Harmit Singh Malik
@harmitmalik.bsky.social
Study genetic conflicts professionally. Try to avoid conflicts in personal life (with mixed results).
Fred Hutch Basic Sciences,
UW Genome Sciences,
HHMI.
Posting in a personal capacity. My posts don’t reflect my employers’ opinions.
Fred Hutch Basic Sciences,
UW Genome Sciences,
HHMI.
Posting in a personal capacity. My posts don’t reflect my employers’ opinions.
Happy New Year
#disappointingaffirmations
#disappointingaffirmations
January 1, 2026 at 4:17 AM
Happy New Year
#disappointingaffirmations
#disappointingaffirmations
I could not have said it better myself.
December 29, 2025 at 1:35 PM
I could not have said it better myself.
TL;DR: I realized I couldn’t win
December 19, 2025 at 10:22 PM
TL;DR: I realized I couldn’t win
Annual white elephant gift exchange in the lab! What an amazing fun group of people we have collected and how bittersweet it will be to see them leave for greener pastures 🤞
Don’t miss the picture at the end of me ending up with my ‘gift’ of hangover recipe 📕, blood pressure cuff, & … Dude wipes!
Don’t miss the picture at the end of me ending up with my ‘gift’ of hangover recipe 📕, blood pressure cuff, & … Dude wipes!
December 13, 2025 at 4:11 AM
Annual white elephant gift exchange in the lab! What an amazing fun group of people we have collected and how bittersweet it will be to see them leave for greener pastures 🤞
Don’t miss the picture at the end of me ending up with my ‘gift’ of hangover recipe 📕, blood pressure cuff, & … Dude wipes!
Don’t miss the picture at the end of me ending up with my ‘gift’ of hangover recipe 📕, blood pressure cuff, & … Dude wipes!
LOLsob. This was my screensaver earlier this year.
December 13, 2025 at 1:36 AM
LOLsob. This was my screensaver earlier this year.
Some more Berlin pics
(I wanted to test drive the Trabant car model but these two did not look very roadworthy)
(I wanted to test drive the Trabant car model but these two did not look very roadworthy)
December 10, 2025 at 5:11 AM
Some more Berlin pics
(I wanted to test drive the Trabant car model but these two did not look very roadworthy)
(I wanted to test drive the Trabant car model but these two did not look very roadworthy)
So impressed by the education system in Germany being fully transparent to its youth about its complicated (and tragic) history. All while some countries prefer to legislate and erase all evidence of our own atrocities. Anyways a lot to ponder. And my feet hurt!
December 9, 2025 at 5:55 PM
So impressed by the education system in Germany being fully transparent to its youth about its complicated (and tragic) history. All while some countries prefer to legislate and erase all evidence of our own atrocities. Anyways a lot to ponder. And my feet hurt!
These are “stumble stones” (see en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stolper... for a much better description of what these are). Each stone represents a stolen life. There are so many in Berlin and many European cities and yet this is a tiny fraction of lives lost.
December 9, 2025 at 5:52 PM
These are “stumble stones” (see en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stolper... for a much better description of what these are). Each stone represents a stolen life. There are so many in Berlin and many European cities and yet this is a tiny fraction of lives lost.
Sad to (re)learn that the answer to the question “are human beings really capable of doing this to other human beings?” is yes. Living through the Nazi playbook being deployed elsewhere is frightening.
December 9, 2025 at 5:49 PM
Sad to (re)learn that the answer to the question “are human beings really capable of doing this to other human beings?” is yes. Living through the Nazi playbook being deployed elsewhere is frightening.
Spent an afternoon touristing in Berlin. Joined a walking tour (which turned out to be excellent), visited a few tourist traps, a few museums and few Holocaust memorials. Definitely different vibes from Christmas markets and the Gestapo Museum. Somewhat drizzly day but excellent for walking a lot!
December 9, 2025 at 5:45 PM
Spent an afternoon touristing in Berlin. Joined a walking tour (which turned out to be excellent), visited a few tourist traps, a few museums and few Holocaust memorials. Definitely different vibes from Christmas markets and the Gestapo Museum. Somewhat drizzly day but excellent for walking a lot!
“I’m tired of being constantly confronted by the consequences of my (in)actions.”
December 5, 2025 at 9:18 PM
“I’m tired of being constantly confronted by the consequences of my (in)actions.”
Very proud of our lab manager, Aida de la Cruz, for winning the Nancy Hutchinson mentoring award (www.fredhutch.org/en/education...) based on her mentees' nominations.
@fredhutch.org @basicsci.fredhutch.org
Internal news: centernet.fredhutch.org/n/2025/12/sp...
@fredhutch.org @basicsci.fredhutch.org
Internal news: centernet.fredhutch.org/n/2025/12/sp...
December 5, 2025 at 7:43 PM
Very proud of our lab manager, Aida de la Cruz, for winning the Nancy Hutchinson mentoring award (www.fredhutch.org/en/education...) based on her mentees' nominations.
