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Jason Williams

@jasonwilliamsny.bsky.social

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Assist Dir. @DNALC @CSHL

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Jason Williams @jasonwilliamsny.bsky.social · 6h

You stick in the mud.
I lovingly craft feedback.
I don’t use AI.

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Abby Polter @ampolter.bsky.social · 7h

In which my family continues to support my career

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Jason Williams @jasonwilliamsny.bsky.social · 9h

Why do you hate poetry?

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Isabel Rogers @isabelrogers.bsky.social · 11h

All I ask is that Radio 3 play all the movements a composer wrote. I know this ship has sailed so far over the horizon it is now upsidedown. But JEEZ we are not gnats with gnat-sized attention spans.

I don't send out individual chapters. Readers get the whole thing.

*waves kerchief sadly at ship*

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Jason Williams @jasonwilliamsny.bsky.social · 19h

Maybe you can unlock the safety as with the holodeck. Could make life exciting.

Jason Williams @jasonwilliamsny.bsky.social · 20h

I had always assumed that by that point in the timeline all disappearing polymorphs had been encountered.

Jason Williams @jasonwilliamsny.bsky.social · 21h

The elders have spoken …

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Sarah McAnulty, Ph.D. @sarahmackattack.bsky.social · 22h

Good news: a grant I submitted got selected for an interview out of ~150 apps. Only 2 others got interviews!

Bad news: @skypeascientist.bsky.social was not selected in the end 😞

I will keep trying.

In the meantime, consider supporting our work with $5-10/month?

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Support Skype a Scientist!

By Skype a Scientist

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Drug Monkey @drugmonkey.bsky.social · 22h

NIH Study Sections are on hold...again. drugmonkey.wordpress.com/2025/10/13/n...

NIH Study Sections are on hold…again.

The primary input to deciding on the merit of proposals submitted to the NIH for potential funding, as most of my remaining blog audience well knows, is the outcome of the initial peer-review proce…

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Reposted by Gavin L. Foster, Wim Thiery, Jennifer Pett‐Ridge , and 3 more Gavin L. Foster, Wim Thiery, Jennifer Pett‐Ridge, Stacy D. VanDeveer, Catherine J. Frieman, Jason Williams

Nature @nature.com · 23h

Joel Mokyr, Philippe Aghion and Pewter Howitt share economics prize for work that underlines the importance of investing in research and development.

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Economics Nobel prize won by researchers who showed how science boosts growth

Joel Mokyr, Philippe Aghion and Pewter Howitt share economics prize for work that underlines the importance of investing in research and development.

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Adam Phillippy @aphillippy.bsky.social · 23h

In honor of ASHG week (since I won’t be there), see "Choose your human genome reference wisely", in which Vivien Marx interviewed me @fergalmartin.bsky.social @lh3lh3.bsky.social @danrdanny.bsky.social @heidirehm.bsky.social and others on the state of the human reference rdcu.be/eJejg 🧵[1/10]

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Dubcovsky Lab @dubcovskylab.bsky.social · 1d

Our Genome Biology paper on wheat spike development integrating single cell and spatial transcriptomics is now published! Check out the paper here: doi.org/10.1186/s130... and enjoy the beautiful pictures (including our 44 supplementary figures)! Be sure to check out some of our tools below!

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Jeremy Berg @jeremymberg.bsky.social · 1d

Looking forward to this discussion at the STAT Summit in Boston this Thursday.

Inside the Upheaval at NIH session with Jeremy Berg, Eric Green, and Mallory Harris, moderated by Anil Oza.

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Angie Rasmussen @angierasmussen.bsky.social · 1d

The newsletter from agricultural producer news site WATT Poultry is now a primary source of my anxiety. H5N1 is exploding in North American poultry. Every day, a headline like this.

But no human cases. Either there aren't any or there's no testing. Given CDC's dismantling, I can guess.

Headline: "Avian flu invades flock of nearly 2 million Washington hens"

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Jeremy Berg @jeremymberg.bsky.social · 1d

This is a powerful account from a PhD student whose fellowship was terminated by NIH because it was part of a "diversity" program without any other considerations or understanding of what the program or the students were actually doing.

undark.org/2025/10/09/o...

