Ian Fingerman
@fingerman.bsky.social
GenX. Scientist. Posts about my kids, my toys, my cat, cycling and infrequently about science are to be expected. All views and opinions are my own.
New (to me) bike day. A not Brompton. Can’t wait to get out there.
Long overdue vacation. Picking peaches on a beautiful morning at grandma’s house.
This is just to say I have driven my car into a small diner at which you were probably planning a brunch forgive me i mistook the gas pedal for the brake
Taking children to work day and training future program directors
The Orange Cat Brain Atlas is here. 🧠🐈 Today, we published the first comprehensive cellular map of the orange cat brain. The new atlas reveals a single, specialized neuron responsible for behaviors like staring at walls, knocking objects off tables, and the 3am "zoomies."
Carolyn: So where did you get out to this afternoon? Me: I stopped at Kohl’s and then went to Tosche Station (it’s a local comic/game shop the kids and I like) C: oh? what were you looking for at Tosche Station? M: Power converters C: *sighs*
There’s a lot of amazingly brilliant scientists and staff about to enter the job market. Hope people take advantage of that and give them a place to land. You won’t regret it
My 6yo wrote a poem at school. Translated. I am 6 years old I love mom and dad I need the best pokemon I want a house I dream of going to hell I fear I do not know I feel crupdid (corrupted) I am Joshua F. Waiting for a phone call
Without downloading new pics, what is your energy going into 2025
Benoit Bruneau@benoitbruneau.bsky.social · 2y agoWithout downloading new pics, what is your energy going into 2025
Saw @juddlumberjack.bsky.social and the @mountvernontrail.org at the Alexandria Scottish walk this morning and it totally made the whole day for me.
Landing some quotes in the NCI Cancer Currents Blog about the NCI-CRUK Grand Challenge team eDyNAmiC, with some really nice work published in Nature about ecDNAs in cancer. www.cancer.gov/news-events/...
Treatment May Target ecDNA-Driven Tumors
Cancer cells containing extrachromosomal DNAs (ecDNAs) have a weakness that can be targeted with a drug that targets the CHK1 protein, a new study shows.
cancer.gov
pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/39322282/ exciting work on transcription factories and inter chromosomal contacts
Systematic identification of interchromosomal interaction networks supports the existence of specialized RNA factories - PubMed
Most studies of genome organization have focused on intrachromosomal (<i>cis</i>) contacts because they harbor key features such as DNA loops and topologically associating domains. Interchromosomal (<...
pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Post an Onion headline that lives in your head rent-free:
Ben Harris@benharris1.bsky.social · 2y agoPost an Onion headline that lives in your head rent-free:
It was almost 2 years ago that Carolyn convinced me to try cooking a frozen solid 17lb turkey.
This morning’s beltway soundtrack. One of the best albums of the 90s.
What a bummer, I was thinking we would get a doctor in charge at HHS. Can’t wait to see where they put Dr. Phil.
If you see this, please repost with a favourite photo of the sky that you’ve taken recently.
Abby Dernburg@adernburg.bsky.social · 2y agoIf you see this, please repost with a favourite photo of the sky that you’ve taken recently.
