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HHMI Hanna Gray Fellow at @MCB_Harvard studying chromosome segregation | Incoming Assistant Professor @CornellMBG | PhD @ScienceStowers | she/her | 🇲🇽
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Beyond excited and grateful to have been selected as a 2020 HHMI Hanna Gray Fellow!! 👩🏽🔬
@HHMINEWS
Thank you to my incredible mentors
@EvolvingMurray
,
@ZandersLab
, and my awesome colleagues
@MCB_Harvard
and
@ScienceStowers
! I could not have dome it without you.
#HannaGrayFellows
Today, HHMI is proud to announce the new
#HannaGrayFellows
, 21 early career researchers who are taking on some of the biggest challenges in the life sciences.
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I hope your day is going much better than mine 😂 😭 😂
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Beyond excited to share that I will be starting my lab at the Molecular Biology and Genetics department at Cornell University (
@CornellMBG
) in 2025! My lab will use genetics and experimental evolution to study meiosis and genome instability in pathogenic and model fungi.
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Meet the
#HannaGrayFellows
! We are in the
@nytimes
! So excited to be part of this wonderful group of scientists!!👩🏽🔬
@HHMINEWS
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Our paper describing wtf gamete killers and their suppressors made it to the cover of
@PLOSGenetics
! ☠️ can you find the dead spores in the image?
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Delighted to be part of the 2022 recipients of the Dr. Eddie Méndez award! Looking forward to sharing my research at the
@fredhutch
!
Congrats to all other awardees 🎉
Congratulations to the recipients of the
@fredhutch
2022 Dr. Eddie Méndez award! 👏
The recipients are postdoctoral researchers from across the US with research expertise in
#cancer
,
#InfectiousDisease
, and basic sciences.
Learn more:
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It’s here! 🥳 ☺️ I had a blast working with
@ZandersLab
to find the role of meiotic drivers in infertility!
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Interested in Fungal Pathogens? Apply to the Molecular Mycology Course at
@MBLScience
! The course is amazing, transformative and SOOO MUCH FUN!
#MOMY2023
#TheLastOfUsHBO
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I feel seen! Exactly how I got my PhD! 👩🏽🔬
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My lab mates are the best and shared with me this great mantra for when I start my postdoc. 👩🔬 Although let’s be realistic, we have been doing some pretty epic research already!
@ZandersLab
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Our new paper describing wtf gamete killers and their suppressors is out on
@PLOSGenetics
! We found that despite their sequence divergence, wtf drivers all kill gametes equally well 💀
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Our work on how wtf meiotic drivers can create an environment in cells wherein aneuploidy can be beneficial is out in
@eLife
! wtf meiotic drivers are selfish elements that kill the meiotic products (spores) that do not inherit them. /1
@ZandersLab
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During meiosis, making too many DSBs is bad for genome stability, while not making enough DSBs can lead to recombination failure, so how do meiotic cells get the right number of breaks? Check out the new paper by the Keeney lab for answers!
@Spo11Rulz
🧬
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Super excited to be part of this program! Looking forward to sharing my research, making new colleagues and learning about their research! 😊
It's my great pleasure to announce the phenomenal 2023
@DukeLeaders
cohort! Please join us to learn more about their research & scientific vision as future faculty & welcome them to campus. So excited to host you & become part of your path to the professoriate!
@DukeMedSchool
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Check out our new paper! We used bacteria to help identify DNA damage-promoting proteins in human and the mechanisms by which they act
@CellPressNews
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These past few days I had the pleasure of visiting
@CornellMBG
and share my research as part of the
@CornellFirst
Program! I made new colleagues and got to catch up with old friends! And after walking around campus, I have to agree that Ithaca is gorges. 🍁
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I am so proud of being Mexican. Because my country has so much culture, it’s full of vibrant colors, delicious food and hard-working people. Happy Mexican Independence Day!
#VivaMexico
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✨The future looks bright and diverse!✨ Had a blast meeting all these incredible scientists, learning about their research and their contributions to making science a diverse and inclusive place!
