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Dr. Karmella Haynes

@drkhaynes.bsky.social
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Epigenetic bioengineer (academic), consultant for bold science, writing coach. My stream: science thoughts with random food pics #academicwriting #synbio #epigenetics drkarmellahaynes.com

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Dr. Karmella Haynes @drkhaynes.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Re: the panic about the new #NIH policy to mute merit scores at the money-granting stage … who’s going to tell them that this has already been happening, especially to marginalized folks? Lower scoring grants have been awarded while skipping over higher scoring ones.
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Dr. Karmella Haynes @drkhaynes.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Manuscript revision is launched. New AfroBiotech funds are approved and in progress. Celebrating by sipping on Chardonnay at a dive bar, watching fat-bear TV broadcast by the National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social A very nice moment in the midst of … everything.
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Dr. Karmella Haynes @drkhaynes.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
We are still doing representation and inclusion work and we are not going to stop until the work is done. #DEI
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Dr. Karmella Haynes @drkhaynes.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
The chromatin staining experiment Finally. F*cking. Worked. 😵‍💫 The hilarious part: we made a H3K27me3 specific GFP fusion that works in live cells, avoiding artifacts from fixing & staining. The reviewer asked that we show the probe tracking w/ antibody signal, which requires fixing & staining. 🙄
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Dr. Karmella Haynes @drkhaynes.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Chatbot: You seem to relate with Cordelia Cupp, who is quirky and eccentric. Me: Eccentric? She seems normal to me. Chatbot: 😄 I think it suggests that your baseline for “normal human behavior” includes considerably more independent thinking than the average television character’s does. Me: 🤨
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Dr. Karmella Haynes @drkhaynes.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
Cordelia Cupp is my new series bestie #TheResidence. Shut up everyone, the lady who knows WTF she’s talking about is speaking. 👏🏾 I’ve had to step away from Carmy from #TheBear for a minute, my previous spirit character, until Disney sorts itself out.
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Uzo Aduba Says So Good for Elle
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Dr. Karmella Haynes @drkhaynes.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
Carmy is a lab PI. Struggling PIs who are still working at the bench and also watch(ed) The Bear know exactly what I’m talking about. #lifeoflabPI #thebear
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AfroBiotech @afrobiotech.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
I hear that AfroBiotech might be headed to New Orleans in 2027 👀. And maybe at a certain university with a legendary history of educating Black scientists and health professionals 👀 👀. Nothing official yet, but we’re talking. #AfroBiotech2027
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Dr. Karmella Haynes @drkhaynes.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
Random roadside squash vine spotted by a neighbor today!
Squash vine growing in the soil between a pedestrian sidewalk and a vehicle roadway with two cars passing by.
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Dr. Karmella Haynes @drkhaynes.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
Ya’ll 🥹🤓🥳 Wordle 1,889 1/6 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩
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Dr. Karmella Haynes @drkhaynes.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
I love dining at the bar, but nothing makes me say “check please” faster than a social media influencer sitting next to me, propping their phone/ camera up, announcing where they are to whatever audience, and ordering a margarita with a sugar rim. 🙄
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Dr. Karmella Haynes @drkhaynes.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
That MIRA R35 summary statement stung. “15 years and no tenure/ promotion” ignoring my institutional move and COVID. I’ve spent a long time participating in a professional ecosystem that has been better at extracting my labor than investing in my advancement. #blackinacademia
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Dr. Karmella Haynes @drkhaynes.bsky.social · 18/07/2026
My latest favorite thing about the airport is that I don’t have to see Kristi Noem’s face on the TSA announcement screen anymore.
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Dr. Karmella Haynes @drkhaynes.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
At the end of his PhD defense my wonderful trainee said that he hoped to become a PI some day. My face: ☺️. My inner voice: 😳 mannnnn I don’t know if you want this life.
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Manon Manon Katseye
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Dr. Karmella Haynes @drkhaynes.bsky.social · 05/07/2026
Made myself a little pulled bbq pork from slow-cooked pork shoulder just to keep it a little festive in my single lady home. I put it on a toasted ciabatta bun with some caramelized onions. I added some home-made cabbage slaw with vinegar-mayo dressing and sweet pepper relish. Happy July 4th!
