Dr. Karmella Haynes
@drkhaynes.bsky.social
Epigenetic bioengineer (academic), consultant for bold science, writing coach. My stream: science thoughts with random food pics #academicwriting #synbio #epigenetics http://drkarmellahaynes.com
Good morning! I’m changing the titles of the inclusion and equity content on my blog to “gold standard science,” while keeping the content the same. I like the ring of it. Thanks RFK Jr! I claim no ownership of this idea, so feel free to copy.
January 7, 2026 at 1:24 PM
Good morning! I’m changing the titles of the inclusion and equity content on my blog to “gold standard science,” while keeping the content the same. I like the ring of it. Thanks RFK Jr! I claim no ownership of this idea, so feel free to copy.
Someone is already vying for the 2026 John Lewis good trouble award! Visit www.trumpkennedycenter.org
I made up that award, but there should be one.
I made up that award, but there should be one.
January 7, 2026 at 2:43 AM
Someone is already vying for the 2026 John Lewis good trouble award! Visit www.trumpkennedycenter.org
I made up that award, but there should be one.
I made up that award, but there should be one.
I thought this was just me or my computer! I’m sharing this thread with our pre-award admin who is telling us to complete this by Friday.
If you are submitting an NIH grant in February, you will be required to use SciENcv to prepare you biosketch.
IT IS MUCH WORSE THAN YOU CAN POSSIBLY IMAGINE.
Set aside *at least* 4 hours just to transfer an existing an biosketch into SciENcv.
IT IS MUCH WORSE THAN YOU CAN POSSIBLY IMAGINE.
Set aside *at least* 4 hours just to transfer an existing an biosketch into SciENcv.
January 7, 2026 at 2:35 AM
I thought this was just me or my computer! I’m sharing this thread with our pre-award admin who is telling us to complete this by Friday.
Happy #GeorgeWashingtonCarverDay!
Today is #GeorgeWashingtonCarver Day (est. 1953). Carver’s work is deeper than “100’s of inventions.” He was a top genius who solved problems from his lived experience: depleted soil, fragile farming systems, communities forced to make more with less. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_...
George Washington Carver - Wikipedia
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January 5, 2026 at 2:20 PM
Happy #GeorgeWashingtonCarverDay!
Reposted by Dr. Karmella Haynes
🎶 MAGA don’t allow no DEI ‘round here.
MAHA don’t allow no rational thinking’ ‘round here.
Well we don’t care what MA-blah don’t allow.
We gonna do real science anyhow.
MAGA don’t allow no DEI ‘round here. 🎶
MAHA don’t allow no rational thinking’ ‘round here.
Well we don’t care what MA-blah don’t allow.
We gonna do real science anyhow.
MAGA don’t allow no DEI ‘round here. 🎶
January 4, 2026 at 5:33 PM
🎶 MAGA don’t allow no DEI ‘round here.
MAHA don’t allow no rational thinking’ ‘round here.
Well we don’t care what MA-blah don’t allow.
We gonna do real science anyhow.
MAGA don’t allow no DEI ‘round here. 🎶
MAHA don’t allow no rational thinking’ ‘round here.
Well we don’t care what MA-blah don’t allow.
We gonna do real science anyhow.
MAGA don’t allow no DEI ‘round here. 🎶
This column in a word: boss-up, y’all. It is not a warm and fuzzy hug, or an outrage sing-along. It’s a clear reflection of the present, a wake up call, and a preview of the future. We aren’t going to complain Trump away. It’s survival time. www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Dear US researchers: break the outrage addiction. I survived the besieging of science. So can you
As I watch US researchers respond to threats against science, I’m reminded of when scientists in Brazil navigated a similar storm.
www.nature.com
January 4, 2026 at 5:03 PM
This column in a word: boss-up, y’all. It is not a warm and fuzzy hug, or an outrage sing-along. It’s a clear reflection of the present, a wake up call, and a preview of the future. We aren’t going to complain Trump away. It’s survival time. www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Black eyed peas and greens with smoked turkey for the New Year! Plus a bonus bowl of chicken and sausage gumbo. Ready to fight and win in 2026. #newyear2026 #soulfood
January 1, 2026 at 6:35 PM
Black eyed peas and greens with smoked turkey for the New Year! Plus a bonus bowl of chicken and sausage gumbo. Ready to fight and win in 2026. #newyear2026 #soulfood
Special recognition of today's Kwanzaa principle "Ujima" - collective work and responsibility (Day 3). The Adinkra symbol Akoma Ntoaso (united hearts) is used to represent agreed-upon effort. The symbol also represents a machine-readable XML format for govt., legislative & judiciary documents.