@fredhutch
#MendezSymposium
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Super excited to share our
#bioRxiv
preprint describing how wtf meiotic drivers alter the fitness landscape of meiosis and favor the evolution of variants that disrupt chromosome segregation fidelity. 🧬🧬
@ZandersLab
@RobUnckless
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Here’s to strong women (today, tomorrow and always)! May we know them, may we be them, may we raise them.
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I dissected my first tetrads a couple of days ago... and although my plate doesn’t look perfect, I feel super accomplished!
#genetics
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Today I had my first meeting with the student I am mentoring through the
@cientificolatin
STEM mentoring program. I’m so grateful to have the opportunity to inspire, mentor, and guide the next generation of scientists.
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Check the new
@ZandersLab
preprint on wtf gamete killers. We surveyed wtf genes (with amino acid identities ranging from 30-90%) for their ability to drive and found 8 new drivers and 3 new suppressors of drive!
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Interested in how mating affects the spread of wtf meiotic drivers? Read the AWESOME new paper from
@ZandersLab
! Congrats
@JFabricioLH
@R_Helston
and all other authors! 🎉🎉
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Congrats SaraH for being in the SN 2020 list of top 10 scientists to watch! You are such an incredible scientist doing awesome research! 🧪 🥳
@ZandersLab
@ScienceNews
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So excited to share our work on the identification of a suppressor of a wtf killer meiotic driver in fission yeast!
@PLOSGenetics
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Excited for my first
@SkypeScientist
session (in Spanish)! 🧬 🧪 I am ready to share with them the power of yeast genetics!
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Had such a great time sharing my research at
@DukeLeaders
symposium and had the best time hanging out with these amazing scientists! They are doing incredible research and are ready to change how science looks like! The future is bright and diverse and I’m here for it!!
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Check out
@ZandersLab
new paper describing WTF transcriptional regulation! SPOILERS: it’s super cool!
@NicoleNuckolls
@lethargicbug
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The past few weeks I learned so much about fungi at the Molecular Mycology Course
@MBLScience
and got to interact with so many AMAZING scientists. Not only are they spectacular, but they are kind, supportive, and so smart! Thank you all and I hope to meet you again soon!
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Interested in meiotic drive, toxic aggregates, and gene drive systems??? Check out
@ZandersLab
new paper describing how Wtf proteins selectively cause cell death using different types of aggregates! 🎉
@ScienceStowers
@eLife
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Today, I watched my awesome labmate give a kick ass thesis research talk. Congrats Dr. Nuckolls and congrats
@ZandersLab
! So well deserved. 🥳 Read more about Nikki’s most recent work here:
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Arrived home today to two boxes full of Mexican food/candy/snacks/BLUE TORTILLAS(!)/nopales that my family sent me (including 5 lbs of limes that will be likely gone in a week). 🤤 😋 what a great way to end Friday: Watching The Last of Us while eating my favorite food!
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Super excited to be visiting Cornell for the FIRST Future Faculty Symposium! Can’t wait to share my research and meet all the other scholars! 👩🏽🔬
We are only 10 days away from the Cornell FIRST Future Faculty Symposium! We're so excited to welcome participants to campus! Looking forward to meeting everyone!
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Watching
@JFabricioLH
defend his PhD!!! Fibo studied how meiotic drivers spread through populations and showed that mating behaviors alter their spread. Check out his work here:
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Do you want to know more about Meiotic drive? Check the quick guide by
@lethargicbug
and
@ZandersLab
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Feliz Día de los Muertos! Happy Day of the Death!
A wonderful Mexican tradition where we honor and celebrate the life of the departed.
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Crossing the river to
@Harvard
HMS for a research seminar in meiosis by the one and only Scott Hawley! Can’t wait!
#meiosis4eva
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☺️
MCB Postdocs Awarded Fellowships from the NIH, MBB Interfaculty Initiative, and the Jane Coffin Childs Memorial Fund
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Check out the new paper from the
@ZandersLab
!!! Congrats
@JFabricioLH
@R_Helston
and all other authors! 🎉 🎈
Diverse mating phenotypes impact the spread of wtf meiotic drivers in Schizosaccharomyces pombe
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🚨🚨 Check out the new paper from
@ZandersLab
and Du Lab! 🎉🎉
The wtf meiotic driver gene family has unexpectedly persisted for over 100 million years
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Final version of our paper on suppression of wtf gamete killer meiotic drivers is now available.
