B. Monica Bowen, PhD

Human geneticist, perpetually intrigued (and only occasionally enraged) by human population genetics and science communication.

[MLB @MLB]

The Marlins have an actual tower of hot dogs at home games this year 🤤

It features 4 hot dogs, 4 Polish sausages and 4 corn dogs, along with loaded salchipapas. It comes with ketchup, mustard, relish, sauerkraut and sweet onions

(via @LevyRestaurants)

[ClinGen @ClinGenResource]

Submit your abstract to Curating the Clinical Genome 2024! The program committee will select abstracts for platform and poster presentations. The abstract submission deadline is February 20, 2024. Review abstract guidelines and submit your abstracts at https://t.co/3kkKdk1DXs

[Ana Morales, MS, CGC (she/hers/ella) @AnaMoralesCGC]

The Precision Medicine Answers for Kids Today Act, supported by @Invitae and others, will help eliminate barriers, such as lack of insurance coverage and the inability to see relevant health professionals, to allow better access to genetic and genomic testing.#GCchat

[Pardis Sabeti @PardisSabeti]

The next time you hear a dispatch, please start with empathy, curiosity, and kindness. It is not just the human thing to do, but the smart one. 15/15

[Genevieve Wojcik, PhD MHS @genandgenes]

Tomorrow I'm excited to join @VenceBonham and @CDM_Royal for @genome_gov's Bold Prediction #4: Human genomic research will move beyond historical social constructs such as race.

This is a topic that is near and dear to my heart. Let me explain. 🧵 1/4

https://t.co/O06hiN51Ex

[Ryan Hernandez @rdhernand]

This is our inaugural year for @UCSF_PROPEL, and I am so honored that about 55 (!!!) post-baccalaureate scholars with backgrounds historically excluded in the biomedical sciences will be joining us!! 🧵

[Kevin Mitchell @WiringTheBrain]

Very good statement from International Society for Psychiatric Genetics @ISPGnet on the Use of Polygenic Risk Scores to Screen Embryos for Adult Mental Conditions https://t.co/ypnZrsCPJY

[B. Monica Bowen, PhD @populiaison]

@AnaMoralesCGC Anything is possible when you work in a supportive environment! Thanks @AnaMoralesCGC and the entire Medical Affairs team for all your help getting this out there. Here’s to improving access to actionable healthcare! 🥂

[Nathan Pearson @GenomeNathan]

Given that clotting reports in adenoviral-vector #COVID19 vaccination have, so far, mainly/only afflicted women 18-48, might we be seeing rare -interaction- with the Pill/other menstruation-relevant vascular physiology?

Expert-er thoughts welcome(!)

[B. Monica Bowen, PhD @populiaison]

The best feeling in the world comes courtesy of reviewer 2. What good reviewer news have you gotten today? #PositivePeerReview

[B. Monica Bowen, PhD @populiaison]

“Countries tended to endure their darkest periods under their most inbred monarchs, and enjoy golden ages during the reigns of their most genetically diverse leaders.” #inbreeding #economist #genetic #diversity https://t.co/0VNViTKxbe

[Precision Med US @PrecisionMedUS]

Top story: @lawrencehurley: '“I’m here live, I’m not a cat,” says lawyer after Zoom filter mishap

“I can see that,” responds judge ', see more https://t.co/JIuanPjWgC

[B. Monica Bowen, PhD @populiaison]

@cdbustamante So very sorry to hear...abuelas son únicas. QEPD ❤️

[Timothy Caulfield @CaulfieldTim]

"It’s not the ‘British variant.’ It’s B.1.1.7" https://t.co/U5thwNkKaz by Katie Baca & @DrSusanaBejar via @statnews

"Stigma causes more than just hurt feelings: It kills."

"Geographic naming of pathogens and diseases can also foster a false sense of security."

#ScienceUpFirst

[Daniel Goldhill @influenzal]

Very excited to share some of our lab’s work on SARS-CoV-2. This was a huge team effort – so many people in lab worked hard on this. This is still a preprint. We’ve found one possible reason why SARS-CoV-2 went pandemic and SARS-CoV didn’t. https://t.co/QEC8qJFlEW Thread... 1/n

[Nathan Pearson @GenomeNathan]

[thread]
Good people,
Early this month, days after Chadwick Boseman died, and amid broader grief, three deep-thinkers from three walks of genomics hopped on a zoom together,
to mull how we can do better...

[Darin Weed @darinweed]

Unlike most PhDs, I grew up socioeconomically disadvantaged. Neither of my parents went to college #firstgen. When I was born, the WIC program paid for my formula and food for my mom. When I ate lunch in high school, I paid less than everyone else, while working a part time 1/10

[B. Monica Bowen, PhD @populiaison]

@radnorandlee Um, please get this on @Spotify so I can play it on repeat ad infinitum 🙏

[World Health Organization (WHO) @WHO]

A new case of #Ebola virus disease was confirmed today in the city of Beni in #DRC 👉https://t.co/yl0ViPltit