"How do we make genomic science beneficial to everyone, and not just the few? Everything that I'm involved in today is really to enhance health equity related to genomic science.”
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Thanks to Vence Bonham of @genome_gov for giving a great #IGISeminar yesterday! He does fascinating work with the #SickleCell community, researching how to ethically move forward with new genetic treatments for sickle cell disease. He's also #hiring a postdoc and postbaccs! 
ICYMI, our story on @BanfieldLab's work on phages with huge genomes: https://t.co/ManoSvwWeNBasem Al-Shayeb @themicrobeguyWe also found that their expanded genomes encode really interesting proteins and RNA elements, including translational machinery & ribosomal proteins, proteins to augment metabolism, CRISPR-Cas systems for inter-viral warfare and more! 🔥♦️◼♦️◻♦️ https://t.co/PCzB0ZOOaf
"...endless forms most beautiful and most wonderful have been, and are being, evolved."—Charles Darwin, born #OTD in 1809 The Royal Society @royalsocietyIn 1809 #OnThisDay, the great Charles Darwin was born. Here's Sir David Attenborough describing Darwin as "the founding father of scientific zoology and botany". See the full video here https://t.co/grMZ6Fz9Tu
#EarlyScience #TheOriginOfSpecies #CharlesDarwin #DarwinDay #Science https://t.co/zaSUozWDON
New work from IGI Investigator @BanfieldLab and co-first authors @themicrobeguy and @archaeaologist shows that huge phages are everywhere—and may be a reservoir of new gene-editing proteins.
https://t.co/ku1iC1TxPD 
We're #hiring an Executive Director!
We're looking for an experienced, dynamic executive to lead our flock. The ED will create programs and an institutional culture that support our mission to use genome editing for the public good.
Learn more: https://t.co/Zli4vZZEEE 
"I had no idea I could be a scientist. I was a first-generation college graduate... I was surrounded by people who had gone to prep schools and things like that, so I was way behind."
Read @NKWhiteman's #IGISpeakerSpotlight:
https://t.co/QbKEIXn7NC 
Thanks to @NKWhiteman for giving a great #IGIseminar on Tuesday!
Noah and his lab study how insects handle toxins in the plants they eat. Here, he presented work on horizontal gene transfer of a bacterial toxin-protective gene into insects. 🦠
https://t.co/isaKRjFy6j 