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Molly Schumer

@mollyschumer.bsky.social
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Genetics & Evolution, Faculty at Stanford & Freeman Hrabowski Scholar at HHMI. My views do not reflect those of my employer. schumerlab.com

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Ellen Leffler @ellenleffler.bsky.social · 12h
My department at University of Utah is recruiting new faculty, with "Human" and "Genetics" broadly defined. It is a fantastic place to start a lab, with collaboration, creativity and conviviality encouraged. Applications due Oct 16. Please share and apply! utah.peopleadmin.com/postings/208...
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Lars Brudvig @lars-brudvig.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
Join us through the Presidential Postdoctoral Fellowship in EEB! Conduct your own research, mentored by 2+ EEB faculty. $65k salary + research/moving $. All areas of EEB welcome. Apply by 11/1 I co-chair this search and am happy to field questions Spread the word! eeb.msu.edu/initiatives/...
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Postdoctoral Fellowship - Ecology, Evolution, and Behavior
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Sherrilyn Ifill @sifill.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
A great deal happened today. But nothing more important than this. SCOTUS allows Trump Administration to continue sending detained migrants to third countries with which the migrants have no prior connection. Just appalling.
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Jeremy Van Cleve @vancleve.theoretical.bio · 29/09/2026
My group is recruiting a Ph.D student for Fall 2027! We're a friendly group of mathematically-minded and computationally-inspired biologists studying topics including social evolution, host-pathogen interactions, genetics, and demography. See vancleve.theoretical.bio for more info!
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Van Cleve Research Group – theoretical evolution & ecology at the University of Kentucky
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Ellie Armstrong @elliecat.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Please submit an abstract to our sessions if you are interested in giving a talk at PAG! Deadline Oct 9.
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Megan Dennis @mydennis.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
We are recruiting at the assistant professor level ~ Ideal candidates have expertise in genomics and/or biochemistry, applying emerging experimental, computational, AI-driven methods to answer mechanistic questions in human health. Please share! First review 10/30. recruit.ucdavis.edu/JPF07832
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Assistant Professor- Biochemistry and Molecular Medicine
University of California, Davis is hiring. Apply now!
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Pleuni Pennings @pleunipennings.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
I am hiring a postdoc! Are you interested to work on population genetics/ drug resistance/ data? Want to work in Montpellier, France? Fastq files don't scare you? PhD required, start date hopefully Nov 1! (end date Sep 30 2028) Please share! abetterscientist.wordpress.com/2026/09/29/p...
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Postdoc position on drug resistance evolution in Montpellier, France
I have some exciting news (again!). I got money from the region (Occitanie) to hire a postdoc (and later an engineer / technician) to work on drug resistance evolution in malaria (P. faciparum) and…
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Tessa Montague @tessamontague.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
I'm excited to share our new preprint: Generation of a transgenic cephalopod tinyurl.com/pc86jxz8 Cephalopods (cuttlefish, octopus & squid) are crazy critters that dynamically camouflage to their surroundings by changing the color, pattern, & texture of their skin, which they control w their brain.
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Molly Przeworski @mollyprz.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Work by Matin Saeidi and @will-milligan.bsky.social modeling mutator allele dynamics in humans, and asking what types of mutators we should expect to find by surveying offspring in trios.
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Robin Hayward 🌳 🏳️‍⚧️ @canopyrobin.com · 25/09/2026
We're publishing new guidance to support trans people who do fieldwork (any work outside the office)! Now we need your help to get them seen so please share! inclusivefieldwork.leeds.ac.uk/trans/
a cartoon of three fieldworkers. One has a small trans flag. The logos of the university of leeds, research england, and canopy robin are shown, as well as the URL: InclusiveFieldwork (dot) Leeds (dot) AC (dot) UK (slash) trans
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David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Wtaf is this question my university just asked me about my project?
Does the project involve any work that could be interpreted as promoting DEIA, climate change research, or non-compliant to any Presidential Executive Orders?
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BWJones @bwjones.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Science peeps: Looks like SciENcv updated the digital certificate used to sign Biosketch and Current & Pending documents without notification. The old certificate expires Saturday, September 26, 2026. SciENcv docs before that date may fail validation in eRA Commons delaying or blocking submission.
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NPR @npr.org · 24/09/2026
Stories of science funding being cut, labs shutting down and scientists losing jobs have flooded the media under Trump's administration. These six graphics show how those changes have affected U.S. biomedical research. n.pr/4ycseLJ
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Under Trump, NIH funding disruptions have evolved. Here's what the numbers show
Stories of science funding being cut, labs shutting down and scientists losing jobs have flooded the media under Trump's administration. These six graphics show how those changes have affected U.S. biomedical research.
