Besides, I'm looking for grad students to join my group! If anyone is interested in admixture related questions in popgen (humans, drosophila and beyond) and spend a few years in beautiful Ann Arbor, I'm happy to chat whenever during SMBE!

Xinjun Zhang@zhanglabpopgen.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Just in time for #SMBE2026! Here's DEEP for detecting ghost/superarchaic introgression: scalable, robust, and no ARG! We find ~0.5% genome with superarchaic ancestry in East Asians and Oceanians, plus a notable signal at HLA Come find our poster tonight (#241)! www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...

"Mistakenly, we thought that by just introducing artificial intelligence and ingesting the design requirements that we had, that that would produce a high-quality product." Holy cow, Ford bought the AI hype, believing they could go "hey computer, make me a good car" and it would.

Dare Obasanjo@carnage4life.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Ford has rehired hundreds of senior engineers after replacing them with AI backfired and has cost the company billions of dollars. AI adoption is blamed for Ford being the most recalled automaker in the U.S. with 51 recalls covering over 11 million vehicles in the first half of 2026 alone.

UK-based cell biologist? Interested in membrane trafficking? Want to find a conference? Looking for a job (PI, postdoc...)? Do link to www.ukmembranetraffic.com, where @jezcarlton.bsky.social and Chris Stefan (not here?) do sterling work

How do we build trust in animal research in Ireland 🇮🇪? A theme at this week’s openness event was that transparency cannot be reactive, it must become part of institutional DNA. I also shared lessons from the Patient Discovery Project and why informed patient voices matter in scientific discussions.

EARA@eara.eu · 2mo ago

EARA and @tcddublin.bsky.social held its first in-person #OpennessEvent in #Ireland, bringing together over 100 registrants at the Trinity Biomedical Sciences Institute to discuss how communications about animal research can become more open and effective. Learn more: 🔗 www.eara.eu/news/eara-op...

Always important. www.nature.com/articles/s42...

A brief guide to statistical analysis of grouped data in preclinical research - Nature Metabolism

Clustering and nesting (C&N) arise in many preclinical studies, such as when animals are group-housed or share litters, or in cell culture. Ignoring C&N undermines the validity of analyses. He...

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Delighted to share that I’ve been awarded a European Research Council (ERC) Advanced Grant for #InfantNeuroAI The project will investigate how human infants learn to understand the visual world, by combining awake infant neuroimaging (fMRI and OPM-MEG) with computational models from AI.

I'm at #BGA2026 #BGA26(?) this week. Out of practice with this skeeting thing, so we'll see how we go...! Introductory remarks from the local hosts here in sunny Amsterdam, to be followed by a plenary from the excellent Wouter Peyrot @behaviorgenetic.bsky.social

"Help! Our 'record-breaking' rocket is lost in the North Sea" bbc.com/news/article...

Leeds University students appeal for help finding lost rocket

Engineering students believe the rocket had a successful flight before disappearing.

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Reading and writing and thinking hard are like going to the gym for your brain. Of course if we offload this work to GenAI we will lose cognitive skills in the same way it hurts me to run or lift weights without training

Heather B@heatcb.bsky.social · 2mo ago

One of my major worries about what we are doing to our collective brains and the brains of young people in particular

Our Faculty is #hiring multiple academics posts! Includes a fantastic opportunity to join us and start your own group in @ccmnlondon.bsky.social as Lecturer in Cardiovascular or Metabolic Neuroscience (broadly defined). Contact me with any queries, and pls share! 🧠📈 www.ucl.ac.uk/work-at-ucl/...

UCL – University College London

UCL is consistently ranked as one of the top ten universities in the world (QS World University Rankings 2010-2022) and is No.2 in the UK for research power (Research Excellence Framework 2021).

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UCL Faculty of Life Sciences@ucllifesciences.bsky.social · 2mo ago

We're excited to announce that we're recruiting for new academic posts in #AI for #Biodiversity Science, Future #Food Systems & #Health, #NeuroAI, Computational #Neuroscience, and #Cardiovascular/Metabolic Neuroscience. 📅 Apply by 10 July 2026. www.ucl.ac.uk/life-science...

