Peter Morrell

I know they were rotating the building 90˚ and putting in pass-through tracks. But 4 more years? In 2 years, you could disassemble the building stone by stone, number them, and reassemble them in a new location!

Have they finally finished this station? Perhaps the next time I’m passing through, Deutsche Bahn won’t kick us all of the train kms from the city and later force us to fly back to Paris. They also never refunded my ticket, even after filling out detailed paperwork!

Wait, that’s what I was going to ask!

Phenotypically Wild Barley Shows Evidence of Introgression From Domesticated Barley Multiple studies have reported genetic evidence of crop-to-wild introgression in phenotypically wild accessions of wild barley (Hordeum vulgare ssp. spontaneum). We examined 318 Wild Barley Diversity...

Excited to share our new Molecular Ecology paper with @peterlmorrell.bsky.social, @chaochihl.bsky.social, & collaborators: phenotypically wild barley shows evidence of introgression from domesticated barley in the WBDC collection.
doi.org/10.1111/mec.... #Barley #Genetics

Maybe I spend too much time grading, but it seems like this should be in sentence case or title case, but it can’t be a mix. If you go with this style, shouldn’t “not” be capitalized?

That looks like a corn, carrot, and iris hybrid

FAQ: Should I invent an acronym? “Moveable type” (Flickr, David DeSandro) Q. I’m writing a research article, and the text frequently mentions the biological process that is the subject of the article. I’m a…

@jbyoder.org - I’m losing track of how many times I’ve posted a link to this blog post in a review. A national landmark!

www.molecularecologist.com/2024/08/13/f...

Great catch! Yeah, delta 8 also exists but I meant delta 9.

Species: Catha edulis
Common Name: Khat
Active Compounds: Cathinone
Medical or Cultural Use: Remedy for fatigue, depression, appetite suppression, and pain
Risks of Use: Grandiose delusions, paranoia, nightmares, hallucinations, and hyperactivity

I count that as "cultural use." Working with a character limit!

My doctor said I should be talking about "The Science of Cannabis" outside the class

- Species: Cannabis sativa
- Common name: marijuana
- Active compounds: delta-8 tetrahydrocannabinol
- Medical or cultural uses: pain relief, insomnia, antiemetic
- Risks of use: reduced mental acuity, dependency

Opinion: This is UConn: Zero paid family leave for professors UConn currently lets every pregnant/expecting individual reinvent the wheel, cobbling together a leave plan with whatever resources and departmental grace they can muster.

I wrote an opinion piece about parental/family leave at UConn. I’m only ~75% happy with it but … something needed to be said. Many things actually. Loudly. Repeatedly. And with as many voices as possible.

“This is UConn: Zero paid family leave for professors”

ctmirror.org/2025/10/21/t...

GENETICS Expands Primers Section Beth De Stasio of Lawrence University will serve as Senior Editor and work with a newly formed team of six Associate Editors to expand the publication of Primers in GENETICS.

I’m excited to contribute as an associate editor for “Primers in Genetics.” The focus is on educational materials. Should be fun!
@genetics-gsa.bsky.social
genestogenomes.org/genetics-exp...

Decoding nature’s grammar with DNA language models | PNAS www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/... - Serguei Pakhomov was a great co-author for this commentary on PlantCaduceus

Very happy with this perspective piece just published. Highlighting how anti DEI has the same impacts as good old racism on educational equity.

This sounds like retaliation. In his defense, it isn’t very flattering photo. He looks both drunk and tired.

My only one-on-one meeting with a higher ed president was after an investigative piece on room and board expenses published in the student paper. Unflattering because costs were high compared to other institutions. Apparently word had reached the admin that I was working on another story.

Also missing Asia, but it’s a small continent.

Around the world? I never realized the planet was a half sphere. You guys don’t know anyone in Australia, South America, or Africa? Don’t people do maize winter nurseries in Chile and New Zealand?

My HPC team at UC Davis is hiring! Looking for an experienced sysadmin to help build and maintain clusters (hardware and software). HPC experience great, but if you’re an experienced sysadmin and willing to learn, please apply!

careerspub.universityofcalifornia.edu/psc/ucdavis/...

Sodium azide mutagenesis induces a unique pattern of mutations Author summary Sodium azide is frequently used as a mutagen for experimental studies in plants. It induces primarily C → T changes. We find that these most often occur when a cytosine (C) is followed ...

New paper w/ @plos.org! @chaochihl.bsky.social identifies a unique mutational pattern among sodium azide-induced mutants. SNPs in 'CC' context and indels. Thanks to @justinfay.bsky.social @lilei0051.bsky.social @giuliafrascarelli.bsky.social @nanoporetech.com et al

journals.plos.org/plosgenetics...

A cool trick from AI coding companions. Creating temporary intermediate files in a shell script is pretty easy! Saves IO.

log " -> Convert a GFF of gene positions to a BED file"
intermediate_bed=$(mktemp)
awk '$3 == "gene" {print $1"\t"$4-1"\t"$5}' "${GFF}" > "${intermediate_bed}"

Are you based in the U.S. 🇺🇸 or Canada 🇨🇦 and thinking of doing research in Europe?

ERC grants offer up to €4.5 million to support groundbreaking, investigator-driven frontier research in all fields.

Watch the dedicated info session for researchers in your region👉 youtu.be/92QYink1Lik

#ChooseEurope

“Cutting basic science doesn’t save money.”

Very facts. Very statistics.
bsky.app/profile/jona...

Identification of genetic variation associated with high-temperature tolerance in cowpea https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.04.09.647789v1

foolish & malicious
"the food you consume is the result of generations of work by agricultural scientists and plant breeders... This work is only possible because of the availability of...extensive collections of plant genetic resources."

Your hair is the same color as some of the kernels right behind you. Coincidence?

Wow, really sad to hear this. She was extremely nice!

New analysis says ~2/3 of unpaid taxes come from the top 10% of households, w/ 28% coming from the top 1%.

The GOP CR would cut $20.2 billion of IRS funding for catching rich tax cheats - because the GOP is laser-focused on helping the rich cheat on their taxes.
budgetlab.yale.edu/research/rev...