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Maggie Chasse, PhD

@maggiechasse.bsky.social
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Zon lab postdoc | pediatric sarcoma PhD | Luger lab chromatin biochem MS | transcription and melanoma in #zebrafish 🐠 | she/her

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MwahahahahahadScientist @mads100tist.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
As Gregor Samsa awoke one morning from uneasy dreams he found himself transformed in his bed into a senior postdoc
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Maggie Chasse, PhD @maggiechasse.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
One of the coolest papers I have read in a long time.... transmissible melanoma?! 🤯
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Richard White @whitefishlab.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
The ZDM19 meeting in Oxford is coming up soon! We have a great list of speakers, lots of early career researcher events, and an amazing location. Registration is open now but early bird pricing will end soon - so please register as soon as possible! www.zdmsociety.org/zdm19-regist...
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MwahahahahahadScientist @mads100tist.bsky.social · 03/06/2026
Senior PIs when Postdocs discuss the job market
Marge telling Lisa and Bart "Kids, could you lighten up a little?"
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Eric Topol @erictopol.bsky.social · 02/06/2026
Big progress vs cancer, folks. The kind of event curves from randomized trials that we've not seen before for a couple of the most deadly cancers. Congrats to the oncology research community for getting these trial done.
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Maggie Chasse, PhD @maggiechasse.bsky.social · 20/05/2026
Colorado, you’re too good to me.
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Elena Vasileva @evasileva.bsky.social · 19/05/2026
Our lab website is live! 🚀🐟 www.vasilevalab.com We use genetic #zebrafish models and molecular oncology approaches to study pediatric cancer and discover new therapeutic strategies. We’re growing and recruiting postdocs and research technicians! #PediatricCancer #Zebrafish #PostdocJobs
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Home | Vasileva Lab
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FragileNucleosome @fnucleosome.bsky.social · 14/05/2026
🔔Join us next 📅Wednesday to hear about 🧬fascinating research from @maggiechasse.bsky.social & Pengda Liu! 🗒️If you're not already registered, click here to sign up: us06web.zoom.us/webinar/regi... 🤖you can also join the conversation at our discord: discord.com/invite/dXqT89r
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Alexis Verger 🧬🧫🧪 @alexis-verger.cpesr.fr · 07/05/2026
#RIP Pierre Chambon (1931-2026) 1963 PARP 1970 RNA Pol II 1975 Nucleosome 1977 Split genes 1980 Promoter 1983 enhancer 1986 Nuclear receptor
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Zebrafish Disease Models Society (ZDMS) @zdmsociety.bsky.social · 04/05/2026
May 4th is Melanoma Monday, as part of National Skin Cancer Awareness Month! Did you know #zebrafish are pushing the boundaries of #melanoma research? With a wide range of genetic & molecular tools, researchers are closer to unraveling its pathogenesis & discovering new therapeutics. 🐟🔬 #KnowYourZDM
(Left) Various severities of melanomas (black masses) in adult zebrafish that appear across the body. (Right) Histology of individual left as seen on the left. The pathophysiology of tumors are highly conserved between zebrafish and humans. Credit image to Perlee et al. 2025.
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Maggie Chasse, PhD @maggiechasse.bsky.social · 30/04/2026
How is technology transforming zebrafish cancer research? 🐟🔬 The first @zdmsociety.bsky.social Cancer RIG is ✨diving✨ into just that and we'd love to see you there! 📅 Monday, May 4th | 10–11:30 AM EST
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Maggie Chasse, PhD @maggiechasse.bsky.social · 08/04/2026
The Cancer RIG is excited to kick off the 2026 series with a webinar on technology! 🐟🧬🤩
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Mike Feigin 🥯 @mikefeigin.bsky.social · 02/04/2026
I always tell my students to “follow the data.” Thinking of adding a supplemental clause like, “unless the data lead you to the immune system.”
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allen institute @alleninstitute.org · 01/04/2026
The Orange Cat Brain Atlas is here. 🧠🐈 Today, we published the first comprehensive cellular map of the orange cat brain. The new atlas reveals a single, specialized neuron responsible for behaviors like staring at walls, knocking objects off tables, and the 3am "zoomies."
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Maggie Chasse, PhD @maggiechasse.bsky.social · 28/03/2026
📣 The @zdmsociety.bsky.social Cancer RIG is now accepting applications for a June webinar! 📣 We’re highlighting trainees & early-career investigators! 🤩 🔥 Apply here: forms.cloud.microsoft/g/MvGJerwFHh
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Andrew D Thaler @drandrewthaler.bsky.social · 04/03/2026
