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Bill Cresko

@wcresko.bsky.social
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Lorry Lokey Chair & Professor of Bioengineering, Knight Campus, University of Oregon. evolution | ecology | genetics | genomics | evodevo | systems biology | epigenetics | host-microbe. Educational empowerment & increasing opportunities for all in science.

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Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences @pnas.org · 18/09/2026
How local is local adaptation? Researchers transplanted more than 700 lab-raised stickleback fish among lake and stream environments, finding that adaptation to specific sites can outweigh adaptation to broader habitat differences. In PNAS: ow.ly/yTOk50ZP97o
Two threespine stickleback fish. Image credit: Marius Roesti.
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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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Zebrafish Rock! @zebrafishrock.bsky.social · 25/07/2026
"The importance of a model is choosing one that allows you to address the question that you’re setting out to address." Sage advice from Prof. Judith Eisen (University of Oregon), Pioneer of Zebrafish Research & 2024 George Streisinger Award Winner. #ZebrafishFunFacts 🧪
Image of Professor Judith Eisen.
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M. Brent Hawkins @homeobox.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
I am excited to open my lab at @ibioillinois.bsky.social in Spring 2027! We will use zebrafish & other fishy friends to reveal the genetic basis of large scale changes in the vertebrate body plan, and how this impacts both human health and evolution. Join me at UIUC! 🧬🧫🔬 www.hawkinslaboratory.com
A confocal image of a zebrafish embryo featured on the webpage for the Hawkins Lab at UIUC
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SICB journals @sicbjournals.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
Sometimes there is no better way to get to know an author except by their musical tastes. ICB co author, Tara Cronin, has the perfect playlist for lab work and even the drive home. integrativeandcomparativebiology.wordpress.com/2026/07/24/a... & read doi.org/10.1093/icb/... #science #music
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Royal Society Publishing @royalsocietypublishing.org · 24/07/2026
New issue of #PhilTransB: Ecological #epigenetics at the intersection of behaviour and life history variation in non-model animals. Read #OA: buff.ly/6v4pqCo
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#SingleCell preprints @prepub-singlecell.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
Lineage-specific change in craniofacial genetic networks of syngnathid fishes revealed by integrating multiomics across fishes #SingleCell 🧪🧬🖥️ www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/20…
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Bill Cresko @wcresko.bsky.social · 04/06/2026
www.cell.com/cell/fulltex...
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Plasma signals of lung tumor promotion for molecular cancer prevention
A 14-protein plasma signature identifies individuals benefiting from anti-IL-1β-based lung cancer risk reduction and demonstrates how diverse tumor-promoting factors converge on the induction of an al...
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Derek Lowe @dereklowe.bsky.social · 28/05/2026
An unapologetically angry post about what’s being done to US science:
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The Current Crisis: What's Happening to Science in America
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Bill Cresko @wcresko.bsky.social · 29/05/2026
I have a set of inspirational sayings to guide my days. I have another.
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Bill Cresko @wcresko.bsky.social · 08/05/2026
One of my favorite days of the year- Undergraduate Research Symposium at @uoregon.bsky.social - Thousands of bright future (and current) problem solvers.
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Bill Cresko @wcresko.bsky.social · 04/05/2026
Watching a great talk by @marakat.bsky.social
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mara lawniczak (@marakat.bsky.social)
senior group leader @sangerinstitute. evolutionary geneticist malaria & biodiversity. lifetime member of darwin's posse. obsessive tidepooler. hearts cephalopods. our lab leads the Malaria Cell Atlas...
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Bill Cresko @wcresko.bsky.social · 25/04/2026
If you’re considering an EV here’s our testimonial. We just paid off the 5 year loan and I decided to calculate the amount in repairs and maintenance during that time. A whopping $0. We did replace the front tires, but that makes sense given that it’s about 50k miles now.
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Matthew Hahn @3rdreviewer.bsky.social · 10/04/2026
Whoa—machine learning strikes again (in a good way) www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
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Coalescence and translation: A language model for population genetics | PNAS
Probabilistic models such as the sequentially Markovian coalescent have long provided a powerful framework for population genetic inference, enabli...
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Bill Cresko @wcresko.bsky.social · 10/04/2026
Duck
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Bill Cresko @wcresko.bsky.social · 23/03/2026
A little R&R at a great treehouse (truly a treehouse) in White Salmon for a couple of days. Coffee and a beautiful view of Mt. Adams this morning.
A picture of Mt Adams
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Bill Cresko @wcresko.bsky.social · 19/03/2026
In 2012 I received a $50k grant from the Murdock Foundation to build our computer cluster Genome that @jcatchen.bsky.social helped me build. After years of faithful service, dozens of papers and countless trainees using it we flipped the main power off to it for the last time.
