Laura Scheinfeldt
@lscheinfeldt.bsky.social
Geneticist, hiker, amateur photographer, philasd parent
First snow in Philly yesterday
December 16, 2025 at 12:36 AM
First snow in Philly yesterday
Lake St. Catherine
October 11, 2025 at 2:39 PM
Lake St. Catherine
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Today we remember Jane Goodall, who inspired a generation to protect wildlife and wild places, turning careful observation into lasting conservation.
“A 'tireless advocate' for the protection of our natural world'”- Jane Goodall Institute
“A 'tireless advocate' for the protection of our natural world'”- Jane Goodall Institute
October 1, 2025 at 9:18 PM
Today we remember Jane Goodall, who inspired a generation to protect wildlife and wild places, turning careful observation into lasting conservation.
“A 'tireless advocate' for the protection of our natural world'”- Jane Goodall Institute
“A 'tireless advocate' for the protection of our natural world'”- Jane Goodall Institute
Noticing a growing clan of crows in Philly lately
August 19, 2025 at 12:06 AM
Noticing a growing clan of crows in Philly lately
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:( many unproductive moments in grad school spent here. never ate the hotdogs though.
It's time to say goodbye to one of Philadelphia's oldest and most legendary — and most legendarily smoky — dive bars: McGlinchey's is closing forever on Friday.
McGlinchey's Is Closing Forever
The legendarily smoky Philadelphia dive bar's last day is Friday.
www.phillymag.com
August 17, 2025 at 10:50 PM
:( many unproductive moments in grad school spent here. never ate the hotdogs though.
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FlyBase, a Drosophila database, will lose a third of its team in early October because the Harvard grant that covered the employees’ salaries was canceled. Scientists warn that losing FlyBase could devastate fly research.
By @claudia-lopez.bsky.social
www.thetransmitter.org/community/ha...
By @claudia-lopez.bsky.social
www.thetransmitter.org/community/ha...
Harvard University lays off fly database team
The layoffs jeopardize this resource, which has served more than 4,000 labs for about three decades.
www.thetransmitter.org
August 13, 2025 at 7:32 PM
FlyBase, a Drosophila database, will lose a third of its team in early October because the Harvard grant that covered the employees’ salaries was canceled. Scientists warn that losing FlyBase could devastate fly research.
By @claudia-lopez.bsky.social
www.thetransmitter.org/community/ha...
By @claudia-lopez.bsky.social
www.thetransmitter.org/community/ha...
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New iPSC resource with long-read whole genome sequencing characterizations for enhanced in vitro modeling https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.06.17.660113v1
June 22, 2025 at 5:32 AM
New iPSC resource with long-read whole genome sequencing characterizations for enhanced in vitro modeling https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.06.17.660113v1
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My contributor’s copy of @radonjournal.bsky.social Issue 10 has arrived!
June 13, 2025 at 7:54 PM
My contributor’s copy of @radonjournal.bsky.social Issue 10 has arrived!
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The benefit of living in Denmark is that I can take ggplot2 out to a bar to celebrate
June 11, 2025 at 8:48 AM
The benefit of living in Denmark is that I can take ggplot2 out to a bar to celebrate
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Had a great time collaborating with artist argot chen this week as part of the inaugural Sxaffold scientist/artist encounter. We made Mt. Rainier from agar using a 3D printed mold, then painted with colorful yeast strains www.sxaffold.org
June 6, 2025 at 8:28 PM
Had a great time collaborating with artist argot chen this week as part of the inaugural Sxaffold scientist/artist encounter. We made Mt. Rainier from agar using a 3D printed mold, then painted with colorful yeast strains www.sxaffold.org
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Senate hearing on the FY26 NIH budget with Jay Bhattacharya
June 10, 10am ET
www.appropriations.senate.gov/hearings/a-r...
June 10, 10am ET
www.appropriations.senate.gov/hearings/a-r...
A Review of the President’s Fiscal Year 2026 Budget Request for the National Institutes of Health | United States Senate Committee on Appropriations
United States Senate Committee on Appropriations
www.appropriations.senate.gov
June 5, 2025 at 1:37 AM
Senate hearing on the FY26 NIH budget with Jay Bhattacharya
June 10, 10am ET
www.appropriations.senate.gov/hearings/a-r...
June 10, 10am ET
www.appropriations.senate.gov/hearings/a-r...
The Oneiromantic Sheep
by @cultureworrier.bsky.social is out in issue 10 of @radonjournal.bsky.social !
www.radonjournal.com/issue-10/the...
by @cultureworrier.bsky.social is out in issue 10 of @radonjournal.bsky.social !
www.radonjournal.com/issue-10/the...
