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Heini M Natri

@heinimnatri.bsky.social
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Research Assistant Professor within the Division of Bioinnovation and Genome Sciences at the Translational Genomics Research Institute, part of City of Hope. heinin.github.io

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Heini M Natri @heinimnatri.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
“we see three immediate risks of commercialized PGT-P: (1) promotion of selective pronatalism, (2) individualization and commodification of reproduction, and (3) transformation of the moral burdens of parenthood.” www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Embryo screening and the new reproductive divide - Nature Human Behaviour
Nature Human Behaviour - Embryo screening and the new reproductive divide
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Heini M Natri @heinimnatri.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
Am I alone in thinking that 99.9% of all Jason Arday takes are awful and not helpful for anyone except right wing agitators?
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Heini M Natri @heinimnatri.bsky.social · 20/04/2026
First day of AACR: spatial and pups.
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American Society of Human Genetics (ASHG) @geneticssociety.bsky.social · 02/04/2026
@hggadvances.bsky.social's latest article provides systematic evidence that sex-differentiated somatic regulation underlies tumor-intrinsic mechanisms in multiple myeloma, reinforcing the need for sex-aware molecular analyses in precision medicine: bit.ly/4s6j2VE #ASH #HumanGenetics
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Heini M Natri @heinimnatri.bsky.social · 29/03/2026
New publication! Lead by Lori Hogencamp, we present the Evolutionary Stress Framework, a complexity-based model that reframes neurodevelopmental variation as the emergent outcome of stress–energy regulation and predictive processing over time. 1/3
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Kevin Mitchell @wiringthebrain.bsky.social · 24/02/2026
Should biology put complexity first? www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... - excellent essay by @philipcball.bsky.social. I would add epistasis to polygenicity and pleiotropy as a ubiquitous and fundamental phenomenon, not some optional complication that we can try to account for afterwards
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Should biology put complexity first?
The dictum “Everything should be made as simple as possible, but no simpler” poses a problem for biology. How simply can it be told without doing dama…
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Sara Luterman @slooterman.bsky.social · 29/01/2026
Important and alarming autism news from @rosebroderick.bsky.social at @statnews.com www.statnews.com/2026/01/23/k...
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Key autism committee is being reshaped to support Kennedy's vaccine agenda, researchers and advocates fear
Researchers and advocates fear a key autism committee is being reshaped to support Kennedy's vaccine agenda.
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Heini M Natri @heinimnatri.bsky.social · 30/01/2026
I would appreciate if the members of the committee could elaborate and clarify if their goal is truly to “fight against autism”
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Ian Boudreau @ianboudreau.com · 25/01/2026
The idea that America needs to occupy Greenland because we actually care enough about native people and want to build oncology centers is enough to make your head fully explode
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Heini M Natri @heinimnatri.bsky.social · 22/01/2026
www.theatlantic.com/science/2026...
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Science Is Drowning in AI Slop
Peer review has met its match.
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Heini M Natri @heinimnatri.bsky.social · 09/01/2026
I'm happy to share that I will be serving in an ASHG @geneticssociety.bsky.social professional guidance writing group on the participation of people with disabilities in genomics and precision medicine research. 1/2
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ELSIhub | CERA @elsihub.bsky.social · 23/12/2025
Join our January #ELSIFridayForum: how genetic embryo selection is being shaped by commercial incentives, regulatory gaps, and shifting cultural expectations of parenthood. January 9th, 2026; 12pm ET/9am PT Register: www.addevent.com/event/kct18q...
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UT MD Anderson Cancer Center @mdanderson.bsky.social · 22/12/2025
Why are more young adults getting appendix cancer? In the latest Cancerwise podcast episode, our experts explain why this rare cancer is often missed and share the latest treatment advances. Listen now: spr.ly/6014COB7p #EndCancer
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Cancerwise Podcast
MD Anderson's Cancerwise podcast features insights from our experts on cancer diagnosis and treatment, research breakthroughs, and prevention, as well as stories from survivors and caregivers who've faced cancer firsthand.
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Current Biology @currentbiology.bsky.social · 19/12/2025
HAPPY HOLIDAYS TO ALL OF YOU!🎄✨
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Retraction Watch @retractionwatch.com · 17/12/2025
One journal editor in chief called the results “concerning,” while another thought the analysis was looking for problems on purpose.
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‘Elite cohort’ of biz school scholars and editors scratch each others’ backs, study finds
Image: Mohamed Hassan/Pixabay Academics who publish frequently in two top business journals often have prior working relationships with the editors who handle their papers, according to a new analy…
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Heini M Natri @heinimnatri.bsky.social · 16/12/2025
New pathway discovered!
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Awais Aftab @awaisaftab.bsky.social · 11/12/2025
What Other Diagnoses Could Learn From Autism’s Diagnostic Appeal The role of cognitive-perceptual mechanistic explanations A response by Riva Stoudt to my autism differential diagnosis post www.psychiatrymargins.com/p/what-other...
