Sean Burgess
@smburgess.bsky.social
Chromosome Biology and Meiosis at University of California, Davis;
Budding Yeast and Zebrafish
Co-Chair Integrative Genetics and Genomics Graduate Group
Co-Vice-Chair Molecular and Cellular Biology
AAAS Fellow
#UCDavisGenetics
#meiosis4eva
#JWST fan
Budding Yeast and Zebrafish
Co-Chair Integrative Genetics and Genomics Graduate Group
Co-Vice-Chair Molecular and Cellular Biology
AAAS Fellow
#UCDavisGenetics
#meiosis4eva
#JWST fan
Congratulations to UC Davis faculty member Alice Accorci as the recipient of the UC Davis Award for Innovation and Creative Vision
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Snail Researcher Wins UC Davis Award for Innovation and Creative Vision
Developmental biologist Alice Accorsi, an assistant professor in the Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology, is the recipient of the 2025 UC Davis Early Career Faculty Award for Creativity and I...
biology.ucdavis.edu
April 30, 2025 at 5:50 AM
Congratulations to UC Davis faculty member Alice Accorci as the recipient of the UC Davis Award for Innovation and Creative Vision
biology.ucdavis.edu/news/snail-r...
biology.ucdavis.edu/news/snail-r...
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Wow! Congrats @gcbias.bsky.social on election to American Academy of Arts and Sciences! 🤩 www.amacad.org/new-members-...
New Academy Members
Elected in 2025
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April 24, 2025 at 1:50 AM
Wow! Congrats @gcbias.bsky.social on election to American Academy of Arts and Sciences! 🤩 www.amacad.org/new-members-...
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As a recipient of federal grants from #NIH (for now! 😭) that funds research in my lab, I'd like to sincerely thank American taxpayers on #TaxDay for investing in scientific research that lays the foundation for medical and technological innovation in this country and keeps us all safe and healthy
April 15, 2025 at 5:46 PM
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Ayo @ucdavis.bsky.social peeps! I’m your next IGG seminar speaker this coming Monday (4/14), 3PM in 1022 Green Hall. I’ll be talking about our recent & ongoing work “Exploring the Angiosperm Polyploidy Continuum at the Species and Population Levels”. Come say hi! biology.ucdavis.edu/events/integ...
Integrated Genetics & Genomics Graduate Seminar Series: “Exploring the Angiosperm Polyploidy Continuum at the Species and Population Levels”
Arun Sethuraman, Associate Professor, Department of Biology, San Diego State University, presents “Exploring the Angiosperm Polyploidy Continuum at the Species and Population Levels”.
biology.ucdavis.edu
April 10, 2025 at 4:14 AM
Ayo @ucdavis.bsky.social peeps! I’m your next IGG seminar speaker this coming Monday (4/14), 3PM in 1022 Green Hall. I’ll be talking about our recent & ongoing work “Exploring the Angiosperm Polyploidy Continuum at the Species and Population Levels”. Come say hi! biology.ucdavis.edu/events/integ...
Congratulations to our three Integrative Genetics and Genomics faculty members as new Fellows of the the American Association for the Advancement of Sciences (AAAS): Drs. Frédéric Chédin, Dario Cantù and Huaijun Zhou!
www.ucdavis.edu/news/eight-e...
www.ucdavis.edu/news/eight-e...
8 Elected as AAAS Fellows
Eight faculty from UC Davis are among 471 scientists, engineers and innovators newly elected as fellows of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, the society announced today (March 2...
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April 1, 2025 at 11:01 PM
Congratulations to our three Integrative Genetics and Genomics faculty members as new Fellows of the the American Association for the Advancement of Sciences (AAAS): Drs. Frédéric Chédin, Dario Cantù and Huaijun Zhou!
www.ucdavis.edu/news/eight-e...
www.ucdavis.edu/news/eight-e...
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Multicolored ‘skinbow’ cells on an adult zebrafish scale. Credit to Dr. Chen-Hui Chen (prev. Duke University). #ZebrafishZunday 🧪
March 23, 2025 at 3:06 PM
Multicolored ‘skinbow’ cells on an adult zebrafish scale. Credit to Dr. Chen-Hui Chen (prev. Duke University). #ZebrafishZunday 🧪
Happy to report our pre-print on meiotic prophase checkpoints (or lack thereof) in zebrafish.
