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Jhullian J Alston

@jjalston.bsky.social
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I Like Disordered Proteins & Single Molecule and Computational Biophysics | HHMI Hanna Gray Fellow at BCH w/. TJ Ha | BWF PDEP | WUSTL Alum | UMBC Alum |💎 1911|Tempe/Phoenix |

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Alex Holehouse @alexholehouse.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
HUGE congrats to former lab member and all-round excellent human @jjalston.bsky.social for being awarded an ALSF Young Investigator Grant!!! 🥳 www.alexslemonade.org/where-money-...
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Engineering Peptides that Target Disordered Regions in PAX3-FOXO1–Positive Alveolar Rhabdomyosarcoma
Alveolar rhabdomyosarcoma is an aggressive childhood cancer, and many children with this disease carry a mutation that combines two different proteins, PAX3 and FOXO1, into one protein, PAX3-FOXO1. Th...
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Mark Peifer (He, him) @peiferlabunc.bsky.social · 02/06/2026
Russell Vought, Director of the OMB, has issued a set of proposed changes that would dramatically alter federal grant funding. However, we can each take action to prevent these from taking effect. Here's how, a 🧵 🧪 1/n www.science.org/content/arti...
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White House seeks to tighten political oversight of grantmaking
Sweeping proposed rule, now open for comments, would also restrict foreign collaborations and remove federal funding for open-access fees
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Alex Holehouse @alexholehouse.bsky.social · 12/02/2026
Pleased to share the final version of this behemoth of a paper, now finally published. I guess I can retire now? www.nature.com/articles/s41... More functional data, many thousands of words removed, and a few other updates from last year's preprint.
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Sequence and chemical specificity define the functional landscape of intrinsically disordered regions - Nature Cell Biology
Langstein-Skora, Schmid, Huth et al. propose that intrinsically disordered region functionality can be driven by the interplay between linear binding motifs and contextual chemical characteristics suc...
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IDPSeminars @idpseminars.bsky.social · 06/01/2026
IDPSeminars is BACK THIS WEEK! Talks from Andrea Soranno and @bokaizhulab.bsky.social on Thursday! 1 pm EST / 7 PM European time! Sign up here: forms.gle/3yCHeYvuuqLh... And check out the full Spring 2026 schedule at idpseminars.com!
Seminar titles: Andrea Soranno (Single molecule spectroscopy of
disordered regions and nucleic acids) and Bokai Zhu (Nuclear speckle rejuvenation to ameliorate proteinopathy).
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Alberto Marin @albertomarin.bsky.social · 04/12/2025
Thrilled to share that my postdoc research is published today in @science.org! We found that DNA repair uses cohesin complexes to build new chromatin loops that guide the homology search and boost accurate repair! 1/n www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
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Cohesin drives chromatin scanning during the RAD51-mediated homology search
Cohesin folds genomes into chromatin loops, the roles of which are under debate. We found that double-strand breaks (DSBs) induce de novo formation of chromatin loops in human cells, with the loop bas...
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Jenna Norton @jenna-m-norton.bsky.social · 13/11/2025
Trump’s HHS put me on “non-disciplinary” admin leave today. This was retaliation for speaking up. Moves like this are designed to silence us. Let’s not let. www.tiktok.com/t/ZP8Dteoop/
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I guess I am hitting a nerve, because they just put me on admin leave.
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Joey Fishkin @fishkin.bsky.social · 10/10/2025
@mit.edu has done an incredibly important service to the nation by being willing to be the first school to reject the administration's "compact." President Kornbluth focuses—and she's right—on the principle that "scientific funding should be based on scientific merit alone."
The document also includes principles with which we disagree, including those that would restrict freedom of expression and our independence as an institution. And fundamentally, the premise of the document is inconsistent with our core belief that scientific funding should be based on scientific merit alone.
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Alex Holehouse @alexholehouse.bsky.social · 29/09/2025
Last week, Washington University made the perhaps questionable decision to award me tenure.
Lab picture of Holehouse lab members past and present
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Jhullian J Alston @jjalston.bsky.social · 02/10/2025
Congratulations!!! You deserve this so much! Thankyou for being an amazing mentor
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Black In Biophysics @blackinbiophys.bsky.social · 25/09/2025
🚨ANNOUNCEMENT🚨 We have $500 travel awards to attend the #BPS2026 @biophysicalsoc.bsky.social in San Francisco! 🤩 How to apply: ➡️ Apply for the BPS Travel Award (www.biophysics.org/2026meeting/...) ➡️ Select option to be considered for the BIBPS Travel Award *Grad students and postdocs are eligible
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Whitney Stevens-Sostre, PhD Boricua @stevenssostre.bsky.social · 26/09/2025
Apply for the #BlackInBiophysics Travel Award to attend the 2026 @biophysicalsoc.bsky.social Meeting in San Francisco ❗️❗️❗️ #BPS2026
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Jerelle Joseph @jerelleaj.bsky.social · 23/09/2025
Out now in #SoftMatter, our work on linking single molecule features, microstructure, and macroscopic properties of condensates! Led by Daniel Tan, a former undergrad student who is now pursuing a PhD in Computational biophysics, Dilimulati Aierken and Pablo Garcia! pubs.rsc.org/en/content/a...
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Jhullian J Alston @jjalston.bsky.social · 07/09/2025
Me and the lil one were out enjoying the beautiful weather
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Shawn Harris @shawnforcongress.bsky.social · 06/07/2025
Can you hit repost? Marjorie Taylor Greene doesn't want you to know the name of her opponent but will try every desperate attempt to save her seat. My name is Shawn Harris. I am a Democrat, husband, father, Retired Brigadier General, farmer, and I'm running against MTG. Can you share and follow me?
