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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.
Congratulations on another milestone
November 19, 2025 at 6:30 PM
The Dean of Science, the Nobel laureate, was taking down part numbers for me, the newbie Assistant Professor in waiting.

If this small task and kindness was not beneath him…

I never said no to George.

/5.
November 19, 2025 at 5:46 PM
I asked George if I could buy a new laptop from my startup funds before I moved, so that I could start writing my first grant.
“Yes.”
“Great, who do I talk to?”
“You talk to me.”
“No, I mean who do I give the ordering details to?”
“You give them to me.”
This was a lesson in academic leadership
4/
November 19, 2025 at 5:41 PM
he would say, “You showed me that one last time.”

One personal anecdote:

3/
November 19, 2025 at 5:37 PM
I’m biased because George helped recruit me to UCSD, where he was then Dean for Scientific Affairs in the School of Medicine—but George was a hugely influential and inspiring figure. He always wanted to talk science. And if you ever showed the same image twice,
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November 19, 2025 at 5:29 PM
No, no, no. Make the universe first, THEN preheat the oven.
November 17, 2025 at 10:41 PM
too niche?
November 16, 2025 at 8:17 PM
Starting with f = m*a
November 14, 2025 at 12:51 AM
Shirley is awesome.
November 12, 2025 at 11:49 PM
Reposted by Bruce Hamilton
I got this useful bon mot from a middle school teacher recently.

In response to, “I DONT UNDERSTAND,” he calmly said, “okay what steps have you taken to understand?”

And that’s when I realized that a lot of folks have no steps.
November 10, 2025 at 6:05 PM
Reposted by Bruce Hamilton
this is true, but in some ways this is one of the most hidden areas of review. Some grantsmanship complaints are preferences, but some really affect the ability of reviewers to evaluate the grant. Because commenting on them is discouraged, they can remain mysterious for less connected applicants
November 3, 2025 at 3:31 PM
Thanks
October 28, 2025 at 10:47 PM