Dr. Allison M Porman Swain @DrPorman Twitter profile

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Dr. Allison M Porman Swain

2 years

Excited to finally share my paper on m6A in lncRNA HOTAIR, the bulk of my postdoctoral work from the @ChromaTownie lab, 5+ years in the making, now out in @PLOSBiology ! 🧵

A single N6-methyladenosine site regulates lncRNA HOTAIR function in breast cancer cells

N6-methyladenosine (m6A) modification of RNA regulates normal and cancer biology, but how does it influence long noncoding RNAs (lncRNAs)? This study shows that the lncRNA HOTAIR represses or...

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Dr. Allison M Porman Swain

@DrPorman

8 months

3 years of faculty searching… and finally just accepted an offer! Stay tuned for more news, but super excited to see this light at the end of a very long and treacherous tunnel!!!

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Dr. Allison M Porman Swain

@DrPorman

10 months

Looking for advice. I am struggling with feeling lost in my research, like I don’t have a clear path forward. Uncertain about what to do next, despite having plans and paper outlined… Just feeling overwhelmed, like I’m treading water and about to sink… this is hard to admit!

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Dr. Allison M Porman Swain

@DrPorman

1 year

Faculty search hits different when it’s your 3rd cycle 😬 I have 2 exciting research areas I want to pursue in my future lab studying how the RNA modification m6A regulates cell state transitions to mediate a switch from commensalism to pathogenicity. I have a K99/R00. Hire me!

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Dr. Allison M Porman Swain

@DrPorman

3 months

Excited to share that I will be starting as an Assistant Professor of Biochemistry in the Chemistry Department at the US Air Force Academy July 1!

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10 months

Weird observation of the day… these cells decided to grow in stripes! Anyone ever see this with cell culture in flasks? Wild!

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Dr. Allison M Porman Swain

@DrPorman

3 years

Flying out for my first faculty interview today. Please share advice & encouragement!

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Dr. Allison M Porman Swain

@DrPorman

10 months

First faculty interview of my 3rd year of applying for faculty positions this week. Pray for me.

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Dr. Allison M Porman Swain

@DrPorman

3 years

Fantastic gift to end the year with - NOA for my K99! Officially official that I now have funding to study m6A in Candida! 🎉 Happy new year!

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Dr. Allison M Porman Swain

@DrPorman

2 years

Emotional day on the faculty market. Whoever is left on science twitter, I could use some positive, cute, or funny comments. Send memes, gifs, and pets! 🙏

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Dr. Allison M Porman Swain

@DrPorman

3 years

I feel like I got nothing done today... except I split 7 cell lines, submitted my 48th faculty app, and got 3 phone interviews (😱), so I would call this Monday a win!

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Dr. Allison M Porman Swain

@DrPorman

7 months

My upcoming timeline is stressing me out 😬 Baby due 3/22 Start Assistant Prof position 7/1 Need to complete experiments, write paper draft, plan for ordering lab supplies for new position, organize and strategize lab transition in the next 6 weeks. Any advice? #momademia

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Dr. Allison M Porman Swain

@DrPorman

3 years

First screening interview of my faculty search is tomorrow! I know it’s just 30 minutes on Zoom and a preliminary interview, but it’s still exciting. Send all the vibes my way!

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Dr. Allison M Porman Swain

@DrPorman

7 months

It’s a good day for RNA.

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Dr. Allison M Porman Swain

@DrPorman

1 year

Solving biology’s mysteries, one plate at a time 🧐

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Dr. Allison M Porman Swain

@DrPorman

2 years

@ashleyruba There are also academics that appreciate your candidness and respect your decision to seek better financial compensation! 🙏 thank you!

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@DrPorman

2 years

@PhD_Genie I have funding 💰 😆

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Dr. Allison M Porman Swain

@DrPorman

2 years

Turning down a TT offer is SO HARD when it’s an amazing & supportive department but personal & financial stuff doesn’t quite align … Looks like I’m going back on the TT job market this year! 😅

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Dr. Allison M Porman Swain

@DrPorman

3 years

Just scheduled an interview for Feb 9-10 / freaking out 😱

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Dr. Allison M Porman Swain

@DrPorman

2 years

Quite the week… 20th faculty app submitted ✅ 2 Zoom interviews ✅ Hired to teach a course this spring ✅ Paper finally accepted for peer-reviewed publication ✅ Happy Friday 😅 Stay tuned for updates and more details soon!