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Black In Biophysics @blackinbiophys.bsky.social · 26/05/2025
Don’t forget to register for #BIBPSTutorial❗️❗️❗️ #BIBPSWeek
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Jhullian J Alston @jjalston.bsky.social · 26/05/2025
#BIBPSRollCall Hi I’m J! I study intrinsically disordered proteins using single-molecule and computational techniques with a particular focus on IDRs in transcription factor fusion proteins like PAX3-FOXO1. Excited for Black in Biophysics week and looking forward to meeting new faces!
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Black In Biophysics @blackinbiophys.bsky.social · 19/05/2025
We are excited to share our EVENTS for #BlackInBiophysicsWeek 2025!!! We will be host #BIBPSWeek from Monday, 5/26 to Friday 5/30. RT and help us spread the word! A thread of Events below #BIBPS25 #BlackInBiophysics @biophysicalsoc.bsky.social @blackinx.bsky.social
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Jhullian J Alston @jjalston.bsky.social · 17/03/2025
Announcing the joint @idpseminars.bsky.social / BPS IDP Subgroup Trainee Symposium Speakers! Join us on Mar 27, 12–2pm CST for 6 exciting talks focused on Intrinsically Disordered Proteins as part of #BophysicsWeek2025 with the @biophysicalsoc.bsky.social Sign up now using the QR code below!
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Biophysical Society @biophysicalsoc.bsky.social · 10/03/2025
The BPS IDP Subgroup and IDPSeminars present a #BiophysicsWeek Trainee Symposium!This event will showcase innovative research from emerging scientists, featuring presentations from both graduate students and postdocs Thursday, March 27, at 12:00 PM Central Time
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Jhullian J Alston @jjalston.bsky.social · 07/02/2025
Announcing the Biophysics Week IDP Trainee Symposium on March 27 at 12pm CT hosted by @idpseminars.bsky.social & The BPS IDP Subgroup! Join via Zoom for talks by talented grad students & postdocs. Abstract submissions are open! See flyer for more details! #BiophysicsWeek @biophysicalsoc.bsky.social
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Black In Biophysics @blackinbiophys.bsky.social · 28/01/2025
The Meet and Greet with #BIBPS will be followed by the ✨ #BlackInBiophysics Symposium✨ featuring: Dr. Alaji Bah Dr. Breann Brown Dr. Oleta Johnson Dr. Wade Zeno You can’t miss it! 👏🏾 #BlackHistoryMonth #BlackExcellence @blackinx.bsky.social www.biophysics.org/2025meeting/... 3/3
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BPS2025 Black in Biophysics Symposium | Biophysical Society
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Jhullian J Alston @jjalston.bsky.social · 28/01/2025
Come and network at #BPS2025 with @blackinbiophys.bsky.social This is immediately preceding the Black in Biophysics Symposium. Great way to network, learn, and form community before we hear some great talks!
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Shadow and Light @shadowandlight.bsky.social · 24/01/2025
Freezing NIH funding and withdrawing from the WHO isn’t just shameful—it’s deadly. Public health relies on research, collaboration, and preparedness. These actions leave us vulnerable, and lives will be lost. Shadows rise when we abandon the light of progress and care. 🌗✨
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Black In Biophysics @blackinbiophys.bsky.social · 21/01/2025
Mark your calendars for the #BlackInBiophysics Meet and Greet and the Black In Biophysics Symposium at #BPS2025! Both events will be on February 18th, 2025 🗓️ If you haven’t already, please fill out the #BIBPS membership form below 👇🏾 forms.gle/oDStzvxzMKCRSV… @biophysicalsoc.bsky.social
Biophysicists are invited to mingle and network with the Black In Biophysics community! This social, preceding the Black In Biophysics Presidential symposium, will facilitate networking, establishment of mentor-mentee relationships, exchange of research and professional opportunities, and development of collaborations between members and allies of the Black In Biophysics community. Check out BlackInBiophysics.com or follow @BlackInBiophys on X or @blackinbiophys.bsky.social on Bluesky for more information from the community. Refreshments will be provided. All individuals at all levels of training who seek to establish friendships, community, and collaborations with colleagues at Black In Biophysics are invited to join.
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Whitney Stevens-Sostre, PhD Boricua @stevenssostre.bsky.social · 08/01/2025
I am thrilled to share that I am an HHMI Hanna Gray Fellow! 🥳🎉 I'm excited to join the outstanding @hhmi.bsky.social community. 🙌🏾 I am grateful to all the mentors who have inspired me and to all the friends and family who have supported me throughout my academic career. THANK YOU! 1/2
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Alex Holehouse @alexholehouse.bsky.social · 08/01/2025
So proud 🥲
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Whitney Stevens-Sostre, PhD Boricua @stevenssostre.bsky.social · 08/01/2025
Special thanks to @HHMINEWS #HannaGrayFellow @jjalston.bsky.social, who encouraged me to apply to this award when I didn't believe I could or should. I'm happy I listened to him and not my #impostorsyndrome. It's friends and colleagues like Jhullian who make the world a better place 🫶🏾 2/2
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Black In Biophysics @blackinbiophys.bsky.social · 08/01/2025
Congratulations to #BlackInBiophysics Founder @stevenssostre.bsky.social and #BIBPS Board Member @jjalston.bsky.social on this extraordinary accomplishment!!! 🥳🥳🥳 We are PROUD of you and wish you the best in your careers! 👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾 @biophysicalsoc.bsky.social
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Jhullian J Alston @jjalston.bsky.social · 08/01/2025
Yall I can hardly contain my excitement! I'm happy to share that I’m joining the new cohort of @HHMINews #HannaGrayFellows! I'm grateful for the opportunity to advance my research and connect with this great community.
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HMS Postdoctoral Association @hmsbpa.bsky.social · 12/12/2024
🌟 Excited for the 4th Annual HBPA Symposium? We are too! 🌟 📅 When: Dec 13, 8:30 AM–6 PM 📍 Where: Countway Library (Boston, MA) 🎤 Keynotes: Dr. Frankie Heyward (UT-Southwestern) Dr. Manu Platt (NIH) 💬 Networking Mixer on Dec 12 at 6:30 PM #HBPA2024 #BlackInSTEM #Networking #ScienceLeadership
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IDPSeminars @idpseminars.bsky.social · 03/12/2024
IDPSeminars returns this week! Sign up here! idpseminars.com
IDPSeminars will happen on Dec 5th 2024 with Emma Morrison (Medical College of Wisconsin) and Sara Rauscher (University of Toronto).

