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Jeremy Berg @jeremymberg.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

My quote of the day If you want to be a writer, you must do two things above all others: read a lot and write a lot. There's no way around these two things that I'm aware of, no shortcut. Stephen King

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Nimrat Chatterjee @nimratchatterjee.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

Have you ever had a one-on-one conversation with a scientist working to solve a health problem? Now you can. Meet UVM scientists and physicians. Ask your questions. Come have a conversation with them. Come curious. Discover why research matters. Join us at www.uvmhealth.org/classes-and-...

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2026 Health Equity Summit | University of Vermont Health

The 2026 Health Equity Summit is a collaborative space for health and health care professionals, community leaders, researchers, advocates and other change-makers to learn from one another and build p...

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Itai Yanai @itaiyanai.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

🔥Does academia stifle creativity? This new perspective argues that academia is currently structured to select against creativity, intellectual risk-taking and bold ideas. Young scientists – best positioned for new ideas – are particularly incentivized to play it safe. www.nature.com/articles/s41...

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HHMI @hhmi-science.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

Antibiotic resistance isn't just a genetic problem; it's ecological. New research from #HHMIInvestigator Harmit Malik & co shows that when a dangerous bacterium shares space w/a common fungus, it can be pushed toward resistance it wouldn't develop alone — but with a built-in weakness bit.ly/4g1jLnZ

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Nimrat Chatterjee @nimratchatterjee.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

I agree! AI will sap student’s ability at critical thinking and pursuing innovation.

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Environmental Mutagenesis and Genomics Society @emgsus.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

Get ready for a one-of-a-kind conference experience at the upcoming #EMGS2026 Virtual Annual Meeting: Advancing Exposure Science: From Mechanisms to Risk, October 12-14, 2026! Check Out the EMGS 2026 Annual Meeting Program: virtual.oxfordabstracts.com/event/public...

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Nimrat Chatterjee @nimratchatterjee.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

Kudos to Som and Maddie for winning the EMGS Best Abstract Award!

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Graham Erwin @grahamerwin.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

The Baylor College of Medicine Conference on Structural Variants and DNA Repeats is back, and this year it has a new home! Join us in person in Houston November 19th–20th. Or join online. Virtual registration is FREE! ErwinLab.org/svar-conference

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Admirable Women @admirablewomen.bsky.social · 16/08/2026

Biochemist Gerty Cori won the 1947 Nobel Prize in Physiology/Medicine (shared) becoming the: + First American woman & 3rd woman overall to win a Nobel in a science category + First woman to win in Physiology/Medicine She was born #OTD in 1896. She won the Nobel Prize for...(1/2) 🧵 #WomenInSTEM

A black-and-white archival photograph of Nobel laureate Dr. Gerty Theresa Cori (1896–1957) working in her laboratory. Standing behind a wooden workbench filled with chemical glassware, the biochemist is captured mid-experiment. She wears a crisp white laboratory coat over a dark collar, with a watch fastened to her left wrist. With a focused, serious expression, she raises her right arm to use a glass pipette, carefully measuring liquid into a test tube held in her left hand. The foreground features a rack of test tubes, funnels lined with white filter paper, and various glass vessels. In the softly blurred background, dark wooden shelves are lined with medicine bottles, jars, and scientific equipment. The composition highlights her hands-on scientific labor, projecting a mood of intense dedication and intellectual rigor. This image serves as a powerful historical record of the first American woman to win a Nobel Prize in science for her pioneering discoveries in glucose metabolism.

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Nimrat Chatterjee @nimratchatterjee.bsky.social · 09/08/2026

Over the past couple of days, I have heard a lot of discussion about AI and scientific writing. Out of curiosity, I pasted the introduction of my 2016 DNA repair article into an online AI checker, and it flagged it as 60- 80% AI-generated text! What?AI didn't exist then!

