Meagan Phelan
@meagan-g-phelan.bsky.social
Curious human. Communications Director at the Science family of journals. Interested in what makes good leaders—& good jokes.
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📢Our new paper is out in
@science.org #ScienceTranslationalMedicine
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Diabetic retinopathy (DR) is a leading cause of blindness. Patients show vascular changes in their retinas long before vision starts to deteriorate.
What triggers these early defects? Could targeting them prevent vision loss? 🧵
@science.org #ScienceTranslationalMedicine
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Diabetic retinopathy (DR) is a leading cause of blindness. Patients show vascular changes in their retinas long before vision starts to deteriorate.
What triggers these early defects? Could targeting them prevent vision loss? 🧵
October 23, 2025 at 8:14 AM
📢Our new paper is out in
@science.org #ScienceTranslationalMedicine
📢
Diabetic retinopathy (DR) is a leading cause of blindness. Patients show vascular changes in their retinas long before vision starts to deteriorate.
What triggers these early defects? Could targeting them prevent vision loss? 🧵
@science.org #ScienceTranslationalMedicine
📢
Diabetic retinopathy (DR) is a leading cause of blindness. Patients show vascular changes in their retinas long before vision starts to deteriorate.
What triggers these early defects? Could targeting them prevent vision loss? 🧵
Reposted by Meagan Phelan
The team is already working to expand the platform’s abilities, including testing in clinically relevant immune and stem cells, and engineering future versions of the system that can rearrange sequences beyond one megabase.
Learn more in the full paper: www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Learn more in the full paper: www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Megabase-scale human genome rearrangement with programmable bridge recombinases
Bridge recombinases are naturally occurring RNA-guided DNA recombinases that we previously demonstrated can programmably insert, excise, and invert DNA in vitro and in Escherichia coli. In this study,...
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September 25, 2025 at 6:27 PM
The team is already working to expand the platform’s abilities, including testing in clinically relevant immune and stem cells, and engineering future versions of the system that can rearrange sequences beyond one megabase.
Learn more in the full paper: www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Learn more in the full paper: www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
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🌉 Patrick Hsu’s Lab reports the discovery and engineering of the bridge recombinase ortholog ISCro4 for universal rearrangements of the human genome.
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Megabase-scale human genome rearrangement with programmable bridge recombinases
Bridge recombinases are naturally occurring RNA-guided DNA recombinases that we previously demonstrated can programmably insert, excise, and invert DNA in vitro and in Escherichia coli. In this study,...
www.science.org
October 2, 2025 at 1:45 PM
🌉 Patrick Hsu’s Lab reports the discovery and engineering of the bridge recombinase ortholog ISCro4 for universal rearrangements of the human genome.
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
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@heatherstaines.bsky.social and @meagan-g-phelan.bsky.social checking in on Meagna's keynote at
@scholarlypub.bsky.social's New Directions Seminar focused on the critical intersection of science, politics, and public trust.
#Trust #Evidence #Scholarship #Science #ScholComm
@scholarlypub.bsky.social's New Directions Seminar focused on the critical intersection of science, politics, and public trust.
#Trust #Evidence #Scholarship #Science #ScholComm
October 8, 2025 at 4:26 PM
@heatherstaines.bsky.social and @meagan-g-phelan.bsky.social checking in on Meagna's keynote at
@scholarlypub.bsky.social's New Directions Seminar focused on the critical intersection of science, politics, and public trust.
#Trust #Evidence #Scholarship #Science #ScholComm
@scholarlypub.bsky.social's New Directions Seminar focused on the critical intersection of science, politics, and public trust.
#Trust #Evidence #Scholarship #Science #ScholComm
Can ChatGPT help science writers? | Science | AAAS www.science.org/content/blog...
Can ChatGPT help science writers?
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September 18, 2025 at 6:24 PM
Can ChatGPT help science writers? | Science | AAAS www.science.org/content/blog...