@PLOSGenetics
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coolest thing about being the Chair for the Meiosis GRS: I get to read about the ✨ awesome research 🤩 all the folks in the meiosis community are doing before anyone else!!!
#meiosis4eva
@katiebillmyre
@GordonConf
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Wondering why my dinosaur never gets picked for dino art of the week… 🤔
My dinosaur:
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Check out the program for the Meiosis GRS that
@katiebillmyre
and I are organizing! With awesome keynote speaker:
@NeedhiBhalla
, and fantastic discussion leaders:
@cohen_lab
@monospolarpindl
@lichtenmj
and Ęlcin Ünal!
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Look what came in the mail today: My own little
#HopeForLife
sculpture! So proud to have done my PhD in
@ZandersLab
at
@ScienceStowers
! 👩🏽🔬
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Had a blast visiting
@Uutah
! Thank you for the incredible opportunity!
We still have more, but it’s already been a day of awesome talks & networking! What a great group of scientists & future leaders.
@kaia_mattioli
@Vale_Tornini
@sneuner_
@izabellapena1
@MariangeBravo
@mycozoa
@ksxue
@rohan_s_mehta
@TesStatGen
@miltondp
@glennis_logsdon
@lpipes
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Are you organizing a conference? Are you a department chair? Are you part of a faculty hiring committee? Do you run a research lab? Do you run a graduate program? Are you interested in increasing diversity and inclusion in your workplace? Read this piece!
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Happy Mexican Independence Day!
¡Viva México! ¡Viva México! ¡Viva México! 🇲🇽🇲🇽🇲🇽
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Excited for the Meiosis GRS? ME TOO! ✨To be considered for a talk, don’t forget to submit your abstract by March 4th! ✨We are very excited to hear about your research and see you all again!
#meiosis4eva
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Check out the press release of our recent
@eLife
paper to learn more about "survival of the fit-ish!"
@ZandersLab
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Made it back to lab just in time to watch Jimena Luque, one of the fabulous undergrads working with me this summer, give a wonderful talk about her work!
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CONGRATS to
@MollySchumer
@angphilli
@channyskye
@KizzyPhD
@karalmckinley
@psmitchej
D’Juan Farmer and to all other FH scholars!! You’re such an inspiration!
@HHMINEWS
HHMI is proud to announce our inaugural class of Freeman Hrabowski Scholars, outstanding early career faculty in science who have potential to become leaders in their research fields and to create diverse and inclusive lab environments. 1/3
#FHScholars
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Interested in meiosis/conflict/Meiotic drive? Apply to the
@ZandersLab
! SaraH is an amazing mentor,
@ScienceStowers
is like Disneyland for scientists, the training experience in the lab is just incredible, and there’s always cake! 🎂
We are hiring folks that want to work on the good stuff: sex/meiosis/conflict/wtf/meiotic drive/etc. Welcome applications from any level, but particularly technicians
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Today, I got the opportunity to share my research with a lot of amazing scientists from
@IUBloomington
! Thank you
@chicaScientific
for the invitation. I learned so much and had a blast sharing my research with you all! 👩🏽🔬
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On my way to Duke for the
@DukeLeaders
symposium! can’t wait to visit and catch up with old friends and meet some new ones!! See you soon
@Carlos_parq
@cdenningjannace
!! 😄
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So proud of Jimena Luque, awesome undergraduate in the Murray Lab, for sharing her research about chromosome segregation at the
@harvardmed
New England Science Symposium! 🥇 She won 1st prize for her poster presentation!!! 🎉🎉🎉
@MCB_Harvard
@HarvardMSI
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Thank you to all of the meiosis community for making conference so amazing! Can’t believe it’s over! what am I supposed to do now on Thursday mornings? Thanks
@cohen_lab
and
@katiebillmyre
! It’s always a pleasure and a privilege to work alongside you.
#meiosisinquarantine
has drawn to a close. Thanks so much to
@Cornell
's incomparable Paula Cohen
@iPaula01
and her co-organizers (
@katiebillmyre
and
@MariangeBravo
and James Bender). It has been fantastic to connect to the meiosis community every week. 😍
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@lcgunam
@StowersGrad
@HHMINEWS
@EvolvingMurray
@ZandersLab
@SusanRosenberg8
Looking forward to recruiting amazing scientists to join my lab next year! Interested in our research? Contact me!
