@phylogenomics.bsky.social
Professor at UC Davis Work: phylogenomics & evolvability of host-microbiome systems; #openscience; Other: #birds; baseball; T1D Lab phylogenomics.me Pics jonathaneisen.smugmug.com Links linktr.ee/jonathaneisen TED go.ted.com/6WPm
I’ve spent a lot of time over the past two years thinking about genome evolution and how recent research revealing complex gene-gene interactions has complicated traditional ‘gene-centric’ genomic approaches to evolution. So here is a review that consolidates these thoughts!
rdcu.be/e6pHY
In this testing & data obsessed time, studies like this good reminder often useless & harmful!
Over 40? Your rotator cuff probably looks a little rough www.sciencenews.org/article/shou...
Study: "RC abnormalities nearly universal after age 40 years & routine imaging should NOT guide diagnosis..."
This is a nice contrast to all the awful behavior confirmed through the Epstein files. Proud of @jenlucpiquant.bsky.social & @seanmcarroll.bsky.social for picking up on the sexism & charlatanism right away.
03.03.2026 15:29 — 👍 310 🔁 97 💬 7 📌 15after absolutely eviscerating Kristi Noem and calling for her resignation, Tillis is applauded. He thens threatens to hold up nominees if she doesn't stop stonewalling him. My God.
03.03.2026 17:55 — 👍 14080 🔁 3656 💬 675 📌 536OOOOOOHHHHH - We should definitely talk
03.03.2026 17:15 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0And, also relevant, I am here in part as a representative of the @jgi.doe.gov user community - as I was just elected to be a member of the "User Executive Committee" jgi.doe.gov/who-we-are/c...
03.03.2026 17:14 — 👍 6 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
I note - I am in Seattle for the @jgi.doe.gov User Meeting - see more details here jgi.doe.gov/work-with-us... - this year the meeting is a joint meeting with EMSL
03.03.2026 17:07 — 👍 8 🔁 2 💬 1 📌 0
Webinar poster titled "Mining New Frontiers," scheduled for February 27, 2026, at 9am PT. Includes a QR code for registration. Features logos of JGI, Molecular Foundry, and Berkeley Lab, and images of minerals and a growing plant.
Join us Feb. 27 for more on our joint Critical Minerals & Materials call with @molecularfoundry.lbl.gov — for projects that integrate genomics w/nanoscale science to develop bio-based technologies.
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Details: https://jgi.doe.gov/work-with-us/proposals/jgi-tmf-critical-minerals-and-materials-call
"These projects highlight the creativity of our user community and their commitment to tackling fundamental scientific challenges..." —User Programs Deputy Tanja Woyke. 🖥️🧬
More: https://jgi.doe.gov/user-science/science-stories/jgi-announces-fy26-large-scale-portfolio-our-community-science-program
Nice view from near the @jgi.doe.gov user meeting in Seattle (yesterday)
03.03.2026 16:34 — 👍 36 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
$300 Million in jet planes lost to a fuckup.
That’s 83 five year NIH R01 grants burned in minutes due to error, aka poor execution of this unnecessary war which serves only to make the world more dangerous.
This image features a banner for the American Academy of Microbiology, announcing a new fellow for the Class of 2026. It includes a headshot of a smiling individual and logos for the American Society for Microbiology and the American Academy of Microbiology.
Congrats to Emiley @emileyeloe-fadrosh.bsky.social on being selected as a fellow for the American Academy of Microbiology's Class of 2026. Full story: go.lbl.gov/Eloe-Fadrosh_AAM
More on our Metagenome Program: https://jgi.doe.gov/science-programs/metagenome-program
@asm.org @microbiomedata.org
Our FY25 Progress Report is now live! We broke our own record by sequencing more than 1Pb of data in a year—on top of serving 2,627 users w/active proposals, plus 17K researchers making use of our data.
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Full report: https://jgi.doe.gov/user-science/science-stories/2025-progress-report
This is an incredible resource:
The MicrobeAtlas Database www.cell.com/cell/fulltex...
Close up of a male Anna's hummingbird hovering. Facing to the left. Wings in front of body. Red throat showing.
Anna's hummingbird. Davis, CA.
Photo taken with Nikon D500, Nikkor 500 mm f/ 5.6.
#birds #hummingbirds
Correct. Or SNAP payments
02.03.2026 02:57 — 👍 12 🔁 4 💬 0 📌 0
Sad to hear of the passing of David Botstein, one of the greats in that 1st gen of folks to be trained in molecular biology. He generously talked with me, a lowly grad student, about Barbara McClintock... 30 years ago!
@drgregorymorgan.bsky.social @alistairsponsel.bsky.social
Close up of a male Anna's hummingbird hovering. Facing to the left. Wings in front of body. Red throat showing.
Anna's hummingbird. Davis, CA.
Photo taken with Nikon D500, Nikkor 500 mm f/ 5.6.
#birds #hummingbirds
A reminder that we are actively recruiting a geneticist to the Department of Genetics at Albert Einstein College of Medicine
careers-einstein.icims.com/jobs/17847/a...
Thinking about David Botstein, who passed away a few days ago.
In searching for stories about my work w/ him I found something I had never seen - a lecture where he discusses a paper on MutS from when I was in grad school (which I discussed with him extensively).
youtu.be/giEySXUewsk?...
Thinking about David Botstein, who passed away a few days ago.
In searching for stories about my work w/ him I found something I had never seen - a lecture where he discusses a paper on MutS from when I was in grad school (which I discussed with him extensively).
youtu.be/giEySXUewsk?...
Crap
www.online-tribute.com/DavidBotstein
David Botstein passed away. I worked with him at Stanford for a few years in designing and teaching a course on "The Heart". My heart is heavy right now. He was a wonderful mentor.
Angled-down image of a frog perched on a brown leaf and facing left. The frog's principal ground color is black, with yellowish-white stripes running from the nose through the eye and down the back to the legs. A second stripe runs along the lower jaw, terminating at the front legs. The legs are a light brown and there is a triangular flashmark of bright yellow at the top of the thigh. The frog also has some dark brown blobs attached to the lower back - four tadpoles, hanging on until the male frog can transport them to a suitable source of water.
Know what doesn't suck right now, or ever? Nature. This Pale-striped Poison Frog (Ameerega hahneli) was hopping across an open area at our NE Peru field station, on his way to find a suitable wet place to deposit his tadpoles (such as the axils of a bromeliad). #herps #frogs #NaturePhotography 🌿
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I find the news very frightening right now, but one thing that helps me is noticing the birds all around me
Do you want a reason to spend 10 minutes a day noticing your local birds? Then join me for this spring’s #TenMinMerlin, using the (free) app Merlin to notice birds. No experience needed!
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RIP David Botstein
#MicroSky
Ah, no. What a terrible loss. He was a wonderful scientist who touched so many of our lives.
01.03.2026 00:10 — 👍 6 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0Very sad to see this. I worked with him in Calico, David was a giant.
28.02.2026 23:08 — 👍 2 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
Cheer David, We will miss you. Thank you for everything.
28.02.2026 23:43 — 👍 5 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
Crap
www.online-tribute.com/DavidBotstein
David Botstein passed away. I worked with him at Stanford for a few years in designing and teaching a course on "The Heart". My heart is heavy right now. He was a wonderful mentor.
It's a good day for some hummingbirds -- gif of a hovering Anna's hummingbird in my yard in #DavisCA #birds
28.02.2026 22:16 — 👍 57 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 1