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Environmental Mutagenesis and Genomics Society @emgsus.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

Join us at the 2026 #EMGS Annual Meeting to connect with a global scientific community and discover where your research fits in! 🗓 Oct 12–14 | Virtual Register Now: emgs-us.org/page/2026_EMGS

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Nimrat Chatterjee @nimratchatterjee.bsky.social · 04/08/2026

Excited to share that our latest work has now been published in PNAS! This project has been years in the making, and I'm incredibly grateful to all of my collaborators and trainees who helped bring it to completion. www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...

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DENV-4 infection suppresses transcription of DNA repair genes | PNAS

The molecular mechanisms behind Dengue virus-dependent host pathogenesis, especially genome instability, remain largely unclear. This RNA virus cau...

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Nimrat Chatterjee @nimratchatterjee.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

It is hard to describe the joy and happiness one feels to see their mentees succeed and follow their passions and dreams! Kudos to Madison Guyette! 😊 youtube.com/watch?v=MQmF...

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Will This Young Vermonter Cure Cancer Someday?

YouTube video by Across the Fence

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Nimrat Chatterjee @nimratchatterjee.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

Forever chemicals are bad for health. There is no version (food, wrapping material, clothes, everyday use products) that is safe. Kudos to these significant steps in Europe!!

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Admirable Women @admirablewomen.bsky.social · 26/07/2026

Chemist & X-ray crystallographer Rosalind Franklin's meticulous research was instrumental in uncovering DNA's molecular structure. Most famous for her role in the DNA double helix discovery, her work also revolutionized our understanding of viruses & coal. She was born #OTD in 1920. #WomenInSTEM 🧵

A classic, black-and-white studio portrait of a young Dr. Rosalind Franklin (1920–1958), the pioneering British chemist and X-ray crystallographer whose data was foundational to uncovering the double-helix structure of DNA. Captured from the chest up, Franklin sits in a three-quarter pose, her body angled slightly toward the left while her gaze directly meets the viewer. She possesses a calm, intelligent, and subtly enigmatic expression, with her dark hair neatly parted on the side and styled back away from her face. She wears a dark, long-sleeved button-down blouse with structured shoulders, a sharp collar, and fabric buttons down the front placket. The background is a soft, minimalist studio gradient of neutral grays that creates a gentle vignette effect, casting a soft light on the right side of her face. The composition is clean, formal, and balanced, evoking a mood of quiet determination, dignity, and brilliant intellectual poise characteristic of the early 20th-century scientific vanguard.

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Nimrat Chatterjee @nimratchatterjee.bsky.social · 23/07/2026

Way to go Julie Dragon! Such an exciting discovery!!

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Nimrat Chatterjee @nimratchatterjee.bsky.social · 16/07/2026

Join us for an excellent installment of discussions with leading editors in the DNA repair and mutagenesis space!

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Harmit Singh Malik @harmitmalik.bsky.social · 09/07/2026

Coming late to this story: Suspecting AI cheating, Ivy League prof ordered an in-person final; scores fell 50% arstechnica.com/ai/2026/07/w...

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Suspecting AI cheating, Ivy League prof ordered an in-person final; scores fell 50%

AI cheating leads to "a failed society," professor says.

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Nimrat Chatterjee @nimratchatterjee.bsky.social · 02/07/2026

Please attend this exciting webinar that we host on July 23rd.

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Nimrat Chatterjee @nimratchatterjee.bsky.social · 02/07/2026

This is the essence of a Ph.D., try, try again, and try even more, and never give up!

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Environmental Mutagenesis and Genomics Society @emgsus.bsky.social · 23/06/2026

Check out one of the latest publications in #EMM, Transcriptional Dysregulation of Histone Methyltransferase Genes and Chromosomal Instability Associated With Chronic Pesticide Exposure - Rodrigues! onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...

