Excited to share our recent paper in #npjBreastCancer! We investigated what drives the AI-generated mammogram risk score (MRS)—a texture feature that predicts breast cancer risk beyond breast density. A thread 👇 @peter-kraft.bsky.social

gave my first official guest lecture today & have renewed hope in the future. the difference an engaged and curious classroom can make! 🙂‍↕️ even when the lecture is on molecular epidemiology 🔬

National survey of NIH-funded researchers shows precarious state of U.S. science — ‘This is like the Titanic’ A nationwide STAT survey of NIH-funded researchers reveals that, a year after Donald Trump's return to the White House, many scientists are reeling

@statnews.com conducted a national survey of NIH-funded researchers and found that, a year after Trump's return, many scientists are reeling, with some closing labs entirely. ‘This is like the Titanic,' one respondent told me. For full details, see our special report
www.statnews.com/2026/03/19/n...

Finger on the pulse: “Embedding communication and policy fluency into STEM training is not about adding polish. It is about responsibility. Students should graduate knowing not only how to generate knowledge, but how to explain it, contextualize it, and respond when it is misunderstood or misused.”👏

Mine in this week’s @newyorker.com

Happy #InternationalDayofWomenandGirlsinScience!

Answer the (KlebPha)Col: a new community resource for Klebsiella phage research As bacteria evolve to become more resistant to antibiotics, scientists are revisiting “phage therapy” (using natural viruses that destroy bacteria) as an avenue for treating infections. A new commu…

another great read — this time on antibiotic resistance — from the talented @amandan-weiss.bsky.social (who’s also our new Social Media Editor)!! genebites.org/2026/01/30/a...

Decoding Life: The Echo of Trauma It’s time to dig a little deeper into some newer genetics concepts. Previously in this series, we have explored the ins and outs of cell division and other genetic processes as a way to dive …

or this one on epigenetics and trauma from @pattersonhabitat.bsky.social ‘s ongoing series “Decoding Life”!! genebites.org/2026/01/27/d...

Despite *gestures broadly*, one bright light for me has been reading and editing so many wonderful pieces from our team at GeneBites on our corner of the internet, like this great one from @jpflores.rbind.io 🐭👇🏼

🚨 Requesting help:

I am looking for an agent who can facilitate more speaking gigs, podcast appearances, and interviews with journalists

I want to more widely share my story and expertise as a trans geneticist who understands the reality and complexity of "biological sex" 🏳️‍⚧️🧬

Please signal boost?

Rewriting the Cycle: How a New Model Could Transform Women’s Health For more than a century, scientists said one thing with certainty: mice do not menstruate. A new study has now rewritten that rule, and with it, how we study one of the most common biological proce…

Who says mice 🐁 can’t menstruate? Senior Editor @jpflores.rbind.io discusses a preprint study where scientists genetically engineered mice for menstrual-like bleeding to study the uterus’s rebuilding. That’s innovative, period.

#genetics #scicomm

Check it out here: genebites.org/2026/01/29/r...

One of my neighbors was murdered in the streets today by ICE agents motivated by this sort of race science propaganda.

#Measles cases continues to climb. The 2025 tally has now hit 2242 & there've already been more confirmed cases in 2026 — 171 — than were logged in most years from the late 1990s to 2023!
Interesting to see the age distribution of cases. Lots of susceptible adults, seems. www.cdc.gov/measles/data...

We've removed the paywall from this guide so everyone can access it. 👇 Stay safe.

No one who doesn't want to be convinced will be moved by the forensic accounts undertaken by the media but it's still good that they offer the accounts. Not because people will be convinced but so that others can tell accurate stories.

One argument I used to make to my students about why it was important to learn history (and historical thinking) is that someone was always going to be trying to tell you things were natural or had always been this way and that you needed to be able to see that as an exercise of power.

high up view of a snowy corporate landscape. cars, buildings, and roads covered with a short layer of snow.

❄️ my favorite time of year as a desert kid 🌵

🦠What happens when you say you will only protect babies of infected moms, but you are bad at detecting infected moms❓

🚫You miss a lot of babies who needed protection.

This is exactly why in 1991 we went from only vaccinating babies of Hepatitis B positive moms to vaccinating all babies.

pick your baby dot com is sending me … prioritizing SEO if nothing else sensical!

From Wolves to Woofs: How DNA Made Dogs So Friendly Long before dogs became part of our families, they were wild wolves. A small change in their DNA may have helped them take the first step toward friendship with humans.

Is “jumping DNA” the key to dogs' 🐶 friendliness? GeneBites writer Emily Faulkner describes the finding that the lack of a mobile DNA 🧬 sequence in a gene in most dogs may explain social behavioral differences from wolves.

#genetics #dog #scicomm

Check it out here: genebites.org/2025/10/20/f...

A Tribal data repository to advance Indigenous health and sovereignty - Nature Genetics We present the first federally funded Tribal data repository — the Data for Indigenous Implementations, Interventions, and Innovations Tribal Data Repository. This repository takes a revolutionary app...

Once again, sharing our groundbreaking paper. We did a lot of good work to forward the practice of #IDSov but it's incomplete and we need to be allowed to finish so that we can all move forward together and be competitive on the Global Tech and Science playing field. www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Record Numbers of Younger Women Want to Leave the U.S. The percentage of younger women in the U.S. who express a desire to migrate permanently has surged in the past decade.

"In 2025, 40% of women aged 15 to 44 say they would move abroad permanently if they had the opportunity. The current figure is four times higher than the 10% who shared this desire in 2014, when it was generally in line with other age and gender groups."

Model status ✅❕

Amazon is helping fund a $300 million build of a ballroom for the White House.

Independent bookstores are donating to food banks and organizations that help with food insecurity.

They are not the same.

Trump pushes an end to medical care for transgender youth nationally The White House plans to bar hospitals that treat transgender children and youth from getting any Medicare and Medicaid payments. The move would affect trans youth who have private insurance, too.

The White House plans to bar hospitals that treat transgender children and youth from getting any Medicare and Medicaid payments. The move would affect trans youth who have private insurance, too. n.pr/4qFa1mY

If you can, please considering donating time, money, or non-perishables to your local food banks! As a former food bank volunteer and employee, I know a little can go a very long way, especially around this time of year.

Commitment to DEIA is critical for supporting LGBTQIA+ graduate students Image by Maicon Fonseca Zanco from Pixabay During a time when diversity, equity, inclusion, and accessibility (DEIA) initiatives are under attack by the presidential administration in the United St…

In a time when diversity 🌍, equity ⚖️, inclusion 🤝, and accessibility ♿ (DEIA) are under attack, GeneBites writer @amandan-weiss.bsky.social discusses how DEIA affects how LGBTQIA+ 🏳️‍🌈 students evaluate and experience genetic counseling programs.

Check it out here: genebites.org/2025/03/03/c...

Whoops, wrong hashtag.

If you are going to #ASHG25, check out the line-up!

This is perfect if you are a trainee who needs to network but has no idea how to do it. Instead of trying to corner someone at the posters (which is stressful!), schedule a slot and sit down for 15 minutes to chat!

This moment from our latest episode with science writer @edyong209.bsky.social is 🔥

We asked Ed — how do we talk up the benefits of science in the face of government cuts? He told us that's the wrong approach. 🧪

Listen wherever, or watch on Spotify 👇

open.spotify.com/episode/7Evh...