borrowed the wig from a Scarlet Overkill costume

I was asked by @gqmagazine.bsky.social to write a little bit about just going bald in the age of widespread head-shaving and affordable, believable hair transplants...so I did!

golden gate to protein, cells not required

hepatitas

experts here could include my 8 year old

yikes Gary

this is amazing (though miRNA not mRNA)

Not in America we weren’t, because Frances Kelsey and the FDA refused to authorize it. A safety net that is being degraded every day.

they would know

There’s still time to register for our upcoming webinar tomorrow at 1 pm EDT all about getting the most out of your NEBuilder HiFi DNA Assembly reactions! https://nebiolabs.com/46cLLz0

To be clear, there are no data that provide a link between short-term use of Tylenol during pregnancy and autism. In fact, one of the best prospective studies w/ sibling controls, if anything, pointed to a protective effect for use less than 7 days acamh.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...

ACOG reaffirms that acetaminophen is safe for managing pain and fever during pregnancy. No reputable studies support suggestions like those in HHS’s recent announcement linking acetaminophen use in pregnancy to autism; in fact, high-quality studies show no such risk. https://bit.ly/47Wxc59

the risk to a fetus from an untreated maternal fever is *dramatically* higher than from taking a Tylenol

Acetaminophen/paracetamol use in pregnancy doesn't cause autism, no matter what RFK says this week. This is not an unsettled question. Evidence summarized here: sciencebasedmedicine.org/tylenol-and-...

this is a very good look at the Tylenol and autism question, spoiler alert RFK is wrong

Izquierda Derecha, by Juan Genovés, 1967, 📸 via @beysicc

Probably half my colleagues are immigrants; they are the top people

alright

IT'S OFFICIAL: Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Jersey, New York State, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island and New York City have formed the Northeast Public Health Collaborative. The collaborative will issue their own vaccine recommendations and coordinate public health efforts.

important context

Great and nuanced thread. But I think we can expand further. As noted, phage selected for synthesis, and that worked, were significantly less novel. In Fig 4D, there's a very strong correlation between novelty and not working. The phage that worked were much less novel. This is nucleotide ID!

A also known as “The Terror” diet

won’t stop the vaccine version from being cited credibly unfortunately

It’s horrific and inexplicable. Donald Trump and RFK Jr. are objectively pro-cancer. They’re destroying the entire infrastructure that has made so much progress and is poised to make much more. People will suffer and die because of them. www.nytimes.com/2025/09/14/m...

this is impressive

GOOD NEWS: Despite RFK Jr saying he would cancel $500 million in mRNA research, the House Committee on Appropriations has passed a spending package, that includes $1.1 billion for “advanced research and development” at BARDA, which includes research on mRNA vaccines.

Josh Kraft could never

good tip on the name here, added my middle initial and got 15 more papers of mine

it does none of those things

our fantastic bioinformatics team built this to keep track of COVID tests and it’s excellent, great to see it continuing

Recent findings from the ukbiobank.bsky.social Whole-Genome Sequencing Consortium are providing the deepest analysis of the human genome to date. We’re honored that they trusted NEBNext Ultra II PCR-free reagents for the monumental task! https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-025-09272-9

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@zachhensel.bsky.social and I have a new paper on the origin of SARS-CoV-2! 🧪 There are a lot of reviews on the topic already, so we tried to do something different: characterize "lab leak" scenarios, and directly address those on SARS-CoV-2's furin cleavage site.▫️1/9 doi.org/10.5802/crbi...

The Crimson, scooping every news outlet not run by undergraduates working in between classes, gets into how court orders mandating return of research funding have been flaunted, and makes a clear case for contempt proceedings against DOGE officials. www.thecrimson.com/article/2025...

They say this is the place to be for science, even more true now that @nebiolabs.bsky.social is on here!

lol

did this on a whim, and what do you know had a couple of my papers in there. go check yourself!

Trump: “vaccines work, no controversy at all… those vaccines should be used. Some vaccines are so amazing… a lot of people think COVID [vaccine] is amazing.” Pound this, everyone!!! RFK jr is weak! He’s teetering. Redouble our efforts.

any excuse for this classic

If you’re wondering how much of what RFK Jr said yesterday about vaccines was true—almost none of it was. @FullerLab_UW is one of the most accomplished vaccinologists out there and her article is required reading to separate truth from falsehoods. theconversation.com/how-rfk-jr-s...

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powerful recruiting for Rutgers applicants

Florida Decided There Were Too Many Children

(he is not)

happy to be an alumnus for this

good

should be obvious…but this won’t work

This is a shame but you have to wonder if it’s an argument for using the World Mosquito Program Wolbachia approach

Update on this from the Boston Globe. This is great news!