Chris Gunter 🧬
@girlscientist.bsky.social
Genetics/genomics. Here in my personal capacity. Google Scholar: https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=A0oDqUQAAAAJ&hl=en
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Excited to share that my department has an open faculty search for an Assistant Professor! The search is broad, focused on candidates who plan to address fundamental questions in genetics and genomics. The due date is soon: Nov 13. You can apply through interfolio. apply.interfolio.com/190644
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October 1, 2026 at 2:41 PM
Excited to share that my department has an open faculty search for an Assistant Professor! The search is broad, focused on candidates who plan to address fundamental questions in genetics and genomics. The due date is soon: Nov 13. You can apply through interfolio. apply.interfolio.com/190644
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A sad story about how the CDC has been politicized. And a loss for everyone. The work the CDC did made us all healthier.
Similar things are happening at NIH, but the timetable is slower due to (you!) fighting back. However, the new Trump NIH Institute director hires will push us down this 👇 road
Similar things are happening at NIH, but the timetable is slower due to (you!) fighting back. However, the new Trump NIH Institute director hires will push us down this 👇 road
“As of May 2026, the C.D.C. had 30 percent fewer employees than it did before the layoffs…Interviews with more than 30 current & former employees reveal the agency is now tightly controlled by Mr. Kennedy and his associates, and its scientists are finding it increasingly difficult to do their jobs”
‘Zombified’ C.D.C., Hobbled by Cuts, Struggles to Fulfill Scientific Mission
The agency has lost its independence and nearly a third of its staff, as Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and associates have tightened control.
www.nytimes.com
September 26, 2026 at 12:24 PM
A sad story about how the CDC has been politicized. And a loss for everyone. The work the CDC did made us all healthier.
Similar things are happening at NIH, but the timetable is slower due to (you!) fighting back. However, the new Trump NIH Institute director hires will push us down this 👇 road
Similar things are happening at NIH, but the timetable is slower due to (you!) fighting back. However, the new Trump NIH Institute director hires will push us down this 👇 road
The human genome project was featured as one of America’s boldest ideas on @nbcwashington.com today, alongside the Constitution and Empire State Building! Thanks again to the Hearst Media team that helped us tell the story.
September 12, 2026 at 3:35 PM
The human genome project was featured as one of America’s boldest ideas on @nbcwashington.com today, alongside the Constitution and Empire State Building! Thanks again to the Hearst Media team that helped us tell the story.
Telling my child how I can never go through the Pentagon metro station without thinking of riding by around noon on 9/11. The station was completely dark and the train utterly silent as we inched through. May the memories of those who were lost be a blessing today, 25 years later.
September 11, 2026 at 5:28 PM
Telling my child how I can never go through the Pentagon metro station without thinking of riding by around noon on 9/11. The station was completely dark and the train utterly silent as we inched through. May the memories of those who were lost be a blessing today, 25 years later.
Welcome to all the new board members! Looking forward to serving with you.
We're pleased to share the results of the 2026 ASHG Board Election! Congratulations to the newly elected ASHG President-Elect and four Directors, who begin their terms on Jan. 1, 2027. Thank you to all members who voted. Meet the Board: https://bit.ly/3TjJXSo
September 11, 2026 at 12:16 AM
Welcome to all the new board members! Looking forward to serving with you.
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“By that standard, any medical recommendation becomes ‘authoritarian’. Any standard set by any licensing board becomes ‘authoritarian’,” said Craig Konnoth, calling it a "broadside attack on the scientific establishment more generally -- and trans rights are being used as the vehicle to do this.”
‘Nakedly political’: US attempts to link trans support to authoritarianism in new health department report
HHS releases report linking ‘gender ideology’ to political violence – a study scientists say was poorly conducted
www.theguardian.com
September 8, 2026 at 2:50 PM
“By that standard, any medical recommendation becomes ‘authoritarian’. Any standard set by any licensing board becomes ‘authoritarian’,” said Craig Konnoth, calling it a "broadside attack on the scientific establishment more generally -- and trans rights are being used as the vehicle to do this.”
Dolly Parton was an amazing person who put her money where her values were. Thank you for everything, Dolly!
