Jasmine L. Mah

Our eLetter github.com/caseywdunn/s... responding to a recent Science paper was just posted. The paper found more genes with consistent support for sponge-sister than ctenophore-sister. We found several technical issues that, when corrected, reverse the conclusions and recover ctenophore-sister.

All I have to say is that this essay worked for me ;)

TIL about two AI-generated stories that disparage my science and academic integrity. I cannot prove that they were paid for by #ColossalBio or its co-founder Ben Lamm, but you can read them and make your own decision:

www.apnnews.com/who-is-vince...

www.ceotodaymagazine.com/2025/06/vinc...

Unsolicited listicle: My list of the most criminally underused/underappreciated phylogenetic comparative methods. Note, I am not involved in ANY of these methods; but I see them as things people are often asking of comparative data but have been surprised at how infrequently they have been cited.

CBS Students Receive Prestigious Goldwater Scholarships to Chart Paths in Medical Research Driven by a passion to heal and discover, two UC Davis third-year biological science students received the prestigious Barry Goldwater Scholarship for their research focused on the improvement of care...

We are so proud of @azucena-virgen.bsky.social - Juliano lab undergraduate researcher and MARC scholar who recently won a prestigious Goldwater Scholarship! An excellent example of the talented young scientists we are fighting for. biology.ucdavis.edu/news/cbs-stu...

sure as hell right!!!

Our lab will be there!

Building Research Capacity of New Faculty in Biology (BRC-BIO)

Looks like the following programs in #NSF BIO have been 'archived':
BRC-BIO - new.nsf.gov/funding/oppo...
BIO-LEAPS - new.nsf.gov/funding/oppo...
PRFB - new.nsf.gov/funding/oppo...

Big exciting news! The next Cnidarian Model Systems Meeting, better known as Cnidofest, will be held at the Marine Biological Laboratory from September 23-27, 2026. Mark your calendars!!! After two land-locked meetings, we are returning to an ocean view!!! 🌊🪸 @mblscience.bsky.social

Our bryozoan paper is out in @genomeresearch.bsky.social! Led by @tomlewin.bsky.social, we report genome shuffling across the phylum and synteny evidence for the Lophophorata hypothesis. Grateful to John Bishop @thembauk.bsky.social and the DToL project for sharing openly!

doi.org/10.1101/gr.2...

Fertility vs longevity. George Williams meets UK Biobank. Here's my story of an old evolutionary theory meeting new data. 🧪 Gift link: www.nytimes.com/2023/12/08/s...