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New #NIH prize competition to identify areas of biomedical science that can benefit from replication and to recognize past replication efforts to further promote the importance of research replication: www.challenge.gov?challenge=re... Submission deadline is in one month!

SAVE THE DATE: the yearly NY Population Genetics meeting will be back on March 9 2026, generously hosted by the @simonsfoundation.org. Details to follow. Please RT.

JOB POSTING: Director, National Human Genome Research Institute hr.nih.gov/careers/open...

We're excited to be recruiting an NIH funded postdoc to work in the Coop lab at UC Davis. We're specifically interested in candidates who are want to work at the intersection of human genetics, GWAS, and population genetics modeling. Please RT

I’ll be attending #ASHG25! I’m currently hiring for (i) a Senior Research Scientist or (ii) a Postdoc position in my lab. If you’re interested, please reach out to arrange a time to meet and discuss.

My colleague @hernmoral.bsky.social is teaching what looks like a wonderful course online this November - Museomics: An Introduction to Genomic Analyses of Natural History Collections. Register: www.physalia-courses.org/courses-work... #consgen

“mRNA vaccines seem to work—I think they’ve been great! I am amazed at how much public policy seems to ignore how great these vaccines are (of course, there are great vaccines that aren’t mRNA-based, too).” febs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

Delighted to finally announce a preprint describing the Q100 project! “A complete diploid human genome benchmark for personalized genomics” For which we finished HG002 to near-perfect accuracy: www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1... 🧵[1/14]

I have funding for a 2-year dry-lab postdoc to join our team @humanevouu.bsky.social 🧪 (Deadline Oct 21st) The project will utilize modern and #aDNA data from humans and sheep to study environmental adaptation (including method development and simulations). Please share! www.uu.se/en/about-uu/...

Best of luck to the brave soul who would like to be the next Director of the National Institute of Mental Health hr.nih.gov/jobs/search/...

Yes, science works. Can science work better? Also yes.

How can we reform science? I have some ideas. But I am not sure you’ll like them, because they don’t promise much. elevanth.org/blog/2025/07...

In science there are fears that some research areas or questions will be misinterpreted, exploited, and weaponized by bad actors. One solution offered is to avoid these topics altogether lest we add fuel to ideological fire.

Last week the National Advisory Council for Human Genome Research met and approved a new initiative: ancient DNA for Modern Genomics (aDMG). You can watch the presentation and discussion here at the 1:54:00 mark. videocast.nih.gov/watch=56826

applying for jobs again

I have an opportunity to hire a staff scientist for my lab. Looking for someone with outstanding skillset in ML/statistics, genomics applications; interest in mentoring, strong publication record, PD experience required. Email CV to me+cc my assistant (see 'contact' on my website). Ad to follow.

We have 2-3 group leader positions opening @fimm-uh.bsky.social !! We are looking for outstanding candidates in human genetics and precision medicine. This time we have a focus on population health data science. E.g. AI for EHR/health data        Generous starting package 💰 shorturl.at/FAk6n

📢 Calling all early-career scientists who have promoted enhanced research rigor: The deadline for the NINDS Early-Career Rigor Champions prize has been extended to 6/6/25! Describe your efforts in six short prompts for your chance to win a CASH prize of up to $10k! Up to 11 awards will be made!

📢 HPRC Release 2 is here! Now with phased genomes from 200+ individuals, a 5x increase from Release 1. Explore sequencing data, assemblies, annotations & alignments in our interactive data explorer ⬇️: humanpangenome.org/hprc-data-re...

I am recruiting a quantitative/computational postdoc to my group at UCLA. This is a great opportunity to work on foundational theory, methods, and software in statistical genetics. Link to apply: recruit.apo.ucla.edu/JPF10275. Please repost!

21st century technology. 18th century taxonomy.

Reading “The usefulness of useless knowledge” by Abraham Flexner, founding director of the Institute for Advanced Study. Writing in 1939, this passage stood out:

this looks like a great meeting on complex trait genetics. looking forward to hearing about it from those who attend. www.grc.org/quantitative...

Are you a (or do you know a) recent college graduate who wants to work in human genetics and genomics? Applications are open for the ASHG-NHGRI Post-Baccalaureate Genomics Analyst Fellowship! Great chance to understand how grants and societies work AND get paid. www.ashg.org/careers-lear...

From 2002: “Former NIH directors Harold Varmus and Bernadine Healy told the [congressionally appointed] committee… that Congress could make the NIH more effective by reorganizing it into clusters.” www.nature.com/articles/418...

not sure I like praising someone’s achievements by noting they have published “in very well known journals.” praise me for my careful, thoughtful, and creative work!

Looking forward to lots of good science and well deserved awards at #ASHG23 next week. Happy to talk about the genetics of complex traits, funding opportunities at NHGRI, and biological reductionism and the philosophy of causation 🙃

How do genetic and non-genetic factors shape trait variation in people? How do these factors act across scales of biological organization? Register for NHGRI’s workshop - Advances in the Genetic Architecture of Complex Human Traits. Thurs 16th - Fri 17th Nov nih.zoomgov.com/webinar/regi...

using a single word, complete the following sentence: Hearts pump, guts digest, and brains _____.

funding opportunity: NHGRI is seeking R01/R21 applications to develop novel theory and methods for understanding the genetic architecture of complex human traits grants.nih.gov/grants/guide...