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Dr. Allison M Porman Swain

@DrPorman

3 years

Thanks for the encouragement and support everyone. I just received a super exciting email from my PO!!!!

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Dr. Allison M Porman Swain

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6 months

In my nesting era! #momademia

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Dr. Allison M Porman Swain

@DrPorman

2 months

First week at USAFA and already got a promotion 😜

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Dr. Allison M Porman Swain

@DrPorman

2 years

Interview tomorrow! Can’t stop straightening up the house tonight …

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Dr. Allison M Porman Swain

@DrPorman

1 year

Happy day! Finally got my coveted @SigmaAldrich chocolates! Was waiting to get these in stock for months. They arrived in great condition, delicious and not too melted! 🤤

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Dr. Allison M Porman Swain

@DrPorman

2 years

More #RNA #samps ready to be sequenced! Happy Friday all 😎

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Dr. Allison M Porman Swain

@DrPorman

2 years

Just submitted my 13th faculty application for this cycle 👻 Spooky thinking about how many of them might ghost me!

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Dr. Allison M Porman Swain

@DrPorman

4 years

Back to lab!!! Finally my RNA is getting extracted!

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Dr. Allison M Porman Swain

@DrPorman

2 years

Me waiting for post-interview responses

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Dr. Allison M Porman Swain

@DrPorman

2 years

I want to share the saga this paper went through to illustrate today’s arduous publishing landscape and the long process that getting a paper accepted in a peer-reviewed journal can take. 🧵

Dr. Allison M Porman Swain

@DrPorman

2 years

Excited to finally share my paper on m6A in lncRNA HOTAIR, the bulk of my postdoctoral work from the @ChromaTownie lab, 5+ years in the making, now out in @PLOSBiology ! 🧵

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Dr. Allison M Porman Swain

@DrPorman

3 years

All these people getting their K99/R00 notifications, and I’m sitting here with my March 2021 resubmission, 26 impact score, and still “under active consideration”… if I ever get a NOA, will I still even be a Postdoc by then?!? #StillWaiting

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Dr. Allison M Porman Swain

@DrPorman

2 years

@timgill924 Grad students: you can choose what lab you join, and it’s a great idea to base part of your decision on the culture of the lab and people in it. Watch out for 🚩 and look for people who will support you & your journey

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Dr. Allison M Porman Swain

@DrPorman

3 years

Rainy afternoon in lab, followed by this beautiful rainbow. Hopefully this is an analogy for what my faculty position will look like after I get through submitting all these applications 😅

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Dr. Allison M Porman Swain

@DrPorman

3 years

This week: 100th peloton ride 57th faculty application 4th phone interview 3rd rejection 1st rotation student started in the lab 1st snow of the season 1st notification that my K99 was selected for funding 🎉 Overall, not a terrible week. Enjoy the weekend, everyone!

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Dr. Allison M Porman Swain

@DrPorman

3 years

@OdedRechavi We appreciate the reviewers’ concerns

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Dr. Allison M Porman Swain

@DrPorman

3 months

Less than a week of maternity leave left. It’s going to be hard to leave this little one! #momademia

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Dr. Allison M Porman Swain

@DrPorman

1 year

Proud mentor. My undergraduate student successfully defended his thesis and was recommended for highest honors from the @CUDenver Department of Chemistry! Congratulations, Hamza!

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Dr. Allison M Porman Swain

@DrPorman

2 years

Looking forward to visiting @ColoradoStateU Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology tomorrow! My seminar on cell state switching will be at 10am.

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Dr. Allison M Porman Swain

@DrPorman

3 years

Not sure what’s a better feeling: finding out I got my grant, or finding out my undergrad mentee’s cloning finally worked! 🤩

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Dr. Allison M Porman Swain

@DrPorman

2 years

@astroarianna I love this advice except for that it seems like sooo much work when the applications are already a huge undertaking in and of itself! Any advice to make it seem more manageable as I’m gearing up to apply to 50+ positions?

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Dr. Allison M Porman Swain

@DrPorman

2 years

Had a wonderful time at the @CUDenver Research & Creative Activities Symposium today reviewing posters of many talented undergraduate researchers. Congrats to my awesome mentee Hamza Ahmed for presenting his research!

