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Jonathan Eisen
@phylogenomics.bsky.social
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Professor at UC Davis

Work: evolution, ecology, function & phylogenomics of host-microbiome systems; #openscience;
Other: #birds; baseball; T1D

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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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Environmental science 24%
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Jonathan Eisen @phylogenomics.bsky.social · 7d
Say hello to my little friend #birds
Anna's hummingbird sitting on a crepe myrtle seed pod. Red throat and head are visible. Anna's hummingbird in flight feeding at a lavender flower

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Jonathan Eisen @phylogenomics.bsky.social · 21h
Nice paper on Chytrid genetic tools:

www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
Homology-mediated transformation of frog-killing fungus Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis illuminates chytrid development and pathogenesis | PNAS
The chytrid fungus Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis (Bd) infects amphibians and causes chytridiomycosis, a disease linked to global amphibian decline...
www.pnas.org

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Jonathan Eisen @phylogenomics.bsky.social · 23h
Ewww - gross

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Jonathan Eisen @phylogenomics.bsky.social · 1d
Roses are red
Violets are blue
Microbes are awesome
Even when they're in poo

#microValentines

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Jonathan Eisen @phylogenomics.bsky.social · 1d
Ruh Roh:

Sexually transmitted ringworm is spreading in this state, officials warn

www.usatoday.com/story/life/h...
Sexually transmitted ringworm is spreading in this state, officials warn
Sexually transmitted ringworm, known as trichophyton mentagrophytes genotype VII, or TMVII, is a fungus that infects the skin.
www.usatoday.com

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Katharine Hayhoe @katharinehayhoe.com · 1d
Bluesky is the new science Twitter, new study by @whysharksmatter.bsky.social and Julia Wester concludes!

"Results show that for every reported professional benefit that scientists once gained from Twitter, scientists can now gain that benefit more effectively on Bluesky than on Twitter."
Scientists no Longer Find Twitter Professionally Useful, and have Switched to Bluesky
Synopsis. Social media has become widely used by the scientific community for a variety of professional uses, including networking and public outreach. For
academic.oup.com

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Jonathan Eisen @phylogenomics.bsky.social · 1d
Burrowing owl at the Berkeley Marina yesterday ... #birds

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Jonathan Eisen @phylogenomics.bsky.social · 1d
A blast from the past. It is not perfect but I still really like this guide to Open Access made by Jorge Cham.

youtu.be/L5rVH1KGBCY?...
Open Access Explained!
YouTube video by Piled Higher and Deeper (PHD Comics)
youtu.be

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Cheshire @thatsregrettab1.bsky.social · 2d
Happy 2nd Anniversary - for those who celebrate!

www.frontiersin.org/journals/cel... (the article download button doesn't seem to work... hmm).

Reposted by Jonathan A. Eisen, Philip N. Cohen, Rebecca Tushnet , and 1 more

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Quinn Yeargain @yeargain.bsky.social · 2d
there's fierce competition, but this is one of the most stomach-turning things I've read in some time
Exclusive: White House uses USAID funds for budget director Vought's security, documents show
The White House budget office is using millions of dollars from the former U.S. foreign aid agency to pay for the security detail of Russell Vought, President Donald Trump's budget chief and an archit...
www.reuters.com

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Sophien Kamoun @kamounlab.bsky.social · 2d
Vorholt Lab re-created endosymbiosis in the lab: injected bacteria into a fungus and evolved a heritable partnership.

Evolution, fast-forwarded.

doi.org/10.1038/s415...
Inducing novel endosymbioses by implanting bacteria in fungi - Nature
A study presents an approach to establish and track a new endosymbiotic partnership by implanting bacteria in a non-host fungus and shows that stable inheritance of the implanted bacteria is possible ...
doi.org

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Jaunty Art @jaunty.art · 2d
Got my other half this and they liked it
A poo emoji cupcake with a rice paper wafer that reads Love Stinks surrounded by love hearts. It was £2.50 which seems like too much but it was funny and made them happy

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Jonathan Eisen @phylogenomics.bsky.social · 2d
I know which one I am - does that make Darwin a catcher ?