December 28, 2025 at 10:39 PM
Special recognition of today's Kwanzaa principle "Ujima" - collective work and responsibility (Day 3). The Adinkra symbol Akoma Ntoaso (united hearts) is used to represent agreed-upon effort. The symbol also represents a machine-readable XML format for govt., legislative & judiciary documents.
December 26, 2025 at 8:42 PM
Happy Holidays from the Haynes lab and our awesome epigenetic lncRNA bioengineering collaborators from NYU! Thanks to the Jones lab for a great micro-symposium and for hanging with us at our holiday party!
December 25, 2025 at 6:15 PM
Happy Holidays from the Haynes lab and our awesome epigenetic lncRNA bioengineering collaborators from NYU! Thanks to the Jones lab for a great micro-symposium and for hanging with us at our holiday party!
I just returned from a conference where a couple of grad students from India said that one thing that unifies conservative and liberal Indians is the opinion that Kash Patel is a total joke.
November 29, 2025 at 12:13 PM
I just returned from a conference where a couple of grad students from India said that one thing that unifies conservative and liberal Indians is the opinion that Kash Patel is a total joke.
New preprint! A bold aspiration, to target and control genes as chromatin complexes, not as nucleotide strings. How it started: total noise. New resolution: fuzzy blobs coming into focus. Not perfect yet but a huge step. khayneslab.wordpress.com/2025/11/27/r...
Research – bioRxiv – Decoding Gene Responsiveness to Synthetic Chromatin Reader-Actuators with Multi-Modal Epigenomic Profiling
Decoding Gene Responsiveness to Synthetic Chromatin Reader-Actuators with Multi-Modal Epigenomic ProfilingKim SH, Enwerem-Lackland I, Williams NL, Fisher R, Plaisier CL, Haynes KA. (2024) bioRxiv.D…
khayneslab.wordpress.com
November 29, 2025 at 3:06 AM
New preprint! A bold aspiration, to target and control genes as chromatin complexes, not as nucleotide strings. How it started: total noise. New resolution: fuzzy blobs coming into focus. Not perfect yet but a huge step. khayneslab.wordpress.com/2025/11/27/r...
My new kink is getting into a racially loaded exchange with a bigot, avoiding any direct mention of race, and when they finally mention race, I say “why are you so obsessed with race?” Yes, this is petty. Healing is a journey.
November 22, 2025 at 3:19 PM
My new kink is getting into a racially loaded exchange with a bigot, avoiding any direct mention of race, and when they finally mention race, I say “why are you so obsessed with race?” Yes, this is petty. Healing is a journey.
My favorite* academic mic drop “As strongly requested by the reviewers, here we cite some references [35-47] although they are completely irrelevant to the present work” … has been retracted! But in good faith … the paper is getting a new review. retractionwatch.com/2025/04/09/i...
A ‘joke’: Paper with ‘completely irrelevant’ citations retracted
A paper that made the rounds last year for its blatantly “irrelevant” citations has now been retracted. Elsevier’s International Journal of Hydrogen Energy published “Origin of the distinct s…
retractionwatch.com
November 20, 2025 at 11:32 PM
My favorite* academic mic drop “As strongly requested by the reviewers, here we cite some references [35-47] although they are completely irrelevant to the present work” … has been retracted! But in good faith … the paper is getting a new review. retractionwatch.com/2025/04/09/i...
So Watson kicked the bucket. My work as a CSHL summer course instructor put me in proximity with him. I was there when he lobbed his phony genetic elitism at a white (East European-looking) student. The public stories you’ve probably heard are just the tip of the iceberg. www.npr.org/2025/11/07/n...
James Watson, who co-discovered the structure of DNA, has died at age 97
James Watson, who co-discovered the structure of DNA has died at age 97. He was a scientific superstar until he made racist remarks that made him an outcast.
www.npr.org
November 8, 2025 at 8:13 PM
So Watson kicked the bucket. My work as a CSHL summer course instructor put me in proximity with him. I was there when he lobbed his phony genetic elitism at a white (East European-looking) student. The public stories you’ve probably heard are just the tip of the iceberg. www.npr.org/2025/11/07/n...
