I have a new blog post up in Genetics Society of America's blog Genes to Genomes! Check it out here: genestogenomes.org/a-first-of-i...

I have a new article up in Genetics Society of America’s blog Genes to Genomes! Check it out: genestogenomes.org/how-understa...

Catch our co-founder @montoj.bsky.social on the latest episode of the Career Bitches podcast! She talked about her passion for science communication, being a federal employee placed on administrative leave, and our new project The Science Underground. Listen here! podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/s...

We are former NIH comms staff that are working to continue doing the work we love and care about - science communication! Check out our new account and listen to us on the latest episode of @dnatodaypodcast.bsky.social Episode here: dnapodcast.com/episodes/202...

My latest article for GSA was SO fun to read about and write, check it out here! genestogenomes.org/the-little-w...

I have recently become one of the freelance writers for Genetics Society of America's blog Genes to Genomes! I'm so thrilled to be continuing to write about innovative genetics and genomics research. My first post is out today, check it out here! genestogenomes.org/an-advanced-...

📢 HPRC Release 2 is here! Now with phased genomes from 200+ individuals, a 5x increase from Release 1. Explore sequencing data, assemblies, annotations & alignments in our interactive data explorer ⬇️: humanpangenome.org/hprc-data-re...

I'm excited to show you something that we've been working on! Follow our new account for updates!

Highlight of my year ... by far ... has been welcoming Melissa and her lab to the NIH. After a slightly(!) rocky start, we're allowed to hire trainees again, so please reach out to her if you're interested. You won't find a better mentor!

Happy DNA Day! It is a bittersweet one this year since many of us were laid off from NHGRI. One of my favorite memories was getting to write and be in a video with Eric Green where we showed people how to extract DNA from a strawberry. www.youtube.com/watch?v=zMw4...

I wrote a thing. I am eternally grateful for my editor, who took the original draft and helped me narrow down my key points into a more effective piece with a broader reach. Also, thanks to the editorial & legal teams, who maintained the message while protecting us in this fraught moment.

A project five years in the making, we've now published complete "T2T" genomes for six additional ape species! It turns out that finishing (and analyzing) six genomes is slightly more work than one... doi.org/10.1038/s415...

Nature research paper: Complete sequencing of ape genomes https://go.nature.com/3EfWwqk

📢 new paper alert for the primate and genomics nerds. telomere to telomere ape genomes. I led MHC annotations on this work w/ @biotobi.bsky.social and @meyerbritta.bsky.social And hey it’s my first nature paper 🥳 www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Our primate T2T paper came out in Nature yesterday! It was a huge effort and I'm so grateful that I got the opportunity to work with this amazing group of scientists over the first two years of my PhD! www.nature.com/articles/s41...

best in the game

If you are in biomedical space and you need a social media person and you don’t hire Jenny, I don’t even know what you are doing (same goes for the rest of the NHGRI comms office and other roles).

Some of you may know me for making unhinged genomics memes for NHGRI! Here are some of my favorites. 😊 I was so thankful to be able to take my obsession with pop culture with my passion for making research accessible, and turn it into some of our most successful messaging.

NHGRI’s comm team was exceptionally good and if anyone is looking for a talented science communicator, you should snap up Jenny as soon as possible.

Our comms team was the best to ever do it! They are also the kind of people who, even while saying goodbyes, kept making me smile. I'm going to miss them terribly. If you're in need of some stellar folks, get in touch

So long, NIH. The place I grew up in and discovered my passion for science communication. I found a true calling to help take innovative genomics research and make it accessible, interesting and fun for wider audiences. I'm so devastated that my whole team got laid off today.

During an art residency earlier this year, I printed some of my animal watercolors using a risograph! You can check them out here: jennymontoothprints.bigcartel.com?fbclid=PAZXh...

I started a Substack to share some of my writing, art and photography! Give it a follow if you’d like 🥰 jennysorandom.substack.com The amazing art is by @robinmbrowne.bsky.social! ❤️

I used many of these memes for my Intro to Biopsych courses. The celebrity/genetics memes help me keep up with modern culture when the students explain what is going on to me

My wife is a beautiful model!! ❤️

captured on film by the incredibly talented @jennymontooth.bsky.social 🥰

I am so thrilled to have completed my zine on grief and class. I spent two weeks writing, reaching out others with stories, designing and printing this book. I wanted to walk readers through how differently grief hits us and affects our lives. you can grab one here! jennymontoothprints.bigcartel.com

My Oppenheimer

This weekend I had one of my photos in a gallery for the first time! What an amazing feeling! Sometimes it’s good to let the imposter syndrome out of sight, if even for a night 🥰

Hello, Bluesky. We are so happy to be here!