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Jeff Calhoun

@calhoujd.bsky.social

Research Assistant Professor with Gemma Carvill (@CarvillLab on Twitter). Focus: epilepsy genetics. Twin. Ace cat dad. Occasional writer. I am only an egg. He/him.

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Watching the systematic dismantling of the world's largest funder of biomedical research is heartbreaking and infuriating

13.02.2026 00:30 β€” πŸ‘ 17    πŸ” 9    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Obligatory pic of said pet #2

23.01.2026 02:10 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Obligatory pic of said pet #1

23.01.2026 02:08 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Pet #2

23.01.2026 00:18 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

Pet #1

23.01.2026 00:10 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Excited to share our work to resolve TSC2 variants of uncertain significance. Will write a proper tweetorial soon! Huge thanks to our many collaborators. This study benefited from the hard work of many folks and I appreciate them lending their time and expertise.

19.01.2026 14:13 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Excited to share our work to resolve TSC2 variants of uncertain significance. Will write a proper tweetorial soon! Huge thanks to our many collaborators. This study benefited from the hard work of many folks and I appreciate them lending their time and expertise.

19.01.2026 14:13 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Jarring homemade preserves just to seal something

31.12.2025 22:44 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Childs Play - "I Am a Game Tech" This is "Childs Play - "I Am a Game Tech"" by Chris Coleman on Vimeo, the home for high quality videos and the people who love them.

I have something special to share. We premiered this incredible video last night at the dinner auction. This is a Game Tech. This is a job Child's Play created and YOUR donations make possible! Please take a few minutes to watch this and share it if you can.
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06.12.2025 16:33 β€” πŸ‘ 127    πŸ” 37    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 3

Omg are these going out to all dropbox hosts?? πŸ‘€

05.12.2025 21:31 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Yay always enjoy your annual jamvent posts! I am curious, about how many batches of scones does it take to get through one jamvent calendar?

05.12.2025 01:05 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

congrats!!

13.11.2025 23:22 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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this is Zig, my special guy. he was really talkative and loved going for walks around the neighborhood.

13.11.2025 21:49 β€” πŸ‘ 38    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

@coachnelly.bsky.social caught Oki Oki FC vod today. Awesome to see your progress, keep it up!

11.10.2025 00:50 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

You are in for a treat! Pretty sure both were part of episodes of Make Some Noise, possibly Game Changer

10.10.2025 00:45 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Jacob and Vic are gems. That whole crew is talented but imo nothing tops Mr Mayonnaise or Evelyn Tucci

10.10.2025 00:37 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Landscapes of missense variant impact for human superoxide dismutase 1 SOD1 variants cause the motor neuron disease amyotrophic lateral sclerosis. Axakova et al. functionally assay ∼86% of all possible SOD1 missense variants, producing a variant-effect map resource that ...

πŸ“£New today!
πŸ“„Landscapes of missense variant impact for human superoxide dismutase 1
πŸ§‘β€πŸ€β€πŸ§‘ @axakova.bsky.social @fritzroth.bsky.social & co

15.09.2025 16:07 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 5    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Search LibGen, the Pirated-Books Database That Meta Used to Train AI Millions of books and scientific papers are captured in the collection’s current iteration.

Just a reminder to check for your name in this list of books that OpenAI trained from. If your name is there, they probably owe you several thousand dollars.

OpenAI cried that if everyone eligible author files, the company will go bankrupt, so I'm alerting every author I have ever spoken to.

06.09.2025 06:31 β€” πŸ‘ 11938    πŸ” 9834    πŸ’¬ 225    πŸ“Œ 734
World Map of PAX West
A) Summit - Entrance at 9th & Pine
B) Arch - Entrance at 7th & Pike
C) Arch (FKA Annex) - Entrance at 8th & Pike

World Map of PAX West A) Summit - Entrance at 9th & Pine B) Arch - Entrance at 7th & Pike C) Arch (FKA Annex) - Entrance at 8th & Pike

How To: Queue for entry into the Arch Expo Hall. Doors open at 10:00 am each day.

How To: Queue for entry into the Arch Expo Hall. Doors open at 10:00 am each day.

How to: Queue for entry into the Summit Building. Doors open at 10:00 am each day.

How to: Queue for entry into the Summit Building. Doors open at 10:00 am each day.

#PAXWest 2025 is a gaming paradise spread across three buildings! Here’s a quick look at how to get around and enter each building.

For more maps & entry details visit PAXwest25.com/Maps

26.08.2025 19:00 β€” πŸ‘ 32    πŸ” 6    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 3

A well earned rest!!

15.08.2025 17:21 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I don't work with fruit flies but even I know how important FlyBase is. Such sad news. 😞

14.08.2025 12:14 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

This looks super interesting, thanks for sharing!

13.08.2025 12:07 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

EpiPred: A gene-specific machine learning model for classifying missense variants in the epilepsy-related gene STXBP1 https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.08.09.669488v1

11.08.2025 07:32 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

These are so rad!! Love your work 🀩

18.07.2025 13:49 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Happy birthday Gonzo!

18.07.2025 04:00 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

This looks super interesting, can't wait to read it!

11.07.2025 21:54 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

🚨 Most variant screens measure growth or abundance. What do they miss? That variants impact a spectrum of protein and cellular phenotypes. Variant in situ sequencing (VIS-seq) finds what’s missing: image cells πŸ”¬ first, decode later, revealing multi-scale phenotypes for thousands of variants.πŸ‘‡

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07.07.2025 02:44 β€” πŸ‘ 48    πŸ” 18    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

Looks like a very useful resource, thanks for putting it together. Shared it in our lab slack!

18.06.2025 12:00 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I couldn't sleep last night and skimmed through the names on the #BethesdaDeclaration support letter page.

First, the good news.

(1) There were 18,000+ names and it took me 3 hours.

1/n

12.06.2025 17:28 β€” πŸ‘ 128    πŸ” 28    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 4
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Thank you to all who joined us in person or online for #VariantEffect25 🌟
πŸ“Ί Symposium talks are now available on our Youtube channel www.youtube.com/@cmap_cegs8443

06.06.2025 15:37 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0