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Bill Cresko @wcresko.bsky.social · 19/03/2026
Visit to OSU for a grad student defense and ran into a familiar face in the stairwell of Nash Hall!
Stickleback painting.
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Bill Cresko @wcresko.bsky.social · 16/03/2026
Spaceflight Started 100 Years Ago in a Massachusetts Cabbage Patch www.nytimes.com/2026/03/16/s...
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Spaceflight Started 100 Years Ago in a Massachusetts Cabbage Patch
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Stephen Turner @stephenturner.us · 06/03/2026
snputils (snputils.org): A High-Performance Python Library for Genetic Variation and Population Structure www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6... 🧬💻🧪 github.com/AI-sandbox/s...
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Bill Cresko @wcresko.bsky.social · 07/03/2026
Oregon Battle of the Books (OBOB). Hundreds of kids ready to match their reading chops. So cool.
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Bill Cresko @wcresko.bsky.social · 06/03/2026
Nice talk in the IE2 seminar series at UO about carbon in soils by @katerinageorgiou.bsky.social from Oregon State.
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Society for the Study of Evolution @sse-evolution.bsky.social · 24/02/2026
SSE is pleased to offer free virtual #Evol2026 registration to all SSE members residing in 152 countries and territories around the world including India, Brazil, Mexico, and Colombia. Request your free registration code today! www.evolutionsociety.org/index.php?mo...
Evolution 2026 meeting logo. Clilp art of a globe and laptop showing a virtual presentation. Text: Society for the Study of Evolution Global Meeting Participation.
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Molecular Ecology @molecology.bsky.social · 05/03/2026
Nominations are open to the annual 𝗠𝗼𝗹𝗲𝗰𝘂𝗹𝗮𝗿 𝗘𝗰𝗼𝗹𝗼𝗴𝘆 𝗣𝗿𝗶𝘇𝗲! The award recognizes the work of outstanding scientists for their contribution to the field of molecular ecology. Nominations are due on 𝟮𝟰 𝗔𝗽𝗿𝗶𝗹 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟲. Read more: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/page/journal...
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Harmit Singh Malik @harmitmalik.bsky.social · 03/03/2026
My awesome colleague, @yarimura.bsky.social, is recruiting a postdoc to start at the end of 2026 or early 2027! His lab uses cryo-EM to uncover structural basis of key chromatin events using native complexes isolated from human cells or Xenopus egg extracts! careers-fhcrc.icims.com/jobs/30706/p...
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Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center
Fred Hutch is dedicated to the elimination of cancer and related diseases as causes of human suffering and death.
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Gavin Sherlock @gsherloc.bsky.social · 28/02/2026
I was sad to learn that my postdoctoral mentor, David Botstein, died yesterday. I started with David as a postdoc in 1998, and he had a profound effect on both my life and scientific career. He was a giant in the field of genetics, making seminal contributions in both yeast and human genetics. 1/
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Bill Cresko @wcresko.bsky.social · 28/02/2026
We are all Claude.
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Bill Cresko @wcresko.bsky.social · 09/02/2026
Shakshuka.
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Bill Cresko @wcresko.bsky.social · 25/01/2026
Several thousand patriots speaking up and protesting peacefully in downtown Eugene.
An image of a large protest in Eugene.
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Loïc A. Royer 💻🔬🧪 @loicaroyer.bsky.social · 23/01/2026
📡🧵 Excited to release an updated version of our preprint: Zebrahub-Multiome: Uncovering Gene Regulatory Network Dynamics During Zebrafish Embryogenesis 🧪🧬🖥️🐠 doi.org/10.1101/2024... A tour-de-force by @yangjoonkim with an unexpected discovery!
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Jeffrey Ross-Ibarra @jrossibarra.bsky.social · 23/01/2026
PEQG! My favorite conference ever*. Single session, fantastic talks, great discussions. Only once every 2 years. And in the best conference location too! Abstract deadline coming up Feb 5! *Disclosure: I am required to say it's the best conference because it is and I told my mom I wouldn't lie.
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Homepage - 2026 Population, Evolutionary, and Quantitative Genetics Conference
Visit our website to learn more.
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Bill Cresko @wcresko.bsky.social · 04/01/2026
Yum
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Bill Cresko @wcresko.bsky.social · 04/01/2026
I love when the prep is all done for dinner and everything is laid out and ready to go. Oregon sole with olives and rosemary and garlic and wild rice.
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Bill Cresko @wcresko.bsky.social · 02/01/2026
Cool bay pipefish exhibit at the Oregon Coast Aquarium in Newport Oregon.
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RachelBC 🌎🚀🛰️🔭💫 @rachelbc.bsky.social · 02/12/2025
🎁 gift link to #science funding article about cuts to research grants 🧪🧬🔬🔭🥼
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The U.S. Is Funding Fewer Grants in Every Area of Science and Medicine (Gift Article)
A quiet policy change means the government is making fewer bets on long-term science.
