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Dennis Hazelett

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Prof of Computational Biomedicine. Cancer Research. Author of "Open letter to graduate students: it's time to write." https://www.nature.com/articles/s41587-025-02584-1 200k+ downloads

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Dennis Hazelett @vigocarpathian.bsky.social · Mar 17

I wrote something... about writing. #ScientificWriting to be exact, but I think it applies to all kinds of #writing.

An open letter to graduate students and other procrastinators: it’s time to write

Nature Biotechnology - An open letter to graduate students and other procrastinators: it’s time to write

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Ardem Patapoutian @ardemp.bskyverified.social · 18h

The Nobel Peace Committee sent a clear message to someone else in awarding the Prize to Ms. Machado:
”But democracy is also in retreat internationally. Democracy – understood as the right to freely express one’s opinion, …is the foundation of peace both within countries and between countries.” 👏

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Dennis Hazelett @vigocarpathian.bsky.social · 11d

Today in our @cedarssinai.bsky.social PhD program, I am lecturing about the history of #epigenomics. We cover seminal experiments by the labs of Allfrey, Kornberg, Allis & Grunstein, ending with ENCODE, Kellis and the histone code. Such an amazing field and a beautiful, revolutionary story!

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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 23d

ROVE: “.. Using Charlie’s murder to justify retaliation against political rivals is wrong and dangerous. It will further divide and embitter our country. No good thing will come of it.”

@wsj.com
www.wsj.com/opinion/they...

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Rachel Bedford, PhD @rachelbedfordphd.bsky.social · 24d

Come do neuroscience in Oregon! 🌲🧠 @uoregon.bsky.social University of Oregon has 3 TTF neuro positions open across departments, with applications due around mid-October.

#UOResearch #Neuroskyence #academicsky

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Dennis Hazelett @vigocarpathian.bsky.social · 28d

I really enjoyed this perspective on Cancer journals.plos.org/plosbiology/...

The end of the genetic paradigm of cancer

Genome sequencing results and single-cell transcriptomics continue to produce findings that challenge the idea that cancer is purely a ‘genetic disease’. This Essay delves into cancer omics data that ...

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Dennis Hazelett @vigocarpathian.bsky.social · Sep 4

MS Word let no one accuse you of lacking a sense of humor... #spellcheck

Dennis Hazelett @vigocarpathian.bsky.social · Sep 3

A fun #scifi piece looking at timely issues at the intersection between #AI and Biology by my colleague Patrick Martin www.nature.com/articles/d41...

A rude awakening

Just breathe.

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Tom Nichols @radiofreetom.bsky.social · Sep 1

Well, I'm just gonna change topics and note that my expensive new ASUS router is bathing my house in so much WiFi that I just got a tan and the cat is losing her fur

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emeritrix @emeritrix.bsky.social · Aug 31

Visit the Strengthen UO dot org site to find out more and for links to petition, pre-filled letter to UO administrators (all very highly paid), and links to contact state legislators about this undermining of University goals and state well-being.

Flyer from United Academics of University of Oregon: Get the latest information about faculty layoffs, which departments might get cuts, and what we can do about it. QR code links to StrengthenUO dot org.

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Dennis Hazelett @vigocarpathian.bsky.social · Aug 28

No Boundary Thinking (NBT) emphasizes the need for training in #MachineLearning and #ArtificialIntelligence across disciplines, not just in Computer Science and Math. We must build a Human Infrastructure to address this need #NationalAICampus biodatamining.biomedcentral.com/articles/10....

No-boundary thinking in bioinformatics research - BioData Mining

Currently there are definitions from many agencies and research societies defining “bioinformatics” as deriving knowledge from computational analysis of large volumes of biological and biomedical data...

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The Struggling Scientists @thestrugglings4.bsky.social · Aug 27

I will be sleeping like a baby 😴

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Jason Moore @moorejh.bsky.social · Aug 27

Did you know the Cedars-Sinai’s New PhD in Health AI Program earned accreditation earlier this year? www.cedars-sinai.org/newsroom/ced... #artificialintelligence #healthAI #healthIT #bioinformatics #phd #gradschool #compsci

Cedars-Sinai’s PhD in Health AI Program Earns Accreditation

The newly established PhD in Health Artificial Intelligence (AI) program in Cedars-Sinai’s Health Sciences University has earned accreditation from the Senior College and University Commission of the ...

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Dennis Hazelett @vigocarpathian.bsky.social · Aug 27

this reminds me of a scene from inglorious basterds

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Chaucer Doth Tweet @levostregc.bsky.social · Aug 27

The war on knowledge doth continue

UChicago Arts & Humanities Division to Restructure Amid “Historic Funding Pressures”

“The status quo is not an option,” Deborah Nelson, dean of the Division of the Arts & Humanities, wrote to division faculty on June 18.

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Dennis Hazelett @vigocarpathian.bsky.social · Aug 22

As a researcher it is important to record your thoughts in real time. You don't have to be right, you can change your mind. You just need to be actively thinking, and in #science and #STEM and pretty much everything else, #writingisthinking.

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Nathaniel Barrett @ncoxbarrett.bsky.social · Aug 19

POV: your kids loaded their own dishes.

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Richard Sever @richardsever.bsky.social · Aug 17

This was 2003. Since 2013 there’s been no excuse… www.biorxiv.org/content/earl...

Saloni @scientificdiscovery.dev · Aug 17

TIL the original paper describing CRISPR, by Francisco Mojica, was rejected by 4 journals and took 2 years to be published

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The Struggling Scientists @thestrugglings4.bsky.social · Aug 17

Nature

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Mueller, She Wrote @muellershewrote.com · Aug 16

I need you to understand that if you heard a song you liked in the 80s, you couldn’t Shazam it. You couldn’t Google the lyrics. You had to sing it to the guy at Tower Records.

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Jen @ladyjenpool.bsky.social · Aug 12

Hey, as a librarian I need to tell you:

Our funding depends on usage.

So go ahead and check out that book even if you don't think you'll finish it. No one will know. Check out that DVD even though you might not like it. Get ambitious in your quest for knowledge.

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BK. Titanji @boghuma.bsky.social · Aug 12

They recovered over 180 bullet shells at the CDC. Debris from shattered glass is still being cleaned up. I am completely stunned at how quickly the news cycle has moved on. This was an act of terrorism targeting public health experts, and the response seems to be a collective shrug.

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Dennis Hazelett @vigocarpathian.bsky.social · Aug 5

The Far Side. We shall never see its like again

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Dad Jokes @dadsaysjokes.com · Aug 4

Living with a dog is 90%
following each other around, watching each other go potty, and wondering what the other has in their mouth.

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Paul Hünermund @p-hunermund.com · Aug 4

Academia is basically a collection of people who got lucky early on and mistook it for genius. doi.org/10.1073/pnas...

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Shooti @bambooshooti.bsky.social · Aug 1

#ResistanceEarth
#BlueEarth

Pesticide exposure was the likely cause of the mass die-off of monarch butterflies in 2024.

By killing our pollinators, we're killing ourselves.

www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

Monarch butterflies’ mass die off in 2024 caused by pesticide exposure – study

New peer-reviewed research found an average of seven pesticides in each of 10 butterflies tested

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