During #PeerReviewWeek, @science.org
heard from individual authors who talked about how peer review strengthened their work, making it functionally richer, more accessible, more pointed regarding limitations--sometimes in collaboration with preprint review. See author posts in thread below. 🧵
heard from individual authors who talked about how peer review strengthened their work, making it functionally richer, more accessible, more pointed regarding limitations--sometimes in collaboration with preprint review. See author posts in thread below. 🧵
September 18, 2025 at 2:46 PM
During #PeerReviewWeek, @science.org
heard from individual authors who talked about how peer review strengthened their work, making it functionally richer, more accessible, more pointed regarding limitations--sometimes in collaboration with preprint review. See author posts in thread below. 🧵
heard from individual authors who talked about how peer review strengthened their work, making it functionally richer, more accessible, more pointed regarding limitations--sometimes in collaboration with preprint review. See author posts in thread below. 🧵
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Increasing the breadth of researchers trained as peer reviewers is crucial to upholding quality in academic publishing. Last year, the Science journals began a pilot in which invited peer reviewers could add trainees as co-reviewers, with more than 2200 scientists participating. #PeerReviewWeek
September 16, 2025 at 4:24 PM
Increasing the breadth of researchers trained as peer reviewers is crucial to upholding quality in academic publishing. Last year, the Science journals began a pilot in which invited peer reviewers could add trainees as co-reviewers, with more than 2200 scientists participating. #PeerReviewWeek
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yep - and in some ways Science did this with the technical comments. but none of this is evident in the citation, PubMed record, search result, PDF, etc. unless the paper is formally retracted
July 27, 2025 at 4:12 PM
yep - and in some ways Science did this with the technical comments. but none of this is evident in the citation, PubMed record, search result, PDF, etc. unless the paper is formally retracted
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The 2010 paper claiming arsenic-based life has been retracted by Science today. 🧪
Embattled 'arsenic life' paper retracted by journal Science 15 years after publication
A controversial 2010 study that suggested bacteria could grow using arsenic instead of phosphorus has been retracted by the research journal Science.
www.livescience.com
July 24, 2025 at 6:05 PM
The 2010 paper claiming arsenic-based life has been retracted by Science today. 🧪
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We won the #Frontiersplanetprize in the national category of Germany for breakthrough in sustainability with our gravel pit study in #science www.igb-berlin.de/news/robert-...
Robert Arlinghaus ist National Champion des Frontiers Planet Prize
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April 22, 2025 at 11:22 AM
We won the #Frontiersplanetprize in the national category of Germany for breakthrough in sustainability with our gravel pit study in #science www.igb-berlin.de/news/robert-...
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National Champion #Frontiersplanetprize for our gravel pit lake study in @science.org. So proud to be part of this amazing team and huge congrats to you Robert for your encouraging lead of this project.
The original paper: doi.org/10.1126/scie...
@leibnizigb.bsky.social @svenmatern.bsky.social
The original paper: doi.org/10.1126/scie...
@leibnizigb.bsky.social @svenmatern.bsky.social
April 23, 2025 at 6:11 AM
National Champion #Frontiersplanetprize for our gravel pit lake study in @science.org. So proud to be part of this amazing team and huge congrats to you Robert for your encouraging lead of this project.
The original paper: doi.org/10.1126/scie...
@leibnizigb.bsky.social @svenmatern.bsky.social
The original paper: doi.org/10.1126/scie...
@leibnizigb.bsky.social @svenmatern.bsky.social
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If you love #viruses, #ribosomes, and genomic #darkmatter, this thread is for you!! 💫
We're excited to share our new publication developing Massively Parallel Ribosome Profiling (MPRP), which uncovered ~4,000 hidden proteins in ~700 viral genomes. www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
We're excited to share our new publication developing Massively Parallel Ribosome Profiling (MPRP), which uncovered ~4,000 hidden proteins in ~700 viral genomes. www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
June 12, 2025 at 9:19 PM
If you love #viruses, #ribosomes, and genomic #darkmatter, this thread is for you!! 💫
We're excited to share our new publication developing Massively Parallel Ribosome Profiling (MPRP), which uncovered ~4,000 hidden proteins in ~700 viral genomes. www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
We're excited to share our new publication developing Massively Parallel Ribosome Profiling (MPRP), which uncovered ~4,000 hidden proteins in ~700 viral genomes. www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Healthy people have an intrinsic tendency to form antibodies against a peanut allergen, Ara h 2, despite having different genetic backgrounds, according to a new study. www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Germline-encoded recognition of peanut underlies development of convergent antibodies in humans
Germline-encoded, epitope-specific antibodies underlie serum IgG recognition of the immunodominant peanut allergen Ara h 2 in humans.
www.science.org
June 12, 2025 at 10:57 AM
Healthy people have an intrinsic tendency to form antibodies against a peanut allergen, Ara h 2, despite having different genetic backgrounds, according to a new study. www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
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Downs et al. have developed a data-assimilation technique to simulate the Sun's corona. Satellite observations are incorporated on the fly and model predictions update hourly, akin to weather forecasting. They applied the method to the 2024 total solar eclipse. 🔭🧪☀️
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
June 11, 2025 at 11:38 AM
Downs et al. have developed a data-assimilation technique to simulate the Sun's corona. Satellite observations are incorporated on the fly and model predictions update hourly, akin to weather forecasting. They applied the method to the 2024 total solar eclipse. 🔭🧪☀️
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
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The faces of people behind a real breakthrough in the prevention of HIV infection. Congratulations!
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
The road to lenacapavir, a breakthrough HIV treatment
Three individuals have been awarded the AAAS Mani L. Bhaumik Breakthrough of the Year Award for their work on the drug
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May 30, 2025 at 11:22 AM
The faces of people behind a real breakthrough in the prevention of HIV infection. Congratulations!