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Dr. Allison M Porman Swain

@DrPorman

3 years

When you spent all day doing polyA purifications on 7 samples, and you need 10 μg of polyA RNA for your experiment next week #Science #win

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Dr. Allison M Porman Swain

@DrPorman

2 years

@hapyresearchers So far my path has been undergrad —> PhD —> hippie —> farmer —> election canvasser —> Postdoc … excited to see what’s to come!

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Dr. Allison M Porman Swain

@DrPorman

2 years

@RogersLabUCD Someone didn’t inform them how to properly label their tubes 🤦‍♀️

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Dr. Allison M Porman Swain

@DrPorman

2 years

@KSBurrack17 @DrAnneCarpenter Told a PI my husband was willing to relocate if I had the right opportunity and he said “wow that’s very supportive” … meanwhile women are *expected* do to it for their academic partners…????

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Dr. Allison M Porman Swain

@DrPorman

10 months

Being pregnant hasn’t helped with this!!! Any advice from #momademia is much appreciated!

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Dr. Allison M Porman Swain

@DrPorman

1 month

I love my new department 🥹

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Dr. Allison M Porman Swain

@DrPorman

10 months

Y’all make me want to cry! Thank you for all the advice, support, commiserating, offers to meet… I’m so happy to know the sciTwitterverse is still such an amazing and supportive community ❤️

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Dr. Allison M Porman Swain

@DrPorman

2 years

Looking forward to visiting @UFScripps next week for their #RNA symposium next week. Grateful for the opportunity to present my research on m6A as one of their Future Faculty Awardees. #WomenInSTEM

Symposium Explores RNA and its Therapeutic Potential » The Herbert Wertheim UF Scripps Institute...

January 17-18, 2023 The Herbert Wertheim UF Scripps Institute for Biomedical Innovation & Technology Rodney B. Fink Auditorium 120 Scripps Way, Jupiter, Florida 33458 Until recently, most researchers...

wertheim.scripps.ufl.edu

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Dr. Allison M Porman Swain

@DrPorman

2 years

Faculty searches are spooky! More than half of the faculty positions I applied to last round totally ghosted me 👻

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Dr. Allison M Porman Swain

@DrPorman

2 years

Messages like this are part of the reason I love being a mentor! Of course I told her, “Just seeing you succeed and work towards your goal is repayment enough! Very proud of you for working so hard and chasing your dreams”

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Dr. Allison M Porman Swain

@DrPorman

3 years

In the phase where excitement has finally overtaken my anxiety surrounding the faculty interview process. Enjoying it while it lasts (before the anxiety inevitably returns) 😅

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Dr. Allison M Porman Swain

@DrPorman

2 years

The dreaded “purchase your flights and we will reimburse you after the conference” policy has hit me hard right after the holidays 😬

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Dr. Allison M Porman Swain

@DrPorman

1 year

Amazing opportunity to join a fantastic department for mid-career or senior faculty working in the field of structural biology. BMG is a collaborative, collegial, and KIND community with research on chromatin, RNA, structure, modifications, and more.

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Dr. Allison M Porman Swain

@DrPorman

2 years

You know it’s faculty application season when my number of open tabs exponentially expands in under a week 🤯

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Dr. Allison M Porman Swain

@DrPorman

2 years

Pumped for @RNASociety Conference starting today #RNA2022 ! Up for some Friday night fun? Stop by my poster to Pick-a-Parody and enjoy a science song 🗣 PS3-459 🎶🧬

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Dr. Allison M Porman Swain

@DrPorman

2 years

Why do I love pouring plates so much? It feels so satisfying ❤️

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Dr. Allison M Porman Swain

@DrPorman

1 year

Had fun counting phenotypes today 🧐

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Dr. Allison M Porman Swain

@DrPorman

1 year

In addition to my research, I have a breadth of teaching and mentorship experience and a passion for service work. I have served in leadership roles in WiSTEM and diversity initiatives and have developed and implemented new programs to support inclusion.

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Dr. Allison M Porman Swain

@DrPorman

2 years

How to negotiate a TT offer at a PUI? How to navigate transitioning R00 to PUI? I appreciate any insights and suggestions that anyone might have!

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Dr. Allison M Porman Swain

@DrPorman

1 year

I love supporting diverse students’ success, whatever that might look like to them. I hope to make an impact on the field of gene regulation and the next generation of scientists. I’m also a friendly and supportive colleague!

