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Jenny Montooth @montoj.bsky.social · 12/01/2026

We need these amazing nurses and they need better care and compensation for ALL that they do, it’s as simple as that. www.nytimes.com/2026/01/12/n...

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Nearly 15,000 Nurses Go on Strike at Major New York City Hospitals

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Jenny Montooth @montoj.bsky.social · 12/01/2026

In Tatiana Schlossberg’s beautiful and devastating article about dying, she wrote a paragraph about the NYC nurses who cared for her. These same nurses are on strike today demanding fair wages and more robust staffing.

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Jenny Montooth @montoj.bsky.social · 11/07/2025

I have a new article up in Genetics Society of America’s blog Genes to Genomes! Check it out: genestogenomes.org/how-understa...

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The Science Underground @scienceunderground.bsky.social · 30/06/2025

Catch our co-founder @montoj.bsky.social on the latest episode of the Career Bitches podcast! She talked about her passion for science communication, being a federal employee placed on administrative leave, and our new project The Science Underground. Listen here! podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/s...

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Jenny Montooth @montoj.bsky.social · 13/06/2025

My latest article for GSA was SO fun to read about and write, check it out here! genestogenomes.org/the-little-w...

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Jenny Montooth @montoj.bsky.social · 13/06/2025

Genomic science is moving fast, so we started this new company to support emerging science research by helping to make it engaging, accessible, and culturally relevant.

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Jenny Montooth @montoj.bsky.social · 21/05/2025

I have recently become one of the freelance writers for Genetics Society of America's blog Genes to Genomes! I'm so thrilled to be continuing to write about innovative genetics and genomics research. My first post is out today, check it out here! genestogenomes.org/an-advanced-...

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An advanced new machine-learning model can find genes connected to autism spectrum disorder

New work published in GENETICS shows us how new genes can be found faster and with less data than ever before.

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Human Pangenome Reference Consortium @humanpangenome.bsky.social · 12/05/2025

📢 HPRC Release 2 is here! Now with phased genomes from 200+ individuals, a 5x increase from Release 1. Explore sequencing data, assemblies, annotations & alignments in our interactive data explorer ⬇️: humanpangenome.org/hprc-data-re...

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Jenny Montooth @montoj.bsky.social · 29/04/2025

I'm excited to show you something that we've been working on! Follow our new account for updates!

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Adam Phillippy @aphillippy.bsky.social · 29/04/2025

Highlight of my year ... by far ... has been welcoming Melissa and her lab to the NIH. After a slightly(!) rocky start, we're allowed to hire trainees again, so please reach out to her if you're interested. You won't find a better mentor!

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Jenny Montooth @montoj.bsky.social · 25/04/2025

Even having done this activity SEVERAL times over the years and understanding how it works through and through, I still get starstruck when I see DNA. I still feel so lucky to be a part of the genomics community in any way. 🧬 ❤️

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Jenny Montooth @montoj.bsky.social · 25/04/2025

Happy DNA Day! It is a bittersweet one this year since many of us were laid off from NHGRI. One of my favorite memories was getting to write and be in a video with Eric Green where we showed people how to extract DNA from a strawberry. www.youtube.com/watch?v=zMw4...

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Gen Wojcik @genandgenes.bsky.social · 24/04/2025

I wrote a thing. I am eternally grateful for my editor, who took the original draft and helped me narrow down my key points into a more effective piece with a broader reach. Also, thanks to the editorial & legal teams, who maintained the message while protecting us in this fraught moment.

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Adam Phillippy @aphillippy.bsky.social · 09/04/2025

A project five years in the making, we've now published complete "T2T" genomes for six additional ape species! It turns out that finishing (and analyzing) six genomes is slightly more work than one... doi.org/10.1038/s415...

A phylogeny of the 7 ape genomes that have now been completed from "T2T", with Homer Simpson representing mankind.

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Prajna Hebbar @prajnahebbar.bsky.social · 10/04/2025

Our primate T2T paper came out in Nature yesterday! It was a huge effort and I'm so grateful that I got the opportunity to work with this amazing group of scientists over the first two years of my PhD! www.nature.com/articles/s41...

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Complete sequencing of ape genomes - Nature

Complete sequences of chromosomes telomere-to-telomere from chimpanzee, bonobo, gorilla, Bornean orangutan, Sumatran orangutan and siamang provide a comprehensive and valuable resource for future evol...