@fredhutch.org @basicsci.fredhutch.org
Internal news: centernet.fredhutch.org/n/2025/12/sp...
@fredhutch.org @basicsci.fredhutch.org
Internal news: centernet.fredhutch.org/n/2025/12/sp...
TL;DR: Hire crazy people; get crazy shit in return
This is the version of the King Midas story where everything the king touches turns to 💩
I guess we are off that crazy ‘Tylenol definitely maybe causes autism’ wagon or are we just collecting stupid as we go?
Make America Hyperventilate Again
This is the version of the King Midas story where everything the king touches turns to 💩
I guess we are off that crazy ‘Tylenol definitely maybe causes autism’ wagon or are we just collecting stupid as we go?
Make America Hyperventilate Again
November 20, 2025 at 5:36 AM
TL;DR: Hire crazy people; get crazy shit in return
This is the version of the King Midas story where everything the king touches turns to 💩
I guess we are off that crazy ‘Tylenol definitely maybe causes autism’ wagon or are we just collecting stupid as we go?
Make America Hyperventilate Again
This is the version of the King Midas story where everything the king touches turns to 💩
I guess we are off that crazy ‘Tylenol definitely maybe causes autism’ wagon or are we just collecting stupid as we go?
Make America Hyperventilate Again
More pictures of the brilliance that is (lab manager) Aida de la Cruz with her creation.
October 25, 2025 at 2:41 AM
More pictures of the brilliance that is (lab manager) Aida de la Cruz with her creation.
When you learn you’ve been washing your hands wrong AND singing the happy birthday song wrong after all these years
October 23, 2025 at 10:50 PM
When you learn you’ve been washing your hands wrong AND singing the happy birthday song wrong after all these years
Is this intended as a pro-Mandani post? Because it sure comes off that way
October 21, 2025 at 8:37 PM
Is this intended as a pro-Mandani post? Because it sure comes off that way
The legend of Bo Nix grows.
October 19, 2025 at 11:45 PM
The legend of Bo Nix grows.
The ‘young men’ will always have their Cybertrucks I suppose
October 19, 2025 at 11:36 PM
The ‘young men’ will always have their Cybertrucks I suppose
Day 2 of Marker lectures visit to @pennstateuniv.bsky.social with some amazing meetings (including with @szparalab.bsky.social)
and yummy food
Plus I also gave a seminar.
and yummy food
Plus I also gave a seminar.
October 16, 2025 at 12:16 AM
Day 2 of Marker lectures visit to @pennstateuniv.bsky.social with some amazing meetings (including with @szparalab.bsky.social)
and yummy food
Plus I also gave a seminar.
and yummy food
Plus I also gave a seminar.
Excellent first day at @pennstateuniv.bsky.social for the Marker lectures hanging out with science celebrities @nicoleacrowley.bsky.social @drohsopretty.bsky.social @symbionticism.bsky.social
plus several more folks I was too shy to ask for selfies
plus several more folks I was too shy to ask for selfies
October 15, 2025 at 2:20 AM
Excellent first day at @pennstateuniv.bsky.social for the Marker lectures hanging out with science celebrities @nicoleacrowley.bsky.social @drohsopretty.bsky.social @symbionticism.bsky.social
plus several more folks I was too shy to ask for selfies
plus several more folks I was too shy to ask for selfies
This book has never been more timely. Thanks to @sonali-m-19.bsky.social for writing it and for sending me a copy.
October 10, 2025 at 8:16 PM
This book has never been more timely. Thanks to @sonali-m-19.bsky.social for writing it and for sending me a copy.
Visiting UT Austin in Integrative Biology and came across this fantastic opportunity for senior grad students in the life sciences.
October 6, 2025 at 11:13 PM
Visiting UT Austin in Integrative Biology and came across this fantastic opportunity for senior grad students in the life sciences.
1937 Germany would like its propaganda machine back
October 5, 2025 at 6:04 PM
1937 Germany would like its propaganda machine back
Never had quite such a send off at the airport (leaving Rochester after attending ROC-fest in honor of Tom Eickbush, Allen Orr, John Jaenike, and Jack Werren)
October 5, 2025 at 3:31 PM
Never had quite such a send off at the airport (leaving Rochester after attending ROC-fest in honor of Tom Eickbush, Allen Orr, John Jaenike, and Jack Werren)
A few alumni have collected in Rochester this weekend to say thank you and happy retirement to my PhD advisor Tom Eickbush, along with three other amazing evolutionary biologists: Allen Orr, John Jaenike, and Jack Werren.
My heart is filled with gratitude for having trained with them.
My heart is filled with gratitude for having trained with them.
October 4, 2025 at 3:14 AM
A few alumni have collected in Rochester this weekend to say thank you and happy retirement to my PhD advisor Tom Eickbush, along with three other amazing evolutionary biologists: Allen Orr, John Jaenike, and Jack Werren.
My heart is filled with gratitude for having trained with them.
My heart is filled with gratitude for having trained with them.