Zebrafish lack a strong meiotic checkpoint response to defects in chromosome synapsis https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.03.18.644038v1
March 22, 2025 at 1:23 AM
Happy to report our pre-print on meiotic prophase checkpoints (or lack thereof) in zebrafish.
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Zebrafish lack a strong meiotic checkpoint response to defects in chromosome synapsis https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.03.18.644038v1
March 19, 2025 at 10:30 AM
Zebrafish lack a strong meiotic checkpoint response to defects in chromosome synapsis https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.03.18.644038v1
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Great turnout at Stand Up for Science march in Sacramento, CA!! Nice to see many colleagues and our wonderful trainees fight for science and a better world. Shout out to @doctheagrif.bsky.social @elisazhang.bsky.social and @rogerslabucd.bsky.social for inspiring speeches and organizing!
March 8, 2025 at 6:05 PM
Great turnout at Stand Up for Science march in Sacramento, CA!! Nice to see many colleagues and our wonderful trainees fight for science and a better world. Shout out to @doctheagrif.bsky.social @elisazhang.bsky.social and @rogerslabucd.bsky.social for inspiring speeches and organizing!
Two additional points in support of the proposed UC switch to semesters: 1) The accelerated quarter system disadvantages transfer students not accustomed to pace. 2) UC students (excluding Berkeley) are disadvantaged for acceptance to important off-campus internships that start in early June.
I agree! Semesters provide more opportunity for depth! And also more buffer to have resilience through disruptions
Many reasons including
1. I think longer courses work better
2. I think there is a ton of “overhead” cost / time spent per course and think it would be better to have fewer longer courses
3. Would prefer fewer longer breaks between courses
4. More time to develop connections to students
1. I think longer courses work better
2. I think there is a ton of “overhead” cost / time spent per course and think it would be better to have fewer longer courses
3. Would prefer fewer longer breaks between courses
4. More time to develop connections to students
March 6, 2025 at 4:36 PM
Two additional points in support of the proposed UC switch to semesters: 1) The accelerated quarter system disadvantages transfer students not accustomed to pace. 2) UC students (excluding Berkeley) are disadvantaged for acceptance to important off-campus internships that start in early June.
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Huge thank you to Chancellor May and our wonderful @ucdavis.bsky.social donors for choosing me as a Chancellor’s Fellow! The UC Davis SVM did a lovely write up if you are interested in learning more about me and this award! www.vetmed.ucdavis.edu/news/crystal...
Crystal Rogers Honored as Chancellor's Fellow
Associate Professor Crystal Rogers is one of eight faculty members who comprise the newest class of UC Davis Chancellor’s Fellows, given to early career academics doing exemplary work in their fields.
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March 5, 2025 at 7:21 PM
Huge thank you to Chancellor May and our wonderful @ucdavis.bsky.social donors for choosing me as a Chancellor’s Fellow! The UC Davis SVM did a lovely write up if you are interested in learning more about me and this award! www.vetmed.ucdavis.edu/news/crystal...
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Preliminary injunction in nationwide indirect cost rate case.
This means that the judge found that the plaintiffs (AAMC, et al.) are likely to win on the merits when the ruling is finalized.
www.statnews.com/2025/03/05/n...
This means that the judge found that the plaintiffs (AAMC, et al.) are likely to win on the merits when the ruling is finalized.
www.statnews.com/2025/03/05/n...
Judge issues preliminary injunction blocking Trump cuts to NIH research overhead payments
A federal judge issued a nationwide preliminary injunction blocking the Trump administration from slashing NIH payments for research overhead
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March 5, 2025 at 9:08 PM
Preliminary injunction in nationwide indirect cost rate case.
This means that the judge found that the plaintiffs (AAMC, et al.) are likely to win on the merits when the ruling is finalized.
www.statnews.com/2025/03/05/n...
This means that the judge found that the plaintiffs (AAMC, et al.) are likely to win on the merits when the ruling is finalized.
www.statnews.com/2025/03/05/n...
Congratulations to MCB Professor Kassandra Ori-Mckenney as a new UC Davis Chancellors Fellow!
www.ucdavis.edu/news/meet-20...
