Gavin Sherlock
@gsherloc.bsky.social
Geneticist whose lab does experimental evolution, using yeast as a model. Because being a footballer was never going to work out, due to lack of talent.
PI of SGD and CGD
ORCID: 0000-0002-1692-4983
PI of SGD and CGD
ORCID: 0000-0002-1692-4983
Who? I don’t look at the other site.
December 7, 2025 at 1:14 AM
Who? I don’t look at the other site.
You’re assuming there’ll be free and fair elections
December 4, 2025 at 3:42 AM
You’re assuming there’ll be free and fair elections
What on earth is that font?
November 30, 2025 at 7:08 PM
What on earth is that font?
It says free post, but when I go to read it, it says it’s for paid subscribers
November 29, 2025 at 5:20 PM
It says free post, but when I go to read it, it says it’s for paid subscribers
I thought nature journals were so expensive due to the expert editing. Obviously not.
November 27, 2025 at 8:05 PM
I thought nature journals were so expensive due to the expert editing. Obviously not.
Reposted by Gavin Sherlock
Curious about how this story came to be (we never planned to study centromeres!)? Here’s a glimpse behind the scenes of how a naive method to count chromosomes unlocked the rules behind centromere evolution.
P.S. There are cartoons!
👉 tinyurl.com/4rz4ve6u
P.S. There are cartoons!
👉 tinyurl.com/4rz4ve6u
Counting Chromosomes: The Simple Idea That Unlocked the Rules Behind Centromere Evolution
tinyurl.com
November 26, 2025 at 4:27 PM
Curious about how this story came to be (we never planned to study centromeres!)? Here’s a glimpse behind the scenes of how a naive method to count chromosomes unlocked the rules behind centromere evolution.
P.S. There are cartoons!
👉 tinyurl.com/4rz4ve6u
P.S. There are cartoons!
👉 tinyurl.com/4rz4ve6u
Call me a pessimist, but I suspect that the middle third is likely still under consideration for funding so that they can meet their new goal of geographical distribution of funding and funding institutions/investigators whose goals are in line with NIH goals, however they might be defined to be.
November 26, 2025 at 1:21 AM
Call me a pessimist, but I suspect that the middle third is likely still under consideration for funding so that they can meet their new goal of geographical distribution of funding and funding institutions/investigators whose goals are in line with NIH goals, however they might be defined to be.
Opinion | Academia Is Broken. Trump’s University ‘Compact’ Can Help Fix It.
www.nytimes.com
October 10, 2025 at 2:50 PM