Teresa Lee
@snickclunk.bsky.social
ampersand enthusiast.
also Asst Prof & #newPI at UMass Lowell | chromosomes, C. elegans, STEMed+equity | via FIRST IRACDA @ Emory, MCB @ Berkeley, Carolina, & NCSSM | leewormlab.weebly.com
also Asst Prof & #newPI at UMass Lowell | chromosomes, C. elegans, STEMed+equity | via FIRST IRACDA @ Emory, MCB @ Berkeley, Carolina, & NCSSM | leewormlab.weebly.com
Reposted by Teresa Lee
Dr. Mark Peifer (@peiferlabunc.bsky.social)argues that understanding the history of eugenics is critical for up-and-coming geneticists and should be included in college curriculums. www.cell.com/news-do/pr-e...
@cp-trendsgenetics.bsky.social
@cp-trendsgenetics.bsky.social
December 29, 2025 at 9:45 PM
Dr. Mark Peifer (@peiferlabunc.bsky.social)argues that understanding the history of eugenics is critical for up-and-coming geneticists and should be included in college curriculums. www.cell.com/news-do/pr-e...
@cp-trendsgenetics.bsky.social
@cp-trendsgenetics.bsky.social
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Late job posting: My department is hiring a tenure-track faculty member in microbiology! Please share with anyone interested in working at a PUI. We have a preference for someone who can teach Medical Microbiology, but other than that the focus is open-ended. Happy to answer qs.
Microbiologist (AA27034)
All Job Postings will close at 12:01 a.m. CT on the specified Closing Date (if designated). Working Title: Microbiologist (AA27034) Institution: Minnesota State University, Mankato Classification Titl...
minnstate.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com
December 19, 2025 at 9:28 PM
Late job posting: My department is hiring a tenure-track faculty member in microbiology! Please share with anyone interested in working at a PUI. We have a preference for someone who can teach Medical Microbiology, but other than that the focus is open-ended. Happy to answer qs.
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Y'all, I just got out of the NSF-BIO webinar where they explained changes to peer review. It's not good. 🧪 scienceforeveryone.science/changes-to-n...
Changes to NSF peer review
They're not good. At all.
scienceforeveryone.science
December 18, 2025 at 7:52 PM
Y'all, I just got out of the NSF-BIO webinar where they explained changes to peer review. It's not good. 🧪 scienceforeveryone.science/changes-to-n...
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Live thread of the NSF biology virtual office hour:
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December 18, 2025 at 6:02 PM
Live thread of the NSF biology virtual office hour:
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📽️Please allow us to present our latest Lee lab production: Holding lab equipment like men hold their fish 🪝🐟
Is it just us, or do y'all also get unreasonably attached to your favorite tools of the trade??
(all credit to @kcs-umasslowell.bsky.social for giving us this idea for a REEL good time🎣)
Is it just us, or do y'all also get unreasonably attached to your favorite tools of the trade??
(all credit to @kcs-umasslowell.bsky.social for giving us this idea for a REEL good time🎣)
December 16, 2025 at 2:11 PM
📽️Please allow us to present our latest Lee lab production: Holding lab equipment like men hold their fish 🪝🐟
Is it just us, or do y'all also get unreasonably attached to your favorite tools of the trade??
(all credit to @kcs-umasslowell.bsky.social for giving us this idea for a REEL good time🎣)
Is it just us, or do y'all also get unreasonably attached to your favorite tools of the trade??
(all credit to @kcs-umasslowell.bsky.social for giving us this idea for a REEL good time🎣)
Reposted by Teresa Lee
A good time for a reminder that the BIO Directorate will hold a Virtual Office Hour on Thursday www.nsf.gov/events/nsf-b...
December 16, 2025 at 1:21 PM
A good time for a reminder that the BIO Directorate will hold a Virtual Office Hour on Thursday www.nsf.gov/events/nsf-b...
And that's a wrap on another fun semester of Advanced Genetic Analysis! 🧬 This year, one of the big hits was our mini-debates about topics like genetic testing or human embryonic gene editing (where students wore the hats of various pro/con stakeholders for a congressional subcommittee mtg) 🤓
December 12, 2025 at 1:29 AM
And that's a wrap on another fun semester of Advanced Genetic Analysis! 🧬 This year, one of the big hits was our mini-debates about topics like genetic testing or human embryonic gene editing (where students wore the hats of various pro/con stakeholders for a congressional subcommittee mtg) 🤓
Alack! The Biology Dept has fallen prey to the wiles of the Googly Eye Bandit, who's clearly out to impinge upon the dignity of my esteemed colleagues. Please refer to the official suspect sketch to help us ID the perp.
(Let's hope the Bandit doesn't target @kcs-umasslowell.bsky.social next...)