Black dinner plate with: Cabbage Cole slaw (left), barbecue pulled pork with caramelized onions on a toasted ciabatta bun (right).Black dinner plate with: Cabbage Cole slaw (left), barbecue pulled pork with caramelized onions on a toasted ciabatta bun (right). Silver fork (right).
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Dr. Karmella Haynes @drkhaynes.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
A flurry of chemical activity as bacteria resist destruction might be hiding under the radar … but not for long. Congrats Dr. Johnson! Looking forward to the cool work that will come from this project! #fundboldscience @blackinmicro.bsky.social
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Dr. Karmella Haynes @drkhaynes.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
While venting to my Chatbot about administrative pressures to act on things I literally have no control of, the Chatbot validated my frustration and quipped “Nine women can’t make a baby in one month.” 🤣🤣🤣 #academia
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Dr. Karmella Haynes @drkhaynes.bsky.social · 20/06/2026
Red drink for #Juneteenth!
Woman wearing black glasses sipping a red margarita, rimmed with black salt, through a red straw. Red drinks are part of Juneteenth celebration tradition.A red margarita, rimmed with black salt, next to nacho chips and salsa. Red drinks are part of Juneteenth celebration tradition.
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Dr. Karmella Haynes @drkhaynes.bsky.social · 17/06/2026
Ya’ll! 🤣
A photograph of the blue and white tarp covering the area where Donald Trump’s name was removed (via court order) from the entrance of the Kennedy Center for the Arts. The words “Donald J Trump Memorial Butthurt Curtain” have been digitally added to the photo as a humorous jab at the Trump administration’s unexplained hesitance to remove the tarp.
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Dr. Karmella Haynes @drkhaynes.bsky.social · 07/06/2026
I love that Alzo Slade has taken on the prestigious position of the @npr.org Wait Wait Don’t Tell Me announcer and score keeper! At the same time I’ll miss Bill Curtis’ voice … “so rich that it makes you sign a prenup.”
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Dr. Karmella Haynes @drkhaynes.bsky.social · 03/06/2026
The saddest twist on the anti-DEI crusade is that it turns out to *not* actually benefit talented, qualified White people. Take a look at Trump’s appointees. But people who know what’s up understand why. It’s not about merit, it’s about tribalism and loyalty.
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elizabethginexi.bsky.social @elizabethginexi.bsky.social · 29/05/2026
Calling all Scientists! Research Administrators! Deans! Fans of Science! No one is coming to save us. Here is your assignment. I have written a step by step, easy to understand "how-to" document to help you comment on the proposed OMB rule. elizabethginexi.substack.com/p/what-we-ne...
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What We Need to do NEXT: OMB’s Proposed Federal Financial Assistance Rule (OMB 2026-10817)
What OMB’s Proposed Federal Financial Assistance Rule Means in Practice
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Dr. Karmella Haynes @drkhaynes.bsky.social · 30/05/2026
Science people 🚨Here is your assignment. 1. Read Ginexi’s substack. You will learn what the new “politicians have the final say on grants” policy is and how leaving an original detailed public comment with effectively flood the zone. 2. Leave your comment here: www.regulations.gov/document/OMB...
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Dr. Karmella Haynes @drkhaynes.bsky.social · 25/05/2026
A reflective and inspiring Decoration Day to all #decorationday #memorialday
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Dr. Karmella Haynes @drkhaynes.bsky.social · 24/05/2026
New genomics data are on their way to the public realm! GEO entry coming soon. One step closer to predictable epigenetic reprogramming of human cells using engineered chromatin proteins. #epigenetics #synbio Lunch: home made Thai-inspired basil fried rice topped with a fried egg over easy.
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Dr. Karmella Haynes @drkhaynes.bsky.social · 23/05/2026
My cancellation note to Paramount Plus: “With Colbert’s cancellation from CBS, I suspect that Paramount Plus is becoming a propaganda puppet for Dictator Miracle Ear. I am not interested in paying to be lied to.”
