Our (@jeffsekelsky.bsky.social, Corbin Jones & me) #Meiosis, Recombination & Evolution of Sex class @uncchapelhill.bsky.social geeked out about #BChromosomes w/ Patrick Ferree from @scrippscollege.bsky.social about his @plosbiology.org paper on female meiotic drag in Nasonia: doi.org/10.1371/jour...
Beautiful crisp day in North Carolina. A great day to vote.
Our (@jeffsekelsky.bsky.social , Corbin Jones & me) #Meiosis, Recombination & Evolution of Sex class @uncchapelhill.bsky.social loved talking to Jeremy Searle from Cornell about his review on #Robertsonian translocations doi.org/10.1159/0005... & exciting unpublished work! Amazing cytogenetics.
Fun fact – Kent’s paper follows up on Lillian Morgan’s paper on ring chromosomes published 100 years and 1 day ago:
doi.org/10.1073/pnas...
Our (@jeffsekelsky.bsky.social, Corbin Jones & me) #Meiosis, Recombination & Evolution of Sex class @uncchapelhill.bsky.social had a great chat w/ Kent Golic @uofubiology.bsky.social about his lab's #GENETICS paper on #Drosophila ring chromosomes:
doi.org/10.1093/gene...
Our @jeffsekelsky.bsky.social, Corbin Jones, & me) #Meiosis, Recombination & Evolution of Sex class @uncchapelhill.bsky.social had a great talk w/ Steve Perlman from U of Victoria @uvic.ca about his lab’s @pnas.org paper on male and female X chromosome drive in D. testacea
doi.org/10.1073/pnas...
Exciting neuroscience and bioelectronics engineering by Wubin Bai and @steinlab.bsky.social working with #UNC Institute for Convergent Science. Their technology may open new doors for psychiatric and neuro treatments.
innovate.unc.edu/cracking-the...
Just a reminder that the application deadline for the @uncbiology.bsky.social tenure-track Assistant Professor in Plant Molecular Biology position closes in a week (Nov 17). Chapel Hill is a wonderful place and Biology is an amazing group of people. To apply, see: unc.peopleadmin.com/postings/307...
Beautiful day for some @uncchapelhill.bsky.social football.
Excited that the “Supercharging Energy Storage Innovations in North Carolina” report is live. Created by UNC’s Institute for Convergent Science, @unc-chemistry.bsky.social & UNC ECON, & funded by the NC Collaboratory it showcases NC as a leader in energy storage.
innovate.unc.edu/new-report-n...
The @uncchapelhill.bsky.social Department of Biology is searching for tenure-track Assistant Professor in Plant Molecular Biology. Chapel Hill is a wonderful place and Biology is an amazing group of people. To apply, see:
unc.peopleadmin.com/postings/307...
The Dept of Mathematics @uncchapelhill.bsky.social is searching for 2 Teaching Assist./Assoc. Prof positions. Chapel Hill is a wonderful place & the Math Dept is a vibrant community. Job ads at UNC or @amermathsoc.bsky.social.
unc.peopleadmin.com/postings/307...
www.mathjobs.org/jobs/list/27...
It’s humbling to see my father’s latest @harvardpress.bsky.social book in the @lrb.co.uk London Review of Books. Despite my best efforts, he always stays a step or two ahead of me in scholarly productivity and quality 😊.
www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
Whoops...typo...Wanyue (Diane) Xu.
I’m happy, particularly for lead student author Wanyue (Diane) Yu, to see our collaborative review on plant cross-over patterning in #meiosis published in @biochemsoc.bsky.social Transactions.
doi.org/10.1042/BST2...
Innovate Carolina at UNC Chapel Hill is hiring a PhD level Commercialization Fellow. The fellow will help @uncchapelhill.bsky.social researchers conceptualize & commercialize novel technologies. The Innovate Carolina team is fabulous - check out the job posting:
unc.peopleadmin.com/postings/301...
I'm psyched to see our latest collaborative paper come out in
@theplantcell.bsky.social in which we show that Aurora 1 kinase is an APC/C substrate that mediates spindle assembly and chromosome segregation in #Meiosis:
doi.org/10.1093/plce...
@jeffsekelsky.bsky.social Corbin Jones, & I give huge thanks to Frank McNally, Christoph Haag, Andy Kern, Bengt Hansson, @takashiakeralab.bsky.social & @scienceleah.bsky.social for being guests in our #Meiosis, Recombination, & Evolution of Sex class at UNC. A pic from our final session w/ students
Huge congratulations to my @uncchapelhill.bsky.social colleague Bob Goldstein for being elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. Bob is a brilliant developmental biologist who works on #Celegans, & on tardigrades (water bears). As if that's not enough, he's an amazing artist too!
Our (@jeffsekelsky.bsky.social Corbin Jones, & me) #Meiosis, Recombination & Evolution of Sex class @uncchapelhill.bsky.social loved talking w/ @scienceleah.bsky.social about her lab's @plos.org Genetics paper on a unique chromosome segregation mechanism in holocentric moths. doi.org/10.1371/jour...
Our (@jeffsekelsky.bsky.social, Corbin Jones, & me) #Meiosis, Recombination & Evolution of Sex class @uncchapelhill.bsky.social loved talking w/ @takashiakeralab.bsky.social about his lab's @biorxivpreprint.bsky.social on meiotic cohesin errors & sterility in hybrid mice. doi.org/10.1101/2025...
Woo-hoo! My friend and colleague, Jeff Dangl, together with Jonathan Jones & Brian Staskawicz have been awarded the 2025 Wolf Prize in Agriculture. Amazing recognition of even more amazing science:
college.unc.edu/2025/03/wolf...
Our (@jeffsekelsky.bsky.social, Corbin Jones, & me) #Meiosis, Recombination & Evolution of Sex class @uncchapelhill.bsky.social loved talking w/ Bengt Hansson from @lund-university.bsky.social about his lab's #G3journal paper on bird male-biased CO patterning + new work: doi.org/10.1093/g3jo...
Hard copies of my father’s latest book arrived. Champagne tonight!
www.hup.harvard.edu/books/978067...
Our (@jeffsekelsky.bsky.social , Corbin Jones, & me) #Meiosis, Recombination & Evolution of Sex class @uncchapelhill.bsky.social loved talking with Any Kern @uoregon.bsky.social about his lab’s @currentbiology.bsky.social paper on octopus ZZ, ZO sex chromosome system: www.cell.com/current-biol...
The Biology Dept @uncchapelhill.bsky.social is searching for a Teaching Assistant Professor or Teaching Associate Professor. We're a vibrant community with fantastic colleagues and students. Apply and tell all your friends too! Here's the job posting link:
unc.peopleadmin.com/postings/297...
This is awesome to see so many @uncchapelhill.bsky.social students becoming Fulbright Scholars - it is a fantastic program. My father had a Fulbright and it had truly transformational, transgenerational impact on our family.
www.unc.edu/posts/2025/0...
UNC Chapel Hill's Office of the Vice Chancellor for Innovation is searching for a Public Communication Specialist. They are exciting team driving strategic, economic & societal value at UNC, NC and beyond. Here's the posting:
unc.peopleadmin.com/postings/296...
A tribute to my friend R. Scott Hawley:
biologue.plos.org/2025/02/11/r...
The flora on UNC’s campus are doing their best to make me optimistic that spring is on the horizon.