The Oneiromantic Sheep | Issue 10
Radon Journal Issue 10 featuring writers of science fiction and social commentary.
www.radonjournal.com
June 1, 2025 at 10:35 AM
The Oneiromantic Sheep
by @cultureworrier.bsky.social is out in issue 10 of @radonjournal.bsky.social !
www.radonjournal.com/issue-10/the...
by @cultureworrier.bsky.social is out in issue 10 of @radonjournal.bsky.social !
www.radonjournal.com/issue-10/the...
JMD June issue including our new paper on the GeT-RM PGx Search Tool and Consolidated PGx and HLA Table resources of characterized DNA reference materials for pharmacogenetic and HLA testing
The June issue of @jmdiagn.bsky.social is now live!
Full issue: jmdjournal.org/issue/S1525-...
#prostatecancer #Pgx #mosiacism #variantanalysis
Full issue: jmdjournal.org/issue/S1525-...
#prostatecancer #Pgx #mosiacism #variantanalysis
May 27, 2025 at 9:48 PM
JMD June issue including our new paper on the GeT-RM PGx Search Tool and Consolidated PGx and HLA Table resources of characterized DNA reference materials for pharmacogenetic and HLA testing
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We're leaping into day 2 of our author reveal!
Take a sneak peak at these titles from the gifted Rebecca O’Bern, Spencer Keene, Frank Baird Hughes @cultureworrier.bsky.social, and Julian Quaglia!
Come back tomorrow as we reveal our last round of titles and authors.
#indiejournal #scifi #dystopia
Take a sneak peak at these titles from the gifted Rebecca O’Bern, Spencer Keene, Frank Baird Hughes @cultureworrier.bsky.social, and Julian Quaglia!
Come back tomorrow as we reveal our last round of titles and authors.
#indiejournal #scifi #dystopia
May 27, 2025 at 9:01 PM
We're leaping into day 2 of our author reveal!
Take a sneak peak at these titles from the gifted Rebecca O’Bern, Spencer Keene, Frank Baird Hughes @cultureworrier.bsky.social, and Julian Quaglia!
Come back tomorrow as we reveal our last round of titles and authors.
#indiejournal #scifi #dystopia
Take a sneak peak at these titles from the gifted Rebecca O’Bern, Spencer Keene, Frank Baird Hughes @cultureworrier.bsky.social, and Julian Quaglia!
Come back tomorrow as we reveal our last round of titles and authors.
#indiejournal #scifi #dystopia
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📢 HPRC Release 2 is here!
Now with phased genomes from 200+ individuals, a 5x increase from Release 1.
Explore sequencing data, assemblies, annotations & alignments in our interactive data explorer ⬇️:
humanpangenome.org/hprc-data-re...
Now with phased genomes from 200+ individuals, a 5x increase from Release 1.
Explore sequencing data, assemblies, annotations & alignments in our interactive data explorer ⬇️:
humanpangenome.org/hprc-data-re...
May 12, 2025 at 1:15 PM
📢 HPRC Release 2 is here!
Now with phased genomes from 200+ individuals, a 5x increase from Release 1.
Explore sequencing data, assemblies, annotations & alignments in our interactive data explorer ⬇️:
humanpangenome.org/hprc-data-re...
Now with phased genomes from 200+ individuals, a 5x increase from Release 1.
Explore sequencing data, assemblies, annotations & alignments in our interactive data explorer ⬇️:
humanpangenome.org/hprc-data-re...
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A cool bit of #paleontology and #evolution news today: scitechdaily.com/a-108-millio... #monotremes #mammals #echidna #platypus #Australia #wildlife #fossils 🌿
A 108-Million-Year-Old Bone Just Rewrote Our Understanding of the World’s Strangest Mammal
New fossil evidence suggests echidnas evolved from a water-dwelling ancestor, not a land-based one. The bone structure closely resembles that of semi-aquatic animals like the platypus. A tiny fossiliz...
scitechdaily.com
May 7, 2025 at 6:11 PM
A cool bit of #paleontology and #evolution news today: scitechdaily.com/a-108-millio... #monotremes #mammals #echidna #platypus #Australia #wildlife #fossils 🌿
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Most people haven’t heard of this test, which is available in the US. It accurately predicts Alzheimer’s (not just if there’s a risk, but when). It is modulated by exercise and likely other lifestyle factors.
Here’s (almost) everything we know about it
erictopol.substack.com/p/the-breakt...
Here’s (almost) everything we know about it
erictopol.substack.com/p/the-breakt...
April 14, 2025 at 1:48 PM
Most people haven’t heard of this test, which is available in the US. It accurately predicts Alzheimer’s (not just if there’s a risk, but when). It is modulated by exercise and likely other lifestyle factors.
Here’s (almost) everything we know about it
erictopol.substack.com/p/the-breakt...
Here’s (almost) everything we know about it
erictopol.substack.com/p/the-breakt...