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#GRCmolevolution
was a fantastic conference! It was exciting to meet new scientists and catch up with old friends. I learned about super cool science, but I’m ready to go back to the
@ZandersLab
and do experiments to understand more about wtf genes
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Thrilled to be part of this group of postdocs and super excited about presenting my research
@UofUGenetics
!!
#RiSinGG
✨✨✨
We are excited to announce our first annual Rising Stars in Genetics and Genomics symposium (RiSinGG!) on May 11-12, 2022. We are excited to highlight the awesome science of these really talented postdocs. Please join us for two days of exciting science and food!
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Very grateful to the many people that helped me get here:
@lcgunam
,
@StowersGrad
,
@HHMINEWS
, and MOMY2022. Special thanks to my postdoc advisor (
@EvolvingMurray
), my PhD advisor (
@ZandersLab
), and my undergraduate advisor (
@SusanRosenberg8
) for their endless support and guidance.
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Check out the awesome new preprint from
@ZandersLab
describing how the Wtf proteins can selectively kill cells (even outside gametogenesis)! (Hint: toxic aggregate sequestration is involved)
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No, Mexico is incredible always! 🇲🇽
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Centromeres, Spindles, and Mitosis! Awesome talks by
@KunchalaPreethi
@SarahEGilmour
and Snow Zhou!
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☺️
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Cool new research from
@GrantKinsler
@PetrovADmitri
! Congrats! Fitness variation across subtle environmental perturbations reveals local modularity and global pleiotropy of adaptation
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Tips and tricks for success in science from the
@MBLScience
Molecular mycology course!
#MOMY2022
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Congratulations to the 2023 Early Career Leadership Program Cohort! via
@GeneticsGSA
so many familiar faces!!
@PravruthaRaman
@jessiemacalpine
@SarahEGilmour
🤩🤩
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What an amazing GRS! Thank you Michelle Hays(from
@HarmitMalik
lab) and
@dmfitz424
for putting this seminar together and also for inviting fantastic faculty
@AnnaSelmecki
@HittingerLab
@DukeHeitman
#GRCmolevolution
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APPLY TO GIVE A TALK AT THE MEIOSIS GRS 2022!!!!
@MariangeBravo
and I are excited to be chairing the Meiosis GRS for trainees- June 4th & 5th, 2022! It is a great opportunity to interact with fellow trainees and present your work. We are honored to have
@NeedhiBhalla
as our keynote this year! You don't want to miss it.
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New paper from the Hawley lab about assembly and disassembly of the SC in D. melanogaster
@ScienceStowers
Stacie Hughes, PhD, has published her work on the synaptonemal complex in
#Drosophila
females in
@PLOS
Genetics today. Hughes is a senior research specialist in the Hawley Lab who collaborated with our
#Microscopy
& Electron Microscopy centers.
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🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩
All
#SRC
speakers are invited to present in tandem with trainees from their labs
This October,
@HarmitMalik
and postdoc
@PravruthaRaman
from
@fredhutch
will co-present: Genetic innovation in centromeric histone H3 (cenH3) variants
Register by Oct 19th:
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Yesterday was March and tomorrow is New Year’s Eve 🤯
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Applications are open for the Hanna H. Gray Fellows program! Apply! It’s an incredible opportunity to join a very supportive and diverse group of scientists! 👩🏽🔬
Applications are OPEN through December 1, 2021 for the next round of the
#HannaGrayFellows
Program. Learn more and please spread the word! More info here:
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Tetrad dissections! 👩🏽🔬
Name something that 𝙞𝙨𝙣'𝙩 an Olympic sport, but 𝙛𝙚𝙚𝙡𝙨 like an Olympic sport 🤔
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One of my favorite things about
#meiosisinquarantine
is that I get to meet so many of my scientific heroes 👩🔬 👨🔬
I was so engrossed in
#meiosisinquarantine
this morning, that I forgot to Tweet!! Another all-star line up with some of the heavy hitters in meiosis - thank you for some fantastic talks!
#meiosis4eva
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