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McKay_Lab

@DMcKay_Lab

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 Chapel Hill, NC
mckaylab.web.unc.edu/
Joined January 2019
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Our paper all about the SWI/SNF complex and developmental enhancer regulation is up on bioRxiv! @DMcKay_Lab The SWI/SNF nucleosome remodeler constrains enhancer activity during Drosophila wing development biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/…
The SWI/SNF nucleosome remodeler constrains enhancer activity during Drosophila wing development

The SWI/SNF nucleosome remodeler constrains enhancer activity during Drosophila wing development

Chromatin remodeling is central to the dynamic changes in gene expression that drive cell fate determination. During development, the sets of enhancers that are accessible for use change globally as...

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We are super excited for next week's seminar (June 21st 9AM PDT) featuring @stutzman_alexis and Richard Adeyemi. Registeration link: harvard.zoom.us/webinar/regi…
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Our last student research talks of the 2020-21 year (and hopefully our last time on Zoom). Since this was a reverse alphabetical year it was up to Cyril Anyetei-Anum @CyrilAnum from @DMcKay_Lab to send us off in style.
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#BlackInGeneticsWeek has started! Make sure you're following and participating! #BlackInGenetics
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BIG Expectations for #BlackInGeneticsWeek
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First, let's give it up for our INCREDIBLE BIG TEAM!!! 👏🏿 Founded by @stutzman_alexis Co-organized by @MarkiaASmith We couldn't have pulled this off without our BIG volunteer, @tvital_science, and help from our friends at @BIPOCinCompGen, @ade_lady and @renee_fonseca.
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Who’s ready for a BIG week? Join us for #BlackInGeneticsWeek 🧬 starting this Monday, August 17th.
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🗣BBSP 2020: would you like to join the IMSD family? Check your inboxes for more info!
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Excited to announce a new paper from our lab showing that STAG proteins are not specificity factors for recruiting cohesin complexes to distinct sites in the embryonic stem cell genome rdcu.be/b6bAz @narruda28 @DrZachCarico @mgnjstc
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Replying to @BarackObama
Hi! To all the people who stated these hashtags, what’s the etiquette for beginning one of these? We haven’t had a #BlackinGeneticsWeek and I’m desperate to make some connections. Also, representation in this field is ABSOLUTELY CRUCIAL!
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Today was a big day...I got my own set of pipettes! 👩🏻‍🔬 Now the important question, are you team @GilsonINC or @Eppendorf_USA?? #AcademicChatter #AcademicTwitter #phdchat
52%Gilson, obviously.
48%Eppendorf
25 votes • Final results
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science peeps, anyone use @Confluence for an electronic lab notebook?
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A great addition to our fly room shared with the @DMcKay_Lab @DuronioLab and Matera Lab. Great posters from @SammyKatta. Don't forget to sign the pledge sammykatta.com/pledge. And more importantly, Take Action!

Pledge — Sammy Katta

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And thanks to our collaborators Dan McKay and Spencer Nystrom @DMcKay_Lab @NystromSpencer
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Check out our new publication on how tissue #regeneration can be controlled by Damage Responsive and Maturity Silenced (DRMS) enhancers in Drosophila! #genetics #research #Drosophila #ASU elifesciences.org/articles/5…
Damage-responsive, maturity-silenced enhancers regulate multiple genes that direct regeneration in...

Damage-responsive, maturity-silenced enhancers regulate multiple genes that direct regeneration in...

The reduced ability of Drosophila imaginal discs to regenerate as they mature can be explained by the silencing of damage-responsive enhancers that regulate expression of genes required for regener...

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Are you a fly person with limited time in the lab and need to collect virgins? Postdocs @AbhinavaKMishra and Joseph Campanale made this video to show you how to separate male and female pupae... youtube.com/watch?v=eswfhSg1…
Sexing Drosophila Pupae to separate virgins from males

Sexing Drosophila Pupae to separate virgins from males

Joseph Campanale shows us how to sex pupae for virgin collection. T...

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Great article by @joachimgoedhart on using color in science figures! #scicomm Data Visualization with Flying Colors thenode.biologists.com/data-… via @the_Node
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Don't sleep on our seminar this Thursday! The Federal Budget 101 with UNC's Office of Federal Affairs! register: tinyurl.com/yxevmz5v #scipol
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We've got a great seminar coming up in September! The Federal Budget 101 - Kelly Dockham and Roxana Boyd from UNC's Office of Federal Affairs will pull back the curtains on federal research funding. Come learn about #scipol! Lunch provided. Register at: tinyurl.com/yxevmz5v
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Replying to @NystromSpencer
@NystromSpencer and I have our new paper up on bioRxiv! Very stoked. The temporal transcription factor E93 controls dynamic enhancer activity and chromatin accessibility during development biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/… #preprints #bioRxiv
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My paper is now out in @PNASNews. Highlights / keywords / buzzwords include: Gene Expression, Tissue Development, CUT&RUN, Enhancer Activity, Hormones, and other cool sounding things. Nothing about phase-separated domains, unfortunately. pnas.org/content/early/2019/… @DMcKay_Lab

Direct and widespread role for the nuclear receptor EcR in mediating the response to ecdysone in...

The ecdysone pathway was among the first experimental systems employed to study the impact of steroid hormones on the genome. In Drosophila and oth...

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Hey y'all! Don't forget about this great talk tomorrow! Dr. Marina Volkov will be talking with us about science policy at the NIH and her career in #SciPol Tomorrow April 3. 1:30-2:30pm Bondurant 2020 register: tinyurl.com/y2jag7ah
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