallcan.bsky.social · 6d

The Jane Goodall Institute of Canada has learned this morning, Wednesday, October 1st, 2025, that Dr. Jane Goodall DBE, UN Messenger of Peace and Founder of the Jane Goodall Institute, has passed away due to natural causes.

She was in California as part of her speaking tour in the United States.

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jp flores (he/him) @jpflores.rbind.io · 6d

Will never forget my interactions with Dr. Jane Goodall. RIP to a legend!

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Lauren Kuehne @omfishient.bsky.social · 8d

We created a 2nd, urgent petition focused on the devastating #GRFP eligibiilty changes - please sign and share if you can!

bsky.app/profile/omfi...

Lauren Kuehne @omfishient.bsky.social · 9d

🧪 Were you one of the many thousands of STEM students (and mentors) impacted by the sudden change in #NSF #GRFP eligibility last week?

We created a petition to NSF leadership and Congress to reverse the changes - please sign and share your stories here!!

laurenkuehne.github.io/grfpChanges/

Petition to NSF to Restore Eligibility for the 2026 Graduate Research Fellowship Program Competition

laurenkuehne.github.io

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jp flores (he/him) @jpflores.rbind.io · 11d

New season of From where does it STEM? coming soon 🫣 lots of new people, connections, and more!

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jp flores (he/him) @jpflores.rbind.io · 11d

Excited to have these types of labels created by scientists all over the country!

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jp flores (he/him) @jpflores.rbind.io · 11d

Huge shoutout to @vangeliqueallen.bsky.social for co-leading this with me and others from @sciforgood.bsky.social !

Pilot sites are well on their way!

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jp flores (he/him) @jpflores.rbind.io · 11d

Excited to announce the release of the Loopapalooza Pale Ale & Fold Skool Fizz Seltzer (non-alcoholic) on tap and in cans at both Steel String Brewery Taproom in Carrboro, NC and at Pluck Farm in Mebane, NC!

Thanks to @researchamerica.bsky.social for having these at your event last week!

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jp flores (he/him) @jpflores.rbind.io · 11d

Felt rejuvenated after this year’s Annual @hhmi.org Gilliam Conference! Was so nice being with the future of science again 😊 great time sharing my story, playing music, and telling everyone the hot gossip with the happenings of the year 🤭

expecting a lot of @sciforgood.bsky.social contributions 🤗

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jp flores (he/him) @jpflores.rbind.io · 11d

Great conversation with Representative Deborah Ross today, along with students from NC State!

Great conversations re: multi year funding, the NSF GRFP, @sciforgood.bsky.social, international student scientists, @snapcoalition.bsky.social and more!

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jp flores (he/him) @jpflores.rbind.io · 11d

Please consider signing this open letter!

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jp flores (he/him) @jpflores.rbind.io · 11d

The GRFP helped me secure an internship in the NIH Office of Science Policy (through its INTERN supplemental funding) and helped me find different levers to bridge science and society

I mentor 10+ students every year in the application process, and they always remind me of how bright the future is

Jason Williams @jasonwilliamsny.bsky.social · 12d

Please share with anyone who cares about NSF support for graduate students and take 30 seconds to sign and leave a comment.

The deadline for the 2025 Graduate Research Fellowship Program is about one month away and literally no one can apply. #NSFGRFP

jasonjwilliamsny.github.io/grfp2025/

An Open Letter to U.S. STEM Leadership on the NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program

jasonjwilliamsny.github.io

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jp flores (he/him) @jpflores.rbind.io · 12d

Second year grad students no longer eligible for the NSF GRFP?!?

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Emil Hvitfeldt @emilhvitfeldt.bsky.social · 14d

I'm exited to announce a new resource about making slides with quarto and revealjs. This book is the combination of all the work I have done in this area, reordered and polished up

There isn't a lot of new information yet, but this format allows me to add more easily

slidecrafting-book.com
#quarto

Screenshot of first page of slidecrafting-book.com website

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Luca Giorgetti lab @FMI @lucagiorgetti.bsky.social · 13d

Really excited to share our latest work led by @mattiaubertini.bsky.social and @nesslfy.bsky.social: we report that cohesin loop extrusion creates rare but long-lived encounters between genomic sequences which underlie efficient enhancer-promoter communication.
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
A🧵👇

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Anders Sejr Hansen @andersshansen.bsky.social · 13d

Really enjoyed reading the new @lucagiorgetti.bsky.social lab preprint that makes the case that not all E-P interactions are created equal - it is the subset of long-lived extrusion-mediated E-P interactions that are most transcriptionally important:
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

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Anayancy Ramos @anayancy.bsky.social · 15d

Still coming down from the high of the annual HHMI Gilliam meeting. To be seen is to be loved, and I truly felt that. Even with the constant undercurrent of anxiety and disappointment (because of … well, everything), there was still so much joy and laughter.

Remember: Joy is resistance. ✨

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Anders Sejr Hansen @andersshansen.bsky.social · 16d

Asking BlueSky for help: For a review, I am trying to accurately credit the first paper that measured pairwise 3D distances between 2 pieces of DNA on the same chromosome (or cosmid). Is Trask 1989 the first?
I know of earlier single-locus papers (1982).
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

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Adriana Bankston @abankston.bsky.social · 19d

Thanks @aaas-stpf.bsky.social for this fellowships focus article in the latest newsletter detailing my recently concluded year in #Congress with @repbillfoster.bsky.social! Read more: bit.ly/4gt0OsW @asgct.bsky.social @aaas.org #scipol

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Scientist Network for Advancing Policy @snapcoalition.bsky.social · 19d

Spotted at the @researchamerica.bsky.social National Health Forum! Very cool @jpflores.rbind.io and @vangeliqueallen.bsky.social

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Galactic Polymath Education Studio (GP) @galacticpolymath.com · 24d

Scientists, only 2 weeks left to share your work, why it matters & win up to $500!
It's as easy as making a slideshow with our template. This #MySciJourney challenge sponsored by @ncse.bsky.social #scicomm 🧪🔊🐸
👉https://galacticpolymath.com/blog/my-scijourney-scicomm-competition-2025

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