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Jennie Mason

@jenmasonphd.bsky.social
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Associate Professor at Clemson University, Dept. of Genetics and Biochemistry, Research focuses on DNA repair and replication 🧬, amateur curler 🥌

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Ran Blekhman @blekhman.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
My inbox is being flooded with fully AI-generated emails from prospective students. I tried to work out why I can't bring myself to read them, and ended up with some thoughts and advice for writing cold emails in the age of AI. My new post: blekhman.substack.com/p/why-i-am-n...
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Why I am not reading your AI-generated email
I hope this email finds you well-aligned
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Jennie Mason @jenmasonphd.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Congrats! Such a fantastic discovery! Will def. Be adding this to our journal club schedule.
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Jennie Mason @jenmasonphd.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
Thanks James!
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Jennie Mason @jenmasonphd.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
I am so incredibly honored to be the recipient of this award! This has been the highlight of my year!
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Jennie Mason @jenmasonphd.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
😂😂😂😂 This announcement made for a very interesting and entertaining afternoon at work. This Clemson news release was the only info we were given.
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Jennie Mason @jenmasonphd.bsky.social · 09/06/2026
Congrats!!
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James Dewar @jamesmdewar.bsky.social · 04/06/2026
Excited to see this published and to be able to read the whole story! Exciting science and a tour de force. www.nature.com/articles/s41... Ragini also gave a phenomenal talk on this at GS-Connect (gs-connect.us).
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Centromeric footprints preserve telomere integrity in ALT cancers - Nature
Centromeric DNA repeat insertions and CENP-A chromatin assembly are identified as genomic signatures that preserve telomere integrity in ALT cancer cells.
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Jennie Mason @jenmasonphd.bsky.social · 04/06/2026
Such a great meeting with a brilliant and supportive community. Also congrats to Georgia Moore, a 2nd year grad student in the lab, for winning an oral presentation award.
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Jennie Mason @jenmasonphd.bsky.social · 05/05/2026
Congrats Jeff! Happy for you and your lab!
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Bret Freudenthal @freudlab.bsky.social · 09/04/2026
Abstract deadline approaching (April 15) for the Midwest DNA Repair meeting. Join us for an exciting meeting with outstanding science and valuable networking. Register and share. $100 includes meals, networking, and social events. sites.google.com/view/kumc-mi...
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Midwest DNA Repair
The 25th Annual Midwest DNA Repair Symposium will be held at the University of Kansas Medical Center in Kansas City, Kansas, on May 30–31, 2026. The meeting will take place in the Health Education Bui...
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Jennie Mason @jenmasonphd.bsky.social · 07/04/2026
Congrats!!
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Jennie Mason @jenmasonphd.bsky.social · 04/02/2026
Such a great conference for trainees and early career scientists. Going back for the first time last year (since leaving the Midwest) this conference felt like home. Such a wonderful supportive DNA repair community. Awesome science and even better people!!
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Jennie Mason @jenmasonphd.bsky.social · 14/01/2026
Congrats on the position!
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Jennie Mason @jenmasonphd.bsky.social · 02/01/2026
I know people who got perfect scores on their GRE (mostly because they bragged about it constantly)…They would have been horrible professors.
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Jennie Mason @jenmasonphd.bsky.social · 17/12/2025
Congrats! Nice to see this in print!
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Jennie Mason @jenmasonphd.bsky.social · 08/11/2025
you can acknowledge contributions to science AND also acknowledge he was not a good person. This is not nuanced. He told you he was on a regular basis, believe him.
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Jennie Mason @jenmasonphd.bsky.social · 01/11/2025
www.postandcourier.com/education-la...
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Clemson faculty pass resolution affirming academic freedom and rejecting political pressure
In a show of solidarity with besieged faculty at universities under scrutiny by the Trump administration, faculty at Clemson University voted on a resolution rejecting Trump’s higher ed “compact.”
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Jennie Mason @jenmasonphd.bsky.social · 14/10/2025
Given recent events, I do not have faith the university I work for will not sign this. And likely without faculty knowing they did.
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Jennie Mason @jenmasonphd.bsky.social · 26/09/2025
So sad. I had to email my very talented 2nd year grad student to let her know the app she has been working on cannot be submitted 😢😭
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Jennie Mason @jenmasonphd.bsky.social · 26/09/2025
Woohoo! Congrats, Bret!
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Jennie Mason @jenmasonphd.bsky.social · 19/09/2025
It has been one of the harder weeks at work so far. This is a great article that clearly describes my viewpoints on the manner. We are all angry and afraid right now. www.thestate.com/opinion/arti...
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I teach at Clemson. It shouldn’t have fired faculty for Charlie Kirk comments | Opinion
Mike Gregory, an assistant professor of philosophy at Clemson University, says it “has just shown the country what happens when a university forgets what it is.”
