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Vivek Kumar

@vivekdna.bsky.social
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Geneticist, neuroscientist, behaviorist @Jackson Laboratory in Bar Harbor, Maine. www.kumarlab.org

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JAX Genomic Education @jaxeducation.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
💡 Learn to design behavioral workflows, apply ML approaches to behavioral modeling, and connect behavior to neural and experimental manipulations. Register: www.jax.org/education-an... Organized by: @vivekdna.bsky.social @antihebbiann.bsky.social @gordonberman.bsky.social @goldenneuron.bsky.social
Flyer for the Application of Machine Learning for Automated Quantification of Behavior Short Course. See the event webpage for more information at www.jax.org/autobehavior.
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Vivek Kumar @vivekdna.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
Interested in advanced behavior quantification? We have a few spots remaining for the JAX MLBehavior course.
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Vivek Kumar @vivekdna.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
If you are interested in statistical genetics, AI/ML methods for genomics, cellular genetics, cross species translation, come to the CTC. Trainees are especially encourages to attend. Please repost.
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Rat Genome Database @ratgenome.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
Time to register for the 23rd Annual Meeting of the Complex Trait Community! #CTC2026 📅 November 8 – 12 | 📍 Portland, ME Abstracts, travel awards and early bird registration are due August 14: tinyurl.com/bdzfndhh
Time to register for the 23rd Annual Meeting of the Complex Trait Community! The meeting is November 8-12, 2026 in Portland, ME. There is a QR code and the website link is www.jax.org/CTC2026. CTC and Jax logos.
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Abraham Palmer @abepalmer.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
Spread the word: #CTC2026
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John Tuthill @tuthill.bsky.social · 04/05/2026
New preprint: Whole-body 3D kinematics of freely behaving 𝐷𝑟𝑜𝑠𝑜𝑝ℎ𝑖𝑙𝑎 New tech from @blobology.bsky.social & others at @hhmijanelia.bsky.social, which @ispizua.bsky.social and @elliottabe.bsky.social used to gain insight into 3D structure of locomotion & courtship www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
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Karen James @kejames.bsky.social · 20/06/2026
Cool Sankey diagram of the ranked choice voting results of Maine’s Democratic gubernatorial primary. Think how transformative this could be if more states adopted it.
Colorful diagram showing the flow of votes after each round of elimination with the title, “Sankey diagram of the Democratic gubernatorial primary ranked choice tabulation”
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Henrik Singmann @singmann.bsky.social · 16/06/2026
Finally out in Psychological Review (psycnet.apa.org/doi/10.1037/...), our update to Signal Detection Theory. We show that contrary to the prevailing Gaussian assumption, evidence distributions in recognition memory are likely minimum extreme Gumbel!
Figure 7: Illustration of the Gumbel-min Signal Detection Model
Figure consists of three panels.
Bottom-left panel: The Gumbel-min latent-strength distributions associated with SIGNAL (old) and NOISE (new) items. Top-left panel: The log likelihood ratio (log-LR) for the two latent-strength distributions. Right panel: The receiver operating characteristic function produced by the two latent-strength distributions. pH = hit probabilities; pFA = false-alarm probabilities.
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Princess Vimentin PhD | Cancer Biologist @princess-vimentin.bsky.social · 08/06/2026
Today is National Cancer Survivors Day. Some history in cervical cancer. Once upon a time, cervical cancer was the #1 cause of death in women. The pap smear was invented by George Papanicolau in 1941. It is used to identify abnormal cells under a microscope. 🧪
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Portland Press Herald @pressherald.com · 07/06/2026
A guide to 2026 Maine ag fairs
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A guide to 2026 Maine ag fairs
Nothing says rural like an agricultural fair and Maine offers 26 of them, from June to October.
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Reese Richardson @reeserichardson.bsky.social · 05/06/2026
The Thermo Fisher situation keeps getting worse. We've now collected 450+ problematic images presented as verification data in TF's antibody catalog. This includes: 🖌️ Dozens more images with duplications or painting 🖨️ Hundreds of blots that all share the same background (behold slideshow below)
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Vivek Kumar @vivekdna.bsky.social · 05/06/2026
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To understand the manhunt against Platner, dig a little deeper | Douglas Rooks
Controversies aside, Graham Platner's message threatens everything the ruling class has foisted on the rest of us for the past 45 years.
