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Matt Mead

@memead.bsky.social
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Bioinformatician interested in how science can make the world a better place, Rian Johnson’s Star Wars trilogy that will probably never get made, and helping my sons grow up to not be jerks.

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Sridhar Ramesh @radishharmers.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
"Bayesian" means "from the Bay Area".
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lauren @lauren.rotatingsandwiches.com · 07/08/2026
I was in one of these recently and it was no big deal. I'm still a closed loop individual of individual sapience. There's definitely no humming of the collective mycelium spirit in the back of my mind. Don't worry about these
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Robert Evans (the Only Robert Evans) @iwriteok.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
I've had the chance to ask several scientists in relevant fields variants of the "would you have gone to Jurassic Park" question and so far no one has ever said "No"
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The Onion @theonion.com · 15/06/2026
Experts Agree Giant, Bioengineered Crabs Pose No Threat
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Jason Stajich @hyphaltip.bsky.social · 26/04/2026
ncbiinsights.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/2026/04/20/s...
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Strengthening Fungal Genomics: Using Average Nucleotide Identity (ANI) to Verify Yeast Species Identity - NCBI Insights
Average Nucleotide Identity (ANI) analysis is a useful tool to verify taxonomic accuracy. It compares submitted genome assemblies against reference data generated from “type material,” the official sp...
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Lotus Lofgren @lotuslofgren.bsky.social · 20/03/2026
Hey #fungal26 our lab is hiring a postdoctoral researcher for an NSF funded project in ectomycorrhizal competition. Come find me for more info! www.lotuslofgren.com/pd2026
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PD ad 2026 — The Lofgren Lab
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Matt Mead @memead.bsky.social · 09/02/2026
Anybody know if #BadBunny needs a Fungal Bioinformatics advisor? #OnWisconsin news.wisc.edu/pop-star-bad...
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Pop star Bad Bunny needed a Puerto Rican history scholar. UW–Madison had just the one.
Bad Bunny collaborated with UW–Madison history professor Jorell Meléndez-Badillo on Puerto Rican narratives that accompany the new album “DeBÍ TiRAR MáS FOToS.”
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Jeffrey Ross-Ibarra @jrossibarra.bsky.social · 06/02/2026
If you know anyone who might have a few dozen North or South American squash genome assemblies lying around I’d love to get in touch for a fun collaboration on American domesticates. We have chile, maize, beans, sunflower, amaranth, cotton, tomato, and maybe even strawberry!
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Jason Stajich @hyphaltip.bsky.social · 13/01/2026
2026 is the 50th anniversary of the Cellular and Molecular Fungal Biology GRC. It will be June 21-26, 2026. Consider attending this is a great meeting if you work in the fungal biology field at genetic / genomic / molecular scale. www.grc.org/cellular-and... 🍄🧬🖥️
Flier for conference with list of name of speakers and discussion leaders, Title for conference "Evolutionary Perspectives of Metabolic,
Cellular and Genomic Diversity in Fungi", 50th Anniversary Conference
Chairs: Bridget Barker & Elaine Bignell. held June 20-21 GRS, June 21-26, GRC. URL https://www.grc.org/cellular-and-molecular-fungal-biology-conference/2026/ and list of speakers names.
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Michael Baym @baym.lol · 13/12/2025
Do I by any chance know someone in the Boston area who winter commutes on a gravel bike that could use new 700x42c studless winter tires?
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Genetics Society of America @genetics-gsa.bsky.social · 03/12/2025
🚨Last chance! Submit an abstract to #Fungal26 by tomorrow, December 4: buff.ly/1AMwJhf They can cover an array of topics including #ComparativeGenomics #FunctionalGenomics #Pathogenic #GeneRegulation #CellBiology #Biochemistry #Metabolism #FungalEcology #Evo #DevelopmentalBio #PopGen and more.
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Matt Mead @memead.bsky.social · 19/11/2025
"Museomics"! Love this approach to increasing fungal genome sequencing and identification. K-mer methods will hopefully provide more accurate info than one or a handful of markers but will still be robust to fragmented and/or incomplete genomes!