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Cedric Feschotte @cedricfeschotte.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Thrilled to see this published today! Truly special because we made the initial discovery >15 yrs ago! We found two copies of a human gene called BC200 embedded in a human poxvirus. BC200 blurs the line between gene & transposon—both functional & mutagenic! www.science.org/doi/10.1126/... 🧵1/n
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Escape of the BC200 gene to a human poxvirus reveals its persistent transposition in primates
Transposable elements mobilize within and occasionally between genomes, including from host to virus. We identified two insertions of the human BC200 noncoding RNA gene in the poxvirus molluscum conta...
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Kelsie Hunnicutt @kelsiehunnicutt.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
My News & Views is out now in @natecoevo.nature.com ! I cover an excellent study by Hosoki et al. on long-term monitoring of hybrid stickleback populations post-tsunami. 🌊🐟 (1/2) Read it here: rdcu.be/MW75PMTbgP1a
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Jason Shepherd @jasonsynaptic.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
“Direct cell-to-cell transmission of retrotransposons” The line between viruses, retrotransposons, and domesticated retroviruses continues to blur! www.cell.com/cell/fulltex...
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Joshua Weitz @joshuasweitz.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
If you missed it... My long-form thoughts on ongoing efforts by the administration to issue an executive order that would deliver veto power over grants to OMB Director Vought: "An Emperor of All Malice: On White House Efforts to Seize Control of NIH Funding"
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An Emperor of All Malice: On White House Efforts to Seize Control of NIH Funding
Unilateral efforts by the administration to politicize funding decisions jeopardize discovery, health, and the economy… and demand a timely, effective response.
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David L. Stern @gallseeker.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
1/n New paper! In collaboration with Angela Gronenborn's lab, we solved the crystal structures of 2 bicycle proteins. They share some similarity to saposins, but are clearly not saposins. Instead, this stable backbone provides a platform for crazy diversity of form and surface chemistry.
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Mario Vallejo-Marin @nicrodemo.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Application deadline for this is approaching fast. Email me if you are interested in doing a 2-year postdoc in a project to study the reproductive system and population genomics of an European buzz pollinated plant. To be clear: this is to participate as a named postdoc in a grant application.
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Ben Parker @ben-parker.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Excited that our new paper with @henrylabsymbio.bsky.social and Kerry Oliver is out @pnas.org! We show that mobile genetic elements can spread adaptive host-benefiting traits across heritable insect symbionts on eco-evolutionary timescales.🧵 www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
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Phenotypic divergence is driven by mobile genetic elements in a heritable insect symbiont | PNAS
Heritable microbes profoundly influence insect biology, yet the traits they confer often evolve rapidly and differ among closely related symbiont s...
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Moi Expósito-Alonso (MOILAB) @mexpositoalonso.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
📣 We are looking for a PhD student in 2027! Interested in studying rapid evolutionary dynamics of species in changing climates? Apply to the MOI LAB by Nov 19! Flyer below & tinyurl.com/flyerphdmoilab @ucberkeleyofficial.bsky.social @innovativegenomics.bsky.social @hhmi-science.bsky.social
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PhD positions: Rapid evolutionary genomics in plants Moi Exposito-Alonso Lab — www.moilab.science Assistant Professor, Freeman Hrabowski Scholar HHMI · Department of Integrative Biology · Innovative G...
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Nick Jourjine @nickjourjine.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
New preprint! TLDR: We mapped the genetic architecture of neonatal vocalization in deer mice, and found candidate genes expressed in the cerebellum that could be contributing to the evolution of temporal structure in infant cries #Bioacoustics #neuroskyence www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
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The Genetic Architecture of Neonatal Deer Mouse Cries Implicates the Cerebellum in the Temporal Control of an Infant Social Behavior
Vocal communication is a conserved vertebrate social behavior that begins at birth with the cries of infants. These neonatal vocal signals vary across contexts to elicit parental care that matches inf...
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Pam Herd @pamherd.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
The plan requires all NIH awards to be directly approved by Vought. No NIH award could be made without his approval.
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André Marques @amarques.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Out today in Nature: sex without crossovers. Rhynchospora tenuis makes pollen, fertilises and sets seed, yet 0 crossovers in 10,997 pollen nuclei. Chromosome drive and ~87% seed abortion rebuild the mother's genotype, so the offspring are clones. doi.org/10.1038/s415...