🐟 Fish 🐠🐠 Fish 🐟🐠🐡 Fishes 🦑🦀🦪 Also, somehow, Fish 🦈 Gristle Fish 🦫 Fish (Lent) 🐝 Fish (California)
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Maggie Chasse, PhD @maggiechasse.bsky.social · 02/03/2026
📣 The @zdmsociety.bsky.social Cancer RIG committee is excited to invite nominations (self-noms welcome) for a June webinar! 🧬 We’re especially highlighting trainees & early-career investigators! 🤩 Submit a nomination here: bit.ly/46CSaVg (ping @zebrafishrock.bsky.social @izfs.bsky.social)
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Maggie Chasse, PhD @maggiechasse.bsky.social · 25/02/2026
Doing exciting research and/or tech development in the #zebrafish cancer field? 🧬✨ The @zdmsociety.bsky.social Cancer RIG committee is organizing research AND technology 2026 webinars — and we want to connect with you! Please DM if interested! (Ping: @zebrafishrock.bsky.social @izfs.bsky.social)
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Zebrafish Rock! @zebrafishrock.bsky.social · 18/02/2026
Big congrats to Dr. Len Zon for being awarded the 2026 @marchofdimes.org Richard B Johnston Jr, MD Prize for his work in #devbio. His pioneering research has illuminated how blood develops in embryos, leading to a deeper understanding of genetic blood diseases. www.marchofdimes.org/about/news/r... 🧪
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Renowned Developmental Biologist Wins March of Dimes Prize
March of Dimes names Dr. Leonard Zon winner of the 2026 Richard B. Johnston Jr., MD Prize for breakthroughs in developmental biology and treatments for blood disorders.
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Jenna Norton @jenna-m-norton.bsky.social · 27/01/2026
We are losing scientists from the government at an unprecedented rate - some were fired, but many more were forced out through trauma and fear. www.science.org/content/arti...
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U.S. government has lost more than 10,000 STEM Ph.D.s since Trump took office
A Science analysis reveals how many were fired, retired, or quit across 14 agencies
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Mark Peifer (He, him) @peiferlabunc.bsky.social · 26/01/2026
If you are a scientist funded by NIH and agree that if the HHS/NIH bill is held hostage by linkage for funding to DHS/ICE, we need to shutdown both and save lives, its time to speak up. Right now, with a few exceptions, the silence is deafening
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Mike Feigin 🥯 @mikefeigin.bsky.social · 01/12/2025
As a cancer scientist, it’s definitely, “are they really hiding the cure for cancer?”
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Maggie Chasse, PhD @maggiechasse.bsky.social · 13/11/2025
The best hello; the hardest goodbye. So thankful for a beautiful 13 years. 💕
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Zebrafish Rock! @zebrafishrock.bsky.social · 31/10/2025
In the spirit of Halloween, we’ve resurrected our social media presence! We look forward to reconnecting with the community and celebrating all those that are part of it 😊 #RockOn
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Maggie Chasse, PhD @maggiechasse.bsky.social · 25/10/2025
The most wonderful group of scientists, and now friends, to organize a trainee focused meeting to kick off SMR 2025!
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Adrian Liston @labliston.bsky.social · 06/10/2025
A small primer on the #NobelPrize awarded to Mary E. Brunkow, Fred Ramsdell and Shimon Sakaguchi today. This prize was for combining two separate fields of immunology research - genetic research on IPEX and immunology research of regulatory T cells (#Tregs), with enormous impact on biology/medicine
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Maggie Chasse, PhD @maggiechasse.bsky.social · 30/09/2025
I was about to tag @nucleosomepolice.bsky.social but she beat me to it. 😂😂
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Maggie Chasse, PhD @maggiechasse.bsky.social · 27/09/2025
One of my cats is very regal and one is very much not. This custom poorly drawn pet portrait perfectly captures their dichotomy 😂😂
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Maggie Chasse, PhD @maggiechasse.bsky.social · 24/09/2025
My yearly PSA to vote Grazer, a true feminist icon. 👑 @fatbearweek.bsky.social
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Sam Wattrus @samwattrus.bsky.social · 02/09/2025
We are hiring! The Wattrus lab at MGH is seeking talented postdoc applicants to join our group and study differences in regeneration and wound healing across species using fish models. We are a fun group - come and join us! Fishy friends, please spread the word! #zebrafish #medaka #zebrafishjobs
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FragileNucleosome @fnucleosome.bsky.social · 01/09/2025
We're super excited to announce the entire lineup for the Fall season of Fragile Nucleosome Seminars, starting on Sept 10th at 1200 EDT / 1600 UTC with @gracebower.bsky.social and @creminslab.bsky.social! register here for the entire series: us06web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
Fragile Nucleosome Fall Seminars:
September 10    Grace Bower, Kvon Lab @ UC Irvine, USA
    Jennifer Phillips-Cremins, UPenn, USA

