Jonathan Pettitt
@genotripe.bsky.social
Gene Supremo and Worm Wizard
aberdeenwormlab.org
aberdeenwormlab.org
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Good morning to everyone except reviewers who, in the year of our lord 2025, are STILL finding it necessary to ask for qPCR/western blot validation of RNAseq results
a cartoon character asks where 've you been ? the stone age .
Alt: a cartoon character asks where 've you been ? the stone age .
media.tenor.com
November 28, 2025 at 5:22 PM
Good morning to everyone except reviewers who, in the year of our lord 2025, are STILL finding it necessary to ask for qPCR/western blot validation of RNAseq results
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U can have a park for the people or park cars. The town of Tulln in Lower Austria made the choice for the people. They turned a concrete desert into a green paradise at the very heart of the city. We need more of these transformations. For families, seniors, teenagers…..
Park statt Parkplatz, Grünoase statt Asphaltwüste: In Tulln wurden mehr als 150 Parkplätze durch einen grünen Park für Menschen ersetzt. Ist viel schöner, verbessert Mikroklima und Lebensqualität. Nachahmenswert! #Klimakrise #Klimawandelanpassung
November 28, 2025 at 7:16 AM
U can have a park for the people or park cars. The town of Tulln in Lower Austria made the choice for the people. They turned a concrete desert into a green paradise at the very heart of the city. We need more of these transformations. For families, seniors, teenagers…..
This system is monstrous and inhumane - we should be rubber-stamping such applications
November 28, 2025 at 9:04 AM
This system is monstrous and inhumane - we should be rubber-stamping such applications
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The dispersal of domestic cats from North Africa to Europe around 2000 years ago | Science www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
The dispersal of domestic cats from North Africa to Europe around 2000 years ago
The domestic cat (Felis catus) descends from the African wildcat Felis lybica lybica. Its global distribution alongside humans testifies to its successful adaptation to anthropogenic environments. Unc...
www.science.org
November 28, 2025 at 8:46 AM
The dispersal of domestic cats from North Africa to Europe around 2000 years ago | Science www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
C. elegans researchers were early adopters of open science: "The development of common resources and the belief that research findings and mutant strains should be freely shared has propelled worm research to the forefront"
www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
From nematode to Nobel: How community-shared resources fueled the rise of Caenorhabditis elegans as a research organism | PNAS
Experimental organisms such as the nematode Caenorhabditis elegans are fundamental
to biological discovery. The success of C. elegans research has ...
www.pnas.org
November 28, 2025 at 8:00 AM
C. elegans researchers were early adopters of open science: "The development of common resources and the belief that research findings and mutant strains should be freely shared has propelled worm research to the forefront"
www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
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"Postdoc in the job market"
November 16, 2025 at 7:52 PM
"Postdoc in the job market"
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This raises a very real question about how we talk about AI. To call this slop is to downplay the fact that it was published in an esteemed journal. We used to call such things fraud, but this suggests the publisher is innocent. AI has changed the terms of debate. We urgently need new norms.
"Runctitiononal features"? "Medical fymblal"? "1 Tol Line storee"? This gets worse the longer you look at it. But it's got to be good, because it was published in Nature Scientific Reports last week: www.nature.com/articles/s41... h/t @asa.tsbalans.se
November 27, 2025 at 6:59 PM
This raises a very real question about how we talk about AI. To call this slop is to downplay the fact that it was published in an esteemed journal. We used to call such things fraud, but this suggests the publisher is innocent. AI has changed the terms of debate. We urgently need new norms.
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"Runctitiononal features"? "Medical fymblal"? "1 Tol Line storee"? This gets worse the longer you look at it. But it's got to be good, because it was published in Nature Scientific Reports last week: www.nature.com/articles/s41... h/t @asa.tsbalans.se
November 27, 2025 at 9:30 AM
"Runctitiononal features"? "Medical fymblal"? "1 Tol Line storee"? This gets worse the longer you look at it. But it's got to be good, because it was published in Nature Scientific Reports last week: www.nature.com/articles/s41... h/t @asa.tsbalans.se
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Sally Rooney ‘almost certain’ UK ban could force her books off shelves
Normal People author Sally Rooney’s books may have to be withdrawn from sale and none of her new works published in the UK due to “uncertainty” caused by the ban on Palestine Action, the High Court has been told.
