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Jonathan Eisen

@phylogenomics.bsky.social

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Prof at #UCDavis Interests: evolution, ecology, function & phylogenomics of host-microbe/microbiome symbioses; #openscience; #birds; baseball; T1D Lab phylogenomics.me Pics jonathaneisen.smugmug.com Links linktr.ee/jonathaneisen TED go.ted.com/6WPm .. more

Jonathan Andrew Eisen is an American evolutionary biologist, currently working at University of California, Davis. His academic research is in the fields of evolutionary biology, genomics and microbiology and he is the academic editor-in-chief of the open access journal PLOS Biology. .. more

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Jonathan Eisen @phylogenomics.bsky.social · Aug 31

Gratitude. Just made a little video while out for a walk on my birthday to express my gratitude to all the people and organizations that help protect and preserve the natural world and make it accessible. Thanks to all of you. #gratitude #nature #birds #hiking #birthday #california #yolobypass

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Ted Daley @teddaley.bsky.social · 5h

Hey buddy my eyes are up here

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Janet D. Stemwedel @docfreeride.bsky.social · 6h

You, sir, have no leg to stand on!

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MU-Peter Shimon 🀄️ @mu-peter.bsky.social · 7h

Table reserved for CPR mannequins.

Upcoming CPR assessment
When you spend more time with the CPR mannequin than with your actual friends

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Zen Faulkes @doctorzen.net · 7h

“First time I’ve had a Muppet as a waiter.”

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Jim Woodgett @jwoodgett.bsky.social · 7h

If, after assembly, this is how your Umlaut table looks, please call our emergency number 1-800-SOS-IKEA.

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Janet @relfal.bsky.social · 8h

"This is going to make it hard to play footsie."

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Katie L. Burke @klburke.bsky.social · 8h

"'Tis but a scratch! I'm invincible!"

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RainOrShine99 @rainorshine99.bsky.social · 9h

No hands, no feet, no legs, no problem, everyone is welcome.

Self serve.

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nanoprof.bsky.social @nanoprof.bsky.social · 9h

I can, however, correct the lack of tangency on your right hand/arm interface.

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nanoprof.bsky.social @nanoprof.bsky.social · 9h

I'm sorry, it is too medically complex to perform an armpit symmetrization, even with my unnaturally long arms and legs.

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Tai Viinikka @eastpole.bsky.social · 9h

But Anakin, you have to admit I DID have the high ground.

Jonathan Eisen @phylogenomics.bsky.social · 9h

Nice

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Nicola Pitchford @npitchford.bsky.social · 9h

That storied evening when Hannibal Lecter finally met a meal his appetite could not master.

Jonathan Eisen @phylogenomics.bsky.social · 9h

Caption contest

A sign showing a cartoony person who appears to be sitting but on air. This person is leaning on a table and there is the top half of a person on top of the table.

Jonathan Eisen @phylogenomics.bsky.social · 1d

Pynchon

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Black Microbiologists Assoc (Black In Micro) @blackinmicro.bsky.social · 1d

We've had a blast sharing stories, kickstarting careers and guiding the next generation. To help keep #BlackInMicro alive, Donate here: tinyurl.com/GiveBiM and Pre-register to secure your spot: linktr.ee/BlackInMicro. (all links in bio)

A flyer with a dark blue and black gradient background, with faint microbes decorating it. In the middle is a large yellow glowing "5" and underneath it reads "years of #BlackInMicro"

Jonathan Eisen @phylogenomics.bsky.social · 1d

NY NY

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Terry McGlynn @hormiga.bsky.social · 1d

Y'all. I just got ChatGPT to do everything in R for this manuscript. I mean EVERYTHING. And it's all legit and reproducible. I'm shook.

How are we mentoring our trainees in statistics now? Who needs to learn coding in R line by line, and who doesn't?

scienceforeveryone.science/statistics-i...

Statistics in the era of AI

How do we mentor, teach, and do stats when AI can do so much of the work?

scienceforeveryone.science

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Evan Sutton @evansutton.bsky.social · 1d

A hero can be anyone. Even someone doing something as simple and reassuring as making ICE stormtroopers look like pathetic little bitches by dancing around Portland in an inflatable frog costume.

Danny K @dannykpolitics.bsky.social · 4d

WATCH: ‘Portland Frog’ pepper balled by ICE agents

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Melanie D’Arrigo @darrigomelanie.bsky.social · 2d

I feel like this photo of masked, armed men pepper spraying a pastor protecting his community is going to be a defining picture of this moment in America for a long, long time.

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Katie Solari @kasolari.bsky.social · 2d

Very excited to share that our work assessing the genomic diversity of snow leopards has come out today in PNAS! Spoiler alert - they have the lowest genetic diversity of all big cats!
www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
news.stanford.edu/stories/2025...
@petrovadmitri.bsky.social @elliecat.bsky.social

Exceedingly low genetic diversity in snow leopards due to persistently small population size | PNAS

Snow leopards (Panthera uncia) serve as an umbrella species whose conservation benefits their high-elevation Asian habitat. Their numbers are belie...

Jonathan Eisen @phylogenomics.bsky.social · 2d

I have to take Lorazepam to get through them ...

Jonathan Eisen @phylogenomics.bsky.social · 3d

Red tailed hawk at Yolo Bypass today #birds

Jonathan Eisen @phylogenomics.bsky.social · 3d

From 2012. The Onion knows all.

theonion.com/dickhead-in-...

Dickhead In Sanchez Jersey Turns Out To Be Mark Sanchez

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Patricia Bernal @pbernalt6ss.bsky.social · 3d

Our paper, describing how the T6SSs of P. putida shape the tomato rhizosphere, is now in its final format in @isme-microbes.bsky.social ISME Communications. If you'd like to learn more, here is a thread (1/11) or read the Article doi.org/10.1093/isme....

Jonathan Eisen @phylogenomics.bsky.social · 3d

It has been a rough month or so recovering from a bicycling wreck. Some good news: I am avoiding shoulder surgery. The not as good news is - I will be doing a LOT of physical therapy. Part of the reason for avoiding surgery was watching this great video www.youtube.com/watch?v=qm5x...

Demystifying the Shoulder MRI, What chatGPT Won't Tell You | Brian Feeley, MD

YouTube video by UCSF Orthopaedic Surgery

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Jonathan Eisen @phylogenomics.bsky.social · 4d

Nice — but I have a thing for marmosets

Jonathan Eisen @phylogenomics.bsky.social · 4d

Yes yes yes —- but I am dying to see a marmoset

Jonathan Eisen @phylogenomics.bsky.social · 4d

Ummmmmm - I appreciate the sentiment but OMG - wtf is #4? Is that a marmoset?

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Pieter Dorrestein @pieterdorrestein.bsky.social · 4d

@phylogenomics.bsky.social first three pics just for you.