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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
The goal was to integrate genomic and epigenomic features to better understand how chromatin structure, genetic variation, and other factors might influence p53 binding and activity. We learned quite a bit, so we decided to share that with everyone via web-accessible Shiny app. Check it out!
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Sammons Lab at UAlbany @sammons.bsky.social · 02/10/2025
This one, led by Gaby Baniulyte and Sawyer Hicks, has a long history. This started as a COVID quarantine project for Saywer while he was just rotating in the lab. A few iterations (and 5 years later), we're excited to see it out in the world.
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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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Sammons Lab at UAlbany @sammons.bsky.social · 02/10/2025
Thanks for the question! We hope to hire someone with a strong research focus, demonstrated productivity and creativity, a vision for their research program/area, but who also has the ability to broadly contribute to undergraduate and graduate education and training.
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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...
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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 · 09/09/2025
Absolutely no question! This is all quite disheartening. I'm trying to find those last few straws to grasp, especially as my not good enough grants go to council this week with lab runway down to 9 months. I appreciate all your insight on here. I'm not really "junior" but I always learn a ton!
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Sammons Lab at UAlbany @sammons.bsky.social · 09/09/2025
I've now seen a few instances of well-funded labs with sub 5%ile scores not approved. Despite how frustrating it is to get a score that good not be funded, perhaps they're prioritizing similar scores where labs are in jeopardy? Trying to find some silver lining...
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Sammons Lab at UAlbany @sammons.bsky.social · 06/09/2025
The success of you, your team, and all the Immunology folks at Penn are well deserved. Enjoy it!
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Sammons Lab at UAlbany @sammons.bsky.social · 30/08/2025
I pre-print every manuscript from my lab. It's so helpful for everyone, I still cannot fathom the mindset to not do it!
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Sammons Lab at UAlbany @sammons.bsky.social · 29/08/2025
5 years (or more) is not necessary. We've outsourced doctoral committee decisions to anonymous peer review when manuscripts are required AND we're accustomed to inexpensive labor. Although this only accounts for lengthening STEM degrees. The median humanities PhD take substantially longer...
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Sammons Lab at UAlbany @sammons.bsky.social · 17/08/2025
The TikTok and Instagram wellness influencers are going to LOVE YOU.
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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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Sammons Lab at UAlbany @sammons.bsky.social · 08/08/2025
Well, it's not "unpaid", just "lowly paid". I have found it to be incredibly worthwhile, both for my own understanding of the peer review system at NIH and the feeling of contributing to the scientific community. I'm glad you're giving it a go!
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Sammons Lab at UAlbany @sammons.bsky.social · 08/08/2025
I'm glad my NCE fit nicely into that 3 month window where I needed to use prior approval. Oh well...glad they made the change back.
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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 · 31/07/2025
I'm at an R1 and people still look down on our work if our goal is not "publish in Nature". I don't want to impress those folks. I find considerable purpose (most days) in the educational mission of the uni. I see progress and impact every day. I love my research, but it's just PART of my job.
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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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Sammons Lab at UAlbany @sammons.bsky.social · 26/07/2025
Amazing stuff. I'd like to point you to the incredible graphical abstract for this recent Cell manuscript. doi.org/10.1016/j.ce...
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Sammons Lab at UAlbany @sammons.bsky.social · 24/07/2025
But if we have a 6 grant limit, we'll have more time to write better grants! (giant, sarcastic eye roll)
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Sammons Lab at UAlbany @sammons.bsky.social · 23/07/2025
Thanks, Ken. I am happy it was scored and know that means there is always a chance. They haven't released a new RFA yet, so technically, there is no way for me to (currently) revise if that's required. If I can't resubmit, I'm proud of our work but need to continue submitting traditional apps.
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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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Sammons Lab at UAlbany @sammons.bsky.social · 27/06/2025
We've got something even more interesting in the works. Will send along by regular old email...trans-activation domain related stuff! Excited about your recent manuscript too. Let's chat about them both. All is truly well and good here.
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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
Here's what I'd like to do: starting with a list of genomic coordinates, a JASPAR-style frequency matrix, and a variant file (VCF), I want to ask whether a TF motif might exist in the ref and/or alt sequences...
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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 · 24/06/2025
Perfect timing. My grant on humoral theory and methods to reduce black bile balance is going to study section this week.../s
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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 · 06/06/2025
Weirdly, I'll be in Dundee from Tue-Fri and London Fri-Sat...tight trip for a conference, so sadly, no chance to get to Sheffield! I'm taking Dundee recommendations if you have any!
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Sammons Lab at UAlbany @sammons.bsky.social · 06/06/2025
Interesting manuscript. I expect p53 motifs will not confer tissue or cell specificity, and the reason it shows up here as HepG2 specific is because K562 cells are deficient in p53 activity (two LOF alleles). p53 is such a strong activator that it dominates MPRA activity.
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Sammons Lab at UAlbany @sammons.bsky.social · 06/06/2025
Oooh! Excited to take a look. Congrats to you and the team!
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Sammons Lab at UAlbany @sammons.bsky.social · 04/06/2025
The job market is brutal in bio/biotech/pharm. Can't speak to engineering and other "STEM", but I would guess it's not great. This is insane water-carrying...
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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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