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The development and evaluation of Polygenic Risk Score reports: A systematised review of the literature www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... #genetics #genomics #PRS #riskprediction
The development and evaluation of Polygenic Risk Score reports: A systematised review of the literature
The return of polygenic risk scores (PGS) is currently being assessed in research settings for clinical utility and validity, and it is anticipated th…
www.sciencedirect.com
April 8, 2025 at 5:45 PM
The development and evaluation of Polygenic Risk Score reports: A systematised review of the literature www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... #genetics #genomics #PRS #riskprediction
Hands Off Philly
April 5, 2025 at 6:53 PM
Hands Off Philly
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#ArticleinPress: New Resources to Identify Characterized DNA Reference Materials for PGx and HLA Testing: The Genetic Testing Reference Material (GeT-RM) Program PGx Search Tool and GeT-RM Consolidated PGx and HLA Table.
Full text: www.jmdjournal.org/article/S152...
Full text: www.jmdjournal.org/article/S152...
New Resources to Identify Characterized DNA Reference Materials for PGx and HLA Testing: The Genetic Testing Reference Material (GeT-RM) Program PGx Search Tool and GeT-RM Consolidated PGx and HLA Tab...
Regulations, accreditation standards, and professional guidance require laboratories
to use reference materials for assay development, validation, quality control, and
proficiency testing of clinical ...
www.jmdjournal.org
March 31, 2025 at 4:01 PM
#ArticleinPress: New Resources to Identify Characterized DNA Reference Materials for PGx and HLA Testing: The Genetic Testing Reference Material (GeT-RM) Program PGx Search Tool and GeT-RM Consolidated PGx and HLA Table.
Full text: www.jmdjournal.org/article/S152...
Full text: www.jmdjournal.org/article/S152...
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From the 2019 AABA statement on race and racism: "Race does not provide an accurate representation of human biological variation. It was never accurate in the past, and it remains inaccurate when referencing contemporary human populations." Link here: bioanth.org/about/aaba-s...
March 28, 2025 at 4:56 PM
From the 2019 AABA statement on race and racism: "Race does not provide an accurate representation of human biological variation. It was never accurate in the past, and it remains inaccurate when referencing contemporary human populations." Link here: bioanth.org/about/aaba-s...
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Only 9% of >105,000 people with 30-years of follow-up reached age 70 without chronic diseases.
Our diet and healthy aging, a review of the new report @naturemedicine.bsky.social this week, and placing it in context
erictopol.substack.com/p/our-diet-a...
Our diet and healthy aging, a review of the new report @naturemedicine.bsky.social this week, and placing it in context
erictopol.substack.com/p/our-diet-a...
Our Diet and Healthy Aging
A very large prospective study assessed dietary patterns and healthy aging
erictopol.substack.com
March 29, 2025 at 9:10 PM
Only 9% of >105,000 people with 30-years of follow-up reached age 70 without chronic diseases.
Our diet and healthy aging, a review of the new report @naturemedicine.bsky.social this week, and placing it in context
erictopol.substack.com/p/our-diet-a...
Our diet and healthy aging, a review of the new report @naturemedicine.bsky.social this week, and placing it in context
erictopol.substack.com/p/our-diet-a...
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A pie graph worth keeping in mind as the NIH budget plummets jamanetwork.com/journals/jam... for 356 new FDA drugs approved
March 23, 2025 at 4:17 PM
A pie graph worth keeping in mind as the NIH budget plummets jamanetwork.com/journals/jam... for 356 new FDA drugs approved
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My story, "The Path to the Cornmill," is out in the Spring 2025 issue of The Colored Lens. Read that & other awesome stories for free w Kindle Unlimited (or order hardcopy like I did). Proud of this one--it took years to sell, but it's packed with family history:
www.amazon.com/dp/B0F1TV54J...
www.amazon.com/dp/B0F1TV54J...
The Colored Lens: Spring 2025
The Colored Lens: Spring 2025 [Mou, Tunvey, Zhao, Sophia, Hughes, Frank Baird, DeLeskie, Jennifer, Vogel, Dawn, Morris, N.V., Dawson, E. N., Danforth, Rick, Barr, Phoebe, Piel, Michael] on Amazon.com. *FREE* shipping on qualifying offers. The Colored Lens: Spring 2025
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March 23, 2025 at 1:51 AM
My story, "The Path to the Cornmill," is out in the Spring 2025 issue of The Colored Lens. Read that & other awesome stories for free w Kindle Unlimited (or order hardcopy like I did). Proud of this one--it took years to sell, but it's packed with family history:
www.amazon.com/dp/B0F1TV54J...
www.amazon.com/dp/B0F1TV54J...
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american ingenuity wins again
March 19, 2025 at 9:29 PM
american ingenuity wins again