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My intro biology course has an "Interview a Biologist" project where students connect with a wide range of biologists using cell/molecular tools.
If you are willing to speak with a student for ~30 minutes on Zoom, please fill out this form: forms.gle/BCjJPgURsgSr...
This past spring, the flu very nearly killed a friend of mine - young guy, in great shape, baby on the way, he was in the hospital for weeks with multiple organ failure. It was a miracle he recovered and lived to hold his child.
Get your flu shot, folks.
How much wood would YOU chuck?
I'm drowning in chanterelles so most breakfasts lately are a wild mushroom scramble. I sprinkled porcini salt on this one:
Screenprint patch on bright orange fabric that says "May the Bridges I Burn Light the Way" and shows art of a coyote running to the right holding a match
Hand holding an orange acrylic pin of a grumpy coyote pup smoking, wearing a cowboy hat and bandana and sitting beside a prickly pear cacti. It says "I'm a prickly pup"
Cover of the Divine Canine Tarot by Zack Loup. A silver wolf holding a sword stands on top of a cliff at sunset.
Hand holding up a paperback copy of Friendly Fire by Zack Loup. The cover is two anthro canine men in military wear kissing each other, wearing flags like capes over their backs.
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Schematic of the OriGen training, generation, and validation pipeline.
We are thrilled to share our latest work: OriGen--the first AI system to generate functional DNA replication sequences! ⬇️
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
Remember folks, if you see someone stealing food - no you didn't.
For #MushroomMonday I'd like to encourage all you Bay Area people to attend the Fungus Fair next Sunday!!!
I'll be volunteering all day Saturday, and a volunteer slot gets you in free to the fair, so hit me up if you want deets!
Anyone want to give feedback on my teaching statement?! I can give more details over email :D
Happy to copyedit something for ya in exchange for your time!
oooo what do you say about mycoviruses?!
A tuxedo cat wrapped in a blanket, his head turned to look right at the camera
Behold, the Purrito:
When I first meet people I like to ask "what do you do for fun and/or money?" and sometimes people talk 'shop' but a lot of people like the option to just talk about their hobbies!
A tabby cat laying fox-round on a tiny pink couch in the sun behind a bright pink curtain on a white sheepskin rug
Much is awful but look at how cute she is
Oh the irony of an actual earthquake one hour before the big earthquake drill
Please consider helping our brothers and sisters in need in W Alaska!
Biology is much more complicated than most non-biologists can imagine. And AI is not going to change this anytime soon.
blog.genesmindsmachines.com/p/we-still-c...
UPDATE: The 2025-2026 list of faculty and postdoc positions in ecology and evolutionary biology is out! Be sure to check out this active and helpful community run resources! docs.google.com/spreadsheets...
Me: "I'll go home early and practice my talk from the couch!"
My cat, Loki: "I think not."
I'm so mad all the time
Letting myself have Excedrin as a Little Treat™
Amazing real world (well, real cheese makers) evolution of Penicillium over 8 years from @benwolfe.bsky.social. "The most common genetic disruption of the alb1 genomic region was caused by putative transposable element insertions upstream of the gene.". Causes the fungus to grow better in the dark!
There is some creature on the roof and the cats and I both saw a dark silhouette against the sky light and we are all very spooked.
Just *Chef's kiss* really
This one starts "Hark! The feral angels bring the black shadow over everything" and it kills me every time lol www.youtube.com/watch?v=oetN...
This black metal band has some great guitar and just terrible, TERRIBLE lyrics: www.youtube.com/watch?v=qf9X...
A tabby cat stares at the camera from under the half turned page of a book of classical guitar tabs
I'm so sorry for your loss!! I will give my tabby extra pets tonight <3
Did anyone ever stop to question why the sleeves were green
What are your super powers??
I think one of mine is connecting people!
The bad news is my phone autocorrected my message to a coworker to "strip waffle" but the good news is I have a great Halloween costume idea now