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What Other Diagnoses Could Learn From Autism’s Diagnostic Appeal
The role of cognitive-perceptual mechanistic explanations
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Heini M Natri @heinimnatri.bsky.social · 10/12/2025
💯🙌
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Andrew Grotzinger @andrewgrotzinger.bsky.social · 10/12/2025
1/4 Thrilled to be sharing new work published today in Nature describing the third wave of results from the PGC Cross-Disorder Group. This reflects a massive group effort to examine shared and unique genetic signal across >1 million cases for 14 psychiatric disorders. www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Mapping the genetic landscape across 14 psychiatric disorders - Nature
Genomic analyses applied to 14 childhood- and adult-onset psychiatric disorders identifies five underlying genomic factors that explain the majority of the genetic variance of the individual disorders...
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Heini M Natri @heinimnatri.bsky.social · 02/12/2025
New preprint alert! Drawing from our experiences and observations on two initiatives with participatory aspirations, we have identified challenges, strategies, and recommendations for better and neurodiversity-affirming autism research. 10.13140/RG.2.2.27146.12481 1/
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Gen Wojcik @genandgenes.bsky.social · 02/12/2025
Someone get me (genetic epidemiologist) & my husband (school psychologist) on a podcast bc our rants on these people are...fiery. We spent 5y in the bay around these folks and oh boy. I'm also so sick of these puff pieces that avoid saying plainly what this actually is. Shoddy science for eugenics.
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Heini M Natri @heinimnatri.bsky.social · 01/12/2025
I'm excited to share that I will be participating in the @sitcancer.bsky.social Sparkathon program, class of 2026. I'm looking forward to connecting with the class and the organizers at the Spring Scientific in Tucson! @tgenresearch.bsky.social
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Science Magazine @science.org · 12/11/2025
A #ScienceSignaling study examines the activities of ligand-based #CARTcells and shows they induce proliferative signaling events within target cells, a finding that has implications for the design and application of future CAR T cells in the clinic. scim.ag/47CxSMB
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CSF1R-CAR T cells induce CSF1R signaling and can promote target cell proliferation
Chimeric antigen receptor–stimulated responses in target cells may affect target cell clearance by CAR T cells.
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Heini M Natri @heinimnatri.bsky.social · 14/11/2025
I was interviewed for an article about autism and the gut microbiome published yesterday in @science.org. Check it out! www.science.org/content/arti...
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Research linking gut microbes to autism is deeply flawed, critics say
Amid growing investment in the field, a new paper argues it rests on shaky foundations
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Heini M Natri @heinimnatri.bsky.social · 14/11/2025
What a great webinar featuring @drmbothapsych.bsky.social. An important reminder: dehumanization of autistic people and moral disengagement motivate remediation. pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC...
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Heini M Natri @heinimnatri.bsky.social · 08/11/2025
Our work was highlighted by @jguerriero.bsky.social at #SITC25 today, session "Cellular Therapies for Solid Tumors, Cell Therapies beyond CAR T Cells." Check out the pre-print on BioRxiv! @sitcancer.bsky.social @sgholamin.bsky.social @nebanovich.bsky.social
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Heini M Natri @heinimnatri.bsky.social · 06/11/2025
Excited to be attending my first SITC Annual Meeting! On Friday, Brandon Fischer from @nebanovich.bsky.social will present a poster on some of our work on Chlorotoxin CAR T cells. Check it out! #SITC25
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Society for Immunotherapy of Cancer @sitcancer.bsky.social · 23/10/2025
#SITC25 Science Preview: Examine immune regulatory subsets in tumors with Jennifer Guerriero, PhD, Sergio Quezada, PhD, UCL News, @bcellbruno.bsky.social, Florent Ginhoux, PhD and Aurélien Marabelle, MD, PhD Gustave Roussy 🏥 View session details: ow.ly/TqBo50XgUsp
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Abdel Abdellaoui @dr-appie.bsky.social · 26/03/2025
In every civilization, people end up sorted into levels of socio-economic status (SES). We explore the history, present, and future of scientific research on the complicated relationship between SES and DNA in @naturehumbehav.bsky.social💰🧬🎓 Link: rdcu.be/efacK Thread below 👇🏽
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Sasha Gusev @sashagusevposts.bsky.social · 10/08/2025
I wrote about how genetic risk works in the context of embryo selection and how people often think about it all wrong. A short 🧵:
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What we talk about when we talk about risk
How embryo selection exploits our flawed intuitions about risk
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Mykhaylo M. Malakhov @mykmal.xyz · 10/08/2025
The use of dichotomized labels for traits that are actually continuous has bothered me ever since I started working on complex trait genetics. Sasha's blog post provides an excellent explanation of why this matters in the context of polygenic risk and embryo selection.
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American Society of Human Genetics (ASHG) @geneticssociety.bsky.social · 28/10/2025
Genetics is transforming lives—but communication is key. Join our webinar to explore how to engage communities, promote understanding, and advocate for justice in genomics. 📅November 12 Register now: learning.ashg.org/products/mee... #ASHG
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Nick Banovich @nebanovich.bsky.social · 17/10/2025
Bulk of the lab are presenting posters today!
