Congratulations to Dr. Nic Janto, who defended his PhD in the GMB Program at Emory earlier this week! Nic is headed off to postdoc with Edan Foley at The University of Bath. It’s the end of an era for the lab, but very excited to follow Nic’s journey into zebrafish models of intestinal biology! 🐟

Science has published a letter I helped write, as part of Advancing Queer & Trans Equity in Science (AQTES), about why it's important for universities & other institutions to protect trans and gender-nonconforming scientists, and some practical things they can do. www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

Preprint out now (@graczlab.bsky.social): doi.org/10.1101/2025... We establish a 3D imaging (iDISCO/light sheet microscopy) + analysis pipeline to quantify intrahepatic bile duct (IHBD) architecture during homeostasis and liver injury — in both mice and humans. 🧵 1/8

"If we really want the best talent in science, then let’s foster environments across the scientific enterprise that invite neurodiversity and recognize the strengths of neurological differences," writes @holdenthorp.bsky.social in a 2024 #ScienceEditorial. scim.ag/3GcwC7z

#standupforscience2025 at Georgia State Capitol in Atlanta 🧬🔬✊

As good an opportunity as any to introduce myself over here! I'm a queer nonbinary trans man from Atlanta working towards my PhD in chromatin regulation of cell identity in the intestinal epithelium. I'm also a devoted cat dad and the captain of an all-trans adult recreational kickball team!

A reminder that the wonderful @prideinstem.bsky.social has created two starter packs of LGBTQIA+ People in STEM: part 1: go.bsky.app/BFc4wgf part 2: go.bsky.app/Cw9bRYZ

I'm working on a Starter Pack of #GIresearchers :) go.bsky.app/AHpSAzx

…and @nicjanto.bsky.social explores the impact of the commensal protist T Muris on chemotherapeutic damage to the intestinal epithelium: doi.org/10.1101/2024...

Some Gracz Lab members are joining the great migration to Bluesky! Welcome to @hannahhrncir.bsky.social and @nicjanto.bsky.social. Both are 4th year PhD students with awesome manuscripts currently in revisions!