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Nikhil Milind

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PhD Candidate in the Pritchard Lab at Stanford University. Interested in statistical and population genetics. nikhilmilind.dev

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Genetics Society of America @genetics-gsa.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
The September issue of #GENETICS features work from @jonj-udd.bsky.social, @jeffspence.github.io, & Co which determines how genes associated with human recessive disorders fit the predictions of the classic theory of mutation–selection balance. 🔗 buff.ly/v8FpWWA
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Kacy Gordon @kacylynn.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
JOB ALERT: UNC Bio is hiring 2 tenure track assistant profs doing molecular, cell, and dev bio. The search is intentionally broad, so please share widely and spread the word! Find more information and apply here: unc.peopleadmin.com/postings/325... Application review begins Nov 1.
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Mark Peifer (He, him) @peiferlabunc.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
For the last 34 years I have been on the faculty of the UNC-Chapel Hill Department of Biology and have never regretted that decision. This year we are hiring TWO new Assistant Professors in the broad area of Molecular, Cell, Developmental Biology 1/n bio.unc.edu
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Anita Devineni @anitadevineni.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
The Emory Biology department is hiring a tenure-track ecologist at any rank. Deadline is Nov 1, link below! As I've said many times before, I couldn't ask for a more supportive department. Our faculty colleagues, dept chair, and admin staff are truly awesome ❤️ apply.interfolio.com/191783
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Maitreya Dunham @maitreya.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Exciting news: @uwgenome.bsky.social will be hiring for two tenure-track faculty positions this year, one open rank and one assistant professor. Both are “Genome Sciences” interpreted broadly so we welcome applicants working in a variety of fields and methods. Ad will be out shortly.
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Yun S. Song @yun-s-song.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Please help spread the word! We are recruiting multiple Postdoctoral Fellows as part of the recently launched Bakar Computational Biomedicine Initiative (BCBI) at UC Berkeley and UCSF. BCBI website: bcbi.berkeley.edu Apply by Nov 1, 2026: berkeley.infoready4.com#freeformComp... (1/n)
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Bakar Computational Biomedicine Initiative | Bakar Computational Biomedicine Initiative
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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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2027_PhD_RapidEvolutionGenomicsEcology-MoiLab_Berkeley-HHMI
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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Roshni Patel @roshnipatel.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
These are of course very old questions with tremendous recent progress; we focus mostly on the recent progress and what it offers for the next era of studying human genetics in biobanks. Excited this preprint is out and we'd of course love to hear any thoughts!
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Jeff Spence @jeffspence.github.io · 14/09/2026
@roshnipatel.bsky.social and I wrote about using biobanks to learn about evolution, and how those findings shape interpretations of association studies. We focused on estimating evolutionary constraint and relating relating selection on variants to selection on traits and include open questions.
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arXiv q-bio.PE Populations and Evolution @qbiope-bot.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Jeffrey P. Spence, Roshni A. Patel: Insights into human evolution from large genetic biobanks arxiv.org/abs/2609.12297 arxiv.org/pdf/2609.12297 arxiv.org/html/2609.12297
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Arbel Harpak @arbelharpak.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
The Stengl-Wyer Postdoctoral Scholars Program is a great launch pad for early independence. Supports 3y of research at UT Austin. Inquiries to faculty sponsors welcome! Apply by 12/7/26 biodiversity.utexas.edu/about-center/endowments-biodiversity/stengl-wyer-endowment/stengl-wyer-scholars-program
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Stengl-Wyer Scholars Program
Stengl-Wyer Postdoctoral Scholars Program in Biodiversity at the University of Texas at Austin
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loic-yengo.bsky.social @loic-yengo.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
I’m currently recruiting an experienced postdoc to join our team in Brisbane for at least two years, working on some cutting-edge problems in statistical genomics and genetic epidemiology. Link: uq.wd3.myworkdayjobs.com/en-GB/uqcare...
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Postdoctoral Research Fellow/Research Fellow in Statistical Genomics
Institute for Molecular Bioscience Full-time fixed-term position for up to 2.5 years Base salary will be in the range $106,293.57 - $113,659.72 + 17% super (Academic Level A) or $119,462.94 - $141,545...
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Molly Przeworski @mollyprz.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Job opportunity at Columbia U., in "any combination of field, experimental, computational, or theoretical approaches to study fundamental questions in evolutionary biology".
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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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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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Faine Greenwood @faineg.com · 11/09/2026
Well this is good news
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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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Jonathan Pritchard @jkpritch.bsky.social · 09/08/2026
Must-know numbers in human genetics -- As many of you know, I'm writing a free online textbook in human genetics. In this blog post I cover a key skill for genome scientists from that book: how to use mental math to figure out key genome properties. jkpritchard.substack.com/p/on-fermi-p...
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On Fermi Problems in Human Genetics
and some very useful numbers about human genomes to get you started!
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Emma Dann @emmamarydann.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
Our work on systematic perturb-seq of primary human T cells is now out in Cell 🎉 www.cell.com/cell/fulltex... It's been a privilege to work with @ronghuizhu.bsky.social between @jkpritch.bsky.social @marsonlab.bsky.social labs, with a dream-team of co-authors ❤️ Highlights in preprint thread👇