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Wonder of Science @wonderofscience.bsky.social · 30/05/2026

Fascinating footage of a human white blood cell chasing a bacterium captured through a microscope. 📽️: David Rogers

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Daniel Lipka @dblipka.bsky.social · 29/05/2026

🧵 NEW PAPER in @bloodjournal.bsky.social! Why do IDH1 mutations almost exclusively drive myeloid #leukemia, while IDH2 mutations occur in both myeloid AND lymphoid cancers? 🤔 #AML #Epigenetics Despite sharing the same biochemical mechanism, they are NOT equivalent. Here's what we found 👇

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Nimrat Chatterjee @nimratchatterjee.bsky.social · 01/05/2026

Please join us for the final installment of the CMB seminar on mitochondrial therapeutics for the 2025-2026 academic year! Thank you to all the presenters and the organizers! @wargolab.bsky.social @devdoot.bsky.social @grampositivephd.bsky.social @msymeonides.bsky.social @uvmcmb.bsky.social

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Nimrat Chatterjee @nimratchatterjee.bsky.social · 25/04/2026

Proud to share mentee successes from the lab! Madison Guyette, who revolutionized scientific learning and performance in my lab, has won the Goldwater Scholarship! She is the third student from my lab to win this prestigious award. Way to go, Maddie! www.uvm.edu/larnermed/mm...

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Madison Guyette is Awarded the Prestigious Goldwater Scholarship | Microbiology and Molecular Genetics | The University of Vermont

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Nimrat Chatterjee @nimratchatterjee.bsky.social · 24/04/2026

Please join us next week for an excellent installment of the CMB Research in Progress seminar featuring work on Toxoplasmosis and mitotic mechanisms! @uvmcmb.bsky.social @wargolab.bsky.social @devdoot.bsky.social @msymeonides.bsky.social @karenglasslab.bsky.social

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Nimrat Chatterjee @nimratchatterjee.bsky.social · 22/04/2026

It's the best feeling in the world when your graduate student defends their Ph.D. successfully! Dr. Victor began his Ph.D. training at the start of COVID and persevered through all crises and obstacles. He is looking for an industrial position, if anyone is hiring.

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Nimrat Chatterjee @nimratchatterjee.bsky.social · 17/04/2026

Please join us next week for an excellent installment of the CMB Seminars! We will discuss mechanisms of Influenza infection, thyroid cancer, and the development of an organ-on-chip! @uvmcmb.bsky.social @wargolab.bsky.social @devdoot.bsky.social @msymeonides.bsky.social @karenglasslab.bsky.social

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Admirable Women @admirablewomen.bsky.social · 10/04/2026

Biochemist Elizabeth Bugie co-discovered streptomycin (with Selman Waksman), the first antibiotic against Mycobacterium tuberculosis. Waksman went on to win the 1952 Nobel Prize for Medicine & took full credit for the discovery. Bugie died #OTD in 2001. #WomenInSTEM #MatildaEffect (1/2)

A black-and-white historical photograph of Elizabeth Bugie, a pioneering biochemist, working in a laboratory. She is shown from the waist up, wearing a short-sleeved white top and focusing intently on her work.

She has dark, shoulder-length hair and is holding a piece of glassware connected to a black rubber tube, seemingly adjusting a filtration or distillation setup. Several Erlenmeyer flasks and glass funnels sit on the bench in front of her. In the background, shelves are filled with numerous glass chemical bottles of various sizes, and a window with multiple panes is visible to the right.

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Jason Shepherd @jasonsynaptic.bsky.social · 10/04/2026

It’s brutal in academia right now. A lot is out of our control, but it doesn’t cost anything to remember that there are humans behind papers and grants…reviewers, program officials and funders can be more empathetic in the face of unprecedented chaos in the US scientific enterprise.

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Nimrat Chatterjee @nimratchatterjee.bsky.social · 10/04/2026

Please join us next week in another excellent installment of CMB Seminars, featuring work on Alphaviruses, Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS), and the Toxoplasma parasite! @devdoot.bsky.social @uvmcmb.bsky.social @wargolab.bsky.social @msymeonides.bsky.social @gward246.bsky.social

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Nimrat Chatterjee @nimratchatterjee.bsky.social · 26/03/2026

Please join us next Tuesday, March 31st, for our next installment of the CMB seminar. We have three speakers delivering 15-minute summaries of their work! @devdoot.bsky.social @uvmcmb.bsky.social @wargolab.bsky.social @msymeonides.bsky.social @karenglasslab.bsky.social

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Nimrat Chatterjee @nimratchatterjee.bsky.social · 25/03/2026

Circulating to all..Please register and attend! One of the best platforms to meet all mutagenesis enthusiasts!