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Matt Mead @memead.bsky.social · 30/10/2025
I built a small app (GenomeCheck ✅ - github.com/meadm/Genome...) for assessing genome assemblies and catching mislabeled data. It can be run on Streamlit Community Cloud (genomecheck.streamlit.app), Docker (meadm/genomecheck:latest), or locally via the GitHub repo. Let me know what you think!
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GitHub - meadm/GenomeCheck: Streamlit app within a docker container for carrying out genome QC and comparisons
Streamlit app within a docker container for carrying out genome QC and comparisons - meadm/GenomeCheck
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Alex Crits-Christoph @acritschristoph.bsky.social · 06/09/2025
The new -outfmt 20 in BLAST 😍. No more frustrated googling to remember which column is which.....
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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 27/08/2025
some of you need to make like travis kelce and engage with a tailor swiftly
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Joshua J. Friedman @joshuajfriedman.com · 26/08/2025
~~ Frontiers of cloning ~~
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Genetics Society of America @genetics-gsa.bsky.social · 11/08/2025
🍄Mark your calendars for March 17-22, 2026 for #Fungal26! Registration will open October 25, 2025. We can’t wait to see you at Asilomar in absolutely beautiful Pacific Grove, California. Start planning today! 🔗Stay updated on all the important information at buff.ly/BjAlE2j.
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Matt Mead @memead.bsky.social · 24/07/2025
What sorts of #bioinformatic tasks, tools, or processes do you wish were more user friendly or accessible to non-bioinformaticians? I'm looking to potentially build some tools (especially for the #fungal community) that can help biologists get the most out of their data and speed up their science!
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Will Ratcliff @wcratcliff.bsky.social · 24/06/2025
1/27 We have a new paper out! Turns out that snowflake yeast have been hiding a secret from us - they've evolved a (very!) crude circulatory system. Not with blood vessels or a heart, but through spontaneous fluid flows powered by their metabolism. 🧪🔬 www.science.org/doi/full/10....
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LaBella Lab @lablabella.bsky.social · 22/06/2025
Big day for the lab at #Evol2025 Curious about machine learning? Want to learn more about not so silent codon changes? Love yeast? We've got talks and posters for you!
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Megan Phillips @meganphillips.bsky.social · 18/06/2025
I’m excited to present my work on mobile genetic element evolution at #Evol2025 on Tuesday, June 24! Come by the Bioinformatics & Molecular Evolution session at 9:45am for my talk, “The little plasmid that could: evolution of a small antimicrobial resistance element” (room Athena F)
Title slide for June 24, 2025 talk "The little plasmid that could: evolution of a small antimicrobial resistance element," in the Bioinformatics & Molecular Evolution Session. Orange slide background with white circular outline around talk information. Presenting/1st author is Megan Phillips (at Emory University), other authors are Robert Petit, Daniel Weissman, & Timothy Read.
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Jason Stajich @hyphaltip.bsky.social · 19/06/2025
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Hyperdiverse, bioactive, and interaction-specific metabolites produced only in co-culture suggest diverse competitors may fuel secondary metabolism of xylarialean fungi | mSystems
Saprotrophic and endophytic xylarialean fungi are among the most prolific producers of bioactive secondary metabolites, with numerous industrial uses as antibiotics, pharmaceuticals, and insecticidal toxins. Fungal secondary metabolites are typically ...
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SoupSzn-Train @mackletrain.bsky.social · 16/06/2025
Hang onto your socks, I'm about to tell you the best dad joke you ever done heard. Did you know that Norway puts barcodes on all of their ships? It's so that when the ships return to port, they can Scandinavian
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Matt Mead @memead.bsky.social · 11/06/2025
One of the best. #RIP www.youtube.com/watch?v=M0lj...
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God Only Knows (Remastered 1996)
YouTube video by The Beach Boys - Topic
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Annie Hatmaker, Ph.D. @annemakerofhats.bsky.social · 05/06/2025
Nice reporting from CBS on how F. graminearum is already in the USA, an overview of head blight, and the impact of the mycotoxins the fungus produces. Features a familiar name for many in the Fusarium world—retired USDA plant pathologist Corby Kistler! www.cbsnews.com/news/fungus-...
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Fungus in "agroterrorism" arrest already widely prevalent in U.S., researcher says
Two Chinese researchers were charged with trying to smuggle strains of a fungus called Fusarium graminearum into the U.S.