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Genome-scale perturb-seq in primary human CD4+ T cells maps context-specific regulators of T cell programs and human immune traits
A dynamic atlas of gene regulation was generated by perturbing every expressed gene across 22 million primary human CD4+ T cells under resting conditions and following re-stimulation. The resulting ma...
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Jonathan Pritchard @jkpritch.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
Genome-scale perturb-seq in human T cells. Our fantastic postdocs @ronghuizhu.bsky.social and @emmamarydann.bsky.social have done great work here to show the power and opportunities of perturb-seq in primary cells. This is part of a wonderful long-term collaboration with @marsonlab.bsky.social
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Michelle Facette @mfacette.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
UMass Amherst Dept of Biology is hiring a TT faculty member in Evolutionary Biology! careers.umass.edu/jobs/assista... We have a diverse and wonderful dept - please consider joining us!
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Assistant Professor - Evolutionary Biology - Amherst, Massachusetts, United States
Title: Assistant Professor - Evolutionary Biology Executive Area: Academic Affairs College/School/MBU: College of Natural Sciences Department: Biology Work Location: Amherst Schedule: Full Time Work A...
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Aaron Quinlan (he/him) @aaronquinlan.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
I am delighted to announce that The Department of Human Genetics at the University of Utah is continuing a multi-year recruiting initiative for multiple tenure-track faculty positions at the rank of Assistant Professor. Please share and consider applying! utah.peopleadmin.com/postings/208...
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Marc Robinson-Rechavi @marcrr.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
Not my vote but great choice 😎 www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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Winner of Invertebrate of the Year 2026 crowned – and it is the size of a grain of rice
The leaf sheep, a neon green solar-powered slug, has inspired at least one Pokémon character and triumphs in global ballot
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Guillaume Holley @guillaumeolesan.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
I am delighted to present with @hannespetur.bsky.social our new study on the Icelandic pangenome reference HPRC-ICE. This work goes all the way from pangenome construction to disease association! (1/7) www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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An Icelandic pangenome reference - Nature
Newly developed methods enable construction of Icelandic haplotypes and mapping of population-scale short reads to a pangenome by reducing reference bias and improving discovery in low-mappability reg...
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Graham Coop @gcbias.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
Excited for @gabrielesgarlata.bsky.social’s new preprint on the Genome-Wide Effect of Drift and Selection over a Single Generation 1/n www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
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The Genome-Wide Effect of Drift and Selection over a Single Generation
The relative importance of genetic drift versus selection to evolutionary change has long been debated. This debate has mainly focused over long-time-scales (e.g. hundreds of thousands of generations)...
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Moi Expósito-Alonso (MOILAB) @mexpositoalonso.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
Congratulations to @dortizba.bsky.social on a new collaborative Tansley Review in @newphyt.bsky.social! Predictive evolutionary genomics: principles, validation, and practice doi.org/10.1111/nph....
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Jonathan Pritchard @jkpritch.bsky.social · 09/08/2026
So, I've started a substack. I'll be writing about biology, but my first posts are about applying statistical methods to one of my hobbies: track fandom. In the first posts I describe the Pareto trade-off between a fast overall speed and finishing speed: jkpritchard.substack.com/p/greatest-1...
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Greatest 1500m races? Fast times vs fast finishes, and the Pareto Frontier.
A statistical analysis of how overall race speed relates to finishing speed.
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Mark Phillips @maphillips.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
Oregon State University's Department of Integrative Biology is currently hiring up to three tenure-track faculty members, with an emphasis on organismal biology. Note: Previous links are no longer active due to a change in our hiring system. oregonstate.wd501.myworkdayjobs.com/OSU_Careers_...
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Assistant Professor
Department: Special Instructions to Applicants: To ensure full consideration, applications must be received by 10/1/26. Applications will continue to be accepted after the full consideration date, unt...
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adelaide tovar @adel-aide.bsky.social · 11/07/2026
Delighted to share that I’ll be sticking around at Michigan to start my lab in the Department of Human Genetics! Starting in May 2027, the Tovar lab will use functional genomics to study transcription factor biology and regulatory network dynamics in complex disease. Stay tuned for more details…
the author pictured outside her lab building before starting her postdoc (top) and now (bottom)
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Tuuli Lappalainen @tuuliel.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
We're recruiting! An open functional genomics postdoc position at @scilifelab-ngi.bsky.social / my lab / Robert Månsson lab. Top notch environment for technology and applications development in lovely Stockholm. Please spread the word or apply if interested: www.kth.se/lediga-jobb/...
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KTH | Postdoc in genomics
KTH jobs is where you search for jobs at www.kth.se.
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Jonathan Pritchard @jkpritch.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
It was a lot of fun working with @nikhilmilind.dev and @jeffspence.github.io on this paper about how gene dosage relates to traits (and resolving a nice paradox along the way). Thanks Craig Smail for a great Preview article!
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Dr. Stepfanie Aguillón 😷 @s-m-aguillon.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
Interested in joining a growing lab in LA? We’re hiring a postdoc!! Please spread the word to folks in your network and feel free to get in touch with any questions recruit.apo.ucla.edu/JPF11142
Colorful advertisement for the position that reads:

