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Biotech | Company Creation | VC | Former student in @CWGreider's lab studying how cells control their telomere length. @HopkinsMedicine

Joined November 2011
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“Seeing pain and suffering was very hard for him. It just hurt him. I’m a social worker by training. One thing I learned is about detachment. He wasn’t detached from anyone. That’s the beauty of it.” May we all be inspired by his empathy and courage.
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Preview of insights gained from nanopore sequencing of telomeres: under normal conditions telomerase does not extend the shortest telomere as previously predicted by “protein counting models” + we see chromosome specific telomere lengths Congrats Sam @timp0 @GershmanAriel
Chromosome specific telomere lengths and the minimal functional telomere revealed by nanopore sequencing biorxiv.org/cgi/content/shor… #bioRxiv
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Incredible! Congrats @KellyTHD_Nguyen and team!
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Why would places have casual Friday and not casual Monday? I don’t need to be casual on Friday, I am happy on Friday. I need to be casual on Monday....Mondays are hard.
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Congratulations to our newest #NobelPrize laureate Jennifer Doudna. From this picture we can imagine that she was happy to find out she had been awarded this year’s Chemistry Prize!
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There are a couple hundred people outside of the Supreme Court tonight, holding a silent memorial for the late Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg
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@CWGreider This was the highlight of my month. Love the profile pic! #telomere #telomerase #telomerelengthequilibrium #youreTheFanciestPI