Paul Orwin
@paulmorwin.bsky.social
I guess we’ve found the new twitter!
Hates traitorous republican Magats, loves microbiology...and also sports, lots of sports
Hates traitorous republican Magats, loves microbiology...and also sports, lots of sports
followed closely by this graph...
October 22, 2025 at 6:49 PM
followed closely by this graph...
Economics reporter from the NYT doesn't understand economics (or pretty straightforward math).
October 21, 2025 at 5:48 PM
Economics reporter from the NYT doesn't understand economics (or pretty straightforward math).
Let’s get ready to row the boat!
September 13, 2025 at 11:27 PM
Let’s get ready to row the boat!
Celebrating a Double degree Dawg tonight at UW #EduDawgs25 #UWGrad25
June 11, 2025 at 3:23 AM
Celebrating a Double degree Dawg tonight at UW #EduDawgs25 #UWGrad25
Better pic. I’m no @phylogenomics but I think u can see it
June 10, 2025 at 6:27 PM
Better pic. I’m no @phylogenomics but I think u can see it
Bald eagle in Green Lake Park, WA.
June 10, 2025 at 6:03 PM
Bald eagle in Green Lake Park, WA.
3) so I use minimap to map the reads that were used to make the assembly back against the contig. and I get this...
May 29, 2025 at 10:01 PM
3) so I use minimap to map the reads that were used to make the assembly back against the contig. and I get this...
That’s the stuff, right there…
May 9, 2025 at 9:29 PM
That’s the stuff, right there…
you can set your watch by this response to every crisis.
April 3, 2025 at 6:26 PM
you can set your watch by this response to every crisis.
I mean, the resemblance is uncanny
March 25, 2025 at 5:07 PM
I mean, the resemblance is uncanny
This might not qualify as data, but the number of almost new Cybertrucks being sold by CarMax seems like an indication that #TeslaTakedown is having an impact...
March 10, 2025 at 4:00 PM
This might not qualify as data, but the number of almost new Cybertrucks being sold by CarMax seems like an indication that #TeslaTakedown is having an impact...
NCBI has had this banner on it for days now. I'm thinking the traffic hasn't actually been continuously heavy all this time...(and sadly EBI is ... not great)
February 15, 2025 at 10:04 PM
NCBI has had this banner on it for days now. I'm thinking the traffic hasn't actually been continuously heavy all this time...(and sadly EBI is ... not great)
seeing this message at NCBI. I did a little amateur sleuthing and it doesn't seem like traffic to the site is actually particularly high. Is this some Efficiency happening?
February 13, 2025 at 4:41 AM
seeing this message at NCBI. I did a little amateur sleuthing and it doesn't seem like traffic to the site is actually particularly high. Is this some Efficiency happening?
Car just hit a landmark mileage. Missed opportunity to flash red or put devil horns on the display or something
December 24, 2024 at 10:47 PM
Car just hit a landmark mileage. Missed opportunity to flash red or put devil horns on the display or something
8.8 Mb Nanopore only whole genome assembly of Streptomyces! Still needs some polishing, but it looks good (CheckM 100%, 0.6% contamination). TIL that big terminal inverted repeats will make Flye give you a weird output (a graph with 2 contigs, but a single consensus seq)
December 12, 2024 at 3:40 PM
8.8 Mb Nanopore only whole genome assembly of Streptomyces! Still needs some polishing, but it looks good (CheckM 100%, 0.6% contamination). TIL that big terminal inverted repeats will make Flye give you a weird output (a graph with 2 contigs, but a single consensus seq)
At least two new genomes to play with from our MedMicro Antibiotic Resistance Safari (in our campus garden)! And one of them has a fun little plasmid. Got complete (CheckM>99%) genomes with nanopore only, debating if I even need to do Illumina on top...
December 10, 2024 at 4:50 PM
At least two new genomes to play with from our MedMicro Antibiotic Resistance Safari (in our campus garden)! And one of them has a fun little plasmid. Got complete (CheckM>99%) genomes with nanopore only, debating if I even need to do Illumina on top...
A crescent moon and Venus this evening
December 5, 2024 at 1:48 AM
A crescent moon and Venus this evening
Also I regret to inform you that I have been using improperly named LB medium. very concerned about the integrity of my experiments
December 1, 2023 at 1:38 AM
Also I regret to inform you that I have been using improperly named LB medium. very concerned about the integrity of my experiments
Update on my foray into botany. Our arabidopsis is indeed growing like a weed!
December 1, 2023 at 1:36 AM
Update on my foray into botany. Our arabidopsis is indeed growing like a weed!
A double rainbow in Stockton!
November 18, 2023 at 8:14 PM
A double rainbow in Stockton!
Today in our biology department office I learned that Almond Joy candy bars are the most fit of all candy. They must have some unique anti-predation strategy…
November 2, 2023 at 7:52 PM
Today in our biology department office I learned that Almond Joy candy bars are the most fit of all candy. They must have some unique anti-predation strategy…
Officially a plant biologist now…
October 26, 2023 at 11:46 PM
Officially a plant biologist now…
Never been here before. Looking forward to a couple of interesting days learning about genomics and sharing a bit of what my students are working on!
October 9, 2023 at 5:24 PM
Never been here before. Looking forward to a couple of interesting days learning about genomics and sharing a bit of what my students are working on!