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Mohamed Noor @mafnoor.bsky.social · 26/07/2026

Can recessive traits become more apparent from external forces? See more from a connection to a new #StarTrekSNW episode! youtu.be/wCZo4jqYr-s

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Experience changing recessivity in Star Trek: Strange New Worlds

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Society for the Study of Evolution @sse-evolution.bsky.social · 19/05/2026

Don't miss this year's SSE Presidential Symposium at virtual #Evol2026! Tune in at 9:00 am Eastern (13:00 UTC) on Thursday to hear talks, and then stay for the workshop!

Headshots of Prothama Manna, Mohamed Noor, Ruth Shaw, Joseph Graves, Scott Edwards, Emily Josephs, and Alison Davis Rabosky. Text: SSE Presidential Symposium

Text: Virtual Evolution 2026 Society for the Study of Evolution Presidential Symposium, Navigating Uncertainty: Individual Resilience and Collective Action in Evolutionary Biology, May 21, 2026, Talks and Q&A: 9:00 AM - 10:30 AM EDT, Workshop: 11:00 AM - 12:30 PM EDT.

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Mohamed Noor @mafnoor.bsky.social · 18/03/2026

Looking forward to chatting science and #StarTrek at @eastcarolinauniv.bsky.social next week!

“What can Star Trek or other science fiction teach us about evolution?” Talk on 26 March at 4pm

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PLOS Biology @plosbiology.org · 11/03/2026

In a new study, Sarah Marion &co use genetic mapping and whole genome sequencing in wild #Drosophila to reveal the genetic basis of naturally occurring lethal mutations and introduce a new model that could explain their frequencies in natural populations. 🧪 #genetics

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Transposable elements contribute substantially to naturally occurring genetic lethality in Drosophila melanogaster

Recessive lethal mutations are common and often persist at unexpectedly high frequencies due to diverse mutational causes. This study shows that many lethal alleles in Drosophila melanogaster arise…

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Mohamed Noor @mafnoor.bsky.social · 05/03/2026

I’ll be back on Star Trek: The Cruise in 2027, and hope you join me! Get ready to celebrate a year of #StarTrek celebrations at sea! Book now/ ASAP at StarTrekTheCruise.com #StarTrekCruise

Join me aboard Star Trek the Cruise X! Dr. Mohamed Noor, guest lecturer.

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Thad @tyranicus.net · 24/02/2026

"The Scientific Context of Star Trek TOS" with @mafnoor.bsky.social and @drerinmac.bsky.social

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Michael Wong @miquai.bsky.social · 08/02/2026

My TEDxNewEngland talk is out!!! By identifying commonalities among evolving systems, both living and nonliving, we can develop an expanded concept of evolution that describes the emergence of complex phenomena and reflects the creativity of the cosmos.

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How do non-living things ‘evolve’? | Michael Wong | TEDxNewEngland

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Mohamed Noor @mafnoor.bsky.social · 08/01/2026

Some good reminders here to help avoid faculty burnout: time away, reflection/ goal setting, community, etc. www.chronicle.com/article/feel...

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Advice | Feeling Depleted? A Guide to Faculty Renewal

How to reconnect with purpose to what brought you into this profession.

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Mohamed Noor @mafnoor.bsky.social · 27/11/2025

Happy US Thanksgiving to all! Really grateful for all my friends & connections on this platform!

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The Transporter Room @thetransporterroom.net · 20/11/2025

The ultimate intersection of fiction and fact: Star Trek. We were so honored to interview Dr. Mohamed Noor and dive deep into how the show's focus on discovery and scientific integration pushes our understanding of the universe. @mafnoor.bsky.social 📺 Watch the full interview: youtu.be/P9d936OOFYo

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The Transporter Room @thetransporterroom.net · 10/11/2025

A replicator would be amazing, but I'd never trust a transporter. They're like death traps! I'm concerned replicators might be abused if widely available. Remember why the Kazon wanted one? #StarTrek #SciFiTech @mafnoor.bsky.social

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The Transporter Room @thetransporterroom.net · 08/11/2025

🚨NEW EPISODE ALERT🚨 Welcome aboard! In this exclusive interview, The Transporter Room sits down with Dr. Mohamed Noor, acclaimed evolutionary geneticist and Star Trek science consultant. @mafnoor.bsky.social Be sure to Like, share, and follow 📆 November 9th |1PM PT / 4PM ET 🎞️ youtu.be/P9d936OOFYo

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Nicki Washington, Ph.D. @drnickiw.bsky.social · 02/10/2025

Just in case you need some joy/laughs, the new season of Abbott Elementary starts now on ABC.

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Caiti Smukowski Heil @caitismuheil.bsky.social · 25/09/2025

Excited that we could share some of our recent work on how temperature affects sporulation and recombination rate in Saccharomyces 🎤🌡️🧬🔬 Thanks for having us Mike & @heredityjournal.bsky.social!

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Thad @tyranicus.net · 07/08/2025

"The Enterprise Guys" with Connor Trinneer, Dominic Keating, Anthony Montgomery, and John Billingsley, moderated by @mafnoor.bsky.social #STLV

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Mohamed Noor @mafnoor.bsky.social · 05/08/2025

Come see a new evolution talk at #STLV this Thursday! #StarTrek

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David Mack @davidmack.pro · 26/07/2025

GET AN EARFUL OF THIS: #StarTrek: KHAN — A full-cast audio drama written by Kirsten Beyer & @davidmack.bsky.social, based on a story by Nicholas Meyer. Premiering September 8 from CBS Eye Podcast Productions and Realm. Official Trailer: www.youtube.com/watch?v=D71e...