(Let's hope the Bandit doesn't target @kcs-umasslowell.bsky.social next...)
December 8, 2025 at 7:10 PM
Alack! The Biology Dept has fallen prey to the wiles of the Googly Eye Bandit, who's clearly out to impinge upon the dignity of my esteemed colleagues. Please refer to the official suspect sketch to help us ID the perp.
(Let's hope the Bandit doesn't target @kcs-umasslowell.bsky.social next...)
(Let's hope the Bandit doesn't target @kcs-umasslowell.bsky.social next...)
Reposted by Teresa Lee
I am hiring a postdoc (or two!) to work on C. elegans reproductive system development. Our MIRA funds work on cell size, migration, and niche signaling. Our CAREER funds work on regulation of gonad growth, degrowth, and regeneration during and after starvation
unc.peopleadmin.com/postings/310...
unc.peopleadmin.com/postings/310...
December 5, 2025 at 8:22 PM
I am hiring a postdoc (or two!) to work on C. elegans reproductive system development. Our MIRA funds work on cell size, migration, and niche signaling. Our CAREER funds work on regulation of gonad growth, degrowth, and regeneration during and after starvation
unc.peopleadmin.com/postings/310...
unc.peopleadmin.com/postings/310...
I've loved serving on the Board of @genetics-gsa.bsky.social! 🧬 It's been an honor to give back to the community that's given me so much, not to mention *so much fun* to brainstorm what comes next for genetics and the folks who love it 🤓
It us - your awesome @genetics-gsa.bsky.social Board of Directors, staff, & colleagues at the annual Board meeting in PIT. So proud of serving our community of genetics to ‘design’ our next year at G3, Genetics, Worm, Dros, Yeast, Fly, and other meetings.
December 5, 2025 at 5:06 AM
I've loved serving on the Board of @genetics-gsa.bsky.social! 🧬 It's been an honor to give back to the community that's given me so much, not to mention *so much fun* to brainstorm what comes next for genetics and the folks who love it 🤓
I've always loved the openness and collegiality of our C. elegans community 🪱, but this perspective really helps emphasize just *how important* those traits are for scientific progress. A true tribute to how curiosity-driven science leads to innovation! 🙌
Read this inspiring perspectives coauthored by the Worm Resource directors and worm Nobel Laureates! 4 Nobel Prizes and how they were enabled by major NIH-supported research resources (the Caenorhabditis Genetics Center, WormBase, and WormAtlas) www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
November 26, 2025 at 3:01 PM
I've always loved the openness and collegiality of our C. elegans community 🪱, but this perspective really helps emphasize just *how important* those traits are for scientific progress. A true tribute to how curiosity-driven science leads to innovation! 🙌
It's time for the return of seasonal daylight-savings-time lights in the lab! These go up in Nov and stay til Mar, because the darkness waits for no holiday. 🕯️
(They're currently a tasteful autumnal warm white, but we finally figured out to program them, so stay tuned for more festive colorways!)
(They're currently a tasteful autumnal warm white, but we finally figured out to program them, so stay tuned for more festive colorways!)
November 25, 2025 at 1:50 PM
It's time for the return of seasonal daylight-savings-time lights in the lab! These go up in Nov and stay til Mar, because the darkness waits for no holiday. 🕯️
(They're currently a tasteful autumnal warm white, but we finally figured out to program them, so stay tuned for more festive colorways!)
(They're currently a tasteful autumnal warm white, but we finally figured out to program them, so stay tuned for more festive colorways!)
Reposted by Teresa Lee
Read this inspiring perspectives coauthored by the Worm Resource directors and worm Nobel Laureates! 4 Nobel Prizes and how they were enabled by major NIH-supported research resources (the Caenorhabditis Genetics Center, WormBase, and WormAtlas) www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
November 25, 2025 at 6:18 AM
Read this inspiring perspectives coauthored by the Worm Resource directors and worm Nobel Laureates! 4 Nobel Prizes and how they were enabled by major NIH-supported research resources (the Caenorhabditis Genetics Center, WormBase, and WormAtlas) www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
Happy all hallows from the Lee lab! 🎃🐈⬛👻 Here we are at the UMass Lowell Biology retreat dressed in all our mutant genetic glory🧬
Featuring: Hh, chpd, lfng from the mighty 🪰, Shh & sparc from 🐟, & Mario from 🐣.
Featuring: Hh, chpd, lfng from the mighty 🪰, Shh & sparc from 🐟, & Mario from 🐣.
November 5, 2025 at 12:02 AM
Happy all hallows from the Lee lab! 🎃🐈⬛👻 Here we are at the UMass Lowell Biology retreat dressed in all our mutant genetic glory🧬
Featuring: Hh, chpd, lfng from the mighty 🪰, Shh & sparc from 🐟, & Mario from 🐣.
