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Sammons Lab at UAlbany

@sammons.bsky.social
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Associate Professor of Biology, transcription factor biology/gene regulation/genomics, thesammonslab.org, Albany, NY

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Sammons Lab at UAlbany @sammons.bsky.social · 02/10/2025
Excited to share another 2025 publication from the lab. doi.org/10.1093/data...
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p53motifDB: integration of genomic information and tumour suppressor p53 binding motifs
Abstract. The tumour suppressor gene TP53 encodes the DNA binding transcription factor p53 and is one of the most mutated genes in human cancer. Tumour sup
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Clark Evans @clarkevanswx.github.io · 30/09/2025
The Univ. of Nebraska’s Dept. of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences has established a webpage soliciting the community’s help in saving their program. Their hearing in front of campus admin is next Friday, Oct 10th. Please consider sharing why they’re essential! eas.unl.edu/save-earth-a...
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Save Earth and Atmospheric Sciences! | Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences | Nebraska
The University of Nebraska-Lincoln is proposing to close the Department of Earth & Atmospheric Sciences (EAS) as part of its budget reduction plan. We strongly oppose this plan. EAS conducts research ...
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Sammons Lab at UAlbany @sammons.bsky.social · 23/09/2025
Position #4! A tenure track faculty position in Algebraic Methods is available in the Department of Mathematics and Statistics at the University at Albany, SUNY. Feel free to contact me for any information and please spread far and wide! albany.interviewexchange.com/jobofferdeta...
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Sammons Lab at UAlbany @sammons.bsky.social · 23/09/2025
Position #3! A tenure track faculty position in Behavioral Neuroscience is available in the Department of Psychology at the University at Albany, SUNY. Feel free to contact me for any information and please spread far and wide! albany.interviewexchange.com/jobofferdeta...
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Sammons Lab at UAlbany @sammons.bsky.social · 23/09/2025
Position #2! A tenure track faculty position in Computational Cognitive Neuroscience is available in the Department of Psychology at the University at Albany, SUNY. Feel free to contact me for any information and please spread far and wide! albany.interviewexchange.com/jobofferdeta...
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Sammons Lab at UAlbany @sammons.bsky.social · 23/09/2025
A tenure track faculty position in Quantitative Systems Neuroscience is available in the Department of Biological Sciences at the University at Albany, SUNY. Feel free to contact me for any information and please spread far and wide! albany.interviewexchange.com/jobofferdeta...
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Sammons Lab at UAlbany @sammons.bsky.social · 23/09/2025
Position #4! A tenure track faculty position in Algebraic Methods is available in the Department of Mathematics and Statistics at the University at Albany, SUNY. Feel free to contact me for any information and please spread far and wide! albany.interviewexchange.com/jobofferdeta...
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Sammons Lab at UAlbany @sammons.bsky.social · 23/09/2025
Position #3! A tenure track faculty position in Behavioral Neuroscience is available in the Department of Psychology at the University at Albany, SUNY. Feel free to contact me for any information and please spread far and wide! albany.interviewexchange.com/jobofferdeta...
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Sammons Lab at UAlbany @sammons.bsky.social · 23/09/2025
Position #2! A tenure track faculty position in Computational Cognitive Neuroscience is available in the Department of Psychology at the University at Albany, SUNY. Feel free to contact me for any information and please spread far and wide! albany.interviewexchange.com/jobofferdeta...
albany.interviewexchange.com
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Sammons Lab at UAlbany @sammons.bsky.social · 23/09/2025
A tenure track faculty position in Quantitative Systems Neuroscience is available in the Department of Biological Sciences at the University at Albany, SUNY. Feel free to contact me for any information and please spread far and wide! albany.interviewexchange.com/jobofferdeta...
albany.interviewexchange.com
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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 15/08/2025
what
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Thomas Lecaque @tlecaque.bsky.social · 14/08/2025
An R1 without languages programs isn't a research university, it's a joke.
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Sammons Lab at UAlbany @sammons.bsky.social · 14/08/2025
This is a remarkably terrible suggestion. thedispatch.com/article/scie...
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Unyoke the Sciences From the Humanities
Arts and sciences typically cohabitate. Should they?
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Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 01/08/2025
The Corporation for Public Broadcasting is shutting down operations after loss of federal funding:
The Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB) announced today that it will begin an orderly wind-down of its operations following the passage of a federal rescissions package and the release of the Senate Appropriations Committee’s FY 2026 Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies (Labor-H) appropriations bill, which excludes funding for CPB for the first time in more than five decades.

