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Erin J. Wamsley 🧠📈😴 @wamsleylab.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Yeah, that's a problem www.chronicle.com/article/high... #academicsky #edusky

A line graph demonstrating the nonacademic spending has outpaced academic spending, from 2010 to 2024. The note indicates this is for 146 R1 institutions. Source: NCES, Created with Datawrapper

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Molecular Biology and Evolution @molbioevol.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

Gaut et al. synthesize key lessons and outstanding challenges concerning the action of natural selection on plant genomes, revealing the power and some of the limits of population genomics to infer the dynamics of selection on plant genomes. 🔗 academic.oup.com/mbe/article/... #societyjournal

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Peter Morrell @peterlmorrell.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

QTL mapping academic.oup.com/genetics/art... Whether you are new to QTL mapping or have years of experience, you’re sure to learn something new and interesting from Shizhong Xu’s Primer. Don’t fret over the equations; there is a terrific narrative here about the past and future of QTL mapping!

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Abstract. Most biologically relevant traits are quantitative, controlled by multiple genes, and can be influenced by the environment. The multiple genes, c

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Peter Morrell @peterlmorrell.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

Keyword searches of 267 papers finds introgression, GWAS, selective sweeps, positive selection, and purifying selection are major themes. Studies of other forms of selection, hard and soft sweeps, and the use of ARGs and tree sequences are opportunities! Editor Peter Tiffin did a great job!

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Peter Morrell @peterlmorrell.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

What has population genomics told us about the dynamics of selection and plant adaptation? academic.oup.com/mbe/article/... After a quarter century, what have we learned from plant resequencing studies? Thanks to Brandon Graut, Stephen Wright, and Tianpeng Wang for being great coauthors. 1 of 2

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What has population genomics told us about the dynamics of selection and plant adaptation?

Abstract. Population genomics has transformed our understanding of how natural selection shapes plant genomes. The explosion of whole-genome resequencing d

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Peter Morrell @peterlmorrell.bsky.social · 10/08/2026

I encourage students preparing for written or oral preliminary exams to learn these types of rough numbers, including many of your examples. I’m going to share this list! Another I include is the expected number of crossovers per chromosome or chromosome arm per generation.

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Peter Morrell @peterlmorrell.bsky.social · 21/06/2026

@jonathanfwendel.bsky.social sounds a lot like Ira Flatow (@heyira.bsky.social) on Science Friday, discussing the origins of domesticated cotton. It’s a fun story! tinyurl.com/2aoopmbn

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The origins of cotton are traced to the Caribbean

From exotic flowers to t-shirts

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Peter Morrell @peterlmorrell.bsky.social · 31/05/2026

@gruber.foo - Just an example, but if you used "Stationery" and wrote a styled note, there was no equivalent desktop experience. @notability.bsky.social now has some of this functionality, but many features on the Newton were not available elsewhere. There were wireless cards for Newton, but $$$.

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Peter Morrell @peterlmorrell.bsky.social · 31/05/2026

@gruber.foo - A bigger issue was that lots of Newton concepts had no parallel on Macs or PCs. For example, the Newton had a continuously scrolling notepad that could use various templates. So one page could be handwritten notes, another graph paper, and the next a checklist or form. 2 of n

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Peter Morrell @peterlmorrell.bsky.social · 31/05/2026

@gruber.foo - Really enjoyed The Talk Show episode with John Siracusa; one of the best in a long time. The issue with the Newton wasn't really the lack of connectivity to the Mac. You could sync with a serial cable, and contacts showed up in Claris Organizer or Outlook. 1 or n

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Peter Morrell @peterlmorrell.bsky.social · 26/02/2026

I know they were rotating the building 90˚ and putting in pass-through tracks. But 4 more years? In 2 years, you could disassemble the building stone by stone, number them, and reassemble them in a new location!

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Peter Morrell @peterlmorrell.bsky.social · 26/02/2026

Have they finally finished this station? Perhaps the next time I’m passing through, Deutsche Bahn won’t kick us all of the train kms from the city and later force us to fly back to Paris. They also never refunded my ticket, even after filling out detailed paperwork!

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Peter Morrell @peterlmorrell.bsky.social · 06/02/2026

Wait, that’s what I was going to ask!

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Peter Morrell @peterlmorrell.bsky.social · 01/12/2025

Maybe I spend too much time grading, but it seems like this should be in sentence case or title case, but it can’t be a mix. If you go with this style, shouldn’t “not” be capitalized?

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Peter Morrell @peterlmorrell.bsky.social · 26/11/2025

That looks like a corn, carrot, and iris hybrid

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Peter Morrell @peterlmorrell.bsky.social · 02/11/2025

Great catch! Yeah, delta 8 also exists but I meant delta 9.

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Peter Morrell @peterlmorrell.bsky.social · 02/11/2025

Species: Catha edulis Common Name: Khat Active Compounds: Cathinone Medical or Cultural Use: Remedy for fatigue, depression, appetite suppression, and pain Risks of Use: Grandiose delusions, paranoia, nightmares, hallucinations, and hyperactivity

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Peter Morrell @peterlmorrell.bsky.social · 02/11/2025

I count that as "cultural use." Working with a character limit!

