Megan Dillon

Postdoctoral Researcher at NCSU • genetics and genomics scholar 🧬 • she/her • rmc 🐝

[NC State Vet Medicine @NCStateVetMed]

A 'NOBYL' PURSUIT: Very few graduate students have their research make international headlines, let alone before their dissertation is complete, but it’s easy to understand why Megan Dillon’s work with "Chernobyl dogs" has captured global imaginations: https://t.co/KzA95TK4kc

[Megan Dillon @mdillonbio]

Happy New Year! We have a new publication out in PLoS One looking at mutation in the dogs in Chornobyl, check it out here:

https://t.co/F57brrFU83

[Megan Dillon @mdillonbio]

Very excited to share our latest manuscript ! Check out our work with Chornobyl ticks
https://t.co/eel9ZZSmFj

[NC State Men's Basketball @PackMensBball]

Feeling ELITE

#GoPack | #TriangleBMWDealers

[Megan Dillon @mdillonbio]

So happy to have had the opportunity to talk about this wonderful program at the CVM open house!

[NCSU CVM Research @CVMResearch]

@DrKAMeiklejohn NC State Genetics and Genomics Academy 🧬@NCStateGGAGrad

[NC State Men's Basketball @PackMensBball]

2024 ACC CHAMPIONS🏆

[Megan Dillon @mdillonbio]

@SigmaAldrich ❤️ #SigmaAldrichChocolate

[The Wildlife Society @wildlifesociety]

Reflecting on a great week... Thank you to everyone who made #TWS2023 a success! Safe travels home and hopefully we'll see you in Baltimore, Maryland next year for our 31st Annual Conference Oct. 19-23, 2024.⁠

[Megan Dillon @mdillonbio]

Wonderful to share our work and learn so much at #TWS2023 Thank you to @TWS_MEWG for everything!

[Megan Dillon @mdillonbio]

Getting super excited for #TWS2023 !
Come hear about our work with the Chernobyl dogs

[Science Magazine @ScienceMagazine]

Dogs are humanity's best friend—but how long has it been that way? 🐕

This Science study investigated ancient dog genomes, revealing a complicated genetic legacy that reflects a long, shared history with humans. Learn more on #InternationalDogDay: https://t.co/nzyDVXiUwf

[Sanjee Baksh @S__Baksh]

ATTENZIONE PICKPOCKET !!

[Megan Dillon @mdillonbio]

@NCStateAEC @MadiPolera Woohoo! Love seeing my colleagues work featured 🩵

[NC State Applied Ecology @NCStateAEC]

PhD student, @MadiPolera, is on a mission to better measure the health of these imperiled species... Watch the whole video on our YouTube: https://t.co/iXiLjwj6kt

[Megan Dillon @mdillonbio]

#NewProfilePic highly recommend taking lab pictures on a film/disposable camera! Such a fun keepsake!

[Megan Dillon @mdillonbio]

The undergrads in my lab love our eppendorf research plus pipette pens (and I do too!) We love to use eppendorf products for our genetic analyses, including our look at the dogs around Chernobyl #EppendorfLife

[Megan Dillon @mdillonbio]

@miJretsoF @MobReiskind Thank you so much!!

[Megan Dillon @mdillonbio]

@wheezenfeld Congrats!!! So so exciting!!

[Megan Dillon @mdillonbio]

Another exciting publication coming out from the Breen Lab, check out this press release for a sneak peak!

https://t.co/zsLRg3TeU8

[Megan Dillon @mdillonbio]

does not indicate that these dogs are mutants or that any genetic differentiation has been linked to the exposures faced (not just radiation!!).

[Megan Dillon @mdillonbio]

Our work was recently featured on VICE! Pretty interesting breakdown of our publication!

[VICE @VICE]

Chernobyl’s stray dogs may have adapted to their unusually toxic habitat on a core genetic level. https://t.co/Jhf2mFHwrm

[Megan Dillon @mdillonbio]

The headline, like that of many articles that have come out following the two recent Chernobyl dog publications, is a bit overly suggestive of our findings. This foundational work will aid in following genetic analyses for these dogs but