Calling all rising juniors & seniors: Interested in biological or biomedical research? Applications for our ’26 Summer Undergraduate Research Experience Program are now open! Nine weeks, hands-on research, & mentorship from some of the nation’s top scientists — learn more: bit.ly/CechFellows

Do you have an exciting new chromatin/transcription story that you'd like to share with the #FN community? Fill out this form to be considered for a talk in our Jan-June 2026 schedule! forms.gle/TBi38UgYxPAB... Please repost and share!

Check out our latest issue where we interview Cassandra Extavour, who studies the evolution of the genetic mechanisms employed during early animal embryogenesis to specify cell fate, development, and differentiation at Harvard University. www.cell.com/current-biol...

You know SfN will be awesome when you run into old friends and meet new ones before the conference even starts!! Thank you @bjmarlin.bsky.social @thiagoarzua.com and @stutzman-alexis.bsky.social for stopping by on Friday! Also @nbaumgar.bsky.social (not pictured…yet!!!)

I’m honored to be named a Junior fellow in the Simons Society of Fellows!

Today marks the last day of Black History Month and this year was the first in my memory that I haven’t felt like the BHM was embraced by my educational community. Even as a child, February was always a time when we talked about historic figures like Dr. King but this year… 1/5

On International Day of Women and Girls in Science, we celebrate the women advancing scientific discovery and working towards a better world. Like postdoc @nourmimouni.bsky.social, a neuroendocrinologist and champion for women’s health. Discover her story: tinyurl.com/53mue4pn #womeninscience

Due to practical reasons, I have RNAseq data where batch is conflated with treatment (ie all treated are in one batch, all untreated in another batch). Can I still do pairwise analyses between treated/untreated groups? I’d love advice on how to handle this analysis- brownie pts if you have a ref!