Normal People author Sally Rooney’s books may have to be withdrawn from sale and none of her new works published in the UK due to “uncertainty” caused by the ban on Palestine Action, the High Court has been told.
Sally Rooney ‘almost certain’ UK ban could force her books off shelves
Normal People author Sally Rooney’s books may have to be withdrawn from sale and none of her new works published in the UK due to “uncertainty” caused by the ban on Palestine Action, the High Court ha...
www.independent.ie
November 27, 2025 at 3:56 PM
Sally Rooney ‘almost certain’ UK ban could force her books off shelves
Normal People author Sally Rooney’s books may have to be withdrawn from sale and none of her new works published in the UK due to “uncertainty” caused by the ban on Palestine Action, the High Court has been told.
Normal People author Sally Rooney’s books may have to be withdrawn from sale and none of her new works published in the UK due to “uncertainty” caused by the ban on Palestine Action, the High Court has been told.
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Labour Together is a hate group mate.
Page 30.
The bigotry towards people who are transgender is not incidental.
It was and is a central plank of the Labour Party to gain and retain power. This is who our government is and every LGBT person should never forget this.
The bigotry towards people who are transgender is not incidental.
It was and is a central plank of the Labour Party to gain and retain power. This is who our government is and every LGBT person should never forget this.
November 27, 2025 at 2:51 PM
Labour Together is a hate group mate.
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Two studentships available, one with me and Sam Booker and the other with me and Paul Donlin-Asp- do apply!
www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
EASTBIO Subcelllular compartmentalisation of eEF1A paralogous proteins in neurons across the lifespan at University of Edinburgh on FindAPhD.com
PhD Project - EASTBIO Subcelllular compartmentalisation of eEF1A paralogous proteins in neurons across the lifespan at University of Edinburgh, listed on FindAPhD.com
www.findaphd.com
November 27, 2025 at 12:57 PM
Two studentships available, one with me and Sam Booker and the other with me and Paul Donlin-Asp- do apply!
www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
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This is why we need cycling infrastructure. The intensity and range of bad driving has gotten absolutely bananas in the last few years, and the only thing that helps curb it in a meaningful way is to create physical barriers to the fuckery. Still won't stop all of it, but nothing else comes close.
I'm all for road safety but you could have every cyclist in the land wearing a full suit of Christmas lights and drivers fucking around on their phones will still knock them down
November 27, 2025 at 10:55 AM
This is why we need cycling infrastructure. The intensity and range of bad driving has gotten absolutely bananas in the last few years, and the only thing that helps curb it in a meaningful way is to create physical barriers to the fuckery. Still won't stop all of it, but nothing else comes close.
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Functions of RNA m6A methylation at the molecular, genomic and organismal level: go.nature.com/484M6pB
Free to read here: rdcu.be/eR4zx
Free to read here: rdcu.be/eR4zx
November 27, 2025 at 12:58 PM
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It is IMO not possible to operate any kind of meaningful democracy when your national press is a joke and a travesty, but your mileage on that may vary. I think it’s incontestable that it is impossible to govern well and effectively, while being in hock to these pantomime clowns.
November 27, 2025 at 8:46 AM
It is IMO not possible to operate any kind of meaningful democracy when your national press is a joke and a travesty, but your mileage on that may vary. I think it’s incontestable that it is impossible to govern well and effectively, while being in hock to these pantomime clowns.
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discourse posting without getting cancelled
November 26, 2025 at 1:11 AM
discourse posting without getting cancelled
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The remarkable wings of a 0.3mm long Alaptus minimus wasp of the Mymaridae. If you look closely toward the left end of the pair you can see the hamuli (hooks) that link the hindwing to the forewing.
#wasps #entomology
#wasps #entomology
November 26, 2025 at 10:05 AM
The remarkable wings of a 0.3mm long Alaptus minimus wasp of the Mymaridae. If you look closely toward the left end of the pair you can see the hamuli (hooks) that link the hindwing to the forewing.
