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Devi Swain Lenz PhD

@devjanee.bsky.social
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Director Duke Sequencing & Genomics Tech / Asst Prof MGM / cis-regulatory evolution / DEI / Mama / she | her / daughter of immigrants / wearer of many hats, owner of one head / posts my own

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 27/01/2026
if bovino is out and conservatives are turning on noem then there is a real opportunity to demand that miller resign too.
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Chris Hayes @chrislhayes.bsky.social · 24/01/2026
I genuinely think boycotting the World Cup is some of the strongest leverage the Europeans have.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 24/01/2026
"They say they're coming to save us from some evil? They're talking about our neighbors who take care of us ... Alex was murdered while he was helping. Mr Rogers said look for the helpers, & right now the helpers have a target on our forehead ... Mr Rogers would be here right now too, so I'm here."
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sarah jeong @sarahjeong.bsky.social · 08/01/2026
The sheer number of videos of the shooting is horrific, but in the vein of what @prisonculture.bsky.social has been saying, it proves how many people cared enough to show up where ICE was and record them. It wasn't just one or two legal observers, and when Good was shot, they didn't abandon her.
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Devi Swain Lenz PhD @devjanee.bsky.social · 09/01/2026
Okay I 100% needed this right now
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Eliot Higgins @eliothiggins.bsky.social · 08/01/2026
For those keeping score, Bellingcat, The New York Times Visual Investigation Team, & Washington Post's Visual Forensic team have all published analysis showing the ICE shooter wasn't in the path of Renee Nicole Good’s vehicle when he shot her, contradicting statements by the President & his cronies
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Tressie McMillan Cottom @tressiemcphd.bsky.social · 08/01/2026
Remembering today that having your heart broken is a necessary step on the path to becoming fully human. Whichever heartbreak is your first, it’s probably critical that a state break your heart so that you can develop a political imagination. If this is your first, I’m sorry and also welcome.
A 35 year old letter to the editor, written by a very ballsy 15 year old, about the Rodney King verdict.
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Devi Swain Lenz PhD @devjanee.bsky.social · 19/11/2025
I’m so proud to be a part of the Durham community that’s showing up to protect our children at DPS. While walking the kids to school and to join our local care team, we saw this beautiful symbol 🌈
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Jason “Obstacle to Progress” Williams @jasonwilliamsny.bsky.social · 25/09/2025
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/
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An Open Letter to U.S. STEM Leadership on the NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program
An Open Letter to U.S. STEM Leadership on the NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program
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Devi Swain Lenz PhD @devjanee.bsky.social · 05/09/2025
We unequivocally had the greatest cohort of graduate students of all time and space 😘
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Carl Zimmer @carlzimmer.com · 02/09/2025
Yesterday the president demanded that evidence about Covid vaccines be shown to the public. Today @apoorvanyt.bsky.social & I run through some of the studies made public over the past 4+ years that show that the vaccines work. Gift link: nyti.ms/46k17Tq
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Fernando Villanea @fervillanea.bsky.social · 21/08/2025
Our paper on the evolution of MUC19 in humans, Neanderthals, and Denisovans is finally out today in Science! This has been a six-year effort by 13 authors to weave together 3 separate but related evolutionary stories around this one gene (more on thread 🧵). www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
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The MUC19 gene: An evolutionary history of recurrent introgression and natural selection
We study the gene MUC19, for which some modern humans carry a Denisovan-like haplotype. MUC19 is a mucin, a glycoprotein that forms gels with various biological functions. We find diagnostic variants ...
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Carl Zimmer @carlzimmer.com · 13/08/2025
I get it, rabbits with tentacles on their face are freaky! But this isn't a "And so it begins" moment. Actually, this is where the HPV vaccine came from. Here's an excerpt from my book "A Planet of Viruses" that explains it. www.wfsb.com/2025/08/09/r... & gizmodo.com/rabbits-with...
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Rabbits spotted with tentacle-like growths on their faces
When some neighbors noticed the rabbits, “cute” wasn’t exactly the word that came to mind.
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Denis Wirtz @deniswirtz.bsky.social · 11/08/2025
These are the most challenging times for early-career scientists and engineers. My team is doing its bit to help by maintaining and even expanding our database of funding opportunities for early-career researchers. We found 437 of them. Download it freely here: research.jhu.edu/rdt/funding-...