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Dr. Allison M Porman Swain

@DrPorman

9 months

When your end of year RNA seq library preps fail at every attempt… try again in the new year 😩

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Dr. Allison M Porman Swain

@DrPorman

1 year

Now that the 🐈 is out of the 💼, I’d like to extend a congratulations to my amazing Postdoc mentor @ChromaTownie for receiving tenure @CUAnschutz !

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Dr. Allison M Porman Swain

@DrPorman

2 years

Daylight savings gives me extra motivation to leave work at 5pm

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Dr. Allison M Porman Swain

@DrPorman

2 years

@chrstn_e Hopefully NIH will begin to start ESI clock from start of faculty position. This would improve equity in so many ways, especially for those like me who took time off from the lab for a while between PhD and Postdoc. Just do the right thing, NIH!!!

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Dr. Allison M Porman Swain

@DrPorman

2 years

When you need your RNA to be 1ug/ul for the next experiment. No ethanol precipitations for this girl! #sciencewin #smallvictories

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Dr. Allison M Porman Swain

@DrPorman

2 years

Incredibly grateful for the amazing @amcwistem team! As a WiSTEM officer for the past 5 years, I am incredibly proud of this group for putting together awesome programs and events like today's symposium. Thank you all for helping combat biases and fight for diversity in STEM!

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Dr. Allison M Porman Swain

@DrPorman

2 years

I love my summer students, but they sure do keep me busy! Is this a mini-taste of what PI life will be like? I'd much rather help a student than write my final DoD Progress Report or analyze qPCR data...😕 How do PI's accomplish boring but important tasks? #AcademicChatter

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Dr. Allison M Porman Swain

@DrPorman

2 years

Happy 40th birthday to my amazing partner!

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Dr. Allison M Porman Swain

@DrPorman

2 years

Excited to share my research with the Department of Molecular Pathobiology at the NYU College of Dentistry this morning. Candida and cancer cell signaling in the context of m6A!

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@DrPorman

2 years

It's SO HARD for me to get into working on paper revisions, but it feels SO GOOD to put all the new data together and have a revised draft that I am feeling good about!

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Dr. Allison M Porman Swain

@DrPorman

2 years

If academia doesn’t work out, I can fall back on my tiny writing skills and be one of those people that writes names on grains of rice…

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Dr. Allison M Porman Swain

@DrPorman

2 years

Good news, I started analyzing the qPCR data I was avoiding and it’s looking very promising! 1 response to reviewers experiment done, 3+ more to go…

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Dr. Allison M Porman Swain

@DrPorman

11 months

Fall is coming along nicely @CUAnschutz … ready for snow this weekend!

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Dr. Allison M Porman Swain

@DrPorman

3 years

Grateful for the opportunity to share my work in a short talk at @KeystoneSymp #noncodingRNA #esymposia on May 11th in the Noncoding RNAs in Therapeutics section. The only question is - which song to parody for this year’s talk? 😉

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Dr. Allison M Porman Swain

@DrPorman

2 years

Had a great time representing @rnabioco at @UFScripps last week with @MikeCortazar !

RNA Bioscience Initiative | CU Anschutz

@rnabioco

2 years

A binary #RNA STAR is born! Congratulations to RBI's @DrPorman @MikeCortazar !

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@DrPorman

2 years

Happy Friday from a snowy @CUAnschutz

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@DrPorman

2 years

@denverpostdocs I won a poster award at the @RNASociety conference, registration funded by a @denverpostdocs travel award! 🎉

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@DrPorman

5 years

... if anything I knew this song would be rare, but now you can call me The Fresh Prince of HOTAIR 😎 #KSncRNA

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@DrPorman

2 years

So grateful for my mentors, new and old! Everyone in my network is so supportive and willing to share advice. I appreciate their diverse perspectives and insights so much.

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@DrPorman

2 years

@andrewwhite01 Maybe they thought what biology has taught us… that we really need an RNA emoji before we can make the protein 🧬

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Dr. Allison M Porman Swain

@DrPorman

2 years

Structural basis for inactivation of PRC2 by G-quadruplex RNA

The histone methyltransferase PRC2 (Polycomb Repressive Complex 2) silences genes via successively attaching three methyl groups to lysine 27 of histone H3. PRC2 associates with numerous pre-mRNA and...

