Elizabeth (Beth) Burton

Mostly on 🦋 now
Postdoc @broadinstitute Claussnitzer/Neal labs
PhD @CAMBUpenn
I study metabolic genetics 🍭🧬
Go Birds 🦅
She/her 🩷💜💙
Opinions my own

[Elizabeth (Beth) Burton @BethBGenetics]

For anyone struggling through grad school applications right now, just remember that in my personal statement, I wrote about how I wanted to be a horse when I grew up, and I still got accepted to multiple schools #gradschool #phdlife

[Elizabeth (Beth) Burton @BethBGenetics]

This is why we keep pushing forward despite the attack on science, for people like KJ, for improving human health. They cannot and will not stop us.

[Children's Hospital @ChildrensPhila]

CHOP & @PennMedicine have delivered the first-ever personalized gene editing therapy for a patient with CPS1 deficiency, marking a major milestone in the application of CRISPR-based treatments.

Learn more about KJ & the future of personalized medicine: https://t.co/A9DTcNmxrR.

[Elizabeth (Beth) Burton @BethBGenetics]

@MBTA Hey so this delay actually hasn’t cleared

[Elizabeth (Beth) Burton @BethBGenetics]

So happy to see this finally out! @maxdudek

[ASHG @GeneticsSociety]

Using chromatin accessibility data from 170 human livers, @AJHGNews' latest study demonstrates that variants associated with transcription factor binding can be used to fine-map causal variants at disease-associated loci: https://t.co/06bgfofFwe #ASHG

[Science Magazine @ScienceMagazine]

"When I feel myself drifting toward despair, I think about what I learned during the pandemic, the first crisis of my Ph.D.: Build community and keep sharing the value of science."

This week's #ScienceWorkingLife. https://t.co/EW6rosaFll

[Elizabeth (Beth) Burton @BethBGenetics]

2 years today since we lost Casey.

In a way year 2 was harder than year 1. He should have read my thesis and celebrated at my defense, and we should be getting beers at ASHG in Boston to talk about all the cool things I’m doing in my postdoc now. We all still miss him.

[Elizabeth (Beth) Burton @BethBGenetics]

Mind you, mRNA vaccines won the NOBEL PRIZE in physiology/medicine less than 2 years ago

[Dr. Catharine Young @DrCatharineY]

The NIH has reportedly advised scientists to remove references to mRNA vaccine technology from grant applications, signaling a potential shift away from this research field.

As a reminder mRNA vaccine technology is one of the most groundbreaking advancements in modern medicine.

[Angel Jones, PhD @AngelJonesPhD]

Referring to the 13% of Americans who take antidepressants, myself included, as addicts and claiming that we are more likely to become school shooters is not only asinine and unfounded, but it’s also dangerous and contributes to the mental health stigma that puts lives at risk.

[Elizabeth (Beth) Burton @BethBGenetics]

Writing and submitting an F31 was by FAR the most grueling part of grad school, and to know these students will not even have their work looked at because of their identity is sickening. Our government is being run by evil, evil people

[NFL Memes @NFLMemes]

Commanders: *Long, calculated 20 play drive to score 3 points*

Eagles: *Gives the ball to Saquon Barkley once*

[Elizabeth (Beth) Burton @BethBGenetics]

@okonski_s I had to resort to lying flat on the floor bc nothing else was helping the nerves

[Elizabeth (Beth) Burton @BethBGenetics]

That game had me STRESSING but my journey as an insufferable Philly fan in Boston CONTINUES. GO BIRDS 🦅🦅

[Elizabeth (Beth) Burton @BethBGenetics]

I’ve been talking with/reviewing several of this year’s applicants, and I genuinely don’t have any advice for how to improve. They write well and have publications from undergrad or post bacc. I hate not knowing how to even help them anymore.

[Elizabeth (Beth) Burton @BethBGenetics]

I’d like to think I did pretty well in grad school, so it’s really frightening to know that, with how admissions are going these days, there’s no way my resume/body of work from when I applied in 2018 would get me into grad school now in 2025

[Elizabeth (Beth) Burton @BethBGenetics]

Vulnerable moment for me, but I too have struggled with OCD for most of my life. I think it’s extremely cool to have such a public-facing person like a professional athlete be open about it- it reduces the stigma and shows that OCD isn’t just about “over-cleaning”

[Front Office Sports @FOS]

Commanders kicker Zane Gonzalez is open about his struggle with OCD—which was on display in Sunday's game.

Many joke about his ticks, but he harnesses them in his routine.

After focusing, Gonzalez kicked Washington to its first playoff win in 20 years.

[Elizabeth (Beth) Burton @BethBGenetics]

It’s me I’m on the disabled train at Davis 🙃

[MBTA @MBTA]

Red Line: Delays of about 15 minutes due to a disabled train at Davis. Trains may stand by at stations.

[Elizabeth (Beth) Burton @BethBGenetics]

Today is the 4th anniversary of my first ever thesis committee meeting and absolutely no other noteworthy events…

[Elizabeth (Beth) Burton @BethBGenetics]

It will always be an honor to be a mentee of Casey. I’m so deeply grateful to all the wonderful scientists who took the time to record these lectures to honor his memory and to make science more accessible to everyone. Special thanks to Shweta for making this all happen!

[Shweta @shramdas]

Our mentor Casey Brown, apart from being an extraordinary scientist, was a brilliant teacher who loved everything genetics. In his honor, some of the world's leading experts came together to create the 'Casey Brown Lecture Series' on human genetics 1/ https://t.co/cOlgJaNt8Z

[Elizabeth (Beth) Burton @BethBGenetics]

@ericmiguel45 So so excited for and proud of you 🩵

[Elizabeth (Beth) Burton @BethBGenetics]

Absolutely horrifying how people are now emboldened to send hate and literal death threats to a woman for simply posting about earning a PhD. I hope Dr. Louks has been able to celebrate her amazing achievement with family and friends despite all of the nastiness.

[Dr Ally Louks @DrAllyLouks]

Thrilled to say I passed my viva with no corrections and am officially PhDone.

[Elizabeth (Beth) Burton @BethBGenetics]

Alright, poll time (doing it here since 🦋 doesn’t have polls yet): what’s the best pipette brand? There is a correct answer.