#wasps #entomology
#wasps #entomology
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“There were some cells in there that were very messed up”
In a technological tour-de-force, researchers have sequenced the whole genomes of more than 100 individual cells from one 74-year-old man
go.nature.com/44yj4MN
In a technological tour-de-force, researchers have sequenced the whole genomes of more than 100 individual cells from one 74-year-old man
go.nature.com/44yj4MN
We are all mosaics: vast genetic diversity found between cells in a single person
Technical advances allow researchers to trace the genetic changes that occur over time.
go.nature.com
November 26, 2025 at 9:28 AM
“There were some cells in there that were very messed up”
In a technological tour-de-force, researchers have sequenced the whole genomes of more than 100 individual cells from one 74-year-old man
go.nature.com/44yj4MN
In a technological tour-de-force, researchers have sequenced the whole genomes of more than 100 individual cells from one 74-year-old man
go.nature.com/44yj4MN
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1/ The latest Femicide Census, a meticulous national record of women killed by men, revealed Knowsley has the highest femicide rate in the United Kingdom.
Perhaps if the government and press started to focus on actual male based violence and not vilifying trans women who aren’t harming women
Perhaps if the government and press started to focus on actual male based violence and not vilifying trans women who aren’t harming women
thefirststep.org.uk
November 26, 2025 at 11:09 AM
1/ The latest Femicide Census, a meticulous national record of women killed by men, revealed Knowsley has the highest femicide rate in the United Kingdom.
Perhaps if the government and press started to focus on actual male based violence and not vilifying trans women who aren’t harming women
Perhaps if the government and press started to focus on actual male based violence and not vilifying trans women who aren’t harming women
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A good summary of many of the lies told by people like Wes Streeting and the rest of the political far right about puberty blockers.
www.thepinknews.com/2025/11/26/p...
www.thepinknews.com/2025/11/26/p...
Six lies transphobes tell about puberty blockers - debunked
Ahead of the NHS PATHWAYs puberty blockers trial, PinkNews debunks six lies commonly told about puberty blockers.
www.thepinknews.com
November 26, 2025 at 11:10 AM
A good summary of many of the lies told by people like Wes Streeting and the rest of the political far right about puberty blockers.
www.thepinknews.com/2025/11/26/p...
www.thepinknews.com/2025/11/26/p...
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Interventions that promote healthy #aging differ in their effectiveness between individuals. This #Celegans study shows that the effect of a pro- #longevity intervention can be strongly influenced by early-life #splicing factor activity & metabolic landscape @plosbiology.org 🧪 plos.io/49AxSOv
November 26, 2025 at 8:53 AM
Interventions that promote healthy #aging differ in their effectiveness between individuals. This #Celegans study shows that the effect of a pro- #longevity intervention can be strongly influenced by early-life #splicing factor activity & metabolic landscape @plosbiology.org 🧪 plos.io/49AxSOv
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My mum’s response when I described the academic publishing system 😂 I mean, she’s not wrong!
November 26, 2025 at 8:56 AM
My mum’s response when I described the academic publishing system 😂 I mean, she’s not wrong!
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"Here, we present a curated dataset of 332 high coverage (≥12-fold) whole genomes, including 198 chimpanzee, 16 bonobo, 77 gorilla and 41 orangutan individuals sequenced on the Illumina platform."
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
A curated dataset of great ape genome diversity - Scientific Data
Scientific Data - A curated dataset of great ape genome diversity
www.nature.com
November 26, 2025 at 8:59 AM
"Here, we present a curated dataset of 332 high coverage (≥12-fold) whole genomes, including 198 chimpanzee, 16 bonobo, 77 gorilla and 41 orangutan individuals sequenced on the Illumina platform."
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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This feels like a "face God and walk backwards into hell" kind of thing where you're convinced it's part of the foundational texts of the Catholic Church and not a comment on a thread about "Home Alone"
The damned in hell are not more powerful for the fact that the fires do not consume them; it is part and parcel of their torment.
November 26, 2025 at 4:40 AM
This feels like a "face God and walk backwards into hell" kind of thing where you're convinced it's part of the foundational texts of the Catholic Church and not a comment on a thread about "Home Alone"