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Summed News @summednews.bsky.social · 03/06/2026
Via Sun Journal (Lewiston): Voters still pick Graham Platner over Collins in wake of sexting scandal, his campaign says An internal memo from the campaign aims to allay concerns from Democrats about possible new disclosures about the 41-year-old political newc… #Maine
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Voters still pick Graham Platner over Collins in wake of sexting scandal, his campaign says
An internal memo from the campaign aims to allay concerns from Democrats about possible new disclosures about the 41-year-old political newcomer.
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#TuckFrump @realtuckfrumper.bsky.social · 03/06/2026
Sanders weighs in on Platner: 'I’m sure he’s not a saint' #TheHill
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Sanders weighs in on Platner: ‘I’m sure he’s not a saint’
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Sahil Kapur @sahilkapur.bsky.social · 02/06/2026
Bernie Sanders on Graham Platner:
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Sahil Kapur @sahilkapur.bsky.social · 02/06/2026
Ruben Gallego on Graham Platner:
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Dr Kathleen Millen @neurodevkathy.bsky.social · 20/05/2026
🚨🧪🧵URGENT INPUT NEEDED: NIH asks input for next strategic plan-including emphasis on non-animal models (NAMs) to replace animals. Per NIH insider, anti-animal responses now outnumber scientists 200-700x. Please please provide input. Deadline: May 26, 11:59 PM ET. grants.nih.gov/news-events/...
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NIH Seeks Input on Framework for Next NIH-Wide Strategic Plan | Grants & Funding
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Sholto David @sholtodavid.bsky.social · 17/05/2026
Surprised to discover that Thermo Fisher appears to show a fake western blot for the validation of one of their p53 antibodies. I've added a diagram to show the very similar bands. This does not appear to be one of the "published figures" but their own internal data.
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American Aging Association @americanaging.bsky.social · 18/05/2026
Every $1B cut to NIH = ~8 fewer approved drugs over a decade. Proposed $18B NIH cuts = risk of 144 fewer treatments reaching patients. The #geroscience pipeline is in the line of fire. www.brookings.edu/articles/the... #NIH #AgingResearch #ResearchFunding
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Abraham Palmer @abepalmer.bsky.social · 15/05/2026
A colleague received bad news from her NIH program officer today: my colleague’s grant got a great score, but NIH still can’t pay it, and my colleague will have to closer her lab. The call ended with the program officer (not my colleague) crying. Awful on so many levels.
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Amelia Eisch 🧪🧠👩‍🔬 🐁 @eisch.bsky.social · 05/05/2026
1/ New preprint! 🧪With @talmo.bsky.social and team, we used deep learning on archival NASA video of mice on the ISS. Turns out mice in microgravity become tiny acrobats: huddling to sleep, doing backflips, even briefly generating their own ~1g. #SpaceBiology #OpenScience #NASA #SLEAP
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Naomi Mittet @naolimit.bsky.social · 14/05/2026
"This is the first study, to our knowledge, that reveals a broad agreement between sleep duration and multi-organ, multi-omics ageing clocks and links these signatures to systemic disease outcomes and mortality risk." www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Sleep chart of biological ageing clocks in middle and late life - Nature
A cross-organ, multi-omics U-shaped relationship between sleep duration and biological ageing clocks highlights the potential of sleep optimization to promote healthy ageing, lower disease risk and ex...
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International Society for Neuroethology @neuroethology.org · 13/03/2026
Fascinating review on leaf-cutting ants 🐜 which are little farmers and optimized their nest architecture to provide optimal climate conditions for their fungus. 🍄 www.annualreviews.org/content/jour...
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Nest Building in Leaf-Cutting Ants: Behavioral Mechanisms and Adaptive Value
Leaf-cutting ants, which comprise more than 50 species distributed from Patagonia to North America, build the largest nests among ants. Workers forage plant fragments to cultivate a symbiotic fungus i...
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International Society for Neuroethology @neuroethology.org · 07/05/2026
In this beautiful paper from the Baier lab, authors show that cichlid fish show innate nest-building behaviors, but they are refined over time as animals learn to improve their nest! Additionally, they find brain activity in a region homologous to the hippocampus. 🐠🧠 www.cell.com/current-biol...
