Bruce Hamilton
@bahome.bsky.social
Professor, personal account. Genetics, genomics, brain development, other stuff. Typo-prone. If you’re nice I’ll post dog photos.
If you click the Starter Packs tab below you’ll find two I made for genetics and genomics accounts.
If you click the Starter Packs tab below you’ll find two I made for genetics and genomics accounts.
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Bruce Hamilton
@bahome.bsky.social
· Nov 10
Open data or it didn’t happen.
I am thankful for gene synthesis, hi-fi assembly, and inexpensive whole-plasmid sequencing.
November 27, 2025 at 4:26 PM
I am thankful for gene synthesis, hi-fi assembly, and inexpensive whole-plasmid sequencing.
Typo of the day:
“pot-baccalaureate program”
“pot-baccalaureate program”
November 26, 2025 at 8:20 PM
Typo of the day:
“pot-baccalaureate program”
“pot-baccalaureate program”
I mean, Steve Gadd’s chart on the title track is still amazing.
"Thanksgiving should be an opportunity to respectfully put our differences aside—to laugh about our shared memories and strengthen our familial bonds. Instead, my uncle lectures me about the production quality of the band’s Grammy Award-winning album Aja."
Thanksgiving Is Always Ruined by That One Uncle Obsessed with Steely Dan
There are so many reasons to look forward to Thanksgiving. There’s the food, of course, but there’s also the chance to reconnect with our families ...
buff.ly
November 26, 2025 at 7:08 PM
I mean, Steve Gadd’s chart on the title track is still amazing.
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One month later and those 30 billion base pairs are crammed into just about 14 chromosomes. HOT DANG! This seemed impossible 4-5 years ago.
Genome assembly fresh of the supercomputer, total size = 29,892,519,935 base pairs 🦎🧬
November 26, 2025 at 3:58 PM
One month later and those 30 billion base pairs are crammed into just about 14 chromosomes. HOT DANG! This seemed impossible 4-5 years ago.
Always write for your audience, not for numbers of writing units submitted.
Students applying for grad school, or reaching out to professors. I have an important piece of advice for you: STOP DOING THIS 👇 (a thread) #STEM #PhD #gradschool #academictips
November 25, 2025 at 5:37 PM
Always write for your audience, not for numbers of writing units submitted.
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Self evident truths. Fight for them!
November 25, 2025 at 4:06 AM
Self evident truths. Fight for them!
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Open faculty position (Assistant or Associate) in UW Medical Genetics. As you might expect, faculty often end up also interacting with Genome Sciences, so we're hoping for some great prospects! Note the clinical requirements for the position. apply.interfolio.com/176466
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November 24, 2025 at 7:23 PM
Open faculty position (Assistant or Associate) in UW Medical Genetics. As you might expect, faculty often end up also interacting with Genome Sciences, so we're hoping for some great prospects! Note the clinical requirements for the position. apply.interfolio.com/176466
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Partisan mood affiliation has led some people to take the stance that AI and robotics and biotech are no big deal and our lives will go on largely unaffected, or that they are all bad and we should simply resist. I’d much rather have those people thinking carefully about the big changes to come.
November 24, 2025 at 8:26 PM
Partisan mood affiliation has led some people to take the stance that AI and robotics and biotech are no big deal and our lives will go on largely unaffected, or that they are all bad and we should simply resist. I’d much rather have those people thinking carefully about the big changes to come.
When you agree to review, review.
yoda says do or do not , there is no try .
ALT: yoda says do or do not , there is no try .
media.tenor.com
November 24, 2025 at 6:01 PM
When you agree to review, review.
I had to look up the term and now I’m sorry I did.
November 22, 2025 at 10:27 PM
I had to look up the term and now I’m sorry I did.
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A REAL PHAGE TURNER
Great work in Nat Comm from the UC San Diego laboratories of David Pride and Justin Meyer—experimental evolution of bacteriophage to successfully expand their host range against MDR strains of the critical threat pathogen Klebsiella pneumoniae.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Great work in Nat Comm from the UC San Diego laboratories of David Pride and Justin Meyer—experimental evolution of bacteriophage to successfully expand their host range against MDR strains of the critical threat pathogen Klebsiella pneumoniae.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
November 22, 2025 at 10:05 PM
A REAL PHAGE TURNER
Great work in Nat Comm from the UC San Diego laboratories of David Pride and Justin Meyer—experimental evolution of bacteriophage to successfully expand their host range against MDR strains of the critical threat pathogen Klebsiella pneumoniae.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Great work in Nat Comm from the UC San Diego laboratories of David Pride and Justin Meyer—experimental evolution of bacteriophage to successfully expand their host range against MDR strains of the critical threat pathogen Klebsiella pneumoniae.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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It’s not dogma or orthodoxy it is actual science. I can’t take it with you guys
November 21, 2025 at 11:48 PM
It’s not dogma or orthodoxy it is actual science. I can’t take it with you guys
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Know the difference.