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LaBella Lab @lablabella.bsky.social · 04/06/2025
We are looking for a Postdoc in the LaBella Lab! Do you love fungi 🍄, genetics 🧬and bioinformatics 💻 - then this might be a good fit for you! jobs.charlotte.edu/postings/63307 Applications accepted through July 1
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Michael Baym @baym.lol · 14/05/2025
Yesterday, the NIH R35 “Outstanding Investigator” grant to fund scientists in my lab studying antibiotic resistance was terminated for reasons not related to the content of the science, or any actions taken by me or members of my lab
A screenshot of the termination notice showing "Outstanding Investigator Grants"A screenshot of the termination notice with "This award is terminated effective the date of this award, due to unsafe antisemitic actions that suggest the institution lacks concern for the safety and wellbeing of Jewish students." highlighted
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Marie-Claire Harrison @marie-clairehar.bsky.social · 12/05/2025
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1... new preprint on predicting antifungal drug resistance in yeasts is out!
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Cultivarium @cultivarium.bsky.social · 24/04/2025
We're gearing up to tackle new kingdoms of life, thanks to generous support from @wellcometrust.bsky.social. Get in touch! Read more on our blog: cultivarium.substack.com/p/fungi-and-...
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Ousmane H. Cisse @ousmanecis.bsky.social · 23/04/2025
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Single-Cell RNA Sequencing Defines Developmental Progression and Reproductive Transitions of Pneumocystis carinii
Pneumocystis species are host-obligate fungal pathogens that cause severe pneumonia in immunocompromised individuals. Despite their clinical importance, their life cycle remains poorly understood, in ...
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Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 18/04/2025
Quicksand swallowed a man at a Michigan beach, then he found love
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Quicksand swallows man at Michigan beach near harbor dredging
Romance blossoms after Leland beach date takes a dramatic turn.
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Needhi Bhalla 💅🏽 @needhibhalla.bsky.social · 15/04/2025
As a recipient of federal grants from #NIH (for now! 😭) that funds research in my lab, I'd like to sincerely thank American taxpayers on #TaxDay for investing in scientific research that lays the foundation for medical and technological innovation in this country and keeps us all safe and healthy
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lauren @lauren.rotatingsandwiches.com · 13/04/2025
evolution really went off with brassica oleracea
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chasingmicrobes @chasingmicrobes.bsky.social · 08/04/2025
They didn't even make the wolf glow 😞
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Maureen Barr @barrlab.bsky.social · 02/04/2025
I am a Biology Section leader for @aaas.org. I have one-year, complimentary student memberships to AAAS for undergrads, grads, and postdocs. If interested, please DM me. AAAS has 100,000+ members and is a major advocacy group for science, which is critical now. AAAS publishes the journal Science.
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a woman in a red dress holds a microphone and says you get one and you get one we all get one
Alt: a woman (Oprah Winfrey) in a red dress holds a microphone and says you get one and you get one we all get one
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Dave Weigel @daveweigel.bsky.social · 26/03/2025
Also take note of their masks - as the administration demands that Columbia et al ban masks on campus, so they can identify protesters more easily.
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Chris Hayes @chrislhayes.bsky.social · 26/03/2025
Unidentified men grabbing someone off the street and putting her in a car because she wrote an op-Ed. This as flatly authoritarian as anything we’ve seen in this country in a very long time.
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Quirky Research @quirkyresearch.bsky.social · 24/03/2025
The 1936 Packers media guide listed players' offeseason jobs. Wayland Becker's occupation is given as "Cheese".
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ML Brennan @brennanml.bsky.social · 21/03/2025
Okay, this is my newest very very favorite meme.
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Mike Feigin 🥯 @mikefeigin.bsky.social · 11/03/2025
Just let me try and cure cancer for fucks sake.
