Alon Goren
@agoren.bsky.social
Assoc Prof. @UCSanDiego, Dept of Medicine. Developmental epigenomics: merging molecular biology, genomics, bioinformatics & tech-dev.
He/Him
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This is a beautiful case of how real science happens & serious scientists work. Kudos to both set of authors: “This has been a humbling experience, but one that speaks to the self-correcting nature of the scientific endeavor.” www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
RETRACTED: Integrative phylogenomics positions sponges at the root of the animal tree
Determining whether sponges or ctenophores root the animal tree has important implications for understanding early animal evolution. Here, we examined support for these competing hypotheses by constru...
www.science.org
February 6, 2026 at 7:35 PM
This is a beautiful case of how real science happens & serious scientists work. Kudos to both set of authors: “This has been a humbling experience, but one that speaks to the self-correcting nature of the scientific endeavor.” www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
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BREAKING: Federal agents just shot and killed a man in Minneapolis after brutally beating him in front of witnesses.
We condemn this killing and demand ICE and CBP agents withdraw from Minneapolis immediately.
We condemn this killing and demand ICE and CBP agents withdraw from Minneapolis immediately.
January 24, 2026 at 5:53 PM
BREAKING: Federal agents just shot and killed a man in Minneapolis after brutally beating him in front of witnesses.
We condemn this killing and demand ICE and CBP agents withdraw from Minneapolis immediately.
We condemn this killing and demand ICE and CBP agents withdraw from Minneapolis immediately.
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Reminder: All it would take to end the murder of American citizens by an untrained government goon squad is 16 Republicans in Congress voting with Dems to defund ICE (or 23 to impeach and remove Trump — 3 in House & 20 in Senate). That’s it. 23 Americans can vote for the public and end all of this.
January 24, 2026 at 6:26 PM
Reminder: All it would take to end the murder of American citizens by an untrained government goon squad is 16 Republicans in Congress voting with Dems to defund ICE (or 23 to impeach and remove Trump — 3 in House & 20 in Senate). That’s it. 23 Americans can vote for the public and end all of this.
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Another murder by immigration enforcement in my district.
I am absolutely horrified that federal agents are targeting and executing our residents instead of protecting them.
ICE and CBP must leave Minnesota immediately. Kristi Noem must be impeached. Enough.
I am absolutely horrified that federal agents are targeting and executing our residents instead of protecting them.
ICE and CBP must leave Minnesota immediately. Kristi Noem must be impeached. Enough.
January 24, 2026 at 6:25 PM
Another murder by immigration enforcement in my district.
I am absolutely horrified that federal agents are targeting and executing our residents instead of protecting them.
ICE and CBP must leave Minnesota immediately. Kristi Noem must be impeached. Enough.
I am absolutely horrified that federal agents are targeting and executing our residents instead of protecting them.
ICE and CBP must leave Minnesota immediately. Kristi Noem must be impeached. Enough.
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Don’t let Russell Vought trick Congress into destroying science by removing multiyear funding limits from the NIH funding bill.
January 16, 2026 at 4:34 PM
Don’t let Russell Vought trick Congress into destroying science by removing multiyear funding limits from the NIH funding bill.
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ICE has kidnapped so many people from their cars that the city had to put out this statement. Let that sink in.
Vehicles that are abandoned due to an ICE detention and towed to the City's impound lot will be released to their owners or a representative at no cost.
Learn more: https://www.minneapolismn.gov/getting-around/parking-driving/impound-lot/#d.en.200746
Learn more: https://www.minneapolismn.gov/getting-around/parking-driving/impound-lot/#d.en.200746
January 16, 2026 at 11:42 PM
ICE has kidnapped so many people from their cars that the city had to put out this statement. Let that sink in.
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For @msnownews.bsky.social, I wrote an article about how ICE Watch is grounded in sociological theories of violence prevention.
The reality is that most men will only commit public violence in extremely specific scenarios and ICE Watch disrupts the conditions necessary for escalation.
The reality is that most men will only commit public violence in extremely specific scenarios and ICE Watch disrupts the conditions necessary for escalation.
Opinion | I'm a Minneapolis sociologist who studies violence. Here's how ICE observers are helping.
Research into how violence occurs shows that disapproval from the people around you can help reduce it.
www.ms.now
January 16, 2026 at 6:55 PM
For @msnownews.bsky.social, I wrote an article about how ICE Watch is grounded in sociological theories of violence prevention.
The reality is that most men will only commit public violence in extremely specific scenarios and ICE Watch disrupts the conditions necessary for escalation.
The reality is that most men will only commit public violence in extremely specific scenarios and ICE Watch disrupts the conditions necessary for escalation.