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Noah Whiteman @nkwhiteman.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Reminder that the deadline for the tenure track position in my division in MCB is one month away (October 19), as you’ll see it is a wide open search in terms of area within and across fields of genetics, genomics, evolution, and development. Please circulate.
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Jenna Norton @jenna-m-norton.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Despite extreme ongoing censorship of NIH research, Russell Vought reportedly argued with Jay Bhattacharya at the White House yesterday, urging Trump to bring further scrutiny to NIH funded research. wapo.st/3UPK3BP
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Vought pushes for scrutiny of NIH grants in Oval Office clash
A heated debate took place in the Oval Office on Friday, with some Trump officials accusing the National Institutes of Health of funding grants that conflict with the president’s agenda.
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Joshua Weitz @joshuasweitz.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
There are many reasons why advance messaging might be perceived as politically useful especially in light of recent NIH leadership decisions to use (opaque) interagency transfers to send biomedical research $ to DoD.
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Bernard Kim @bernardkim.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Princeton EEB is running a very broad faculty search at the Assistant Professor level. Please consider applying to join us! This is a wonderful, collaborative, cohesive department with diverse interests and amazing colleagues. apply.interfolio.com/193474
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Asher Cutter @asherdcutter.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Come to @romtoronto.bsky.social and EEB in Toronto! ROM is seeking entomologist/arachnologist curator who would also be faculty in EEB at UofT royalontariomuseum.applytojob.com/apply/mdMTpA...
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Curator of Insects & Arachnids - Royal Ontario Museum - Career Page
Apply to Curator of Insects & Arachnids at Royal Ontario Museum in Toronto, ON, Canada.
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Dmitri Petrov @petrovadmitri.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
We are searching for an Assistant Professor in Evolutionary Biology! Looking for colleagues asking fundamental questions relating to evolutionary processes and drivers of evolutionary patterns. If you think it is you, please do apply! And please repost. facultypositions.stanford.edu/jobs/assista...
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Assistant Professor in Evolutionary Biology - Stanford University, California, United States
The Department of Biology at Stanford University seeks applicants for a tenure-track Assistant Professor in Evolutionary Biology. A successful candidate will conduct research that asks fundamental que...
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Jenna Norton @jenna-m-norton.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
The scientific community and the public owe these plaintiffs a debt of gratitude. Thanks as well as @aclu.org, @aclu-norcal.bsky.social @protectdemocracy.org @cspinet.org & @danjacobson40.bsky.social for leading the lawsuit. protectdemocracy.org/work/researc...
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Researchers challenge NIH screening of grants for disfavored viewpoints - Protect Democracy
Today, researchers filed a class action lawsuit challenging the National Institutes of Health’s (NIH) policy of blocking grants in order to censor views it disagrees with, on everything from DEI to ge...
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David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
NSF has reduced the research budget for all atmospheric, ocean, and earth sciences by ~80%. 80%! A lot of us will not be conducting new research or training new students for the foreseeable future.
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Polina Novikova @pnovik.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
I am happy to present our work @liverworks.bsky.social @robinburns.bsky.social @alisondawnscott.bsky.social on centromeric repeat turnovers, of which we counted three in the Arabidopsis genus:
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The Nature of Centromeric Repeat Turnovers in the genus Arabidopsis
Centromeres are critical for accurate segregation of chromosomes and are often composed of megabases of tandemly arranged satellite repeats. Yet, despite their conserved function, the DNA sequence of ...
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Stephen Montgomery @ebablab.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Are you a #NewPI in Ecology & Evolution? Would you like to meet with peers to chat about work, the future and life as a new PI? 🍪☕️ Then I have the form for you! 📋 Help us gauge interest in a new network/event by filling in this short survey: forms.cloud.microsoft/e/K4wUiuLuFn Please RT! 🙏
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Kelly Zamudio @kzutaustin.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
TWO JOBS in our department #IntegrativeBiology at #UTAustin! Evolutionary Biology and Organismal Mechanistic Processes, both very widely defined. Come join us! Application info here: apply.interfolio.com/193270
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Jenna Norton @jenna-m-norton.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Redirecting NSF funding to pet projects of the administration. www.science.org/content/arti...
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NSF memo implementing Trump’s ‘golden age’ of science unsettles researchers
New document emphasizes support for White House priorities over curiosity-driven ideas
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Yun Deng @yundeng.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
I am excited to share that I will be joining the Baker Institute for Animal Health and College of Veterinary Medicine at Cornell University as an Assistant Professor next spring! I am grateful to my mentors and colleagues who have supported me throughout this journey.