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Jennie Mason @jenmasonphd.bsky.social · 06/08/2025
That is horrible and I agree is rubbish. For our TPR, we are asked to define our contribution on multi-lab papers (only if we are not co-corresponding). But having multiple people from your lab as authors was always a positive.
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Jennie Mason @jenmasonphd.bsky.social · 08/07/2025
😢 RIP. Still to this day my favorite experiment in molecular biology.
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Jennie Mason @jenmasonphd.bsky.social · 04/07/2025
This! This is how I review papers. We are the only ones that can fix this and stop asking for a lot of unnecessary experiments. I will say the last few manuscripts we have submitted have been reviewed this way as well.
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Jennie Mason @jenmasonphd.bsky.social · 01/07/2025
And yes I do talk about the public about why science matters. Often. Just usually in small group setting or one on one conversations. And occasionally promotion videos by the uni communication office
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Jennie Mason @jenmasonphd.bsky.social · 01/07/2025
This! i cringe every time I read that this is scientist’s fault because we don’t have spend more time convincing the public why our science matters. 1) I am socially awkward. 2) we have an office at the uni for that 3) I already don’t have enough time to do the other 19 jobs my job entails.
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Jennie Mason @jenmasonphd.bsky.social · 28/06/2025
Haha. Someone stopped me in the store today because I had a Michigan shirt on. They are also from Michigan. 😂
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Jennie Mason @jenmasonphd.bsky.social · 17/06/2025
😢
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Jennie Mason @jenmasonphd.bsky.social · 02/06/2025
Yes!! One of the best pieces of advice I received as an Asst Prof is “The institution will never love you back”.
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Jennie Mason @jenmasonphd.bsky.social · 30/05/2025
Congrats Mark!
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Jennie Mason @jenmasonphd.bsky.social · 19/05/2025
She gave a fantastic talk! Congrats!
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Jennie Mason @jenmasonphd.bsky.social · 19/05/2025
I forgot to take a picture of Zane giving his first talk 😢
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Jennie Mason @jenmasonphd.bsky.social · 07/05/2025
Same! And still so cool.
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Jennie Mason @jenmasonphd.bsky.social · 06/05/2025
I hope this ends his career.
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Jennie Mason @jenmasonphd.bsky.social · 01/05/2025
An amazing, custom made, going away present from two undergraduates (twins). Can’t wait to get it hung in my office!!
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Jennie Mason @jenmasonphd.bsky.social · 24/04/2025
Very great read! Share widely esp to non-scientist friends.
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Jennie Mason @jenmasonphd.bsky.social · 24/04/2025
Beautifully said. Thank you for writing this!
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Jennie Mason @jenmasonphd.bsky.social · 11/04/2025
I really hope leadership stands up soon!
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Jennie Mason @jenmasonphd.bsky.social · 09/04/2025
Not surprised. Complying will not work. The goal is to destroy. My heart breaks for all my colleagues at Columbia.
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Jennie Mason @jenmasonphd.bsky.social · 05/04/2025
This is very red Seneca, SC. The support from passing vehicles was amazing! #Handsoff
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Jennie Mason @jenmasonphd.bsky.social · 24/03/2025
We are being investigated (state school) so I am guessing (not surprised though) the attacks are going to spread. I agree with all your points.
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Jennie Mason @jenmasonphd.bsky.social · 24/03/2025
Also most state schools don’t have these huge endowments so it is not even an option.
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Jennie Mason @jenmasonphd.bsky.social · 22/03/2025
Congrats!
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Jennie Mason @jenmasonphd.bsky.social · 17/03/2025
👌🏻
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Jennie Mason @jenmasonphd.bsky.social · 15/03/2025
Or a woman or POC makes a valid argument. Immediately repeated by a male as if it was his idea.
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Jennie Mason @jenmasonphd.bsky.social · 08/03/2025
I didn’t know you were there. I was there!!! So sad!
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Jennie Mason @jenmasonphd.bsky.social · 04/03/2025
Congrats! Really cool story!
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Ellen M Walker @neuroellen.bsky.social · 18/02/2025
I am actively looking for a research scientist position in the East Lansing/Ann Arbor/Grand Rapids area. I have experience with in vivo stereotaxy, epifluorescence, confocal and light sheet microscopy. Please reach out if my background and skillset might fit your lab’s interests. #neuroskyence
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Jennie Mason @jenmasonphd.bsky.social · 15/02/2025
Wow! Absolutely stunning!!
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Jennie Mason @jenmasonphd.bsky.social · 12/02/2025
Yeah I wish I could say this goes away 😂. I think you just start going fuck it. It can wait until tomorrow.
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