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Opinion | They Were Ordinary Germans. We Are Ordinary Americans.
www.nytimes.com
January 16, 2026 at 3:26 AM
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Senate Republicans just narrowly blocked consideration of the resolution to put a check on the President's military actions in Venezuela.
We will not give up. Congress must prevent our troops from being put in harm’s way to secure access to another country’s oil.
We will not give up. Congress must prevent our troops from being put in harm’s way to secure access to another country’s oil.
January 15, 2026 at 1:39 AM
Senate Republicans just narrowly blocked consideration of the resolution to put a check on the President's military actions in Venezuela.
We will not give up. Congress must prevent our troops from being put in harm’s way to secure access to another country’s oil.
We will not give up. Congress must prevent our troops from being put in harm’s way to secure access to another country’s oil.
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Associate professor of Medicine @agoren.bsky.social and graduate student Yuwei Cao's new method for an end-to-end single pot automated (spa) ChIP-seq made the cover of @genomeresearch.bsky.social! 🧬
Read their article, focused on developing spa-ChIP-seq, below 👇
Read their article, focused on developing spa-ChIP-seq, below 👇
The new issue of @genomeresearch.bsky.social is now live. Follow the link to new research the 3D genome organization in breast cancer, assisted reproductive technology mutation rate, and more! tinyurl.com/Genome-Res-3...
January 8, 2026 at 9:33 PM
Associate professor of Medicine @agoren.bsky.social and graduate student Yuwei Cao's new method for an end-to-end single pot automated (spa) ChIP-seq made the cover of @genomeresearch.bsky.social! 🧬
Read their article, focused on developing spa-ChIP-seq, below 👇
Read their article, focused on developing spa-ChIP-seq, below 👇
Our new method for an end-to-end single pot automated (spa) ChIP-seq made the cover of @genomeresearch.bsky.social! A fun spa day for the DNA ;)
(Sorry, I had to, please don’t tell my wife).
Shoutout to my graduate student Yuwei Cao which led this effort amazingly!
(Sorry, I had to, please don’t tell my wife).
Shoutout to my graduate student Yuwei Cao which led this effort amazingly!
The new issue of @genomeresearch.bsky.social is now live. Follow the link to new research the 3D genome organization in breast cancer, assisted reproductive technology mutation rate, and more! tinyurl.com/Genome-Res-3...
January 6, 2026 at 8:58 PM
Our new method for an end-to-end single pot automated (spa) ChIP-seq made the cover of @genomeresearch.bsky.social! A fun spa day for the DNA ;)
(Sorry, I had to, please don’t tell my wife).
Shoutout to my graduate student Yuwei Cao which led this effort amazingly!
(Sorry, I had to, please don’t tell my wife).
Shoutout to my graduate student Yuwei Cao which led this effort amazingly!
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Russia has no plans to invade:
Moldova.
Ok. But not Georgia
Ok but not Ukraine.
Ok, Just Crimea
Ok, just Crimea & part of Donetsk
Ok, Just Crimea & all of Donetsk
Ok, Just Crimea & all of Donetsk, Kherson, Luhansk & Zaporizhzhia
Ok, all of Ukraine
But Russia won't attack EU
Moldova.
Ok. But not Georgia
Ok but not Ukraine.
Ok, Just Crimea
Ok, just Crimea & part of Donetsk
Ok, Just Crimea & all of Donetsk
Ok, Just Crimea & all of Donetsk, Kherson, Luhansk & Zaporizhzhia
Ok, all of Ukraine
But Russia won't attack EU
December 18, 2025 at 1:41 PM
Russia has no plans to invade:
Moldova.
Ok. But not Georgia
Ok but not Ukraine.
Ok, Just Crimea
Ok, just Crimea & part of Donetsk
Ok, Just Crimea & all of Donetsk
Ok, Just Crimea & all of Donetsk, Kherson, Luhansk & Zaporizhzhia
Ok, all of Ukraine
But Russia won't attack EU
Moldova.
Ok. But not Georgia
Ok but not Ukraine.
Ok, Just Crimea
Ok, just Crimea & part of Donetsk
Ok, Just Crimea & all of Donetsk
Ok, Just Crimea & all of Donetsk, Kherson, Luhansk & Zaporizhzhia
Ok, all of Ukraine
But Russia won't attack EU
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Metamorphosis is nature at its weirdest and historian Oren Harman has just written a beautiful book about it.
Also check out this link for free access to the review I wrote about the book for this week's Nature: nature.com/articles/d41...
Also check out this link for free access to the review I wrote about the book for this week's Nature: nature.com/articles/d41...
December 4, 2025 at 4:21 AM
Metamorphosis is nature at its weirdest and historian Oren Harman has just written a beautiful book about it.
Also check out this link for free access to the review I wrote about the book for this week's Nature: nature.com/articles/d41...
