Peter Carlton
@carltonlab.org
From Seattle USA, now in Hieidaira, Japan. Researching meiosis @ Kyoto University. he/him. シアトル生まれ、比叡平（滋賀県大津市）に住む。京都大学・生命科学研究科の准教授。研究テーマは線虫の減数分裂
Orcid: 0000-0002-5320-6024
HP: https://www.carltonlab.org
Orcid: 0000-0002-5320-6024
HP: https://www.carltonlab.org
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“If the Minnesota resistance has an overarching ideology, you could call it “‘neighborism’—a commitment to protecting the people around you, no matter who they are or where they came from...their neighbors are their neighbors whether they were born in Minneapolis or Mogadishu.”
Last week in Minnesota, I watched ordinary people risk their lives to protect their neighbors. In the process, they not only won a significant—though not final—victory against authoritarianism, they proved virtually every MAGA social theory wrong. (gift link) www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...
January 27, 2026 at 3:05 PM
“If the Minnesota resistance has an overarching ideology, you could call it “‘neighborism’—a commitment to protecting the people around you, no matter who they are or where they came from...their neighbors are their neighbors whether they were born in Minneapolis or Mogadishu.”
It was only -16° up on 八甲田山 田茂萢岳 (Mt Tamoyachi I guess) but the flying shards of ice made it seem more like North Neptune
January 27, 2026 at 2:38 PM
It was only -16° up on 八甲田山 田茂萢岳 (Mt Tamoyachi I guess) but the flying shards of ice made it seem more like North Neptune
In the Hakkōda mountains in Aomori today, 4m of snow
January 24, 2026 at 5:40 AM
In the Hakkōda mountains in Aomori today, 4m of snow
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2️⃣ A holocentric pangenome links karyotype evolution to meiotic recombination
🔄 Structural variation and recombination landscapes are tightly intertwined in holocentric systems.
🔗 doi.org/10.64898/202...
🔄 Structural variation and recombination landscapes are tightly intertwined in holocentric systems.
🔗 doi.org/10.64898/202...
doi.org
January 21, 2026 at 2:45 PM
2️⃣ A holocentric pangenome links karyotype evolution to meiotic recombination
🔄 Structural variation and recombination landscapes are tightly intertwined in holocentric systems.
🔗 doi.org/10.64898/202...
🔄 Structural variation and recombination landscapes are tightly intertwined in holocentric systems.
🔗 doi.org/10.64898/202...
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📢 Three new #bioRxiv preprints from our team on holocentric chromosomes.
Together, they connect centromere repeat evolution, karyotype dynamics, and meiotic recombination outcomes, revealing how holocentric genomes evolve and function. 🧬👇
Together, they connect centromere repeat evolution, karyotype dynamics, and meiotic recombination outcomes, revealing how holocentric genomes evolve and function. 🧬👇
January 21, 2026 at 2:45 PM
📢 Three new #bioRxiv preprints from our team on holocentric chromosomes.
Together, they connect centromere repeat evolution, karyotype dynamics, and meiotic recombination outcomes, revealing how holocentric genomes evolve and function. 🧬👇
Together, they connect centromere repeat evolution, karyotype dynamics, and meiotic recombination outcomes, revealing how holocentric genomes evolve and function. 🧬👇
JANUS
'Tis well an old age is out,
And time to begin a new.
CHORUS OF ALL
All, all of a piece throughout;
Thy chase had a beast in view;
Thy wars brought nothing about;
Thy lovers were all untrue.
'Tis well an old age is out,
And time to begin a new.
'Tis well an old age is out,
And time to begin a new.
CHORUS OF ALL
All, all of a piece throughout;
Thy chase had a beast in view;
Thy wars brought nothing about;
Thy lovers were all untrue.
'Tis well an old age is out,
And time to begin a new.
“We know the old order is not coming back. We shouldn’t mourn it. Nostalgia is not a strategy… The powerful have their power. But we have something, too: the capacity to stop pretending.”