September 24    Ali Wilkening, Sanulli Lab @ Stanford, USA
    Juanma Schvartzman, Columbia University, USA

October 8    Sanim Rahman, Greenberg Lab @ UPenn, USA
    Alex Federation, Talus Bio, USA

October 22    Alice Laigle, Croll Lab @ University of Neuchâtel, Switzerland
    Seungsoo Kim, UC Irvine, USA

November 5    Hannah Long, University of Edinburgh, UK
    Jeff Vierstra, Altius Institute, USA

November 19    Ishtiaque Hossain, Pastor Lab @ McGill, Canada
    Sarah Teichmann, University of Cambridge, UK

December 3    María Mariner Faulí, Rada Iglesias Lab @ IBBTEC, Spain
    Jonathan Henninger, Carnegie Mellon, USA

December 17    Rebecca Berrens, Oxford University, UK
    Jean-Benoit Lalanne, University of Montreal, Canada
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Miranda Hunter @mrndhntr.bsky.social · 27/08/2025
My recent postdoctoral work is out today in @nature.com! We found that physical confinement makes melanoma cells more invasive and drug tolerant. Thanks to all who made this work possible @whitefishlab.bsky.social @mskcancercenter.bsky.social #NIH #NCI www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Mechanical confinement governs phenotypic plasticity in melanoma - Nature
Mechanical confinement of cancer cells at the tumour–microenvironment interface induces phenotype switching through chromatin remodelling by HMGB2, leading to a more invasive and drug-resistant state ...
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Maggie Chasse, PhD @maggiechasse.bsky.social · 24/08/2025
Finding moments of peace 💕💕
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Científico Latino @cientificolatino.com · 17/08/2025
🎓 Planning to apply to STEM graduate programs? Join us for our webinar: “Applying to Grad Programs in STEM” on Thursday, 8/28 at 5.30pm ET. Gain key insights on: ✅ Grad school application timeline ✅ How to choose the right program 🔗 Register: eventbrite.com/e/gsmi-2025-...
Flyer for the Graduate Student Mentorship Initiative webinar series on "Applying to Graduate Programs in STEM". This webinar will go over demystifying the application process on Thursday, August 28th, 2025 at 5.30pm ET. 

The two speakers pictures, titles, and affiliations are listed. There is a list of sponsors and text that says register for zoom link.
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Prasad Jallepalli, MD, PhD @prasad.bsky.social · 29/07/2025
few outcomes, except for 99% of FDA-approved drugs, 174 recipients of 104 Nobel Prizes, training ~30K MDs and ~10K PhDs per year to enter the workforce, and a 34% reduction in age-adjusted cancer deaths since 1990 -- the largest decrease in history
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Genevieve Kendall, PhD @kendalllab.bsky.social · 25/07/2025
Very proud of our partner papers in @cp-cellreports.bsky.social and @cp-cellrepmethods.bsky.social from collaborative work in my lab and Benjamin Stanton's lab focused on fusion-positive #rhabdomyosarcoma. #TeamFishAndChIPs
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Transforming the Approach to Cancer Epigenomic Studies – Pediatrics Nationwide
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Kristen Kwan @blockintheback.bsky.social · 07/07/2025
🚨🚨🚨 Tol2kit announcement! We have rebuilt the wiki that was corrupted a few months ago! We’re in the process of also linking it to the original address. Please visit us here: tol2kitkwan.genetics.utah.edu Thank you for your patience!! #zebrafish #transgenesis #plasmids #sharing
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tol2kit for kwan lab
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Maggie Chasse, PhD @maggiechasse.bsky.social · 24/07/2025
10th percentile for ESI 😅
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Maggie Chasse, PhD @maggiechasse.bsky.social · 14/07/2025
Now this was just rude @nytimes.com
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Maggie Chasse, PhD @maggiechasse.bsky.social · 11/07/2025
Camp Zon 2025 has officially kicked off! Bittersweet to be my final year directing this amazing program — cannot wait for the next two weeks! #Zebrafish #Outreach 🐠
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John Timmer @jtimmer.bsky.social · 09/07/2025
Defund the police: something that never really happened, but everybody talked about. Defund the scientists: something that's actually happening, but almost nobody's talking about in those terms.
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Kaia Mattioli @kaiamattioli.bsky.social · 28/06/2025
the year 4 "can't wait to be a PI" to the year 5 "hopefully I can at least keep my current job for another year or two" senior postdoctoral fellow in 2025 pipeline
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Spitfire, PhD @spitfirephd.bsky.social · 26/06/2025
Everything sucks but at least I have 3 new episodes of The Bear to watch.
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Joanna Pozniak @pozniakjoanna.bsky.social · 18/06/2025
🆕 Our back-to-back papers reveal a surprising villain in ICB resistance: NK cells. 🧬 Targeting regulatory NK cells may boost T cell–driven immunotherapy. #Immunotherapy #CancerResearch #ICB #NKcells #Melanoma #CD8Tcells
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Cytotoxic NK Cells Impede Response to Checkpoint Immunotherapy in Melanoma with an Immune-Excluded Phenotype
AbstractImmune checkpoint blockade (ICB) has revolutionized cancer treatment. Unfortunately, the inability of lymphocytes to infiltrate the tumor nest, a phenomenon known as immune exclusion, drastica...
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William Shakespeare @shakespeare.lol · 13/06/2025
Your silence most offends me
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Maggie Chasse, PhD @maggiechasse.bsky.social · 14/06/2025
Taking back mojo dojo casa house. #NoKings
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Jeff Farrell @jeffreyafarrell.bsky.social · 13/06/2025
If you love Daniocell, but wish it could generate analyses specific to YOUR genes & cell types of interest, check out DaniocellDesktop - a new point-and-click app for Mac and Windows that enables reanalysis of the Daniocell data without programming: daniocell.nichd.nih.gov/desktop/ (1/4)
DaniocellDesktop logo, depicting a fish on a laptop screen.
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