Also check out this link for free access to the review I wrote about the book for this week's Nature: nature.com/articles/d41...
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No one will stop me from defending our freedoms.
November 29, 2025 at 1:02 AM
No one will stop me from defending our freedoms.
I am excited to share our most recent pre-print:
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
we developed ChIP-wrangeler: a rigorous approach for spike-in normalization with 2 species for failsafe. We show that histone-ac does not depend on transcription, and transcription/histone-ac crosstalk is intricate.
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
we developed ChIP-wrangeler: a rigorous approach for spike-in normalization with 2 species for failsafe. We show that histone-ac does not depend on transcription, and transcription/histone-ac crosstalk is intricate.
November 28, 2025 at 3:17 PM
I am excited to share our most recent pre-print:
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
we developed ChIP-wrangeler: a rigorous approach for spike-in normalization with 2 species for failsafe. We show that histone-ac does not depend on transcription, and transcription/histone-ac crosstalk is intricate.
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
we developed ChIP-wrangeler: a rigorous approach for spike-in normalization with 2 species for failsafe. We show that histone-ac does not depend on transcription, and transcription/histone-ac crosstalk is intricate.
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www.science.org/doi/10.1126/... related to frog in boiling water and #nokings
Will we habituate to the decline of democracy?
The recent attack on science in the US is not only undermining knowledge; it is also undermining democracy. In a healthy democracy, public policy is guided by evidence, and truth is the shared foundat...
www.science.org
October 18, 2025 at 4:26 PM
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/... related to frog in boiling water and #nokings
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ICE Boasts Zero Murders Committed By 5-Year-Olds Since Child Detainments Began
ICE Boasts Zero Murders Committed By 5-Year-Olds Since Child Detainments Began
WASHINGTON—Touting a new crime report as evidence their ramped-up operations were improving American life, Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials announced Friday that there had been zero murde...
theonion.com
October 12, 2025 at 6:00 PM
ICE Boasts Zero Murders Committed By 5-Year-Olds Since Child Detainments Began
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Strong statement today from UC's Academic Senate:
October 3, 2025 at 9:58 PM
Strong statement today from UC's Academic Senate:
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IF ANY CALIFORNIA UNIVERSITY SIGNS THIS RADICAL AGREEMENT, THEY'LL LOSE BILLIONS IN STATE FUNDING — INCLUDING CAL GRANTS — INSTANTLY.
CALIFORNIA WILL NOT BANKROLL SCHOOLS THAT SELL OUT THEIR STUDENTS, PROFESSORS, RESEARCHERS, AND SURRENDER ACADEMIC FREEDOM.
CALIFORNIA WILL NOT BANKROLL SCHOOLS THAT SELL OUT THEIR STUDENTS, PROFESSORS, RESEARCHERS, AND SURRENDER ACADEMIC FREEDOM.
October 2, 2025 at 8:34 PM
IF ANY CALIFORNIA UNIVERSITY SIGNS THIS RADICAL AGREEMENT, THEY'LL LOSE BILLIONS IN STATE FUNDING — INCLUDING CAL GRANTS — INSTANTLY.
CALIFORNIA WILL NOT BANKROLL SCHOOLS THAT SELL OUT THEIR STUDENTS, PROFESSORS, RESEARCHERS, AND SURRENDER ACADEMIC FREEDOM.
CALIFORNIA WILL NOT BANKROLL SCHOOLS THAT SELL OUT THEIR STUDENTS, PROFESSORS, RESEARCHERS, AND SURRENDER ACADEMIC FREEDOM.
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New week, new tool: Find our Protein Domain Designer tool to generate publication-ready protein domain diagrams here: domaindesigner.farnunglab.com
September 29, 2025 at 3:01 PM
New week, new tool: Find our Protein Domain Designer tool to generate publication-ready protein domain diagrams here: domaindesigner.farnunglab.com
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ICE Argues Migrants In Camps Are Free To Die At Any Time https://theonion.com/ice-argues-migrants-in-camps-are-free-to-die-at-any-tim-1835623878/
September 28, 2025 at 2:30 PM
ICE Argues Migrants In Camps Are Free To Die At Any Time https://theonion.com/ice-argues-migrants-in-camps-are-free-to-die-at-any-tim-1835623878/
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RFK Jr. Promotes Natural Immunity With Invitation To Touch His Festering Sore
RFK Jr. Promotes Natural Immunity With Invitation To Touch His Festering Sore
WASHINGTON—Establishing new federal guidelines for disease prevention as he moves to restrict public access to a number of vaccines, Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. launched ...
theonion.com
September 28, 2025 at 6:00 PM
RFK Jr. Promotes Natural Immunity With Invitation To Touch His Festering Sore
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"Did I remove track changes?"
August 8, 2025 at 12:39 AM
"Did I remove track changes?"