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Dr. Allison M Porman Swain

@DrPorman

2 years

As the holidays end and 2022 fades I clean my Menorah and put it away Grateful for all the gifts of this year A paper, an offer, and lots of good cheer Despite some challenges that were sometimes crazy I look forward to the new gifts of 2023

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Dr. Allison M Porman Swain

@DrPorman

3 years

Stress & overwhelm are high today. Please send strategies for organizing tasks and how to focus on one task at a time when I have multiple pressing items that my career hinge upon😵‍💫

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Dr. Allison M Porman Swain

@DrPorman

4 years

Please RT! Applications are now OPEN for the first annual BMG Postdoctoral Recruitment Symposium! The goal of this event is to connect prospective postdocs from underrepresented and marginalized backgrounds with faculty in our department. More info:

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@DrPorman

4 years

Very excited to finally share my research, 3 years in the making, in @biorxivpreprint ! Check out the insights we made into how m6A regulates lncRNA HOTAIR in breast cancer cells.

Aaron Johnson

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4 years

Enjoy and RT! Really excited to share this great work from @DrPorman who discovered that a single m6A site in a lncRNA can play a major role in its function.

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@DrPorman

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@evornithology It was really hard moving from an ecological farm mentality, where we don’t believe in “waste”, back into science where waste is seemingly required… still reconciling and looking for all possible ways to be somewhat “green” 😬

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@DrPorman

2 years

Made a new friend at brunch today

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Dr. Allison M Porman Swain

@DrPorman

8 months

Thank you @CUCancerCenter and the C2S2 (Cancer Center Student Symposium) for the opportunity to share my research, advice, and fun parody with high school students today! Impacting and inspiring future scientists is definitely one of my passions ❤️

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@DrPorman

1 year

Bittersweet day today. @rnabioco interns Clara & Audrey successfully presented their work on HOTAIR transfection, and postbacs Gabi and Jenna finished their stint in the lab and are matriculating to graduate students in a couple of weeks. Such wonderful people and mentees!

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@DrPorman

3 years

Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays to all!

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Dr. Allison M Porman Swain

@DrPorman

2 years

Super excited to take the @FNucleosome community on the Hero’s Journey of my science career… all in 15 minutes. May the 4th be with me!

FragileNucleosome

@FNucleosome

2 years

Join us next Wednesday May 4th 9am PDT for two awesome seminars from @DrPorman & @AUnderhillUA !!! Registration is free & open to all: … #chromatin #geneexpresion #OpenScience

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@DrPorman

2 years

Beyond touched by all the amazing students at @cshlgnx #GeneX2022 ! Thank you all so much for the card & sentiments. I will never forget any of you, and you can reach out to me anytime you want to talk science or life or anything at all! Including karaoke back up singer/dancer 😂

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@DrPorman

2 years

Getting back into the world of phenotypes 🧐😵‍💫

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@DrPorman

2 years

About to head to @cshlgnx ! Praying that my travel anxiety stays in check… 🙏 Excited to meet everyone and help train participants in methods to study chromatin, epigenetics, and gene expression!

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@DrPorman

2 years

Another awesome year for @AMCWiSTEM . Accomplishments include 40 mentor-mentee pairs in our mentorship program, 6 meetings with St. Mary’s All Girls HS mentees, over 100 attendees at our annual Symposium, our first male WiSTEM officer @itsapriori , and 22 events. Way to go, team!

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@DrPorman

3 years

Happy AUG 1 - RNA Day! If you're in the Denver area, join us for our RNA Day Gong Show at Ratio Beerworks this afternoon 2-4pm. Sure to be a fun time - I might even have an RNA Day Sing-Along planned... Hope to see you there!

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@DrPorman

3 years

Fall is progressing nicely out here in Colorado 👍

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@DrPorman

1 year

Good morning Montreal! Looking forward to #candida2023

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@DrPorman

2 years

This is fantastic news! International postdocs are now eligible for ACS fellowships, and they're providing more $$$ - sure to spark some amazing science!

ACS Research

@ACS_Research

2 years

🚨Changes to the @AmericanCancer postdoctoral fellowship🚨 EXPANDED ELIGIBILITY: Can be non-citizen holding an appropriate visa INCREASED AWARD AMOUNT: Up to 3 years w/ progressive stipends of $66K, $68K, and $70K per year (plus a fellowship allowance)

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