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Jason Williams

@jasonwilliamsny.bsky.social

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Jason Williams @jasonwilliamsny.bsky.social · 1h

It’s 7:30 in the morning Matthew.

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Jeremy Berg @jeremymberg.bsky.social · 1h

My quote of the day

Nobody ever thanks you for saving them from the disease they didn't know they were going to get.

William Foege

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Angie Rasmussen @angierasmussen.bsky.social · 9h

I don’t know who needs to hear this but the CDC is being eviscerated right now. America is not going to have any kind of outbreak response capacity after tonight. Americans’ health data is no longer secure. Say goodbye to federal public health in any capacity. It’s a disaster. We won’t recover.

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Jason Williams @jasonwilliamsny.bsky.social · 12h

I seem to have lost control of my client.

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Jason Williams @jasonwilliamsny.bsky.social · 13h

What more praiseworthy a life than one dedicated to the State?

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Bioinformatics Open Source Conference (BOSC) @bosc.bsky.social · 17h

Videos of the #BOSC2025 talks are now available on our schedule page (scroll down to Talks), as well as on our YouTube channel. Enjoy! 🍐
Schedule page: www.open-bio.org/events/bosc-...
YouTube channel: www.youtube.com/@OBFBOSC/vid...
#Bioinformatics #OpenSource

Chris Mungall giving keynote talk at #BOSC2025

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Jason Williams @jasonwilliamsny.bsky.social · 17h

It refused to concede this point. Fortunately, Microsoft Word has no qualms.

Jason Williams @jasonwilliamsny.bsky.social · 17h

Since when did these LLMs get all preachy when it comes to helping me craft a recruitment ad? No one wants to work anymore.

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PlantEvolution 🌱🌾 @plantevolution.bsky.social · 19h

Congrats, Joe Ecker @salkinstitute.bsky.social, to receiving the McClintock Prize! Joe has been a visionary leader of the field of genetics and genomics – not only for plants – for decades
www.salk.edu/news-release...

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Anne Carpenter @drannecarpenter.bsky.social · 20h

15 years in the making, we confirmed that mitochondria - the powerhouse of the cell - have an unusual localization in patients who experience psychosis (including schizophrenia and bipolar disorders). You’ll never guess what kind of patient cells we used to make this discovery… 🧵

mitochondria from bipolar patients are closer to the nucleus in these images; control patients' are spread out further

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Stephen Turner @stephenturner.us · 1d

Lost Science is a new NYT series of accounts from scientists who have lost their jobs or funding. You can send your story to the Times here www.nytimes.com/2025/10/08/c...

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Jason Williams @jasonwilliamsny.bsky.social · 1d

Hmm. Where is it getting its training data?

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Jason Williams @jasonwilliamsny.bsky.social · 1d

”start making the proof boys”

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

RFK Jr on Tylenol and autism: "It is not proof. We're doing the studies to make the proof."

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Jason Williams @jasonwilliamsny.bsky.social · 1d

Missed the part where you said ‘New Haven.’

Jason Williams @jasonwilliamsny.bsky.social · 1d

Find an adult and ask them for help.

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Beth Cimini 🔬💻📊 @bethcimini.bsky.social · 1d

Now that I can say it publicly - huge congratulations to @michelleitano.bsky.social , winner of this year's @bioimagingna.bsky.social Michael W Davidson award for "Community contributions, in any of the areas of Engagement, Education, Mentorship, and Standardization". So well deserved! #GBIxBINA2025

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Jason Williams @jasonwilliamsny.bsky.social · 2d

This is how your life should be and if it’s not, there must be something very wrong.

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Jason Williams @jasonwilliamsny.bsky.social · 2d

Midwest truffles are in season.

Jason Williams @jasonwilliamsny.bsky.social · 2d

Congratulations 🎊🍾🎈

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Anna Pardo, Ph.D. @annapardo-phd.bsky.social · 2d

Are you organizing a talk session at PAG 33? I would love to speak about my postdoc work on the genomics of variable facultative CAM photosynthesis in a hybrid Yucca species! Possible workshop topics include: hybrid genomics, abiotic stress, non-model species. Please DM me if you're interested!

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Jason Williams @jasonwilliamsny.bsky.social · 3d

What if you were enthusiastic? Thrilled? What if this heretofore unknown egg preparation raised every human emotion to panic intensity?

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Jason Williams @jasonwilliamsny.bsky.social · 3d

Wait until you stumble upon your first formation of orthogneiss.

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bioRxivpreprint @biorxivpreprint.bsky.social · 3d

Long-read sequencing reveals telomere inheritance patterns from human trios https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.10.07.680721v1

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Jeffrey Ross-Ibarra @jrossibarra.bsky.social · 3d

Your regular reminder that plant genomes are messy. Good luck getting your shortbread data to recapitulate this:

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Jason Williams @jasonwilliamsny.bsky.social · 4d

I know three someones who are going to find an extra lobster coupon in their room key envelope they next time they get off at Syosset…

Financial Times @financialtimes.com · 5d

Nobel Prize in medicine awarded for immune system breakthroughs on.ft.com/3VRfPeU

Nobel Prize in medicine awarded for immune system breakthroughs

Three scientists honoured for research on what prevents immune cells from attacking the body

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Financial Times @financialtimes.com · 5d

Nobel Prize in medicine awarded for immune system breakthroughs on.ft.com/3VRfPeU

Nobel Prize in medicine awarded for immune system breakthroughs

Three scientists honoured for research on what prevents immune cells from attacking the body

on.ft.com

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Jason Williams @jasonwilliamsny.bsky.social · 5d

No sooner had Goodall left us than you let loose with your attack on jellyfish personhood.

Jason Williams @jasonwilliamsny.bsky.social · 5d

Honestly, this is a much better outcome for you than I had expected.

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Dominique Baker @bakerdphd.bsky.social · 5d

"Deloitte Australia will issue a partial refund to the federal government after admitting that artificial intelligence had been used in the creation of a $440,000 report littered with errors including three nonexistent academic references and a made-up quote from a Federal Court judgement."

bianca wylie @biancawylie.com · 5d

“Deloitte was forced to investigate the report after University of Sydney academic Dr Christopher Rudge highlighted multiple errors in the document.”

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Deloitte to refund government, admits using AI in $440k report

Deloitte will issue a partial refund to the government after admitting that artificial intelligence had been used in the creation of a report littered with errors.

www.afr.com

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