If you want to honor Dolly and her beautiful legacy as a humanitarian, donate to her Imagination Library. 🤍
Dolly Parton's Imagination Library | USA, UK, IE, CA, AU
Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library is a book gifting program that mails free books to children from birth until they begin school in participating areas.
imaginationlibrary.com
August 25, 2026 at 6:49 PM
Dolly Parton was an amazing person who put her money where her values were. Thank you for everything, Dolly!
I want to give a special shoutout to the #ASHG26 program committee member who came up with the session title “Uptown Funk(tion): Don’t Believe Me, Just Perturb.”
Robert Redford as Jeremiah Johnson Nodding
Alt: Robert Redford as Jeremiah Johnson Nodding, here indicating respect
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August 19, 2026 at 4:11 PM
I want to give a special shoutout to the #ASHG26 program committee member who came up with the session title “Uptown Funk(tion): Don’t Believe Me, Just Perturb.”
Our lab is hiring a postdoc! You would work with clinical partners and the All of Us study to implement our genetic literacy measure, studying how people understand genetics and use it daily. Help us do social and behavioral research at the forefront of genomics: careers.ashg.org/jobs/22449118
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August 18, 2026 at 10:03 PM
Our lab is hiring a postdoc! You would work with clinical partners and the All of Us study to implement our genetic literacy measure, studying how people understand genetics and use it daily. Help us do social and behavioral research at the forefront of genomics: careers.ashg.org/jobs/22449118
Speaking of this, one of our best will be playing Super Paper Mario and answering your questions about genetics and epigenomics via Ask A Scientist Gaming tomorrow at 8pm
ET, www.twitch.tv/ask_a_scient...
ET, www.twitch.tv/ask_a_scient...
August 18, 2026 at 3:39 PM
Speaking of this, one of our best will be playing Super Paper Mario and answering your questions about genetics and epigenomics via Ask A Scientist Gaming tomorrow at 8pm
ET, www.twitch.tv/ask_a_scient...
ET, www.twitch.tv/ask_a_scient...
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🗓️ On September 1st, I’ll be speaking at the @anvilproject.org NHGRI AnVIL Community Conference at the Broad Institute in Cambridge, MA. I'll be sharing work on "Adoption, governance, and democratizing potential of cloud platforms"
Registration open through Aug 17:
bit.ly/anvil2026-register
Registration open through Aug 17:
bit.ly/anvil2026-register
AnVIL Community Conference 2026
Join us in Cambridge, MA to hear the latest and greatest of genomics analysis in the cloud and get hands-on experience with AnVIL.
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August 14, 2026 at 9:33 PM
🗓️ On September 1st, I’ll be speaking at the @anvilproject.org NHGRI AnVIL Community Conference at the Broad Institute in Cambridge, MA. I'll be sharing work on "Adoption, governance, and democratizing potential of cloud platforms"
Registration open through Aug 17:
bit.ly/anvil2026-register
Registration open through Aug 17:
bit.ly/anvil2026-register
Who benefits from this vaccine executive order that is not based on facts or science?
It’s not you as a taxpayer.
It’s not you as a parent.
It’s not your kids.
It’s not you as a human exposed to infections.
It’s not anyone autistic.
It’s not scientists.
Keep asking: who benefits?
It’s not you as a taxpayer.
It’s not you as a parent.
It’s not your kids.
It’s not you as a human exposed to infections.
It’s not anyone autistic.
It’s not scientists.
Keep asking: who benefits?
August 11, 2026 at 1:07 PM
Who benefits from this vaccine executive order that is not based on facts or science?
It’s not you as a taxpayer.
It’s not you as a parent.
It’s not your kids.
It’s not you as a human exposed to infections.
It’s not anyone autistic.
It’s not scientists.
Keep asking: who benefits?
It’s not you as a taxpayer.
It’s not you as a parent.
It’s not your kids.
It’s not you as a human exposed to infections.
It’s not anyone autistic.
It’s not scientists.
Keep asking: who benefits?
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10/ So if you're a parent wondering, "What am I supposed to do right now?" here's my answer: nothing has changed about your ability to vaccinate your child today. You can still follow the existing schedule; your doctor can still provide those vaccines, and they remain free.
August 10, 2026 at 8:52 PM
10/ So if you're a parent wondering, "What am I supposed to do right now?" here's my answer: nothing has changed about your ability to vaccinate your child today. You can still follow the existing schedule; your doctor can still provide those vaccines, and they remain free.
