Dr. Anthony Fauci rejects Sen. Rand Paul's comments about COVID-19 herd immunity: "You are not listening to what the director of the CDC said, that — in New York — it's about 22 percent. If you believe 22 percent is herd immunity, I believe you're alone in that."

Watching trump slowly shuffle away as the crowd shouts VOTE HIM OUT is a terrific way to start your day.

Each week this month we highlight Black scientists. In 2009, Charmaine D. Wilson earned her MS degree MD Anderson-UTH Grad, studying in Ralf Krahe's lab. She is the 1st Black student to earn a graduate degree in our dept. She is currently Director of Research Services Cizik School of Nursing at UTHealth Houston

An interesting finding in our study was that physically subcloning and expanding single cells from TNBC cell lines did not result in genetically clonal populations of cells, suggesting that true isogenic clones may not exist after subcloning nature.com/articles/s4158…

Excited to announce the *first* complete, telomere-to-telomere sequence of a human autosome, chromosome 8, now out in @nature! We resolved 5 major gaps in the chromosome and charted the evolution of its centromere over the last 25 million years. go.nature.com/3wxzJO2

Encouraging news: Interim data from a Phase 3 clinical trial show the @Pfizer BioNTech SE #COVID19 vaccine to be well-tolerated and 100% effective in preventing infection in adolescents 12-15 years old. bit.ly/2RcGtAP

“Using a very large number of samples, we observed that each tumor is different, but similar evolutionary patterns emerge that characterize cancer types,” says our Dr. Wenyi Wang: fal.cn/3eykd Wenyi Wang #CancerMoonshot #EndCancer

Three fascinating papers in @nature showing intestinal pretumour clones increase fitness via direct suppression of their competitor cells: nature.com/articles/s4158… nature.com/articles/s4158… nature.com/articles/s4158… Congrats Owen Sansom 🏳️‍🌈 Louis Vermeulen The Koo Lab and colleagues

#NIH-funded research in a Alzheimer’s mouse model shows a hormone produced during exercise improves #brain health. Since humans also make this hormone, this could provide a mechanism by which exercise helps stave off memory loss. nyti.ms/3E76zZR

The Graduate School proudly celebrates Black History Month. We encourage you to take time during the month of February to learn more about the culture and contributions of Black/African American people, especially Black/African Americans scientists. #WeAreGSBS #BlackHistoryMonth

The BIO Directorate is hosting an HBCU-EIR proposal writing workshop! Info, including how to sign up, found in link. Attending this workshop is so helpful for PIs applying to the EiR mechanism. Strongly encourage it! Please retweet! iosblog.nsfbio.com/2022/04/21/rep…

If you are a postdoc from underrepresented groups in biomedical sciences on the faculty job market this year, this is for YOU!!!! Apply to attend our 2 days in-person bootcamp & present your research at the Symposium. Events: July 14&15

The GSBS team is at UNT today! Come by and speak with Tanieka Young in the DSA office, Emily Caggiano, a current student, and Ralf Krahe, PhD, an alum and current GSBS faculty member. To see where we'll be next, check the recruitment schedule: go.uth.edu/GSBS-recruit22 #WeAreGSBS

We are going. For the first time, the NASA_SLS rocket and Orion Spacecraft fly together. #Artemis I begins a new chapter in human lunar exploration.

Genetics Society of America President Jane Hubbard has put up a super interesting new audio series about scientific discovery. The first two episodes are with Marty Chalfie and Carol Greider! shows.acast.com/snpets/episodes

Looking forward to Dhruv Chachad’s defense tomorrow!

It’s Graduate Student Appreciation Week, one of the best weeks! #WeAreGSBS #GSBSGSAW2023

[1/9] 🎲 Let's talk about the difference between probability and likelihood in #statistics. These two terms are often confused, but understanding their distinction is key for making sense of data analysis! #Rstats #DataScience

Through our leading clinical trials program, our MD Anderson Cancer Center experts are dedicated to making practice-changing treatments of tomorrow available to patients today. Grateful for @GarciaManero and our talented research teams for their ingenuity and tireless efforts toward this

Interested in applying to the GSBS for Fall 2024? Our application for our PhD programs and MS programs is now open! Check out gsbs.uth.edu/admissions for application details. #WeAreGSBS