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Cognitive ethology of nest building in a shell-dwelling cichlid
Grätsch et al. examine nest-building behavior in the shell-dwelling cichlid Lamprologus ocellatus. Nest building follows a stereotyped sequence of innate behavioral motifs that improve with experience...
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International Society for Neuroethology @neuroethology.org · 04/05/2026
🐙s are surrounded by mystery 😶‍🌫️ such as their mating behaviors. In this new exciting paper from the Bellono lab, they show that the hectocotylus, their specialized arm, is both a mating and sensory organ. It has chemotactile receptors for progesterone! www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
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A sensory system for mating in octopus
Sensory systems for mate recognition maintain species boundaries and influence diversification. Thus, uncovering how molecules and receptors evolve to mediate this critical function is essential to un...
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Stephen Turner @stephenturner.us · 03/05/2026
Free and open-source images, icons, and tools for creating scientific illustrations doi.org/10.59350/5zt... 🧪
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Free and open-source images, icons, and tools for creating scientific illustrations
Phylopic, NIH Bioart, Bioicons, Scidraw, Open Science Art, Health Icons, Servier Medical Art, Biodiversity Heritage Library, the Noun Project, Segment Anything, Excalidraw, draw.io, Biographics
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Nicola Rennie @nrennie.bsky.social · 29/04/2026
📊 Five #ggplot2 functions I wish I'd known about earlier 📊 I've written a short blog (with examples) of some of the lesser-known {ggplot2} functions and arguments that make it easier to create better charts! Link: nrennie.rbind.io/blog/five-gg... #RStats #DataViz
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Five ggplot2 functions I wish I’d known about earlier – Nicola Rennie
There are a few small tweaks you can make to your ggplot2 code to improve your charts. However, they’re not often mentioned. So here’s a few functions and arguments I wish I’d known about earlier.
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Hank Green @hankgreen.bsky.social · 30/04/2026
Some people say we don’t build beautiful things anymore and, like, lol. Motherfuckers, we built this:
A graph from Our World In Data showing a precipitous drop in child mortality starting in the late 1800s going from an average of 48% to global rate of 27% in 1950 to the 2020 infant mortality rate of 4%, with some countries having a rate as low as 0.3%
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JAX Genomic Education @jaxeducation.bsky.social · 27/04/2026
🧠💡 Early-career #Neuroscience researchers Develop skills to apply modern #MachineLearning methods to quantitative #BehavioralAnalysis at this @jax.org course: www.jax.org/education-an... Organizers: @vivekdna.bsky.social @antihebbiann.bsky.social @gordonberman.bsky.social @goldenneuron.bsky.social
Flyer for the Application of Machine Learning for Automated Quantification of Behavior Short Course. See the event webpage for more information at www.jax.org/autobehavior.
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The Jackson Laboratory @jax.org · 24/04/2026
🧪 🎫 ICYMI: The JAX-NYSCF Conference will be held September 23-24 at The Rockefeller University in New York, NY. Learn more about this milestone event and why you won't want to miss it: go.jax.org/jax-nyscf-conf
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NYSCF Conference
The NYSCF Conference is the premier translational stem cell research conference. Held annually for two decades, it has brought together world-leading experts from various disciplines across biomedicine and biotechnology to present the latest cutting-edg...
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Marena Lin for Congress, CA-32 @marenalinforcongress.com · 07/04/2026
I’m a climate scientist with a doctorate and published research in machine learning. Science built my career. Science built the rocket orbiting the moon right now. In Congress, I will fight to fully fund NASA, restore the NSF and NIH, and protect STEM education.
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Andres Bendesky @bendeskylab.com · 17/04/2026
Many wild populations are fragmenting and declining, leading to inbreeding. We are studying how animals avoid inbreeding and the consequences of inbreeding an in a >20 year study of >20,000 wild mice with whole genomes. We are recruiting a postdoc at Columbia and two PhD students in U Zurich.
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George Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · 20/04/2026
Today I turn 89. I’ve seen this country at its best and its worst, and I know how much community matters. For my birthday, I’m asking you to stand with PFLAG and support the work that’s helped so many in the LGBTQ+ community, including me. give.pflag.org/page/95493/d...
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Natalie Christie Peluso 🧠 @nataliepeluso.com · 20/04/2026
and the same is needed to truly challenge our **humans* too! #neuroskyence www.thetransmitter.org/decision-mak...