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Bill Cresko @wcresko.bsky.social · 10/10/2025
“Fundamentally, the premise of the document is inconsistent with our core belief that scientific funding should be based on scientific merit alone,” Dr. Kornbluth wrote. Follow the lead the rest of you.
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Jenna Norton @jenna-m-norton.bsky.social · 12/08/2025
Excellent piece from a former NIH colleague and #BethesdaDeclaration co-signer. She highlights the ongoing censorship at NIH and calls for the following three actions: www.nature.com/articles/d41...
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‘A whole body of health-equity research is being disappeared’ — why I resigned from the NIH
As federal support vanishes for research addressing the root causes of health disparities in the United States, we are left with a dangerous void and an urgent need to rethink science funding.
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Bill Cresko @wcresko.bsky.social · 08/08/2025
Mmm- I asked in my browser what one dollar of Apple stock purchased in 1999 would be worth today. The AI answer - “ If you had $1 in Apple stock bought in 1999, it would be worth approximately $1.04 trillion today based on the average annual growth rate of Apple's stock” real answer ~ $160
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Bill Cresko @wcresko.bsky.social · 04/08/2025
Holy cow this was an amazing race at Hayward at @uoregon.bsky.social He started running 3 years ago — as a 7th grader - and now owns the U16 and U18 world records and I think the 18th fastest 800 of all time by anyone. He starts 12th grade in the Fall. www.runnersworld.com/news/a655851...
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16-Year-Old Cooper Lutkenhaus Shocks the Nation and Qualifies for Worlds
The rising high school junior placed second in the 800-meter final with an unbelievable PR of TK seconds.
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David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 02/08/2025
Thanks everyone, it’s been fun being a scientist in the US. 👋
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Every Scientific Empire Comes to an End
America’s run as the premier techno-superpower may be over.
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Hannah Ritchie @hannahritchie.bsky.social · 18/07/2025
I always find survey results like this staggering (almost to the point of unbelievability). The US was spending around 1% of its federal budget on foreign aid. The average guess among 1,000+ surveyed Americans was 26%. 15% thought it was over half of the budget (?!) www.kff.org/global-healt...
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Walker Bragman @walkerbragman.bsky.social · 10/07/2025
SCOOP www.importantcontext.news/p/national-s...
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National Science Foundation Workers to Issue “Alexandria Declaration” Decrying “Catastrophic Changes” to Agency Under Trump Administration
The new declaration echoes similar efforts from NIH and EPA.
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Adam Bonica @adambonica.bsky.social · 09/07/2025
The "unitary executive theory" is a fancy name for a strategy used by authoritarians worldwide, rebranded for the US. It’s a legal blueprint for a power grab, and my new article explains how it turns the law itself into a tool for undermining democracy:
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How to Dismantle a Democracy, Legally
The unitary executive theory is a masterclass in autocratic legalism.
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Bill Cresko @wcresko.bsky.social · 08/07/2025
Franklin W. Stahl, 95, Dies; Helped Create a ‘Beautiful’ DNA Experiment www.nytimes.com/2025/07/07/s...
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Franklin W. Stahl, 95, Dies; Helped Create a ‘Beautiful’ DNA Experiment
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Bill Cresko @wcresko.bsky.social · 06/07/2025
Reflecting on how lucky I am to have watched hands the best women’s 5k of ever yesterday. Beatrice Chebet breaks the world record and is the first woman under 14min. And Ngetich and Tsegay are right there with what would have been world records only recently. And Chebet’s beautiful and awesome kick.
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Bill Cresko @wcresko.bsky.social · 05/07/2025
50th anniversary Pre meet about to kick off. Awesome.
Photo of Hayward field.
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Bill Cresko @wcresko.bsky.social · 01/07/2025
So irresponsible and cruel. The bill in the Senate will take money and healthcare from poor and middle class Americans to pay for even more tax breaks to the rich and to pile more debt on our children (and us frankly). It’s important to provide a clear message about the truth of what is happening.
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Nigel Goldenfeld @nigelgoldenfeld.bsky.social · 25/06/2025
🧪 If you live in these States and care about biomedical research and the #NIH, please call your Senators: Maine (Collins) West Virginia (Capito) Louisiana (Cassidy) Alabama (Britt) Pennsylvania (McCormick) 👇👇👇👇👇👇👇
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Bill Cresko @wcresko.bsky.social · 21/06/2025
At the cabin for a little Solstice fix up work. And it’s snowing. Big, wet Summer Solstice flakes.
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Zebrafish Rock! @zebrafishrock.bsky.social · 20/06/2025
Any leads would be appreciated 🙏
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