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Emile Gluck-Thaler @mycomile.bsky.social · 11/03/2025
Its #fungus time! Come join us in Madison this summer for #MSAfungi25 🧪🍄🔬 Abstracts due March 17
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Evolutionary Studies at Vanderbilt @evolutionvu.bsky.social · 05/03/2025
🎭 John de Lancie Returns to Vanderbilt! 🎭 Join us tomorrow night at 7:00 PM in Sarratt Cinema for a special reading of The Dover Panda Trial, presented by de Lancie. He'll brings to life the pivotal Kitzmiller v. Dover trial. #Evolution #Scopes100 #VU150
A promotional image featuring actor John de Lancie, who is wearing a black jacket and looking directly at the viewer. Above him, text reads: "John de Lancie Presents: The Dover Panda Trial Play Reading." The bottom left corner contains the Vanderbilt Dialogue Vanderbilt and Scopes Centennial logos, and the bottom right corner features the Evolutionary Studies Initiative logo.A photograph of Sarratt Cinema’s interior, showing rows of empty seats facing a large movie screen. Overlaid text reads: "Thursday, March 6, Sarratt Cinema, 7:00pm." The Vanderbilt Dialogue Vanderbilt and Scopes Centennial logos are in the bottom left, and the Evolutionary Studies Initiative logo is in the bottom right.A black-and-white newspaper advertisement for The Great Tennessee Monkey Trial by LA Theatre Works. The play, based on the Scopes Trial transcripts, starred Edward Asner, John de Lancie, and Alley Mills. The ad includes images of the three actors and mentions additional events, such as an actors’ talkback and a discussion titled The Scopes Trial: A Continuing Controversy held at Vanderbilt in 2005.
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Andy Pekosz @andrewpekosz.bsky.social · 02/03/2025
A massive loss to the virology community. Ann was an amazing scientist and mentor, whose service to UW and the virology community in general will be sorely missed. www.cressfuneralservice.com/obituaries/a...
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Ann Carol Palmenberg, Ph.D Obituary February 20, 2025 - Cress Funeral and Cremation Services
View Ann Carol Palmenberg, Ph.D's obituary, find service dates, and sign the guestbook.
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Keith Robison @omicsomics.bsky.social · 21/02/2025
New @voltalabsinc press release has video featuring my rockstar colleague Aimable Hamimana www.prnewswire.com/news-release...
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Ginkgo Bioworks integrates Callisto for difficult-to-automate NGS processes in their high-throughput lab
/PRNewswire/ -- Volta Labs, a leading genomics applications company, and Ginkgo Bioworks, (NYSE: DNA), which is building a leading platform for cell...
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eve6 @eve6.bsky.social · 20/02/2025
The good news is i saved you 60 billion dollars. The bad news is that is a typo i saved you 600 dollars and also your plane is falling out of the sky
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Ginkgo Bioworks @ginkgobioworks.bsky.social · 20/02/2025
Today, we're thrilled to announce RANGER: RApid Next Generation Sequencing for Effective Medical Response, a consortium project supported by the European Health and Digital Executive Agency. biosecurity.ginkgo.bio/resources/bl...
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We're Partnering with HaDEA in an Up-to-€24 Million Consortium Project to Deliver Next-Generation ‘Agnostic Diagnostics’ for Respiratory Viruses at the Point of Care | Ginkgo Biosecurity
Headquartered in Boston, Ginkgo Bioworks uses the most advanced technology on the planet—biology—to grow better products. Our cell programming platform enables the growth of biotechnology across diver...
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Nicole Symmonds, PhD @spicyethicsprof.bsky.social · 13/02/2025
Howard University is now a R1 university, the first HBCU with a research one designation. H-U definitely knows!
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Howard University Receives “Research One” Carnegie Classification Indicating Highest Level of Research Production
The American Council of Education (ACE) today announced that Howard University has been conferred a Research One (R1) Carnegie Classification, indicating “very high research spending and doctorate pro...
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🧬Jacob L Steenwyk @jlsteenwyk.bsky.social · 17/12/2024
NEW preprint!🥳 Orthogroups are a prerequisite for comparative genomics and Tree of Life inquiries Introducing #OrthoHMM, software that improves the inference of orthogroups (blue in fig) OrthoHMM may refine our understanding of genome evolution and the Tree of Life 🔗 tinyurl.com/4s9mwxz6 🧵 1/8
Logo of OrthoHMM, a novel software for HMM-based inference of orthologous groups of genesBenchmarking analysis of OrthoHMM and previously published algorithms. OrthoHMM has better precision, recall, and FMI scores. Benchmarking was conducted against the Orthobench dataset of expertly curated orthogroups
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