Featuring: Hh, chpd, lfng from the mighty 🪰, Shh & sparc from 🐟, & Mario from 🐣.
Another successful UML Biology retreat in the books! 🎃👻🧬 This year, we were at Taffeta Music Hall, and it was filled with costumes, science, lunchtime trivia, & minimal crowd-surfing (as requested by the signs).
Stay tuned for costume updates from the Lee lab (we had a GREAT theme this year 🤓)
Stay tuned for costume updates from the Lee lab (we had a GREAT theme this year 🤓)
November 3, 2025 at 8:47 PM
Another successful UML Biology retreat in the books! 🎃👻🧬 This year, we were at Taffeta Music Hall, and it was filled with costumes, science, lunchtime trivia, & minimal crowd-surfing (as requested by the signs).
Stay tuned for costume updates from the Lee lab (we had a GREAT theme this year 🤓)
Stay tuned for costume updates from the Lee lab (we had a GREAT theme this year 🤓)
The folks in the UMass Lowell Biology dept wish everyone a spooky All Hallows Eve! 🎃👻🐈⬛
My favorite might be our dept chair masquerading as Waldo, complete with a Waldo-decoy to fob off disgruntled students, or professors, or deans @kcs-umasslowell.bsky.social 😂
My favorite might be our dept chair masquerading as Waldo, complete with a Waldo-decoy to fob off disgruntled students, or professors, or deans @kcs-umasslowell.bsky.social 😂
October 31, 2025 at 5:40 PM
The folks in the UMass Lowell Biology dept wish everyone a spooky All Hallows Eve! 🎃👻🐈⬛
My favorite might be our dept chair masquerading as Waldo, complete with a Waldo-decoy to fob off disgruntled students, or professors, or deans @kcs-umasslowell.bsky.social 😂
My favorite might be our dept chair masquerading as Waldo, complete with a Waldo-decoy to fob off disgruntled students, or professors, or deans @kcs-umasslowell.bsky.social 😂
Happy Halloween! 🎃 Continuing my tradition of Nobel-prize-winning discoveries, this year's costume is Ubx!!!
It honors Edward B. Lewis, Christiane Nüsslein-Volhard, & Eric Wieschaus's work on the genetics of development 🧬🪰
(Please clap for the accuracy of those wing veins on *both* pairs of wings.)
It honors Edward B. Lewis, Christiane Nüsslein-Volhard, & Eric Wieschaus's work on the genetics of development 🧬🪰
(Please clap for the accuracy of those wing veins on *both* pairs of wings.)
October 31, 2025 at 5:23 PM
Happy Halloween! 🎃 Continuing my tradition of Nobel-prize-winning discoveries, this year's costume is Ubx!!!
It honors Edward B. Lewis, Christiane Nüsslein-Volhard, & Eric Wieschaus's work on the genetics of development 🧬🪰
(Please clap for the accuracy of those wing veins on *both* pairs of wings.)
It honors Edward B. Lewis, Christiane Nüsslein-Volhard, & Eric Wieschaus's work on the genetics of development 🧬🪰
(Please clap for the accuracy of those wing veins on *both* pairs of wings.)
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@joann-trejo.bsky.social, @marymunson4.bsky.social and I have a commentary in @natcellbio.nature.com on recent attacks on DEI in biomedical research: "If scientific research, especially biomedical research, is meant to serve everyone, then it requires that everyone has an opportunity to participate"
Scaling back DEI programmes and the loss of scientific talent
Nature Cell Biology - Programmes that support diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) in science are under attack in the USA. Data indicate that diversity in the scientific workforce increases...
www.nature.com
October 23, 2025 at 4:36 PM
@joann-trejo.bsky.social, @marymunson4.bsky.social and I have a commentary in @natcellbio.nature.com on recent attacks on DEI in biomedical research: "If scientific research, especially biomedical research, is meant to serve everyone, then it requires that everyone has an opportunity to participate"
Ever since joining the lab, grad students Marybeth & Tahreem have done a fantastic job celebrating birthdays 🎂 (the whole shebang! cake, balloons, confetti, & even wrangling the group chat.)
We had to lure Tahreem with a pretext of "help designing new qPCR primers", but the surprise was worth it! 🎉
We had to lure Tahreem with a pretext of "help designing new qPCR primers", but the surprise was worth it! 🎉
October 10, 2025 at 5:38 PM
Ever since joining the lab, grad students Marybeth & Tahreem have done a fantastic job celebrating birthdays 🎂 (the whole shebang! cake, balloons, confetti, & even wrangling the group chat.)