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NIH Student Grant Cancellation Will Weaken Scientific Innovation

The termination of federal F31 diversity fellowships puts many graduate students in a bind — and U.S. science at risk.

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grimmrad 🧬🎼🖼️🏛️ @grimmrad.bsky.social · 1d

Now do one on the cancelled and defunded pediatric brain tumor consortium.
Kids with brain cancer thrown off therapy and trials closed as no funding. That is what they are doing.
To feed the ego of one tiny man and fill his and their pockets.
www.childrensbraintumorproject.org/2025/08/29/n...

Long-Standing Consortium, PBTC, Loses Federal Funding

NEW YORK TIMES FEATURES THE END OF FEDERAL FUNDING FOR PBTC

www.childrensbraintumorproject.org

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Jason Williams @jasonwilliamsny.bsky.social · 1d

Going back to the parret stage would be useful for the times we just want one corn.

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Tom Kimmerer, PhD @tomkimmerer.bsky.social · 1d

Albert Einstein's violin just sold for over $1,000,000, well above the expected price. Fine violins are valued for their quality as instruments, and for their history, including who played them. This was Einstein's first violin he bought at age 16, and sold in 1932 before he emigrated to the US.

Tom Kimmerer (@tomkimmerer)

There are many musicians among great scientists, but none more notable than Albert Einstein. He played the violin very well, and often practiced while solving physics problems. His violin, made in 189...

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NPR @npr.org · 1d

A Cornell University researcher has been developing an artificial heart for children for more than 20 years. Now, his research is on hold and his lab is shut down.

This 4-year-old's heart is failing. A federal grant that might help him was canceled

A Cornell University researcher has been developing an artificial heart for children for more than 20 years. Now, his research is on hold and his lab is shut down.

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Jason Williams @jasonwilliamsny.bsky.social · 2d

One of the best taste to looks ratios of any food.

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Jason Williams @jasonwilliamsny.bsky.social · 2d

First time I’ve heard that sentence. Maybe others have?

Jason Williams @jasonwilliamsny.bsky.social · 2d

Recipe available on request.

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Jason Williams @jasonwilliamsny.bsky.social · 2d

“looking forward to be in Boston again!”
#BrandNewSentence

Christian Mosimann @chrmosimann.bsky.social · 3d

#ZDM18 bound - looking forward to be in Boston again!
#zebrafish #HaveFishWillTravel

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Jason Williams @jasonwilliamsny.bsky.social · 2d

Given the paces you’ve posted, it’s unlikely you’ll arrive in time. I hope life compensates you in some other way.

Jason Williams @jasonwilliamsny.bsky.social · 2d

“I will now survive till morning without resorting to murder and cannibalism.”

This time.

Jason Williams @jasonwilliamsny.bsky.social · 2d

Breakfast: Buttermilk honey biscuits and sage sausage gravy.

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Bloomberg News @bloomberg.com · 2d

Fifteen years after one family’s $98,000 second mortgage was canceled, a debt collector showed up demanding nearly $200,000. When the family didn’t pay, the company foreclosed. It wasn’t a mistake. It’s a business model.

How Debt Collectors Spin Riches from Zombie Loans

Bloomberg News obtained a trove of internal records from one debt collector that reveals how the industry uses large bills and threats of foreclosure to blindside homeowners across the US.

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Larry Hunter @proflhunter.bsky.social · 2d

What drives test score differences in twins raised apart?

School! Invest in schools!

www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

IQ differences of identical twins reared apart are significantly influenced by educational differences

Over the last century, several large studies have been published exploring IQ differences amongst monozygotic (MZ) twins reared apart (TRA). By and la…

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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 2d

Elon Musk’s DOGE never came close to cutting as much money by Sept. 30, when the government closes its books on the fiscal year, as he promised. Because its work has been obscured by crude accounting and White House maneuvers, it’s impossible to know how much DOGE actually did cut from the budget.

Not Even Congress Knows How Much Money DOGE Cut

Elon Musk’s team started a behind-the-scenes push for White House control over federal spending that is now an undercurrent of the government shutdown.

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 3d

Imagine that

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