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Gen Wojcik @genandgenes.bsky.social · 11/04/2025

best in the game

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Chris Gunter 🧬 @girlscientist.bsky.social · 11/04/2025

If you are in biomedical space and you need a social media person and you don’t hire Jenny, I don’t even know what you are doing (same goes for the rest of the NHGRI comms office and other roles).

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Jenny Montooth @montoj.bsky.social · 08/04/2025

Also, none if it can happen without having leadership who trusts you and gives you space to be creative!

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Jenny Montooth @montoj.bsky.social · 08/04/2025

When I started working on our social media strategy, I knew it wasn't enough to just post facts about genomics research. We wanted to build a relationship with our followers! I learned that you can be incredibly weird on social and still have an important message that people will remember.

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Jenny Montooth @montoj.bsky.social · 08/04/2025

Some of you may know me for making unhinged genomics memes for NHGRI! Here are some of my favorites. 😊 I was so thankful to be able to take my obsession with pop culture with my passion for making research accessible, and turn it into some of our most successful messaging.

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Shawn Burgess @burgesslab.bsky.social · 02/04/2025

NHGRI’s comm team was exceptionally good and if anyone is looking for a talented science communicator, you should snap up Jenny as soon as possible.

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Jenny Montooth @montoj.bsky.social · 02/04/2025

This means so much, thank you Shawn! It was such a delight and an honor to work with you.

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Jenny Montooth @montoj.bsky.social · 02/04/2025

Thank you so much, that means the world!

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Adam Phillippy @aphillippy.bsky.social · 02/04/2025

Our comms team was the best to ever do it! They are also the kind of people who, even while saying goodbyes, kept making me smile. I'm going to miss them terribly. If you're in need of some stellar folks, get in touch

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Jenny Montooth @montoj.bsky.social · 02/04/2025

Thank you so much Adam. 🥹❤️ Working with you and your team was life-changing and an absolute dream. I can’t wait to find more works to work together in the future!

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Jenny Montooth @montoj.bsky.social · 02/04/2025

That means so much, thank you! I’ve admired your career so much and I’m so glad we’ve been able to connect these past few years. ❤️

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Jenny Montooth @montoj.bsky.social · 02/04/2025

I found a true calling to help take innovative genomics research and make it accessible, interesting and fun for wider audiences. Many of you may know me for my memes, which were such a joy to put together every day. I will never stop working to make genomics fun and accessible for everyone.

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Jenny Montooth @montoj.bsky.social · 02/04/2025

This place is my home. I grew up here. I love every single person that works here. I am passionate about the work done here. I thought for sure I would retire here. I will miss it so much.

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Jenny Montooth @montoj.bsky.social · 02/04/2025

So long, NIH. The place I grew up in and discovered my passion for science communication. I found a true calling to help take innovative genomics research and make it accessible, interesting and fun for wider audiences. I'm so devastated that my whole team got laid off today.

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Jenny Montooth @montoj.bsky.social · 30/11/2024

During an art residency earlier this year, I printed some of my animal watercolors using a risograph! You can check them out here: jennymontoothprints.bigcartel.com?fbclid=PAZXh...

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Jenny Montooth @montoj.bsky.social · 27/11/2024

I started a Substack to share some of my writing, art and photography! Give it a follow if you’d like 🥰 jennysorandom.substack.com The amazing art is by @robinmbrowne.bsky.social! ❤️

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Brian Trainor @briantrainor.bsky.social · 22/11/2024

I used many of these memes for my Intro to Biopsych courses. The celebrity/genetics memes help me keep up with modern culture when the students explain what is going on to me

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Jenny Montooth @montoj.bsky.social · 17/11/2024

My wife is a beautiful model!! ❤️

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Jenny Montooth @montoj.bsky.social · 14/11/2024

I have missed this awesome community so much! So happy to be here. 😊

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Jenny Montooth @montoj.bsky.social · 13/11/2024

That's so awesome! Congratulations!!

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Jenny Montooth @montoj.bsky.social · 24/04/2024

I am so thrilled to have completed my zine on grief and class. I spent two weeks writing, reaching out others with stories, designing and printing this book. I wanted to walk readers through how differently grief hits us and affects our lives. you can grab one here! jennymontoothprints.bigcartel.com

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Jenny Montooth @montoj.bsky.social · 06/10/2023

Yes spot on! That’s what made early 2000’s movies so good!

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