Ishan Bhatt
@ifsandabhatt.bsky.social
How does conflict beget cooperation? All about microbes and evolution. He/him- but more a plant with human-readable emotions
It is telling that Carl Sagan is a houdehold name but Margulis is not. Similarly, michio kaku is, but Robin Wall Kimmerer is not.
November 26, 2025 at 12:36 PM
It is telling that Carl Sagan is a houdehold name but Margulis is not. Similarly, michio kaku is, but Robin Wall Kimmerer is not.
I've noticed a poly-S tail creeping into even semi-formal communication in place of level-headed punctuation ft. Yess or thankss. Does that count as reaching true potential?
November 24, 2025 at 11:51 AM
I've noticed a poly-S tail creeping into even semi-formal communication in place of level-headed punctuation ft. Yess or thankss. Does that count as reaching true potential?
It took me a while to get into the rhythm of this. but having a place where you can reliably revisit your thoughts is of SO MUCH value. And it is not something science teaches you. 'Journaling', sure. we need to embrace going Half-Blood Prince in the digital era.
November 17, 2025 at 3:10 PM
It took me a while to get into the rhythm of this. but having a place where you can reliably revisit your thoughts is of SO MUCH value. And it is not something science teaches you. 'Journaling', sure. we need to embrace going Half-Blood Prince in the digital era.
Reposted by Ishan Bhatt
The first is from former PhD student Zhiru Liu @zzzhiru.bsky.social (now in @bengrbm.bsky.social's group @ MSK) examining the long-term patterns of selective constraint – measured by the classical ratio of nonsynonymous to synonymous mutations (dN/dS) – within recombining populations of bacteria.
Dynamics of dN/dS within recombining bacterial populations
The ratio of nonsynonymous to synonymous substitutions (dN/dS) encodes important information about the selection pressures acting on protein-coding genes. In bacterial populations, dN/dS often decline...
www.biorxiv.org
November 16, 2025 at 3:26 PM
The first is from former PhD student Zhiru Liu @zzzhiru.bsky.social (now in @bengrbm.bsky.social's group @ MSK) examining the long-term patterns of selective constraint – measured by the classical ratio of nonsynonymous to synonymous mutations (dN/dS) – within recombining populations of bacteria.