beverly-piggott.bsky.social
Asst. Prof. at the U of Montana. Previously Jan Lab @ UCSF, U-Michigan. Fly neurobiologist. ❤️ ion channels, brain development, the great outdoors. #newPI opinions are my own.
👤 Joined on 09 November 2024
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@beverly-piggott.bsky.socialOur paper on apoptotic chromatin compaction is out now! Take a look in @embojournal.org, where we investigate compaction in living and dying cells, and show that histone deacetylation prevents DNA from spilling into extracellular vesicles in apoptosis @gerlichlab.bsky.social @imbavienna.bsky.social
Show PostDelighted to host Mariana Wolfner, doyenne of reproductive biology, for seminar @mskcancercenter.bsky.social. wanted to share her Perspective on Dave Hogness in @genetics-gsa.bsky.social. Supplement includes her unpublished thesis on ecdysone inducible genes! 🪰🧬 academic.oup.com/genetics/art...
Show PostMost animal species pack sperm DNA with protamines instead of histones. Protamines are essential for male fertility. They are among the fastest-evolving genes in animals. That makes little sense. We think we know why, in a new paper led by @ching-hochang.bsky.social. www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Show PostOur friends got us access to the Delta Air Lounge. And you know me, being Asian, we gotta maximize and get drinks. It’s 10am in Seattle, but time doesn’t matter in airports right? 😂
Show PostGreat day of sampling. Saw Great Fountain Geyser go off :)
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