Jeffrey M Kidd
@jeffreymkidd.bsky.social
Genome evolution, podcasts, toast, and popcorn
interesting new addition to the story of the spread of lactase persistence www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
Revisiting the Evolution of Lactase Persistence: Insights from South Asian Genomes
Lactase persistence (LP), the ability to digest lactose from milk into adulthood, is a classic example of natural selection in humans. Multiple mutations upstream of the LCT gene are associated with L...
www.biorxiv.org
November 7, 2025 at 2:58 PM
interesting new addition to the story of the spread of lactase persistence www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
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PEQG website live! genetics-gsa.org/peqg-2026/
Homepage - 2026 Population, Evolutionary, and Quantitative Genetics Conference
Visit our website to learn more.
genetics-gsa.org
October 9, 2025 at 4:08 PM
PEQG website live! genetics-gsa.org/peqg-2026/
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I don't think it would be possible to overstate Blake's influence on the DNA revolution in criminal justice and the exonerations that followed. He genuinely changed the world for the better.
Rest in peace.
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/01/s...
Rest in peace.
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/01/s...
Edward T. Blake, 80, Dies; Forensic Expert Sparked Innocence Movement
www.nytimes.com
October 2, 2025 at 11:00 PM
I don't think it would be possible to overstate Blake's influence on the DNA revolution in criminal justice and the exonerations that followed. He genuinely changed the world for the better.
Rest in peace.
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/01/s...
Rest in peace.
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/01/s...
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Schall & @jeffreymkidd.bsky.social characterized structural variation in dogs using a combination of long- and short-read data and genome assemblies. Several SVs have frequency profiles across breeds consistent with selection.
🔗 doi.org/10.1093/gbe/evaf173
#genome #evolution #TEsky
🔗 doi.org/10.1093/gbe/evaf173
#genome #evolution #TEsky
October 2, 2025 at 8:34 AM
Schall & @jeffreymkidd.bsky.social characterized structural variation in dogs using a combination of long- and short-read data and genome assemblies. Several SVs have frequency profiles across breeds consistent with selection.
🔗 doi.org/10.1093/gbe/evaf173
#genome #evolution #TEsky
🔗 doi.org/10.1093/gbe/evaf173
#genome #evolution #TEsky
Seems like the rough times will continue for those of us trying to qualify to apply for a NIGMS R35.
Here is NIGMS.
This reflects Jon Lorsch's push away from R01s and toward MIRA awards (R35s). While there are some advantages to the R35 mechanism, there are downsides to "putting all of your eggs in one basket" as some discovered this year.
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This reflects Jon Lorsch's push away from R01s and toward MIRA awards (R35s). While there are some advantages to the R35 mechanism, there are downsides to "putting all of your eggs in one basket" as some discovered this year.
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October 1, 2025 at 5:28 PM
Seems like the rough times will continue for those of us trying to qualify to apply for a NIGMS R35.
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Here is NIGMS.
This reflects Jon Lorsch's push away from R01s and toward MIRA awards (R35s). While there are some advantages to the R35 mechanism, there are downsides to "putting all of your eggs in one basket" as some discovered this year.
8/n
This reflects Jon Lorsch's push away from R01s and toward MIRA awards (R35s). While there are some advantages to the R35 mechanism, there are downsides to "putting all of your eggs in one basket" as some discovered this year.
8/n
October 1, 2025 at 4:08 PM
Here is NIGMS.
This reflects Jon Lorsch's push away from R01s and toward MIRA awards (R35s). While there are some advantages to the R35 mechanism, there are downsides to "putting all of your eggs in one basket" as some discovered this year.
8/n
This reflects Jon Lorsch's push away from R01s and toward MIRA awards (R35s). While there are some advantages to the R35 mechanism, there are downsides to "putting all of your eggs in one basket" as some discovered this year.
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Like a big family reunion. I'm lucky that our lab is full of kind creative people without big egos, just the best energy
Hearing all the random research updates about advances in nanopore sequencing to whale evolution turned on part of my brain I hadn't used in a while. I miss academia 🥲
Hearing all the random research updates about advances in nanopore sequencing to whale evolution turned on part of my brain I hadn't used in a while. I miss academia 🥲
I'm in Seattle because tomorrow my PhD lab is having its 25th anniversary reunion/symposium
We're each giving a 15 min talk about how Willie influenced our careers, and man the lineup is stacked. Joanna Kelley, Katrina Claw, Nathan Clark...