As this article says, “vaccines have been examined thoroughly and repeatedly ruled out as a contributor.” Instead of wasting more money, gold-standard science would let us develop better supports for autistic people and their families. Or we’d keep Head Start & programs that all families need.
Federal Officials Renew the Vaccine and Autism Question: What Decades of Research Already Show: there's no link. www.medicaldaily.com/vaccines-aut...
Federal Officials Renew the Vaccine and Autism Question: What Decades of Research Already Show
Parents are asking about vaccines and autism again after new federal statements. Here is what the research shows and what to ask a pediatrician.
www.medicaldaily.com
August 8, 2026 at 6:51 PM
As this article says, “vaccines have been examined thoroughly and repeatedly ruled out as a contributor.” Instead of wasting more money, gold-standard science would let us develop better supports for autistic people and their families. Or we’d keep Head Start & programs that all families need.
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🚨🚨 FEDS and everyone else 🚨🚨
🧵Tomorrow is the last day to comment on the Office of Personnel Management rule, “Promoting Employee Accountability" at www.regulations.gov/commenton/OP...
This rule eliminates employee protections and rights, and hastens the firing process. Specifically, it... 1/4
🧵Tomorrow is the last day to comment on the Office of Personnel Management rule, “Promoting Employee Accountability" at www.regulations.gov/commenton/OP...
This rule eliminates employee protections and rights, and hastens the firing process. Specifically, it... 1/4
Regulations.gov
www.regulations.gov
August 2, 2026 at 10:40 PM
🚨🚨 FEDS and everyone else 🚨🚨
🧵Tomorrow is the last day to comment on the Office of Personnel Management rule, “Promoting Employee Accountability" at www.regulations.gov/commenton/OP...
This rule eliminates employee protections and rights, and hastens the firing process. Specifically, it... 1/4
🧵Tomorrow is the last day to comment on the Office of Personnel Management rule, “Promoting Employee Accountability" at www.regulations.gov/commenton/OP...
This rule eliminates employee protections and rights, and hastens the firing process. Specifically, it... 1/4
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We are pediatricians in South Carolina fighting for parents to get accurate info about vaccines; vaccines still don't cause autism, and HHS lying about this hurts parents. www.ms.now/opinion/cdc-... via Drs. Edwards and Greenhouse and @msnownews.bsky.social
Opinion | We are South Carolina pediatricians fighting for parents to get accurate info about vaccines
Martha Edwards and Deborah Greenhouse: Vaccines do not cause autism. We need a CDC that states that as truth.
www.ms.now
July 30, 2026 at 5:38 PM
We are pediatricians in South Carolina fighting for parents to get accurate info about vaccines; vaccines still don't cause autism, and HHS lying about this hurts parents. www.ms.now/opinion/cdc-... via Drs. Edwards and Greenhouse and @msnownews.bsky.social
I hope the hearings today help more researchers pivot from a #scicomm approach of “We just need to give more information” to “We must actively combat baseless and shameless disinformation campaigns, and expose who funds them and benefits from them.” www.medpagetoday.com/washington-w...
Stop 'Harassment' of Fauci, Scientists Urge Politicians
Open letter signed by 155 physicians, scientists ahead of Congressional testimony
www.medpagetoday.com
July 29, 2026 at 11:44 AM
I hope the hearings today help more researchers pivot from a #scicomm approach of “We just need to give more information” to “We must actively combat baseless and shameless disinformation campaigns, and expose who funds them and benefits from them.” www.medpagetoday.com/washington-w...
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Huge, important job. Comms and leadership at NIH. Please apply. This is public service.
“…responsible for planning, directing, and executing nat’l health and research communication efforts…”
Civil service SES position.
Please share- this one is important for NIH.
hr.nih.gov/careers/open...
“…responsible for planning, directing, and executing nat’l health and research communication efforts…”
Civil service SES position.
Please share- this one is important for NIH.
hr.nih.gov/careers/open...
July 24, 2026 at 9:31 PM
Huge, important job. Comms and leadership at NIH. Please apply. This is public service.
“…responsible for planning, directing, and executing nat’l health and research communication efforts…”
Civil service SES position.
Please share- this one is important for NIH.
hr.nih.gov/careers/open...
