Emily Madden
@emadden.bsky.social
I work with scientists to make cool tech for epigenomics and chromatin biology research.
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The scientific (bureaucratic) uncertainty over what constitutes gain of function research is going to stymie important research into pathogens, just as the US & Canada are poised for a dramatic resurgence of infectious diseases thanks to the ‘wisdom’ of non-scientists who have abandoned reason.
ANOTHER NIH leader resigns—John Beigel—over 'a flu study dustup'
A Beigel supporter within NIH "called the flu study dustup a 'pseudomanufactured concern' that was meant to force him out, so officials could bring in a researcher who has strongly supported Trump"🙄
www.science.org/content/arti...
A Beigel supporter within NIH "called the flu study dustup a 'pseudomanufactured concern' that was meant to force him out, so officials could bring in a researcher who has strongly supported Trump"🙄
www.science.org/content/arti...
NIH official resigns after flap over risks of seasonal flu virus study
Agency may be expanding list of pathogens subject to dangerous “gain-of-function” regulations
www.science.org
January 9, 2026 at 4:07 AM
The scientific (bureaucratic) uncertainty over what constitutes gain of function research is going to stymie important research into pathogens, just as the US & Canada are poised for a dramatic resurgence of infectious diseases thanks to the ‘wisdom’ of non-scientists who have abandoned reason.
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Saving this screenshot from Threads as a new reaction image
January 3, 2026 at 4:41 PM
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I love that La Farm is in RDU bc now I can’t have a white chocolate baguette first thing when I’m back visiting the RTP area. ❤️❤️❤️
December 13, 2025 at 6:28 PM
I love that La Farm is in RDU bc now I can’t have a white chocolate baguette first thing when I’m back visiting the RTP area. ❤️❤️❤️
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Very excited to share our work on locus level transposable elements in development with the @fnucleosome.bsky.social community!
🧬🎉Join us on Dec 17th for our last session of 2025! 🎉🧬Two fantastic talks on transcriptional regulation:
🔬JB Lalanne on developmental enhancers (and starting a lab in 2025?)
🔬 @rberrens.bsky.social on transposable elements in development
📋Register here: us06web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
🔬JB Lalanne on developmental enhancers (and starting a lab in 2025?)
🔬 @rberrens.bsky.social on transposable elements in development
📋Register here: us06web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
December 12, 2025 at 8:02 AM
Very excited to share our work on locus level transposable elements in development with the @fnucleosome.bsky.social community!
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Please RT 📧
Registration open for ➡️"Summer School on Chromatin Biology" Our 2 weeks hands on expedition 🧪👩💻August 2026. 3. edition. Learn CUT@Tag, CUT@Run, ChIPseq, ATACseq AND to analyse your own data at @helmholtzmunich.bsky.social Daily letures by experts in the field !
▶️ shorturl.at/jrA8i
Registration open for ➡️"Summer School on Chromatin Biology" Our 2 weeks hands on expedition 🧪👩💻August 2026. 3. edition. Learn CUT@Tag, CUT@Run, ChIPseq, ATACseq AND to analyse your own data at @helmholtzmunich.bsky.social Daily letures by experts in the field !
▶️ shorturl.at/jrA8i
December 9, 2025 at 11:59 AM
Please RT 📧
Registration open for ➡️"Summer School on Chromatin Biology" Our 2 weeks hands on expedition 🧪👩💻August 2026. 3. edition. Learn CUT@Tag, CUT@Run, ChIPseq, ATACseq AND to analyse your own data at @helmholtzmunich.bsky.social Daily letures by experts in the field !
▶️ shorturl.at/jrA8i
Registration open for ➡️"Summer School on Chromatin Biology" Our 2 weeks hands on expedition 🧪👩💻August 2026. 3. edition. Learn CUT@Tag, CUT@Run, ChIPseq, ATACseq AND to analyse your own data at @helmholtzmunich.bsky.social Daily letures by experts in the field !
▶️ shorturl.at/jrA8i
Me: I’m going to take time for lunch and not eat at my desk.
Also me: Answers emails and slack messages from my phone in my kitchen.
Also me: Answers emails and slack messages from my phone in my kitchen.