Honored to be part of the Swanson lab family 💖🧬
We're each giving a 15 min talk about how Willie influenced our careers, and man the lineup is stacked. Joanna Kelley, Katrina Claw, Nathan Clark...
Honored to be part of the Swanson lab family 💖🧬
September 27, 2025 at 5:48 PM
Like a big family reunion. I'm lucky that our lab is full of kind creative people without big egos, just the best energy
Hearing all the random research updates about advances in nanopore sequencing to whale evolution turned on part of my brain I hadn't used in a while. I miss academia 🥲
Hearing all the random research updates about advances in nanopore sequencing to whale evolution turned on part of my brain I hadn't used in a while. I miss academia 🥲
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The Department of Human Genetics at the University of Michigan is looking for a new faculty colleague at the rank of Assistant Professor. Please share!
careers.umich.edu/job_detail/2...
careers.umich.edu/job_detail/2...
Asst Professor | U-M Careers
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September 25, 2025 at 6:26 PM
The Department of Human Genetics at the University of Michigan is looking for a new faculty colleague at the rank of Assistant Professor. Please share!
careers.umich.edu/job_detail/2...
careers.umich.edu/job_detail/2...
LINEs and SINEs contribute a lot of dog genetic variation. We estimate that new insertions occur in ~1/184 and 1/22 births, with most diversity reflecting long-standing genetic variation
. www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
. www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
A phylogenetic estimate of canine retrotransposition rates based on genome assembly comparisons
Background Due to their history of domestication and breed formation, dogs are a powerful system for studying the phenotypic impact of genetic variation. Comparison of canine genome assemblies show th...
www.biorxiv.org
September 16, 2025 at 5:06 PM
LINEs and SINEs contribute a lot of dog genetic variation. We estimate that new insertions occur in ~1/184 and 1/22 births, with most diversity reflecting long-standing genetic variation
. www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
. www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
hope this is useful and saves someone some hassle!
Fine-scale recombination rates inferred using the canFam4 assembly are strongly correlated with previous maps of dog recombination https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.09.11.675639v1
September 15, 2025 at 4:10 PM
hope this is useful and saves someone some hassle!
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Check out our latest work co-led by @dcsoto.bsky.social and @jmuribescr.bsky.social identifying hundreds of human duplicated gene families using the new T2T-CHM13 assembly, with a focus on those potentially contributing to brain evolution 🧪: authors.elsevier.com/a/1lTQtL7PXu...
authors.elsevier.com
July 21, 2025 at 4:26 PM
Check out our latest work co-led by @dcsoto.bsky.social and @jmuribescr.bsky.social identifying hundreds of human duplicated gene families using the new T2T-CHM13 assembly, with a focus on those potentially contributing to brain evolution 🧪: authors.elsevier.com/a/1lTQtL7PXu...
Nice to see Argus Farm Stop in the news. www.nytimes.com/2025/05/17/b...
What if a Grocery Store Was More Like a Farmers’ Market?
www.nytimes.com
May 17, 2025 at 9:37 PM
Nice to see Argus Farm Stop in the news. www.nytimes.com/2025/05/17/b...
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Integrative genotyping and analysis of canine structural variation using long-read and short-read data https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.03.05.641690v1
March 12, 2025 at 5:53 AM
Integrative genotyping and analysis of canine structural variation using long-read and short-read data https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.03.05.641690v1
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A thread on NIH Reorganization and the Scientific Management Review Board (SMRB)
Disclosure: I was involved with the SMRB since its inception and have very strong feelings about how it was used, misused, and abandoned. My passion on these issues will undoubtably show through.
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Disclosure: I was involved with the SMRB since its inception and have very strong feelings about how it was used, misused, and abandoned. My passion on these issues will undoubtably show through.
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November 20, 2024 at 12:39 PM
A thread on NIH Reorganization and the Scientific Management Review Board (SMRB)
Disclosure: I was involved with the SMRB since its inception and have very strong feelings about how it was used, misused, and abandoned. My passion on these issues will undoubtably show through.
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Disclosure: I was involved with the SMRB since its inception and have very strong feelings about how it was used, misused, and abandoned. My passion on these issues will undoubtably show through.
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