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Michael Baym @baym.lol · 16/04/2026
Some day I’ll figure out how to work this into a talk
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Carl T. Bergstrom @carlbergstrom.com · 09/04/2026
Our PhD student Kennedy Orwa, who studies applications of AI to health care, was hastily deported today to Kenya along with his 13-year-old son without opportunity to speak to legal counsel. King 5 reports that he held a valid visa that was rescinded without explanation.
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UW graduate student deported through SEA as protesters demand answers
A union representing University of Washington graduate student workers says Kennedy Orwa’s student visa was rescinded without explanation.
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The Transmitter @thetransmitter.bsky.social · 07/04/2026
Keith Hengen regularly features his colorful illustrations on his lab website and in research presentations. #neuroskyence By @helenak.bsky.social bit.ly/3OesjwG
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Attila Bátorfy @attilabatorfy.bsky.social · 05/04/2026
Ohh, no! :( www.dignitymemorial.com/obituaries/c...
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Skip Bolden 💙🎬🎞️ @skipbolden.bsky.social · 04/04/2026
Time Bandits (1981) Directed by Terry Gilliam.
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Stories of WiN @storiesofwin.bsky.social · 23/03/2026
We apologize for the delay but our next profile is here! Dr. Ann Kennedy (@antihebbiann.bsky.social) combines theory & biological data to study how internal states shape social behavior by reconfiguring neural circuit dynamics. Follow the link to learn more! www.storiesofwin.org/profiles/202...
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Vivek Kumar @vivekdna.bsky.social · 19/03/2026
Paper of the year!
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Society for Neuroscience @sfn.org · 19/03/2026
#SfNHillDay may be wrapping up, but the work doesn't stop here. This week, SfN Members and #NeuroAdvocates met with members of Congress and their staff to champion protecting NIH-funded research and scientists' ability to conduct their vital work, increased funding in FY 2027.
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Jonathan Wosen @jonathanwosen.bsky.social · 19/03/2026
@statnews.com conducted a national survey of NIH-funded researchers and found that, a year after Trump's return, many scientists are reeling, with some closing labs entirely. ‘This is like the Titanic,' one respondent told me. For full details, see our special report www.statnews.com/2026/03/19/n...
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National survey of NIH-funded researchers shows precarious state of U.S. science — ‘This is like the Titanic’
A nationwide STAT survey of NIH-funded researchers reveals that, a year after Donald Trump's return to the White House, many scientists are reeling
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Jonathan Wosen @jonathanwosen.bsky.social · 19/03/2026
Interviews with 30 researchers who responded to our @statnews.com survey on the impacts of federal science policy brought the human toll of changes at NIH into sharp focus. In addition to today's special report, @aniloza.bsky.social & I bring you 3 vignettes. 👇 www.statnews.com/2026/03/19/n...
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Researchers surveyed by STAT detail the scientific and personal toll of grant cuts: ‘This can't be how it ends’
STAT interviews with 30 respondents brought the unmistakably human impacts of federal science policy into sharp focus. Here are three of those stories.
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Jen Rubin @jenrubin.bsky.social · 07/03/2026
My day at #standupforscience in DC was truly inspiring
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Genetics Society of America @genetics-gsa.bsky.social · 03/03/2026
David Botstein, a titan within the scientific community, died last week. GSA mourns his passing and celebrates his legacy. Read more about his significance to our community in this thread ⬇️🧵
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Ann Kennedy @antihebbiann.bsky.social · 19/02/2026
You have until March 3rd to apply for the Cajal summer school on Quantitative Approaches to Behavior and VR at Champalimaud! Come surf and track animals with us 🏄🪰🐟🚶 cajal-training.org/on-site/quan...
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Quantitative Approaches to Behavior and Virtual Reality - CAJAL
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Vivek Kumar @vivekdna.bsky.social · 18/02/2026
New R package for statistical genetics from the Munger Lab.
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bioRxiv Genetics @biorxiv-genetic.bsky.social · 18/02/2026
Simplifying Systems Genetics with QTLretrievR: An R Package for Molecular QTL Identification www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/20…
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Sam Wang @samwang.bsky.social · 15/02/2026
That is highly useful feedback. Looking into it. For now please mail checks to: Sam Wang for Congress P.O. Box 1284 Princeton, NJ 08542 Thank you!
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