Harmit S. Malik

I’m over at the other place now. If you are too, give me a follow: @harmitmalik.bsky.social Also if anyone has good experience with a cross posting app please let me know.

Had a great chat with @fiftyyears telling the @plasmidsaurus story for their new Happy Warriors series. At Caltech, I was so frustrated with the stagnant DNA sequencing industry that I started a company out of my garage. Now we accelerate science around the globe, every day.

We are looking for new colleagues to come join us in Galway as group leaders (Junior and Senior). The Centre for Chromosome Biology is a great place and it is a good time to join. Please reach out if you want to chat about the opportunity! nature.com/naturecareers/…

Exciting new lab alert #1

Exciting new lab alert #2

Finally, a huge thank you to my mentors Chau-Ti Ting, @AmLarracuente and @HarmitMalik, collaborators, and friends for their support. Special credit to Harmit for the lab name and logo inspiration.

This claim about the Amish deserves correction with actual data. 🧵

New paper out! We show amino acid restriction triggers genome-wide H4K20me1 loss and MYC activation—priming cells for rapid protein synthesis upon refeeding. A chromatin-based strategy for surviving nutrient stress with implications for MYC-driven cancers. cancerandmetabolism.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.11…

Join us today in Connor Auditorium at 4pm for the 27th Donald C. Shreffler Lecture!

Another fantastic Donald C. Shreffler lecture at the Department of Genetics! This year the lecture features Dr. Harmit Malik who studies genetic conflict, the competition between genes and proteins with opposing functions that drives evolutionary change.

🏆 Shinya Yamamoto of @bcmhouston is honored with the GSA Early Career Medal, for outstanding contributions to the field of genetics at the early-career level The GSA Awards celebrate distinguished service in the field of genetics & critical contributions to #science. 5/5🧵

🏆 @NKWhiteman of @berkeleyMCB, @UCBerkeley receives the GSA Medal, for outstanding contributions to the field of #genetics 🏆 @JasonWilliamsNY of @CSHL is recognized with the Elizabeth W. Jones Award for Excellence in #Education 4/5🧵

🏆 Sudhir Kumar of @TempleUniv is honored with the George W. Beadle Award, for outstanding contributions to the genetics community 🏆 Kevin Struhl of @harvardmed is awarded the Edward Novitski Prize, for extraordinary creativity and ingenuity in #GeneticsResearch 3/5🧵

🏆 Joanne Chory of @salkinstitute is recognized with the Thomas Hunt Morgan Medal, for lifetime contributions to the field of genetics 🏆 Brandon Gaut of @UCIrvine is the inaugural recipient of the GSA Mentorship Award, for excellence in the #mentorship of geneticists 2/5🧵

We are thrilled to announce the 2025 recipients of our Society's most prestigious #awards! Join us in giving them a round (or 2!) of applause 👏 Read more about their #research and contributions in Genes to Genomes: buff.ly/437XsH8 1/5🧵

Reposting my offer for 1-1 mentoring for anyone… email me and we'll find a time! Especially happy to talk with those from diverse backgrounds and non-traditional career trajectories.

The @Vilcek Foundation has opened its grantmaking - #Nonprofit organizations are encouraged to apply for a grant of up to $20,000. The deadline to apply for a grant is June 30, 2025. vilcek.co/2025grants-xo

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Nicolas Svetec, David Begun, and I wrote a review article about de novo genes. If you are interested in this topic please take a look at this final open-access version @AnnualReviews annualreviews.org/content/journa….

I am excited to join storied biotech pioneer @Amgen as Chief Scientific Officer and Head of Research. I look forward to partnering with my new colleagues to deepen understanding of biology and develop solutions to the most pressing medical challenges tinyurl.com/5n86sku5

Hello Tokyo friends, I will be presenting our work on retrotransposons and antiviral immunity in insects tomorrow at 7 pm at @UTokyo_News. Please stop by to say hi if you are around!