Reposted by Dr. Karmella Haynes
Important study
Children & adolescents are "far more likely to experience rare but serious heart & inflammatory conditions after a COVID-19 infection than after being vaccinated–and the risks after infection lasted much longer"
Next post has link to study itself
1/3
www.gavi.org/vaccineswork...
Children & adolescents are "far more likely to experience rare but serious heart & inflammatory conditions after a COVID-19 infection than after being vaccinated–and the risks after infection lasted much longer"
Next post has link to study itself
1/3
www.gavi.org/vaccineswork...
COVID-19 infection poses higher, longer heart risks to children than vaccination
A comprehensive analysis of English health records finds higher risk of rare heart complications in children and adolescents who caught COVID-19 compared to those who received an mRNA-based COVID vacc...
www.gavi.org
November 6, 2025 at 2:49 PM
Important study
Children & adolescents are "far more likely to experience rare but serious heart & inflammatory conditions after a COVID-19 infection than after being vaccinated–and the risks after infection lasted much longer"
Next post has link to study itself
1/3
www.gavi.org/vaccineswork...
Children & adolescents are "far more likely to experience rare but serious heart & inflammatory conditions after a COVID-19 infection than after being vaccinated–and the risks after infection lasted much longer"
Next post has link to study itself
1/3
www.gavi.org/vaccineswork...
From my recent FAMU-FSU Dept. of Chemical & Biomedical Engineering seminar: “FAMU taught me that science and self-knowledge are inseparable.” “A *culturally responsive education* doesn’t divide, it expands what we see as possible.” Share/repost to support inclusive education in Florida.
November 3, 2025 at 4:56 PM
From my recent FAMU-FSU Dept. of Chemical & Biomedical Engineering seminar: “FAMU taught me that science and self-knowledge are inseparable.” “A *culturally responsive education* doesn’t divide, it expands what we see as possible.” Share/repost to support inclusive education in Florida.
On my way to the airport, my Lyft driver’s Spotify feed (Spanish-language) was disrupted by the nauseating voice of Kristie Noem, warning “illegal immigrants” to self-deport, or else be found (by her goons). Please sign this petition: sign.moveon.org/petitions/st...
Stop streaming ICE recruitment ads NOW!
The Trump administration has funneled billions of dollars into these dystopian ICE recruitment ads. Meanwhile, cities are being terrorized by ICE agents who are running rampant with abuses of power, s...
sign.moveon.org
November 1, 2025 at 3:23 PM
On my way to the airport, my Lyft driver’s Spotify feed (Spanish-language) was disrupted by the nauseating voice of Kristie Noem, warning “illegal immigrants” to self-deport, or else be found (by her goons). Please sign this petition: sign.moveon.org/petitions/st...
Ridiculously incredible aquarium view in our private dining area for the 2025 Hypothesis Fund retreat! @montereybayaquarium.org
October 29, 2025 at 2:13 AM
Ridiculously incredible aquarium view in our private dining area for the 2025 Hypothesis Fund retreat! @montereybayaquarium.org
Moon jelly fish at @montereybayaquarium.org
October 29, 2025 at 2:08 AM
Moon jelly fish at @montereybayaquarium.org
Beautiful comb jellyfish at the Monterey Bay Aquarium in California!
October 29, 2025 at 1:38 AM
Beautiful comb jellyfish at the Monterey Bay Aquarium in California!
That moment when convergence strikes like a lightning bolt: #chromatin states in floating cells are more flexible than in adherent cells. It’s been right there in the literature all along! Oh and here’s a food photo: pulled roasted lamb, toast, fries, corn cob (Las Brasas, Decatur).
October 23, 2025 at 2:15 PM
That moment when convergence strikes like a lightning bolt: #chromatin states in floating cells are more flexible than in adherent cells. It’s been right there in the literature all along! Oh and here’s a food photo: pulled roasted lamb, toast, fries, corn cob (Las Brasas, Decatur).
The shark on the hoverboard! Y’all! ❤️🤣
The inflatables r showing up everywhere for No Kings music festivals! 🥰 #nokings
October 18, 2025 at 5:26 PM
The shark on the hoverboard! Y’all! ❤️🤣
Standing up for science at #nokingsday in Decatur, GA.
October 18, 2025 at 3:13 PM
Standing up for science at #nokingsday in Decatur, GA.
Making good trouble by the John Lewis statue (that replaced the Confederate monument) in downtown Decatur, GA #nokingsday
October 18, 2025 at 3:04 PM
Making good trouble by the John Lewis statue (that replaced the Confederate monument) in downtown Decatur, GA #nokingsday