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Dr. Karmella Haynes @drkhaynes.bsky.social · 19/05/2026
I voted today!
Smiling lady with black glasses wearing a black shirt with yellow text that reads “Imagine being scared of diversity but not dictatorship.” Her shirt also has a Georgia voter’s sticker that reads “I secured my vote.”
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Dr. Karmella Haynes @drkhaynes.bsky.social · 09/05/2026
It is my honor to “hood” two STEM PhDs, Cancer Biology (left) and Biomedical Engineering (right), today at the #EmoryCommencement ceremony. As a first-gen URM PhD myself it is especially exciting to bestow this hard-earned title to two black women scientists #blackinSTEM
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Dr. Karmella Haynes @drkhaynes.bsky.social · 07/05/2026
About to “hood” my first Emory/ GA Tech Biomedical Engineering PhD graduate at the GA Tech c/o 2026 PhD ceremony! @gatechengineers.bsky.social #gatechgraduation2026 #blackinSTEM
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Dr. Karmella Haynes @drkhaynes.bsky.social · 14/04/2026
New preprint! Adipocyte signals trigger stress-adaptive, growth-promoting states in TNBC via metabolic+epigenetic changes. Congrats to 1st author Dr. Ashley (Townsel) Kelly & collaborators Dr. M. Kemp & Dr. C. Henry. #BreastCancer #Epigenetics #SystemsBio khayneslab.wordpress.com/2026/04/14/r...
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Research – bioRxiv – Early Epigenetic and Metabolic Responses to the Adipocyte Secretome Reveal Stress-Adaptive States in Triple-Negative Breast Cancer
Early Epigenetic and Metabolic Responses to the Adipocyte Secretome Reveal Stress-Adaptive States in Triple-Negative Breast CancerTownsel A, Jaffe M, He S, Wu Y, Ingram A, Tipton M, Kemp M, Henry C…
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AfroBiotech @afrobiotech.bsky.social · 11/04/2026
Captain Victor Glover, yes you did that! 🚀 🙌🏾 And in the same week Dr. Josephine Allen and colleagues dropped this fire article in NPJ Microgravity on supporting inclusive space travel biomedical research!!! 🤩 www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Left: Captain Victor Glover of the Artemis II crew, who returned to Earth on April 8, 2026. Right: Dr. Josephine Allen, co-author of “A cohort intervention to boost space health grant funding success for researchers from historically minoritized groups: 2022–2023” published in NPJ Microgravity, April 7, 2026.
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Dr. Karmella Haynes @drkhaynes.bsky.social · 01/04/2026
Want to learn synthetic biology in a wet lab & computational lab this summer? The @CSHL synthetic biology summer course is now accepting applications. Deadline: April 10, 2026 meetings.cshl.edu/courses.aspx... #learnsynbio
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Synthetic Biology
Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Meetings & Courses -- a private, non-profit institution with research programs in cancer, neuroscience, plant biology, genomics, bioinformatics.
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Dr. Karmella Haynes @drkhaynes.bsky.social · 28/03/2026
That is one saucy pig. Sitting there like it knows exactly what it’s doing. The “come hither” eyes, little smirk, just daring you to order another round and make questionable decisions. You know what? I trust it.
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Dr. Karmella Haynes @drkhaynes.bsky.social · 28/03/2026
Celebrating my 49th trip around the sun with a tequila cocktail and a fried chicken dinner at the best Peruvian spot in Atlanta, Las Brasas! 🥳🎂
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Dr. Karmella Haynes @drkhaynes.bsky.social · 16/03/2026
K-pop Demon Hunters was awesome! Amazing animation art. I loved it!
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Dr. Karmella Haynes @drkhaynes.bsky.social · 13/03/2026
Let’s start a new trend: grant apps-maxxing. I kind of feel like I’ve already started it.