For nearly 60 years, CPB has carried out its Congressional mission to build and sustain a trusted public media system that informs, educates, and serves communities across the country. Through partnerships with local stations and producers, CPB has supported educational content, locally relevant journalism, emergency communications, cultural programming, and essential services for Americans in every community.

“Despite the extraordinary efforts of millions of Americans who called, wrote, and petitioned Congress to preserve federal funding for CPB, we now face the difficult reality of closing our operations,” said CPB President and CEO Patricia Harrison. “CPB remains committed to fulfilling its fiduciary responsibilities and supporting our partners through this transition with transparency and care.”
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Sammons Lab at UAlbany @sammons.bsky.social · 28/07/2025
It's apparently now a career goal for faculty members to have significant financial conflicts of interest that need to be disclosed before seminars.
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Inside Higher Ed @insidehighered.com · 22/07/2025
Report: Faculty Often Missing From University Decisions on AI A new survey from the @aaup.org shows that a breakdown of shared governance around implementing AI has implications for the future of teaching, learning and job security. #HigherEd #EDUSky #AcademicSky bit.ly/3H0mcZp
A robot teaching a class. It's pointing at a chalkboard with the acronym A.I.
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Sammons Lab at UAlbany @sammons.bsky.social · 22/07/2025
Good news: grant renewal was scored Bad news: this is the worst score I've ever received
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Sammons Lab at UAlbany @sammons.bsky.social · 16/07/2025
I would like the Study Section gods to be kind over the next two days.
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Boo!-per Lund @cooperlund.online · 09/07/2025
It's New Foods at the Minnesota State Fair day, and there's some solid innovations in the Fair Food space here www.mnstatefair.org/new/food/
FawafflePizza Cheese Curd TacosUncrustaburgerChicken Fried Bacon Fries
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Sammons Lab at UAlbany @sammons.bsky.social · 02/07/2025
beyond parody
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Vincent J Lynch 🐘🦣🦥 🦇🐋🐢🐍 @devoevomed.bsky.social · 02/07/2025
TIL that my credibility as a critic of @colossal and @BenLamm has raised "questions of professional misconduct in research communication" on reddit: reddit.com/r/AskAcademi... Let's take this as an opportunity to discuss misconduct in research communication! 1/n
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Does Vincent Lynch’s public role as a de-extinction critic raise questions of professional misconduct in research communication? (example)
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Sammons Lab at UAlbany @sammons.bsky.social · 01/07/2025
Hey, another manuscript acceptance. Congrats team. Sneak peak: www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
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p53motifDB: integration of genomic information and tumor suppressor p53 binding motifs
The tumor suppressor gene TP53 encodes the DNA binding transcription factor p53 and is one of the most commonly mutated genes in human cancer. Tumor suppressor activity requires binding of p53 to its ...
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Sammons Lab at UAlbany @sammons.bsky.social · 28/06/2025
Spending the weekend reviewing NIH fellowship applications. Hoping for some positive karma.
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bioRxiv Molecular Biology @biorxiv-molbio.bsky.social · 26/06/2025
Targeted p63 isoform switch corrects dominant mutations in AEC syndrome without disrupting epidermal homeostasis www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/202…
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Sammons Lab at UAlbany @sammons.bsky.social · 26/06/2025
Congrats to Dr. Abby McCann on her successful dissertation defense this morning! This is an amazing scientist. Reach out if you're looking for an adaptable, efficient, and motivated molecular biology/genomics expert for your lab or company.
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Sammons Lab at UAlbany @sammons.bsky.social · 25/06/2025
Do I have any BlueSky folks who might help advise me on how to generate a graph genome from dbSNP or 1000 Genomes data? Or advice on how to do variant-aware TF motif calling?
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Sammons Lab at UAlbany @sammons.bsky.social · 23/06/2025
What a fun week for PhD student, Abby McCann. Her second manuscript was just published in Molecular and Cellular Biology. www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.... AND, she defends her dissertation this week! Join us in D'Ambra Auditorium on UAlbany's Uptown Campus at 11AM on Thursday, June 26th!
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Sammons Lab at UAlbany @sammons.bsky.social · 29/05/2025
Manuscript accepted! A sincere thanks to our peer reviewers and editors. Most of the work is already on posted @biorxivpreprint.bsky.social, but the updated version should be available shortly. I'll give a nice rundown of the work later when it is "in print".
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Sammons Lab at UAlbany @sammons.bsky.social · 26/05/2025
I have never felt so excited and so fearful for the future of "my lab". Here's why:
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Prof Peter Hotez MD PhD DSc(hon) @peterhotezmdphd.bsky.social · 26/05/2025
My latest in @plosbiology.org journals.plos.org/plosbiology/...