— Canadian PM Mark Carney at Davos, basically announcing divorce from America and receiving a standing ovation
— Canadian PM Mark Carney at Davos, basically announcing divorce from America and receiving a standing ovation
January 21, 2026 at 2:23 PM
JANUS
'Tis well an old age is out,
And time to begin a new.
CHORUS OF ALL
All, all of a piece throughout;
Thy chase had a beast in view;
Thy wars brought nothing about;
Thy lovers were all untrue.
'Tis well an old age is out,
And time to begin a new.
'Tis well an old age is out,
And time to begin a new.
CHORUS OF ALL
All, all of a piece throughout;
Thy chase had a beast in view;
Thy wars brought nothing about;
Thy lovers were all untrue.
'Tis well an old age is out,
And time to begin a new.
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🔬🔦Our latest imaging spotlight is from Kruno Vukušić @krunovuk.bsky.social & Iva Tolić @ivatolic.bsky.social, describing their research using multi-scale live lattice light-sheet microscopy & super-resolution microscopy to interrogate the earliest steps of chromosome congression.
Imaging spotlight: Initiation of chromosome congression deconstructed by multi-scale live lattice light-sheet and super-resolution microscopy - FocalPlane
Imaging spotlight: Initiation of chromosome congression deconstructed by multi-scale live lattice light-sheet and super-resolution microscopy - News
focalplane.biologists.com
January 21, 2026 at 1:48 PM
🔬🔦Our latest imaging spotlight is from Kruno Vukušić @krunovuk.bsky.social & Iva Tolić @ivatolic.bsky.social, describing their research using multi-scale live lattice light-sheet microscopy & super-resolution microscopy to interrogate the earliest steps of chromosome congression.
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If you are in the Seattle area, come see me on February 3 at the Barnes and Noble UW Book Store. I'm holding a talk, reading, and book signing for my book Chinese Characters Across Asia: How the Chinese Script Came to Write Japanese, Korean, and Vietnamese.
stores.barnesandnoble.com/event/978006...
stores.barnesandnoble.com/event/978006...
UW Author Zev Handel discussing his book Chinese Characters Across Asia
Join us for an in-store event, UW Author Zev Handel discussing his book Chinese Characters Across Asia, on Tuesday, February 03, 2026.
stores.barnesandnoble.com
January 21, 2026 at 5:33 AM
If you are in the Seattle area, come see me on February 3 at the Barnes and Noble UW Book Store. I'm holding a talk, reading, and book signing for my book Chinese Characters Across Asia: How the Chinese Script Came to Write Japanese, Korean, and Vietnamese.
stores.barnesandnoble.com/event/978006...
stores.barnesandnoble.com/event/978006...
Added many features (search, phylogenetic tree navigation, session persistence) to the excellent terminal-based multiple sequence alignment viewer github.com/sib-swiss/termal and have made a landing page at msafara.carltonlab.org
msafara -- terminal MSA explorer
msafara is a terminal-based viewer for multiple sequence alignments with search, views, tree navigation, and SVG export.
msafara.carltonlab.org
January 20, 2026 at 5:24 AM
Added many features (search, phylogenetic tree navigation, session persistence) to the excellent terminal-based multiple sequence alignment viewer github.com/sib-swiss/termal and have made a landing page at msafara.carltonlab.org
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Hey #Seattle #bioscience people, my daughter (studying neurosci/biochem) is looking for a Seattle area on-site biosci/biochem lab work internship opportunity for this summer. She has a year of biomanufacturing lab work experience. Pls DM if you know of something I could point her to!
January 19, 2026 at 10:01 PM
Hey #Seattle #bioscience people, my daughter (studying neurosci/biochem) is looking for a Seattle area on-site biosci/biochem lab work internship opportunity for this summer. She has a year of biomanufacturing lab work experience. Pls DM if you know of something I could point her to!