December 3, 2025 at 5:58 PM
Me: I’m going to take time for lunch and not eat at my desk.
Also me: Answers emails and slack messages from my phone in my kitchen.
Also me: Answers emails and slack messages from my phone in my kitchen.
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"Twelve Months That Changed a Year"
An unhinged, meme-filled retrospective of the new features and improvements from the Altmetric Team this year. Hosted by @culturebullet.com and @lukegeorge.bsky.social
Join us on December 18th for our Christmas Special: www.altmetric.com/event/12-mon...
"Twelve Months That Changed a Year"
An unhinged, meme-filled retrospective of the new features and improvements from the Altmetric Team this year. Hosted by @culturebullet.com and @lukegeorge.bsky.social
Join us on December 18th for our Christmas Special: www.altmetric.com/event/12-mon...
December 2, 2025 at 10:32 AM
JOIN US
"Twelve Months That Changed a Year"
An unhinged, meme-filled retrospective of the new features and improvements from the Altmetric Team this year. Hosted by @culturebullet.com and @lukegeorge.bsky.social
Join us on December 18th for our Christmas Special: www.altmetric.com/event/12-mon...
"Twelve Months That Changed a Year"
An unhinged, meme-filled retrospective of the new features and improvements from the Altmetric Team this year. Hosted by @culturebullet.com and @lukegeorge.bsky.social
Join us on December 18th for our Christmas Special: www.altmetric.com/event/12-mon...
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Do you have an exciting new chromatin/transcription story that you'd like to share with the #FN community?
Fill out this form to be considered for a talk in our Jan-June 2026 schedule! forms.gle/TBi38UgYxPAB...
Please repost and share!
Fill out this form to be considered for a talk in our Jan-June 2026 schedule! forms.gle/TBi38UgYxPAB...
Please repost and share!
Application to speak in the Fragile Nucleosome series
Thank you for your interest in our seminar series!
We use a variety of different session formats but, in general, trainees can plan for a ~15 min talk + 5min Q/A and PIs can plan for a ~25min talk +...
forms.gle
November 24, 2025 at 1:50 PM
Do you have an exciting new chromatin/transcription story that you'd like to share with the #FN community?
Fill out this form to be considered for a talk in our Jan-June 2026 schedule! forms.gle/TBi38UgYxPAB...
Please repost and share!
Fill out this form to be considered for a talk in our Jan-June 2026 schedule! forms.gle/TBi38UgYxPAB...
Please repost and share!
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hey! if you're in the US and in a state that restricts gender affirming care, my friend flies for an amazing organization that will give you free flights to states/clinics that can help u get access. elevatedaccess.org
Elevated Access
elevatedaccess.org
November 25, 2025 at 1:24 AM
hey! if you're in the US and in a state that restricts gender affirming care, my friend flies for an amazing organization that will give you free flights to states/clinics that can help u get access. elevatedaccess.org
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Epigenetics Update – A primordial germ cell-like-cell platform enables CRISPRi screen for epigenetic fertility modifiers bit.ly/48iiPI3
John C Schimenti (Cornell University) reporting in EMBO J
#Epigenetics #PGCs #Fertility #CRISPR
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High-res insights without cell sorting; epigenometech.com
John C Schimenti (Cornell University) reporting in EMBO J
#Epigenetics #PGCs #Fertility #CRISPR
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High-res insights without cell sorting; epigenometech.com
November 17, 2025 at 12:05 PM
Epigenetics Update – A primordial germ cell-like-cell platform enables CRISPRi screen for epigenetic fertility modifiers bit.ly/48iiPI3
John C Schimenti (Cornell University) reporting in EMBO J
#Epigenetics #PGCs #Fertility #CRISPR
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High-res insights without cell sorting; epigenometech.com
John C Schimenti (Cornell University) reporting in EMBO J
#Epigenetics #PGCs #Fertility #CRISPR
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High-res insights without cell sorting; epigenometech.com
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Psyched to say that Mike Diamond is talking at our next seminar. THURSDAY 20th Nov. All welcome!
World leading #virology not to be missed - just email us for a Zoom link.
Please help us with a re-post to get the word out 👍
World leading #virology not to be missed - just email us for a Zoom link.
