"Jo had no idea what a perfect correspondent heʼd found. Because the only audience my mom respects more than her entomological peers is small children…

"In September 2022, Jo presented his research to scientists at Shinshu University. Then at Tsukuba University and Saga University. He also graduated from second grade."

Reporter Annie Rosenthal's mother, Martha Weiss, helped discover that moths can remember things they learned when they were caterpillars. A young boy from Japan writes to her that he wants to replicate the experiment with swallowtail butterflies. With her help, he does. Then he sets his sights on an even more ambitious goal: testing whether butterflies can remember things *their parents* learned.

This was lovely and I teared up a bit just reading it. About generational memory, kindness, nurturing young scientists, Japanese bug culture, and more.

https://www.signalhill.fm/issue-one/#caterpillar-roadshow

Transcript (PDF): https://www.signalhill.fm/content/files/2025/02/Caterpillar-Roadshow.pdf

Postdoc position now open for applications! Want to come to Oxford and study the epigenetics of myeloid leukaemia? Interested in liquid biopsy for cancer early detection? Apply here:

https://cutt.cx/mstaml1

A literature review summarizes the findings of 85 studies, through 2024, on the effects of glyphosate on womens health, including possible epigenetic effects.

Summary: https://usrtk.org/healthwire/glyphosate-risks-to-female-fertility-reproductive-health/

Original paper: https://link.springer.com/epdf/10.1007/s43032-025-01834-6?sharing_token=JwqI4HfpBmw5QsSwxREYAPe4RwlQNchNByi7wbcMAY5kewps0QiZY_hgNr4RGLCrso0HyjWytM-O7KBrsTc2hFS90jITdtvkgA6d7RYbrS2vv-xzAKOFkjMGAIfMnzsClEr0X94gCMkG0lSBtPZuuAyYGFLnZnC-wTjF4eU0Gwk%3D

February's most-read Genetics paper looks at how #RNA travels between cells to control genes across generations #epigenetics: https://elifesciences.org/articles/99149?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=submissions_organic&utm_content=top_paper

Have a paper people should see? See what our Editors look for: https://elifesciences.org/about/aims-scope?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=submissions_organic&utm_content=top_paper#genetics-and-genomics

Violence alters human genes for generations, researchers discover
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2025/02/250227125524.htm

* 1st study of its kind reveals epigenetic signatures of violence passed to grandchildren
* important implications for understanding the inheritance of trauma

Epigenetic signatures of intergenerational exposure to violence in three generations of Syrian refugees
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-025-89818-z

Three generations of Syrians from 48 families in which either first- or second-generation women were exposed to violence shows that epigenetic changes (DNA methylation) is preserved across generations, resulting in indicators of accelerated aging in those with prenatal exposure to violence.

Summary: https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/1074863

Original paper: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-025-89818-z

February 11 is the International Day of Women & Girls in Science! 2025 marks the 10th anniversary of this important @unesco day to build a future for women in science.

Join and follow us as we will tell the stories and share interviews with female #maxplanck researchers and their work.

Affected by #NIH and #NFS funding cuts and considering a move abroad? I haven't advertised this yet, but I have fresh funding for 2 senior #postdoc positions in #oxford. If you're into #Cancer #genomics and #epigenetics then get in touch.

Please RT

#FediHire @academicchatter

“Although we don’t yet know whether the Neandertal DNA associated with autism is also linked to intelligence, savant­ism or general creativity, we are slowly connecting the dots. If such a relation exists, it suggests that intermixing with Neandertals has affected multiple aspects of brain evolution in our species.”
#isogg #dna #epigenetics #neandertals #autism #geneadons
https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/how-neandertal-dna-may-affect-the-way-we-think/

@SheDrivesMobility danke für die mutigen Worte. Ich habe einmal #HeribertPrantl geschrieben, dass sich Geschichte wiederholt. ER meinte damals: NEIN. Leider sehe ich den Faschismus weltweit wieder hervor kommen. Wie der #Faschismus seinen Weg nehmen kann, dazu habe ich mir Gedanken gemacht und bin zu dem Ergebnis gekommen, [These] dass wir wohl vielfach traumatisierte Wesen sind und das sich diese "Neurotisierung" eben auswirkt. siehe #Janov #epigenetics https://cigognenews.blogspot.com/2016/04/what-happens-when-you-cant-feel-how.html

Wenn wir vor das #Verfassungsgericht gehen:

+ Welchen #Zusammenhang gibt es zwischen #Autoimmunerkrankungen und dem Einsatz von #Pestizide #Fungizide #Herbizide?

