I built a small app (GenomeCheck ✅ - github.com/meadm/Genome...) for assessing genome assemblies and catching mislabeled data. It can be run on Streamlit Community Cloud (genomecheck.streamlit.app), Docker (meadm/genomecheck:latest), or locally via the GitHub repo. Let me know what you think!

The new -outfmt 20 in BLAST 😍. No more frustrated googling to remember which column is which.....

some of you need to make like travis kelce and engage with a tailor swiftly

~~ Frontiers of cloning ~~

🍄Mark your calendars for March 17-22, 2026 for #Fungal26! Registration will open October 25, 2025. We can’t wait to see you at Asilomar in absolutely beautiful Pacific Grove, California. Start planning today! 🔗Stay updated on all the important information at buff.ly/BjAlE2j.

What sorts of #bioinformatic tasks, tools, or processes do you wish were more user friendly or accessible to non-bioinformaticians? I'm looking to potentially build some tools (especially for the #fungal community) that can help biologists get the most out of their data and speed up their science!

1/27 We have a new paper out! Turns out that snowflake yeast have been hiding a secret from us - they've evolved a (very!) crude circulatory system. Not with blood vessels or a heart, but through spontaneous fluid flows powered by their metabolism. 🧪🔬 www.science.org/doi/full/10....

Big day for the lab at #Evol2025 Curious about machine learning? Want to learn more about not so silent codon changes? Love yeast? We've got talks and posters for you!

I’m excited to present my work on mobile genetic element evolution at #Evol2025 on Tuesday, June 24! Come by the Bioinformatics & Molecular Evolution session at 9:45am for my talk, “The little plasmid that could: evolution of a small antimicrobial resistance element” (room Athena F)

Hang onto your socks, I'm about to tell you the best dad joke you ever done heard. Did you know that Norway puts barcodes on all of their ships? It's so that when the ships return to port, they can Scandinavian

One of the best. #RIP www.youtube.com/watch?v=M0lj...

Nice reporting from CBS on how F. graminearum is already in the USA, an overview of head blight, and the impact of the mycotoxins the fungus produces. Features a familiar name for many in the Fusarium world—retired USDA plant pathologist Corby Kistler! www.cbsnews.com/news/fungus-...

We are looking for a Postdoc in the LaBella Lab! Do you love fungi 🍄, genetics 🧬and bioinformatics 💻 - then this might be a good fit for you! jobs.charlotte.edu/postings/63307 Applications accepted through July 1

NIH funding supporting the HMMER and Infernal software projects has been terminated. NIH states that our work, as well as all other federally funded research at Harvard, is of no benefit to the US.

Yesterday, the NIH R35 “Outstanding Investigator” grant to fund scientists in my lab studying antibiotic resistance was terminated for reasons not related to the content of the science, or any actions taken by me or members of my lab

www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1... new preprint on predicting antifungal drug resistance in yeasts is out!

We're gearing up to tackle new kingdoms of life, thanks to generous support from @wellcometrust.bsky.social. Get in touch! Read more on our blog: cultivarium.substack.com/p/fungi-and-...

Quicksand swallowed a man at a Michigan beach, then he found love

As a recipient of federal grants from #NIH (for now! 😭) that funds research in my lab, I'd like to sincerely thank American taxpayers on #TaxDay for investing in scientific research that lays the foundation for medical and technological innovation in this country and keeps us all safe and healthy

evolution really went off with brassica oleracea

They didn't even make the wolf glow 😞

I am a Biology Section leader for @aaas.org. I have one-year, complimentary student memberships to AAAS for undergrads, grads, and postdocs. If interested, please DM me. AAAS has 100,000+ members and is a major advocacy group for science, which is critical now. AAAS publishes the journal Science.

Also take note of their masks - as the administration demands that Columbia et al ban masks on campus, so they can identify protesters more easily.

Unidentified men grabbing someone off the street and putting her in a car because she wrote an op-Ed. This as flatly authoritarian as anything we’ve seen in this country in a very long time.

The 1936 Packers media guide listed players' offeseason jobs. Wayland Becker's occupation is given as "Cheese".

Okay, this is my newest very very favorite meme.

Just let me try and cure cancer for fucks sake.

Its #fungus time! Come join us in Madison this summer for #MSAfungi25 🧪🍄🔬 Abstracts due March 17

🎭 John de Lancie Returns to Vanderbilt! 🎭 Join us tomorrow night at 7:00 PM in Sarratt Cinema for a special reading of The Dover Panda Trial, presented by de Lancie. He'll brings to life the pivotal Kitzmiller v. Dover trial. #Evolution #Scopes100 #VU150

A massive loss to the virology community. Ann was an amazing scientist and mentor, whose service to UW and the virology community in general will be sorely missed. www.cressfuneralservice.com/obituaries/a...

New @voltalabsinc press release has video featuring my rockstar colleague Aimable Hamimana www.prnewswire.com/news-release...

The good news is i saved you 60 billion dollars. The bad news is that is a typo i saved you 600 dollars and also your plane is falling out of the sky

Saving money is only impressive if you can maintain quality at the same time. If I throw you out on the street and say "You're welcome, I just saved you a monthly rent payment" that's not really helpful

Today, we're thrilled to announce RANGER: RApid Next Generation Sequencing for Effective Medical Response, a consortium project supported by the European Health and Digital Executive Agency. biosecurity.ginkgo.bio/resources/bl...

Howard University is now a R1 university, the first HBCU with a research one designation. H-U definitely knows!

NEW preprint!🥳 Orthogroups are a prerequisite for comparative genomics and Tree of Life inquiries Introducing #OrthoHMM, software that improves the inference of orthogroups (blue in fig) OrthoHMM may refine our understanding of genome evolution and the Tree of Life 🔗 tinyurl.com/4s9mwxz6 🧵 1/8

I’m excited to join #G3journal as an Associate Editor. Send me your papers about fungal genetics, codon usage, tRNAs and more! @genetics-gsa.bsky.social has always supported my science and career. I'm thrilled to give back to the community. academic.oup.com/g3journal/pa...

Stressed about the uncertainty at the NIH? Have a cigarette.

if i were bono, i’d quit music & open up a gluten free bakery called “Where The Treats Have No Grain”

I have extended the deadline to apply for this post-doctoral role to work with me on the Biochemistry of Starship Transposon to this Sunday the 5th of January...original deadline set on a holiday set by HR (not me)! edzz.fa.em3.oraclecloud.com/hcmUI/Candid...

Jan 1, and my first day as an Asst. Professor at Berkeley. The lab opens in just a few weeks and I am currently staffing at all levels- www.lotuslofgren.com/new-page-1

just realized something

Today, we're excited to announce a partnership with researchers @carnegiemellon.bsky.social to develop bioelectronic cell-based devices aimed at diagnosing & treating hormone disorders, as part of @arpa-h.bsky.social's Resilient Extended Automatic Cell Therapies (REACT) program.

My department is hiring a fungal biologist! aprecruit.ucr.edu/JPF01990

Excited to share our review on everything we know so far about #fungal #starships and new questions to take the field forward 🚀🍄 Great work team! @fungage-lab.bsky.social

I know it’s a small thing compared to the all the other improvements relative to twitter, but one of the best things about joining @bsky.app has been having @darthbluesky.bsky.social back in my timeline!

The thing I hate about the "AI is democratizing art" argument is that art has always been democratized. That's what ""bad"" art is. You think I would *choose* to draw like this? No, my body cannot extend all the way to grasp the divine. And so we get to see the roadmaps we take that get us elsewhere