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Dr. Karmella Haynes @drkhaynes.bsky.social · 13/03/2026
I just learned about a spay and neuter organization in Georgia called “Planned PEThood.” 🤭 pethoodga.org
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Planned PEThood of Georgia | Affordable Pet Care & Rescue Services
Discover affordable pet care services, rescue programs, and ways to get involved with Planned PEThood of Georgia. Help us make a difference for pets in need.
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Dr. Karmella Haynes @drkhaynes.bsky.social · 05/03/2026
Steve Inskeep @npr.org really put Sen. Ron Johnson to task this morning. I loved it. How are you going to back Trump’s war decision 100% but then call Obama’s Syria strike unconstitutional? And as you’d expect Ron circled around the drain with “but Trump … American security … Trump.” #iran
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Dr. Karmella Haynes @drkhaynes.bsky.social · 02/03/2026
A riddle for Prof. Allyson Friedman: what two things do these neurobiologists have in common: Farah Lubin, Antentor Hinton, and Andre Fenton? They’re Black and they each have an h-index higher than yours. abcnews.com/amp/US/hunte...
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Hunter College professor placed on leave amid investigation into her 'abhorrent' Zoom remarks during public school meeting
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Chanda Prescod-Weinstein 🌌 @chanda.blacksky.app · 17/02/2026
I. AM. SOMEBODY. ✊🏽 Rest in Power, Reverend Jesse Jackson. youtu.be/NTVwT3j_zqY?...
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Jesse Jackson’s - Wattstax Music Festival Opening Speech (1972)
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Dr. Karmella Haynes @drkhaynes.bsky.social · 17/02/2026
Trumpism aside, the chemical-resistance approach for genetic engineering of crop plants is just a stupid idea in so many ways. I’ve thought this for 25 years (since grad school).
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Dr. Karmella Haynes @drkhaynes.bsky.social · 09/02/2026
So amped by the Bad Bunny Super Bowl halftime show I started singing “Toro Mata” (the little bit I know) by Celia Cruz. A Peruvian song, yes, but if you know Spanish language anti-colonial music, you know. #superbowl
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Dr. Karmella Haynes @drkhaynes.bsky.social · 09/02/2026
I actually recognized the sample from El Gran Combo de Puerto Rico in the Super Bowl half time show and I am so proud of myself! Flashback to the time I first learned to salsa dance from students from Universidad de Puerto Rico Mayaguez at a summer REU at MIT back in 1998. #superbowl
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Dr. Karmella Haynes @drkhaynes.bsky.social · 07/02/2026
Your black friend or colleague who has nothing to say about Trump’s racist shenanigans today might be numb from quietly dealing with their own adjacent racist(s) who you may have defended by calling them a “nice person.” I don’t want you to feel ashamed, just aware.
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Dr. Karmella Haynes @drkhaynes.bsky.social · 21/01/2026
Once this paycheck hits, I’m putting this on a shirt. #FDT
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Dr. Karmella Haynes @drkhaynes.bsky.social · 17/01/2026
If you can spare a bit of time for one day or several days, consider contributing verifiable public info to wiki.icelist.is. The information is sparse at the moment. It is important for the info to be accurate.
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ICE List Wiki
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Dr. Karmella Haynes @drkhaynes.bsky.social · 14/01/2026
As the US celebrates its 250th year, you’re going to see a lot about George Washington, whose importance is undeniable. Also remember Oney Judge, a woman who secured her own freedom, & her children’s freedom from the enslavement by George & Martha Washington. #goldstandardhistory #USA250
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Dr. Karmella Haynes @drkhaynes.bsky.social · 14/01/2026
@altcdc.altgov.info Thank you for standing strong. I was walking past the CDC campus to Emory and spotted some yellow rubber ducks by the fence, with messages about the new vaccine advisory panel being a bunch of “quacks.” I can send a snapshot. They’re brilliant!
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AfroBiotech @afrobiotech.bsky.social · 10/01/2026
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Dr. Karmella Haynes @drkhaynes.bsky.social · 07/01/2026
Good morning! I’m changing the titles of the inclusion and equity content on my blog to “gold standard science,” while keeping the content the same. I like the ring of it. Thanks RFK Jr! I claim no ownership of this idea, so feel free to copy.
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