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Jenn Coughlan @jenncoughlan.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
I'm absolutely stunned and honored to be the BSA Emerging Leader this year. What a great society, full of amazing science and fantastic humans!!!!! Thank you to my nominators and the awards committee!!!! #Mimuluspropaganda
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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
This is a VERY significant decision, given the impact of the rule change, which was set to upend the student visa process which has been in place for the last half-century. Colleges and universities said the rule would impose millions in costs and cause a big drop in enrollment.
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Haley A Branch @stressedbranch.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
I am so appreciative that I had @jenncoughlan.bsky.social as my postdoctoral mentor. They are truly awesome and this is so well-deserved!
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Ian Sudbery @iansudbery.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
Holy moly, @ensembl.org killed biomart! Hope many R scripts are there out there that depend on biomaRt? How many people have informatics practicals, or undergraduate project instructions that depend on a web interface for bulk selection of data?
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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
A recurrent theme in this excellent story about China’s progress is that people there regard Trump as essential to their success, including his ability to drive scientific talent from the US www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...
In Beijing, a think tank at Renmin University recently published an assessment titled
"Thank Trump," which wryly hailed his efforts to hasten the "twilight of an empire," by undermining America's alliances, civil service, scientific institutions, and democratic credibility. In the past two years, the international approval rating of the U.S. has dropped nearly forty points, according to a worldwide survey by the Alliance of Democracies; in multiple polls, China now rates higher than the U.S.
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Dan Garisto @dangaristo.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Yesterday NSF announced a series of major changes to its grantmaking, best encapsulated by a shift from bottom-up 'investigator-driven inquiry' to more top-down 'NSF-directed opportunities'. These include 4 Frontier Initiatives (previously described as 'Grand Research Challenges'). My reporting:
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NSF moves to overhaul funding approach in line with White House priorities
The major funder of basic science has not said how its new initiatives will be funded — but staff worry streamlined approach will further squeeze cash for core sciences.
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Kory Evans Ph.D @sternarchella.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Really excited to share our latest paper with you! We examine patterns of skull shape evolution in an awesome group of fishes and show that they rapidly innovated following the mass extinction event that wiped out the dinosaurs. urldefense.com/v3/__https:/...
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Selection, constraints, and contingency drive mosaic patterns of evolution during the carangarian adaptive radiation
Adaptive radiations generate remarkable morphological diversity, yet traits often diversify at different rates and modes, producing mosaic patterns of evolution. Modularity, the semiautonomous organization of traits, can shape how selection and ...
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Andres Bendesky @bendeskylab.com · 11/09/2026
We have a tenure-track faculty position in Evolutionary Biology in Columbia's E3B Department. Application deadline is October 15. Come be our colleague. Please RT! apply.interfolio.com/193016
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Molly Schumer @mollyschumer.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
If anyone looking for a postdoc with fantastic genomics/bioinformatics skills + strong intellect + great energy, please let me know! Preferably West Coast or remote/hybrid options & the candidate is open to a short (1 year) or longer term appointment
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Richard Merrill @dickmerrill.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Very excited to see this multi-faceted* study, led by Shane Wright and representing years of work on visual evolution and perception in Heliconius as part of our ERC Starting Grant, released into the world! 🦋*pun very much intended www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
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Graham Coop @gcbias.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
I’m looking to hire an NIH funded postdoc to join our lab here at Davis (please RT). Ongoing areas of interest include: 1) polygenic signals of selection from time series, ARGs, GWAS, etc 2) The interpretation of GWAS, polygenic scores, & sources of confounding
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Yun S. Song @yun-s-song.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
We are thrilled to share that our GPN-Star manuscript is now published and freely available: doi.org/10.1038/s415... (1/n)
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Predicting genome-wide functional constraints with GPN-Star - Nature
GPN-Star, a genomic language model with a phylogeny-aware architecture for whole-genome alignment data, is shown to be a scalable and flexible tool for genetic variant effect prediction across species...
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Jenna Norton @jenna-m-norton.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
NIH to continue discussing only the top 1/3 of applications. This is a disservice to the research community. Fewer applications will get the higher quality of review from discussion. Applicants will get less nuanced feedback from review. grants.nih.gov/grants/guide...
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NOT-OD-26-114: Continuation of Modifications to Peer Review Practices
NIH Funding Opportunities and Notices in the NIH Guide for Grants and Contracts: Continuation of Modifications to Peer Review Practices NOT-OD-26-114. NIH
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