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Jeffrey Ross-Ibarra @jrossibarra.bsky.social · 11/08/2025
Our paper showing that variation in transcription factor binding sites underlies the majority of additive genetic variance for phenotypic variation in maize is finally out! Sadly they didn't use our suggested cover image below (made by the inimitable Andi Kur). www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Devi Swain Lenz PhD @devjanee.bsky.social · 11/08/2025
I received my S15 NoA for the @sptlabtech.bsky.social firefly+ housed in SGT! 🎉 This little bug will streamline miniaturized preps to stretch tightening budgets
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Sequencing and Genomic Technologies | Duke University School of Medicine
Sequencing and Genomic Technologies (SGT) is a basic science research core affiliated with the Duke Cancer Institute (DCI) that offers a full range of state-of-the-art genomic services.
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Jeff Lewis @lewislab.bsky.social · 08/08/2025
In my small corner of biology, I’m constantly reassured by how frequently we confirm main findings. And then when differences do show up, they very rarely end up being fraud, but instead tell us something important about differences in experimental design.
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10x Genomics @10xgenomics.bsky.social · 07/08/2025
This acquisition will bring together two pioneering companies with a shared vision: to make single cell analysis more powerful, affordable and accessible to researchers worldwide. Learn more: bit.ly/4mAWAS8
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Duke University School of Medicine @dukemedschool.bsky.social · 15/07/2025
Research led by Duke's Virginia Byers Kraus, MD, PhD, shows that key proteins in the ankles are similar to those used by salamanders to regenerate severed limbs and might hold the key to a new therapeutic approach for joint disease. ➡️ corporate.dukehealth.org/news/ankles-... #AcademicSky #MedSky
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Ankles Might Point the Way to Cartilage Repair in Osteoarthritis
DURHAM, N.C. – The ankle’s ability to regenerate cartilage uses the same mechanisms that enable some animals to grow new limbs, and it could be harnessed to repair cartilage in knees and hips hobbled ...
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Drug Monkey @drugmonkey.bsky.social · 24/07/2025
"NIH has ..implemented a new policy requiring that at least one-half of the remaining funds for competing research project grants (RPGs) in FY 2025 be used to upfront fund RPG competing awards. Upfront funding provides the funding for all years of the approved project period .. from one fiscal year"
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Carl Zimmer @carlzimmer.com · 18/07/2025
Scenes from a science crisis: a selection of recent developments 🧵1/6
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Maitreya Dunham @maitreya.bsky.social · 11/07/2025
Genome Sciences is looking for a Director of Departmental Computing. This is a rare opportunity for someone interested in leading our excellent IT team, building and maintaining computational infrastructure, and working closely with our faculty and labs uwhires.admin.washington.edu/ENG/candidat...
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UW Human Resources
University of Washington Human Resources
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Brady Klopfer @bradyklopfer.bsky.social · 26/06/2025
11/10 social media work by the Durham Bulls
Tweet from the Durham Bulls that reads "Y'all means all. #PrideNight"Tweet from a user saying "Please delete," and Durham Bulls responding "No."Tweet from a user saying, "Actually, no it does not! Stop dividing people." with a response from the Durham Bulls saying, "Inclusion's actually the exact opposite of division"Tweet from someone saying "Maybe don't promote gay sex to children?" with the Durham Bulls responding, "Okay, sexyman159861581242902587231848675309"
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Annie Waldman @anniewaldman.bsky.social · 16/06/2025
After ruling the NIH grant terminations illegal, Judge Young ended the hearing with an eye-opening speech. “This represents racial discrimination, and discrimination against America’s LGBTQ community. That's what this is. I would be blind not to call it out. My duty is to call it out. And I do so.”
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Jeffrey Ross-Ibarra @jrossibarra.bsky.social · 10/06/2025
Look folks, I know pangenomes are cool. But for the love of whatever, could you please PLEASE stop using the phrase "soft core" to describe genes that are present in most but not all individuals in your pangenome?
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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 09/06/2025
i personally do not think the administration is actually prepared for what happens if they are facing mass protests in every major city in the country
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Elizabeth Warren @warren.senate.gov · 09/06/2025
RFK Jr.‘s extreme anti-vax views — and his related conflicts of interest — were a huge problem during his confirmation process. So he promised not to change the vaccine advisory panel. Today, he fired every single expert on that panel. It's a public health disaster.
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RFK Jr. ousts entire CDC vaccine advisory committee
Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has removed every member of a scientific committee that advises the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on how to use vaccines.
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Dr. Lucky Tran @luckytran.com · 09/06/2025
"We are speaking on behalf of hundreds of NIH staff who are standing up together to say: WE DISSENT. I am so scared about doing this but I am trying to be brave for my kids because it's only gonna get harder to speak up." Thank you to Dr. Jenna Norton and NIH scientists for your courage!