November 19, 2025 at 10:08 PM
Know the difference.
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Calling something "scientific orthodoxy" rather than "established fact" or even "scientific consensus" is so incredibly damaging.
November 21, 2025 at 7:05 PM
Calling something "scientific orthodoxy" rather than "established fact" or even "scientific consensus" is so incredibly damaging.
Alfred Henry Sturtevant, who famously constructed the first genetic map “to the neglect of my undergraduate homework” was born #OTD in 1891.
His sort book, A History of Genetics, remains a must-read, often firsthand, account of development of the field.
www.cshlpress.com/default.tpl?...
His sort book, A History of Genetics, remains a must-read, often firsthand, account of development of the field.
www.cshlpress.com/default.tpl?...
www.cshlpress.com
November 21, 2025 at 6:10 PM
Alfred Henry Sturtevant, who famously constructed the first genetic map “to the neglect of my undergraduate homework” was born #OTD in 1891.
His sort book, A History of Genetics, remains a must-read, often firsthand, account of development of the field.
www.cshlpress.com/default.tpl?...
His sort book, A History of Genetics, remains a must-read, often firsthand, account of development of the field.
www.cshlpress.com/default.tpl?...
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These weasels have locally adapted their winter coats to varying snow cover thanks to a million-year-old mutation 🌿
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November 19, 2025 at 2:15 PM
These weasels have locally adapted their winter coats to varying snow cover thanks to a million-year-old mutation 🌿
buff.ly/TnOfYWt
buff.ly/TnOfYWt
George Palade was born in Romania #OTD in 1912. An immigrant to the US after WWII, he helped establish Cell Biology as a field (and departments at 3 institutions) and shared 1974 Nobel Prize for his work, including discovery of ribosomes from electron micrographs.
www.nobelprize.org/images/palad...
www.nobelprize.org/images/palad...
November 19, 2025 at 5:23 PM
George Palade was born in Romania #OTD in 1912. An immigrant to the US after WWII, he helped establish Cell Biology as a field (and departments at 3 institutions) and shared 1974 Nobel Prize for his work, including discovery of ribosomes from electron micrographs.
www.nobelprize.org/images/palad...
www.nobelprize.org/images/palad...
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One of the strangest aspects of aging that they don't warn you about is watching as history gets rewritten right in front of your face and people 20 years younger than you confidently tell you about something you lived through and get it completely wrong.
November 17, 2025 at 10:11 PM
One of the strangest aspects of aging that they don't warn you about is watching as history gets rewritten right in front of your face and people 20 years younger than you confidently tell you about something you lived through and get it completely wrong.
Happy 100th birthday to David Hogness (1925-2019), a pioneer of molecular genetics and developmental biology. #OTD
academic.oup.com/genetics/art...
academic.oup.com/genetics/art...
Hogness at one hundred
During his remarkable scientific career, David S. Hogness transformed the molecular analysis of genes, genomes, and animal development. Hogness was born on
academic.oup.com
November 17, 2025 at 6:21 PM
Happy 100th birthday to David Hogness (1925-2019), a pioneer of molecular genetics and developmental biology. #OTD
academic.oup.com/genetics/art...
academic.oup.com/genetics/art...
You Decollated My Life
by Kenny Rumina Rogers
by Kenny Rumina Rogers
November 16, 2025 at 6:51 PM
You Decollated My Life
by Kenny Rumina Rogers
by Kenny Rumina Rogers
November 14, 2025 at 6:43 PM
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Here's a big thank you to everyone at NIH who is trying to get everything regarding grants and reviews re-started!!!
November 13, 2025 at 5:58 PM
Here's a big thank you to everyone at NIH who is trying to get everything regarding grants and reviews re-started!!!
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"Advanced melanoma used to be a death sentence....in the mid-1990s, one in 20 ... with metastatic melanoma survived. Now, it’s one in two. This transformation hinged on [basic science, supported by NIH]."
This is what's being destroyed. Thx to Mr. Braslow for speaking up.
This is what's being destroyed. Thx to Mr. Braslow for speaking up.
Opinion | Cancer Patients Like Me Are Casualties of MAHA’s Hypocrisy
The Trump administration has undermined the once bipartisan war on cancer and declined to approve a promising melanoma therapy.
www.nytimes.com
November 12, 2025 at 10:05 PM
"Advanced melanoma used to be a death sentence....in the mid-1990s, one in 20 ... with metastatic melanoma survived. Now, it’s one in two. This transformation hinged on [basic science, supported by NIH]."
This is what's being destroyed. Thx to Mr. Braslow for speaking up.
This is what's being destroyed. Thx to Mr. Braslow for speaking up.
Watch this 45 minute instructional video to learn how you can save us ten minutes.
November 12, 2025 at 9:27 PM
Watch this 45 minute instructional video to learn how you can save us ten minutes.
Wishing peace to every veteran and active duty service member today.
November 11, 2025 at 9:38 PM
Wishing peace to every veteran and active duty service member today.