Ready for the Kansai/Nagoya area worm meeting @ Umeda
January 10, 2026 at 12:35 AM
Ready for the Kansai/Nagoya area worm meeting @ Umeda
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『ベネズエラ攻撃 少なくとも40人死亡（ABEMA TIMES）』
[ニューヨーク・タイムズはベネズエラ政府高官の話として、3日未明のアメリカ軍によるベネズエラへの大規模な攻撃で、軍関係者や民間人を含む少なくとも40人が死亡したと伝えています]
news.yahoo.co.jp/articles/20c...
[ニューヨーク・タイムズはベネズエラ政府高官の話として、3日未明のアメリカ軍によるベネズエラへの大規模な攻撃で、軍関係者や民間人を含む少なくとも40人が死亡したと伝えています]
news.yahoo.co.jp/articles/20c...
ベネズエラ攻撃 少なくとも40人死亡（ABEMA TIMES） - Yahoo!ニュース
アメリカ軍によるベネズエラへの攻撃で民間人を含む少なくとも40人が死亡したとニューヨーク・タイムズが報じました。
ニューヨーク・タイムズはベネズエラ政府高官の話として、3日未明のアメリカ軍によ
news.yahoo.co.jp
January 4, 2026 at 4:12 AM
『ベネズエラ攻撃 少なくとも40人死亡（ABEMA TIMES）』
[ニューヨーク・タイムズはベネズエラ政府高官の話として、3日未明のアメリカ軍によるベネズエラへの大規模な攻撃で、軍関係者や民間人を含む少なくとも40人が死亡したと伝えています]
news.yahoo.co.jp/articles/20c...
[ニューヨーク・タイムズはベネズエラ政府高官の話として、3日未明のアメリカ軍によるベネズエラへの大規模な攻撃で、軍関係者や民間人を含む少なくとも40人が死亡したと伝えています]
news.yahoo.co.jp/articles/20c...
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Our final #preprint list of 2025 is now up on FocalPlane!
In this post, we focus on recent (and recently updated) preprints in bioimage analysis. Let us know if you have any recommendations of preprints that we have missed.
focalplane.biologists.com/2025/12/29/m...
In this post, we focus on recent (and recently updated) preprints in bioimage analysis. Let us know if you have any recommendations of preprints that we have missed.
focalplane.biologists.com/2025/12/29/m...
Microscopy preprints: bioimage analysis - FocalPlane
Microscopy preprints: bioimage analysis - News
focalplane.biologists.com
December 29, 2025 at 5:53 PM
Our final #preprint list of 2025 is now up on FocalPlane!
In this post, we focus on recent (and recently updated) preprints in bioimage analysis. Let us know if you have any recommendations of preprints that we have missed.
focalplane.biologists.com/2025/12/29/m...
In this post, we focus on recent (and recently updated) preprints in bioimage analysis. Let us know if you have any recommendations of preprints that we have missed.
focalplane.biologists.com/2025/12/29/m...
My daughter keeps practicing "Sur le Pont d'Avignon" on the piano and each time I think of
December 27, 2025 at 9:05 AM
My daughter keeps practicing "Sur le Pont d'Avignon" on the piano and each time I think of
YES, just like a good friend said about toddlers once, If you're not training them, they're training you.
My major problem with autocomplete is that the model will almost invariably suggest something different, often subtly, than what I intend.
If I am lazy and hit tab. Whether I notice or not, that is the model training ME. And that is, to me, unacceptable.
If I am lazy and hit tab. Whether I notice or not, that is the model training ME. And that is, to me, unacceptable.
December 21, 2025 at 10:59 PM
YES, just like a good friend said about toddlers once, If you're not training them, they're training you.
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My major problem with autocomplete is that the model will almost invariably suggest something different, often subtly, than what I intend.
If I am lazy and hit tab. Whether I notice or not, that is the model training ME. And that is, to me, unacceptable.
