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A three year postdoctoral position is available in my group, investigating plant centromere structure, function and evolution @plantsci jobs.cam.ac.uk/job/51488/

It is going to be a great conference, join us! There is still time to register!

Hello friends! Just a reminder that we have made the move to the blue place 🦋 and I will delete this account at the end of the month. Please migrate with us!

@Tat1anaMoiseeva Thanks!

@Tat1anaMoiseeva Thanks, that is so useful! If does not feel as much like starting from scratch in a new place :)

Just like everyone else, moving to the bluer place. Yes, it took a while, because we're slow to catch up 😀. Find us there, friends!

Just published📢 Our new forum article on Fc-optimized checkpoint antibodies for cancer therapy. New to immunotherapy and antibody engineering? This one’s for you! Co-authored with Alan Korman. @TrendsMolecMed #CancerImmunotherapy #FcEngineering sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

Thrilled to have @maria_spies visit @uthscsa today! Looking fwd to one of her superb seminars :)

Free scientific illustrations for biologists! 😍 @NIH has released a library of 500+ free scientific illustrations to create figures, presentations, and illustrations! all freely available in the public domain. Retweet and spread the message! bioart.niaid.nih.gov

@NjbBari3 Yes, we don't talk enough about the good guys, the few who watch out for us. I've met a few in my 20s, bus and taxi drivers in London, metro staff in Paris, random dudes and once a scary old lady (!) who stepped up for me in the US. I wish they knew how much I appreciated that.

Collaborative paper alerts! The 1st on PDL1 role in DDR is being proofed rn so I'll post next week. 2nd is this beauty from the @PatrickSungLab "Distinct roles of the two BRCA2 DNA binding domains in DNA damage repair and replication fork preservation" biorxiv.org/content/10.110…

@arjunrajlab I don't think it's silly to ask someone about to take the plunge what idea they came up with (= distinct from previous mentor) for their own research program.

Can we retire the “How will you distinguish yourself from your postdoc advisor?” question that is typically asked of faculty candidates? I don’t think there is a meaningful answer that would inform a hiring decision one way or the other. Also, it’s silly.

@ProfessorAntony We used to need to cite methods for space constraints, but now it's used to self-cite. I'm guilty, too. Now that everything is online, we could move the protocols to sup and provide the whole thing. Every time. Even if it's mostly a copy-paste. Cite whomever came up with it.

@CraigBeam1 @NIHDirector Not translating is not a dead end, it builds knowledge!

@NIHDirector We are very fortunate to live in a country rich enough to support basic science and basic research. Their foundational work often leads to dead ends, but often leads to solutions that can be translated into major advances in care.

2nd, AI is getting better everyday. We should be clear that articles need to be written by people and based on real data now, as soon enough there won't be a call to be made. There are way too many new paper submissions for all of them to be real. Anyone else feels like me? 3/3

First of all, the nerves! I am not on payroll, reviewers are not on payroll. Why are we to waste time we don't have on a machine written manuscript? As far as I am aware, AI is not accepted by main publishers (yes, small title from one of the big publishing groups).

Hey science peeps! I get a ton of requests to edit manuscripts. Accepted one, obviously written by AI. Ran it, came back 100% AI,0% human, 5 different detectors. Today, nasty email from editor in chief telling me they don't accept my rejection, and to send it 4 review 1/3

Last day of Entrepreneurs Bootcamp at @Geekdom San Antonio. So much info, so much networking, and such great mentorship! I loved meeting this cohort and we will see each other again. Now, who want to hear my elevator pitch?! 😁

Hello, DNA repair Tweeter peeps! We have a fab cryo-EM facility but they cannot take just any project I throw at them (time constraints + scientific choices). Who is your go to cryo-EM facility? Please contact me directly if you're a structural core with some time or interest!

@PeterLyLab @JustinEngel17 Dang, I really wanted to go to that one! My daughter is coming home after a year away this week, so easy choice for me to pass, yet what a bummer. Y'all enjoy the good science and pretty views!

Heading to the FASEB Recombination meeting? Drop by @JustinEngel17 poster on Tuesday to hear about how a central DNA repair pathway can be co-opted to induce mitotic chromosome shattering and genome rearrangements. #GRSRC