Traver Hart
@traver.bsky.social
Assoc Prof, MD Anderson. Functional genomics, CRISPR/Cas12a genetic interactions & synthetic lethality, history, politics, snark.
"pending" has, in the past, been a good indicator that you're in the pipeline. obviously past performance is no longer a guarantee of future results, but hang in there.
January 21, 2026 at 11:11 PM
"pending" has, in the past, been a good indicator that you're in the pipeline. obviously past performance is no longer a guarantee of future results, but hang in there.
"victory"
what’s it called when you go to exercise and end up at chipotle instead?
January 21, 2026 at 11:09 PM
"victory"
Playing Baldur's Gate 3 just so my computer will heat up my office.
January 18, 2026 at 10:24 PM
Playing Baldur's Gate 3 just so my computer will heat up my office.
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January 10, 2026 at 12:05 AM
Not if I stop taking students.
January 7, 2026 at 2:11 AM
Not if I stop taking students.
One lesson that has become crystal clear over the last few years is how difficult, maybe impossible, it is to have meaningful discourse when both sides are the bad guy. Maybe it's always been this way.
January 4, 2026 at 5:20 PM
One lesson that has become crystal clear over the last few years is how difficult, maybe impossible, it is to have meaningful discourse when both sides are the bad guy. Maybe it's always been this way.
Thanks for your hospitality! It was a wonderful trip to visit your group and to see Milan. Looking forward to our follow ups
November 21, 2025 at 9:03 AM
Thanks for your hospitality! It was a wonderful trip to visit your group and to see Milan. Looking forward to our follow ups
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Delighted to host Traver Hart (MD Anderson Cancer Center), who delivered an engaging seminar on synthetic lethality at #HumanTechnopole. He showed how bridging #CRISPR and predictive modeling can advance design and interpretation of genetic interaction screens and inform new therapeutic strategies.
November 19, 2025 at 4:58 PM
Delighted to host Traver Hart (MD Anderson Cancer Center), who delivered an engaging seminar on synthetic lethality at #HumanTechnopole. He showed how bridging #CRISPR and predictive modeling can advance design and interpretation of genetic interaction screens and inform new therapeutic strategies.
Adaptive behavior of predatory publisher "editors" - I was just invited to review one or more of a list of five articles, each submitted to different journals. I haven't seen that before.
October 9, 2025 at 3:14 PM
Adaptive behavior of predatory publisher "editors" - I was just invited to review one or more of a list of five articles, each submitted to different journals. I haven't seen that before.
ouch that's absolutely worst case. what a disaster this has been.
September 9, 2025 at 6:25 PM
ouch that's absolutely worst case. what a disaster this has been.
3%. Still waited 90 days after council meeting.
September 9, 2025 at 6:07 PM
3%. Still waited 90 days after council meeting.
NCI R01 NOA received. Long, long exhale.
September 9, 2025 at 5:54 PM
NCI R01 NOA received. Long, long exhale.
Life goals updated. Source: www.reddit.com/r/OldSchoolR...
September 5, 2025 at 7:18 PM
Life goals updated. Source: www.reddit.com/r/OldSchoolR...
I can withdraw from social media now. I have learned everything worth learning.
Ok its ‘feed it off an aux, speak, grunt no strength, the ladder start to clatter with fear fight down height, wire in a fire representing seven games, a government for hire and a combat site’.
September 5, 2025 at 4:17 AM
I can withdraw from social media now. I have learned everything worth learning.
Ruin a movie by making it about Gary
The Cook, The Thief, His Wife, and Gary
The Cook, The Thief, His Wife, and Gary
Ruin a movie by making it about Gary
Dances With Gary
Dances With Gary
Ruin a movie by making it about Gary.
Charlie and the Gary Factory
Charlie and the Gary Factory
September 4, 2025 at 12:37 PM
Ruin a movie by making it about Gary
The Cook, The Thief, His Wife, and Gary
The Cook, The Thief, His Wife, and Gary
I could not agree more strongly with this. 💯
September 1, 2025 at 9:23 PM
I could not agree more strongly with this. 💯
Ironically, it's not even in the Midwest.
"Midwestern State University" oh ok yeah sure that's a real school. I majored in Academic Subject at Midwestern State University and rushed Fraternity. Some of my best memories were nights with friends at Student Bar.
September 1, 2025 at 4:26 PM
Ironically, it's not even in the Midwest.
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My PhD was: hey look 12,000 images of budding yeast! Yay computers!
August 30, 2025 at 3:20 PM
My PhD was: hey look 12,000 images of budding yeast! Yay computers!
there was less to know back then 😉
August 29, 2025 at 9:36 PM
there was less to know back then 😉
Obviously I'm posting today because I should be writing.
August 29, 2025 at 7:29 PM
Obviously I'm posting today because I should be writing.
In my experience, huge increase in knowledge from yr 3 to 4 to 5, especially from PhD students coming straight from undergrad. Lots of conflating issues in the US like yr 1 rotations, requiring a pub, and PIs hanging on to trainees for too long, but 3 years postbac does not seem like enough to me.
August 29, 2025 at 7:27 PM
In my experience, huge increase in knowledge from yr 3 to 4 to 5, especially from PhD students coming straight from undergrad. Lots of conflating issues in the US like yr 1 rotations, requiring a pub, and PIs hanging on to trainees for too long, but 3 years postbac does not seem like enough to me.
Also: Illegitimi non carborundum
August 29, 2025 at 4:23 PM
Also: Illegitimi non carborundum