Andrew Modzelewski 🧬🐁🔬

Assistant Professor at @UPenn VetMed.Searle Scholar, Beckman Investigator. Development, reproduction, retrotransposons and gene editing. #Stem #FirstGen #BLM

[John Streicher @JohnStreicher1]

Today in absurd grant review comments we have:

Only studying females is a weakness…in a grant on endometriosis. 🤷‍♀️🤷‍♀️🤷‍♀️

Aren’t you all supposed to have a ton of education?!?

[Beckman Foundation @BeckmanFnd]

Congratulations to our two 2005 #BYI awardees, Christopher Chang, PhD and Chuan He, PhD, both #elected as members of the National Academy of Sciences. The Academy annually elects members in recognition of their distinguished and continuing achievements in original #research. #NAS

[Ewelina Bolcun-Filas @EwelinaBolcunF]

Calling all reproductive biologists! 📢 The 2026 #ReproBioArt contest is open for submissions!

Not a scientist? You can still explore the stunning beauty of reproductive science in our gallery. 🧬✨

Share this with your friends and join the fun! 🔗 https://t.co/DYAE1Adhh8

[Beckman Foundation @BeckmanFnd]

Congratulations to our FOUR #BYI awardees elected as the newest members of the American Academy of Arts & Sciences elected in 2026! 🎉

[Beckman Foundation @BeckmanFnd]

Pics from ULP’s Learning Lab Open House at Soka University yesterday where they showed us how to pipette, complete a circuit, count cells, and much more! They took us through activities they introduce young students to in helping them explore future academic and career pathways.

[Andrew Modzelewski 🧬🐁🔬 @TheModzLab]

@leonard_zon Congrats Len!

[Andrew Modzelewski 🧬🐁🔬 @TheModzLab]

@bradylabupenn @ASBMB Congrats Donita, you are an amazing person!

[Donita Brady of Brady Lab UPenn @bradylabupenn]

Grateful to @ASBMB for this extraordinary honor and to the colleagues who nominated me. This recognition means a great deal because it affirms something I believe deeply: talent is universal, but access is not.

[Andrew Modzelewski 🧬🐁🔬 @TheModzLab]

Another great paper from a great lab! Congrats @MichaelImbeault

[Michael Imbeault @MichaelImbeault]

Find our latest Perspective article on "The role of KRAB zinc-finger proteins in expanding the domestication potential of transposable elements" at https://t.co/LiGhLVVO4y, with implications for the future of research on the cause of human disease.

[Andrew Modzelewski 🧬🐁🔬 @TheModzLab]

@JuanAlvarezDom 😍

[Science Magazine @ScienceMagazine]

Researchers in Science have created “cyborg” pancreatic organoids that combine stretchy miniature electronics with stem cell-derived pancreatic islets, using the implanted electronics to monitor electrical activity related to glucose regulation in maturing α and β cells.

The "cyborg" organoids offer a path to study the biology and trace the maturation of α and β cells at the single-cell level, with an eye toward potentially treating or engineering new pancreatic islets in people with diabetes.

Learn more: https://t.co/rfp287hX2z

[Science Magazine @ScienceMagazine]

Researchers in Science have created “cyborg” pancreatic organoids that combine stretchy miniature electronics with stem cell-derived pancreatic islets, using the implanted electronics to monitor electrical activity related to glucose regulation in maturing α and β cells.

The "cyborg" organoids offer a path to study the biology and trace the maturation of α and β cells at the single-cell level, with an eye toward potentially treating or engineering new pancreatic islets in people with diabetes.

Learn more: https://t.co/rfp287hX2z

[Andrew Modzelewski 🧬🐁🔬 @TheModzLab]

@PennMedCSO @bradylabupenn @Penn_CBIO @RTAatPennMed @ASBMB Congrats Donita!!!!

[The Nobel Prize @NobelPrize]

In 1983 Barbara McClintock was awarded an unshared #NobelPrize in Physiology or Medicine.

McClintock discovered 'jumping genes' in corn, and proved that chunks of genetic code can change position on a chromosome, affecting genetic expression.

[Andrew Modzelewski 🧬🐁🔬 @TheModzLab]

Ditto!

[Crys Conn @CSConn_PhD]

Happy Holidays from the Conn Lab!
Welcoming new Senior Research Specialist, Dr. Ali Khawar and joint (youngest) lab member with @TheModzLab Hayes Modz Conn :)

Excited for lots of growth in 2026!

[Juan [email protected] @JuanAlvarezDom]

👇Today @5:30pm #cellbio2025 Workshop: Methods to Accelerate iPSC-derived Disease Modeling and Therapeutics - looking forward!

[Juan [email protected] @JuanAlvarezDom]

Looking Forward to @inspirecommunity.bsky.social's inaugural JOURNEY TALK next Tues Dec 16th by @MustafaMir16 , Assistant Prof.@CHOP_Research @PennMedicine and @hhmi_science Freeman Hrabowski Scholar, who will talk about his research, personal journey, and career path!

[Fusion Conferences @Fusion_Conf]

How has it already been 2 weeks since our #EREHD25 meeting in Mexico! 🇲🇽 We are still reminiscing over the great memories and amazing science that was shared. A final big congratulations to our 4 poster prize winners, and a thank you to everyone who joined us 💜

[Fusion Conferences @Fusion_Conf]

A fantastic gathering of researchers at #EREHD25 😊💜 We are grateful for all the insightful talks, lively discussions, and new collaborations that emerged over these past few days!
Rosie has truly loved working alongside Ting, Tao, Kate & Hui on this wonderful meeting
#FusionCommunity

[The Nobel Prize @NobelPrize]

Remembering the first woman to be awarded a Nobel Prize, the first individual to be awarded two Nobel Prizes and still today the only individual with two Nobel Prizes in two different scientific categories: Marie Skłodowska Curie.

Curie was born #OnThisDay in 1867.

[Juan [email protected] @JuanAlvarezDom]

👇Postdoc position in my lab: are you interested in how biological rhythms shape cell development? Apply here: https://t.co/zLWesxasmb