I'm tracking down #SciFi stories where genetic manipulation is used to modify species, for obvious reasons, and found Proteus Island; this remarkable novella from 1936 explores how artificial manipulation of chromosome number and X-rays can create new species by a mad scientist in 1918 🧪 1/n

What matters most for childhood brain organization? We analyzed 649 variables. The answer: Socioeconomics (SES); with brain patterns pointing at sleep & stress as drivers. Even brain-IQ associations were better explained by SES. In Science today: www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

🔭 Catch Jodrell Bank later this evening on Kevin McCloud’s Listed Britain, where he uncovers the fascinating heritage of the Grade I listed Lovell Telescope! 🗓️ Watch at 9.00pm on More4 #ListedBritain #JodrellBank #LovellTelescope

🧬 Genetic discovery is transforming our understanding of bipolar disorder. Now, it’s about translating that knowledge into better care. On The Genetics Podcast, Cara Altimus & Benjamin Neale discuss how genetics + longitudinal data can drive more precise diagnosis & treatment. 🎧 bit.ly/3SiTBnj

How do brains plan actions towards goals? To get at this question we studied mice navigating complex mazes as goals changed on every trial 🧵 Work with @thomasakam.bsky.social @behrenstimb.bsky.social @kristorpjensen.bsky.social now on BioRxiv: www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...

Another day, another amazing neuroscience conference! 🧠 We're at the @edinunineuro.bsky.social Day 2026 today - if you're here too, why not say hello to Issy who's at our exhibition stand with product info & free gifts! 👩‍🔬 #neuroscience #neuroscientists #universityofedinburgh

We are recruiting! We are looking for a Lecturer (Teaching) in Pharmaceutical and Biological Chemistry to join our diverse team in the School of Pharmacy at UCL. Please share and happy to discuss the role with potential applicants. @ucllifesciences.bsky.social www.ucl.ac.uk/work-at-ucl/...

UCL – University College London

UCL is consistently ranked as one of the top ten universities in the world (QS World University Rankings 2010-2022) and is No.2 in the UK for research power (Research Excellence Framework 2021).

ucl.ac.uk

www.nature.com/articles/s41... Such an excellent explanation

Polygenic risk scores are not genetic predispositions - Nature Human Behaviour

Nature Human Behaviour - Polygenic risk scores are not genetic predispositions

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From 500 views in the first two months to over 100,000 views in the last few days. The ADA opinion piece that was too scary to be distributed at the ADA meeting has gone full Streisand. Y'all are doing the Lord's work.

I'm presenting at #neuroscienceday2026 later this morning. Please come back after the break to listen!

Edinburgh Neuroscience@edinunineuro.bsky.social · 3mo ago

It’s Neuroscience Day 2026!! Over 20 talks, almost 70 posters, a great spread of exhibitions, keynote speaker Klaus Nave and a send off for the legendary Richard Morris of water maze fame 🧠🎉🧠

It’s Neuroscience Day 2026!! Over 20 talks, almost 70 posters, a great spread of exhibitions, keynote speaker Klaus Nave and a send off for the legendary Richard Morris of water maze fame 🧠🎉🧠

@edinunineuro.bsky.social EDI Advisory Panel is at #NeuroscienceDay2026 today! We're offering 15-minute 1:1 consultations to provide advice and ideas on how to integrate #diversity and #inclusion in your research, teaching, supervision, or grant applications. Come chat with us!

I love being too dangerous for an AI to even talk to

I’m thrilled to share more about my PhD Research at The Manchester Metropolitan University: KennelNet: A Machine Learning Approach to Postural Estimation and Behavioural Monitoring in Kennelled Dogs, in partnership with @dogstrust.bsky.social 🐕 #AnimalWelfare #AI #MachineLearning #PhD #Dogs

11. Addendum: here are the words characteristic of LLMs. Notice anything? It reads like an email from our upper administration.

Exciting opportunity: Professor/Associate Professor post, part of Mental Health Research Group. Come to work with us in the beautiful South West of the UK! Please circulate to anyone who might be interested. hrservices.plymouth.ac.uk/tlive_webrec...

We are looking for a new colleague to join us in Galway. The position is in Biochemistry and if research focus lines up we hope the successful person will join us in the Centre for Chromosome biology (chromosome.ie). Reach out if you are interested in applying! tinyurl.com/2jy4rj3r

Check out this report on what happens when a journal pays reviewers for their work. Fast turnaround times and streamlined experience for authors. @biologyopen.bsky.social published by @biologists.bsky.social has now gone beyond the trial and show the results from a year of implementing Fast & Fair.

Daniel Gorelick@danielgorelick.bsky.social · 3mo ago

Paying peer reviewers works. Expanded Fast & Fair experiment @biologyopen.bsky.social: • 5.5 vs 37.7 working days to decision with reviews • ~3 vs ~9 reviewer invitations per manuscript • no reduction in editor-assessed review quality • similar acceptance rates www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...

I will be live-posting the dissertation defense of @standupforscience.net founder @cdelawalla.bsky.social this afternoon. While she has been building an organization and leading national efforts, she has been completing her PhD work. Of Mice & (hu)Mans: C. Delawalla Dissertation Defense 1/n