Still can’t believe 1) Francis and I are on a first name basis 2) he agreed to be one of my science/ life mentors 🥺

The armor works. Until it doesn’t. 🛡️ @jpflores_31 shares a story about what happens when being “the smart one” stops protecting you—and starts pushing you toward something new. 🎧Hear his story on the podcast this week! ow.ly/vZIg50YTcSb

Watching a cone snail harpoon a fish will absolutely blow your mind 🧠 For @jpflores_31, it also starts to unravel something else: the pressure of always being “the smart one.” 🎧ow.ly/Bb4150YTbgg #ScienceStories #TrueStories #Identity

Sometimes the things we use to protect ourselves end up revealing the most. In tomorrow's episode, Christopher Moncayo-Torres and @jpflores_31 build their own kind of armor and come face-to-face with what happens when it starts to crack. 🎧 OUT TOMORROW! #ScienceStories

Excited to share that my second paper from graduate school is out now at Nature Genetics. We show that Enhancer-Promoter interactions can form de novo in the absence of loop extrusion. nature.com/articles/s41588-0…

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To mark Black History Month in the US, we’re partnering with an expert committee of scholars to highlight and connect Black scientists, strengthen networks, raise visibility, and help expand opportunities at every career stage. The Index of Inspiring Black Scientists is an open, global resource showcasing exceptional Black researchers—one we’ll continue to grow and evolve throughout 2026. Use the Index to: - Discover researchers in your field from around the world and spark new collaborations - Explore options for both informal and formal mentorship - Connect with peers at similar career stages to expand your professional network - Identify inspiring Black scientists to invite as seminar speakers or conference presenters - Find new authors and cutting-edge research Explore the Index: ow.ly/3xrw50Y8lha #BlackHistoryMonth #Science #AcademicPublishing #BlackInSTEM

RT @drstarbird: I am SO incredibly excited to announce the launch of a global list of Inspiring Black Scientists. You can use this list to…

So honored to be included in the Index of Inspiring Black Scientists as we kick off the 100th year of Black History Month 🖤✨ Huge thank you to @jpflores_31 , @drstarbird, for thinking of me and for the incredible work you’re doing to uplift and celebrate Black scientists.

Stress-induced loss of CTCF reveals an alternative, promoter-based mode of cohesin looping biorxiv.org/content/10.64898… #biorxiv_genomic

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Francis Collins, the former NIH director, tells liver researcher that the partisanship that has pervaded science "is really a dangerous sign for the future of our society." trib.al/Slr5IZy

(1/8) Excited to see our collab w. @ViraatGoel Ed Banigan @ngaboreden James Jusuf, Leonid Mirny and Gerd Blobel out in @NatureSMB nature.com/articles/s41594-0… This was co-submitted with A Schooley and Job Dekker's preprint biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/… which should also be online soon.

We asked 3,785 PhD students across 107 countries about their experiences. Where do you think the happiest doctoral candidates were? go.nature.com/4hk0e1l

Great Job - Great Colleagues - Great Science👍 Help us pick the next generation of @HHMINEWS Investigators, Freeman Hrabowski Scholars, Hanna Gray Fellows, Gilliam Fellows Relocation to DC is required, perfect for academic PIs looking for their next chapter hhmi.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/E…

Continuing efforts to hurt the research pipeline, the very late NSF GFRP solicitation no longer allows 2nd yr PhD students to apply. Many students chose not to apply last year because they were told they would have a better change once in their thesis lab nsf.gov/funding/opportunitie…

So as trainees, where should we publish ?😆

Really enjoyed reading the new Giorgetti lab preprint that makes the case that not all E-P interactions are created equal - it is the subset of long-lived extrusion-mediated E-P interactions that are most transcriptionally important: biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/…

Thanks @AAAS_STPF for this fellowships focus article in the latest newsletter detailing my recently concluded year in #Congress with @RepBillFoster! Read more: bit.ly/4gt0OsW @ASGCTherapy @aaas #scipol