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Admirable Women @admirablewomen.bsky.social · 23/03/2026

Emmy Noether was described by Albert Einstein (& others) as the most important woman in the history of #mathematics. + Many important contributions to abstract algebra + Proved Noether's first & second theorems, which are fundamental in mathematical physics Born #OTD in 1882. #WomenInSTEM #WHM

Black-and-white photograph of German mathematician Emmy Noether standing in front of a large chalkboard completely covered in dense handwritten mathematical equations, integrals, matrices, graphs, and symbols. She wears a light striped blouse with puffed sleeves and a high collar, a large dark bow tie, a wide belt with an ornate buckle, and a skirt. Her dark hair is styled in an updo as she looks to the side with a calm, neutral expression, her right hand resting on the back of an ornate wooden chair.

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Nimrat Chatterjee @nimratchatterjee.bsky.social · 16/03/2026

Please join us tomorrow for an excellent installment of the CMB seminar, where we will discuss peroxisomal movements in fungi and ER involvement in Influenza-induced lung injury. @uvmcmb.bsky.social @wargolab.bsky.social @devdoot.bsky.social @msymeonides.bsky.social @karenglasslab.bsky.social

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Admirable Women @admirablewomen.bsky.social · 13/03/2026

Susan B. Anthony dedicated her life to women's #suffrage & campaigned for the abolition of slavery, women's property rights & more: susanbanthonyhouse.org/her-story/bi... Active until she died, #OTD in 1906. She never got to vote in her lifetime (well, legally that is). #WomensHistoryMonth #WHM

A classic black-and-white portrait photograph of Susan B. Anthony, the legendary American suffragist, abolitionist, and women's rights pioneer, taken in her later years. She is seated in a formal pose against a plain dark background, wearing a high-necked, long-sleeved black dress with elaborate lace trim and floral-patterned lace collar and cuffs. Her white hair is neatly styled in a low bun with a small decorative comb or ribbon. She gazes to the left of the camera with a calm, resolute, and dignified expression—her face conveying unwavering determination and quiet strength. The image captures her as a tireless advocate who co-founded the National Woman Suffrage Association, fought for decades to secure voting rights for women (culminating in the 19th Amendment after her death), and remains an enduring symbol of perseverance in the struggle for gender equality. The soft lighting and formal composition highlight her as an icon of the suffrage movement.

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Nimrat Chatterjee @nimratchatterjee.bsky.social · 13/03/2026

Happening now! UVM Cancer Center Retreat!

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Admirable Women @admirablewomen.bsky.social · 10/03/2026

Astronomer Edmée Chandon died #OTD in 1944.🔭 She was the first professional female astronomer in France, working at the Paris Observatory from 1908 until her retirement in 1941. She is one of the 72 pioneering women whose names are to be engraved on the Eiffel Tower. #WomenInSTEM #astronomy #WHM

A black-and-white historical portrait photograph of Edmée Chandon, the pioneering French astronomer (1885–1944), shown as a young woman. She has short, curly dark hair styled in a bob with soft volume, adorned with a dark headband featuring two prominent vertical barrette-like pins or clips. Her expression is calm and direct, gazing straight at the camera with a subtle, composed demeanor. She wears a dark velvet or satin dress with a high neckline accented by a white lace ruffled collar or jabot, and a small decorative brooch or button at the center. The image has a classic early 20th-century studio style with soft lighting, a plain background, and slight vignetting, evoking elegance and determination.

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Where in the World @handle.invalid · 10/03/2026

#WomensHistoryMonth Day 10 - Chemist and physicist Marie Curie is the only person to win Nobel Prizes in two different scientific fields. Where in the World...was she born? Click to guess and find out on this #map: www.whereintheworldgame.com?id=51&type=q #History #Science

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