Elizabeth Finn
@lysine_rich
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Geneticist. I study how the genome is organized in cells, and how cells use it to make decisions. When not in lab, find me at the circus.
Joined September 2011
This is so little and also so much. Ramping up was slow but we have some DNA FISH probes ready to go. Can’t wait for the first “real” Finn Lab data. Relatedly: gotta get my act together and the analytical pipelines up and running.
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In related news, my first job opening is up (for a research technician position). Apply here if that's you: https://t.co/i1AvdT2BAm Or DM me if you're interested in joining the Finn lab but overqualified for that one; more postings are soon to come!
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Today's rite of passage: having a marine biologist ask to work with me, possibly because they think I work with fish, the critters, instead of doing FISH, the technique.
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We are so thrilled to welcome Elizabeth Finn to the Cell Cycle & Cancer Biology program at the Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation. She will make us a better department and we will do our best to help her excel!
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Also, feeling simultaneously thrilled and a little embarrassed that my parents drove out to celebrate with me my first day @OMRF. @BotJunkie’s parents even sent flowers!
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Day 1: Need to get busy to fill this empty lab space with people & science.
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I feel like this is peak new PI: working on a grant from home because my desk and office chair have not yet arrived but the deadline doesn’t care about that.
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Needles give me panic attacks, but I get silly excited about how cool mRNA vaccines are, so (1) this was definitely worth it and (2) it got me in the pharmacy for my flu shot, which was probably also worth it.
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Trying to build better “work-life balance” and so far I’ve achieved: only working a couple hours a day while technically on break between positions.
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I fully expected to tear up at the farewell party last night; glad I kept my composure. @NCITomMisteli has been an exceptional mentor and role model. I’ll miss the whole Misteli lab a ton. But I’m beyond excited to start something new!
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Excited to share our work developing experimental strategies for deep learning models to decipher how DNA sequence informs 3D genome folding! Our study points to understudied links between repetitive elements and chromatin organization. Link: https://t.co/CtcU7EbjMS (1/12)
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Our sequential constricted migration Hi-C paper is finally published! Thanks for all the hard work @Rosela_Golloshi @zeroNDone @CPlayter17 @TFF_Bio, and thanks to BioRxiv for hosting our results while we waded through the long peer review process!
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So very glad that this is seeing the light of day, hope it can be a good resource for other people wanting to do quantitative imaging to study genome organization:
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But in all seriousness, I am ecstatic to have the opportunity to start my own lab at @OMRF! Can’t wait to start my next chapter.
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Guess this means I need to start using this platform like a real adult:
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What if you could pull on chromatin in a living cell to understand what that material is like? It's a similar question to the one Maxime Dahan, @CoulonLab and @FachinettiLab asked me when they interviewed me for a postdoc to do just that.
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Lawmakers v. The Scientific Realities of Human Reproduction | @NEJM
nejm.org
The editors strongly condemn the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision to abolish longstanding legal protections by reversing Roe v. Wade.
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Nice uncoupling of transcription from chromatin regulation -
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Not saying I’m predictable BUT I also don’t think anyone is surprised that I am spending the morning of my wedding on a ridiculous art project that has so far involved a circus rig, a tractor, and a lot of hot glue.
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