We had to lure Tahreem with a pretext of "help designing new qPCR primers", but the surprise was worth it! 🎉
We had to lure Tahreem with a pretext of "help designing new qPCR primers", but the surprise was worth it! 🎉
Reposted by Teresa Lee
Each Friday, I summarize what is happening to American science & higher ed. 🧪
This was Week 34:
- UC Berkeley feeds the administration a list of targets
- Dept of Ed rescinds $350M from minority serving institutions
- faculty firings at Texas A&M
& so (SO) much more buttondown.com/liminalcreat...
This was Week 34:
- UC Berkeley feeds the administration a list of targets
- Dept of Ed rescinds $350M from minority serving institutions
- faculty firings at Texas A&M
& so (SO) much more buttondown.com/liminalcreat...
Week 34
Sept 6-12, 2025 - the purpose of a parachute
buttondown.com
September 13, 2025 at 4:55 PM
Each Friday, I summarize what is happening to American science & higher ed. 🧪
This was Week 34:
- UC Berkeley feeds the administration a list of targets
- Dept of Ed rescinds $350M from minority serving institutions
- faculty firings at Texas A&M
& so (SO) much more buttondown.com/liminalcreat...
This was Week 34:
- UC Berkeley feeds the administration a list of targets
- Dept of Ed rescinds $350M from minority serving institutions
- faculty firings at Texas A&M
& so (SO) much more buttondown.com/liminalcreat...
Today was the Lee lab's (only slightly late) end-of-summer & also start-of-semester lab celebration! We celebrated everyone's hard work with sunshine, turtles, goats, and of course, ice cream at Great Brook Farm State Park. Here's to another great year with @kcs-umasslowell.bsky.social!
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September 7, 2025 at 1:24 AM
Today was the Lee lab's (only slightly late) end-of-summer & also start-of-semester lab celebration! We celebrated everyone's hard work with sunshine, turtles, goats, and of course, ice cream at Great Brook Farm State Park. Here's to another great year with @kcs-umasslowell.bsky.social!
🤓🌞🐢🐐🍨🧬
🤓🌞🐢🐐🍨🧬
Reposted by Teresa Lee
🐥If this Senate hearing with Bobby "The Quack" Jr pissed you off, send a message: Quack-O-Gram delivery begins on 9/15🐥
🐥 $3. Man in a duck suit. Rubber duck with "impeach the quack" message to YOUR Rep🐥
Link: www.standupforscience.net/quack-o-grams
#ImpeachTheQuack
@standupforscience.bsky.social
🐥 $3. Man in a duck suit. Rubber duck with "impeach the quack" message to YOUR Rep🐥
Link: www.standupforscience.net/quack-o-grams
#ImpeachTheQuack
@standupforscience.bsky.social
September 4, 2025 at 4:47 PM
🐥If this Senate hearing with Bobby "The Quack" Jr pissed you off, send a message: Quack-O-Gram delivery begins on 9/15🐥
🐥 $3. Man in a duck suit. Rubber duck with "impeach the quack" message to YOUR Rep🐥
Link: www.standupforscience.net/quack-o-grams
#ImpeachTheQuack
@standupforscience.bsky.social
🐥 $3. Man in a duck suit. Rubber duck with "impeach the quack" message to YOUR Rep🐥
Link: www.standupforscience.net/quack-o-grams
#ImpeachTheQuack
@standupforscience.bsky.social
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Fly labs — Now is the time to show some solidarity and chip in support for this vital resource!
August 20, 2025 at 1:53 AM
Fly labs — Now is the time to show some solidarity and chip in support for this vital resource!
I love this idea for helping trainees learn how to become project closers & get their data all wrapped up and ready to publish 🎁 - can't wait to implement this ice-cream challenge for our next hot science summer!
I am proud of my #NewPI activity this summer so I want to #humblebrag about a little.
Many of my students had results, but weren't making graphs and writing like they needed to 📊.
So, at the beginning of the summer, I issued a Publishable Pieces challenge: 10 PPs for lab 🍨 outing.
They did it!
Many of my students had results, but weren't making graphs and writing like they needed to 📊.
So, at the beginning of the summer, I issued a Publishable Pieces challenge: 10 PPs for lab 🍨 outing.
They did it!
August 14, 2025 at 8:11 PM
I love this idea for helping trainees learn how to become project closers & get their data all wrapped up and ready to publish 🎁 - can't wait to implement this ice-cream challenge for our next hot science summer!
Reposted by Teresa Lee
Reskeeting with Alt Text so everyone can read this quote from Tressie McMillan Cottom in the NY Times
August 12, 2025 at 1:28 PM
Reskeeting with Alt Text so everyone can read this quote from Tressie McMillan Cottom in the NY Times