On Monday, I will remotely talk at #AALAS about the evolution of exudivory in marmosets and why it matters for husbandry of captive marmosets. Really excited to share some marmoset evolution biology that can help biomedical and industrial applications and improve marmoset wellbeing.

This week at #SIP I talked about my work on characterization of the marmoset MHC I and II regions from the marmoset T2T genome and wild marmosets. We are building up to a marmoset MHC pangenome that will include wild common and black tufted marmosets. The annotations are in prep for publication.

In case anyone is wondering if Watson was really THAT bad, @lpachter.bsky.social compiled a list of quotes that are absolutely not for the faint of heart. liorpachter.wordpress.com/2018/05/18/j...

This is actually teaching me language that my 15 yr old refuses to

live your life such that, when you die, your obit doesn't need a whole section on how you didn't credit your colleagues in general or how you stole data from a female scientist in particular

We’re hiring! Our new resume portal is live, and we’re looking for top talent in NYC to help build this administration and deliver on our affordability agenda. Could that be you? Apply using the link below. transition2025.com/apply

Interested in inherited chromosomal instability syndromes and DNA repair? We are looking for an enthusiastic person to join the Stewart lab at the University of Birmingham as a senior technician. Please checkout the job advert: www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DPH515/senior-research-technician

NK & ILC Symposium 2026 in Freiburg - 🧭abstract submission ends on November 10, 2025. Registration: nk-symposium.org/registration... More Information: nk-symposium.org 🪄 We warmly encourage students and early-career researchers to submit abstracts. @dgfi-yi.bsky.social @yefis-immunology.bsky.social

Hey it’s not a bad week when SMBE accepts your proposed symposium for SMBE2026 and a high impact journal for evolutionary biology gives you very helpful reviews on your most important work (that took years to do) to improve and resubmit your manuscript.

As Andrew found out, there comes a time when enough is enough. I don’t know what will be the breaking point but believe the day will come when the majority of the American public will loudly say ENOUGH. The elected officials in DC will be forced to make the change. TootleFuckingLoo PedoPrez.

A pregnant woman was shocked to realize her sonogram resembled her dog's face. Inês Egner went in for her 20-week anatomy scan and left with a photo that looked exactly like her dog, Goulash. She said, "In truth, we do like to jokingly refer to the dog as our son." 14/10 (TT: inesverse)

Evidence from 14 research funding programmes confirms that early winners tend to keep winning (Matthew effect). But the idea that an early setback makes you stronger later doesn’t replicate widely. buff.ly/UEtcRd4

Spread the word! There is a professor position opening at our University @upcite.bsky.social. There are several possible (great) labs to join, but if you are interested in DNA methylation and epigenetics in mammals, don't hesitate to contact me directly!

BestopCloud: an integrated one-stop solution for single-cell RNA sequencing data analysis. #SingleCell #scRNAseq #DataAnalysis #WebTool #OpenSource #Rshiny #BMCgenomics @NatureGenet bmcgenomics.biomedcentral.com/articles/10....

Applications for the MEME programme (www.evobio.eu ) are now open! MEME is a research- and mobility-oriented master’s in evolutionary biology (& I’m a proud alumna!), jointly run by the Unis of Groningen, Uppsala, Montpellier, and LMU Munich, with Harvard and Lausanne as partners. Spread the word!

TT faculty job opening in #Neuroscience! We are looking for a colleague to join us in our fantastic Biology Department and Neuroscience Program at Brandeis. We are a group of *very* collaborative, supportive, and productive scientists (& humans!) so please apply academicjobsonline.org/ajo/jobs/30961

Eurostar places €2bn order for double-decker trains on.ft.com/47iyMMR

Fewer grad students means less science, but many STEM PhD programs in the US are cutting back on admissions this year due to federal funding uncertainties. Words by me for @nature.com: www.nature.com/articles/d41... @emsque.bsky.social @ucsdcooperlab.bsky.social @julieposselt.bsky.social 🧪

“Intraspecific sequence variation and complete genomes refine the identification of rapidly evolved regions in humans” New work on HAQERs, by @rimangan.bsky.social Yanting Luo Craig Lowe @debbysilver.bsky.social @manoliskellis.bsky.social & colleagues 🧪🧬 www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

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🍃 🧪 Positions OPEN: Nature Metabolism & Nature Communications

In a new paper led by Jiaqi Yang we trace the distribution of Denisovan introgressed DNA in ancient modern human genomes over time. www.cell.com/current-biol...

🚨 Faculty position alert! 🚨The Center for Systems Immunology (CSI) and @pitt-immunology.bsky.social are seeking to appoint a tenure-stream Assistant Professor. Learn more and apply: bit.ly/3L42cGS

I would like the leadership to address this someday. It would be nice 🧪

Proud papa moment: my son J published a letter in the @nytimes.com today (in print tomorrow) on the need to think our definitions of autism.

