@jbenning.bsky.social @jedidiahcarlson.com et al. exemplify how confounding can lead to flawed inference on genetic causality. In studies of human behavior and social outcomes, the cost of downplaying this problem can be steep. royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/epdf/10.... bsky.app/profile/jben...

I'm so tired.

New tool "bwt-svg" for making illustrations of the BWT and the many auxiliary arrays and other structures related to it. Pyodide-based no-installation-necessary interface here: benlangmead.github.io/bwt-svg/. (H/t to @robert.bio for pointing me to pyodide!) Full repo: github.com/benlangmead/....

The proteasome-substrate-shuttle protein UBQLN2 contains—like other quality control system proteins—a long region devoid of lysine (a lysine desert) Martin Grønbæk-Thygesen (from @rhp-lab.bsky.social) et al show that introducing K here causes ubiquitylation and degradation doi.org/10.1101/2025...

The first (of hopefully many) reports to come from our collaboration with @hjp.bsky.social We present a new type of cell fitness assay that allows you to both quantify and explain differences across human donors in cell proliferation and sensitivity to environmental toxicants.

Super excited to get this out. This collab started a few years ago and is the first paper from it. Here, with experimental and computational approaches we: 1. establish that cell villages can be just as accurate (one might argue more accurate!) than arrayed-based designs bsky.app/profile/bior...

Radical transparency 🎁 www.nytimes.com/2025/09/23/h...

Super excited to have this out. Thanks very much to the reviewers who helped improve this manuscript. Congrats to @jingyour.bsky.social! bsky.app/profile/bioi...

Pretty sure that’s the point bsky.app/profile/josh...

BREAKING: Trump, Hegseth violated the Posse Comitatus Act with their troop deployment to Los Angeles, Judge Charles Breyer rules after trial. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

You’re not dropping a single, asshole. If you’re actually knew anything, it would be criminal not to reveal it now. But of course, this is a bullshit publicity stunt.

i imagine this implicitly anti-newsom flyer is showing up on doorsteps across california. 'visit protectfairelections.org to learn more,' it says. 'paid for by Right Path Coalition'. which is . . . led by the chairperson of the california republican party

From @jxtxfoundation.bsky.social | JXTX + CSHL 2025 Genome Informatics Scholarships | Up to $750 for domestic or $1,250 for international travel | Application deadline is September 15, 2025 | #OpenScience 🧬 🖥️ 🧪 ⬇️ jxtxfoundation.org/news/2025-6-...

Y'all The ICE building in Portland is painting a line in front of their building But they don't even know how to spell government

Science will always be political when it tries to help people who the political establishment doesn't center as the default American. Health disparities? Climate change? Public health? Have always been political, will always be political.

Yesterday the Supreme Court issued a convoluted, 36-page emergency order about NIH grant terminations. Two main takeaways: -$2 billion (not the government # of $780 million) in NIH grants will likely be re-terminated -future legal challenges will be much harder w/ @maxkozlov.bsky.social:

Very proud of @ytchang11.bsky.social for her first publication from her doctoral research! She conducted very meticulous genomic analyses that uncovered novel isoform-specific mechanistic hypotheses underlying genetic loci associated with multiple cancers. www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Very excited to have this out! Here, we take inspiration from model selection MR to decouple direct and indirect effects in DMS experiments. Check out Jingyou's explainer and paper below: bsky.app/profile/jing...

It is depressing, but all too predictable, how swiftly we’ve gone from the Social Science Genetic Association Consortium offering reassurances about the uses of behavioural polygenic scores to one of their lead authors marketing embryo selection for IQ

Suspension of all grants to UCLA www.latimes.com/california/s...

Super proud of my first student, @jingyour.bsky.social! Well done! Looking forward to the amazing work you will do in the future 🥲 bsky.app/profile/jing...

Super excited to see this out. What started as some math in a grant in 2020, to a student deciding to take this on in 2022, to published in 2025. These things can take time and patience is key!

New preprint! Deacon is a versatile tool for filtering FASTA/FASTQ files and streams at hundreds of megabases per second using minimizers, built with rapid metagenomic host depletion in mind, but equally useful for search. github.com/bede/deacon

Very excited to have this work out by @jeromics.bsky.social ! Please check it out. I think my favorite story from the supplement is how impactful normalization can be in this context. bsky.app/profile/jero...

