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W. Brent Derry

@wbderry.bsky.social

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Parent, scientist, musician https://lab.research.sickkids.ca/derry/ ORCID: 0000-0002-1977-8475

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W. Brent Derry @wbderry.bsky.social · 7h

I’ll stick it on Soundcloud once we get the harmony tracks done.

W. Brent Derry @wbderry.bsky.social · 8h

Laying down vocal tracks for a new song. Good times.

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W. Brent Derry @wbderry.bsky.social · 9h

Hail yeah!

W. Brent Derry @wbderry.bsky.social · 9h

#TodaysJam

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W. Brent Derry @wbderry.bsky.social · 12h

Congrats BB!

W. Brent Derry @wbderry.bsky.social · 1d

Bravo Blue Jays!!!

W. Brent Derry @wbderry.bsky.social · 1d

#TodaysJam

W. Brent Derry @wbderry.bsky.social · 1d

Zebrafish as a model to find non-invasive threatments for scoliosis. Go Brian! archive.tveyes.com/18120/355014...

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W. Brent Derry @wbderry.bsky.social · 1d

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Alliance of Genome Resources @alliancegenome.bsky.social · 6d

Nature has published an article on the crisis facing MODs
Model organism databases face budget cuts and closures www.nature.com/articles/d41...
@zfinmod.bsky.social @xenbase.bsky.social @yeastgenome.bsky.social @mousegenome.bsky.social @ratgenome.bsky.social @geneontology.bsky.social @nature.com

Model organism databases face budget cuts and closures

Beyond the crucial data they contain, these digital archives have provided an important space for academic communities to exchange ideas and resources.

www.nature.com

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Brittlestar @brittlestar.com · 1d

PASSIVE AGGRESSION TRANSLATED

20 110 300

W. Brent Derry @wbderry.bsky.social · 2d

Met a bunch of scientists who are also decent musicians. 🎸🎶

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W. Brent Derry @wbderry.bsky.social · 2d

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THE FAR SIDE DAILY @bot.cowtools.org · 2d

“Well, I dunno. … Okay, sounds good to me.”

W. Brent Derry @wbderry.bsky.social · 2d

Proud of my Alma mater.

Dr. Katharine Dickson @metaomicsnerd.bsky.social · 2d

We got some more Gaucho Nobels! #UCSB

UC Santa Barbara celebrates new Nobel Prize winners! UCSB professors John Martinis and Michel Devoret have been awarded the 2025 Nobel Prize in Physics

W. Brent Derry @wbderry.bsky.social · 2d

RIP Sir John ☹️

Jason Rasgon @vectorgen.bsky.social · 2d

Very sad. I just gave a lecture last week on the history of animal cloning and John came up a bunch

Katherine Brown @katherine-brown.bsky.social · 2d

Very saddened to hear of John Gurdon’s passing. I’ve been lucky enough to interact with him at multiple points through my career - from undergrad lectures, through his position as former Chair of @biologists.bsky.social’s Board of Directors, and as an author at @dev-journal.bsky.social.