@phylogenomics.bsky.social
Professor at UC Davis Work: phylogenomics & microbiomes; wildlife; marine biology; #openscience; Other: #birds; baseball; T1D Lab phylogenomics.me Pics jonathaneisen.smugmug.com Links linktr.ee/jonathaneisen TED go.ted.com/6WPm
Announcing StrainVis! 🦠🧫🧪
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
This nifty web-based tool allows you to visualize your strain level analyses. You can combine ANI and synteny based analyses and it will make all kinds of cool publication ready plots for you - examples follow. By Hagay Enav and Inbal Paz:
Just a little late night bird for everyone.
Northern flicker. In my yard today. #DavisCA #California #BirdPhotography #Birds
I can easily name five things I love about Northern Flickers. But, I'm a bird nut. Esteemed southern Arizona bird photographer, @onlyveesaz.bsky.social, is taking me to see a Crested Caracara/nest on Sunday. His pic:
I was thinking of having my post read "If you do not love Northern flickers, you are not for me ..."
Just a little late night bird for everyone.
Northern flicker. In my yard today. #DavisCA #California #BirdPhotography #Birds
Why do we have to keep hearing the thoughts of these dipshit grifters? There are actual smart people out there! This isn't one of them!
If I were looking for a post doc position, I think this would be my #1 to apply to ...
If you want to join a team making pathogen sequencing and analysis for public health, surveillance, and research more accessible, more equitable and more ✨awesome✨ - look no further - come join us on this mission at ARTIC!
#openscience #opendata #opensource
And today in “Well, he is actually even more of a dick than we thought”
gizmodo.com/sam-altman-s...
It’s because AI bots are trawling the internet constantly. SGD and CGD are constantly being slammed to the point that real people can’t access the site.
Brutal.
OK, this one’s pretty dark…
Oh FFS - the Cloudflare humanity checks for looking at journal articles are so fucking annoying but they do help me reduce time spent reading articles
Mountain gorillas have dense black fur for colder elevations of Equitorial mountain climates, a broad chest, & long muscular arms for knuckle-walking & climbing. A silver-grey saddle marks mature “silverbacks” (Canington 2018) #2026MMM
For reference, the DoD cut $15M in pancreatic cancer research funding last year.
This is so cool:
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
Discovery of a Genetic Toxin-Antidote System in Vertebrates
hat tip to @asaflevylab.bsky.social
OMG
Ubercool.
Toxin-antitoxin systems were discovered 40 years ago in E. coli, and later on in many genomes including in euks.
Now the 1st TA system is reported in the mouse genome!
It affects embryo killing. Amazing distribution of a simple yet efficient genetic system
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
This woman, Ghanimat Azhdari, had just started her PhD at my former department in Ontario. She and 175 other people were killed when their plane was shot down by the IRGC. Her family's still grieving her loss, and now more of them could die in this stupid war.
There are a lot of scientific illustrators and graphic designers who are building their portfolios and will take on work for less than you might imagine. It's not out of reach.
Awaiting talk by @michaelpollan.bsky.social at the Crest Theater in Sacramento - and we had a nice dinner first
Geneticist Evelyn Witkin (b. #OTD 1921) pioneered work on DNA damage repair & mutagenesis.
Her discovery of the SOS response revealed how cells actively respond to genetic threats, laying foundations for insights into cancer, aging, radiation effects & chemotherapy resistance. #WomenInSTEM #WHM
I cannot stop thinking of all the amazing and wonderful people I have known from Israel, Iran, Lebanon and other countries caught up in this war. It is people just like them who are being killed and harmed here.
I cannot stop thinking of all the amazing and wonderful people I have known from Israel, Iran, Lebanon and other countries caught up in this war. It is people just like them who are being killed and harmed here.
He was (and is) so bad. Blocked me (and countless others) for pushing back on him in early COVID days. A stain on UCSF that apparently they want back for some reason 🤷🏻♂️
A key read regarding some (just some) examples of inappropriate, offensive, and/or inaccurate comments by Vinay Prasad (from May of last year)
An Anti-Science MAHA Extremist Is Playing a Major Role at the FDA
newrepublic.com/article/1949... via @newrepublic
Maybe it wanted a souveneir
Well, that is what iNaturalist suggested but large white headed gulls are not my one-te, two-te, three-te or forte ...
Today marked the 2nd worst day of my life when today in 2020, my group of 7 dear friends were hit by the impaired driver of a truck who was high on cocaine killing my dear friend instantly while we were riding. We rode to honour the memory of my friend Arthur who was killed. 💝
#biking #cycling