Talk titles:

Emma Morrison: Deciphering the Dynamic Language of the Histone H3 tail

Sarah Rauscher: Using All-Atom Molecular Simulations to Study the Effects of Perturbations on Intrinsically Disordered Regions
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Kresten Lindorff-Larsen @lindorfflarsen.bsky.social · 29/11/2024
Meet the CALVADOS RNA model Ikki Yasuda, Sören von Bülow & Giulio Tesei have parameterized a simple model for disordered RNA. Despite it's simplicity (no sequence, no base pairing) we find that it captures several phenomena that depend on the charge, stickiness and polymer properties of RNA 🧬🧶🧪
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Jhullian J Alston @jjalston.bsky.social · 28/11/2024
I’m thankful for these sweet potato pies my wife made!
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James Allen @jamesrallen.bsky.social · 25/11/2024
#ASH24 Super excited to present some of my work to discover novel oncogenic drivers of ALL #zebrafish. If this intrigues or even amuses you, would love to connect! Also, I'm on the job market so please come say hi!
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Black In Biophysics @blackinbiophys.bsky.social · 14/11/2024
Register for the upcoming JUST-B Seminar on Nov. 19th at 11am PST / 2pm EST to learn about the science of two amazing PhD students❗️❗️❗️ Register here: biophysics.org/store/products… @blackinx.bsky.social
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