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Alek Erickson @alekerickson.bsky.social · 1d

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Jocelyn Anderson Photography @jocelynanderson.bsky.social · Jul 15

A Cooper's Hawk getting escorted out of the air space by a Barn Swallow.

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SETI Institute @setiinstitute.bsky.social · Jul 15

In our latest #SETILive #podcast, artist Jennifer Willet talks about the experience of creating an artwork that represented the seemingly opposing viewpoints of biogenesis from our two 2025 Drake Award winners. Listen to the full podcast: www.seti.org/seti-live/ 🧪 👩‍🔬 🐡

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Alek Erickson @alekerickson.bsky.social · Jul 7

looks useful

Yogesh Goyal @goyallab.bsky.social · Jul 6

Excited to share our latest by my postdoc Ben KS: we use statistical physics & Bayesian inference to model genome-wide perturbation outcomes. Remarkably, perturbation responses are encoded in gene "chatter" even before the perturbation–a fundamental insight with broad implications
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Alek Erickson @alekerickson.bsky.social · Jul 3

www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

Superstable lipid vacuoles endow cartilage with its shape and biomechanics

Conventionally, the size, shape, and biomechanics of cartilages are determined by their voluminous extracellular matrix. By contrast, we found that multiple murine cartilages consist of lipid-filled c...

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Alek Erickson @alekerickson.bsky.social · Jul 3

pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/38294852/

N-cadherin and β1 integrin coordinately regulate growth plate cartilage architecture - PubMed

Spatial and temporal regulation of chondrocyte maturation in the growth plate drives growth of many bones. One essential event to generate the ordered cell array characterizing growth plate cartilage ...

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Alek Erickson @alekerickson.bsky.social · Jul 3

www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Nkx2.7 is a conserved regulator of craniofacial development - Nature Communications

Craniofacial malformations have been linked to congenital heart defects, as in 22q11.2 deletion syndrome, but the mechanisms linking these lineages remain unknown. Here they show that zebrafish nxk2.7...

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Alek Erickson @alekerickson.bsky.social · Jul 3

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Solid phase transitions as a solution to the genome folding paradox - Nature

In vitro reconstitution and in vivo live-cell imaging of LHX2–EBF1–LDB1 enhancer hubs in olfactory sensory neurons reveals that these transcription factors form condensates with solid, rathe...

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Alek Erickson @alekerickson.bsky.social · Jul 3

www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Range extender mediates long-distance enhancer activity - Nature

The REX element is associated with long-range enhancer–promoter interactions.

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Alek Erickson @alekerickson.bsky.social · Jul 3

Are you interested in a postdoc studying the genetics of skeletal shaping in my lab at Stockholm University? Let's apply for this Marie Skłodowska-Curie postdoc fellowship (deadline: September 2025). Reach out!
marie-sklodowska-curie-actions.ec.europa.eu/calls/msca-p...

MSCA Postdoctoral Fellowships 2025

MSCA Postdoctoral Fellowships enhance the creative and innovative potential of researchers holding a PhD and who wish to acquire new skills through advanced training, international, interdisciplinary ...

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Alek Erickson @alekerickson.bsky.social · Apr 17

Agreed

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Alek Erickson @alekerickson.bsky.social · Apr 17

If the question is whether anybody still thinks that, I would wager a guess the answer is yes, at least somebody probably thinks that

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Alek Erickson @alekerickson.bsky.social · Apr 17

www.sacred-texts.com/isl/masnavi/

The Masnavi Index

The Masnavi, by Rumi, tr. by E.H. Whinfield, [1898], full text etext at sacred-texts.com

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Alek Erickson @alekerickson.bsky.social · Apr 17

“In an honest search for knowledge you quite often have to abide by ignorance for an indefinite period. … The steadfastness in standing up to [this], nay in appreciating it as a stimulus and a signpost to further quest, is a natural and indispensable disposition in the mind of a scientist.”

Alek Erickson @alekerickson.bsky.social · Apr 17

www.youtube.com/watch?v=S9qI...

Law - All Source Direct Mix Part 2

YouTube video by Drumtrip

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Alek Erickson @alekerickson.bsky.social · Apr 17

i would like people to stop saying "you can't be serious" when I'm telling them something amazing. YES I CAN!

Alek Erickson @alekerickson.bsky.social · Apr 16

A tot is a tot is a totology

Alek Erickson @alekerickson.bsky.social · Apr 16

this post is dedicated to the NWW list

Alek Erickson @alekerickson.bsky.social · Apr 16

This month there was an important Chinese traditional festival, Qingming, during which we usually cherish the precious memory of the most significant people in our lives together.

Alek Erickson @alekerickson.bsky.social · Apr 16

I may be grotesquely thin, but that doesn’t stop me from enjoying a good meal from time to time!

Alek Erickson @alekerickson.bsky.social · Apr 16

o4-mini-high just one-shotted my favorite word puzzle.
All previous models had been unable to solve it.

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Humor For Resistance @funnysnarkyjoke.bsky.social · Apr 13

The statute of limitations on insider trading is 5 years

the more you know

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Alek Erickson @alekerickson.bsky.social · Apr 13

Great!

Alek Erickson @alekerickson.bsky.social · Apr 13

@ppagella86.bsky.social thanks for the follow ! I was just recently thinking about your and Claudio’s expertise in DNA binding measurements. Would love to meet and discuss science this week or month if you’re free.

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