If I am lazy and hit tab. Whether I notice or not, that is the model training ME. And that is, to me, unacceptable.
December 21, 2025 at 8:50 PM
My major problem with autocomplete is that the model will almost invariably suggest something different, often subtly, than what I intend.
If I am lazy and hit tab. Whether I notice or not, that is the model training ME. And that is, to me, unacceptable.
If I am lazy and hit tab. Whether I notice or not, that is the model training ME. And that is, to me, unacceptable.
Is anyone else having Alphafold server jobs fail a lot lately ("stuck in PENDING for over 24 hours" or other error) and seeing the message "Current estimated wait time for new jobs submitted is up to 6 hours" on the submission page? Wondering if it's just me or a general issue.
December 17, 2025 at 12:21 AM
Is anyone else having Alphafold server jobs fail a lot lately ("stuck in PENDING for over 24 hours" or other error) and seeing the message "Current estimated wait time for new jobs submitted is up to 6 hours" on the submission page? Wondering if it's just me or a general issue.
Long spider! Longer than you think!
November 24, 2025 at 11:39 AM
Long spider! Longer than you think!
Hey #tibetan scholars,
I came across དུའང་ just now, transliterated as "du'ang", which has fairly unsettled me… can anyone explain what it means (loanword? exceptional case?)་…my studies have not prepared me for this syllable!
I came across དུའང་ just now, transliterated as "du'ang", which has fairly unsettled me… can anyone explain what it means (loanword? exceptional case?)་…my studies have not prepared me for this syllable!
November 22, 2025 at 3:18 PM
Hey #tibetan scholars,
I came across དུའང་ just now, transliterated as "du'ang", which has fairly unsettled me… can anyone explain what it means (loanword? exceptional case?)་…my studies have not prepared me for this syllable!
I came across དུའང་ just now, transliterated as "du'ang", which has fairly unsettled me… can anyone explain what it means (loanword? exceptional case?)་…my studies have not prepared me for this syllable!
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Chromosome Dynamics 2026 @ Awaji Japan www.fbs.osaka-u.ac.jp/labs/fukagaw...
November 21, 2025 at 11:09 AM
Chromosome Dynamics 2026 @ Awaji Japan www.fbs.osaka-u.ac.jp/labs/fukagaw...
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Know the difference.
November 19, 2025 at 10:08 PM
Know the difference.
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November 17, 2025 at 4:36 AM
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Recently visited the Glass Flowers at Harvard, a collection of 4,300 extraordinarily realistic glass models of plants crafted by the Blaschkas, a father and son team of sculptors
That’s right, these are all made primarily of GLASS — a fact difficult to accept given how accurate & lifelike they are
That’s right, these are all made primarily of GLASS — a fact difficult to accept given how accurate & lifelike they are
November 14, 2025 at 7:17 PM
Recently visited the Glass Flowers at Harvard, a collection of 4,300 extraordinarily realistic glass models of plants crafted by the Blaschkas, a father and son team of sculptors
That’s right, these are all made primarily of GLASS — a fact difficult to accept given how accurate & lifelike they are
That’s right, these are all made primarily of GLASS — a fact difficult to accept given how accurate & lifelike they are
zooming in on some nictating dauers of an unknown (likely Auanema) species
November 11, 2025 at 1:12 AM
zooming in on some nictating dauers of an unknown (likely Auanema) species
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New preprint! We unexpectedly discovered that some Caenorhabditis species delete parts of their somatic genome early in development, which fragments their chromosomes and eliminates key germline genes. Multiple lines of evidence suggest this bizarre process was present in the ancestors of C. elegans
October 28, 2025 at 12:11 PM
New preprint! We unexpectedly discovered that some Caenorhabditis species delete parts of their somatic genome early in development, which fragments their chromosomes and eliminates key germline genes. Multiple lines of evidence suggest this bizarre process was present in the ancestors of C. elegans