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
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Congratulations to Wes Sundquist, chair of the @utah.edu Department of Biochemistry, and collaborators for receiving the @aaas.org Mani L. Bhaumik Breakthrough of the Year Award for their work on lenacapavir.
www.aaas.org/news/road-le...
www.aaas.org/news/road-le...
June 6, 2025 at 3:57 PM
Congratulations to Wes Sundquist, chair of the @utah.edu Department of Biochemistry, and collaborators for receiving the @aaas.org Mani L. Bhaumik Breakthrough of the Year Award for their work on lenacapavir.
www.aaas.org/news/road-le...
www.aaas.org/news/road-le...
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The #EPICawards from the Society for Scholarly Publishing recognize and celebrate remarkable teams and individuals in the publishing, information technology, and communications sectors.
This year at #SSP2025, Science took home three awards. 🏆 (THREAD 🧵)
This year at #SSP2025, Science took home three awards. 🏆 (THREAD 🧵)
June 4, 2025 at 4:47 PM
The #EPICawards from the Society for Scholarly Publishing recognize and celebrate remarkable teams and individuals in the publishing, information technology, and communications sectors.
This year at #SSP2025, Science took home three awards. 🏆 (THREAD 🧵)
This year at #SSP2025, Science took home three awards. 🏆 (THREAD 🧵)
“We are global leaders [in science],” France Córdova said. “We should be proud of that. But we didn’t get here by accident. It has taken nearly a century of effort — and it can be undone much faster than we think.” www.forbes.com/sites/johndr...
Former NSF Director Warns Of Fragile Future For American Science
Former NSF Director France Córdova reflects on the promise of science, the limits of philanthropy, and why disinvestment puts America’s scientific future at risk.
www.forbes.com
June 2, 2025 at 2:23 PM
“We are global leaders [in science],” France Córdova said. “We should be proud of that. But we didn’t get here by accident. It has taken nearly a century of effort — and it can be undone much faster than we think.” www.forbes.com/sites/johndr...
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Is it "good" or "bad" when skilled people leave low-income countries? We summarized the evidence in favor of "brain gain" vs. "brain drain": www.science.org/doi/epdf/10....
Ungated PDF: johanneshaushofer.com/research
Ungated PDF: johanneshaushofer.com/research
May 22, 2025 at 6:28 PM
Is it "good" or "bad" when skilled people leave low-income countries? We summarized the evidence in favor of "brain gain" vs. "brain drain": www.science.org/doi/epdf/10....
Ungated PDF: johanneshaushofer.com/research
Ungated PDF: johanneshaushofer.com/research
“The clinical trials would never have been as successful as they were had it not been for Yvette Raphael,” said @holdenthorp.bsky.social. www.aaas.org/news/road-le...
May 9, 2025 at 7:03 PM
“The clinical trials would never have been as successful as they were had it not been for Yvette Raphael,” said @holdenthorp.bsky.social. www.aaas.org/news/road-le...
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Did you hear? You can now listen to audio narrations of our #NewsfromScience stories.
🎧 Check out this new tool on a story about the oldest ant fossil ever found: scim.ag/44PK0IY
🎧 Check out this new tool on a story about the oldest ant fossil ever found: scim.ag/44PK0IY
May 5, 2025 at 2:09 PM
Did you hear? You can now listen to audio narrations of our #NewsfromScience stories.
🎧 Check out this new tool on a story about the oldest ant fossil ever found: scim.ag/44PK0IY
🎧 Check out this new tool on a story about the oldest ant fossil ever found: scim.ag/44PK0IY
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Yvette Raphael, Gilead Sciences—with special recognition of Moupali Das—and Wesley Sundquist have been awarded the Mani L. Bhaumik Breakthrough of the Year Award for their work on HIV drug lenacapavir. www.aaas.org/news/road-le...
May 8, 2025 at 2:05 PM
Yvette Raphael, Gilead Sciences—with special recognition of Moupali Das—and Wesley Sundquist have been awarded the Mani L. Bhaumik Breakthrough of the Year Award for their work on HIV drug lenacapavir. www.aaas.org/news/road-le...
“These individuals represent the three arms of what is necessary to create new science and then translate it for the world...to make a difference,” said @meganranney.bsky.social, part of the committee — convened by @holdenthorp.bsky.social — that selected the winners. www.aaas.org/news/road-le...
The Road to Lenacapavir, a Breakthrough HIV Treatment | American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
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May 8, 2025 at 3:10 PM
“These individuals represent the three arms of what is necessary to create new science and then translate it for the world...to make a difference,” said @meganranney.bsky.social, part of the committee — convened by @holdenthorp.bsky.social — that selected the winners. www.aaas.org/news/road-le...