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Devi Swain Lenz PhD @devjanee.bsky.social · 04/06/2025
Our Revio is named Barb after Barbara McLintock whom I’m convinced would’ve been super excited about long reads
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Catharine.Aquino @catharineaquino.bsky.social · 28/05/2025
I’m very happy to share our latest ABRF - Genomics ResearchGroup study “The impact of PCR duplication on RNAseq data generated using NovaSeq 6000, NovaSeq X, AVITI, and G4 sequencers,” is now published in Genome Biology! genomebiology.biomedcentral.com/articles/10....
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Ebony Elizabeth Thomas @ebonyteach.blacksky.app · 16/05/2025
At yesterday’s University of Michigan Regents meeting, I was promoted to full professor, effective July 1. 🎆 Full professor is the highest rank in US academia. 26% of faculty are full. Among those, 4% are Black; 2% BW. Started my PhD 20 years ago this fall. What a journey! A fantastic voyage.
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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 12/05/2025
as someone who lives nextdoor to both supportive housing and public housing, i need people to understand that the best locations for both are going to be the central neighborhoods in a metropolitan area, where there is easy and reliable access to services and jobs.
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Adam Phillippy @aphillippy.bsky.social · 12/05/2025
NIH is allowing us to recruit postbacs and postdocs again. Please reach out if you are interested in working with us! Ad: genomeinformatics.github.io/jobs2025/
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We are looking for postbacs and postdocs!
Join our team and contribute to the development of complete, personalized “telomere-to-telomere” (T2T) genome assemblies and the analysis of previously inaccessible regions of the genome! We are curre...
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Amy Goldberg @amygoldberg.bsky.social · 13/03/2025
Last call—hiring for my lab moving to UCLA!
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Harmit Singh Malik @harmitmalik.bsky.social · 09/05/2025
RFK Jr has already shown that he considers autistic Americans to be much less worthy of existence. Now he is planning a big database of autistic individuals in the US, never mind that this is a gross violation of privacy laws. Recall that a similar effort was carried out in 1930’s Germany.
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Kate Starbird @katestarbird.bsky.social · 04/05/2025
Thinking about devastating cuts to NSF: US gov-funded science has been the engine upon which most of the tech wealth was generated. But the oligarchs (currently hoarding much of that $) think it’s their own brilliance & not the accident of standing close to the scientific engine that made them rich.
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Ryan Z Friedman, PhD @rfriedman22.bsky.social · 08/01/2025
My thesis work on active machine learning to model regulatory DNA is now out in Cell Systems! We answer the question: When you can synthesize any DNA sequence you want, how do you decide which ones are worth testing? www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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Devi Swain Lenz PhD @devjanee.bsky.social · 04/05/2025
A much needed celebration of science 🧬
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Dr. Lucky Tran @luckytran.com · 02/05/2025
The Human Genome Project cost taxpayers $3 Billion. Two decades on, it has generated a staggering return on investment of $1 Trillion, with benefits in medicine, agriculture, energy, the environment, & more. If you want to boost the economy, funding science is one of the best things you could do.
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Dannagal Goldthwaite Young @dannagal.bsky.social · 02/05/2025
Your regular reminder that NSF grants built the internet and helped the U.S. dominate tech.
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Devi Swain Lenz PhD @devjanee.bsky.social · 02/05/2025
Does this mean we get reimbursed for three month seaside vacations?
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Nature @nature.com · 24/04/2025
Scientists must push back against the threat of rising white nationalism and the dangerous and pseudoscientific ideas of eugenics go.nature.com/4jGqiUc
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Eugenics is on the rise again: human geneticists must take a stand
Scientists must push back against the threat of rising white nationalism and the dangerous and pseudoscientific ideas of eugenics.
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Hillary Rodham Clinton @hillaryclinton.bsky.social · 24/04/2025
This is your regular reminder that executive orders are not royal decrees. Because America has no king.
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GunnyJKJ @gunnyjkj.bsky.social · 19/04/2025
History always has a lesson.
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The New Yorker @newyorker.com · 19/04/2025
ICE officers are now reportedly required to meet arrest quotas each day, from a few hundred to between 1,200 and 1,500 nationwide. Jonathan Blitzer reports on the mystery of the agency’s unidentifiable arrests.
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The Mystery of ICE’s Unidentifiable Arrests
In early March, the agency announced that it had arrested forty-eight people in New Mexico—a month later, their identities and whereabouts remain unknown.
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Emma Mitchell @silverpebble2.bsky.social · 18/04/2025
The first posy in a thimble I made, to lift my mood during the pandemic. The flowers are all real. When humans look at plants (even on a screen as here) we recover from stress 60% more quickly & the relaxation response is triggered in our brains. Zoom in if you're strung out🌿
A very small (real) flower arrangement in a thimble including forget me nots , lily of the valley, buttercup, geum, chive flower bud, snowberry, green alkanet…
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