We’re seeking a new Postdoctoral Scholar to lead the analysis and publication of whole-genome sequencing datasets from the northern flicker hybrid zone.

This is a two-year appointment based in the Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology at UCLA. Start date is flexible and can begin as early as October 2026.

Basic Qualifications:
• PhD in evolutionary biology, ecology, genomics, or a related field by appointment start date
• Demonstrated ability to work with sequencing datasets
• Strong writing skills with a record of peer-reviewed publications
• Ability to lead independent projects and work collaboratively
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Jeff Spence @jeffspence.github.io · 08/07/2026
Craig Smail wrote up a really nice Preview of @nikhilmilind.dev's paper where we try to explain why large effect variants tend to affect traits in the same direction on average, which we think about in terms of the non-linearity of gene dosage response curves. www.cell.com/cell-genomic...
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Gene dosage differences and non-linear impacts on complex traits
Large differences in gene dosage are usually associated with opposite phenotypic effects but show a bias toward one direction in aggregate genome wide. Milind et al. suggest that this is explained by ...
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John Doench @johndoench.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
New preprint from the group, comparing CRISPRko and CRISPRi via a Perturb-seq readout: www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
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Direct comparison of CRISPR knockout and interference with Perturb-seq
CRISPR knockout (CRISPRko) and CRISPR interference (CRISPRi) are two workhorse technologies for loss-of-function studies, yet direct comparisons between the two are scant relative to their widespread ...
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Gene Shackman @gsociology.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
Here is a request to find an organization, university, etc, to host Epi Info, a free to use data and statistics package, widely used in epidemiology and public health. #statistics #epiinfo #dataanalysis #statisticalsoftware
Here is a request to find an organization, university, etc, to host Epi Info, a free to use data and statistics package, widely used in epidemiology and public health.
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Megan Dennis @mydennis.bsky.social · 26/06/2026
Our previously preprinted study "Influence of cis-regulatory elements on expression divergence in human segmental duplications" is now published in @genomeresearch.bsky.social! Please check it out: genome.cshlp.org/content/earl...
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lynn @chordbug.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
fixed your headline
A hit song on the Billboard 100 charts is termed *$k$-good* if it is _ever_ in a weekly top-$k$, and *$k$-immediate* if it _debuts_ in the top-$k$.


An artist is *$(n,k)$-Olivian* if their $n$ first $k$-good hits are all also $k$-immediate.

