Gavin Conant
@gavin-conant.bsky.social
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Genome evolution, NC State University
http://conantlab.org
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Santa Fe Institute
6 days ago
Now accepting applications for SFI’s 2026 CSSS program, a 3-week experience for graduate students, postdoctoral fellows, and professionals to explore foundational theory, engage in collaborative projects, and connect with a global research community. Apply by Feb 4, 2026 www.santafe.edu/csss
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Returning the page proofs for my quantitative biology textbook, out in February:
www.routledge.com/Quantitative...
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Quantitative Biology: Life from the Numbers
Biology at all scales has become a data-driven science, with large-scale datasets driving fields from population genomics to ecology. Practicing biologists have no choice but to use computational appr...
https://www.routledge.com/Quantitative-Biology-Life-from-the-Numbers/Conant/p/book/9781041170150
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Our new dataset modeling the polyploidy shared between Arabidopsis thaliana and its relatives (aka At-alpha) is now in the POInT browser:
wgd.statgen.ncsu.edu
Just choose "AtAlpha", Version="TenSpp" and your favorite gene (OBP2, EST1, AGO1...)
#polyploidy
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POInT Browse
https://wgd.statgen.ncsu.edu
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Neal Agarwal
26 days ago
Made a site comparing the sizes of living things :) The great Julius Csotonyi spent 5 months painting over 60 illustrations for the site, no ai used >
neal.fun/size-of-life/
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Claus Wilke
about 2 months ago
I think I understand how it can be that LLMs are both exceptionally good and quite terrible at programming. It's because there are two entirely different skillsets that we both call "good at programming." LLMs have only one of them.
blog.genesmindsmachines.com/p/llms-excel...
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LLMs excel at programming—how can they be so bad at it?
My explanation for the mystery of why LLMs can be both exceptionally good and quite terrible at programming.
https://blog.genesmindsmachines.com/p/llms-excel-at-programminghow-can
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Congratulations to Lindsey Zanno of NC State and her collaborator for showing that what was thought to be a juvenile T. rex is actually a new species!
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
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‘Teenage T. rex’ fossil is actually a different species
The discovery of smaller predator Nanotyrannus could prompt a re-think of tyrannosaur evolution.
https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-025-03553-z
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Mike Barker
2 months ago
The CAMBIUM NSF NRT is recruiting PhD students
@uarizona.bsky.social
! Fellowships for interdisciplinary training in biodiversity big data to adapt to & mitigate climate change impacts. Great fit for evolutionary genomics, bioinformatics, plant adaptation, ecology & more.
cambium.arizona.edu
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Applications for the Department of Energy's Computational Science Graduate Fellowship are now open:
www.krellinst.org/csgf/
#doecsgf
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