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Meet The 2024-2025 Chancellor's Fellows
Meet the eight faculty members who comprise the newest class of Chancellor’s Fellows, given to early career academics doing exemplary work in their fields.
www.ucdavis.edu
March 5, 2025 at 10:57 PM
Congratulations to MCB Professor Kassandra Ori-Mckenney as a new UC Davis Chancellors Fellow!
www.ucdavis.edu/news/meet-20...
www.ucdavis.edu/news/meet-20...
Congratulations to IGG professors Megan Dennis and Randy Carney as new Chancellor's Fellows
www.ucdavis.edu/news/meet-20...
www.ucdavis.edu/news/meet-20...
Meet The 2024-2025 Chancellor's Fellows
Meet the eight faculty members who comprise the newest class of Chancellor’s Fellows, given to early career academics doing exemplary work in their fields.
www.ucdavis.edu
March 5, 2025 at 10:56 PM
Congratulations to IGG professors Megan Dennis and Randy Carney as new Chancellor's Fellows
www.ucdavis.edu/news/meet-20...
www.ucdavis.edu/news/meet-20...
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PLOS has issued a statement on recent US Executive Orders and scientific integrity.
We are determined to stand firmly behind our mission, our values and our principles, and against any attempt at censorship or undermining of the core principles of scientific inquiry.
plos.io/3D4O8cH
We are determined to stand firmly behind our mission, our values and our principles, and against any attempt at censorship or undermining of the core principles of scientific inquiry.
plos.io/3D4O8cH
PLOS statement on recent US Executive Orders and scientific integrity - The Official PLOS Blog
Since its founding over twenty five years ago PLOS has been dedicated to advancing open science, ensuring that knowledge is accessible to…
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February 21, 2025 at 3:41 PM
PLOS has issued a statement on recent US Executive Orders and scientific integrity.
We are determined to stand firmly behind our mission, our values and our principles, and against any attempt at censorship or undermining of the core principles of scientific inquiry.
plos.io/3D4O8cH
We are determined to stand firmly behind our mission, our values and our principles, and against any attempt at censorship or undermining of the core principles of scientific inquiry.
plos.io/3D4O8cH
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Happy new year to all! I am delighted to say that our new preprint went on @biorxiv-genetic.bsky.social today! The work was a labor of love for Mercedes Carro from my lab and Alexis Dzuibek from Andrew Grimson's lab - congrats to all! #meiosis #meiosis4eva #RNA
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Argonaute proteins regulate the timing of the spermatogenic transcriptional program
Argonaute proteins are best known for their role in microRNA-mediated post-transcriptional gene silencing. Here, we show that AGO3 and AGO4, but not AGO2, localize to the sex chromatin of pachytene sp...
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January 1, 2025 at 10:54 PM
Happy new year to all! I am delighted to say that our new preprint went on @biorxiv-genetic.bsky.social today! The work was a labor of love for Mercedes Carro from my lab and Alexis Dzuibek from Andrew Grimson's lab - congrats to all! #meiosis #meiosis4eva #RNA
biorxiv.org/cgi/content/...
biorxiv.org/cgi/content/...
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We have updated our preprint, in response to reviews organized by @elife.bsky.social: www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
🧪 #Meiosis4Eva
🧪 #Meiosis4Eva
January 2, 2025 at 6:41 PM
We have updated our preprint, in response to reviews organized by @elife.bsky.social: www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
🧪 #Meiosis4Eva
🧪 #Meiosis4Eva
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Varmus: "the executive branch is waging war on America’s scientific enterprise...nominating leaders hostile to science and unqualified for their roles...This is not a fight that our country can afford to lose." www.nytimes.com/2025/02/14/o...
Opinion | American Science is Under Attack
The Trump administration hobbles research and endangers the public health.
www.nytimes.com
February 15, 2025 at 12:44 AM
Varmus: "the executive branch is waging war on America’s scientific enterprise...nominating leaders hostile to science and unqualified for their roles...This is not a fight that our country can afford to lose." www.nytimes.com/2025/02/14/o...
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1. Today the NIH director issued a new directive slashing overhead rates to 15%.