Please help us with a re-post to get the word out 👍
November 13, 2025 at 10:28 AM
Psyched to say that Mike Diamond is talking at our next seminar. THURSDAY 20th Nov. All welcome!
World leading #virology not to be missed - just email us for a Zoom link.
Please help us with a re-post to get the word out 👍
World leading #virology not to be missed - just email us for a Zoom link.
Please help us with a re-post to get the word out 👍
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I’d love to create a mini series highlighting the cool biology folks uncover with the help of this kit.
If you use this kit, please get in touch so I can highlight YOU and YOUR WORK!
If you use this kit, please get in touch so I can highlight YOU and YOUR WORK!
November 12, 2025 at 3:41 AM
I’d love to create a mini series highlighting the cool biology folks uncover with the help of this kit.
If you use this kit, please get in touch so I can highlight YOU and YOUR WORK!
If you use this kit, please get in touch so I can highlight YOU and YOUR WORK!
I’m proud of the team that made this launch possible and incredibly appreciative of Dr. Stergachis for trusting us to turn his tech into a reliable commercial product.
But what I’m REALLY excited for is seeing the cool data folks generate using this kit.
But what I’m REALLY excited for is seeing the cool data folks generate using this kit.
Fiber-seq is your complete solution for profiling chromatin accessibility, DNA methylation, and protein footprints in ONE multiomic experiment. This kit contains everything you need to get this assay up and running in your lab.
🔗 Try CUTANA™ Fiber-seq: https://www.epicypher.com/products/fiber-seq/
🔗 Try CUTANA™ Fiber-seq: https://www.epicypher.com/products/fiber-seq/
November 12, 2025 at 3:41 AM
I’m proud of the team that made this launch possible and incredibly appreciative of Dr. Stergachis for trusting us to turn his tech into a reliable commercial product.
But what I’m REALLY excited for is seeing the cool data folks generate using this kit.
But what I’m REALLY excited for is seeing the cool data folks generate using this kit.
Sunday morning time cleanse:
A picture of the goodest boy who was so well behaved on his morning adventure to Lowe’s.
A picture of the goodest boy who was so well behaved on his morning adventure to Lowe’s.
November 9, 2025 at 3:43 PM
Sunday morning time cleanse:
A picture of the goodest boy who was so well behaved on his morning adventure to Lowe’s.
A picture of the goodest boy who was so well behaved on his morning adventure to Lowe’s.
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We are delighted that @genesdev.bsky.social have selected our (w/ @adrianbracken.bsky.social) Weaver syndrome paper artwork as the November cover! This piece was made by my incredibly talented niece, Gina 'Dna Vinci' Ronan.
@ucddublin.bsky.social @tcddublin.bsky.social @ucd-sbbs.bsky.social
@ucddublin.bsky.social @tcddublin.bsky.social @ucd-sbbs.bsky.social
🚨 NEW ISSUE ALERT!!! 🚨
New Outlook, Review and Research articles online now at Genes & Development.
Click on the link to learn more:
➡️ https://genesdev.cshlp.org/content/39/21-22.toc
New Outlook, Review and Research articles online now at Genes & Development.
Click on the link to learn more:
➡️ https://genesdev.cshlp.org/content/39/21-22.toc
November 3, 2025 at 6:18 PM
We are delighted that @genesdev.bsky.social have selected our (w/ @adrianbracken.bsky.social) Weaver syndrome paper artwork as the November cover! This piece was made by my incredibly talented niece, Gina 'Dna Vinci' Ronan.
@ucddublin.bsky.social @tcddublin.bsky.social @ucd-sbbs.bsky.social
@ucddublin.bsky.social @tcddublin.bsky.social @ucd-sbbs.bsky.social
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someone invited people magazine to the kitchen and they brought their own knives
November 2, 2025 at 6:00 PM
someone invited people magazine to the kitchen and they brought their own knives
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Dr. Steven Henikoff receives the 55th Lewis S. Rosenstiel Award for Distinguished Work in Basic Medical Research.
www.brandeis.edu/rosenstiel/r...
(Personal note: I continue to be inspired and astonished by my postdoctoral mentor & current colleague)
www.brandeis.edu/rosenstiel/r...