“…responsible for planning, directing, and executing nat’l health and research communication efforts…”
Civil service SES position.
Please share- this one is important for NIH.
hr.nih.gov/careers/open...
Ok I know these two people discussing our new paper are not real but who doesn’t want to hear their lab’s new paper covered for 30 minutes??
New episode: we break down validation of the 17-item EAGL-short—a tool measuring subjective knowledge, comprehension, and conceptual genetic knowledge in ~2,700 US adults. Hear how numeracy, education, and auti…
https://basebybase.com/episodes/eagl-psychometric-validation/
@hggadvances.bsky.social
https://basebybase.com/episodes/eagl-psychometric-validation/
@hggadvances.bsky.social
July 23, 2026 at 4:54 PM
Ok I know these two people discussing our new paper are not real but who doesn’t want to hear their lab’s new paper covered for 30 minutes??
This validated measure of genetic literacy is now published and available for use! We’d love to collaborate with people to put it into clinical or educational practice
Genetic literacy shapes how society interacts w/ genetics—but existing measures lack knowledge comprehension & psychometric validation. @girlscientist.bsky.social & co of @hggadvances.bsky.social's latest article validate EAGL, identifying 2 multi-domain measures for wide use: https://bit.ly/4fe0uy6
July 16, 2026 at 10:31 PM
This validated measure of genetic literacy is now published and available for use! We’d love to collaborate with people to put it into clinical or educational practice
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🧬New from @girlscientist.bsky.social & co!
📄Psychometric Validation of the Education and Assessment of Genetic Literacy or EAGL Measure
👉 bit.ly/459bvvS
📄Psychometric Validation of the Education and Assessment of Genetic Literacy or EAGL Measure
👉 bit.ly/459bvvS
July 15, 2026 at 2:10 PM
🧬New from @girlscientist.bsky.social & co!
📄Psychometric Validation of the Education and Assessment of Genetic Literacy or EAGL Measure
👉 bit.ly/459bvvS
📄Psychometric Validation of the Education and Assessment of Genetic Literacy or EAGL Measure
👉 bit.ly/459bvvS
Lit: this summer’s students and their matching lab coats
June 26, 2026 at 10:00 PM
Lit: this summer’s students and their matching lab coats
We literally just had a very productive intramural health disparities workshop at NIH, where the director praised NIMHD and told us that health disparities workshop was an important part of the NIH portfolio. There is great work that will improve the lives and life expectancy of everyone.
Gotta hand it to this OMB spokesperson, this was a very successful ragebait! I’m mad! Appreciate these moments when the intent is clear…
From @aniloza.bsky.social article on how ALL health disparities research is under threat under the latest OMB proposal.
www.statnews.com/2026/06/22/h...
From @aniloza.bsky.social article on how ALL health disparities research is under threat under the latest OMB proposal.
www.statnews.com/2026/06/22/h...
June 22, 2026 at 12:08 PM
We literally just had a very productive intramural health disparities workshop at NIH, where the director praised NIMHD and told us that health disparities workshop was an important part of the NIH portfolio. There is great work that will improve the lives and life expectancy of everyone.
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Working on a long term project to answer just how much money was spent on anti-trans political ads between 2018-2025. The numbers on Meta are pretty staggering. Matt Walsh alone spent over $8 million on anti-trans ads followed by $3.5 million by the Daily Wire and $2.6 million by PragerU.
June 20, 2026 at 2:39 PM
Working on a long term project to answer just how much money was spent on anti-trans political ads between 2018-2025. The numbers on Meta are pretty staggering. Matt Walsh alone spent over $8 million on anti-trans ads followed by $3.5 million by the Daily Wire and $2.6 million by PragerU.
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#NIH has published the new Parent #F99/K00 #predoctoral to #postdoctoral award. The first due date is August 8, 2026. Please see the website to determine eligibility and submission dates. #sciencesky #medsky #funding
PA-27-037: Predoctoral to Postdoctoral Transition Award (Parent F99/K00 - Clinical Trial Not Allowed)
files.simpler.grants.gov
June 16, 2026 at 11:00 PM
#NIH has published the new Parent #F99/K00 #predoctoral to #postdoctoral award. The first due date is August 8, 2026. Please see the website to determine eligibility and submission dates. #sciencesky #medsky #funding