I want to provide some context on what that means and why it matters.
grants.nih.gov/grants/guide...
I want to provide some context on what that means and why it matters.
grants.nih.gov/grants/guide...
NOT-OD-25-068: Supplemental Guidance to the 2024 NIH Grants Policy Statement: Indirect Cost Rates
NIH Funding Opportunities and Notices in the NIH Guide for Grants and Contracts: Supplemental Guidance to the 2024 NIH Grants Policy Statement: Indirect Cost Rates NOT-OD-25-068. OD
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February 8, 2025 at 12:18 AM
1. Today the NIH director issued a new directive slashing overhead rates to 15%.
I want to provide some context on what that means and why it matters.
grants.nih.gov/grants/guide...
I want to provide some context on what that means and why it matters.
grants.nih.gov/grants/guide...
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Feeling very lost today with the news of the passing of my undergrad advisor Scott Hawley. He had a huge impact on the field and on me personally. He was the first person to see me as a scientist and gave me the confidence to apply to grad school. I am so grateful to be a part of his legacy.
January 31, 2025 at 4:37 PM
Feeling very lost today with the news of the passing of my undergrad advisor Scott Hawley. He had a huge impact on the field and on me personally. He was the first person to see me as a scientist and gave me the confidence to apply to grad school. I am so grateful to be a part of his legacy.
Scott will be dearly missed. He was a pioneer in the meiosis community. He inspired me in many ways. He made significant insights into the mysterious process of homolog pairing that have guided my research. He was mentor, friend and champion throughout my career, and inspired me as an educator.
Sadly, our colleague and friend Scott Hawley passed away this morning. He was an irreplaceable presence and force for good in the meiosis an Drosophila communities and will be sorely missed.
January 31, 2025 at 7:42 PM
Scott will be dearly missed. He was a pioneer in the meiosis community. He inspired me in many ways. He made significant insights into the mysterious process of homolog pairing that have guided my research. He was mentor, friend and champion throughout my career, and inspired me as an educator.
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New preprint from the lab! We defined the kinetics of strand invasion during meiosis in C. elegans. Great work from Antonia, Henry and Divya.
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
January 15, 2025 at 7:38 PM
New preprint from the lab! We defined the kinetics of strand invasion during meiosis in C. elegans. Great work from Antonia, Henry and Divya.
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
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Join the Starr-Luxton lab & friends at #ASCB2024! Bringing exciting new research on nuclear envelope dynamics and cytoskeletal crosstalk.
2 Talks + 3 Posters, Dec 15-16 in San Diego
Topics: KASH proteins, motor proteins, nuclear movement & cellular biophysics!
2 Talks + 3 Posters, Dec 15-16 in San Diego
Topics: KASH proteins, motor proteins, nuclear movement & cellular biophysics!
December 14, 2024 at 5:44 PM
Join the Starr-Luxton lab & friends at #ASCB2024! Bringing exciting new research on nuclear envelope dynamics and cytoskeletal crosstalk.
2 Talks + 3 Posters, Dec 15-16 in San Diego
Topics: KASH proteins, motor proteins, nuclear movement & cellular biophysics!
2 Talks + 3 Posters, Dec 15-16 in San Diego
Topics: KASH proteins, motor proteins, nuclear movement & cellular biophysics!
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Hi Bluesky. For my first post, I'd like to advertise the latest preprint from my lab, describing at long last our reconstitution of SPO11-dependent double-strand break formation from purified recombinant proteins. Outstanding work from PhD student Zhi (Zack) Zheng.
November 23, 2024 at 4:00 PM
Hi Bluesky. For my first post, I'd like to advertise the latest preprint from my lab, describing at long last our reconstitution of SPO11-dependent double-strand break formation from purified recombinant proteins. Outstanding work from PhD student Zhi (Zack) Zheng.
Congratulations to Dr. Iván Olaya-newly minted PhD student from the Burgess Lab!
PREP@UCD
#UCDavisGenetics
PREP@UCD
#UCDavisGenetics
December 8, 2024 at 6:48 PM
Congratulations to Dr. Iván Olaya-newly minted PhD student from the Burgess Lab!
PREP@UCD
#UCDavisGenetics
PREP@UCD
#UCDavisGenetics