Qapla’! A great ending to a wonderful talk on science engagement and learning with students from @jasonwilliamsny.bsky.social

St. Jude researchers and international collaborators developed a more affordable and accessible technique of single-cell RNA analysis that combines microscopy with RNA detection. ow.ly/Er0i50WaQnv

Powerful statement by Sen. Alex Padilla. Please notice that anytime senators or representatives try to conduct oversight, they’re blocked. In this case, a sitting US senator was tackled to the ground and handcuffed—for asking a question. Where the hell has Chuck Schumer been on this?

And then they attempted to block the Senator's staff from recording his apparent arrest: bsky.app/profile/demo...

🚨 Applications are open for the UCLA Postdoct Training Program in Neurobehavioral Genetics 🧠🧬 Deadline: 6/30 👉 neurogen.semel.ucla.edu/curriculum/ Contact me if you're interested to write a proposal together combining genetics + functional genomics + digital phenotypes from wearables/smartphones!

Check out the latest from me, Steve Cha, @sarahd1.bsky.social & @cspinet.org's @drpeterlurie.bsky.social. Whatever one thinks of the merits of FDA's decision, the process by which decisions (and policies) are made matters. And the process here spells trouble for public health and innovation.

The 2026 Probabilistic Modeling in Genomics (ProbGen) meeting will be held at UC Berkeley, March 25-28, 2026. We have an amazing list of keynote speakers and session chairs: probgen2026.github.io Please help spread the news.

When everything is "normal", writing and administering an NIH T32 program is crazy. Despite being an immense amount of work (probably the single most effort-demanding grant one can direct), it comes with no salary for the PI...

Want to write to your community about the importance of science funding? Join me on zoom this Friday at 12pm ET / 9am PT to learn to write an op-ed as part of the #McClintockLetters initiative! Sign up to write a letter and register for the workshop here: blogs.cornell.edu/asap/events-...

Lots of colorful and revealing language in here about the new NIH Director from NIH staff speaking to @walkerbragman.bsky.social www.importantcontext.news/p/out-of-his...

Thrilled to announce that I am joining DTU in Copenhagen in the fall, as an assistant professor of chemistry. My research group will focus on fundamental methodology in machine learning for molecules.

New paper from our lab joint with Val Arboleda @val-arboleda.bsky.social

How can one efficiently simulate phylodynamics for populations with billions of individuals, as is typical in many applications, e.g., viral evolution and cancer genomics? In this work with M. Celentano, @wsdewitt.github.io , & S. Prillo, we provide a solution. doi.org/10.1073/pnas... 1/n

Last call—hiring for my lab moving to UCLA!

I’m super honored to be selected, and immensely grateful. Huge thanks, @hypothesisfund.bsky.social! We are looking forward to doing some fun science! bsky.app/profile/hypo...

Hi trainees! I'm at Biology of Genomes and would be thrilled to chat about your work, any questions about academia/science, and Andor. Please don't hesitate to reach out here, by email, or by shouting at me! #bog25 #bog2025

The biggest downside I've seen on bluesky is I accidentally type 'bk [enter]' and end up searching burger king

The Department of Human Genetics at the University of Utah is sponsoring the Rising Stars in Genetics and Genomics symposium! - We are seeking nominations bu June 1. - September 18-19, 2025 - Please share with the star postdocs that you know. docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

Postdocs: Human Genetics at Utah will be hosting our annual Rising Stars in Genetics and Genomics Symposium in Sept. Apply here: shorturl.at/wBMg2 There will be sessions on developmental, evolutionary and disease genetics. A chance be invited to SLC to network here and with peers! Please share.

Sometimes my 7yo and I talk about me growing up without iPad screens and things I’d do. Today he asked if we had toilet paper when I was growing up…

AMERICA: we want more babies ALSO AMERICA: but not those babies

*deep breath* Okay, I remember all the GRE discussions on Twitter. Our program is considering adding back our GRE requirement. Has anyone who removed it and considered adding back (or actually added back) the GRE requirement in computational/quantitative programs? TIA

I wrote about how we must stand and fight against the threat of eugenics. Fueled by white nationalism and scientific racism, these beliefs are factually wrong and ethically abhorrent. This fight includes supporting efforts to diversify our workforce & science. To stop now would be a deep betrayal.