+ Was ist das #patent6630507

+ Was ist das #Endocannabinoidsystem des Menschen?

Welche Aufgaben hat es?

+ Was ist #Epigenetik #epigenetics ?

+ Wie entstehen #Traumata und wie werden sie verarbeitet?

+ Welche #Zusammenhänge bestehen zwischen den oben genannten Fragestellungen?

+++ WAS HAT DAS ALLES MIT #CANNABIS zu tun? +++

Book Review: Kiss the Red Stair

A great story on how parents pass their trauma to their children:

https://tiereddemocraticgovernance.org/blog_details.php?blog_cat_id=25&id=298

#tiereddemocraticgovernance
#epigenetics

Hello! Hey Fediverse, once again. We are the Max Planck Institute of #Immunobiology and #Epigenetics. And we had to change our server.

Our community seems not really into this platform. Yet, we still believe that embracing open science with mastodon is important. For the time being, we investigate what to do with this account in the future and we will continue to cross-post our content.

Stay with us: https://www.ie-freiburg.mpg.de
#introduction #neuhier #sciencemastodon

Cognitive benefits of exercise are long-lasting, even into the second generation.

Summary: https://www.psypost.org/study-finds-grandfathers-workouts-enhance-grandsons-cognition-in-mice/

Original paper (not open access): https://www.jneurosci.org/content/44/23/e2061232024

Racism/discrimination lead to faster aging thru brain network changes
https://www.salon.com/2024/08/07/and-discrimination-lead-to-faster-aging-through-brain-network-changes-new-study-finds_partner

Racial Discrimination, Neural Connectivity, & Epigenetic Aging Among Black Women
https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamanetworkopen/fullarticle/2819960

* racial discrimination assoc. w. greater connectivity in p/w involved w. rumination
* incr. vulnerability to stress-related disorders/neurodegenerative disease
* epigenetic ageing

Fragments of mitochondrial DNA in sperm that are carried into the egg during fertilization are evidently the epigenetic mechanism by which fathers' health affects their childrens' health--specifically, the propensity for obesity and diabetes later in life.

https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2024/06/240605162338.htm

Exposure to per- and polyfluorinated alkylsubstances (PFAS), at levels consistent with occupational exposures, results in PFAS accumulation in the testes, altered sperm, and altered gene expression in the liver and fat of offspring, and in genes related to behavior and development of offspring.

https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2024/05/240521124717.htm

Since we've had a host switch, and that Haley isn't around to claim this account is mostly hers, we should do another #introduction - Updated: 2024-10-08

We're The Weather System (Athena's Realm System), We're Trans fem, and we're an officially diagnosed autistic, bipolar and dissociative identity disorder system, we a collection of various leftist, and believe strongly in queer, and neurodiversity rights movements, we view plurality in general as neurodivergence

Our pronouns are Su/Sudo/Suselves, however She/Her/Herselves, and They/Them/Theirselves is acceptable

We believe all plural systems are valid, and self dx is also valid, we were lucky to be able to get diagnosed.

giving this is a complete rewritten introduction we might update it as we go

We are most likely to toot about #Medicine, with focus on #Genetics, #Epigenetics, #Bioinformatics, and #Neuroscience giving our focus back in uni was Genetics of Human Disease, and Neuroscience but we are likely to talk about a whole range of medical topics, besides medicine we are likely to toot about #meteorology and #geology, with specific interests in #SynopticMeteorology #TropicalCyclones / #Hurricanes / #Typhoons / #TropicalStorms, #ExtratropicalCyclones, #SubtropicalCyclones, and #Tornadoes, among other topic, and we may toot about #Geology, #Minerals, and #Vulcanology, and what ever else is on our mind, we collected #MyLittlePony and are a fan of every generation of MLP, also we collect #WildManes and Radioactive stuff and play #EliteDangerous

See attached thread for System Information, System Membership 58+

Our system name is subject to change, it was previously the Athena's Realm System, however only one member, arguably two members made that decision on behalf of the entire system, without consulting us, so we're in the process of trying out system names to see which fits us best, but for the time being we will display both "Athena's Realm" and the current trialing system name so it is less confusing for those who know us by our old system name