"Sehen Sie sich das an. Millionen Menschen im ganzen Land demonstrieren gerade gegen die Politik von Präsident Trump. Das ist Boston. Sehen Sie sich das an." #NoKings Trumps-MAGA wird all das als Kommunisten, Antifa oder mit sonstigen Kampfbegriffen überschütten, aber das Zeichen bleibt.

Same mistakes everywhere.

Faculty at Texas university fear entire liberal arts departments will be slashed www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

We're looking for an instructor for the algorithms course in our Bioinformatics MS program. The course assets have already been made (by me) and used in several previous offerings, but we need an instructor! If you're in the DMV area, check it out: www.linkedin.com/posts/robert...

Check out this amazing paper by @ignacioq.bsky.social et al. on the rise and fall of clades using a new fossilized birth-death model and inegrating phylogenetic and fossil occurence data. www.nature.com/articles/s41...

BIG ANNOUNCEMENT📣: I haven’t been this excited to be part of something new in 15 years… Thrilled to reveal the passion project I’ve been working on for the past year and a half!🙀🥳 (thread 👇)

BRAND NEW Far Side from Gary Larson just dropped

1/9 New in @science.org www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.ado8005 How does genetic architecture constrain evolutionary trajectories? To address this question, we inferred the genetic architecture of convergent plumage coloration and its evolutionary history in wheatears.

Generative AI is literally destroying knowledge

Please RT! 🚨 4-year PhD position in my lab (Oct 2026 start) 🚨 Molecular and genomic insights to sexually antagonistic genes Application deadline: Dec 2, 2025 biodtp.norwichresearchpark.ac.uk/projects/mol...

excited that this paper is finally out in @pnas.org : www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/... Led by Gian Marco Visani (effort initiated by Michael Pun), fantastic collaboration with @pgtimmune.bsky.social @asya-minervina.bsky.social and Phil Bradley.

OUT TODAY: SimHumanity, a SLiM 5 model of the human genome, replete with demography, autosomes, X/Y & mtDNA. A shared starting point for reproducible evolutionary simulations. Huge thanks to coauthors Ben Haller, @mufernando.bsky.social & Philipp Messer. 🔗 www.pivotscipub.com/hpgg/5/4/0006

Looking for a PhD in environmental science? I will soon have an advert out for a project at @liverpooluni.bsky.social with @ukceh.bsky.social & @nationaltrust.org.uk. "Peatland drainage + rewetting across the UK uplands + lowlands" All about GHG emissions and aquatic carbon. Watch this space!

Little victories…. 🎉🥳…After years of learning German, I just gave my first class in German at Uni-Hamburg …….. and passed half of Goethe C1 German exam this month. In February I will repeat the exam to get my C1 German certificate!

Accurate. #academia #academy #philsky #philosophysky #philosophy #science

The authors of a Comment article discuss how scientists, research institutions, funders, libraries and publishers must all improve software practices. They outline recommendations for an approach to handle software better. #Academicsky 🧪

Now published! Our paper on: (1) Accurate sequencing of sperm at scale (2) Positive selection of spermatogenesis driver mutations across the exome (3) Offspring disease risks from male reproductive aging [1/n] www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Mais de 85% dos municípios do Brasil não têm planos de adaptação para as mudanças climáticas. Índice calcula a capacidade de mais de 5 mil cidades de reduzir os impactos de eventos extremos. bit.ly/48fX6B4 #ambiente #aquecimentoglobal

Last call! 🚨 Applications for the 2025 Long-Read Low Pass SMRT Grant close this Friday. Submit a 100-word proposal for a chance to win free #PacBio HiFi sequencing to advance plant or animal research in conservation or agriculture. Apply now: bit.ly/3IgrReu

And it's posted! If you're interested and eligible, please consider applying through the UMD portal: umd.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/UMCP/j.... If you're a PI working in algorithmic genomics (& you can recommend my lab to your top graduating students ;P), please let them know!

A new paper from the lab! Work led by @drtamermansour.bsky.social and others not here on bsky. "We propose the Great Genotyper, a population-scale genotyping workflow to address the N+1 problem."

I hope this Nobel Prize gets people talking meaningfully about our amazing immune systems and the importance of basic research to human health (and funding basic research). I am also glad young women get to see that women can not only work at this level, but that those who do can get recognized.

@alexisbarr.bsky.social does some very cool work. Do apply if you are looking for a postdoc!

Very exciting opportunity for those with a quantitative background and interested in epigenetics / gene regulation. Highly collaborative environment!

We kicked off #EVIMNET in Brussels and I am excited to be the education committee officer and contribute to outreach activities. Thanks to @michalvinkler.bsky.social for his efforts to get this off the ground. I will also assist in stakeholder engagement with @baldauflab.bsky.social and Monica Cunh