Harold Pimentel

Trump freezes $200 million in UCLA science and medical research funding, citing antisemitism The Trump administration has frozen roughly $200 million in National Science Foundation, National Institutes of Health and other federal agency-funded research at UCLA, citing allegations the school d...

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

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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...

Congrats, Jingyou!

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!

These auto -rejects + AI reviews are out of hand

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.

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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...

Those error bars on Waymo seem sus

🚨 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.

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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...

A flyer with the heading McClintock Letter-Writing Workshop. Details are Friday, June 6th, 12pm ET and 9am PT, virtual.

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-...

“Out Of His Depth,” “Sold His Soul,” “Clueless”: NIH Staffers Speak Out About Director Bhattacharya Widespread dissatisfaction over the NIH’s “continuous free fall” has people speaking out.

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...
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Last call—hiring for my lab moving to UCLA!

Thank you!!

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

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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

Congrats @delaneyksull.bsky.social ! Amazing thesis and looking forward to having you back on the west side. See you soon

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