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Official Trailer | Star Trek: Khan

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Mohamed Noor @mafnoor.bsky.social · 25/07/2025

Fun chat about the science and more in the most recent Star Trek: Strange New Worlds episode! #StarTrekSNW www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Q9b... on the 7th Rule podcast!

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Don't Eat the Olive | Strange New Worlds, ep 303 "Shuttle to Kenfori" w Dr Mohamed Noor | T7R2 #164

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Mohamed Noor @mafnoor.bsky.social · 19/07/2025

Honored to have gotten to contribute a tiny bit to #startreksnw season 3-- GREAT season and hope everyone loves watching it as much as all the folks enjoyed making it! (Red circle added)

Screenshot of end-credits from Star Trek: Strange New Worlds season 3 episode 1 with "Dr. Mohamed Noor" circled in his listing as a "Technical Consultant", alongside Dr. Erin Macdonald.

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Marc Joanisse @drmarcj.bsky.social · 08/07/2025

My university has announced a special international graduate fellowship for PhD students whose acceptance at a US university has been rescinded. Check it out: grad.uwo.ca/finances/wes...

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US-CAN Doctoral Excellence Award

Western University, in vibrant London, Ontario, delivers an academic and student experience second to none.

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LaBella Lab @lablabella.bsky.social · 22/06/2025

Caiti Smukowski Heil @caitismuheil.bsky.social tells us about th domestication of yeast in bread 🍞 Humans have made a profound impact on the genome of S. cerevisiae And commercial baking strains are super weird! #Evol2025 #Evol25

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Evolution Meetings @evolmtg.bsky.social · 16/05/2025

The program for Evolution 2025 is now live! Talk schedules for both the virtual and in-person meetings can be found here: www.xcdsystem.com/evolution/pr... @sse-evolution.bsky.social @systbiol.bsky.social @asn-amnat.bsky.social #Evol2025

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Evolution 2025

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Michael Wong @miquai.bsky.social · 16/05/2025

See you next week, Astro on Tap West LA!

An ad for my “Astrobiology of Star Trek” talk next Thursday, May 22, at 9 pm at Thunderbird (12217 Wilshire Blvd)

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Simon Fisher @profsimonfisher.bsky.social · 02/05/2025

Remember when you first learned about genetics at school? All those fascinating examples of human traits that are each apparently determined by just a single gene? Time to check in on some of your favourites to see how they’re doing. 🧬🧵🧪 1/n

Four images to illustrate some prominent single-gene myths. Top left shows a photograph of a person deftly rolling their tongue into a U-shape. Top right shows a photograph of a person’s ear, highlighting the shape and features of the earlobe and cartilage. Bottom left shows a close-up photograph of a person’s eye, with a vivid blue colouration. Bottom right shows a photograph of a person poised to write with their left hand on the blank white page of a spiral-bound notebook.

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Molly Przeworski @mollyprz.bsky.social · 29/04/2025

Amidst all the terrible and terrifying news, so lovely to hear of @jkpritch.bsky.social's election to the National Academy of Sciences. Congratulations!

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Malissa Longo @malissalongo.bsky.social · 28/04/2025

6pm PST/9pm EST, Dr. @mafnoor.bsky.social joins #The7thRule for this intriguing episode of TNG, "The Masterpiece Society!" Set your clocks/phones to Trek over to the live chat! youtu.be/_hBCIKCqe9s?...

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Justin Blumenstiel @bdelloid.bsky.social · 26/04/2025

The rest of Mendel's alleles characterized! So, out of 7 traits, 3 caused by TE insertions!!! (though apparently there are two different green alleles, one cause by a TE insertion, but another a promoter deletion allele) www.nature.com/articles/s41...

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Genomic and genetic insights into Mendel’s pea genes - Nature

Characterization of the genetic architecture underlying the 7 pairs of contrasting traits studied by Mendel and the over 70 additional agronomic traits in pea (Pisum sativum) reveals their m...

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Mohamed Noor @mafnoor.bsky.social · 20/04/2025

Why do I expect to see Darth Vader’s ship behind this? 😂 #starwars

Drawing on sidewalk that looks vaguely like two tie fighters from Star Wars…

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Tera Levin @teralevin.bsky.social · 28/03/2025

💐 To NIH and NSF program officers, and anyone else trying to keep those institutions alive: Thank you for trying to do an impossible job in an impossible time. I’m sorry for all of us that this is the world we’re living in. 1/n

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David Lowry @davidlowry.bsky.social · 05/03/2025

We have a new paper out today, where, among other things, we find evidence that a locally adaptive chromosomal inversion likely trapped an even older inversion along its path to becoming the supergene it is today. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

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The Evolution of Locally Adaptive Chromosome Inversions in Mimulus guttatus

Chromosomal inversion polymorphisms are ubiquitous across the diversity of diploid organisms and play a significant role in the evolution of adaptations in those species. Inversions are thought to op...

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