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Peter Morrell @peterlmorrell.bsky.social · 02/11/2025

My doctor said I should be talking about "The Science of Cannabis" outside the class - Species: Cannabis sativa - Common name: marijuana - Active compounds: delta-8 tetrahydrocannabinol - Medical or cultural uses: pain relief, insomnia, antiemetic - Risks of use: reduced mental acuity, dependency

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Sarah Hird, PhD @sarahhird.bsky.social · 21/10/2025

I wrote an opinion piece about parental/family leave at UConn. I’m only ~75% happy with it but … something needed to be said. Many things actually. Loudly. Repeatedly. And with as many voices as possible. “This is UConn: Zero paid family leave for professors” ctmirror.org/2025/10/21/t...

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Opinion: This is UConn: Zero paid family leave for professors

UConn currently lets every pregnant/expecting individual reinvent the wheel, cobbling together a leave plan with whatever resources and departmental grace they can muster.

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Kelly Zamudio @kzutaustin.bsky.social · 21/06/2025

Very happy with this perspective piece just published. Highlighting how anti DEI has the same impacts as good old racism on educational equity.

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Peter Morrell @peterlmorrell.bsky.social · 05/06/2025

This sounds like retaliation. In his defense, it isn’t very flattering photo. He looks both drunk and tired.

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Peter Morrell @peterlmorrell.bsky.social · 05/06/2025

My only one-on-one meeting with a higher ed president was after an investigative piece on room and board expenses published in the student paper. Unflattering because costs were high compared to other institutions. Apparently word had reached the admin that I was working on another story.

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Peter Morrell @peterlmorrell.bsky.social · 05/06/2025

Also missing Asia, but it’s a small continent.

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Peter Morrell @peterlmorrell.bsky.social · 05/06/2025

Around the world? I never realized the planet was a half sphere. You guys don’t know anyone in Australia, South America, or Africa? Don’t people do maize winter nurseries in Chile and New Zealand?

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Jeffrey Ross-Ibarra @jrossibarra.bsky.social · 05/06/2025

My HPC team at UC Davis is hiring! Looking for an experienced sysadmin to help build and maintain clusters (hardware and software). HPC experience great, but if you’re an experienced sysadmin and willing to learn, please apply! careerspub.universityofcalifornia.edu/psc/ucdavis/...

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Peter Morrell @peterlmorrell.bsky.social · 28/05/2025

A cool trick from AI coding companions. Creating temporary intermediate files in a shell script is pretty easy! Saves IO. log " -> Convert a GFF of gene positions to a BED file" intermediate_bed=$(mktemp) awk '$3 == "gene" {print $1"\t"$4-1"\t"$5}' "${GFF}" > "${intermediate_bed}"

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European Research Council (ERC) @erc.europa.eu · 19/05/2025

Are you based in the U.S. 🇺🇸 or Canada 🇨🇦 and thinking of doing research in Europe? ERC grants offer up to €4.5 million to support groundbreaking, investigator-driven frontier research in all fields. Watch the dedicated info session for researchers in your region👉 youtu.be/92QYink1Lik #ChooseEurope

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ERC Grants: EU funding for your bottom-up research proposal (2025)

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Ferric Fang, MD @fangferric.bsky.social · 19/05/2025

“Cutting basic science doesn’t save money.”

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Aaron Sojourner @aaronsojourner.org · 06/05/2025

Very facts. Very statistics. bsky.app/profile/jona...

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bioRxiv Evolutionary Biology @biorxiv-evobio.bsky.social · 16/04/2025

Identification of genetic variation associated with high-temperature tolerance in cowpea www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/202…

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Leonie Moyle @speciationlab.bsky.social · 22/03/2025

foolish & malicious "the food you consume is the result of generations of work by agricultural scientists and plant breeders... This work is only possible because of the availability of...extensive collections of plant genetic resources."

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Peter Morrell @peterlmorrell.bsky.social · 20/03/2025

Your hair is the same color as some of the kernels right behind you. Coincidence?

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Peter Morrell @peterlmorrell.bsky.social · 17/03/2025

Wow, really sad to hear this. She was extremely nice!

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Bobby Kogan @bbkogan.bsky.social · 13/03/2025

New analysis says ~2/3 of unpaid taxes come from the top 10% of households, w/ 28% coming from the top 1%. The GOP CR would cut $20.2 billion of IRS funding for catching rich tax cheats - because the GOP is laser-focused on helping the rich cheat on their taxes. budgetlab.yale.edu/research/rev...

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Peter Morrell @peterlmorrell.bsky.social · 14/03/2025

One aspect of this story caught my attention. The interviewee notes that Target pledged to spend $2B with black businesses and rescinded the pledge after the inauguration! Unless the need for investment in the community no longer exists, Target should keep their pledge. www.npr.org/2025/03/13/n...

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Some congregations are giving up Target for Lent after it rolled back DEI commitments

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly talks with Pastor Jamal Bryant of New Birth Missionary Baptist Church about leading a movement to swear off shopping at Target for Lent.

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Jacquelyn Gill @jacquelyngill.bsky.social · 23/02/2025

Here’s something concrete you can do to defend science: lots of states need coordinators and organizers for the March 7 rally!

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Peter Morrell @peterlmorrell.bsky.social · 22/02/2025

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth is firing women and minorities from prominent roles because he thinks they didn’t earn those positions. Did his race or gender play any part in his appointment? Allegations of alcohol and sexual abuse and poor fiscal management can be disqualifying for most jobs!

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Peter Morrell @peterlmorrell.bsky.social · 19/02/2025

I never worked for Brandon, but he’s been one of the most important mentors in my life and career. I don’t have to go back very far to see his influence. I had a great conversation with him at the beginning of January. I’m still really impressed by all the terrific scientist he has trained!

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