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Ben Van Houten
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Scientist studying mechanisms of DNA repair using single molecule approaches.
I am incredibly proud of Matt Schaich, Emily Xu, and Elisa Dallo who presented their work at the Trondheim meeting.
October 9, 2025 at 5:06 AM
Attending a wonderful DNA repair meeting in Trondheim, Norway. Thanks Barbara van Loon for being a splendid host.
October 8, 2025 at 12:24 PM
Thanks to Roman and Maurice from LUMICKS for arranging the trip.
April 18, 2025 at 6:44 AM
Spent a lovely day at Masaryk University
CEITEC – Central European Institute of Technology
Kamenice 5, 625 00 Brno, wonderful tour of the Biomolecular Interactions and Crystallography Core Facility / CEITEC by Jitka Holková
April 18, 2025 at 6:43 AM
Brno is a center of innovation, since the days of Mendel.
April 18, 2025 at 6:40 AM
Spent the last five days in the Czech Republic. Prague us a beautiful city.
April 18, 2025 at 6:38 AM
Inspiring talks (especially Representstive Summer Lee) at the Standup for Science 2025, Pittsburgh, the home of the Salk polio vaccine.
March 7, 2025 at 7:35 PM
Reposted by Ben Van Houten
Welcome to the Bluesky account for Stand Up for Science 2025!

Keep an eye on this space for updates, event information, and ways to get involved. We can't wait to see everyone #standupforscience2025 on March 7th, both in DC and locations nationwide!

#scienceforall #sciencenotsilence
February 12, 2025 at 5:04 PM
Reposted by Ben Van Houten
Instead of lowering prices, the Trump Administration is disrupting the work of researchers who are studying life-saving medicines and treatments.
Scientists at NIH can’t purchase supplies for their studies after Trump administration pauses outside communications | CNN
Scientists at the National Institutes of Health have been told the communications pause announced by the Trump Administration earlier this week includes a pause on all purchasing, including supplies f...
www.cnn.com
January 25, 2025 at 1:47 PM
To my colleagues and friends at NIH, I feel your pain. www.science.org/content/arti...
Trump hits NIH with ‘devastating’ freezes on meetings, travel, communications, and hiring
Researchers facing
www.science.org
January 23, 2025 at 12:09 PM
January 4, 2025 at 2:57 AM
Happy New Year! Celebrating a new dawn. May your 2025 be a prosperous and healthy year.
January 3, 2025 at 11:57 PM
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A little birdie told us we should migrate to bluer skies. 😉 Hello Bluesky world. 👋🌎 Please re-share this post so we can follow you and help to grow the genomics community on here! 🧬✨
November 12, 2024 at 4:15 PM
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31 December 1995. Still the perfect goodbye.
December 31, 2024 at 12:21 PM
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What are your plans for October 2025? It would be a fantastic time to visit Norway for the Endogenous DNA Damage and Repair conference with a stellar set of speaker covering a wide range of topics. www.endodnadamage.com
December 4, 2024 at 11:14 AM
Happy Thanksgiving! A good time to pause, and appreciate all that is good in our lives, and to be grateful for friends and family. Enjoy!
November 28, 2024 at 11:29 AM
Decided to start an account here to keep in touch with fellow scientists, so sad to see what has happened to Twitter.
November 20, 2024 at 10:00 PM