I am so pleased to share some happy news, despite these uncertain times - this coming fall, I'll be joining @UMassLowell as an assistant professor of @UML_Biology!. Stay tuned for Lee lab updates on chromatin, longevity, epigenetics, and of course, #celegans!

RT @labonnelab: Some journals are claiming that you need to pay big $$ for gold open access to comply with NIH's new public access policy.….

Time for the 3rd annual summer Mondoux-Lee-Vieux mind-meld! (just more proof that worm-friends are the best friends🪱🤗).New PI Karl-Frederic Vieux hosted Michelle Mondoux & the Lee lab at WPI for a day full of fun, facility tours, burgers, and SO many talks about gametogenesis!

I loved having this convo with @GeneticsGSA's Early Career Leadership program! These trainees had insightful questions about leading a team & navigating a research career 🙌.

RT @MicrobioJess: Check out my incredible colleague @snickclunk's new @GeneticsGSA Leadership Dialogue interview on her journey across dive….

After #worm25 comes a Katz lab & friends reunion in Napa Valley, enjoying the great weather & wine & company! 🪱🍷 Featuring new PIs @bscarp84 & Jadiel Wasson who enjoy never giving their former PI a break from the shenanigans when he takes a lil wine nap in the shade.

The Lee lab's back from #worm25 with new friends, new tips, and new ideas. another epic meeting in the books! .Thanks to those who came by to hear about our latest work (Tahreem & Marybeth were super busy at their posters!). Can't wait to catch up with everyone at #worm27!!!

Catching up with documenting #worm25! Here, the worm public eagerly awaits the Worm Show with beverages courtesy of genetics-friend S. cerevisiae. 🪱🍻

A wormy tradition is the trading of meeting badges at the last night party 🪱🎉 I know I've made it as a PI bc #worm25 is the first time a trainee specifically asked for mine!.Meet @foodskop (aka Kareem in @dr_ohsopretty lab), Rachel (aka Gio SG), & Mike (aka Stefan Taubert).

Worm folks are the best folks!!! And the proof lies in the twenty year tradition of WORM SHOW on the last night (all thanks to the heroic efforts of celebrity hosts Morris Maduro and Curtis Loer 🙌) .🪱🪱🪱🪱🪱🪱🪱

#worm25 is greatly missing the enthusiasm of Ethan Ewe at this meeting! He gave a great virtual talk this morning, featuring a hot-off-the-presses story from his postdoc with @OdedRechavi 🤩.He's also applying for faculty jobs this cycle, so keep an eye out for his application!

Hitched a ride to the #worm25 poster session last night with Villenueve lab folks and Villenueve lab F2 @CahoonCori, and lookit what we found in the parking lot! 🪱🪱🪱

"Meiosis is mysterious and dangerous." 🧬🪱. #worm25 gets to celebrate our keynote speaker Anne Villenueve! She was introduced by JoAnne Engebrecht for her creativity, clarity, & compassion, along with the many contributions her lab has made to chromosome biology. 🙌

What a treat! #worm25 gets to hear the latest Nobel laureates, Victor Ambrose & Gary Ruvkin, reflect on discovering microRNAs, our supportive worm community, and the impact of curiosity-driven science. 🪱🎉.@LCochella is moderating, but once they get going, they're on a roll!

What a great first night catching up with everyone at #worm25!. If you're planning for tomorrow, consider our workshop: Gio Silva-Garcia & I have invited 5 folks who think differently about health and aging (incl @DrAndreaScharf). We promise you'll leave with new ideas! 🤓🪱

I always love #worm25 CGC updates! But spread this reminder (*esp* in this funding climate): CREDIT THE CGC on papers! 🪱 Let's keep the CGC around forever:."Some strains were provided by the CGC, which is funded by NIH Office of Research Infrastructure Programs (P40 OD010440).".

We're psyched to share our posters with #worm25!.🔵 Sun, Tahreem tells our latest story on DAF-12 germline-to-soma signaling & transgen heterochromatin accumulation (coming soon to a preprint near you!)🙌.🔵Tues, Marybeth will show some new-to-the-lab transcriptomic analysis🧬

Good early morning #worm25!! The Lee lab is en route to California for grad students Tahreem & Marybeth's first-ever worm meeting 🪱🪱🪱.Are we completely awake? No!.Are we super excited to see worm friends very soon? Yes! 🥳

Worm friends finding each other at #2025ICDB! 🤗🪱.

Loved this workshop at #2025ICDB, where @BeccaCalisi & @KAlicea_PhD helped us understand that the best way to combat misinfo is to have a dialogue & start with curiosity (instead of correction). 💪 Thanks to @RogersLabUCD & @theodosn for pushing us beyond our comfort zones!

Time for #2025ICDB awards! Kudos to Joaquin Navajas Acedo (MadS100tist elsewhere) for his advocacy for science and inclusion but also for being hilarious, thoughtful, and the most online. 🤩🔥.His message? Resist & give 'em hell, b/c strength lies in community & diversity 💪🙌