(Personal note: I continue to be inspired and astonished by my postdoctoral mentor & current colleague)
Brandeis University honors Fred Hutch molecular biologist
Dr. Steven Henikoff, a molecular biologist at Fred Hutch Cancer Center, has won the prestigious Rosenstiel Award for Distinguished Work in Basic Medical Research from Brandeis University recognizing h...
www.fredhutch.org
October 31, 2025 at 12:48 AM
Dr. Steven Henikoff receives the 55th Lewis S. Rosenstiel Award for Distinguished Work in Basic Medical Research.
www.brandeis.edu/rosenstiel/r...
(Personal note: I continue to be inspired and astonished by my postdoctoral mentor & current colleague)
www.brandeis.edu/rosenstiel/r...
(Personal note: I continue to be inspired and astonished by my postdoctoral mentor & current colleague)
A colleague showed up to the work costume contest dressed as Fiber-seq. No notes. She got my vote.
October 30, 2025 at 8:34 PM
A colleague showed up to the work costume contest dressed as Fiber-seq. No notes. She got my vote.
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Hi Genome Engineering peeps!
When you genotype crude cell lysates after colony picking, which PCR enzyme/buffer composition works best for you for genotyping >1.5kb amplicons?
KOD Xtreme is amazingly robust but so $$$😬
Thank you!
When you genotype crude cell lysates after colony picking, which PCR enzyme/buffer composition works best for you for genotyping >1.5kb amplicons?
KOD Xtreme is amazingly robust but so $$$😬
Thank you!
October 28, 2025 at 5:23 PM
Hi Genome Engineering peeps!
When you genotype crude cell lysates after colony picking, which PCR enzyme/buffer composition works best for you for genotyping >1.5kb amplicons?
KOD Xtreme is amazingly robust but so $$$😬
Thank you!
When you genotype crude cell lysates after colony picking, which PCR enzyme/buffer composition works best for you for genotyping >1.5kb amplicons?
KOD Xtreme is amazingly robust but so $$$😬
Thank you!
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If I were running the DNC, there would be Democratic Party sponsored food relief banks across the country right now that specifically welcomed anyone regardless of party affiliation.
Along with the food, there could be voter registration and links to runforsomething.net
Along with the food, there could be voter registration and links to runforsomething.net
October 26, 2025 at 9:03 PM
If I were running the DNC, there would be Democratic Party sponsored food relief banks across the country right now that specifically welcomed anyone regardless of party affiliation.
Along with the food, there could be voter registration and links to runforsomething.net
Along with the food, there could be voter registration and links to runforsomething.net
Checked in on some new friends this weekend while the human friends were out of town.
October 26, 2025 at 10:46 PM
Checked in on some new friends this weekend while the human friends were out of town.
Them: But you’re so outgoing, don’t you get lonely working from home?
Me: Not really.
Me: Not really.
October 22, 2025 at 7:28 PM
Them: But you’re so outgoing, don’t you get lonely working from home?
Me: Not really.
Me: Not really.
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reposting with alt text bc i love this
October 18, 2025 at 9:10 PM
reposting with alt text bc i love this
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WOW! Protesters created a HUGE human sign on San Francisco’s Ocean Beach reading “No Kings YES on 50” to support California’s Prop 50 and stand up against Donald Trump’s fascist regime
October 18, 2025 at 7:53 PM
WOW! Protesters created a HUGE human sign on San Francisco’s Ocean Beach reading “No Kings YES on 50” to support California’s Prop 50 and stand up against Donald Trump’s fascist regime
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Nye: We are here to tell our lawmakers that what's going on in our government is
wrong. They must stop the abuses of this petulant president and his circle of sycophants. No thrones, no crowns, no king
wrong. They must stop the abuses of this petulant president and his circle of sycophants. No thrones, no crowns, no king
October 18, 2025 at 5:01 PM
Nye: We are here to tell our lawmakers that what's going on in our government is
wrong. They must stop the abuses of this petulant president and his circle of sycophants. No thrones, no crowns, no king
wrong. They must stop the abuses of this petulant president and his circle of sycophants. No thrones, no crowns, no king