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Dan Baldassarre @evornithology.bsky.social · 2d
Pitchers and catchers

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Jonathan Eisen @phylogenomics.bsky.social · 2d
Happy #darwinday

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Andrey Kislyuk @kislyuk.bsky.social · 2d
I once cornered a wayward turkey in my backyard and it took off to fly over the fence. It was quite a production, much like a helicopter

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Kevin 🍅🥫 @doyle.boston · 3d
Truly one of the more insane things to witness

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Jonathan Eisen @phylogenomics.bsky.social · 3d
Could have climber there - maybe that is Turkey Honnold

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Jonathan Eisen @phylogenomics.bsky.social · 3d
Turkeys can fly? #birds

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Coleen Murphy @ctmurphy1.bsky.social · 3d
Every time I upload a paper to #bioRxiv, I wonder why it can't be this easy at every journal 🧪

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Jonathan Eisen @phylogenomics.bsky.social · 3d
Pics from Monday … took 15 or so pics by panning and then stitched with Adobe Lightroom

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Gigi Gronvall @ggronvall.bsky.social · 3d
This is outrageous, and (though it was completely obvious he should never have held this spot), Vinay Prasad needs to go. This vaccine candidate deserves review, not ideologically motivated rejection. Lives are at stake. www.statnews.com/2026/02/11/m...
Prasad overruled FDA staff to reject Moderna's flu vaccine application
The rejection is the latest instance of Vinay Prasad overruling career FDA scientists to place vaccines under harsher scrutiny.
www.statnews.com

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Jonathan Eisen @phylogenomics.bsky.social · 4d
Panorama of Sacramento from Yolo Bypass #California

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JAX Genomic Education @jaxeducation.bsky.social · 4d
JAX Long-Read Sequencing Workshop

Keynotes by @aphillippy.bsky.social & @mydennis.bsky.social

Co-organized by @olgaanczukow.bsky.social, @christinebeck.bsky.social & Mark Adams

✈️ Trainee travel awards
📝 Abstracts due March 3
🥼 Optional wet-lab training session
🔗 www.jax.org/education-an...
Long-Read Sequencing Workshop
The program will involve sessions on Genome Evolution, Genome Regulation, Transcriptomics, Rare Diseases, Common Diseases, and Viral and Microbial Genomes. Committed speakers include Adam Phillipy (NH...
www.jax.org

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JAX Genomic Education @jaxeducation.bsky.social · 4d
🧬 WORKSHOP: Explore emerging applications, methodological advances and computational approaches shaping the future of long‑read sequencing: www.jax.org/education-an...

Topics span cancer, rare and common disease, transcriptomics, genome evolution + more

📍 Farmington, CT | 📅 May 11 – 14
Flyer for the Long-Read Sequencing workshop. See event webpage for more information.

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Edward Nirenberg @enirenberg.bsky.social · 4d
It is absolutely outrageous that Moderna’s flu vaccine was met with a “refusal-to-file” even after their approved their protocol with FDA and carried out the trial as agreed. This vaccine works better in older adults than the current flu vaccines.

apnews.com/article/mode...
Moderna says FDA refuses its application for new mRNA flu vaccine
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is refusing to consider Moderna’s application for a new flu vaccine made with mRNA technology.
apnews.com

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Jonathan Eisen @phylogenomics.bsky.social · 4d
I am a huge fan of Lindsey Vonn and have no problem with her racing after the ACL issue. I do think it would be funny if she trolled everyone and said she was hoping to still compete in some events with a fractured leg.

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Jeremy Berg @jeremymberg.bsky.social · 4d
Not to make light of a tragic situation, but I have started to refer to the HHS staff who are so obsessed with the pandemic as the “Branch Covidians”…

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David Enrich @davidenrich.bsky.social · 4d
Jeffrey Epstein directed an aide to procure hidden video cameras in 2014. “I’m installing them into Kleenex boxes now,” the aide replied.
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/10/u...
Epstein Directed Aide to Obtain Hidden Video Cameras
www.nytimes.com

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Patrick De Klotz @patdeklotz.bsky.social · 5d
We are murdering people and it is basically just background noise at this point. www.nytimes.com/2026/02/09/u...
U.S. Boat Strike Kills 2 in Pacific, With One Survivor
www.nytimes.com

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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 5d
🚨BREAKING: Puerto Rico has been part of the United States since 1898, and people still act confused that Puerto Ricans are American.

States that joined after Puerto Rico:
• Oklahoma — 1907
• New Mexico — 1912
• Arizona — 1912
• Alaska — 1959
• Hawaii — 1959

Yet somehow this is still news to folks.