*Headline 1.* Olivia Rodrigo is the first $(10,10)$-Olivian woman.
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Jeff Spence @jeffspence.github.io · 22/06/2026
Excited to see @jonj-udd.bsky.social's fantastic work out @genetics-gsa.bsky.social. Selection in _heterozygotes_ is the primary force shaping allele frequencies of loss-of-function mutations in humans, even in genes only associated with purely recessive diseases. 🧪🧬 doi.org/10.1093/gene...
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Allele Frequencies at Recessive Disease Genes are Mainly Determined by Pleiotropic Effects in Heterozygotes
Abstract. The classic theory of mutation-selection balance predicts the equilibrium frequency of genetic variation under negative selection. The model pred
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Nikhil Milind @nikhilmilind.dev · 22/06/2026
Super interesting work by @jonj-udd.bsky.social and @jeffspence.github.io is now out in Genetics!
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Jeff Spence @jeffspence.github.io · 22/06/2026
This paper also continues my streak of having the best experiences at #GENETICS (@genetics-gsa.bsky.social). Timely and incredibly thoughtful and thorough reviews. Thanks to @jnovembre.bsky.social and Nick Barton for handling our paper and the reviewers for helping us make our paper better.
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Dr. Carly Kenkel @drcarl.bsky.social · 16/06/2026
Aspiring Eco-Evo PhD students - check out the Simons Graduate Fellowships! it's a full ride!! 🧪https://www.simonsfoundation.org/grant/simons-graduate-fellowships-in-ecology-and-evolution/
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Simons Graduate Fellowships in Ecology and Evolution
The purpose of these awards is to provide support for students entering U.S.-based Ph.D. programs with a plan to perform research in ecology and evolution. While we will consider all projects in ecolo...
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Torsten Günther @trstngnthr.bsky.social · 16/06/2026
I am recruiting a PhD student (fully funded, 4yrs) to analyze modern 🧬 and ancient 🦴 genomic data from humans and domestic animals 🐑 Please share, I am happy to chat at #ICP2026 or #SMBE2026 this summer www.uu.se/en/about-uu/...
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PhD student position in Population Genomics - Uppsala University
PhD student position in Population Genomics , Department of Organismal Biology, Uppsala University
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European Society of Human Genetics @eshg.bsky.social · 16/06/2026
🏆 Congratulations to Tuuli Lappalainen, ESHG Award Lecturer 2026! In her Award Lecture, Professor Lappalainen will discuss the next steps in interpreting these effects and the tools that will help researchers uncover the molecular mechanisms underlying genetic variation. #Genetics #eshg2026
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Sophie Jean Walton @sophiejwalton.bsky.social · 10/06/2026
Excited to be at #PEQG26! I have a poster tonight on measuring selection on intraspecies variation in large microbial communities (415W), would love to hear what folks think!
A beach in Asilomar California
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Yun Deng @yundeng.bsky.social · 09/06/2026
#PEQG26 folks! I will be presenting my postdoc project with @jkpritch.bsky.social and @jeffspence.github.io about inferring population structure dynamics over time with tensor decomposition on ARG. The talk will be at the James Crow Talk session on Wednesday. Look forward to seeing everyone there!
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Hank Greely @hankgreely.bsky.social · 09/06/2026
@nature.com on Egli's human embryos base editing. www.nature.com/articles/d41... Quotes me on worries about risky efforts. Egli says that would be premature; yes, that's my point. I also agree w/Fyodor Urnov's that preimplantation testing is (almost always) a better solution even if this proves safe
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Precise genome editing of human embryos triggers praise and alarm
The ‘base editing’ technique that researchers used is far from ready for the clinic, but critics worry that it will spur a rush to commercialize the approach.
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Joanna Masel @joannamasel.bsky.social · 03/06/2026
Our new paper doi.org/10.1098/rspb... on long-term genetic threats to small populations finds that "mutational meltdown" (bad mutations fixing) is less of a problem than "mutational drought" (too few good new mutations) @wmawass.bsky.social @uliseshmc.bsky.social @jeremyjberg.bsky.social 1/5
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Extinction vortices are driven more by a shortage of beneficial mutations than by deleterious mutation accumulation
Abstract. Habitat loss contributes to extinction risk in multiple ways. Genetically, small populations can face an ‘extinction vortex’—a positive feedback
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Jonathan Pritchard @jkpritch.bsky.social · 01/06/2026
Combined Optical Pooled Screens and Perturb-seq! Great new work by Romain Lopez & Taka Kudo. This is one of a series of papers from our lab (here, with Aviv Regev) using perturbations to interpret human genetics; a key revelation for me is how transferable the mouse perturbs are to human genetics.
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Romain Lopez @biologicalml.org · 01/06/2026
🚀 We are introducing PerturbPair (with Taka Kudo) — a platform that combines parallel Perturb-seq and optical pooled screening (PerturbView) in primary cells to systematically map at massive scale how genetic perturbations reshape cellular states across modalities. www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
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Jonathan Pritchard @jkpritch.bsky.social · 01/06/2026
Pareto curves in track racing: So, this weekend I was playing around in Claude Code with a database of track times (all Diamond Leagues and global champs from last 12 years). I really like this viz of tactics in the men's 5000m, one of the most tactical events in track.
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