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David Shiffman, Ph.D. 🦈 @whysharksmatter.bsky.social · 15/10/2025
WOW! Our survey of scientists who stopped using Twitter and started using Bluesky is now the #1 most-shared on social media article in the history of the journal Integrative and Comparative Biology! Thanks for reading it, everyone! @sicbjournals.bsky.social doi.org/10.1093/icb/... 🧪
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Scientists no Longer Find Twitter Professionally Useful, and have Switched to Bluesky
Synopsis. Social media has become widely used by the scientific community for a variety of professional uses, including networking and public outreach. For
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Dr. Jey McCreight 🏳️‍⚧️🧬 @jeymccreight.bsky.social · 15/10/2025
Hurts seeing so many of these notices during #ASHG25, but even sadder to see one with a Reviewer's Choice Award
Paper on a poster board that reads "Due to the ongoing government closure, this poster could not be presented as planned. ASHG remains committed to sharing this important work through alternative channels at the earliest opportunity." Next to it is pinned a blue ribbon that says "Reviewer's choice"
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Heini M Natri @heinimnatri.bsky.social · 16/10/2025
The council is deciding your faith… #ashg25 @pacbio.bsky.social
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Dr. Jey McCreight 🏳️‍⚧️🧬 @jeymccreight.bsky.social · 15/10/2025
Really hope someone posts from the Engaging Communities session this morning! I'm bummed it's at the same exact time as the sex & gender session 😭 #ASHG25
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Krystal Tsosie @kstsosie.bsky.social · 14/10/2025
For those interested in #Indigenous #Genomics and #ASHG25 in Boston, here are some interested posters/talks/events coming out of the Tsosie Lab, @nativebio.bsky.social, and @d4itdr.bsky.social. For those looking for Friday plans, attend our Ancillary Event, debuting a #Tribal #data repository!
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Nick Banovich @nebanovich.bsky.social · 14/10/2025
After a short *3 hour* flight delay excited to be in the air on the way to Boston for #ASHG25. Looking forward to sharing the lab's work.
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Heini M Natri @heinimnatri.bsky.social · 15/10/2025
Getting ready for our 8:30 session in room 252ABC. Join us to discuss genes, traits and identities, and navigating sex, gender, and sexuality in genomics. #ASHG25
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Dr. Jey McCreight 🏳️‍⚧️🧬 @jeymccreight.bsky.social · 14/10/2025
Related: If any other trans or nonbinary folk are attending #ASHG25, I would love to connect! Especially students who haven't had a chance to meet an older trans scientist. I wish I had that kind of mentor, but I'm happy to try to be that for others 💖🏳️‍⚧️🧬
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Governor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · 14/10/2025
Vaccines are safe and effective. Autism isn't caused by vaccines, and autistic people and their families deserve our support. When you want information, ask your doctor. It's more important than ever for all of us to speak plainly, truthfully, and directly about public health.
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Heini M Natri @heinimnatri.bsky.social · 14/10/2025
I want to invite the speakers and moderators of the session “Autism Spectrum Disorder: From Genetic Variation to Neurobiology” to attend my talk on community engagement and the following Q&A, with highlights from autism genetics. Wednesday 8:30, room 253ABC, level 2. 🙂#ASHG25
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Heini M Natri @heinimnatri.bsky.social · 10/10/2025
I'm looking forward to attending #ASHG25 next week in Boston! I have the honor and privilege to be presenting at the Featured Symposium "Genes, Traits, and Identities: Navigating Sex, Gender, and Sexuality in Modern Research" on Wed, Oct 15, 8:30-10am. 1/5
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Prof Tom Cotter @proftomcotter.bsky.social · 22/09/2025
jamanetwork.com/journals/jam.... Acetaminophen (Tylenol) does not cause autism in this very large study 🧪 #medsky
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Acetaminophen Use During Pregnancy and Children’s Risk of Autism, ADHD, and Intellectual Disability
This nationwide cohort study with sibling control analysis examines the association of acetaminophen use during pregnancy with children’s risk of autism, ADHD, and intellectual disability.
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Heini M Natri @heinimnatri.bsky.social · 23/09/2025
Some thoughts about today’s announcement on Tylenol, “the autism epidemic”, and the $50M NIH initiative ADSI. 1/
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Yoav Gilad @ygilad.bsky.social · 09/06/2025
Why do so many disease risk variants show no regulatory effects in GTEx and/or other standard eQTL studies? What do we mean when we say a regulatory effect is "context-specific" and how do we define the context? We explored these questions using brain organoids and oxygen stress.
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Kyle Swanson, MD, FAANS, FCNS @kiswanson.medsky.network · 06/06/2025
It’s so gross to demand proof that someone “matters” for them to deserve health care. We are a rich country and *everyone* matters
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Heini M Natri @heinimnatri.bsky.social · 07/06/2025
Here we go again… techcrunch.com/2025/06/06/g... Genetics testing startup Nucleus Genomics criticized for its embryo product: 'Makes me so nauseous' | TechCrunch
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Genetics testing startup Nucleus Genomics criticized for its embryo product: 'Makes me so nauseous' | TechCrunch
Nucleus Genomics has been courting controversy for years with products that claim to tell people how their genetics correlate to a host of complex issues, including their IQ.
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