Your career in bioscience in an era of worsening pseudoscience and NIH budget cuts
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Bookshelfie ⭐️ @bookshelfie.bsky.social · 19/05/2025
#booksky
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Sammons Lab at UAlbany @sammons.bsky.social · 18/05/2025
Congrats to our most recent PhD grad, Dr. Dana Woodstock!
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Sammons Lab at UAlbany @sammons.bsky.social · 07/05/2025
Is anyone looking for postdocs? I have a really great graduate student looking to start as early as August 1st (and as late as January 2026). Area is flexible! Expertise in molecular biology, cell line engineering, gene regulation, cloning. Feel free to reach out here if you've heard anything!
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Dada Pisconti @dadapisconti.bsky.social · 24/04/2025
If you too are experiencing mental health issues due to the ongoing shitshow, please DM me or Signal me at ziadadina.19, I am trying to build a community to help each other. Y'all, please repost and help me out, this is serious stuff
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Dr. Becca @docbecca.bsky.social · 08/04/2025
Funny, that's almost exactly the entire NIH budget 🤔
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Sammons Lab at UAlbany @sammons.bsky.social · 08/04/2025
I don't feel that I need to explain my art to you, Warren.
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Robert "The Bobby Yaga" McNees @mcnees.bsky.social · 01/04/2025
I would just teach Physics I and Physics II, beginning to end.
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Ken Halvorsen @halvorsenlab.bsky.social · 31/03/2025
Ugh, I expected this but kept hoping it wouldn't happen. UAlbany just got a MARC award, and two undergrads in my lab are supported from this award. In my limited experience, it's been a great way to engage undergrads in research who may otherwise not have the opportunity. A shame...
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Emmett Macfarlane 🇨🇦 @emmettmacfarlane.com · 31/03/2025
Some colleagues hate when I point this out, but for tenured/tenure-track faculty, peer review is already compensated work. It is part of the 20% of our jobs that account for service (in 'standard load' positions).
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Sammons Lab at UAlbany @sammons.bsky.social · 29/03/2025
This will be my resignation letter.
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Sammons Lab at UAlbany @sammons.bsky.social · 28/03/2025
Just had a lovely visit to Stony Brook University and the Department of Biochemistry & Cell Biology. I met a ton of great scientists doing fun science, and even ran into a former student I taught in two courses now pursuing her PhD. Fun stuff! Thanks to @dadapisconti.bsky.social for the invite!
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Alex Merz 🇺🇸🇨🇦🇺🇦 @merz.bsky.social · 27/03/2025
A scientist in Marc Kirschner's lab
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Sammons Lab at UAlbany @sammons.bsky.social · 26/03/2025
sigh
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Joachim Frank @joachim123.bsky.social · 24/03/2025
regarding Columbia University, I just learned about this (anonymous) account of negotiations of the Hitler regime in the 1930s with Frankfurt University -- Germany's most prestigious university at the time:
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Sammons Lab at UAlbany @sammons.bsky.social · 17/03/2025
For everyone interested in science and preventing cuts to science funding: a fantastic article by Joachim Frank, a Nobel Prize winner for work done right here in the Capital District. www.timesunion.com/opinion/arti...
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Commentary: Science on the chopping block
Those who care about the advancement of knowledge, and its applications for improving the human condition, are seeing their worst fears realized under Trump.
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Denis Duboule @denisduboule.bsky.social · 17/03/2025
Symposium on ‘Enhancer Sequences’ at beautiful @collegedefrance.bsky.social in Paris, by April 11th. Open and free, no registration. Come to relax listening to facts #TherapeuticEffects #VillageGauloix Final programme below. Tell your friends! 🙏🤘
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Sammons Lab at UAlbany @sammons.bsky.social · 12/03/2025
Federal funding cuts are devastating to universities, careers, the economy, and the generation of knowledge. Even worse is the continued demonization of higher ed and the demographic cliff. Student tuition pays almost everything at MOST universities. We need to show students this is worth it.
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Sammons Lab at UAlbany @sammons.bsky.social · 04/03/2025
Stand up for science
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Sammons Lab at UAlbany @sammons.bsky.social · 01/03/2025
One of my students just got into an unbelievable summer undergraduate research program. More details to follow, but finally some good news amongt all this bad news and chaos.
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Marc Bühler @marcbuhler.bsky.social · 27/02/2025
The realignment of research in our group @fmiscience.bsky.social is beginning to bear fruit. Proud of our captain @merleskribbe.bsky.social and the whole team! www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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A comprehensive Schizosaccharomyces pombe atlas of physical transcription factor interactions with proteins and chromatin
Transcription factors (TFs) are key regulators of gene expression, yet many of their targets and modes of action remain unknown. In Schizosaccharomyce…
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