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John Petrini

@johnpetrini.bsky.social

๐Ÿงชโ˜บ๏ธ. Lover of golf and music. Father of amazing kids. Lucky to be a scientist. I work on DNA damage responses, mostlyMre11 complex biology but lots of other stuff. Let's talk! Still waiting to win the lottery. Please Be Safe. Please Be Kind.

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Grew up going to The Shiek downtown way back in the day!

07.08.2025 22:20 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

if you're going to get stuck with a needle to test your titre, why not just get stuck with a needle carrying the vaccine? seems pointless to test

06.08.2025 00:11 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Why Dems are not screaming about this is unacceptable!!

31.07.2025 17:23 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 11    ๐Ÿ” 5    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1
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In Game-Changing Climate Rollback, E.P.A. Aims to Kill a Bedrock Scientific Finding

www.nytimes.com/2025/07/29/c...

This has to be stopped

29.07.2025 20:58 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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I love this!! ๐Ÿณ๏ธโ€๐ŸŒˆ๐Ÿ’›โค๏ธ๐Ÿ’œ๐Ÿ’š๐Ÿฉท

22.07.2025 19:49 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1554    ๐Ÿ” 199    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 10    ๐Ÿ“Œ 10

Happy to share my postdoc workโ€”our new preprint is out! ๐Ÿงฌ Itโ€™s been a privilege to lead this project.

I'm immensely grateful to Anton @golobor.bsky.social for being such an inspiring and supportive supervisor. Also truly thankful to @danielgerlich.bsky.social for his guidance and collaboration.

15.07.2025 12:23 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 36    ๐Ÿ” 7    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 3    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿฝ๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿฝ

19.06.2025 20:31 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

And the joy of no increases in 20+ years! Sorry to whine. You deserve a mid career award!

03.06.2025 21:22 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

How about this? Lots of us are doing well but past mid career. There are no old fart awards

03.06.2025 20:46 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

thank God!

19.05.2025 19:19 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

The infamous left handed double helix....

15.05.2025 19:52 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Norman would like a word

14.05.2025 11:45 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Opinion | Donald Trump Is Selling the White House to the Highest Bidder Donald Trump has set a new standard for egregious and potentially illegal behavior.

www.nytimes.com/2025/04/27/o...

27.04.2025 13:15 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Omg. This makes so much sense.

20.04.2025 18:18 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3975    ๐Ÿ” 1200    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 166    ๐Ÿ“Œ 201

It was only 32 million

19.04.2025 16:04 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

The NYT and WaPO are certainly not reporting of these gatherings...unconscionable.

14.04.2025 18:22 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 5    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

The question of if a country could fuck itself harder than the UK did with Brexit has today been answered.

02.04.2025 21:03 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 52833    ๐Ÿ” 10221    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 805    ๐Ÿ“Œ 513

so now you grow a pair...

25.03.2025 22:17 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Cartoon by Kevin Necessary www.kevinnecessary.com

20.03.2025 13:51 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 10644    ๐Ÿ” 3567    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 299    ๐Ÿ“Œ 138
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@johnpetrini.bsky.social we are looking forward to your presentation at #IOSCD25 in Malta๐ŸŒž Please share with your followers to let them know early bird registration & talk submission close on 01 May!
Find out more: bit.ly/IOSCD25_Talk...

18.03.2025 12:43 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 5    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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G-quadruplexโ€“stalled eukaryotic replisome structure reveals helical inchworm DNA translocation DNA G-quadruplexes (G4s) are nonโ€“B-form DNA secondary structures that threaten genome stability by impeding DNA replication. To elucidate how G4s induce replication fork arrest, we characterized fork ...

How do replisomes walk on DNA? And what happens when they run into a G-quadruplex? @sahilbatra.bsky.social and @benallwein.bsky.social provide unexpected insight in our latest paper with Richard Hite @mskcancercenter.bsky.social @science.org www.science.org/doi/10.1126/.... Congrats to all authors!

06.03.2025 21:30 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 105    ๐Ÿ” 48    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 8    ๐Ÿ“Œ 2
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G-quadruplexโ€“stalled eukaryotic replisome structure reveals helical inchworm DNA translocation DNA G-quadruplexes (G4s) are nonโ€“B-form DNA secondary structures that threaten genome stability by impeding DNA replication. To elucidate how G4s induce replication fork arrest, we characterized fork ...

@science.org G-quadruplexโ€“stalled eukaryotic replisome structure reveals helical inchworm DNA translocation | Science www.science.org/doi/10.1126/... @sahilbatra.bsky.social @benallwein.bsky.social @dirkremus.bsky.social www.mskcc.org/research/ski...

07.03.2025 16:24 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 34    ๐Ÿ” 6    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Cryo-Electron Microscopy Reveals Hidden Mechanics of DNA Replication, Sheds New Light on Cancer Target MSK researchers shed new light on G-quadruplexes, a type of secondary DNA structure that has attracted attention as a potential therapeutic target in cancer.

Shout out to Sloan Kettering @mskcancercenter.bsky.social for supporting basic science / foundational biology...

www.mskcc.org/news/cryo-el...

07.03.2025 16:33 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 34    ๐Ÿ” 7    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 2

He was on my thesis committee at Michigan a million years ago. What an amazing career in science and public service. Admire him very much

01.03.2025 22:04 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Another good trope for Not My Presidentโ€™s Day

17.02.2025 12:56 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 10286    ๐Ÿ” 2966    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 180    ๐Ÿ“Œ 81
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โ€œI expect you will eventually find someone who is enough of a fool, or enough of a coward, to file your motion. But it was never going to be me.โ€

14.02.2025 17:09 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 39957    ๐Ÿ” 8727    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1063    ๐Ÿ“Œ 762

Kendrick Lamar managed to piss off all the right people.

Well done.

10.02.2025 21:22 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 67781    ๐Ÿ” 5801    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 775    ๐Ÿ“Œ 201

Yeah right...what a buffoon

11.02.2025 19:07 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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When social media exposes traditional mediaโ€™s deceit, itโ€™s time for independent journalists to investigate why the press is backing a president who undermines free pressโ€”and is it coordinated?

10.02.2025 14:12 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 31424    ๐Ÿ” 10647    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1655    ๐Ÿ“Œ 769

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