Justin Blumenstiel
@bdelloid.bsky.social
Evolution, Genomics, Genetics, Epigenetics, Transposons, Small RNAs, Meiosis, Politics, Music, Kansas....AND DROSOPHILA!!!
Freaked out ribosome and DNA truther doing my own research.
"We are our own reviewers" - Alejandro Montenegro
Freaked out ribosome and DNA truther doing my own research.
"We are our own reviewers" - Alejandro Montenegro
Wow, what a resource! It's also worthwhile to note that the impact of the demographic "cliff" (aka, gentle slope) will be non-uniformly spread across institutions.
www.aei.org/research-pro...
www.aei.org/research-pro...
November 17, 2025 at 2:36 PM
Wow, what a resource! It's also worthwhile to note that the impact of the demographic "cliff" (aka, gentle slope) will be non-uniformly spread across institutions.
www.aei.org/research-pro...
www.aei.org/research-pro...
I mean, I'll take the -5 now. But GenX, WTF !!
November 13, 2025 at 7:24 PM
I mean, I'll take the -5 now. But GenX, WTF !!
LOL Grokipedia:
October 30, 2025 at 12:29 AM
LOL Grokipedia:
I watched that Hank Green yesterday and I thought it was interesting that Google wasn't part of that infinite money loop. I feel like the whole thing will crash, but Google DeepMind might be the last one standing. And our last memory of Sam Altman will be this:
October 19, 2025 at 10:48 PM
I watched that Hank Green yesterday and I thought it was interesting that Google wasn't part of that infinite money loop. I feel like the whole thing will crash, but Google DeepMind might be the last one standing. And our last memory of Sam Altman will be this:
October 18, 2025 at 7:54 PM
An interesting model of post-transcriptional co-suppression in petunia prior to the discovery of RNAi. From "RNA-Mediated RNA Degradation and Chalcone Synthase A Silencing in Petunia", Metzlaff et al. 1997.
September 12, 2025 at 10:24 PM
An interesting model of post-transcriptional co-suppression in petunia prior to the discovery of RNAi. From "RNA-Mediated RNA Degradation and Chalcone Synthase A Silencing in Petunia", Metzlaff et al. 1997.
Post a non-religious photo you think of as holy.
August 20, 2025 at 10:05 PM
Post a non-religious photo you think of as holy.
Superb and wonderful recollection by Curt Stern of the early days, when cytology and genetics were becoming linked: escholarship.org/content/qt97...
Here is a great quote:
Here is a great quote:
August 20, 2025 at 12:30 AM
Superb and wonderful recollection by Curt Stern of the early days, when cytology and genetics were becoming linked: escholarship.org/content/qt97...
Here is a great quote:
Here is a great quote:
The original circos plot? From the 1947-1948 Carnegie Yearbook, the page prior to McClintock's Mutable Loci in Maize paper.
August 16, 2025 at 4:24 PM
The original circos plot? From the 1947-1948 Carnegie Yearbook, the page prior to McClintock's Mutable Loci in Maize paper.
Translation in alt text.
June 25, 2025 at 9:02 PM
Translation in alt text.
Something I find AI useful for:
I remember a study that showed a species of Drosophila lacking a key piRNA factor was completely fertile. But I can't remember the species. I think the papers was in Plos Genetics. Do you know the study?
I remember a study that showed a species of Drosophila lacking a key piRNA factor was completely fertile. But I can't remember the species. I think the papers was in Plos Genetics. Do you know the study?
June 10, 2025 at 7:00 PM
Something I find AI useful for:
I remember a study that showed a species of Drosophila lacking a key piRNA factor was completely fertile. But I can't remember the species. I think the papers was in Plos Genetics. Do you know the study?
I remember a study that showed a species of Drosophila lacking a key piRNA factor was completely fertile. But I can't remember the species. I think the papers was in Plos Genetics. Do you know the study?
A rare good day for the internet.
June 5, 2025 at 7:32 PM
A rare good day for the internet.
Yes. Indeed there is more.
June 5, 2025 at 7:31 PM
Yes. Indeed there is more.
I'll be at the one in Minneapolis - but this is for my fellow Kansans. Spread the word!
May 24, 2025 at 1:54 PM
I'll be at the one in Minneapolis - but this is for my fellow Kansans. Spread the word!
Well, it looks like we are past the peak for "Of Mice and Men:" usage in titles.
So, there's that.
So, there's that.
May 22, 2025 at 2:04 PM
Well, it looks like we are past the peak for "Of Mice and Men:" usage in titles.
So, there's that.
So, there's that.